Beer Chang

American television websites often provide online programming. But due to licensing agreements you can only watch from the good ole USA. Any ways around this? Anyone know a free VPN?

She was on Celebrity Apprentice

Many religious groups don't want safe sex taught. Instead they stress abstinence.Abstinence is a bit unrealistic IMHO.

And she has a positive mental attitude and a zest for life.

What I left out is that my tight budget is self imposed. I have a lump sum of money and need to make it last. So I do have substantial backup in case of an emergency. I really would not be any happier if I was spending 90K a month instead of 45K.

One guy I knew in the States who home schooled his kids had very poor social schools and now I'm sure the pattern is being repeated with his kids. He's a Christian who (I think) wants to protect his kids from bad influences.

To give you an idea of what Thais make some Thai massage girls are going to Malaysia to earn a guranteed salary of 18,000 baht a month plus free food and free shared housing. Thais love thailand so this amount is needed to entice them to leave.

There was a ship that sailed from Nantucket to the South Pacific in the 1820's which got attacked by a whale. Some of the crew rowed to South America about 4000 miles away, and there was some cannibilism involved. Some say Melville's novel was inspired by this event. One of the survivors was asked if he knew Starbuck, a common name for Nantucketers at the time. He replied, "know him, I ate him"!

Homeschooling makes it more difficult to master socialization skills which is FAR more important than academic crap.

That's it, it's all about one's budget and the 4,500 difference is not that important to me. I'd rather cut my bar bill by 4500 a month and live where I want. There are bars with 35 baht Tigers. And minimarts with outdoor seating that sell 20 baht Archas.

Nothing. I am not a fan of unesscesary surgery. If tooth whitening counts, I guess I'd go fro that.

Yes, I could. But I prefer where I live for 9K a month, better location and a pool, and some intangibles such as teerak is happy here.

A church shouldn't have any say. What I meant to say is a woman's right to abort is a legal issue and I believe no woman should be forced into the slavery of motherhood for 20 years without her consent. But whether one should abort because they don't like the sex of the fetus has moral implications even if it is legal. And churches are one source of mainstream morality.

Just looked at a place today, the Green Roof Inn on Soi Kopai which was 4,600 per month including wifi. Electric and water extra.

Some guys do this in Thailand but not easy. Forgetting about health insurance, I live on about 45K Thai baht/mo.

Not that they should. But they have a right to suggest to the flock that abortion is bad. But governments should always allow a woman the right to choose. Separation of church and state.

Yes, but Visa forums tend to me more civil than monger forums.

Welcome Mr Bean!

I agree with lvdkeyes that a woman has a right to choose but this is a poor choice. One of those things that governments should permit but churches should discourage. Think people should also have the right to die.

I have the opposite problem, waking up after the free breakfast is over. At Pattaya Bay Resort, if you're a late sleeper they may give you a 100 baht a day discount if you agree to forego the brekkie for two each day. At LK, the brekkie is from 7 as Thaimo says until 2.

I don't look like the chang in my avatar either, I hope!

I don't look like the chang in my avatar either, I hope!

I don't think it that easy to get a job in 7/11 in Pattaya. A fair levelof English seems to be required. I know someone who was working as a waitress in a Thai place in the outskirts of Bangkok. Was making 4K a month plus tips but since tipping is not a Thai custom that was maybe an extra 30 baht a day. Room upstairs above the restaurant.

Who knows, maybe there is not even a distiction between murder and manslaughter in Thailand, I really don't now.

These wages seem fair to me.