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Just make sure you got a pedicure.
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Just make sure you got a pedicure.
(Remember Jackson, it's gay pride week Sydney-side.
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nomad97
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I do not have a pair of shoes, I have not worn such for many years, not since my formal attire disintegrated on a night out in Bangkok some 15 years ago. I was playing pool with my wife and, as I walked around the table, I heard a sound similar to Charlie Chaplin walking, a penguin type sound with flapping feet. The more I played the louder the sound became. Out of curiosity I looked at my well polished black shoes. Well, fork my old boots, the uppers were rapidly detaching themselves from the soles as the stitching fell apart. Must have been the humidity rotting the thread. I had to send teerak out on an emergency mission to find some replacement footwear. It was pretty clear my shoes had had it. I sat and had another beer while I waited for her to return.
P.S. I look on average once a year for a new pair of shoes. I have yet to find any shoes in Surin that are large enough for me to wear. If they have the length they certainly do not have the width. And I am only a UK size 9 1/2 to 10. It's a big problem for the larger man - the lack of clothes or footwear available off the peg in Surin. The only exception I have found are jeans. Saves a fortune in wardrobe costs.
P.P. S. During our recent visit to Korat, my wife and daughters found a shoe shop in Central that had shoes that would fit me. At the time I was enjoying a massage while the girls did their walkabout. Unfortunately, they forgot to tell me about the shop until after our return to Surin. Maybe next time eh?
P.S. I look on average once a year for a new pair of shoes. I have yet to find any shoes in Surin that are large enough for me to wear. If they have the length they certainly do not have the width. And I am only a UK size 9 1/2 to 10. It's a big problem for the larger man - the lack of clothes or footwear available off the peg in Surin. The only exception I have found are jeans. Saves a fortune in wardrobe costs.
P.P. S. During our recent visit to Korat, my wife and daughters found a shoe shop in Central that had shoes that would fit me. At the time I was enjoying a massage while the girls did their walkabout. Unfortunately, they forgot to tell me about the shop until after our return to Surin. Maybe next time eh?
No, and who it is doesn't matter. What matters is how he was being treated and cared for. It could be any one of us really. Shit happens to us older guys where we cannot care for ourselves. If I am ever in that predicament I would hope a fellow farang or two would help me out if my Thai family were not doing so (which I am not worried about).
Rice
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Not once in my 20 odd years of, off and on in Thailand, have I ever seen shoes in my size. Probably at ultra high end places, but I never go to places like that.
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Even in many of the high end BKK malls and shops it is hard to find larger farang sizes. I know, I have looked whenever I see a place selling shoes. I take a 9 1/2 or 10 US size. But, as you say, the length may be fine, but the width is usually too narrow for my feet. Need a wide size myself for my Fred Flinstone feet as my daughter April calls them.
p.s. I do believe Siam Bootery on Sukhumvit road will do leather shoes to order and fit you up. But I would expect that to be a bit expensive. Though well made shoes that fit comfortably are worth every penny.
p.s. I do believe Siam Bootery on Sukhumvit road will do leather shoes to order and fit you up. But I would expect that to be a bit expensive. Though well made shoes that fit comfortably are worth every penny.
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Eanto
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The swankiest I’ve seen was a pair of hand made ostrich shoes a mate had in my old UK snooker club. I think they cost a small fortune at the time but he said worth every penny. Probably go down well in Issan, eat the ostrich and then make the shoes
gotlost
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Rice
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Stay away from NEP.
Too late! I was there last night. But I had my collar and leash on.
gotlost
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Too late! I was there last night. But I had my collar and leash on.
Back in me days I bought a handmade pair of leather sandals just around the corner from NEP.
nomad97
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And no doubt she had her taser fully charged too.Too late! I was there last night. But I had my collar and leash on.
Coffee
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Well really isn't that what having a family is all about (whether in Thailand or elsewhere)...unless they decide it would be best to place you in a nursing facility.
Personally I'm only in LOS as a long-term healthcare alternative/ solution.
Coffee
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In retrospect if one is not a close friend it's just better to get their family's home-country contact information and contact their family to aprise them about the situation.
Let the family deal with it.
In some cases the expat doesn't want the family back home contacted and then you've only opened up another can of worms.
Sadly some expats come here and allow themselves to go down the shitter without following their doctors orders.
Mental health issues are alot worse in many cases among the expat population.
For the record IMO neat ('golf course') men's attire should be welcomed at IMM if you're applying for an extension with your documents and banking in proper order on a sweltering day.
Yorky
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I am size 45 (or 11 in UK). I favour slip-ons and occasionally there are some (maybe one pair) available in Robinson's. I bought a pair when I was in Perth (W.A.) ten years ago which I keep in reserve.
These are from Robinson's about 2 years ago and if my memory serves me correctly they were less than Bht 1,500.00.
