General Reports

[QUOTE=Syzygies;2385085]Relative to AUD and EUR the THB has got back approx. To 1996 exchange levels. That is pre economic crash. We probably thought it would not get back to those levels. So hurts. The USD is relatively better off still getting more Baht than 1996 levels. This is not a comment on converting USD to EUR (still worth more than $1). USD gets over 30 Baht I think. In mid 90's maybe was 23 Baht. So 30 Baht is not bad given recovery from economic crashes.

The price of girls should go down in line with deteriorating exchange rates, right? Ha ha.

Retirees would be quite unwise to reply on post crash rates to last forever.

Why is the THB improving so much? Surely most people think the economy is not good.

Expats moving back home? Many moved to cheaper Cambodia I think.[/QUOTE]I did some quick calculations, based on what an American expat gets in social security. Not many get $2100.00 a month. That's a rare earner. Most I think get around $1500.00 a month.

I based on $2100.00.

At 35 thb =$1. 00 73,500 a month.

At 33 thb =$1. 00 69,300.

At 30 thb = $1. 00 63,000.

If I remember correctly, you need a flow of 70,000 thb a month to qualify for a retirement visa, or 800,000 in a savings account in Thailand.

800,000 x 30 =$1. 00 $26,666 in a Thai bank account. And the US dollar is tops, can you imagine the Canadian or Ausy? Say good buy to a lot of your friends.

Visa runs are not cheap, airline tickets, taxi, hotel. Is it worth it any more? Syzy is right, Hello, Cambodia or Manila.

RL.

[QUOTE=RobertLong;2386647]I did some quick calculations, based on what an American expat gets in social security. Not many get $2100.00 a month. That's a rare earner. Most I think get around $1500.00 a month.

I based on $2100.00.

At 35 thb =$1. 00 73,500 a month.

At 33 thb =$1. 00 69,300.

At 30 thb = $1. 00 63,000.

If I remember correctly, you need a flow of 70,000 thb a month to qualify for a retirement visa, or 800,000 in a savings account in Thailand.

800,000 x 30 =$1. 00 $26,666 in a Thai bank account. And the US dollar is tops, can you imagine the Canadian or Ausy? Say good buy to a lot of your friends.

Visa runs are not cheap, airline tickets, taxi, hotel. Is it worth it any more? Syzy is right, Hello, Cambodia or Manila.

RL.[/QUOTE]My opinion is not to panic? In my own experience, I know numbers of American and Brits living here in Pattaya with the many changes in Immigration add that with the strength of the baht, many of gone to Cambodia and Manilla for a look and came back with more? My opinion is the grass is never greener?

In my opinion, there is a huge difference between visiting and living here? There are those who visit and visit then move here and find out after a few months to a year it kind of gets old? I see it from those who report and live here after a while you see it in their reports how it changes.

When it comes to money it depends on your lifestyle people get carried away unless you have it to blow and not miss it I say knock yourself out but I see guys bring all their stuff etc. I think you can live pretty good lifestyle accommodations for 10,000 baht a month. I know everyone is different but single guys renting houses, 2 bedroom condos I don't get it?

Sure today immigration wants the money in the bank or monthly, even some pushing for us retiree to have a minimal amount of health insurance then you got that stupid TM-30. The biggest headache for me at least as you get older you better put money aside for health care and take care of yourself self-management. Sure I know guys who don't blink twice about it I have admiration for these guys don't know how they do it! A former member here Daddy07, was such a guy he went out every night ate had his drink each night at a GoG had a blast while he was alive told me once " when it happens it happens " told me hopes he just drop dead. He got his wish they found him in his Condo!

If you burn your bridges back home and can't go home better start to put money aside now. I planned when I got here 15 years ago to live on the rate 25-1 and I will be just fine sure it is going down but I have a cushion. You can live for today and have no tomorrow or you can live for tomorrow and still have a pretty good life here.

[QUOTE=MrEnternational;2386551]LOL. Most of those are fashion braces man, not real braces. The girl that was doing my nails at the salon that I go to in Manila had some yesterday. I asked her about them and she said they cost 3000 pesos /1,777 baht /58 USD. They are popular in Latin America as well.[/QUOTE]I disagree with that.

