sikishrory

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Completely different road culture. Lack of any enforcement from police.

In my building the condo has signs everywhere stating in red how daily rentals are prohibited. However they don't even bother to look up when daily rentals rock up looking confused with loads of luggage and having check-in issues or wondering why they can't use the lift without a keycard. The google reviews say they can actually pickup and dropoff keys from reception and I have seen them down there complaining to reception about it being "the worst hotel ever". My old condo Lumpiniville Pattaya also had daily rentals strolling past reception daily despite the 7 foot tall sign at the door prohibiting it. I guess as long as theres a sign you don't need to actually do anything and can enjoy a nice day of candy crush saga on your phone.

It doesn't bother me as much as it once did. It's when I for examples: Hear a table full of thais in a restaurant saying bla bla bla farang bla bla bla farang often accompanied by laughter or not that makes me think to myself don't these people have anything better to talk about. Getting in a minivan in issan and standing out like dogs balls. Mum hands phone to toddler who's 30 second conversation to dad on other end goes something like "dad theres a farang in the van". News readers usually use the correct term chao dang chart but when they use farang to me it makes them seem kind of scummy and unprofessional. However to answer the question I agree with ChatGPTs answer below: It is a curious thing indeed! Some foreigners in Thailand call other foreigners farang for several reasons: Assimilation – They adopt local speech patterns after hearing Thais use it often. Convenience – It’s a simple way to refer to other Westerners when speaking with Thais. Jokingly/Ironically – Some use it playfully, aware of its usual context. Exclusionary or Derogatory – Rarely, some long-term expats use it to distance themselves from "tourists" or newcomers. It’s mostly harmless, but how it's said matters!

I bet that garden is breathing a sigh of relief.

So if I return to my citizenship country one day I don't get hit with a tax audit for 20 years of unpaid taxes. Everyones situation is different. Personally I would prefer to be able to pay some tax here just to avoid having the above issue in the future.

Watched him before. His china hitchhiking video was ok but yeh whatever

You should write a book.

Heard answer many times. "I'm Thai" 🤔

How?

How do you "check your lungs"?

The NZ boys that got locked up for wrestling the cop. Allegedly speeding and in the right lane was the reason for the stop.

Yes. Felt great, lost weight but cholesterol and iron shot up too much so had to stop. Constantly being that guy who needs to edit everything he orders was a pain in the ass as well.

Anyone had account frozen yet?

Agree. Nothing compares. Even using a safety razor would probably be better than one of these rubbish plastic razors

I love the Thais calmy lurking. "Want us to show you how it's done?"

guns are about 8000 - 16000 baht on X mailed to your door. This will do little to nothing.

FYI - For those of you with Haemochromatosis diagnosed or undiagnosed (very common) like a lot of people diabetes is basically a symptom of this condition. Worth getting an iron panel done as the 2 are like close siblings. Also if you donate blood or do phlebotomy it will screw with any A1C test results and you will need to wait 3 months from blood donation to do an accurate A1C test again.

I've had 2 friends (seperate occasions) get called aside entering at suvarnabhumi and asked to pay a fee to fix it all and be let through. It happens.

What date did this tax stuff come into effect. I might be due.

Lost me at "commemorative stickers".

Maybe he didn't know the game. When I was fresh off the plane I had no idea on the intricacies of drink commisions

Tim newton today. Is that still going. Literally gets paid to read the news i am reading each morning laced with his opinions.

Ironically i see a lot of the time nobody is "sending them" but they work illegally on student or tourist visas. But thats ok.

Storm my butt. Went to work today no farang massage storm. In real world people are happy. Storms like this only exist online.