General Reports

[Banana Boi]

I recently tried to explain to a gogo girl that one of the reasons guys aren't spending as much is because the Thai baht is going up against other foreign currencies. Never seen anyone more confused than she was. She told me 100 Thai baht is still worth 100 Thai baht in Thailand, Europe, and Korea. "It no go up".

[Franga]

Perhaps my dream of living in Thailand was just that, a dream. Taking a look at the chart makes sobering reading as the Baht continues to strengthen against the UK Pound.

It depends on how you want to live. If you need all the bells and whistles then you may be screwed.

If not, then you may be okay. For example I rent a room on a monthly basis in Pattaya which costs on average 200 baht per day. So that is 5 Pounds daily rent in 2019. Back in 2006 it would have cost 3 Pounds. Can you afford 5 Pounds per day rent? If not then you may have to stay in London where rents are much cheaper, right?

Today I had a fuck in Pattaya for 1000 baht. Back in 2006 that would have cost 13 Pounds. Now in 2019 it costs 25 Pounds. It must be a lot cheaper for a fuck in London then if you think thai prices are too high?

Brits complaining about the weakness in the Pound are probably a contrarian indicator and the Pound may strengthen from hereon in. Or not!

[AfAsia]

Perhaps my dream of living in Thailand was just that, a dream. Taking a look at the chart makes sobering reading as the Baht continues to strengthen against the UK Pound. The graph does not lie, since 2005 the Baht has been on a relentless climb against the UK Pound. Many of you British expats will be very concerned as am I. There is no indication according to this graph of the £ gaining back any lost ground at all in the future. Oh dear.

[EihTooms]

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There is a Viagra-category product on the vendor tables now claiming to have 5000 MG of the active ingredient in it! LOL. I have not tried it but I might some day.

Correction to my earlier post about that. I checked last night and the claim is 3,000 MG per tablet, not 5,000 MG. It is a product called Gold Vigra. The misspelling is apparently intended, although the word Viagra spelled correctly is also on the package. It comes in a pouch of ten tablets, each supposedly containing 3,000 MG of Sildenafil Citrate. Quoted price for the pouch of ten tablets was 300 baht. So, 30 baht for each tablet.

Here is what the U.S. FDA had to say about the product of that name in 2014:

Public Notification: Gold Vigra Contains Hidden Drug Ingredient.
https://www.fda.gov/drugs/resourcesf.../ucm401540.htm

FDA laboratory analysis confirmed that Gold Vigra contains sildenafil, the active ingredient in the FDA approved prescription drug Viagra, used to treat erectile dysfunction (ED). This undeclared ingredient may interact with nitrates found in some prescription drugs such as nitroglycerin and may lower blood pressure to dangerous levels. Men with diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, or heart disease often take nitrates.

Sildenafil Citrate, the active ingredient in Viagra, seems to be the only "hidden" drug ingredient they are referencing and found in it. But the package on the vendor tables in Bangkok clearly states that it contains Sildenafil Citrate and that it is the active ingredient in Viagra. There is nothing "hidden" about it on these packages.

I am not recommending anyone take it or any other boner drug found in or out of a pharmacy. But I might give this one a try just to see if it offers something of a faster or longer lasting nature than what I have been taking lately. I will report on the results if I ever do give it a try. Assuming I survive long enough to reply, that is. LOL.

I am not taking any of the nitrates or high blood pressure, high cholesterol, etc. drugs mentioned above nor do I need to take them according to my most recent thorough medical check up just a few months ago. Well, I have seen this product on the tables for years now and have not heard or read of a bad reaction to it. Has anyone else?

[Pointy Stick]

I don't see an obvious Arab guy near Soi Isis as being some poor schnook who deserves respect. He is just a lowlife rip off artist.

I feel bad that you are an ATM. Perhaps you will get to know the right people in the future.

You're right. I need to know the right people. Not people who go around threatening people who are poorer and are just trying to make a living to make themselves feel better. I guess Thailand attracts all sorts of personalities. I will find out how to work the ignore function to limit my exposure to these people.

[EihTooms]

Sheer madness. 100 MG is already over dose in many cases. Why try a bullshit product?

As the man on the mountain said, "Because it's there." LOL. They have been selling the claimed "5000 MG" stuff for a while and nobody has turned up dead. It is only a boner pill, not an emergency stint to prevent or subdue an approaching heart attack. I doubt there is 5000 MG of anything in it. But there might be some value in it in terms of longer lasting results. Not for a boner that doesn't subside. I mean for it remaining in your system longer for repeated intended response. I have found that is what Black Ant King does for me that none of the other boner pills, both "original" and "copies", have done. It seems to stay in my system and working to produce the results I want for at least 36 hours where others are long gone within 24 hours.

If it turns out the claimed 5000 MG pill, taken once for, as I vaguely recall, less than 100 baht, produces the same result as a 100 MG Viagra but for 48 hours instead of less than 24 hours, why not try it and find out? I didn't know Black Ant King would do for me what it does until I tried it.

Again, I don't see the boner pills sold over and over again in or out of the pharmacies to be potential poison or dangerous unless you already have a serious heart condition or some other serious ailment. Which I don't.

[Nyezhov]

Yeah well TIT and farangs don't count for anything except as walking ATMs so good luck with that. It would be good if you treated poorer people with respect in future.

I don't see an obvious Arab guy near Soi Isis as being some poor schnook who deserves respect. He is just a lowlife rip off artist.

I feel bad that you are an ATM. Perhaps you will get to know the right people in the future.

[Syzygies]

I have tried Sidegra but the copy Viagra I am taking now worked better for me. However, I did not try the 100 MG version so I am interested in sampling that one to see if it is worth switching to it.

