deep down, how long do you think you'll be here?

**ChiangMai noon** · 05-09-2006, 05:41 PM

i really like it here.
really, really like it.

lots of reasons for that, but how long can it last?

I've been here going on 6 years and have never left the country, I really don't want to.

I will be here, I think as long as I'm allowed to be here. i don't want to go back to the UK for any reason.
People pay 1000,s of pounds for a couple of weeks that i get paid for.

how long do you think you'll be here?

**DrAndy** · 05-09-2006, 06:05 PM

bloody Thaiphiles!

mind you, it is nice

I shall be there soon, again, and hope to stay for as long as I want

see you in CM, CMN

**Rigger** · 05-09-2006, 06:08 PM

Same as you CMN I plan on staying here as long as possible. Only reason I would leave would be if the country became really unstable or bird flu was rampent. Mind you injoy going home for a couple of weeks every year to see the family

So I guess I will be here for about 40 or 50 years if all goes to plan

**hillbilly** · 05-09-2006, 06:12 PM

Till I die...

**Thetyim** · 05-09-2006, 06:23 PM

Same.. Same

**ChiangMai noon** · 05-09-2006, 06:37 PM

but then you read a story like peter pan's and realise you might just get fucked over around the next bend.

**hillbilly** · 05-09-2006, 07:00 PM

Peter Pan brought it upon himself...

**ChiangMai noon** · 05-09-2006, 07:09 PM

^
i don't think he did.

and that's sort of my point.
i am forever doing stuff wrong and so far haven't been caught.
His story about being connected is inersesting.
I need to connect.

**friscofrankie** · 05-09-2006, 07:12 PM

Be here 'til I'm killed or caught. lived in the US for damn near 50 years enoug is enough.

**mrsquirrel** · 05-09-2006, 07:15 PM

Less than a year.

**hillbilly** · 05-09-2006, 07:17 PM

Soetimes, I think about leaving but do not want to start all over again. To old and too damn lazy!

**ChiangMai noon** · 05-09-2006, 07:18 PM

Are you sure Mrs Q?

**Chalk face** · 05-09-2006, 07:28 PM

Can't see me leaving. Built a house, got a car , dog, cat and a missus.

Problem is, living in Phuket, I see more of the family than if I lived in Wigan.

**mrsquirrel** · 05-09-2006, 07:30 PM

99% sure CMN

I need to get out for a bit and top up the bank accounts. Get out of THailand so I can appreciate it more.

**NickA** · 05-09-2006, 07:41 PM

Hmmm, I'm not sure......I get your point CMN, you'd like to stay, but you not sure that something isn't going to fock up somewhere at sometime - like ripping up some big guys passport or killing the neighbours dog

I feel the same, but I'm pretty sure I'll have to go back to the UK for a few years within the next 10 or so years for several reasons - I'm not looking forward to it and I'll probably try to get out of it.

Anyway, I wouldn't worry CMN, this kind of thing only seems to happen to succesful businesses....

**mrsquirrel** · 05-09-2006, 07:51 PM

I feel the same, but I'm pretty sure I'll have to go back to the UK for a few years within the next 10 or so years for several reasons - I'm not looking forward to it and I'll probably try to get out of it

Nothing worse than being heir to the throne is there.

**dirtydog** · 05-09-2006, 07:51 PM

I think everyone gets a bit jaded with where they live, hell I can't even be bothered driving 2 km down the road to shag this really nice gal that works in the Jade bar, and I have been meaning to for the last 6 months.

I think after a few years in one area you do need a change of scenery, ok Pattaya is a bit differant and maybe 8 years is enough for here, I really can't remember when I started to get a little bored of it, but I do feel the need to visit other places, and it is growing stronger with each year.

**NickA** · 05-09-2006, 07:53 PM

^^My secret has been revealed

**ChiangMai noon** · 05-09-2006, 07:54 PM

I really can't remember when I started to get a little bored of it, but I do feel the need to visit other places, and it is growing stronger with each year.

why?

i still really like it.

**dirtydog** · 05-09-2006, 07:55 PM

Too many Thai people here for a start

**machangezi** · 05-09-2006, 07:56 PM

Soon you'll see a Thaiophile slayer screwing up your whole thread.

*For me I'll stay here as long as I can.*

**buadhai** · 05-09-2006, 08:03 PM

Impossible to predict. I went to Saipan on a 90 day work detail and stayed for 26 years.

I came here 18 months ago to retire and intend to stay. But who knows what might come up.

But, I do know that unless my income quadruples I won't be heading to the US any time soon.

**kingwilly** · 05-09-2006, 08:09 PM

left already - but i'll b back!

**Thetyim** · 05-09-2006, 08:24 PM

I think retiring here is fine but I would not want to work here.

**Bluecat** · 05-09-2006, 08:34 PM

Originally Posted by Thetyim

I think retiring here is fine but I would not want to work here.

Just the reverse for me.

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