What are you paying for things?

[sailingbill 1,316]

2 hours ago, yorta2 said:

How many lemon trees have you seen growing in Thailand. It is worth your while to get a plant yourself, if you can find one....
 

I bought two lemon trees at the garden center across fro Bangkok Pattaya hospital. They grew and were lime.

[Kev 217]

I like limes better than lemons.

We have a lemon tree in our backyard in Oz but tried to grow lime trees no go 🙃

[Bruce Mangosteen 1,516]

11 hours ago, jacko said:

I think you need to tell us what items you need to know about...

I haven't lived there for most of 10 years, but I will in about 10 months.  So, pretty much everything.  Staying away from the exotic and illegal would probably be helpful.

I have to say that guys seem to get the spirit of what I'm asking, and I'm grateful for the input so far.

[Bruce Mangosteen 1,516]

4 hours ago, sailingbill said:

I bought two lemon trees at the garden center across fro Bangkok Pattaya hospital. They grew and were lime.

Manao isn't quite either IMO.  I think most Thais have rarely seen the yellow lemons.

[Bullfrog 2,314]

13 hours ago, jacko said:

I think you need to tell us what items you need to know about...

That was my first reaction when he selectively stopped "Visa Comments" which were fewer than "Shaving cream" comments and also less than the later "Juice" comments.

I'll just randomly join in until he tells us to stop commenting on any particular subject.

[sailingbill 1,316]

An updated sat at a Diana bar 2800 baht absurd but I don’t know how , excellent Pizza from zip 330 baht    No pussy for me tonight I’ll sleep well by my self 

[Bruce Mangosteen 1,516]

4 hours ago, Bullfrog said:

That was my first reaction when he selectively stopped "Visa Comments" which were fewer than "Shaving cream" comments and also less than the later "Juice" comments.

I'll just randomly join in until he tells us to stop commenting on any particular subject.

Generally, I'd prefer if we stuck to the price of things I'd buy, or spend money on, to set up accommodations and live in Pattaya/Thailand.  Maybe it would be helpful if a mod were to update the thread title to reflect that?

Thanks to all who have contributed so far.  Please keep it coming.   😎

[Bruce Mangosteen 1,516]

33 minutes ago, sailingbill said:

An updated sat at a Diana bar 2800 baht absurd but I don’t know how , excellent Pizza from zip 330 baht    No pussy for me tonight I’ll sleep well by my self 

Nothing wrong with the occasional splurge.  Or the occasional celibate night for that matter.

[LocalYokul 425]

Peroxide is just H2O2, the brother to water.

The worst it would do is bleach something if left on.

 

[jacko 9,066]

5 hours ago, LocalYokul said:

Peroxide is just H2O2, the brother to water.

The worst it would do is bleach something if left on.

 

I started buying Dettol when I first came here, I like the smell, and it also doubles for medicinal use.  Don't know why but it seems a recent thing for me to baulk at the price of some things.  

Washing powder is another pricey item, she does a lot of washing, and I have to buy the stuff with a picture of a front loader on it!  She manages to get bleach marks on a lot of things which I believe comes from the use of 'Haiter' in a pink bottle... she will pour it straight onto things sometimes.

Sailing Bill mentions Villa often, I pretty much never go in there, it's the Pattaya equivalent to Harrods for me! Big-C have a sort of member card which you just scan at checkout, and every now and again I get a discount of 100-150 baht which is worth having! The pastries in there are quite good and a single serving quiche is about 70 baht and a nice snack with a coffee. Can get a coffee for 40 baht, I have already mentioned my aversion to paying silly Starbucks prices.  I talk to a USA guy in there who gets those sachets of coffee and sugar and a cup of hot water for less. I think it is rubbish, but he says there is some cholesterol advantage over the filtered/brewed stuff I get.  There are some odd folks and old disabled falangs in there early mornings who seem to pass time. At weekend by midday it is packed like a school canteen. 

Edited October 3, 2025 by jacko

[yselmike 488]

5 hours ago, LocalYokul said:

Peroxide is just H2O2, the brother to water.

The worst it would do is bleach something if left on.

 

I use it to steriles my water pik and  interdental brushes.Also to clean cuts and mosquito bites.I am not a fan of Dettol.

[sailingbill 1,316]

49 minutes ago, jacko said:

ailing Bill mentions Villa often, I pretty much never go in there, it's the Pattaya equivalent to Harrods for me! Big-C have a sort of member card

Good to know , there is a Big C I didn't know was near me by Alcazar. I read the reviews and very favorable. It must be tucked away as I have not seen it when passing on 2cd road.  Of course Jacko is from the UK and so we don't eat the same pickles ,Mayo frozen dinners and of course Mushy Peas but I will give the Big C a try, thanks.

[sailingbill 1,316]

The waitress at Lewinsky lives in NKlua and said there is a new market Best on Naklua road Soi 16. I’ll certainly try it 

[Bullfrog 2,314]

5 hours ago, jacko said:

Sailing Bill mentions Villa often, I pretty much never go in there, it's the Pattaya equivalent to Harrods for me!

