timmyp

I had this app a couple of years ago on my iPhone. Is there something significantly different about the newer version, or are they just drawing attention to it again?

Any opinions on how this app is different from Google Maps? I haven't compared them, I just use Google Maps and check for congestion along my route.

The title to this article in my email said,

"British tourist killed in suicide jump from Pattaya condo"

so I thought that a someone jumping from a window landed on a British tourist.

I've got nothing new to say, so I'll just post to add to the weight of what everyone else has already said.

Definitely learn to read and write! You will be very glad you did!

Yes, it can be a bit of a challenge, but it's not that hard.

Hard not to think that it wasn't a set up, considering what the stakes are.

Not that I have any doubt that he did all that he is being accused of.

So you're suggesting he should have been allowed to continue as a pimp.

If it was entrapment he'll walk.

If someone has gone undercover and engineered a 'set up' then good on them.

Then again many on here would consider 'pimping' a legitimate pastime, given the misogynistic predilections of many

I didn't suggest that he be allowed to "continue as a pimp" at all. I guess you've had a bad day and feel like finding an argument with someone?

As much as he should not be allowed to continue with pimping, etc., anyone who set him up should take credit for doing so. That is, of course, if it was a setup, which we can't possible know. I'd like to add that he has been accused, he hasn't been found guilty yet, but clearly you've dutifully read up on his case and have made an informed conclusion about his guilt.

If it was a setup, I don't imagine it was someone on a moral quest to get him to stop his pimping or womanizing. If it was a setup, it had to do with knocking him out of power to get someone else into the IMF seat, and/or remove him from running for political office.

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Steve Soboroff

Alex Bustamante

Yusef Robb

Eric Garcetti

Tami Abdollah

Michael Downing

Anyone who claims there is prejudice in hiring in America, you are F.O.S.

There is still heavy prejudice in hiring in corporate America. The public sector is doing better in bigger metropolitan areas, as you cite.

Do you suppose he just jacked off into a cup or did he do it the old fashioned way?

The women were saying that they were paid and didn't have to have sex with him. There were Russian egg donors, too.

But who knows, some of the mothers may have done it the romantic and beautiful way with our Japanese Romeo, and then made those claims because they think it sounds more respectable to have jerked off into a cup and then turkey-basted the goods into the oven.

I fully agree with NongKhaiKid and worgeordie: This fellow is an absolute nutcase, and not fit to be a parent. While the kids will be financially taken care of, I pity them for the very twisted future they will have.

I wonder if he'll continue trying to get the rest of his litter, or if he'll feel satisfied with his three kids. And he already got two out of Thailand, right? That would make 5. I see the stage for a TV sitcom being set...

I think plastic surgery for the goal of "augmenting" beauty is so totally twisted.

Especially on the face. Don't <deleted> with your face!!

I envision it becoming so accepted, though, that my dislike of it will just be an opinion that old men have. "He's just stuck in the 20th century. Grampa can't accept that times change."

I love cats, I've got 2. But the stray population has to be controlled, or you wind up with these kinds of problem.

Will my cats be disappointed with me for not running to help? I won't tell them.

Are you sure that you and timmyp are not mistaking being the brunt of xenophobic condescension as sarcasm?

That definitely happens, arrows, and when it does, there is an unmistakable air of condescension.

I definitely don't care for that type of "humour." Insecure Thai men will do that to me, and then look to the group they are with for approval, as if to say, "Aren't a funny comedian at this dumb farang's expense?" They are usually twisting a word around that suggests I don't understand what they are saying (and when they do that, to be honest, I usually don't understand what they are saying, but I definitely know what is happening). Those are just dumb trashy folks, and I avoid them. I will leave the room or the bar or wherever to get away. Nothing good comes from that. If those jerks get approval, they will ramp up their demeaning behaviour.

What you're describing isn't a demonstration of a good sarcastic wit, it's just a jackass taking out their insecurities on someone they see as having less social clout. I have seen Americans and Brits, etc. do this to people who are not particularly fluent in English. I lived in Japan for about 15 years, and Japanese guys loved to do exactly the same thing to me, but I at least I could assert myself better in Japanese than I can in Thai.

So I know exactly what you are talking about. But my praise and love of sarcasm by Thai people is not being confused with someone trying to be funny at my expense.

Dear,dear Timmy,with all this nonsensical bluster,i feel strangely protective of you,they are laughing at you ,Sir,you,now wake up,damn your eyes sir.

Thanks for the concern, man. Yeah, sometimes it is just as you say. I hate it when that happens... gotta steer clear of folks like that.

Are you sure that you and timmyp are not mistaking being the brunt of xenophobic condescension as sarcasm?

That definitely happens, arrows, and when it does, there is an unmistakable air of condescension.

I definitely don't care for that type of "humour." Insecure Thai men will do that to me, and then look to the group they are with for approval, as if to say, "Aren't a funny comedian at this dumb farang's expense?" They are usually twisting a word around that suggests I don't understand what they are saying (and when they do that, to be honest, I usually don't understand what they are saying, but I definitely know what is happening). Those are just dumb trashy folks, and I avoid them. I will leave the room or the bar or wherever to get away. Nothing good comes from that. If those jerks get approval, they will ramp up their demeaning behaviour.

What you're describing isn't a demonstration of a good sarcastic wit, it's just a jackass taking out their insecurities on someone they see as having less social clout. I have seen Americans and Brits, etc. do this to people who are not particularly fluent in English. I lived in Japan for about 15 years, and Japanese guys loved to do exactly the same thing to me, but I at least I could assert myself better in Japanese than I can in Thai.

So I know exactly what you are talking about. But my praise and love of sarcasm by Thai people is not being confused with someone trying to be funny at my expense.

