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by buksida
Thu Mar 28, 2024 3:12 pm
Forum: Feeding Time
Topic: The Beer Thread 2
Replies: 142
Views: 237381

Re: The Beer Thread 2

The Carabao IPA is now available in CJ shops under the 'Tawandaeng' label. Its rather good and competitively priced at 60 baht a tin.
by buksida
Thu Mar 28, 2024 3:05 pm
Forum: Foo
Topic: News of the Weird - this just in!
Replies: 1681
Views: 108124

Re: News of the Weird - this just in!

The Thai police have finally met their match ... or met their macaque!
by buksida
Thu Mar 28, 2024 11:35 am
Forum: Feeding Time
Topic: Has Your Food Shopping Increased?
Replies: 36
Views: 2822

Re: Has Your Food Shopping Increased?

You can't compare restaurants to grocery shopping, its apples and oranges. This thread is about food shopping.

Our Makro shop is always over 5,000 baht and we get very little here for that. In Aldi or Lidl in the UK, you'd get two trolley's worth of food for a hundred plus quid.
by buksida
Thu Mar 28, 2024 11:30 am
Forum: Feeding Time
Topic: Has Your Food Shopping Increased?
Replies: 36
Views: 2822

Re: Has Your Food Shopping Increased?

Good for you.
by buksida
Thu Mar 28, 2024 11:28 am
Forum: Feeding Time
Topic: Has Your Food Shopping Increased?
Replies: 36
Views: 2822

Re: Has Your Food Shopping Increased?

For sure, you want to eat chickens feet and somtam or anything that isn't considered a "luxury item", its going to be cheaper in Thailand. :banghead:
by buksida
Thu Mar 28, 2024 11:16 am
Forum: Feeding Time
Topic: Has Your Food Shopping Increased?
Replies: 36
Views: 2822

Re: Has Your Food Shopping Increased?

Groceries in the UK have always been cheaper than in Thailand where, apparently, "there is no inflation," yet food, utility bills, fuel, etc, keeps getting hiked. (And yes, I know some smartarse will probably tell me pork is 11 baht cheaper than it was in 2022.) :banghead:
by buksida
Thu Mar 28, 2024 11:08 am
Forum: On The Road
Topic: Chiang Mai Listed Where Couple Can Retire for US$1,500/month
Replies: 5
Views: 397

Re: Chiang Mai Listed Where Couple Can Retire for US$1,500/month

Chiang Mai is also listed as the most polluted city on Earth. Happy retirement ... in hospital where, as a foreigner, your $1,500 wont last a day unless you have insurance. "On Thursday morning, dust and smoke from forest fires covered the runway at Chiang Mai Airport, near Doi Suthep in Mueang...
by buksida
Wed Mar 27, 2024 8:39 am
Forum: News
Topic: Thailand News Summary
Replies: 213
Views: 49143

Re: Thailand News Summary

More police corruption and bribery in Thailand ... who'd a thunk it! 'Bribe gang' linked to cops A lawyer has exposed a gang with police links that allegedly collects bribes, acquiring 100 million baht in kickbacks each month. Sittra Biabungkerd, secretary to the People's Lawyers Foundation, held a ...
by buksida
Wed Mar 27, 2024 7:42 am
Forum: Sports Fans
Topic: Thai Football 2023/24
Replies: 205
Views: 80386

Re: Thai Football 2023/24

Thailand were woeful, they couldn't keep the ball for more than three touches in the first half, and when anyone got it in the second, they wouldn't pass and wanted to run through the entire Korean defense like Messi. Its no wonder they've never been in a World Cup!
by buksida
Tue Mar 26, 2024 2:24 pm
Forum: Ask The Expats
Topic: Customs cost of international parcel
Replies: 20
Views: 756

Re: Customs cost of international parcel

That could be why I've never used it. The shipping charges and duties outweigh most savings on the item (unless its something you can't buy in Thailand.)
by buksida
Tue Mar 26, 2024 2:22 pm
Forum: Legal, Visa, Finances & Employment
Topic: Renewing a UK passport in Thailand
Replies: 118
Views: 10303

Re: Renewing a UK passport in Thailand

No photos in house, she told us to get them done at the camera shop on the third floor of MV. These were accepted. We also needed more paperwork than before, so I guess they're cracking down on overseas renewals (or she wants to cover all bases). Glad my sons will have to do it on their own from now...
by buksida
Tue Mar 26, 2024 12:59 pm
Forum: Ask The Expats
Topic: Customs cost of international parcel
Replies: 20
Views: 756

Re: Customs cost of international parcel

↑ Amazon ships to Thailand? Never managed to get that to work using my UK account.
by buksida
Tue Mar 26, 2024 9:04 am
Forum: Health Issues
Topic: Routine expat Blood Donors request
Replies: 4
Views: 434

Re: Routine expat Blood Donors request

No current need, and thanks for the offer. Just curious and thinking ahead as I'm group O negative which is as rare as rocking horse shit in Asia!
by buksida
Tue Mar 26, 2024 8:17 am
Forum: Legal, Visa, Finances & Employment
Topic: Buying Gold Thread
Replies: 19
Views: 2886

Re: Buying Gold Thread

More proof that Thailand has its own gold market ... Gold market distortions create different problems in Poland, Thailand and Pakistan White-hot gold prices are resulting in a range of disparities and distortions in local precious metals markets around the world, according to various recent reports...
by buksida
Tue Mar 26, 2024 7:52 am
Forum: Foo
Topic: The Thai cartoon thread
Replies: 141
Views: 26618

Re: The Thai cartoon thread

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