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I've lived and worked in Thailand since 1984. I've been married for maybe 38 years., so I don't date women. I've seen profiles on a couple of dating websites, and I know what happens in Thailand. There are certain women you would be unwise to get involved with. Career women have a different motive for dating. They also have a higher level of education than the run-of-the-mill women in Pattaya and from Isaan villages.

He won't just destroy their uranium and missile facilities, he'll make the country so poor, including destroying the oil refineries, that the people will rise up and overthrow the tyrants. I doubt very much that there will be a kinetic war. The population isn't going to scream, "Let's protect the tyrants! Attack the USA! Die for the tyrants!"

I expect that the CCP will soon come to the rescue to sell the old stock of Sinovac. They'll do what they do in trade to avoid tariffs: they'll change the labels. These labels will show a new manufacturing date, of course. The Golden Rule is: Never buy, eat, or use anything made in China.

Nowadays, my recommendation is to date only educated Thai women who have a career. They are much less likely to be troublesome gold-diggers.

The CCP has a playbook. They stretch out negotiations for months and months. They will do this with the hope that the Democrat-Marxists win in 2026 and Trump becomes powerless. Nothing will come from these negotiations.

This meeting is about what they will talk about. That's all, according to the White House.

Trump should not concede anything until the CCP stops sending fentanyl precursers to Mexico and Canada; stops cheating; obeys the WTO rules; stops lying; stops stealing intellectual property; and stops threatening Taiwan. He should keep the tariffs as they are because the CCP won't do any of the above. The longer he tightens the screws, the sooner the CCP will collapse.

As the Thai economy worsens Pattaya sex workers and gatoeys will steal more and more both in guest rooms and on the street. Eventually, if the client's room has a safe, they'll walk out with it too. Pattaya is a place where morality is at rock bottom. Crime is a given and will only worsen. Go forward 5, 10, 15, or even 20 years. What do you think the situation will be in Pattaya?

Maybe the Thai authorities believe the CCP's BS that their economy is doing wonderfully well. The opposite is the truth with the tariffs and tens of millions of Chinese workers are unemployed as a result. It doesn't how much Thailand spends to attract Chinese tourists, they don't have the money to come. Surely, the Thai government knows that the CCP is planning to invade Taiwan by 2027. The CCP has said so. What will Thailand do when NO Chinese tourists come? It's high time to plan for this eventuality.

This may be a workable solution. The IO did say "2 months" after all. Also, when you go back to CW you may meet a different IO who will say that 2 months is fine. I think you were simply unlucky. I went to Immigration in Samuth Prakarn maybe 20 years ago after being married at an ampheur office for one day. There was no problem. Don't worry! You'll be all right with the Visit My Wife visa. The IO was probably worried that you were part of a marriage scam. Finally, did your and your wife's appearance create concern? Did you dress like respectable business people or were you dressed casually?

The boat was a bad business decision. Why? Because it is relying on Chinese tourists. Their economy has been in a volatile state for years now, and now it is tanking because of the US tariffs. Also, it is not a case of IF the CCP will invade Taiwan and start WW3, but WHEN. The island has been surrounded yet again by Chinese ships and planes now ... in preparation perhaps. Amphibious tanks , missiles, soldiers, etc. are being amassed in the nearest Chinese province whatever it's called. Pattaya's tourism business won't last.

Dear Israeli Tourist, Would you dress like that in a Muslim country? ... No. Why not? Because covering yourself up is a custom in such countries. You don't have to agree with it, but it's a custom. In many shops, restaurants, homes, etc., in Thailand, the practice of taking off your shoes is a custom. You don't have to agree with it. Just respect it, please. Lastly, please apologise to the shop staff. Apologising is a global custom also practised in Israel.

Dear Israeli Tourist, Would you dress like that in a Muslim country? ... No. Why not? Because covering yourself up is a custom in such countries. You don't have to agree with it, but it's a custom. In many shops, restaurants, homes, etc., in Thailand, the practice of taking off your shoes is a custom. You don't have to agree with it. Just respect it, please. Lastly, please apologise to the shop staff. Apologising is a global custom.

Nancy Pelosi, Watermelon Head, Schumer, and other Democrat-Marxist chiefs will be worried about this idea.

How to stop counterfeiting (assuming that the Police are not helping the criminals): Create a horrific jail section for them. Or hard labour camps for counterfeiters. Make the punishment so horrible that nobody dares to do it. Have you noticed that nobody has been arrested for the Bangkok building collapse? People know that they can scam and cheat and get away with it, so they scam and cheat. If they get arrested they can just pay off the Police.

After reading the article my first thought was about all the heartless comments that will be made about the man, and sure enough there are many already. The Pattaya authorities have shown him compassion while most posters have not managed to scrape up a speck of basic empathy.

If women know that they will be sent to a jail in Afghanistan for certain crimes, they won't commit those crimes. If men know they'll be sent to a jail in Libya, Afghanistan, El Salvador, or Rwanda, for example, for certain crimes, they won't commit those crimes. Make people so scared about the consequences that they won't commit serious crimes, and they will become rare.

8 hours ago, DonniePeverley said: Dual pricing only effects cheap backpacker type tourists and sensitive souls. Thailand in no way should appease cheap backpackers who offer nothing to the economy, but take up valuable space. Not only should they put the prices up for foreigners but ban anyone with a back pack from coming into a national park. Furthermore ban hostels. The prices for these places are still cheap compared to western standards. Donnie, I think you would be unhappy if a restaurant, hotel, shop, etc. charged you a foreigner's price. You seem to be condoning greed and injustice. If you have a family with 2 or more children you would certainly feel the financial effects of your opinion. Banning hostels and cheap accommodation will affect Thais more than foreign tourists, so your wish would not be granted.

If I committed a crime I'm sure I could justify it too.

If US citizens knew that murderers, rapists, selling drugs, mafia & gang crimes, and other serious crimes would result in them being imprisoned in El Salvador, I think this would affect the crime statistics significantly. Send any illegal alien who commits any kind of crime there as well. Show the prison on TV. People will behave themselves. If there's a prison there for women, deport all Karens there too.

It sounds like everyone will be told to have one price for Thais and foreigners, but national parks will continue to have two prices. I've not been in a Thai national park since 1980 because of the two-tier system.

I last had a pizza in the 1990s, I think it was. It was delicious with real tomato sauce. Not the sachet nonsense. I don't eat pizza anymore because it's so bad for you. The tomato sauce they give is mostly sugar nowadays. 300 baht for unhealthy junk food is such a bad decision.

Transgenders should be avoided at all costs. They are often violent people. Maybe the result of all the chemicals in their body, I don't know.

I live near a small town in West Thailand. I have had several root canals and crowns at a dentist there over the years, and elsewhere too. It used to cost about 5,000 Baht until 4 years ago. Now it costs about 8,000 Baht. I could get it done more cheaply at the hospital clinic down the road. The price of 40,000 Baht sounds like a private hospital price. Thais in Chiang Mai generally would have the work done for much less than 40,000 Baht. Having a root canal and crown done is simple work for a dentist. You don't need to go to a fancy clinic for this. You don't feel a thing when having a root canal nowadays. I hope the clinic plays nice music and has a coffee machine for that price.

The solution to people who claim to be afraid of Trump is very simple: Stop watching and reading the fear-mongering, lying Fake News (CNN, MSDNC, ABC, CBS, NYT, etc.). If you believe them, then please contact me so that I can sell you 15 bridges over the Chao Phraya River at a special price. I have the ownership documents for all of them, guaranteed by a trusted lawyer who lives in a bar in Soi Nana.