Texpat

Good point mod ... We could fail.

I would venture a guess that any garden variety idiot in Thailand with a Mak daddy could be granted a free-pass (attend a few classes, join the cheerboy team, show up to a lab or two) and graduate with honors.

It's clearly evident by their leadership over the past several decades.

Nary a novel idea or unique answer. It embarasses me (on behalf of my wife) to travel around Thailand and see every imaginative solution feature a plaque that says: Granted by Belgium, or Built by Brazil or ...

Thailand is a recipient state.

Full stop.

Likely not enough accessible holes between the stalls.

To the students, that's likely a problem that requires rectifying.

Bloody hero!

Courage of a lion!

Gimme a break.

It reflects the incessant, implacable urge to be right.

Everyone knows the truth but some just have to say it ... cross the line in the sand ... with their pinkie.

Look at how courageous and brave we are. ... blah blah....

These reports are childish. Anyone that matters has known the truth since at least 2006.

Weak-kneed I am each time I board a plastic promo of the ~united~ countries of the EU.

Ohhhhh, geez.

Flimsier than a metal fork at a 69baht BBq joint.

In my opinion, Thais mature about 5 or 7 years slower than most westerners. I've seen uni professors chewing out a group of college kids. Their offense? Hanging out at the 7-11 at 11:30 p.m.

It's childish. Most western kids at 19 or 20 are adults and treated like adults.

Certainly not in Thailand from what I've seen.

I'm a western man.

Nine days out of ten I'm unashamedly hornier than a three-fisted monkey.

The OP has a valid point.

Laoatians are buffaloes.

North Koreans are baby pandas.

(checking quickly to see if my heart has been warmed by this thread)

Nope.

Miliband stole the deck chairs for his vacation pad in Bournemouth.

with the Navy in town this week.

You simply must be American with that attitude.

It may suprise you to know that many countries have navys, so stating 'the navy'

doesn't actually clarify what countries navy is in Thailand.

What attitude?

I have seen at least 5 different Navy's during ports of call.

Plus 2 Tall Ship parade weeks.

Noting that there is an ongoing rather lurid thread about the USA Navy being in Phuket,

it seemed an non-attitude type of comment. Why must I automatically be American

for noting that what sailors do in ports world wide is likely happening in Phuket this week?

And that from the thread several TVF members are avoiding Patong right now, by their own volition.

I saw the USA Navy in Boston's Combat Zone in 1972, and nothing has topped that since.

Russia in NYC '91 came close, but no cigar.

Ausi je vue les marineurs français, a porte du Marseille '94 + Nice '03,

bourée com une quince, avec les nana des rue, et travesti dragée.

Translated: I have also seen the French Sailors in Marseilles port, drunk as skunks,

with street hookers and katoeys in tow.

Ouch. Another clueless Clouseau caught flyin off the handle. Funny.

Maybe your Asian boy friends were too busy winking at each other to even notice you.

Depending on the people around you, learning the language might expose those you disparage as dumber than you ever imagined.

Is this thread about police bribes?

Why call it tea money if it's a bribe?

What's this tea money nonsense? It's a bribe.

That was funny? The funniest thing ever?

O.K.

Charoensri Grand Royal -- It's been renamed Centara and is crumbling as we speak. Five years ago I might have agreed with you, but it's no longer good value. It does have a swimming pool, if that's important to a guest.

Datsun seems not not understand the difference between a training facility and a port call.

America can do what it wants? Does he believe they initiated this training facility unilaterally without the Thai's input?

Does the world rely on America? I'd say so.

I'll let you in on my idea. If you wish to use it, all I ask is that you let me know how it sells.

All it requires is a little welding and a magnifying glass.

Take two 50 satang coins. Get a very small hinge, like you might find in a watch or eyeglass repair shop.

Weld or solder (sorry I don't know the difference) the hinge so that the coins are connected like a clamshell.

That's it.

I call it the Siam Tweezer Squeezer. Handy for pimples, eyebrows, trimming moustache/beard or bikini area.

Good luck. You can also sell in combination with a detached moto mirror. Price it competitvely and it should sell like hotcakes.

I'm sure all the randy lil slappers plying the soiled streets of Patong will be more than grateful to earn their wage snoggin up with a fit and handsome sailor rather than a frumpy, bent-over soap-dodging geezer clutching his Boots Pharmacy plastic bag while milking his half-pint of Chang lite. A respite from hairy ears and flabby abdomens will most certainly be welcomed.

^ agreed.

Septic Tank Yank

Much like

Piece o' shit Brit.

It's all in fun. (but kickball's still queer)

You expect your insults to be well-received, but get pissy when others fire back?

Don't work that way homey.

Irish Clock, nice, well appointed, restaurant, street parking, Only 8 or 10 rooms 850B

or Top Mansion, spartan but clean, parking lot, ~75 rooms 350B

Both on the same street about 100 meters apart. Both have websites.

Many bars within walking distance -- can't miss 'em.

Fascinating, this blind drunk, hug your mate, sing-a-song culture.

An interesting perspective on our devolving species.

Come on, if you can work out septic, surely you can figure it out.

Piece o'

Pack toilet paper.