SarahH

It’s interesting to note that the likes of SarahH and Klop have been unable to offer ANY reason why the signs should be there. Perhaps they could redeem themselves in the eyes of their God by taking down these eyesores and remove the litter left behind by their fellow sheep.

But then again perhaps they are too busy praying and patting each other on their collective backs to do anything that is worthwhile.

Hey, idiot, when did I say I was a christian? I'm not, and don't want to be.

My only point here was to adddress clueless idiots like yourself, who bash people that they have no clue about

Sorry, but I'm not going compete with you. I could never compete with such a bold-faced liar like yourself. If that's the personna you want to make-up here, so be it. This is the internet.

I do feel a bit sorry for you though.

So, you expect these rants by people here to add some kind of credibility to your post? As far as I'm concerned, they typify the responses often seen here from someone with little, if any, true experience, but still has an opinion, like yourself.

I am not a Christian myself, but I think people on this forum are overreacting about these religious signs. There is so much ugliness in Chiang Mai, but probably you won't notice it anymore. And then people who draw the attention to one of the most beautiful people who has ever lived, be it in their own way, get a load of negativity and hate which is saddening. Why don't you clean up your own minds, and see through those  signs ?

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Can I suggest you do a search for the terms "Christian", "Missionary", "Evangelical" etc. etc. on this board and find out what extreme damage these vile leeches do to our deeply loved society here.

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Ah..., Religious Bigotry is alive and well in Chiang Mai, as can clearly be seen here..

I'm very judgemental of people, but as individuals, with individual reasons. I would never suggest that all English are fools, even though many many seem to be.

As with the English, all Christians are individuals, and should not be grouped together. They have differing ideas, opinons, values. The one thing that Christians have in common is their belief in God. That's the ONLY for sure thing they all have in common. Does believing in God mean that you're vile? In your mind, maybe, but not in reality. And it's reality we're talking about.

Please, let's stay on a healthier track around here, and start dealing with people as individuals, not as a group.

Oh my, another call to arms for the other bigots and racists around here.

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Oh for God's sake, what self-rightous slobbering. To live is to make value judgements based on experience, and without exception, all such value judgements are by definition generalizations. Now Mr.Goodie-Two-Shoes here is all a twitter because someone's experience has led him to conclude something about Thais that, on the whole, is not entirely positive and he has shared his experience and his conclusion with us.

If someone had said that Thais were nice people by and large, would this twit have attacked him for generalizing? No, of course not. But when the value judgement made by someone else is negative, even arguably, he decides to sound off just to let us know what a fine, non-judgemental white guy he is.

Oh, give me a break.......

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Sweet Jesus, OAH, get a grip on reality. It's about "value judgements about them as a group" = racism.

Though I think you knew that, didn't you?

Its 30k for an informant

That's quite different that what I've read or heard. Where did you get that idea from?

From what I've read and heard, most informats don't get paid anything, they do it as a hoped-for trade-off, it seems, like to pay back for not being arrested before for something. Or, if arrested, the cops will try to force them to give up their supplier, maybe through a sting...

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I didnt get an " idea", I know 100 percent, 6 of my family are police here in Phuket

Some of us know, some of us guess, you work it out who is who - Khun Ajarn.

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Actually I think both of ya'll are correct. Some get paid, some don't. A figure like 30k wouldn't be involved in this type of situation. Giving an informant 30k to just get a foreign nobody in jail? Not likely. 800 Baht maybe as that's all it's really worth in political capital if even that.

It'd be more likely in a situation where there would be a sizeable payoff. 30k would be in a situation such as...10 million stolen in a gold shop robbery and the owners have agreed to give the police 2 million if they can recover the rest. We have a few policemen in our "family" too.

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no, its actually how I wrote it in my last post Phuket that is....

The reason they like setting up a "foreign nobody", is because it is a pay off to everyone in the end - it starts with the police, then the lawyer, then the bailer/guarantee, then the judge - it costs a lot in the end. Paying 30k is nothing to what they make over the duration of the trial.

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More big yarns from Tornado's "brother"!

I think it's great that nobody here seems to have any personal experience with Yaa baa, but then you also shouldn't talk like you do. If not talking shit, then maybe blowing hot air is a better comparison. Leave your opinions as facts to yourself, where they belong. Too much shit gets spread here as 'facts'

Yaa baa is an amphetamine. People take it for the 'up'. There is no 'downer' affect with amphetamines. Simple chemistry.

And your opinion about what a drug addict feels like after talking yaa baa is really stretching the whole concept of 'opinions'. In your experience? Yeah, sure...

I was a drug addict, including speed, for almost 10 years. I've been clean for 15 years... I remember the effects quite clearly, too

Ya ba taken oraly has the effect of euphoric mellow state, same as E's . Smoke as in (chase the dragon) burns of any immpurities, and gives a rush to the brain. Bringing on a state of high awarness verging to paranoia.

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It's obvious you have never taken Ya baa in any form....

I have, and I'm here to tell you there ain't no 'mellow' in there anywhere!

So many people here talking shit...

My husband is Malay-Thai, and he is helping me raise my two kids from my first marriage. He's never complained, and the kids love him just as their biological father who they still communicate with. Thankfully, both men are mature adults and get along really well. My exhusband defers to my husband on all questions of raising our children, and my husband listens to my ex's ideas and concerns, too.

I feel it is an individual thing, not part of somebody's culture. For those trying to generalize about men in Thailand, you are looking in the wrong direction. Like ajarn said, it's more important to know why people do what they do. I don't care that 5,876 Thais would look down on somebody for taking care of a child not of their blood. I do care to know why. Then maybe I could understand better.

I run a Mitsubishi 9000 btu in my office (converted bedroom) which gets a lot of shade. It does fine....

In my bedroom, which gets more direct sun, the 9000 btu mitsubishi in there simply wasn't always strong enough... Also, it developed noises after 1 year, and the compressor went kaput after 3 years... I replaced it with a Toshiba 18000 btu which is great. It doesn't have to work so hard, and the remote has features that that Mitsu didn't have. When I replace my office AC, it will be a Toshiba, too- anything but Mitsu...

I have AC running mostly 24 hours per day, and my electric bills are always in the 4,000 baht per month neigborhood... That also includes a pool pump and waterfall pump which runs 12 hours per day.

The prices have come down a lot in the last couple of years... The 18000 btu Toshiba was 1,000 baht less than the 9000 btu mitsu purchased 3 years earlier... And Mitsu was the cheapest then, next to LG, at Siam TV...

I heard it was only for a 2 week period in july when those bad stamps were issued. I have some agent stamps, too, and I've crossed the border many times since then abd no problem.

I agree, find a decent guest house or hotel first, then start looking. The Bangkok Post has lots of ads for apartments from 5000 up. Check the area at night, too. It could be very different in the day.

Are you in Bangkok? I know a good but cheap instructer in Bangkok. He charges 200 baht per hour, plus golf fees. Send me a PM and I'll give his number.

What about just some words in caps? Is that rude, too? Is it still like yelling, not like writing in a letter?

I also would like to do a MA in Thailand. do you know where to find a list of universities that teach in English?

Thanks