OneMoreFarang

Some famous YouTubers are idiots. They do pranks and things like that and they feel really important. And then there are other guys, like some of the people I mentioned earlier, who have intersecting hobbies or work and they clearly love what they are doing. And they would do whatever they do with or without camera. Additionally, now they show on YouTube what they do and many people like to watch their skillful work. That is very different compared to the YouTube idiots.

I don't blame the Thais. We are just different. One common example are the different nightlife spots. There are bars for Thais, for farangs, for Japanese, Koreans, etc. We all like to do things differently. Some Thai guys have mia-nois and seem to be proud when other people know about that. Many farangs do more or less the opposite. The list goes on and on.

Lots of people wear wigs.

It seems you pretend because Thaksin was not in Thailand he didn't have anything to say in Thai politics. Are you maybe just a little naive? And again, how often do I have to repeat that being against A doesn't mean I am pro B? The problem with Thaksin is that he opens his mouth all the time too much and pretends that he is the good guy. He is not. Many other politicians and not much better, but at least they don't pretend to be the good Samaritan.

That is not so bad in my condominium. There were lots of people who didn't pay. And then it was decided to do some legal action against them. Now almost everybody paid.

He should go on like that. Open your mouth. Talk a lot. Tell everybody else how stupid they are. Give them the finger. More and more people will see what a hypocrite he is, and fewer people will vote for his party. Maybe one day Thais will agree that he was one of the biggest problems in modern Thai history.

So what do those two powerful men do about the well known fires and air pollution? Thaksin was in power for about 20 years, he had enough time to solve those problems. What did he do? Or why didn't he do anything substantial? Expose the corrupt!

This is what PowerChute, the APC software, shows me. My PC was off for most of the day.

Sounds about right. I didn't see any advertisement with realistic battery running times. With the APC brand you can go to their website and download documents for each UPS. They include graphs for how long they will supply power under which load. All devices which I checked are best case good for maybe 30min. If you want more, you need a BIG and expensive UPS.

How stupid do they have to be to think they will get away with this? Unbelievable!

No Thai male friends. I have a couple of Thai male business associates, and I trust them. But no personal Thai friends. Our cultures are without question very different. I don't look down at them and in general I don't think Thais look down at me. We are just different.

Do you really expect from us to read that long article? And your top 10 choices don't cover my choice. I made holiday in Thailand, and I liked it. And then I decided to live and work in Thailand - not as teacher. I guess today people would call it a lifestyle choice. Good weather, relative cheap living, lots of pretty girls, there are lots of reasons why life is more fun in Thailand then in the cold and overregulated so called first world.

I guess as a teenager all this makes sense and I also liked a good show when I was young. In real life, air cooling is just fine. My current PC, now 7 years old, is overclocked to 4.5GHz, with air cooling, and it works just fine. IMHO there is no need to cool with water as long as air works just fine.

Thanks for even more of your helpful comments. After reading this and some thinking I will probably not (try to) join the committee. First, I thought I will join a group of managers and I will talk to them, and we will make decisions. I would like to join in such a scenario. But the reality is that some committee members have no management skills and don't have a clue what managers are supposed to do. And then there are all the owners who ask the committee what is going on. And some of those owners are very annoying like they want everything done, but they ignore reality. And some don't want to pay. Personally, in general, I get along with competent people, but I don't play well with incompetent idiots. I guess as a committee member I would be in a way like a politician. Be nice to everyone and be patient and all that. No, that is not my "style". Luckily, I know two farang committee members well. I am pretty sure they are not corrupt and have basically the same goals that I have. I will continue to support them. Maybe I can do some things outside of the committee to help. But I don't want to do things which are just headache. Thanks for all your comments. I appreciate them.

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Thanks for all your comments. If I knew my membership would make things better, then I would probably join. But it seems some things, maybe many things, just don't work the way I would hope they work. I.e. we have problems with Airbnb. In the meeting of all owners, I and other people brought that up a couple of times. And we hear things like: "We should study the situation." And months later, basically the same "answer". It seems to me some people in the committee are part of the problem and they don't want to solve this problem because they like the way it is and probably they profit from that. But they don't openly admit that. They just find stupid excuses like "we have to think about it" and then nothing happens. I am sure it would be frustrating to fight against that. And it would be even worse when those who block things are well connected people with lots of money...

In my condominium they are looking for new committee members. It seems few people are interested. We have currently a few Thai people and a few farangs in the committee. Does it make sense to become a member? If I would do it, then for the reason to actually improve the building and regulations in the building. I am not interested in "commissions", and I am not a control freak. As an outsider, listening to the committee in meetings, it seems they are not efficient. Not the question is, do I criticize them from outside for all the things which they don't do or don't do good enough? Or do I become a member and be part of the problem? Are you a committee member? What is your experience?

I think i.e. in Robinson there are gold shops. And they don't work according to above principle. And yes, his gf should know that. But it's even better if he knows it as well.

It is a little bit higher. I think last time I bought gold the extra charge was something like 300B per baht gold.

If price is an issue buy a used computer which was used in a company. (normally better quality) Many companies replace their PCs every couple of years. I saw stacks of PCs like that in computer malls like Fortune and years ago in Pantip. I guess you can also buy them online.

Some shops, maybe many shops, but for sure not all of them. Look for a shop which looks from the outside similar to this. You see the buy and sell price written on the glass. In this case 18,700 and 18,800, which indicates that the picture is old. But the principle is now the same. Inside they have groups of gold chains, etc. All sorted by weight. So maybe you tell them you want to buy a chain with 2 baht gold weigh and they show you a part of the wall with many chains with that weight and basically all the same price.

https://www.youtube.com/@ItchyBoots I watched a couple of her videos, and it is fascinating. I would think what she does is too dangerous, in several ways. But it's her life and she seems to enjoy it.

I also don't follow those idiots and have difficulties understanding why people do that. But there are some interesting people out there and it's interesting to watch them. And lots of things to learn. I.e. I watched many videos from these guys, and I learned a lot from them. Kitchens by Rannes - YouTube Home RenoVision DIY - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@SalDiBlasi

I have several favorite YouTubers. Here are some of them: EEVblog - YouTube DiodeGoneWild - YouTube Mend It Mark - YouTube Nikodem Bartnik - YouTube Cutting Edge Engineering Australia - YouTube M539 Restorations - YouTube colinfurze - YouTube RRC Restoration - YouTube Rc action homemade - YouTube Grind Hard Plumbing Co - YouTube I am sure above guys all love their work. They would also do it (or did it) without YouTube. And then I watch some podcasts. Which once I watch depends a lot on the guests. Lex Fridman - YouTube has often interesting guests and he asks the right questions.