OneMoreFarang

How many people die each day in Thailand because of alcohol misuse? In case that there are fewer than 50 alcohol related deaths per day, then I propose we should have warnings on motorcycles and cars and maybe heads for pedestrians with warnings. Maybe a couple of pictures of dead people at each zebra crossing? I am sure our politicians will have some bright idea how to remind the people of this problem.

Recently I was riding through the end of Soi 11 just before 6am. Surprisingly the neon lights of Hillary 11 were still on. Interesting. I always thought they switch off the outside lights for the extended opening hours.

Will any of them go to jail? Will their friends and associate look now down on them and avoid them? Or was it all just business as usual and nobody cares? We can't expect that corruption changes as long as corruption is accepted as it is in Thailand. It seems many Thai people see corrupt people like smart people who get rich. They would love to be just like that.

The wrong kind of light is definitely not good for sleeping. I set my monitor at night to minimum brightness. And at night I don't watch anything were I have to concentrate (to learn).

In banks I agree with you. But if I have to pay with credit card and I have to sign, then often nobody compares that signature.

I speak broken Thai with my own gf all the time. And mostly I speak Thai, as good as I can, with other Thais. The exception are business talks with Thais who know much better English that I know Thai. So, we talk in English. And sometimes, if the Thai person speaks a little English, I might speak a little Thai and a little English. That's just the way I am used to do it. And if I speak to the Thai gf or wife of a friend, I might have a little small talk with her in Thai, especially if her English is not so good. In my case my Thai is limited, and I expect that farangs who live here since years and have a Thai gf or wife speak some Thai. If they don't do that, then maybe that motivates them to learn it. I remember some time ago that when I was maybe playing pool with my gf in a pub where many people play together that one or the other farang thought he can chat her up only talking Thai to her. If I noticed that then I made sure he knows that I speak enough Thai to understand his intention.

Is the Dengue Fever so bad that she can't move or be transferred to a hospital where she is covered? Is it possible that she is using this to convince someone else to give her money?

Yes, me.

Sometimes I sleep bad. One reason is for sure the bad air quality. Instead of trying to sleep again I go to my PC and watch some YouTube videos. Normally I am tired again after maybe 15 to 30 minutes and then I go to bed and sleep again. It's not perfect but IMHO better than turning around and trying to sleep again knowing it won't work.

I didn't notice and as far as I see the three terms are interchangeable.

So, in Thailand happens the same as in many other countries. What a surprise. Or maybe not?

For the purchase of a condominium the money has to arrive in Thailand in USD, EUR, something like that. And the information should be something like "to purchase a condominium". You don't need any specifics about the address of the condominium or something like that.

Win/win. The bible thumpers love it. And the rest of us will be happy that there will be fewer bible thumpers in the future.

You just got invited to my Ignore List. 😉

Is that the budget for a day or a month or what? What do you expect for that money?

Additionally: Nobody wants to admit the scale of the Christian extremist threat to our democracy - there are many millions of them in the USA.

It seems to me that most of the time people only want to see a signature, and they don't compare it to anything. Years ago, I did something in the bank, I think I applied for a credit card, and I had to sign maybe 10 documents. They were not happy with my signatures because they were not the same all the time. I tried, and tried again, and again. At the end I signed about 20 blank pages, and they looked for the best matches of maybe 10 pages. And then they copied the documents to the pages which I signed already. That "worked". And yes, I destroyed the rest of the signed pages.

I never used Grab. Taxis are all over the place. If three of them don't want to switch on the meter then I use the next one. Normally it doesn't take more than 5min.

Bangkok did change a lot. The BTS, MRTA, home delivery, fewer dirty exhaust vehicles, and much more. But somehow, it's the same, I guess that is the Thai mentality or whatever you call it. Maybe it's more of the same, or something like that.

I try to ignore those woke idiots. And it seems more people are annoyed with those woke idiots. I don't know if it has to get worse before it will get better or if we are already at that point. Luckily Thailand is far away from the woke idiots from America and the rest of the west. We can see what they do over there and laugh about it and ignore it.

Interesting question. After living here for almost 30 years I should have some kind of prediction. But I don't really have one - and I didn't think too long and hard about it. Lots of things will change, but at the end of the day nothing really changes. Lots of traffic, people argue about lottery numbers and are scared of ghosts. Many laws are ignored, but then suddenly in some cases enforced. Corruption is continuing, and sometimes some corrupt person is exposed, and the media behaves as if it's a surprise. Life changes somehow and people adapt. I think an interesting example are online deliveries. 8 years ago (I just checked the date) I ordered parts to build a racing drone from China. When I came to the counter of my condominium likely someone would tell me something like "your parcel arrived". They knew already that I ordered many little things from China, and then maybe 5 boxes arrived for the whole building, and two of them were for me. Easy. Now a huge part of the same counter in the same building is full of boxes from online deliveries. I guess it must be hundreds every day. Small and big and many of them. It seems now everybody is buying almost anything online all the time. And everybody adapted to this. Not same, different, but then somehow not really so different. Life goes on.

Maybe I should have added "in the city".

I can't imagine that such a stamp would be legally the same as your signature. For that reason, I am pretty sure it won't be accepted if you use the stamp in front of the eyes of i.e. bankers, authorities, etc. And if you use the stamp i.e. at home and don't tell people that this is not your handwritten signature, then you also might be in legal trouble. Personally, I think just scribble whatever you are able to scribble. That's your signature at that time. Or use a thumb like suggested above.

It seems many foreigners try to live in a perfect world. Until one day they discover that the real world is far away from perfect. Most Thai people wouldn't cross a street only because the light for pedestrians is green. They would pay attention even if there is a zebra crossing. Basically, no Thais use bicycles - the exception is the Lycra crowd. Many foreigners do all that. And then accidents happen. And then questions come up like: How could that happen? My personal advice: Don't play the hero and have the sentence "he was right" on your gravestone.

Thanks everybody. Above is the one which I like most from the selection. I just ordered it. Let's see. Thanks