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^ I would like to see you say that to a farmer wating for rain .
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I liked the view from the roof of the Santypab Hotel as the sun set in Thailand , across the Mekong .
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Hi . Are there salmon farms in Udon ?
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I use a little peep peep , like Thomas the tank engine , when I am getting close to slow moving traffic , farm vehicles and so on . I always slow down and try to keep good distance when passing on country roads. When I drive on the highway or roads with lorries I give a slow flash of the headlamps when a lorrie has passed me suficiently and sometimes the lorries flash back to say " hi ,thanks " .
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Dear Op , if you want to bake cakes thats cool.
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Yep, another great idea from the team that gave you compulsory attitude training for anyone who thinks outside the politically-correct box. Who better to teach kids the virtues of non-violence than a bunch of people trained to kill with their bare hands in 12 seconds.
Exactly , the students need to know how to make better bombs and what part of the bus to aim for .Training is the answer.
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The soldiers could reform the student gangs they were in to bombat the new gangs .
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This is what happens when you have a heriditary Communist dictatorship. Marx & Lenin could not have envisaged it (or other failings).
And the heriditary line continues in unexpected places.
Kim Jung Ca - moron.
thanks to pure pish
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I very rarely drive at night... usually because I've consumed wine or a beer with dinner. I guess that in Thailand many others driving at night have consumed !
This means at night my Wife drives (no alcohol consumption)... She's been driving in Bangkok since she was 15, She's never performed a test yet somehow has a licence - I'm astonished, but thats the way it is here. How many people (Thai's) driving in Thailand have actually taken a lesson or a half decent test? If your Wife drives, did she ever take a test? your Thai friends ? and really how good was that test anyway?
When alone I get a taxi - this poses its own lottery of 'get home safely'... 10% of the time the taxi ride home makes me feel a dash uncomfortable - Taxi driver issues, safety etc has been discussed extensively in other threads - from my point of view sometimes taxi drivers are down right dangerous... a necessary negative when living here ?... probably..
Anyway.... back to my point... My Wife's driving isn't terrible, but its 'Thai' driving if that makes any sense without seeming like a Thai basher (it makes sense to me, I've lived here most of my adult life). I do see some common issues - sense of space being the greatest issue... many seem to 'hold' in the blind spot of another car and generally seem not to predict possible / potential events. This could be said of Thai's walking around in the street. Spatial awareness of others seem be lacking over here more so than many other capital cities (I mention capital cities only because we must compare like for like - there is no point comparing Bkk to my quiet little UK countryside village).
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Slightly off topic: Lets Face it - As a Western Male in Thailand any topic on driving standards is likely to either end up as racist or sexist. I've had the 'sexist' conversations with taxi drivers throughout Asia... I've had the 'racist' conversation with other countrymen regarding the standard of driving in pretty much every country outside of the UK. We Brits think we poop rose petals when it comes to driving standards, for the most part the driver education the majority Western countries is rather decent - again, not a bash against Thailand, just a point many would agree with.
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I would like to be fair.. Accidents happen anywhere. In the UK a very close friend driving to her work place (a Primary School) had a an accident. The Van driver had exceeded hours, in court later testified that he was also using his radio and simply did not make the corner. The ensuing head on collision took my dear friends life less than 2 months after she was married.
A tragedy can strike anywhere at any time.... BUT: Without wishing to bash driving in Thailand which seems impossible because we are discussing driving in Thailand !!... I see some very silly things happening here. Some extreme carelessness, so absolute stupidity. I've tried to counter as much of this as possible by not riding bikes and by driving solid cars. But, I see lorries making a turn in Bangkok, sometimes they go a little too fast, I've seen reports of the Container Truck tipping over.. The lorry not stopping...
Again, in the Interest of 'Balance' - one of the aspects I do enjoy about driving in Thailand... The lack of 'direct aggression'... by that I mean horn blasting, hand signals, people shouting at each other etc... That said, I consider people quite aggressive drivers, blocking others, deliberately not giving way, cutting people off... Driving here really is a social enigma...
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So.. Big Question: Is it Safe? Night time? - IMO Well much less so, especially outside of the city / town... in town the speeds are slow enough (usually) not to create major life threatening issues when in another car... Outside of the town, cars travel fast which means when drunk, dangerous...
Thus: In the Day time... visibility is generally clear enough to maintain safe awareness.
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Digressing a little.. A bin lorry didn't stop in the UK recently. For reasons of balance this must also be mentioned. The Bin Lorry killed 6 people... See! accidents happen anywhere...
However - The big question really is: How much more likely is it that something like this has a serious effect on my [or your] life here in Thailand compared to living back home (where you came from our could be).
The Glasgow bin lorry accident happened in the afternoon , the driver had a seizure and his mates in the cab couldn't stop the truck from running away.Terrible accident.
