OneMoreFarang

Which part about my post don't you understand? It's not really that difficult. Taking illegal drugs, especially from unknown sources, anywhere in the world, is a bad idea. Isn't that obvious? If people still do that, then it seems they want to participate in the competition to win the Darwin award.

Are drugs only dangerous in Thailand? Or should people avoid them all over the world?

The question was and is: Is there anything new you are looking forward to? Sure, it's nice to see another sunrise, maybe have a nice meal and see friend. But is there anything in life which is better when you are 70 and not 50?

I should have written that this is of course just an estimate. The point is, there are many many people with many many different ideas for their lives.

According to AI, there are 195,640 male Australians who are currently 30 years old. Is there something like an ideal life for all of them? IMHO we should all try to do what we like to do. We are all different.

I left this question unanswered for a reason. Obviously depending on our age, we define "old" differently.

I am not so sure if that is true with old guys in Thailand. I met this wonderful woman, she loves me, I built a house. It's all in her name but we love each other so much. Yeah, sure...

Just put a fence around them and charge 100B to everybody who want to observe them. Cat fights under coconut trees or something like that. Maybe another hub for Thailand.

I never had any problems like that in Thailand - or anywhere else in this world. But I avoid trouble. I remember once I was with the Thai family in a park on a lake. I think I was the only farang at there at that time. All was fine in daytime. People slashed in the water, had some food, fine. But later in the day some guys in a group near us got more and more drunk. And that is unfortunately a situation which can possibly get difficult. We left (not in a hurry) to avoid any conflict. Obviously, misunderstandings are a major problem. I heard more than once that a farang said: My Thai is good enough to get into trouble but not good enough to get out of trouble. I think there is a lot of truth in that. We can joke, have some fun, all is fine. And then someone misunderstands a joke. And then? Are we able to explain to them that it was just a joke, relax? And then there are of course those farangs with the big mouth fu@# this and fu@# that. Maybe they get away with that at home. But many Thais don't like that language.

I saw Asiatique first when I was on a river cruise. Then we visited it later. What a rip-off! It seems to me it's made for tourists with too much money. Does anyone local go there twice because it's such a nice place? I have my doubts.

How many Thais did you ask these questions? If I would want to know why this is the way it is, I would ask my Thai girlfriend, or other Thai people who I see regularly. It seems to me sometimes people ask questions here to rant about what they don't like - and I understand that. But if you really want answers, then don't ask farangs in a farang forum. Ask Thai people.

Maybe they will even find someone who did something wrong. And maybe they will punish that person. But it won't be Thaksin. We can't undo that he is a free man again and that he didn't spent any time in jail.

It seems you want to win this contest. You joined 187 days ago, and you posted already 626 times. Do this for 10 years and have almost as many as those long time members you complain about. 555

I have no issues with ladies chasing me. Mostly the old and ugly and desperate. I prefer the innocent cuties who are too shy to chase anyone.

He divided Thailand like nobody else in recent history. He is responsible for the violent red-shirts. He is ultimately responsible for the last two coups. Never forget!

I guess this is somehow why they do it the way they do it. They spent a day chatting with each other and also doing a little work at the same time.

And obviously you see the same wall, just the other side of it. Do you like that view? I understand that you want to set your rules. But is living in a bunker not a little restrictive?

Do you have any evidence that they are thinking? qed

Please publish a list of all high-ranking police officers who are not unusually rich. I am pretty sure that list is very short.

And I thought those models splash the milk shakes all over their own body.

Sure, it is possible that someone lives in Thailand for 20 years and has 20 or 200 post. But how likely is that? And many of the people with few posts clearly show that they don't know much. I don't blame anybody if they don't know much about Thailand, we all were newbies at some time. But it's funny when some new arrivals think they know it all.

So why do you bring it up if is irrelevant? Personally, I seldom look at the numbers. But I think it sometimes funny when someone with a few hundred posts thinks he knows it all and for sure he knows it better than people with 10 thousands of posts. I am obviously far from knowing everything, but living here since decades, and having lots of posts, means that often I have more experience than the guys who just arrived.

Make sure you understand the difference between RCCB and RCBO. And, IMHO, use a BIG box to put all those RCCBs, RCBOs, MCBs inside. Many small breaker boxes are so overfilled with cables that it is difficult to see what is happening and even worse to actually work on those things.

If bitter and angry would be a reason to die, then there would be a lot less people out there.

And, will any of this bring Thaksin back to jail where he belongs? No. Sad. But looking at the rest of the world, including the so-called civilized world, nobody should be surprised.