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16 HORSEPOWER - 250 cc = Lifan

16 HORSEPOWER - 231 cc = Tiger Boxer

16 HORSEPOWER - 150 cc = Honda CBR150

Guess which has hundreds of factory dealers all over THAILAND

I visited a nobleman's castle at the ruins of Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico. Workmen's homes there and at Teotihuacan,El Tajin and Angkhor Wat were bamboo. Those places were built without a wheel or an engine.

I'm here, but not for Thai women or the food.

I'll bet the blood test is more accurate.

Just a brief postscript. "PSA blood tests and False Positive results."

According to US The National Cancer Institute most men with an elevated PSA level turn out NOT to have cancer ; only 25/35% of men who subsequently have a biopsy actually have cancer.

It seems a biopsy is the only sure way of finding out. And if you're over 65( I think) or thereabouts they recommend not to bother, as its usually so slow gowing the patient will probably outlive the cancer' Not too sure about that age threshold.

I doubt the PSA test is intended to be a definitive diagnosis for prostate cancer. A finger in the rectum, even less so.

^ but those medieval castles are still standing, as are the pyramids.

As are Mayan temples - in hot jungles where and when they invented zero, corn, potato, chiles and a calendar, without the wheel or horses, and our ancestors shivered for 1500 more years.

///added: the myth of Sociology 101, 'stupid Southern people' started with Max Weber's Protestant Work Ethic - very 19th century.

Honda big dealer on Huay Kaew going toward the zoo/mountain before canal road, on the left

Withholding student marks to adnin is a hollow threat. They make love marks out of nothing at all.

50,000 baht + lodging isn't too good to be true for a fully accredited and experienced teacher in BKK.

I worked with over 15 experienced Thai teachers at good Thai schools, who earned Thai degrees in teaching "Thailish." 85% of them were functionally illiterate in English and taught terribly; they couldn't author an English exam or critically grade an essay. But they dressed well and ate sticky rice well.

sclapxdreพำ่ารññíioúัีีรั - do you speak/read Thai fluently? If not, you can't communicate. I never spoke to a worker. I let Thais tell Thais in Thai.

Well if you plan to live in Thailand long term... Learning the language makes everything easier.. Or hire a bi lingual project manager for those big jobs...

(cue rant of - I'm too old, to lazy, to busy to learn a language )

I never cease to find the situation funny when I see a farang trying to explain in 'baby' English to his ex bargirl missus what he wants/how to do something...

I won't rant; I didn't marry a bargirl. My partner is an ex-hotel manager who lived in a bamboo hut. I left house building to Thai construction staff who speak Thai.

Note to straight men: lots of gay men don't enjoy anal probes, either.

I haven't even had my obviously gay doctor at Sripat put his finger you-know-where during my annual physical. The American Cancer Society followed thousands of over-50 men with both tests. I'll bet the blood test is more accurate. I guess Thai doctors don't finger recta.

sclapxdreพำ่ารññíioúัีีรั - do you speak/read Thai fluently? If not, you can't communicate. I never spoke to a worker. I let Thais tell Thais in Thai.

A poster teaches electric theory and application at a vo-tech school in Thailand. They issue multi-year diplomas.

Forum rules: "8) Not to post extremely negative views of Thailand or derogatory comments directed towards all Thais."

Like Winnie said.

In the bigger Koolpunt Villas, the community pool can be a long walk. Housing is cheap, rental houses plentiful.

Other than a few roof tiles and a faucet tap, nothing in our new house broke in the first 10.4 months. My boss said "I barely give you time to do the job right. Fix your mistakes during lunch time."

Like Winnie, I almost never get sick.

Right - the doctor at Sripat doesn't get out of his chair sometimes. He reads x-rays, EKG's, lab results, your entire medical history, asks questions, checks websites, etc. Good enough.

I seldom read a 4000 word post. I understand Thai women put their husband or bf way down the list of priorities, far worse than Western women. And, I preferred 36-inch racks. But if you like it here, good for you. So do I.

42 billion baht or 4.2 billion baht? Even 4.2 billion is 140,000 baht per student teacher, and 30,000 teachers is a lot. Where are the classrooms?

Not an argument, but more of a question. I was kindly invited to the home of a Brit who teaches English teachers. The written directions said to pass a very visible sign, proceed 7/8 km further, and turn right. I went 7/8 of a km, and got lost. Do Brits write numbers like that? Not that I'd ever read in all my decades of literacy. It meant 7 to 8 km before turning, not 0.875 km. I never made it. Is this an example of a Brit ASSuming all native speakers of English know every idiotic idiosyncrasy and ambiguity of garbled Great British?

Clearly - this is about Thailand.

It was illegal in Texas until the 1990's. Still barbarically illegal in USA military.

I gave up on BMW in 1988, when they hadn't mastered shaft drive after 60 years. Underpowered, expensive, elitist. My mechanic loaned me one for the weekend. I lived at the edge of world-class hilly roads where the overheating K1 overheated on its anemic North American debut. Drove it home and skipped the hills. Bought new 1982 Suzuki GS850G at a fraction of BMW price instead, with good shaft drive, etc.

I'm glad to hear BMW made it to this century.