And what if you no longer have family back where you came from? All older and passed away? And here in Thailand some foreign gents 'think' they will be taken care of, but find that the care they may get leaves much to be desired. Especially if you have little income or a crappy Thai family that doesn't really give a damn ... as, you don't really have much income and are a drain and a bother. And your sudden illness leaves you unable to speak clearly (and your Thai is crap anyway), and you can barely walk 50 feet or climb a couple/few steps using crutches, and no one is willing to take you out to a barber and manicurist/pedicure, or to eat something you might enjoy, or just to get out of the room they've installed you in and get out in the fresh air a few times a week, see people you may know, etc etc etc. What then?
Things can happen quickly and unexpectedly, through no real 'fault' of your own.
"Coffee, post: 278318, member: 9119"]In retrospect if one is not a close friend it's just better to get their family's home-country contact information and contact their family to aprise them about the situation.
"Let the family deal with it."
And sometimes there is no family to deal with it. Sometimes the person is an acquaintance you may know, not a 'close' friend. But a fellow countryman, or a fellow veteran possibly, or of the same race, heritage, etc. Or just someone that needs some help that you and others can maybe provide in some way or another.
"In some cases the expat doesn't want the family back home contacted and then you've only opened up another can of worms."
But you never know unless you try. Maybe they do/will care enough about their family member/blood relative to help in some way. Or, if the expat doesn't want them notified, you do what you possibly can do. It's all very touchy and flexible. But usually there is something that can done to help.
"Sadly some expats come here and allow themselves to go down the shitter without following their doctors orders."
And some do follow their doctors orders and shit still happens, as they are aging. And if they don't have any in-country health insurance or other way to offset the costs they pay out of pocket. Or possibly buy a plane ticket back to the home country that may provide socialized medical care etc.
"Mental health issues are alot worse in many cases among the expat population.
I can agree with that to an extent. A lot of alcoholism in the expat community, some drug abuse, depression over one's circumstances once ill and vulnerable, divorce or separation, all kinds of things can mess with your mind. Or you were crazy as a bedbug to begin with before coming to Thailand.
"For the record IMO neat ('golf course') men's attire should be welcomed at IMM if you're applying for an extension with your documents and banking in proper order on a sweltering day."
In my opinion golf attire should NEVER be worn anywhere except a golf course. LOL
"Let the family deal with it."
And sometimes there is no family to deal with it. Sometimes the person is an acquaintance you may know, not a 'close' friend. But a fellow countryman, or a fellow veteran possibly, or of the same race, heritage, etc. Or just someone that needs some help that you and others can maybe provide in some way or another.
"In some cases the expat doesn't want the family back home contacted and then you've only opened up another can of worms."
But you never know unless you try. Maybe they do/will care enough about their family member/blood relative to help in some way. Or, if the expat doesn't want them notified, you do what you possibly can do. It's all very touchy and flexible. But usually there is something that can done to help.
"Sadly some expats come here and allow themselves to go down the shitter without following their doctors orders."
And some do follow their doctors orders and shit still happens, as they are aging. And if they don't have any in-country health insurance or other way to offset the costs they pay out of pocket. Or possibly buy a plane ticket back to the home country that may provide socialized medical care etc.
"Mental health issues are alot worse in many cases among the expat population.
I can agree with that to an extent. A lot of alcoholism in the expat community, some drug abuse, depression over one's circumstances once ill and vulnerable, divorce or separation, all kinds of things can mess with your mind. Or you were crazy as a bedbug to begin with before coming to Thailand.
"For the record IMO neat ('golf course') men's attire should be welcomed at IMM if you're applying for an extension with your documents and banking in proper order on a sweltering day."
In my opinion golf attire should NEVER be worn anywhere except a golf course. LOL
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Coffee
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Good point. Well then (particularly if one hasn't made the best choices for their future) Thailand surely doesn't want them.
(How are they ever going to apply for an extension ?)
Really time to go back to the Mother Land and live on the social system.
Keep well in mind this happens in our own countries (quite probably to millions in the USA).
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Coffee
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555...okay...neat attire - sport shirt and pressed shorts featuring the correct corresponding colour of the week.
nomad97
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Not another one who follows the colour code. I certainly do not and never will.555...okay...neat attire - sport shirt and pressed shorts featuring the correct corresponding colour of the week.
Coffee
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Sigh. So how do you do that if you can no longer speak so others, especially Thais and strangers, can understand you? Can no longer walk, or ride your motorcycle, or drive a car? How do you get to your bank? How do you get your plane tickets, hotel room, transport to the airport, money exchanged, needing a wheelchair to even get to the ticket counter and through customs to the plane gate? Best choices? Some of the much older farang people here in Surin can't even use a laptop/computer/mobile. Haven't a clue. Or have a credit card or debit card to use on line. How does one get to the bus or train station in a wheelchair if you can't walk and board without help? Luckily MOST Thais will help an elderly person in a bad situation. Think about it. What if it was you who had these same problems and were in the same or similar situation? You'd better have some farang friends who will help out if the Thai family does not, cannot, or will not.