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5 hours ago, maoro2013 said:

Who was the one with mental problem?

 

Not too clear from the threes

Don't know about the killer id just the photo from cct show on OP.

from that, on a lower scale, that Scotbkk, #1, could do with some help for his paranoia. As not only is he afraid of getting slashed, and contacting zica, from a moaquito bite under his kilt, but also someone may place a bomb in his sporran. Things do come in threes...mosquito bite, zica and a bomb....poor laddie.

Can anyone recommend an upholster steam/vacuum lounge sweet shampoo cleaners in Chiang Mai.

Preferably someone who comes to my condo to shampoo and vacuum my three piece lounge suite.

7 hours ago, Farang99 said:

And no company will insure you if you have any pre-existing health problems. In which case you depend  on the sympathy and help of your local doctor. They always ask if you have insurance, and when you say "no" and why, they will often prescribe drugs you can buy in town at a pharmacy rather than from the hospital, and try to avoid any expensive diagnosis tests.

Not exactly true. The insurance company will NOT insure you for THE existing health problem. For example, if you have a pre-existing heart problem, then you can still get insurance for cancer of the bowel, etc.

7 hours ago, John Kane said:

II am attending a Masters program at Chulalongkorn, without doubt  most respected university in. Thailand.  The cost by the sey 80,000 baht for foreign peop le and 26,000 baht for Thais.  For me that is four graduate level courses.  But my program advisor almost demanded that I ask for a scholarship, even though I was willing to pay.  Big surprise!   I got a full scholarship for tuition, a 10,000 baht per month stipend, and a dormitory room, and one round trip per semester "home," although I consider myself to be home.  

 

Pretty damned amazing if you ask me.  What else should I be doing in my ninth year of retirement.  So I will learn some serious stuff at no major expense.  My goal is to be able to substantiate the things I might say here on ThaiVisa (and elsewhere) instead of being a irritating bar stool philosopher whining about Thailand, as so many seem to be here.   I will be a certified, educated, whining, bar stool philosopher.  

 

First, congratulations on your positive attitude to life and education, of such you'll be a Master of your area of studies. However, and I'm prepared to be plesantly corrected here, this will leave you as a "master" and not a "philosopher", as this entails having a Ph.D, (a Doctrate in Philosophy,) and then allows you to use the prefix Dr. instead of Mr., regardless of your area of study. This is also slightly different to a M.D., which refers to Medical Doctor.Although some medics have a Ph.D in medicine.

Ether way, I have the feeling that once you have completed your Masters Degree, you will have the drive to write a wonderful thesis and become 

Dr. John Kane, Ph.D.

As a matter of iinterest what is your area of study?

Buddha said that each of us should find our own way....even if there is or isn't "mush room" to find it.

It could be the Sun. See if it moves throughout the day.

In the wet season it always rains cats and dogs.

5 hours ago, Colabamumbai said:

In Thailand there is only "injustice".

.....And racists like yourself

5 hours ago, Crossy said:

 You couldwsan LED lamp, they don't emit the light wavelength that attracts insects. There are also yellow "don't attract insects" lamps available if you don't mind a yellow light (at least it's not red).

 

Is it enclosed?  Bung in a couple of mothballs (naphthalene balls), they seem to discourage most wildlife.

Yes, yellow light repels them, whilst blue, including the ultrviolet strip lights attract them...thats why the latter are used in the electrical zappers. People prone to moquito bites, could do well to think about the colour of their clothing.

Pai is fine, apart from the "plastic hippies" who seem to be reacting a lifestyle their grandparents lived there two generations ago. I enjoy the drive, but haven't bought the tee shirt! Surprise to find out that the Japanese built it during WW2, inc the bridge in Pai. These days we drive through it on to Mae Hong Song or villages further north. The other route via the Doi Ithanon range is also a pleasant drive.

I also find Mae Sa Long, the Chinese village, up the mountains,  passed Tha Tong to be a nice short stay. It's history, scenic view, food and green teas are excellent...my opinion of course.

Irrespective of what country your in, you can't get charged for window shopping. Ask any wife.

17 hours ago, cheapskatesam said:

You don't know what you said.. you were drunk... so itld have very well been taken outan of context by the boxing man

 

Englishmen are mostly noble gentlemen types and would not attack someone for no reason. If you had said it was a Russian i could have believed you.. A high percentage of Russian men are dregs, drunks and degenerates and nothing would surprise me with them. 

IMHO, Anyone who uses an unfounded insult at any other race, be that against an Englishman, a Russian or an Antaric guy, deserves to be called a racist.

1 minute ago, JJGreen said:

It doesnt help much at all... i am not looking for personal advice or observations dude...your unasked for advice comes across as condescending and..well...naive in a cringeworthy way.

Your advice on asking Thai people of course makes sense...

Anything to offer on the subject opinion wise?

No. Your a childish troll, hence go away and play.

JJ, You come across a a nice person, however your questions seem to be as if they've come from a naieve young man who has limited experience of living in other than the country of your origin. May I offer in the form of advice the following suggestion, and take this particular question as an example. This forum consists of, in general, English reading/writing visitors, of varying lengths of stay and experience in Thailand, so whenever you ask a question concerning the habits of the 76,000,000 indigenous Thai people, the answers you are going to get is the perceptions that the visitors have about the Thais. May therefore suggest that in finding out what or why Thai people do, or don't do, something, then the closer to the true answer you require would be by asking a number of Thais that question. Thais are always asking farangs the most direct question, and I do not think they would take offence on being asked a trivial question on sunglasses.

Sataire (sp) said, "There is no truth. There is only our individual perception of it"

Whilst my father said, "If you want to know something about meat, then ask the butcher, and not the block".