I never count on the claimed dosage of active ingredient in these copies being accurate. But I do tend to assume the ones from the same source claiming to have, say, 200 MG instead of 100 MG will have more of the active ingredient in them. I agree that the claim of one having 500 MG in it had to be a joke but had no qualms about trying one or two to see if it had something closer to perhaps actual 100 MG in it. But it felt to me like it had nothing in it. No big deal.

There is a Viagra-category product on the vendor tables now claiming to have 5000 MG of the active ingredient in it! LOL. I have not tried it but I might some day.

Sheer madness. 100 MG is already over dose in many cases. Why try a bullshit product?

[Pointy Stick]

I don't have to worry about stuff like that. My roof is bigger than his.

Yeah well TIT and farangs don't count for anything except as walking ATMs so good luck with that. It would be good if you treated poorer people with respect in future.

[EihTooms]

If it were really 500 MG, you wouldn't be able to put your dick down for a week. Recommended dosage of Tadalafil / Cialis is 20 MG.

There is a Thai-made generic Sildenafil Citrate called Sidegra, it costs 100 baht for 4 x50 MG or 200 baht for 4 x100 MG pills. Since it's so cheap, and domestically produced, it doesn't pay to make fakes, and the product seems consistent. Since I discovered that one, I don't mess with other generic or "real" Viagra pills any longer.

I have tried Sidegra but the copy Viagra I am taking now worked better for me. However, I did not try the 100 MG version so I am interested in sampling that one to see if it is worth switching to it.

I never count on the claimed dosage of active ingredient in these copies being accurate. But I do tend to assume the ones from the same source claiming to have, say, 200 MG instead of 100 MG will have more of the active ingredient in them. I agree that the claim of one having 500 MG in it had to be a joke but had no qualms about trying one or two to see if it had something closer to perhaps actual 100 MG in it. But it felt to me like it had nothing in it. No big deal.

There is a Viagra-category product on the vendor tables now claiming to have 5000 MG of the active ingredient in it! LOL. I have not tried it but I might some day.

[Crocodilexp]

Some have not worked at all for me. For the hell of it I once sampled a few tablets of Tadalifil (spelling?), Cialis' active ingredient, claiming to contain 500 MG of the stuff in it.

If it were really 500 MG, you wouldn't be able to put your dick down for a week. Recommended dosage of Tadalafil / Cialis is 20 MG.

There is a Thai-made generic Sildenafil Citrate called Sidegra, it costs 100 baht for 4 x50 MG or 200 baht for 4 x100 MG pills. Since it's so cheap, and domestically produced, it doesn't pay to make fakes, and the product seems consistent. Since I discovered that one, I don't mess with other generic or "real" Viagra pills any longer.

[Nyezhov]

I'd say he way probably paying the police tea money to peddle that shit. Can you say the same? What would you do if someone tried to break your rice bowl by causing trouble, side with the troublemaker or the money maker?

I don't have to worry about stuff like that. My roof is bigger than his.

Oh and I usually just walk past and say no thanks, but like I said I was feeling ornery and was tired of feeling like I was in some cheap Iraki bazaar.

[Mr Enternational]

Expensive brand name watches can be A grade copies, where seller got them for amount X and sells them at 10 times the price. I know someone selling "Casio" watches and possibly other brands, but merely A grade copies obtained exceptionally cheaply in bulk. Louis Vuitton comes in various grades of copies from super crap ones to good copies.

Don't know about ten times the price, but exactly. I would not buy from any random person off the street though. I have been dealing with the same reputable people for years. If something goes wrong then they will fix it. I have had this supercopy Breitling for years with no problem. Paid 3000 baht for it.

I don't know how many times someone has said nice watch. A couple of days ago a guy said that is a Breitling right? I said yes. He said do they still mail you things? I had no idea what he was talking about. I thought he meant advertisements so I said no because I have had this watch like 7 years. He said they sent him a nice fancy box with assorted gourmet honey for Christmas. Once I was next to a guy that had the exact same watch (authentic one) except his did not have the gold. He was like wow, I could not afford that one.

I remember when those people sued OJ Simpson and he had to give them his Rolex watch. They thought it was authentic but it ended up being one of those supercopies and they valued it at $100. It is very easy to tell the cheap fake ones from the supercopies and anyone that sells them will gladly show you the difference if you can't tell just by handling it.

[Robert Long]

I was feeling ornery when one of the Middle East Rolex guys approached me and persistently tried to sell me a Rollie, so I offered him a hundred. He went to hand me the watch and I whipped out a 100 baht bill, he snatched the watch back and said $100. So I laughed and told him 100 baht was what it was worth, and he was trying to rip me off. He cursed me. My response was to smile, pull out my phone and say OK Abdul, lets call the Police, I have a Visa, how about you?

He took off like a shot hahahahahah.

Hey, take it easy on these guys, just say "no but thank you". They are all from Myanmar as well as the DVD sellers and the fake ED sellers. Go to MBK, most of the sellers are also from Myanmar. They all work for some slave master that pays them little for their work. They can't get a real job because no education, but they all speak English and a few other languages. I find most of them are friendly and will have a good conversation with you if you want to know about Myanmar.

A little sugar gets you farther than vinegar.

RL.

[Pointy Stick]

I'd say he way probably paying the police tea money to peddle that shit. Can you say the same? What would you do if someone tried to break your rice bowl by causing trouble, side with the troublemaker or the money maker?

I was feeling ornery when one of the Middle East Rolex guys approached me and persistently tried to sell me a Rollie, so I offered him a hundred. He went to hand me the watch and I whipped out a 100 baht bill, he snatched the watch back and said $100. So I laughed and told him 100 baht was what it was worth, and he was trying to rip me off. He cursed me. My response was to smile, pull out my phone and say OK Abdul, lets call the Police, I have a Visa, how about you?

He took off like a shot hahahahahah.