I don't know for the place you're talking about but in Thailand it's essentially because their teeth are not good looking.

The style effect is real because they truly believe that they are prettier with the braces (as if it was a jewelry) and sometimes they don't like their looks when it's time to take them out, but the primary purpose is to get good looking teeth.

Even a lot of guys are wearing braces while that are already adults.

In old days as a young man I bought the odd girly mag because I wanted to look at some beautiful girls naked and some hot pussy. Years later bought the odd porn video, even pirated ones in Thailand.

I keep thinking the porn industry has got to die out. I mean who pays for porn anyway, these days? It has been obtainable for free for a long time now, and does not have to be blurry. Adverts for porn games or webcam sites? Do they really work and bring enough revenue? Videos of webcams can also be watched for free. Who needs to interact? For interaction, I use real live naked girls, no video chat thankyou very much. Even years ago stuck in own country I would prefer a club with real live nude girls. The brothel girls were generally terrible not worth the money, excepting Asians. In home country I can just abstain and watch a few sexy movies when desperate (at no cost).

What persuades guys that they want to pay for a "private" webcam show? What for ? They can't put their own dick in her. I prefer video as can fast forward past all the boring bits, e.g. blow jobs.

Now sometimes I have downloaded Jap porn, mostly accidentally, and it is a great load of shit to me. Condoms, pixelated genitals, girl subjugation, not much beauty. Lately I noticed a new thing. Even Jap porn marked "uncensored", still has the genital region blurred at least a little bit (purpose is not evident. Can it technically subvert the indecency laws?) Can still see the dick going into pussy, just not sharp. Today found a Jap video, that I thought was really amusing. The pussy was crystal clear but the face was pixelated. Maybe some sarcasm there. However the video did nothing to turn me on, as usual. Not my style at all.

How many Terabytes of porn do guys need to collect before they are satisfied and have enough? Ha Ha. Forgive me if exaggerate a little. Maybe guys need new porn just as much as they need new girls continually.

So what new innovation can occur to make people want to pay for new porn? I just don't get it anymore. How can they make money when people can pirate porn for free so easily. Can advertising attached actually work. I never paid any attention to Ads at all.

Someone has to pay for it but why? Maybe its cheaper than a fuck, but we also would not pay for sex if we could get it for free from equally hot girls so easily, and when we want it.

[QUOTE=RobertLong;2386644]Grills:

They are in style. The brothers in the US wear them with diamonds and colored stones. Solid gold is the fav, and shows they have money. Like the multiple gold chains or Bling they call it.

Remember my friend, a 10 knows she is a 10. And her service will be lack. If you have a lot of money to throw around, maybe she will preform but it depends. Like George Carlan said " I never fucked a 10, but I fucked a lot of 2's" and the 2's were great.

RL.[/QUOTE]Wow, people wear braces because they think it looks good? How many girls do this? To me, it's a huge turn off.

[QUOTE=RobJones;2386548]I will answer where I can.

1/ Asians have a high level of crowded teeth etc. When the girl begins to get money from work one of the first things they do is get their teeth fixed. I have seen girls as old as their 30's with braces.

2/ Pattaya is very easy to access with 99% of venues between North Pattaya Road, Soi 16, Beach Road and 3rd Road where as in Bangkok, from my limited experience, you have Soi Cowboy and NPE which are one MRT stop away and is a hassle travelling from one to the other.

3 a / The websites are shot by professional photographers and plain girls are not included in the shots but also not all girls will want their photos taken so buyer beware.

3 b / and 4/ Never used Smooci as it is not in Pattaya, my choice of destination, but from looking at the website the quality of girls are not much better than TF, keeping in mind the photos are professional shots. I do not know how reliable they are.[/QUOTE]Thanks,

I was trying to get a feel for how Bangkok and Pattya were different not just logistically speaking. And I know these photos are professionally shot but how much different are these from reality?

[QUOTE=Syzygies;2386736]What persuades guys that they want to pay for a "private" webcam show? What for ?[/QUOTE]I say the same about guys that send money to chicks they never met; or even to ones they have met for that matter.