That video is cute & funny. It didn't make me roll my eyes like that excessively cheesey (though well-made) video, "Why I Hate Thailand."

For all the times I was refused a taxi in Japan and Japanese people tried to justify that behavior, I can't help but feel a sense of justice in taxi drivers rejecting Japanese passengers.

Reallllllly? Jesus, you must look like absolute crap then, because never once in my 7 years of living in japan (tokyo, hamamatsu, nagano and saitama (as well as travelling all over the country)), have i been refused service by a japanese taxi driver. The idea would be mind boggling to be honest. It just does not happen.

Even with a whopping great snowboard bag ive had zero problems flagging down the first taxi with a light on and gaining entrance.

A quick ranking of refused service in the four Asian countries i've lived and worked in:

Thailand (a lot).

Korea (sometimes).

China (rarely)

Japan (NEVER EVER).

Wow, thanks for the compliment?

I lived there for 15 years, and it never happened in Tokyo.

I lived 5 years in Tokyo, 3 years in Kokura, 3 years in Fukuoka, 1 year in Himeji, and smattering of other short term contracts around the country. So I've been all over, too.

I have talked to other visibly non-Japanese people like yourself that have never been refused service. I assume they were in the Tokyo area, and if in the countryside, they were only hailing in taxis where they line up at the train station.

Refusal doesn't happen? It absolutely does. Usually they just slow down, and then drive on. But I have been told to get out of the cab, and I have had the taxi driver call over a Japanese person to get in the cab instead.

I get refused here in Thailand alot more, I'm not comparing.

It doesn't even bother me so much that I got rejected so many times in Japan, as I was always able to catch another cab. It was more the Japanese people who I told this to defending the cab driver's decision.

For all the times I was refused a taxi in Japan and Japanese people tried to justify that behavior, I can't help but feel a sense of justice in taxi drivers rejecting Japanese passengers.

>"He was wearing a harness, but the hook was found tucked inside the harness.

>This means the harness was not being used," said a TEPCO spokesman.

Tragic, but if he really didn't have his harness clipped in, then...

I wonder where they will be sent. Their situation is about as desperate and impossible to solve as a situation can be...

The gaurd called for help ! What a brave man he must have been ! can it never be 1 on 1 in this place?????

I have seen some Thai vs. Farang fights over the years, and it is never one-on-one. When the first punch is thrown, surrounding Thai men will come running, and join the fight with vigor. I attribute this to a stressed-out lifestyle, and the desire to explode at something. I really avoid conflicts with Thai people when they are getting angry, because things can go serious awry. I think the serious consequences in Thai vs. Farang fights are usually because farangs continued to confront an Thai man without realizing what they are about to get into a fight with all the men in area.

This isn't a complaint about Thailand: I don't have these problems because I avoid such conflicts, and situations in which a Thai person might start thinking Thai vs. Farang. If you are a minority anywhere in the world (as farangs are in Thailand), conflicts with the majority will not end well. Physical conflicts will usually end in the party representing the minority group being seriously beaten, and blamed for the altercation.

>but insisted that crash took place because another car stopped in

>front him suddenly, forcing him swerve and crash into the Toyota.

Clearly not his fault! I hope they arrest and jail the irresponsible driver who slammed on his brakes without first checking the rear view mirror for speeding Ferraris.

Who actually drinks water from the tap? As far as 2nd croppers go,som num na,welcome to the Issan world.

I do, it's fine.

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/764651-ive-been-drinking-the-tap-water-and-i-feel-great/page-5?hl=%2Bdrinking+%2Btap+%2Bwater#entry8488856

But if the sea water trickles in, then it won't taste so good (but it's still unsafe, as far as microbes go)

The water tasted weirdly salty when this happened last year. Then I read in the newspaper about the sea water getting into the water supply and realized why. I could certainly do without a repeat of that. It's tolerable, but it's pretty unpleasant to drink.

Normal filters won't get the salt taste out, the filter has to be capable of desalination.

are you brain dead ? why are you cooking with or drinking Bangkok water? must be a thrill seeker.

I understand that you have beliefs about how awful the water is. But go ahead an believe what people tell you, no need investigate it yourself.

Drinking it really isn't that thrilling. I'm surprised that it creates such a reaction in people. I'm sorry if I shook up your paradigm of what people are supposed to do.

timmyp, on 12 Jan 2015 - 16:42, said:

The water tasted weirdly salty when this happened last year. Then I read in the newspaper about the sea water getting into the water supply and realized why. I could certainly do without a repeat of that. It's tolerable, but it's pretty unpleasant to drink.

Normal filters won't get the salt taste out, the filter has to be capable of desalination.

You "actually" drink the tap water, don't be so tight, pay your 12baht and buy a 20 liter/litre bottle.

It's not cuz I can't afford it, Rorri.

The water tasted weirdly salty when this happened last year. Then I read in the newspaper about the sea water getting into the water supply and realized why. I could certainly do without a repeat of that. It's tolerable, but it's pretty unpleasant to drink.

Normal filters won't get the salt taste out, the filter has to be capable of desalination.

You drink tap water in Thailand ?

The water will taste salty even if you use a filter, unless your have a filter capable of desalination (not likely).

But yes, I drink the water straight out of the tap. As far as microbes go, it is fine. At least in Bangkok, anyway. I drink it all over the city, so it's not just my area. I never got sick, not even once (I don't have a super intestine). I think we have prejudices about alot of things, and one of those believes is about the filth of the water here.

I can't say anything about other additives in the tap water such as BPs, etc., but you won't get any digestive problems from drinking the water, even if the salt water gets into the system again as the OP describes (but it will taste unpleasant).

Firsthand proof that the water won't make your poop soupy: