OneMoreFarang

10 minutes ago, steven100 said:

That's dishonesty.  That's stealing from your employer.  Do you have to lock everything away when she starts work  ?     what bs.   

Sure, it's dishonesty.

But out yourself in the situation that you work somewhere for a super-rich guy. There are 10 million cash here and there. Would you be tempted to take a million because obviously the owner doesn't really need that money?

I don't say I would take it. But I am also not sure I would not take it if I think I would get away with it.

I think most of us have some amount where we think again what if... 

2 hours ago, New Guy said:

For example, your school is asking you to resign for the year 2024 because they have to process the work permit. Your work permit is about to expire (for example, on 28 Feb 2025). Does this kind of thing really need to be done if we are continuing in the same school?

This doesn't make sense.

Some people just don't realize when it's time to go away. 

How much more damage does she want to do? 

1 minute ago, newbee2022 said:

Sometimes to have to simplify a problem to ask the right questions.

To get the right angle I inform myself by reading different sources.

I prefer an Irish, US, French, UK and German view knowing that the original story is copied several times. 

Often a government statistic will help, sometimes investigative journalism.

Unfortunately only a few are interested on AN to discuss these matters.

I think some people want to know the truth, and others just want to confirm what they know anyhow (at least they think they know).

To be fair, that is not only a problem in this forum.

38 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

 

Why not call Samsung Service and get it straight from the horses mouth?

I just tried. It's difficult.

They had those press 1 for this and 2 for that with lots of options but none of them made sense for my case.

I found their service centers nearby and I guess it's easiest if I just go there.

https://www.samsung.com/th/support/service-center/

3 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

 

Why not call Samsung Service and get it straight from the horses mouth?

Yeah, I actually thought about that when I wrote above question...

7 minutes ago, madone said:

i cant imagine that someone who reports comments on a forum like this is someone i would have any fondness or respect for in real life

Actually, sometimes I report personal attacks. Because if I reply in kind, what I did some time ago, then I was banned for a couple of days for misbehaving. So, now I report, and the admins remove personal attacks. Unfortunately, I didn't see any of those members banned. 

1 minute ago, richard_smith237 said:

 

C'mon....  you're both popular posters in your own rights...

 

You both may post content which is controversial or disliked by some and considered popular by many, but neither of you could be considered trolls or the pathetic idiots to deliberately trigger argument in every post... 

 

Posters such as yourselves were the core and are the core of this forum and you are being diluted by the AI time wasting rubbish that as infiltrated the forum over the past year... 

 

... I think thats the point of the Op.... We are loosing real people genuine opinions (even if they are disagreeable) in lieu of 'meh' topics... 

But the AI will never buy anything from those advertisers. 

7 minutes ago, Celsius said:

 

No wonder you have diabetes 

Why?

Luckily, I can afford also food from many other places.

But sometimes I eat those 50B dishes, maybe noodle soup or pork or BBQ. Mostly it's not bad. 

It's in "Thai only" places where you will find very few foreigners. They have often very reasonable prices. 

Khlong Toei Fresh Market is such a place. 

6 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

50bht x2 x 30 = 3,000bht

Ok, yes, you are right. It seems my brain is already in weekend mode. I will try to edit my post. 

3 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

So we should remove sad and confused so that only positive opinions are recorded? 

No, but maybe people who post so much BS that most of the reactions are negative then they shouldn't be on any popular list. 

4 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

Its somewhat of a mispresententation...    someone who gets 600 'confused or sad emoji's in a week for posting tosh, will be up there on the table as if they are 'popular posters' when they are not.

I think they call it engagement.

For websites it is good when users click here and there. If they click on Like or Confused doesn't really matter - as long as they click somewhere. 

The screen of the Samsung tablet of my gf is a little broken. I found replacement screens online for about 700B. I guess I could do it myself, but there are others who do this all day and not expensive.

Do you have any experiment with a shop replacing such screen somewhere in Bangkok, maybe Fortune Town?

Or is it the easiest just to go there and ask?

Can you recommend a shop?

Does Samsung do these repairs as well? Or only 3rd party shops?

Obviously, it should not be more expensive than necessary. But if a 3rd party shop would charge 1000B and Samsung 1500 then I would probably prefer Samsung.

30 minutes ago, NorthernRyland said:

 

My first year in Thailand in 2005 my budget was $400 month but USD to THB was over 40. My rent was 4000/month (which was hugely overpriced looking back) and Thai food was 20 baht per plate. There were some American breakfast places that maybe 100 baht but you get bored of those more than once a week. Easy to make the budget back then.

 

These days you'd be screwed I think. I haven't dug too hard but the people earning 10k I know don't have rent by some means and are the types that are distinctly awkward eating in restaurants unless they're the absolute bottom on the barrel places, noodles and such. Even at 50-60 baht for most food now they'd be hurting if they ate fried rice outside once a day. Not so bad though, we always cooked at home in the US and going out all the time is annoying too.

At Thai markets they still have food for <50B per portion. Eat that twice a day 30 days and that is 3,000B. 

Rent in some cheap places is cheap, but obviously no AC and such luxury and it's not right next to the BTS.

Many of us are just spoilt if we think 40k or something like that is the bare minimum. 

Edit: Previously I wrote that 30 times 2 times 50 is 9000. Which is obviously wrong. Thanks to @BritManToo for correcting me.

1 hour ago, newbee2022 said:

Good question.

However, who determines what are facts???

Facebook?

AN?

Truth Social?

TikTok ?

Insta?

Wiki?

Many truths available.

Which is your pick?😳

 

Do you think your view and post is maybe a little too simplistic?

Do any of above always tell the truth or always lie? Of course not.

Personally, if in doubt, I try to go as near to the source as possible. I.e. if anybody says Trump said ABC. Then try to find i.e. on YouTube a video of that speech. And not a video posted and maybe manipulated by someone unknown but a video from a reliable source who would not edit/fake a video. And look at the long version, not just 3 words edited out of a long speech.

And if still in doubt, look that up even more and compare sources.

In many cases it is not difficult to find the truth about events or what people said.

In other cases, if i.e. Trump said America spent 300 billion in Ukraine and others say they spent more like 100 billion, then that is more difficult to check. But even then, often there are hints where those different numbers come from.

It's a question of how much attention we pay and if we want to know the truth. Just listening to one source (left or right or anything) and believing everything is certainly a bad idea.

Some Thai people survive with their family on 10k per month. If it is possible for Thais, why should it not be possible for farangs?

And then I remember a friend who told me he just can't understand how anybody in Thailand can live with less than 100k per month...

People are different.