[QUOTE=GuyBrusg1957;2386806]Wow, people wear braces because they think it looks good? How many girls do this? To me, it's a huge turn off.[/QUOTE]Yes.

I'm really not sure how this crept into Thai culture. As with most of the Thai fads / trends it possibly came from Korea?

Maybe a Kpop star wore braces and the trend started from there.

I personally know two girls here in Isan who claim that braces look good on them.

One is a Teacher approx 35 years old.

It just looks weird to me.

I recall picking a hottie from a fishbowl soapie who was really stunning. Good titties too.

As she collected her basket and I was paying the cashier she turned to me and smiled.

Her mouth was full of metal. All I could think of was that cage making mince meat out of my tool.

I reluctantly went through with the deed but it was a really awkward experience.

It's a deal breaker for me.

[QUOTE=Syzygies;2386736]
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What persuades guys that they want to pay for a "private" webcam show? What for ? They can't put their own dick in her.
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[/QUOTE]There are always the painfully shy, handicapped, infirm, hideously ugly, grossly deformed from birth or injury, too young to travel or enter a bar, too old to partake without great expense, etc.

As wide a range of looks, age, fitness, physical challenge and so on as we see walking around with real girls or ladyboys on their arm in the red light districts, there is a whole world out there of men who are not so lucky or brave enough to be able to emerge from their room and into the light of day on their own. But they've probably got enough money to pop for a webcam every now and then.

[QUOTE=GuyBrusg1957;2386808]And I know these photos are professionally shot but how much different are these from reality?[/QUOTE]You can find that out by doing a google search.

[QUOTE=BananaBoi;2386334]This is from Thai Visa. Contrary to what is posted on ISG, seems like Indian tourists spend more than the average ISG guy.[/QUOTE]Depends whether that includes their hotel or not. If they are paying THB 1,500 for their hotel then 4,300 probably isn't more than others would spend. On a 2 day trip to Bangkok I would spend 10,000, excluding hotels.

[QUOTE=MrEnternational;2386925]You can find that out by doing a google search.[/QUOTE]Ha ha. A couple of those stars actually look better without the makeup to me. I guess because I hate very exaggerated fake looks.

If a girl looks beautiful when first wakes up in the morning, that impresses me a lot. Then subtle makeup is good. Huge eyelashes don't do much for me at all.

[QUOTE=GuyBrusg1957;2386806]Wow, people wear braces because they think it looks good? How many girls do this? To me, it's a huge turn off.[/QUOTE]It's a turn on for me. If I see a girl with braces, I am much more likely to take her over one who does not have braces.

[QUOTE=RobJones;2386548]2/ ..... where as in Bangkok, from my limited experience, you have Soi Cowboy and NPE which are one MRT stop away and is a hassle travelling from one to the other.[/QUOTE]Indeed, the hassle of getting from Soi Cowboy (nearest MRT Sukhumvit) to Nana Plaza (nearest MRT Sukhumvit) by MRT is famous.

If only there were some form of light railway built above Sukhumvit Road to get us there. They could call it air train. But wait, people might think it went to the airport, so maybe Bangkok mass Transit System (BTS) or Sky Train.

Walking is of course a criminal offence in Lower Sukhumvit and in any event not entertaining. If only there were venues between Cowboy and Nana Plaza. Maybe nightclubs down one Soi, massage places down others, perhaps a couple of blow job bars and a few dozen or more bars with willing and negotiable ladies.

And in the distopian Bangkok which you seem to have experienced, and is much at odds with many peoples experience, such a shame that there are no "oily massage" places to the east of Cowboy, no area of interest in the Silom part of town, no soapies. . . .

[QUOTE=LittleBigMan;2386655]When it comes to money it depends on your lifestyle people get carried away unless you have it to blow and not miss it I say knock yourself out but I see guys bring all their stuff etc. I think you can live pretty good lifestyle accommodations for 10,000 baht a month. I know everyone is different but single guys renting houses, 2 bedroom condos I don't get it?.[/QUOTE]I know you said everyone is different and have different life style, and I completely agree.

But 10,000 baht? In Bangkok?

Even if someone lives in a sharing shady hostel, and don't have P4P habits, 10 k still seems too far fetched.