OneMoreFarang

You, as an experienced and advanced member could try to explain it to me. I live here only for 25 years; I obviously need guidance from someone with deep local knowledge.

Ok, you know shop without salaries. I know shops with salaries. And what do we learn from that: They both exist. And I am pretty sure people who do the massage will think in which of those shops they want to work, most likely they will choose the place where they make more money.

It doesn't matter what I think. Nobody asks me if they should let you or anybody else into Thailand. I tried to explain the reasoning behind regulations. Countries normally do what is in their interest. I.e., lots of countries make it very difficult for Thai people to visit them. They even make it difficult for young and healthy people.

Only cancel him? Prosecute him! Put him into jail! He should have known in 1976 that people in 2022 don't accept such language. ????

I think it makes sense for Thailand, like any other country, to make decisions based on what is good for the country. Let's say Thailand would get a million tourists with health insurance, and they could get 10% more without health insurance (in part because those people are old and in part because they have medical conditions and in part because people are not willing to pay for the insurance). Does it make sense for Thailand to welcome only the healthy people with insurance or should they welcome everybody? I obviously understand that people like to visit Thailand, even if they are old and even if they have medical problems. But because I understand that and because some people want that doesn't mean that is what is best for Thailand. Let's compare this to the UK. Let's make a survey how many people like to welcome immigrants. First survey, ask UK voters. Second survey, ask those people who are on the way to the UK, maybe in a small boat on the channel. There will be different results...

No, I am not, in general. I always wonder where such insider wisdom comes from. How many massage places exist in Bangkok? I am sure thousands. With how many people who work there or own such places did you talk to? Likely not even 1%. I also talked to some of them, and I heard of amounts between 50 to 200B per massage which they receive from the shop. Nobody ever told me they only receive tips. Does that mean this is statistically relevant? Obviously: no.

Then please explain to an ignorant person like me what a (Thai) ghost is. My gf introduced me already one of them: Pee Pahom - the ghost which moves the blanket at night. I have to admit I didn't see him/her/it until now.

I guess in a way it is good to see that not only stupid farangs have difficulties with the thinking when their blood is in another part of their body.

I guess many of us "laugh" about such strange reasoning. But ... I remember many years ago I visited the family of my gf. One night everybody was drinking a lot and her small brother got totally wasted. I remember sometime in the middle of the night he was shouting around like a maniac. I stayed away from him and just listened to it from a distance. The next day I talked to my gf and I mentioned that her brother was obviously absolutely drunk and behaved like an a$hole. Then she explained to me that that wasn't really her brother. He was week because he had drunk a lot. And because he was week some bad ghost could take possession of his body. So what I observed was not her brother, it was the bad ghost... I didn't try to argue with her. I keep that information in my TiT knowledge box.

Quality news is still available for free, i.e. The Guardian. How can people expect to get quality news for free? Somehow has to pay those journalists, editors, etc. I think it's only fair if people pay their fair share. And for students and other people with little money there are often special prices available.

You are obviously not one of them. Otherwise you wouldn't call it "espousing pro-rape attitudes".

That obviously explains it. It's kind of a long-time tradition over there.

I wonder how many people who "complain" here were around at that time. Do you remember how people lived at that time? Or did you at least talk to someone who was an adult at that time? Times change and it doesn't make much sense to judge what happened 50 years ago as if it would happen now.

There is a difference between citizens (population) and visitors. Isn't that obvious?

Talk to a professional construction engineer. They have formulas for these kind of situations.

And shipping lithium batteries is in some places illegal or only available from expensive carriers.

There must be some new cleaning method for something like that. Not too many years ago many ceilings from many bars looked just like that. Now many of them seem to be clean. Maybe some new service or device how to clean that.

Why are you asking? Anybody not fully vaccinated and without health insurance shouldn't be here.

And maybe, finally, a majority of GOP politicians realize this - at least that is what I hope. I still wouldn't bet on that.

Another one Steven Tyler is sued for alleged ’70s sexual assault of teen - Los Angeles Times (latimes.com)

IMHO power supplies should have no connectors which are not necessary. Why use: power supply - connector - cable - connector When: power supply - cable - connector is available One more connector, or in reality many more, are just more possibilities for failure. Get a brand name power supply with no gimmicks and all is fine. I built hundreds of PCs over the years.

It's interesting that many people, including me, have received hundreds of items as expected without any problems. And then there are some people who have constantly problems. What could it be?

Next: Jesus is suing whoever because there are bare-chested pictures from them out there. They were nonbinary but because of the oppressing patriarchy they were too shy to come out at that time.

Thanks That should be easy. I remember where I saw that technician and it is an easily accessible place. If they want to look, they can look. But I guess such an inspection should be done by a professional electrician. There is not much point if a committee member who has no certification in such things looks at it and decides: that looks dogy.

That is what many of us hope since years...