OneMoreFarang

10 hours ago, pedro01 said:

I guess it depends what you refer to as "the middle of Bangkok" 

Lower Sukhumvit. 90% of my motorcycle trips are less than 3km. 

And I have no kids and want no kids.

11 hours ago, CallumWK said:

 

Have you ever driven on the Paris ring road?

No. It's dangerous out there.

5 minutes ago, stat said:

BTW your statement Putin is bad, Trump is bad is as black and white as it gets 😉

Really?

Would it make you feel better if I would list some good things which they did?

The war which Putin started in Ukraine puts him in the bad category for me.

And Trump, just his latest stupid Gaza Rivera comments are enough to blow up that whole region. I think that is pretty bad. And obviously there are many many other items to add to that bad list.

Bost of them can't be trusted and should not be trusted. It's good to stay away from both of them.

23 minutes ago, BritScot said:

Well things must have changed! Years ago I asked my Thai bank about getting a credit card. Their answer was mental. They said I give them 50,000bht or 100,000baht they keep it with no interest paid and they would give me a credit card with 50,000baht or 100,000baht limit (in esance borrowing my own money and paying interest on it for this pleasure). My Thai wife opened a 50,000baht credit card with zero income but I had to go guarantor! Like I said "mental".

As far as I know in general if you have a work permit, banks ask for the salary statements for the last three months and other documents like the passport and then you get a credit card.

I never tried it without work permit.

2 hours ago, dutch boy said:

I guess I just do not understand the mind of the left wing socialists in America. Why do they want to waste money on ridiculous projects around the world:

 

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/02/16/usda-axes-millions-contracts-including-230k-brazilian-forest-gender-consultant/

 

Spending millions of dollars on “Central American gender assessment consultant.” What is with this fascination with "Gender" amongst the left wing? Are they not happy with themselves and how they were born? Its as if something genetically is screwed up in their minds. They used to put people like this in institutions now they vote for them for President (Biden/Harris.) America is on the right path with Trump as the new President and Musk at the helm of the new DOGE.

In case nobody told you until now, there are only a few hard left crazy LBGTQ*/- activists out there. Most people on the left don't like those activists. Unfortunately, those activists are very loud. And unfortunately, too many people on the left did not early enough speak up against those hard left idiots. I am sure that will change now.

It seems many of the people on the right side of center pretend everybody left of center is a LBGTQ activist. That is incorrect. Is that really so difficult to understand? 

45 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

As his wealth continues to grow Musk seems to be a more obnoxious individual by the day

I guess that is the problem with super rich people who can do whatever they want. Normal behavior is boring. So let's try something extreme. And if that wasn't extreme enough, do it more extreme.

I really wander how Musk will be in a year or 5 years. I am not looking forward to that one.

11 hours ago, Social Media said:

Donald Trump will support Israel in its efforts to "finish the job on Iran,"

What happened with no more wars and saving money?

I think NATO like it existed for many years doesn't make much sense anymore.

Leaders should sit together and talk about ways into the future.

One NATO member changing the rules overnight is a bad idea - for everybody.

16 minutes ago, Harrisfan said:

1bn in % on debt each year. They need massive cuts across the board and asap. The previous leaders did nothing incl Trump 1. Trump 2 needs to fix the mess.

From here: https://www.perplexity.ai/search/how-much-money-does-the-usa-sp-oLxYVt66TkSSJISG1dxphw#0

"In 2023, the United States spent approximately $820.3 billion on its military, which accounted for about 13.3% of the entire federal budget for that fiscal year1. However, other sources state the US military spending was around $916 billion in 2023358. The US military spending constituted over 40% of the total military spending worldwide that year8."

It would be easy for the USA to save billions of dollars every year - if they wanted to do that.

Imagine they would use some of that military budget for education, medical care, infrastructure, etc. 

25 minutes ago, paddypower said:

Good to see a Private Eye fan here 🙂 

 

I am confused. What did I miss? 

18 minutes ago, kwak250 said:

Its like you give out free beer and then complain why people are drunk

Imagine having lived all your life in a nice calm relaxing area and then thousands of twatpackers turn up.

Feel sorry for places like Koh Samui which 30 + years ago was beautiful but spoilt now and will get even worse when they finish the bridge to get there .
 

And it seems not enough from the incoming money is used for waste removal, street maintenance, etc.

It's only getting worse all the time. Sad.

19 minutes ago, koele2 said:

 All the good land and big businesses were bought up by bangkok people

And who did those Bangkok people buy the land from? Maybe from the locals? And maybe the locals were happy to collect that money?

Did anybody force them to sell?

10 hours ago, dinsdale said:

Do you sometimes think to yourself @OneMoreFarang that you are losing your capacity for rational thought. Posts such as this would suggest you are.

Come on, I help Trump and Musk to save billions, probably trillions. They should be happy about that.

4 minutes ago, Cryingdick said:

Can you ate least tell me who your avatar is?

I know who he is. I was at one of his concerts when I was maybe 15. 😉 

10 hours ago, pedro01 said:

You can get a decent 2 seater Z4 M40i for about 5 mill

Actually I had a Z1 for a weekend. It was a lot of fun - on decent streets.