OneMoreFarang

Great, so tell us about your time in that soi 50 or 60 years ago. Was it already a tourist place at that time? Or R&R for the Vietnam war soldiers?

Nothing like that would happen if the authorities would fight loan sharks - instead of working with them together. TiT.

Maybe someone should show those tourists how many people die in Thailand daily in traffic accidents compared to shootings. Then they shouldn't worry about shootings anymore.

Wait until they increase the minimum wage to about double the current amount...

The stupid promise was for the mostly stupid people: We give you each 10,000 THB. Vote for us! That was the only important message before the election. That the money has to come from somewhere and that there will be lots of administrative "cost" are little details which the masses won't think about. Remember, about 90% of Thais don't pay income tax! It's not their money what will be spent.

Did any of Thaksin's politician explain the details of the 10,000 THB scheme? Especially: Where does the money come from? How high will be the administrative cost? Where and for what can the money be spent? Who (shops) can receive the money from these wallets? What happens with wallets where the money is not or only in part spent? How is all this regulated? What is done to makes sure this is transparent? We can be sure about one thing: Thaksin and his party wouldn't do this just because they have such a good heart. They will do it for a similar reason like the rice scam: They want more power and more money - and maybe give a poor a little to make them feel better.

And that's the best excuse he was able to come up with? Thailand is different from Denmark. Really? Who would have thought?

Probably the younger guy criticized the workmanship of the older guy. BIG mistake! TiT

My wife ran away with my passport. Officer, I have no idea why she would do that.

I had a Non-B and my first job ended. I knew I would get a new job in about three months. So I left Thailand on the day when my original Non-B expired and I applied in a Thai Embassy for a tourist visa and I visited Thailand with that tourist visa. And then, almost 3 months later, I went out again to the same embassy and I applied for the new Non-B of the new employer. All fine. Just make sure you have all the necessary documents. I you apply for a tourist visa you need to have a flight booked out of Thailand when you apply for the visa. For a business visa you don't need that flight out, but lots of other documents. And make sure your old Non-B is cancelled before you leave. That is necessary to be able to apply smoothly for the new Non-B. And this is necessary even if you think all is fine because you leave on or before the expire date. Be aware of possible mistakes which you can't easily fix in the hindsight.

I have no idea if this is a big problem. I guess you can argue that you made a typing mistake and later you saw the error and changed it. And depending on your story you gave the wrong version to one of them. Personally, I would not mention it anymore if you don't have a problem. And if you have a problem: Sorry sir, I make a mistake. It happens.

This week is similar to last week. Today there was more traffic than yesterday.

I was there almost 30 years ago, somewhere on a rooftop of one of the buildings in the soi. Open air and disco lights and all that. Cola from the bottle was a ridiculous price like 20B per bottle or something like that. Some girls from Nana wanted to go there and I could easily buy cola for them all night. ???? No further charges.

We would be born as human. And then every couple of years we would decide if we want to be male, female, or anything in between.

I "know" one of the richest guys from Myanmar. He likes to spend time in the bars in Soi Cowboy - since years. But if he would have to answer some official survey, I am not so sure that that would be what he would tell them. ????

It depends. I.e. if someone would try to break in your house, would you try to stop that person? How about if a burglar would try to rob your neighbors or family members? I can't imagine going to a war in a country where I don't have a connection to. But I can imagine protecting my home country and the country where I live. And there are many ways to do that. I.e. I wouldn't be very helpful with a gun at the frontline. But I would help to build drones and things like that.

To be fair, countries have travel recommendations for their citizens. And (travel) insurance companies have conditions like they don't pay if people travel to places which are in some risk category.

I would google for file transfer A23 or whatever you actually want to do. A computer (including mobile phones) can be configured to allow file transfer but not allow (or not answer to) PING. Obviously, you can play around with PING but even if PING works perfectly that doesn't solve your problem. And when you get file transfer working (maybe just a switch somewhere in the software of your phone) then PING might still not work. No problem. PING does not need to work.

Often people are asked if the government should pay for this or that. That is the wrong question. The question should be: Are you, as a taxpayer, willing to pay for this and that? Are you responsible for people who left the country on their own free will?

People want easy answers. Like: violent games make people violent in real life. Is it correct? No. Is that maybe a factor, together with many other factors? Yes. But that would be too difficult to understand and comprehend for many people. I like this summary: There is always an easy answer to any complex problem. And mostly it's wrong.

PING sends a signal from computer A to computer B. This only works is it can be send out from A (firewall for outgoing traffic in A). And this must be received by B (firewall for incoming traffic in B) Then B must decide it wants to react to this request. It doesn't have to. When B answers to the PING then that answers has to go though the outgoing firewall from B. And then through the incoming firewall of A. And in a public network there are some more firewalls. Lots of possible opportunities why this might not work.

IMHO the government of a country is (in part) responsible for their citizens in their country. And they are responsible for officials who are sent to other countries. And that's it. The moment when I left my home country, I cut my ties with them. If I get sick in Thailand or I am kidnapped or whatever, it is my problem. Because it was my free decision to come here. And that is obviously the same with Thais who left Thailand to work in Israel to make more money over there. It was the decision of those people. And anybody who travels to Israel should know there is some risk. When people return to their home country, and are alone and bankrupt, then the responsibility of the government starts again. Why should Thai taxpayers pay for the support of Thais who decided to leave Thailand?

Thanks for your answer. All the best! Hopefully that war will end soon. I hope you return unharmed.

Why do you do it? Will you earn (a lot of) money? Do you like to fight? Do you do it because you want to support Ukraine and/or fight Putin?

It wasn't necessary to listen to more than 4min (including the intro and all that) to make up my mind that is an idiot. He came to Thailand to settle down and he decided the perfect way to find a woman in Thai Cupid. Yeah, sure, what can possibly go wrong.