OneMoreFarang

When I started playing pool maybe 20 years ago about the first thing I did was learn the rules. They are easy to find on the internet and not sooooo difficult to learn. I was surprised that many people didn't know the rules at all, and some knew some rules but not some important details. Obviously, it's no big deal when people play with friends, and they make up the rules while playing. But when people play on challenge tables or tournaments, then they should know the rules.

It's called international rules - and ball in hand is one of those rules since decades.

If two decent players play together 9 out of 10 shots don't have to be called because they are obvious. But as you say, there is a difference between playing in a pool hall and a table in a girly bar.

For too long the radical woke were too loud and the center left didn't dare to criticize those idiots. Now maybe some of the left will wake up and realize that if they don't oppose the crazies on the far left, then more people will vote for (center) right and not the left anymore. Everybody who opposes the crazy woke should say this loud and clear. If everybody does that, then they will be an anomaly of the past.

One problem is that people use different rules. And many don't know any rules. And in some places, some small issues wouldn't be an issue, and it other places everybody know that is a foul. And then there is obviously the gambling for money problem. If one loses just a game that is not as bad as loosing (lots of) money.

This thread is now almost 1.5 years old, and I understand that there are still new posts because obviously I am not the only one with that question. To answer for myself, at the end I did all the plumbing work outside the walls like water heater, drain under my kitchen and bath sink and plumbing for my washing machine by myself. Until now, about a year after doing it, no leaks and no problem. For everybody who wants to do it by himself I recommend do your research. I.e. there are different threads for fresh water which should not be mixed. And there are rules for how much slope drainage pipes should have and things like that. I needed to learn for much longer time then it took me to actually do the things. I did it myself because I it seems many Thai "plumbers" didn't spend as much time as I did to learn what they are doing...

I think you watched The Matrix too many times. My eyes, ears, and brain work fine, and I can assure you that I don't have your problem.

At least people in some countries recognized this big problem and they are working on solutions that kids don't use social media or any smart phones until they are "old enough".

No But for all her faults, I think she was still the lesser evil. The problem with American politics is obviously that there is way too much money involved. Ordinary people, who are not rich and don't have lots of rich supporters have almost no chance to go up in politics. The lobbyist and superrich make sure the American people have only the choice of people which the rich want.

Let me guess who convinced you of that one. Trump is clearly only interested in people who obey Trump first. The constitution is best case #2. Just listen to him and his appointees. There is no need for any interpretation. Just listen!

But according to above, maybe you have to pay in person and maybe other things. My point was/is: Don't rely on the information which is written on the websites of the embassy or even at the entrance. It's not reliable.

I ask my gf to wear a maid uniform from time to time. 😉

It tells us a lot about the women in the UK that they have to ask a Thai girl, who is a Korean popstar to attract guys for a football match.

The following is only partly related to above, my experience with Phom Phen about 2 years ago. On their website was some information - in part wrong. In front of their embassy entrance was other information - also in part wrong. And one time I had to wait about 3 hours when I wanted to pick up my passport because they didn't understand one part of my documents (I think it was a name change of the company). All was correct, but they didn't see it. So, whatever you read, don't rely on it.

Maybe two or three more crackdowns, and then they will say Thailand is the hub of crackdowns.

Always those stupid crackdowns. It's just another way to say that most of the time nobody enforces any laws. And then, on very few occasions, there are very limited crackdowns, where some officials enforce some rules for a short time - and obviously for some pictures to show how diligent they are. TiT

I think the problem with the right is that they pretend anybody left of center wants DEI and drag queens in schools and people with penis in women's sport and all that. But in reality, there is only a tiny crowd on the far left with stupid ideas like that. The big problem is that those radicals are very loud. And many people on the left, but not on the extreme left, are too scared to tell the extreme left to shut up or go away or just ignore them.

"House Approves"... Wouldn't it make sense to add the name of the country to news like that? I saw the headline on the right side, and I thought this is about Thailand, and I clicked on it. And then I discovered it is about that strange country far away from here. Let them do whatever they want to do.

I guess often it is showing off how much she has and what a great guy she has. And such behavior is obviously not only normal in Thailand.

No, it's not the way. My gf shares little about our life with others. It seems some girls ask her how much money does he have, and how much does he give you and all that. She doesn't answer, because that is the best way to avoid annoying additional "questions" like I want to borrow money and all that.

I have an air purifier. But even if that is off and I had my windows open half a day, then when I switch it on I have now an AQI about 20 - without the air purifier working. I am about 100m above ground level. The air is better up here. 😉

I also have clean air in Thailand, in the middle of Bangkok. A high floor in a high building has lots of advantages.

You could hire a maid for an hour or two. 😉

I think that is not really surprising. Back home, many don't get any attention or loving body contact. And many women treat men just bad or ignore them completely. I remember looking at guys sitting outside of a (harmless) bar in Thailand, and the waitress poured them their beer, smile, maybe touch their arms, laugh about something, maybe sit with them with wide eye listening to their stories. How many guys get this treatment back home? In some countries it is possible to buy sex. But that doesn't take long and when he is finished that's it. Not even pretended attention. When I arrived in Thailand, I was still relatively young and had at least some attention back home. But if a guy arrives here after a miserable marriage and divorce, then probably 9 out of 10 Thai girls are still better than anything he experienced at home in the last 10 years. No wonder guys lose their brain and want more of the same.

I am sure there are enough crimes which could be discovered - if anybody would want to find them.