OneMoreFarang

Really? It seems to me that people like builders, plumbers, car mechanics, etc. can make reasonable money if they do good work and are not lazy. It seems many think they go to university and from then on, they must make a lot of money, like sitting in the twitter office and doing nothing. That works for some people for some time, but not for many people for a long time.

Daughter: Stay in farang land, marry a rich guy, be happy ever after. Even if you get divorced there is nothing to worry about. Son: Get a good education and some experience in farangland, then come to Thailand, get a decent job and enjoy life.

I moved here when I was 30 and I didn't have a buffer. One big advantage of that situation was that I wasn't one of those new guys in Thailand with money who the girls love so much. With me they knew I could afford a lady drink or two (I think it was 60 at that time), and that was about it. Luckily, I was still young and handsome. ????

But when we are young many of us think later in our life we will earn and have so much money that that is no problem anymore. Until we are old and find out that this didn't really happen.

I think the person should be old enough to have worked successfully in Farangland. When he or she learned how to do things properly to a high standard then he/she will be welcome in Thailand to do some job which requires diligence. I.e. I work in IT, and I charge a lot more than Thais. And my customers are willing to pay that because they know I learned in Europe to work to a high standard. I am pretty sure I wouldn't be able to charge more than others if I wouldn't have the experience of working to a high standard "back home". One advantage of coming young is that there is no big problem of going back if it doesn't work out. It should be easy enough for most people to get a job back home if they return from somewhere in the world maybe 35 years old. If they return with > 50 it will be more difficult to integrate back.

It seems to me there are too many fanatics out there.

Bob, did you drink too much again?

How do you know? Was that your reaction 120 years ago? It seems you are one of those people who think a skeptical reaction is a negative reaction. I am just not so blind not to see all the problems with EVs - even when they have some advantages.

Really? Like: I only have an engine or two and a battery and that's it? There is a lot of necessary electronic even in the simplest EV. There is no such thing as opening the hood and checking a few mechanical and electric connections.

The best way to find out is go there and talk to owners and manager from other bars. They normally know what is for sale, rent, etc. Most of the time they also have lots of insider information, but probably they won't tell those to a stranger.

It seems by now anybody who does not enthusiastically support EVs is marked as an outsider. EVs are great, no problems with burning batteries, no problems with charging, no problems with high current electrical supply to every house, the production of the cars is super clean, and and and, nothing to see here. It seems with X and other internet places where people shout at each other all the time there are only few people left who are willing to say something critical. And all professional media have green journalists and climate crisis journalists and all that. They have to publish all the time something, otherwise they would lose their jobs. And nobody likes people who don't just see black or white. There are lots of shades of grey with many vehicle technologies. Who is willing to talk facts and reality?

For me I am definitely happier with inner peace.

Alone: not good Alone and lots of "friends" on the internet: Maybe worse. People communicated for millions of years face to face. That's what we are used to and what we "understand". Looking at lots of young people today who sit on the same table, and everybody has their phone in front of their face, somehow that doesn't seem healthy.

I think it is fair when a woman gives up her job and takes care of the children and when the couple divorces that the husband still supports her. But IMHO this support should be reasonable. There are too many guys who have to pay huge amounts of "support" so that the ex can live according to the standards which he provided when they were married. That is stupid! I think the guy should support her enough that she can survive and sort out her life in maybe a year or two. But that's about it. Guys don't marry because of the stupid divorce laws. If the laws were reasonable then I am sure a lot more guys would marry.

To me it seems marriage has a lot of advantage for the females and lots of disadvantages for the males. When people want/have kids then there is a good reason to marry. If a guy wants to bring his Thai gf to Farangland, then that might be a reason. In Thailand, no kids, I don't see any good reason to do that. Too many (possible) downsides.

I remember when maybe around 1970 we learned that there won't be any oil reserves available anymore in 20 years of so. That was 50 years ago. Did we run out of oil? No! There are just too many people whose job is to make panic. Panic sells and keeps the masses occupied.

Is there something like corporate greed? A corporation is a reflection of the people who run the corporation. Only greedy people can cause a corporation to "be" greedy.

I wonder if that hate is mostly on the internet and gets worse by social media. If I look at the news or watch YouTube videos, I see a lot of hate. In real life, not so much. I use the internet mostly to learn something or for entertainment. But there are lots of people out there who like to shout at each other. And with X and other services that gets worse all the time. There is an easy way out: Don't participate and ignore the (online) idiots.

IMHO power hungry and greedy people are the biggest thread. I.e. looking at AI: The development of AI itself is not really a big problem. But it can, and probably will become a big problem when greedy and/or powerful people want to use it for their advantage. Overpopulation and climate problems are overrated.

How many jobs can they do? 10 with crazy driving or 8 or 9 with relative safe driving? I see them often take so many risks that it's unlikely some of them will survive a year or longer in that job.

I gave the last place, and the place before that, any chance to do the right thing. They didn't. Until now I don't know if the new guy is the perfect guy. But he explained in detail, with pictures, what is wrong. In some cases he also pointed out things which are not perfect, but expensive to repair, and he didn't push me to repair those expensive things. What would you do with any car or motorcycle shop who you show the red oil pressure warning, and they tell you to ignore it and come back when you have a problem? Would you do that? Would you use an engine with possible low oil pressure and wait until it destroys itself? I don't. And I will never go again to a place where the service manager tells me to ignore an oil-pressure warning. In general, I have many shops where I go again and again for years. I am not just complaining all the time. I.e. I had a guy who serviced my Honda NC30 for years. Sometimes I had to wait. Ok, I accept that that is reality. He didn't tell me any BS. Good news, bad news, all is acceptable. But don't lie.

In my experience living and riding bike in Bangkok most motorcycle-taxi riders know what they are doing. And many delivery drivers just drive like crazy and/or idiots. And many delivery riders try to ride while they use mobile phones. Could the situation be improved? Sure. If the traffic police would do their jobs. But I don't remember seeing the cops stopping any riders who use their phones, ignore red lights, or drive otherwise like maniacs. How does anybody expect that the situation will get better if the police do nothing?

Check your microphone settings. There are options to select which microphone, volume, etc. How to set up and test microphones in Windows - Microsoft Support I am sure there are also YouTube videos explaining what to do.

That reminds me of a comment which I read about suicide bombings. Someone wrote: Give the Palestinians the same amount of fighter planes, attack helicopters and other military weapons and then they won't use suicide bombers.

Nobody should be surprised when the suppressed fight back.