Hope this helps in future.

2 hours ago, Usernames said:

 

The base was Long Tieng.  It was not an American military base

gere were no American military. bases in Laos.  Air America flew out of Long Tieng and other Lima Sites. There were four (sometimes five) factions in this war and at least three of them changed sides several times.

Thanks for your information and corrections re the CIA established Air America base at Long Tieng.

Do you know or have any idea then, on why the US dropped so many bombs on Laos, a country reputed as never been to war.

As i said, in my initial post, all my information was given to me by others, hence heare say. This for my pure intereest sake as its topical due to ASEAN. Thanks.

1 hour ago, KKr said:

DI'veot know the USA had dthink opped so much ordinan ce on Laos.
The Generals must have thought about it, and havebcluded that it was abs olutely necessary teives.

The contributio n is about a dollar per device.
Looks like a pittance in comparison to the real cost of  a serious and coordinated de-mining operation.
(In Sri Lanka, some areas were swept three times before they were cleared for agricultural or residential use.)
 

Laos has never been to war, yet it is the most bombed country in the world. During the Vietnam/American war, the CIA along with US armed services, built a secret (at the time) airforce base, the size of a small city in the very north of Laos (Sorry i do not remember it's name, but apparently it can be visited today). To that fact Laos was an US allay. Some of the reasons, i've been given for the bombings are, that bomb laden planes never return to base, but jettison the bombs prior to landing. Also, again i've been told, the border lines between Vietnam/Laos in the mountainous forest regions were not that clear and mistakes were made. I find the latter hard to comprehend, as this happened too often. This leaves me, unfortunately, thinking that the US did not care as to whether the bombs landed in Laos or Vietnam at the time, as many considered them allays to the communists.

Re the doubling of the grant from 45 M to 90 M, i think its a pittance, compared with the value of the bombs dropped and the pain, suffering and deaths that are still happening today.

56 minutes ago, ozterix said:

 

and what makes your point of view better than other, why can you advocate democracy believing your view is the only one valid. Forget finance where the guled and now is paying the pric e, at least he is paying. Look at what guts he had driving the movement that kicked the clan out of Thailand. Yes nurses are laudable and so are other people helping at all levels, but few have his drive and his tenacity, and few have his charisma to lead the crowds as he did and few have his determination to risk all many times including his life. Yes he lost his finance and temporarily (hopefully) his freedom but not his dignity like the multiple turds who ran away, so yes, I respect him and found his accomplishments outstanding.

 

As visitors to Thailand, we should all respect our boundaries as such, and not be deluded into thinking that we are different on grounds of the type of visa we hold or how long we have visieted the country.  

He has been found guilty of conducting a crime, by a Thai court, and irrespective of the clan, you as a visitor follow, that is a fact. 

Enjoy the rest of your  stay in Thailand.

4 hours ago, tukkytuktuk said:

Leave him alone, bully. He's my hcolourero. If it wasn't for shi we'd be up g nectra's. No he's setting afin ance good example as leader of the yellow shirts by doing some time. Time someone did some time from the red shirted clan. Any court cases coming up with a prominent red figure head soon? Ah, yes the Rice scandal with Yingluck. She should set an example too and do some time down the old prison route. Careful, take her socks away from her we don't want no accidents do we. Luck might be running out Ying.

My fellow VISITOR to Thailand,

He and his type is Your hero?

Irrespective of the colour of shirt, be it yellow, red or green with purple dots, you need to reasses your choice of heros, inline with people such as nurses, aid workers, rescue team workers, etc. and not convicted criminals.

You anger jumps out of your post and suggests that your hero worship is based on finance rather than morals. Furthermore, you seem to suggest that this man volunteered to go to jail, rather than beiing found guilty by a court of law and sent there, and that in your eyes the game of "point scoring" is most important....."one red, one yellow, one red one yellow, etc, etc" and not seeing Thailand move forward into a democracy, for the Thai people who, unlike you and i, will be the ones who will be free to vote .

Quote

 

" Another brick in the Wall...."

5 hours ago, edwinchester said:

Yeah, if that one pizza fed 120,000 even Jesus would have been impressed.

Keeping in line with Biblical protocol, there were in fact five pizzas and three fishes.

4 hours ago, JustNo said:

Funny how it is on the 'narcotics' list when in fact a narcotic by true definition is a drug from the opiate family.. Oh and amazing work Thailand, more bullcrap reports that you will do this or do that, only to retract mere days later. Nothing here will change anytime soon smh 

 

A "narcotic"  is a drug that makes a person sleepy or unconscious. It does not need to belong to the opiate family to do this.

IMHO, the location, and age has less to do with it than their personality, and this has even less to do with it, than how you perceive their personality.

2 hours ago, Kabula said:

ns in thside of large cities  caamcoveredn't afford hospitals and more and more are now single.

 

Moms and babies die even in  hospitals.

 

Many experts argue that a child birth at home is safer considering all the bacteria and viruses in hospitals, especially the older ones.  Some die in traffic accidents rushing to the hospital along with complications while in route.

 

Women have been having babies in their homes for ten thousand years, long before there were hospitals. 

You say that most mums cannot afford hospitals. I am told it's free in Government hospitals. But i Understand that many treatments are not covered, but childbirth, many by Cesarian, was. You surprize with your information.

6 hours ago, ezzra said:

 

He should have been shot just for the way he looks... abomination of nature.... no great loos to society I'm sure....

"He should have been shot just for the way he looks..."

In that case, watch your back.

This project was "first initiated by the Yingluck government". Therefore, on principal alone, shouldn't the knocked dismiss it?