What can we learn from living in Thailand?

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Re: What can we learn from living in Thailand?

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quote nanyang
They need opportunities and encouragement to be able to contribute, positively, to their environment.
I do not know where you come from but the operative words are their environment in other words their home country
I do not believe that anybody that feels like it can just turn up anywhere they feel like and either demand work from someone in his home country or sit on their butts demanding free handouts from the same person from his taxes
IMHO noone should be allowed into the country unless he has a job offer already and only if noone can be found in country to do the job

And this is definitely something that other countries can learn from the Thais

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sand_dancer wrote: While there is a mass of " Indigenous Brits " unemployed...... Then NO Immigrant...... Of ANY Nationality..... Creed..... Colour or Religion...... Should be in employment in the UK......
Great in theory but many of the "indigenous Brits" who are unemployed are also unemployable or just downright lazy. The do-gooding, sandal-wearing, tree-hugging socialist parasites who have had way too much say in local and national politics for way too long (intefering nanny state to you and me) have made it acceptable to be a dole scrounger. We have three generations of families who survive on benefits and simply spew out kids by the bucket load. What does the local council do? Get them a bigger council house, the likes of which you or I could ill-afford.

It is many of the immigrants, uneducated or unskilled, who are willing to do the back-breaking work of pulling vegetables in all weathers, picking shellfish in treacherous conditions, emptying waste bins and sorting through the rubbish before recycling, working all the antisocial hours for a pittance in the hospitality trade etc. No lazy, good-for-nothing Brit would do that since they think it's beneath them and they don't need to because someone else - tax payers - are paying their bills and feeding their already overweight kids. It's these leeches we need to get rid of first. Send them to Thailand to show them what real hardship is, they'd soon realise just how good they have it.

Thailand can teach us about personal accountability: if you're not willing to do something, don't expect anybody else to do it for you. I also think that Thai culture can teach us about acceptance, and that is the route to happiness.

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J.J.B. wrote:
sand_dancer wrote: While there is a mass of " Indigenous Brits " unemployed...... Then NO Immigrant...... Of ANY Nationality..... Creed..... Colour or Religion...... Should be in employment in the UK......
Send them to Thailand to show them what real hardship is, they'd soon realise just how good they have it.!
No No....please no! Don't send them here. One of the reasons I came here was to get away from them!!! :shock:
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Quote JJB
many of the "indigenous Brits" who are unemployed are also unemployable or just downright lazy.
Because they get handouts and can then quote that there are no jobs because the immigrants have them

Simple answer do it the same as Thailand NO WORK NO HANDOUTS
and stop letting immigrants in and taking jobs that anyone can do and make the INDIGENOUS Brits take the jobs or get no Money at all
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That it doesn't appear to be all that dangerous to have quite substantial amounts of petrol sitting in small bottles, or even 50 gallon drums, in small shacks by the road side, thus avoiding a trip to the petrol station.
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Living in Thailand mean that you won't get frost bite on any part of your body, like you will if you live north of where I am in Canada. Living in Thailand means you don't have to pay $3000 more for your car in Canada than you do for the same car sold just across the US border in Bellingham Washington. Living in Thailand means that you have successfully retired from you career in some other country, and now you are enjoying life in a country which is hotter, more comfortable , cheaper to live and eat, and in a place where you make a lot of people jealous of you for just living there!
There are many days of the year when I wish I was living in Thailand! That's what I am learning.
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All good stuff except the analogy about cars. Your 3,000 in Canada more than in the USA will be about 20,000 + more in Thailand. Cars here are highly taxed, and that's on top of an inflated manufacturer price. You'll find yourself getting excited here about buying a new Honda, when you could have a BMW back in the US or Canada for the same price or less. :shock: :laugh:

Don't let that spoil your dream though, it's a minor issue in the overall scheme of things. Pete :cheers:

EDIT: Just as a comparison. Honda CRV in the USA, about $30,000. Thailand 1.6 million Baht /31.0 = $51,613.00 for the same car, and that's before you add on any accessories.
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