OneMoreFarang

Was there ever an article about such an investigation involving women getting money from men? Or are men stupid if they spend money on pretty girls and women are victims if they spend money in hope to receive expensive gifts or get a rich husband? Where are all those women groups calling for equal treatment?

If you like it buy it. But in my experience often those keyboard trays are not stable. And that makes if difficult to work on them. I always use my keyboards in any office on the desk with lots of room to lay down the hands and a stable surface. But maybe that's only me.

Who else had this in mind?

No, but you need one if you want to get paid. ????

I am not planning to do that. One reason is that it will invite the "wrong" kind of comments. Everybody knows it better, at least in theory and in hindsight. However, I am happy to share what I learn on the way and I am happy to share information about good or bad products and maybe companies which could be helpful to other people. Until now I can say: Don't expect to find cheap workers even for a job which requires little knowledge.

Thanks for your answer. In the meantime I found someone who did the work for me. More expensive than expected but he did a good job and now it's done.

To be fair that is true for a huge part of humanity all over the globe. And much of it is "inherited" from the parents and everybody around you. I.e. when I was young "gay" was one of the worst insults you could say to someone. I am sure we as children learned and used it even before we understood the meaning. That was just the way it is. Some people rethink what they do and change their mind and language over time. But others, especially people who are together with the same kind of people their whole life, don't change or learn much. Because everybody in their group has the same attitude (simply put).

Here are 100mA RCCBs | RS Components (rs-online.com) I saw 300mA but I don't remember where. The problem with me is that I learned about these things in Germany, obviously with the German names. I can translate them but it seems often there are other words in use compared what I see in the translation. Now I found a supplier with loads of those things. อุปกรณ์ไฟฟ้า เบรกเกอร์ แมกเนติก สายไฟ ปลั๊ก สวิทซ์ โคมไฟ หลอดไฟ ท่อร้ายสายไฟ รางเดินสายไฟ ทามเมอร์ รีเลย์ หางปลา อุปกรณ์ประกอบตู้คอนโทรล - Sirichai Electric Thanks

From a long time ago from back home I know RCCBs - residual-current circuit breaker. I know in Germany they use the so called FI (Fehlerstromschutzschalter) over there with 30mA. They are installed in the breaker box and the 30mA is a good value to protect and safe life. But how about Thailand? First, it seems they are not really common here, at least there are lots of breaker boxes without them. And when I searched in Thai online shops the RCCBs are difficult to find at all (maybe they use another name). And then they use 100mA or even 300mA which, as far as I know, is not a good protection. Here is one which I found with 30mA but I never heard of the brand "CHINT" NL1-2-40-30AC | CHINT 2 Pole Type AC RCCB, 40A NL1, 30mA | RS Components (rs-online.com) What do you know about RCCBs in Thailand? Do you use them? Which brand? And are they all the same with the same specs or are there big differences? P.S.: I just found some on Lazada from ABB - I hope the real thing. This is a sample picture

Now there I have to disagree with you. ????

How long are you in Thailand? How long do you know about the bar business? Because recruiting good girls and keeping them in bars is not a new problem. That is normal since many years. At least the pretty young girls can go wherever they want, almost any bar will employ them right away.

I don't know what Thai guys think is ugly. I know what some Thai guys think is pretty or sexy and I wouldn't want any of them. One situation which I will never forget is when I was in an office and someone mentioned something like I should talk to Nit about an issue. I told them sorry I forgot the names, who is Nit? The answer was: She is the darkest girl in this office. I still didn't know because I never cared about their skin color. And when I finally found Nit I didn't think she was much darker then the others. After that I told that story to my gf and then later other office girls. And they all confirmed to me that every girl in every office knows exactly the order of white to dark in their office. Like if 10 girls work there you can ask them who is the 3rd whitest and they all know. I think that is crazy but it seems like that's the way it is in Thailand.

About old age and someone caring: Obviously it is nice when the gf/wife does that. But maybe she doesn't have to do it alone. Domestic help is still relative cheap in Thailand. Most of us should be able to afford a part time maid when we need one - even if she is already older and doesn't wear a maid costume. ????

Thais in need go to temples. The monks give them food. And it's warm in Thailand. If I would have no money and no income I would still prefer to survive in Thailand compared to the USA.

Since Covid I don't think they every stopped me. Before that maybe once a month. And then most of the time because I didn't ride on the left side or my gf preferred to leave the helmet at home. Most of the time they had a reason and I don't mind giving them that 100B. Funny enough, my smaller bike, a Suzuki Raider, has an obvious aftermarket exhaust. It's, let's say, a little loud, not extreme. They never stopped me or fined me because of that exhaust.

That depends on love and other motivations - and that might change over time.

I can't imagine there is much entertainment value in watching. I have to admit I watched Brexit, or to be precise the part which happened until now, with amusement. Will they really do that? How bad will it get? Will anybody learn? I still watch from time to time, but it gets boring after a while.

Whatever you do might not make any difference with the police. They want money. If their meter shows X and your meter shows Y do you think they agree that your meter shows the accurate value? I don't know how much money they want from you. In Bangkok I paid over the years 90% of the time 100B for whatever they complained about. Here, take it, have a nice day.

I agree with that. And the good thing is that lots of guys are happy when they have a young wife/gf. And they are happy to take care of her. If they would have an old wife then likely they wouldn't be happy and wouldn't want to take care of that old woman.

Somehow you seem to think all girls are the same. No. Like not all farangs are the same. Some like this, some like that. And if only 10% of student girls like older guys and you have 10,000 students then that is still 1,000 girls who are what many farangs want.

That's what I told my mother when she asked me about my first holiday in Pattaya. Mother, I was shocked! I read about that nice beach resort and that that. Shocking! And I walked around for three weeks to check if there was anywhere a quiet corner. But no, bars everywhere. Shocking! I have to check next year if anything changed.

I am sure it depends a lot on where you live and which places you visit. I.e. I live in lower Sukhumvit in Bangkok. Age gap farang Thai couples are normal in this area. I would be surprised if many people think much about them. The only people who seem to look are the new arriving tourists when the old woman points out to her old husband that old guy with the young girl. Obviously she is disgusted by this view. And obviously he thinks how wonderful life could be with such a girl. ????

I agree that we don't see old Thai men walking hand in hand with their young darling on the street and kissing her every couple of minutes. Instead he drives in a Mercedes with tinted windows with her to the next hotel. You can see lots of old guys and relative young and beautiful Thai woman couples in good restaurants. And most of the time he doesn't look at her as if she is his daughter.

I don't see my younger gf as "lesser than me". We are different in many ways. I can't discuss my computer work with her or international politics and many other topics. But that is no problem at all, because I can discuss that with other people who want to talk about those things. My gf is a great cook, she does the shopping in the fresh market, and she is talented in lots of ways. We spend most of our time together, but we also have friends independent from each other. I don't know what she talks about with her friends but it might include Thai celebrities, soap operas, ghosts, lottery number and all those things which I absolutely don't care about. And I talk with my friends about things which my gf doesn't care about. The situation is just fine as long as we all have friends who fulfil different roles.

Young & handsome? Really? How many Thai girls did that, got pregnant and then he was gone? And maybe they did it again. The problem with young & handsome guys is that they can have lots of girls. And that is not the perfect situation for a long term relationship.