RamdomChances

Thanks Snowlepard, and the others, good links, just about killed the thread off though .

Now if you'd off copied one and pasted it here every now and again we would all be thinking how clever you where

Anyway Cheers All

RC

Its one of my wifes fav's boiled frogs, she really likes the pregnant ones cos the are full of eggs!!

Back when the "war on drugs" was going on we where at the local market and a car pulled up and shot two people allegedly involved in drugs, apparently this was carried out by the police.

Anyway, my friend turns to me and says " shuak gai hi ling do" basicly

"Cut the chickens throat and let the monkeys watch"

ie They were being made an examlpe of.

Anyone esle know any thai sayings and their meanings?

Cheers

A girl asked me once if I was going to give her a tip.

I said no i'm going to put it all in

A few points from me, the name of this thread is "Thai Opinions"

1 You were born, here but left when you were 3 yrs old. You may be biolagicaly thai but thats about it.

2 I've yet to really see you put any opinions up other than your opinions about why people are picking on you.

3 I recived a really sarcastic PM from you, I wounder how many others have?

If you want to particapate in this forum, you have to give a bit and take a bit, lighten up !!

Sorry to trivalise this serious subject, but could'nt resist.

Did you know there is even a disease that will make your dick look like cauliflower?

Is there one that will make it look like a cucumber?

Where can you catch it?

Cat A

male, female

black, white, Asiatic

Cat C

blind, deaf, in a wheelchair

a bored housewife, a screaming drag queen, a de-frocked priest, a tattooed skinhead, a megabutch lesbian, a Thai temple dancer, or a Yakuza hitman.

Pick one from each Cat, and you get some pretty good combinations, still havent worked the right one out for Rod though,

How about Male, black, deaf, thai temple dancer.

Hmmm maybe not

and I thought every one knew that Bluecat was a blind ,Yakuza hitman

On a more helpful not than my last posting. If you are ever driving around "up country" and are cought short (needing to use the toilet for our non english friends). Stop at any police box, station they will happly let you use the facilities, bring your own paper though.

Obviously while there follow the rules of my previous post

Ok thanks mate sorted

Yea thats about spot on thanks snowleapard, I'd more or less got the size one worked out, but was having a bit of trouble with standered, extent.

Oh 3X1 3 koon 1 right? dont now how to spell it in thai and the wifes gone to bed.

Ever come across Mat at tarn (maybe one word) think its more like standerds?

One more question

ขนาดยาวคือ 2 เมตร=kanat yaow keu 2 met=The length is 2 metres

Do you need the "keu" in and mabye

Kwam yaow keu 2 met = the lenght is 2 met

Man yaow keu 2 met = its 2 meet

Make scence? I left the keu in

Cheers RC

You would'nt happen to have more than one nick would you chon??

Its a possibility

Dont, try to discuss the socioeconomic inpacts on coruption in the thai police force.

Dont make and derogatory remarks, about their parentage, or their mothers, sisters,wives ect

Dont say its not your fault cos you've been drinking all day.

Dont tell them to find a tailor cos their uniforms to thight and makes them look fat.

Dont poke them with sticks

And never ever tell them they probably dont know how to use that gun and couldnt shot straight even if they did.

Theres probably more but these have always worked for me

Mine " The only book ever written about thailand by a dyslexic, semi alcholic welshman on a Saterday night whos p!ssed off that he's got no one to drink whiskey with cos they are all working tomorrow" I forget the name of the auther

When can I have my 10 salung

"quotes are like statistics 90% are made uo on the spot" source, see above

Quote " the central plain, still remains Thailands cultrual and spiritual heartland, and not that Issan place stuck on the side"

I mean the moving part if it,....

Both of them

I've done loads of visa runs in the past to Mae Sot, the last about six months ago.

It was 500 bht to get into Burma, you can only go as far as the local market there, I've never been, and most people say there is not much there.

On the Thai side there is a market, with some good furniture, and loads of trinkity stuff, quite cheap. Beware of buying cigaretts offered on the thai side or in burma, they are usually fake (well known brand packaging) same with most other stuff, the packet is genuine the contents usually are'nt.

Anyway, get to the freindship bridge, go to the imagration post stamp out of thailand, then you can walk across not far 5 min or wait for the song trew, about 5 min as well !!

When you get to the burma side you will see the imagration hut, just go in, you dont need to stand at the window, they will ask you if you want to go to the town, most people just get the stamp and walk straight back. Fill the form out pay your 500 bht and done, used to take me about 20 min inc walking. I've never needed a photo, but they may ask you for one.