I was a regular visitor to Villa Market on 33/1 in the 90s purely for the excellent choice of decent French wine in the "upstairs cellar" but I wouldn't go in the Pattaya one for much the same reason as you !!!

[Bullfrog 2,314]

There is no where locally that sells Equal sweetener sachets so we got 3 x boxes of 100 sachets delivered today.

One box of 100 sachets cost 146 baht including delivery and including an excellent glass container with a clip on lid.

I'm sure they will be cheaper in Pattaya but that is what I paid rather than use half a tank of petrol going to Ubon City ..

300 sachets should last me about 100++ days ...

[awesum4 2,914]

17 hours ago, LocalYokul said:

Peroxide is just H2O2, the brother to water.

The worst it would do is bleach something if left on.

 

it is definitely not the brother to water if its in the concebtrated form.  I worked in a Gelatine factory and we used it as a steriliser.  Had 1,000 litre tanks and it was piped throughout the factory.  It was bloody dangerous stuff. 

One of the pipes developed a tiny leak and it dripped onto wood over a period of time. One night it caught fire and burnt the factory down. 

[yselmike 488]

1 minute ago, awesum4 said:

it is definitely not the brother to water if its in the concebtrated form.  I worked in a Gelatine factory and we used it as a steriliser.  Had 1,000 litre tanks and it was piped throughout the factory.  It was bloody dangerous stuff. 

One of the pipes developed a tiny leak and it dripped onto wood over a period of time. One night it caught fire and burnt the factory down. 

The stuff that's sold here in the Netherlands and Thailand is 3%.It disappeared of the shelves a few years ago,because.terrorists could use it. I can only get the 120ml plastic bottle and only two at a time.Its good as a general steriliser and wound cleaner.Keep it away from children and childlike adults.

[LocalYokul 425]

 

My bottle is only 3%, if you leave it out overnight with the cap off, it would just be water in the morning.

As I was writing that bit about H2O2 I was also thinking it is an oxidizer that can act almost like a catalyst for causing a fire, which would nearly seem like Spontaneous Combustion.

 

[LocalYokul 425]

On 10/3/2025 at 5:38 AM, Bruce Mangosteen said:

I think most Thais have rarely seen the yellow lemons.

I remember making lahp with lime juice & a 'culinary expert' claimed it was supposed to be lemon juice, 555

 

[Bullfrog 2,314]

I have just added these to my shopping list for delivery tomorrow.. The nearest supermarket sells a pack of 2 slices for 20 Baht..

 

 

Edited October 6, 2025 by Bullfrog

[Bruce Mangosteen 1,516]

On 10/3/2025 at 7:27 PM, sailingbill said:

Of course Jacko is from the UK and so we don't eat the same pickles ,Mayo frozen dinners and of course Mushy Peas but I will give the Big C a try, thanks.

I encourage you to try their version of we think of as baked beans, made by Heinz.  The beans are bigger than baked beans, and come in a sweet tomato sauce without the molasses so the flavor is not similar, but they are very nice nonetheless.  It sounds funny to American ears, but those beans, on toast, is a really nice snack.  I used to buy them at Jules Sportarama Bar and restaurant in View Talay 1A, and he had a large assortment of flavors at the time.

What are we payin' for Heinz beans these days?  

Edited October 8, 2025 by Bruce Mangosteen

[Bullfrog 2,314]

50 minutes ago, Bruce Mangosteen said:

I encourage you to try their version of we think of as baked beans, made by Heinz.  The beans are bigger than baked beans, and come in a sweet tomato sauce without the molasses so the flavor is not similar, but they are very nice nonetheless.  It sounds funny to American ears, but those beans, on toast, is a really nice snack.  I used to buy them at Jules Sportarama Bar and restaurant in View Talay 1A, and he had a large assortment of flavors at the time.

What are we payin' for Heinz beans these days?  

[Bullfrog 2,314]

52 minutes ago, Bruce Mangosteen said:

I encourage you to try their version of we think of as baked beans, made by Heinz.  The beans are bigger than baked beans, and come in a sweet tomato sauce without the molasses so the flavor is not similar, but they are very nice nonetheless.  It sounds funny to American ears, but those beans, on toast, is a really nice snack.  I used to buy them at Jules Sportarama Bar and restaurant in View Talay 1A, and he had a large assortment of flavors at the time.

What are we payin' for Heinz beans these days?  

If you are having somebody special over for an evening of fun you can buy a 2.65kg can of Branston baked beans for 279 Baht .. (Or should I say 279 Barps)

 

[Bullfrog 2,314]

I haven't bought shirts from a market for well over 5 years and when I did I think they were probably 120 Baht each..

Today I bought 6 new shirts (Hooray!) at 2 for 120 Baht at the local market here. Better quality than the ones I had purchased previously at Buakhao market.

[Bruce Mangosteen 1,516]

5 minutes ago, Bullfrog said:

If you are having somebody special over for an evening of fun you can buy a 2.65kg can of Branston baked beans for 279 Baht .. (Or should I say 279 Barps)

I'd be interested in how the taste of these compares to, say, B&M.