Time for cheaper thrills?

[gerefan2]

I had a drink in Silom 4 with a retired friend last night. He usually spends a month twice a year in Thailand. This is his last trip, so he says. He's "done the math" and determined that on travel & accommodation to/within Thailand he's spending more than 100,000 baht a year. He's spending the same on "entertainment" while he's here. He claims that for that money he can stay in his home country, eat decent quality food, see his regular friends and family, and be "entertained" at least once a week, every week, by one of the many Asian students who are in his country

Your friend is getting it cheap if he thinks he can get by on spending only 200,000 on two monthly trips to Thailand, all inclusive.

For example if he was traveling from the UK on the cheapest direct flight he would pay £950 = 36100Bt for the two fares. Probably more if he was coming from the USA. That would leave him 63900 for 60 nights accommodation...1065 per night. Does he live in a shoe box like yours?

His spending appears to be 1666 Bt per day all in (100,000/60) . Hardly extravagant.

Last of the big spenders is he?

[Nirish guy]

Can't believe you feel for that obvious one Gerefan ....... as sure everyone knows that Frekky hasn't ever been to Thailand never mind drank in Soi 4 ! :-)

See, there's the rub freaky, when you bullshit as much as you do sometimes people don't know what's bullshit and is actually you trying to have a normal conversation - what's a boy to do eh ! :-)

[frequent]

Your friend is getting it cheap if he thinks he can get by on spending only 200,000 on two monthly trips to Thailand, all inclusive.

In your haste to make your usual ad hominem style response you have inadvertently confirmed the point I was making. However among the multiple assumptions you made, your first mistake is to assume* that he pays the same price that you do for airfares. In fact he’s a retired flight attendant so gets “staff travel” rates. However, keep up your fantasy that everyone’s life is like yours, it makes for “interesting” reading

* assume = makes an ass of you and me

[frequent]

Can't believe you feel for that obvious one Gerefan

I think you'll find gerefan2 is always up for a good feel

[StevieWonders]

That would leave him 63900 for 60 nights accommodation...1065 per night. Does he live in a shoe box like yours?

You got rocks in your head Gere Fan? Its the 21st Century. I do a month at a time in Bangkok and I spend around $750 US ($800 tops) for the entire month for a condo. Theres so many of them on AirBNB. Furnished serviced once a week walking distance to Soi 4 and with WiFi. Friend stays near Sathorn 1 in a condo that does month to month rentals for 18000 baht plus utilities. Get with the program dude.

[StevieWonders]

To be fair, some rather wealthy people on dedicated financial sites also consider bitcoin to be uninvestable. Bitcoin only has value for as long as people retain confidence.

It's just a scam and used by scammers. I keep getting emails threatening to show videos of me watching porn sites unless I pay the sender with bitcoin.

[frequent]

In honour of gerefan2's contributions to this thread his constant companion has been awarded this t-shirt:
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[cdnmatt]

It's just a scam and used by scammers. I keep getting emails threatening to show videos of me watching porn sites unless I pay the sender with bitcoin.

haha, I get the same e-mails all the time, Telling me they have me on video jerking off to young teen girls on the internet.

I'm gay and blind, so little problem with that one.

[gerefan2]

haha, I get the same e-mails all the time, Telling me they have me on video jerking off to young teen girls on the internet.

I'm gay and blind, so little problem with that one.

Difficult to know who’s telling the truth, if anyone!

[cdnmatt]

Difficult to know who’s telling the truth, if anyone!

Is this about the whole blind thing again? Tought shit, I'm actually blind.

At least CNIB (Canadian National Institute for the Blind) think I'm blind, as I'm working with them at the moment.