There are a few hotels there The Central MaeSot Hills is the most upmarket and close to the bridge, about 1000bht a night, the bridge is a few km out of town though, there is an airport as well.

These were advertising tickets for about 2000bht return

http://www.thai-tour.com/airticket/air/

Mae Sot is about 80 km from Tak, and the road is like a roller coaster, great scenary, but I dont know if I'd want to do it on a bus.

As for getting there from BKK, sorry cant help you much, I've always driven up from Nakorn Sawan, but I would of thought you'd head for Tak and then change busses, a night in Tak sounds like a good idea. Tak is probably about 6-7 hrs by bus fron BKK mabye more with stops, add about 1.5-2 hrs bus to Mae Sot.

I think there is a clue in "CENTRAL" as in center, heart ect..

Not Northeast Thailand i.e Issan

At the last Thai Visa meeting I thought Bluecat was actually a Blue cat.

I've got to stop taking these drugs

Having met both, you and your wife, I would tend to agree,... 

You may have a point there

Her mum loves my though

There is actually a wineary (??) in my village, its called Chateau De Tak Far, and the red is'nt bad. dont really know much about the buissiness.

You'll have to rely on my "fishy friend" to imform you of the emviromental impacts

Heres a couple of links

In Thailand, the country that inspired the term New Latitude

Wines, there are now no fewer than five wineries turning

grapes into wine. One of the most ambitious, and one that uses

exclusively Thai-grown grapes, is the Siam Winery, founded as

recently as 1996 by the man who invented the energy drink Red

Bull, Khun Chalerm Yoovidya. Perhaps to atone for inflicting

Red Bull on the world's nervous systems, he is now trying to

develop Thailand's wine culture.

The grapes, Malaga Blanc for white wines and the local dark-

skinned Pok Dum with Shiraz and Black Muscat, are bought from

farmers in the Chao Prayha Delta, an hour south west of

Bangkok, where the vineyards effectively float on the river

water. Plantings have apparently increased from 8,000 to

12,000 acres of floating vines since 1996 and, while the name

they have chosen for their international brand, Monsoon

Valley, is not guaranteed to inspire traditional wine lovers

with confidence, they are very clear in their objective of

promoting the wines specifically to partner Thai food in

restaurants around the world. They are also developing

experimental vineyards further north on higher ground in the

Tap Gwang District, near Khao Yai, which is also the name of

the wine subsidiary of the brewers of Thailand's leading beer

Singha. The historic Chinese wine company Changyu recently

announced it is planning a joint venture winery with its Thai

importers, while Chateau de Loei has been producing red and

white table wines in north east Thailand for a decade now. The

latitude range of all these Thai vineyards is well under 18

degrees north of the equator. 

http://www.jancisrobinson.com/winenews/200...nenews0601.html

A couple of more links

http://www.ifcanet.com/resources/archives/...es/thailand.htm

http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9604/15/thai.wine/

My wife's mom treats me like a son (we do live together though)

My parents have met my wife twice and think she's too good for me !!

I evens up though her mum thinks I'm too good for her

All toursit places nonetheless , Isaan is the heartland , no tourist places , long may it remain so

Nah Central Plain is the heart land, Issans just stuckon the side somewhere

Yep, heres a link, never stayed on one though.

http://www.sawadee.com/kanchanaburi/junglerafts/details/

http://kanchanaburi.sawadee.com/

Auattaya, Shoukothai, for history, ruins ect, Lopburi, has some interesting Khemer ruins, loads of monkeys and is very un touristy.

Chang Mai/rai, Mae Hongsong for mountains.

Kow Yai national park, for mountains/wildlife

Beaches of Ko Samet, Chang or down south Phuket, Krabi, Saturn.

Kanchanaburi has a nice setting on the river, site of the "bridge over the river Khawi" and some nice resort hotels out of town either floating on or next to the river, the scenary around is pretty good to and only a few hours out of BKK.

My fav is Phuket, world class beaches, loads of nightlife and good resteraunts. On the down side its probably the most expensive place in Thailand and Patong is very touristy.

Hmm where to see the real Thailand?

Its all of it, the tourist beaches, Bangkok, main cities around the country, small country villages. Life is different in all of them but they all go to make the real Thailand.

Canad ขนาด

Heared this a lot and cant get a very good explanation on what it means, can any one help?

Aparently it has two meanings.

Thanks