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After Russia sided with Nazi Germany and murdered many Finns and Polish, it found itself invaded by its former ally. The Russians then became an ally to the west and sacrificed millions of its citizens to finally help to defeat the Nazis. But Russia pays no homage to the mostly British seamen and airmen who supplied fuel and war goods to Murmansk during these dark years. The sacrifice of British naval and merchantmen and airforce personnel who supplied these goods is largely overlooked.. And now, Russia still rattles its worn out sword to the west. May the Russian Putrid RazPutin rot in hell.
The Russians didn't just 'help' as you put it - they were the country that paid the butchers bill in terms of blood sacrifice, running to uncountable millions. There is no doubt that the Red Army were responsible for defeating the Nazis, almost 80% of German casualities sustained in WWII were on the Russian front.
Don't be swayed by the piffle-history peddled by many and Hollywood spin that downs play the role played by the Russians, it's wrong. Read some proper history by a decent historian.
If there isn't a memorial to the Murmask convoys, then that is a shame I agree.
http://stopwar.org.uk/news/70-years-on-the-real-story-behind-the-defeat-of-the-nazis-in-world-war-ii
I cant vouch for the history in this article ,
Very few would.
It's an anti-Anglo website that spends almost all of its time attacking the US and the UK while praising Putin.
Almost all of those who claim Russia won World War 2 are also consistently anti-American and always have been so.
Russians themselves continue to consider WW2 their great patriotic war of massive suffering and victory, nothing more. That is, the Russians don't claim they won the war and the Russians have never claimed to have won WW2. The Russian view has always been that the victory in the Europe-Atlantic Theater and in the Asia-Pacific Theater was an Allied victory.
Indeed, Germany 70 years ago surrendered to the Allies, the Allied Governments being four: USA, UK, USSR, France.
The war in both the European and Pacific Theater respectively had not been going well for France, the UK, Russia individually or collectively until there were the four Allies from December 7th, 1941 to the surrender of Germany in May 1945 and by Japan formally in September.
Check back on V-J day so we can revisit the matter of who won World War II.
This is OT . I remember hearing a story or rumour saying that the red army captured Hitler when they arrived in Berlin and he was held as a secret prisoner and died in a Russian Jail. Well , just an old story I guess .
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After Russia sided with Nazi Germany and murdered many Finns and Polish, it found itself invaded by its former ally. The Russians then became an ally to the west and sacrificed millions of its citizens to finally help to defeat the Nazis. But Russia pays no homage to the mostly British seamen and airmen who supplied fuel and war goods to Murmansk during these dark years. The sacrifice of British naval and merchantmen and airforce personnel who supplied these goods is largely overlooked.. And now, Russia still rattles its worn out sword to the west. May the Russian Putrid RazPutin rot in hell.
The Russians didn't just 'help' as you put it - they were the country that paid the butchers bill in terms of blood sacrifice, running to uncountable millions. There is no doubt that the Red Army were responsible for defeating the Nazis, almost 80% of German casualities sustained in WWII were on the Russian front.
Don't be swayed by the piffle-history peddled by many and Hollywood spin that downs play the role played by the Russians, it's wrong. Read some proper history by a decent historian.
If there isn't a memorial to the Murmask convoys, then that is a shame I agree.
http://stopwar.org.uk/news/70-years-on-the-real-story-behind-the-defeat-of-the-nazis-in-world-war-ii
I cant vouch for the history in this article ,
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I am more Jocko Homo than Neanderthals and thats why I don't post anymore or do .
Good to see you back. I recently had the opportunity pass on a helpful hint from your good self, if I recall correctly, about using a sock to filter broken glass out of your wine
Buckfast works in mysterious ways .
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I am more Jocko Homo than Neanderthals and thats why I don't post anymore or do .
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ab det
aw gan
dear sir - wasn't sure what these two were - and i am determined to master farang thai. what are they?
i would humbly add these to the list (as my friends who claim total ignorance in the language still use them all the time):
- hong naam - (restroom)
- ihm / ihm laow - (full)
- jing lor - (really?) jing jing - (really!)
- set laow (finished)
ab det - cunnilingus
aw gan - sexual intercourse
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ok nom promplem
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boom boom
motosi
ab det
aw gan
bai nai ?
Military, local officials study feasibility of cross gulf ferry service
in Pattaya News
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These are the boats that go between Hong Kong and Macau. Its about 70km and takes roughly an hour . It's not a bad journey as the seats are comfortable and they serve snacks and drinks . I couldn't tell you if the sea conditions on the South China Coast are similar to those of the Gulf of Thailand.
Here's a thought , If the junta allows casino operators to open in Pattaya they might throw a few of these in for free and cover the costs of the service .