PeaceBlondie

And Thais have not been reproducing in the previous decades - not enough babies. My 76-year old has only two grandchildren. And Thai culture takes 100 years to change.

Correct; there are millions of Christians who are accepting of gays in the USA.

It was closed for a long time, Glad to hear it's open. My opinion stands.

And Unfaithful claims that the Yellows didn't close the airports - the parties of Thaksin and the AOT closed them.

There are over a million American Christians who tolerate gays.

I remain puzzled by Brits who insist they're English. And care about soccer clubs and ales. I insist I'm from Texas ,

Why would you be puzzled ??

How would you feel if i said you were from Iowa ??

Same difference, ( Great ) Britain is made up of 4 Countries, USA is made up of 52 States, you insist you're from Texas & i insist i'm from England, & proud of it too, like you i'd assume..

For over 50 years - 50 states.

I combined my BA degree in religion, 21 hours of accounting, a short career in youth education and managing religious education, 26 years of government service, raising six kids almost single-handed, tutoring ESL in Texas, years of peace-making in southern Mexico, a TEFL course in Thailand, and a 60-year old ponytail to teach teenagers in Lamphun. The ponytail did the trick.

I paid 500 baht for my last full-face at Prida. Fits fine. Size "M." Usually size "XL" doesn't fit.

Too many people actually thinking a million man march means there will be one million men, the same people probably think the 100 year war lasted exactly 100 years.

The Hundred Years War was an understatement. It lasted 116 years. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hundred_Year_War The million man march is a huge overstatement.

Why buy when you can rent and move out when things go bad? I rented at Vian Ping for two years and moved out when they closed the pool. My friend at Hillside 4 has had his place for sale for years.

Great place to visit and live. But I got an infection that neither Hua Hin nor Bangkok could core or even diagnose. I moved back to Chiang Mai and got cured. Good people in HHin - better than BKK.

I don't speak Thai and only eat 2 Thai foods. This is better, for me.

I usually pay 300 baht to have a consult with a professor at the medical school. Your mileage will differ. Clinics are open weekends and evenings.

Sripat speaks English, Appointments at entrance facing Suan Dok Gate, first floor.

I don't understand how anybody can recommend Sripat, the place is like a busy shopping mall..... If you're travelling by car forget it, you can't get parked within a few miles of the place, real handy if you're sick....

Hogwash. We drove a big ute directly to the ER. There is a free car park at the corner of Suthep at the traffic light, with free van to and from Sripat - a 125-meter walk.

Give his fortune to charity. Migrate to China. Take a vow of silence. Move to Greenland. Open a hamburger stand in Nicaragua.

Sripat speaks English, Appointments at entrance facing Suan Dok Gate, first floor.

Cursing? Do the Buddhist monks teach that? And where are those 20,000 monks? Do Thai schools teach them to curse, or do good Thai parents teach them to curse?

Maybe it's 95 percent violent. Texas is 99% enemy haters. And most Jews aren't pacifists now. Burma, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand hate enemies. AFAIK, Buddhism already has abandoned its roots.

Judaism HAD the longest history of practical pacifism in history. It is now violent again. Christianity started out as pacifist for over 300 years, and has been 99% violent for the last 1,600 years.

If these religions based on scripture can change that drastically, Buddhism can change.

Ummm 99% violent?

where the heck was your church? Afghanistan?

Sorry for the thread hijack

Are you saying the Church is 100 percent violent? A CPT Quaker who was kidnapped by Muslims was murdered in Iraq. 45 Catholic absolute pacifists were murdered by their Evangelical neighbors on 12/22/1997. We go to conflict zones as unarmed peacemakers.

There's nothing wrong about being gay and Christian. It is contradictory for Christians to hate or kill their enemies.

It's unpredictable. At first school, I had income tax deducted, but I doubt they forwarded it (I had no tax number AFAIK). Govt. school, 100 years old. Nine month contract.

Next school, 75 years old, no withholdings

You do NOT need a uni degree to teach school in Thailand. Nor to get a work permit, in many provinces.

IF it was going to be done legally, I still don't trust Thaksin. He won't do it legally.

But I don't speak Thai. Don't have kids here.

On the opening post, the US dollar was 34.25. It is now 31.54. Not a collapse.

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