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That is quite a picture to go with the article. Certainly not a beach I'd like to be on!
Lots of changes in Thailand nowadays. With all of this plus the Coronavirus, it must be close to a ghost town by now.
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Originally posted by Boon Mee View PostWell sabang, I avoid Pattaya and environs like the plague. Wouldn't touch Bang Saray (my old 'hometown') with the proverbial Barge Pole.
As the saying goes, you can put lipstick on a pig but it's still a pig...
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Originally posted by sabang View PostSounds like booner is exactly the type of old fart we are taking the piss out of, quelle surprise. China beach is a nickname some of the resident expats use for the beach in Ko Larn that most of the Chinese tourists go- it even has a modern ferry linking it to Pattaya. It is overcrowded, full of tawdry souvenir stalls, but you can no doubt get OK Chinese food there. There are many other beaches however, quite uncrowded, and that is where you should go- unless of course (snigga) you are a sinophile. Capiche?
As the saying goes, you can put lipstick on a pig but it's still a pig...
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Originally posted by lamphun View Post"GoFundMe"
Vacant of any such responsibility, independence, and self-sufficiency.
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Originally posted by sabang View PostI thought it was the baby boomers funding the younguns these days? Do ya wanna steal their paltry pensions too? Soylent Green might not be so far away.
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I thought it was the baby boomers funding the younguns these days? Do ya wanna steal their paltry pensions too? Soylent Green might not be so far away.
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Originally posted by harrymsmarkle View Post
Yet Low has noticed many around him have already abandoned themselves to despair, drinking heavily as their once-rosy vision of Thailand turns bleak.
"People are just deteriorating," said Low.
Even if the government does throw them a lifeline, it may be too late. "It probably already is," he said.
In any case why should anyone give these old dossers more money? As he notes, they'll only waste it on drink.
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I used to know a guy that might just fit your stereotype somchai (another stereotype), in Ubon. A drinking buddy actually. He hated Thai food, including garlic, chilli, plaa raa- even nam plaa! Oh, but he didnt mind fried rice sometime. But he was accepted perfectly fine in the village, a bit of an oddity obviously (but aren't we all), and the thing about his boring diet is- he could. He ended up dieing of stomach cancer unfortunately- not sure if there is a lesson in that. Lots of Isaan folk die of stomach & liver cancer too.
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Sounds like booner is exactly the type of old fart we are taking the piss out of, quelle surprise. China beach is a nickname some of the resident expats use for the beach in Ko Larn that most of the Chinese tourists go- it even has a modern ferry linking it to Pattaya. It is overcrowded, full of tawdry souvenir stalls, but you can no doubt get OK Chinese food there. There are many other beaches however, quite uncrowded, and that is where you should go- unless of course (snigga) you are a sinophile. Capiche?
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Originally posted by Boon Mee View PostWhat dumb stereotype are you talking about?
There's really only one China Beach and that's in Da Nang...
....in the day, south of Saigon.....actually.
An invention by American military/civilian personnel.
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Originally posted by harrymsmarkle View PostIt is also true that Pattaya doesn't reflect the entire expat retiree experience in Thailand. While some may live in hovel-like (though elevated) shipping containers, others have chosen urban and suburban condos, houses in moobans, and more isolated but still comfortable arrangements in various local backwaters. Many foreigners arrive with the necessary financial support that enables them to weather currency volatility and the inevitability of rising prices. The stereotype of the aging beer-addled Brit sitting with glazed eyes in a bar waiting to diddle a local teenager day after day is fading as they die off or move away.
You know the kind of locals.....especially in the rural situations.
Farang.
Farang that build watering hole/gathering spots so that pathetic losers, like themselves, can keep that the company and camaraderie of other fellow Farang.
Their diet consist of Farang fare.
Only shop at the Western-style supermarkets where they can imbibe in Farang things.
Never make an attempt to socialize or integrate with the highly uncouth natives.
Barely get on [nor understand/connect] with the Thai missus or the extended family.
Over the years of residency, still haven't learned the language to the point basic embarrassing conversation.
Outside of the invented and mystifying stereotypes and legends, still hasn't a clue about the culture and customs of the backward monkeys.
.....the listing is endless.
Commonplace traits.
Have to wonder why they remain.
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Originally posted by sabang View Post^^ Of course. And need we even bother with that rather dumb stereotype, which may have had some currency up to the mid 90's- I think it mainly comes from impecunious TEFLers. I don't even have a beer belly!
^You still can actually. Just avoid the main Chinese beach, there are plenty more.
There's really only one China Beach and that's in Da Nang...
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