laobali

WOW... what can I say, except ... there must be more here than just me. Indeed, if some of you'd know my story, maybe some would have jumped already (I read that too many times and, from what I hear and see every day, I don't only fear about my son's upbringing in this land, but I am freaking out, just thinking about it from miles away) Who EVER is interested to know more, I invite you to look me up on facebook... eton.pasta, leave a note that you'd come from here, at thai visa, and join me there, for now. There is absolutely nothing that would help people her in Thailand, NOTHING, So - despite I am a farang, I plan to take action, myself. This cannot go on as it is. I am now planning to establish a "human self-helping group". People who have family problems of any kind, and mind you, this is not just for farangs, so if any THAI read this and feel they are being treated wrong, and far too bad, too, WELCOME, join me. I believe it is time, for human beings to DO something, not just site around and say this is how it is and then just complain and winch. Let's do it for our sons and daughters, who cannot help themselves. Best wishes for all of you and have a happy new year. Heads up. tomorrow the sun will rise again.

Really original idea. Good luck with that. Whinge (winch?) on Facebook as well as TV.

While this is not exactly on topic, it would be interesting to know why you both would rather live in Thailand than the Philippines.

Wife's lad is near 18, goes to a private school to learn English mainly. He CANNOT talk to me in English, he does not understand anything I say, his mum has to translate.

And I speak ''no accent'' English.

Exactly the opposite of my wife's teenage lass, moved her out of the village age 12, she now speaks and writes very good English and we chat and watch English Tv and movies together all the time.

I'm thinking he hates and resents you ..........

Sorry, but I tend to agree. He probably has no desire to communicate with you. Where there's a will there's a way. No will: no way.

For goodnes sake, not one of you know what caused the accident. Why the hell do you have to post such garbage,innuendo.?

Isn't it just like all the show-offs to give their point of view when they were no where near the accident? People with nothing better to do than post such drivel.

Or read it, but we do; this is TV after all.

Monogamy is a waste of lust. Why do you think so many Thai wives accept mia nois?

The Asian Highway? That's a rather grandiose name for 120km of road joing two towns in the middle of nowhere.

I was in the same position as you 7 years ago. I am now in a really happy trusting relationship.

Neverthe less I made a pre nuptial agreement that clearly separated her wealth and possessions[zero] and mine[significant and NOT in Thailand]. We were married 2 years later and I then made a will in Thailand.

I have been lucky to find real love. I am 71 and she is 50. This is more OK in Asia than elsewhere.

Go for it. Fall in love. Enjoy your life. But don't forget the hard learned lessons.

Who's the beneficiary of the will? If it's your wife, you are worth more to her dead than alive.

But there's a good chance she will let nature take its course, and there's no guarantee she won't go first.

If you are going to marry her, and you want trust in your marriage ( you will need trust if you want your marriage to succeed) then yes, you tell her about your financial situation back home, there should be no secrets between you, on the other hand, anything that happened in your life before you met her, is none of her business, and vice versa.

If you have managed to achieve a blissful state of marriage yourself, then congrats. Personally, I think it is more a matter of luck, especially these days. If you are genuinely relatively poor, there is a greater chance of success.

[No wonder we all think Red Shirt supporters are a bit odd.]

Possibly because they are also Thai?

Why are Thai teacher's so good at making kids conform - haircuts, uniform, attendance etc, but not so good at making them think for themselves, ask questions, or indeed stay in school

That's easy. They teach only what they were taught by their own Thai teachers. It's the system.

Sure, but how many years has BA been flying into JNB - (Jan Smuts in my day)?

Not bothering to take into account the waiting time in most hairdressers in the U.K. that is, let alone the cost ?

Has it gone up a lot in the past 10 years ? my hair cut was always £1...

£6.50 for an OAP (Senior) - and that's up North.

The War On Christmas comes to Thailand.

After all you noticed that Santa wears red ?

Oh god, here we go ...

The First Officer, usually in the right hand seat, obviously wasn't keeping a very good lookout; or maybe he didn't like his Captain!

I was thinking the same thing.

But many captains leave such menial tasks as taxiing to their first officers so he or she probably had their hands full. Although from the pictures it seems that building seemed awfully close and you would have thought the first officer in the right-hand seat would have had some sense of the size of the “ vehicle “ before exercising their turn?

But then if they turned left onto the taxiway the captain could have had a better view of the proximity of the building before they turned?

Anyway it is probably not as embarrassing as the pilots who landed the Boeing 747 Dreamlifter last month at Col. James Jabara Airport instead of McConnell Air Force Base.

I was thinking back to my days (DC-4,7,8) when nosewheel steering was only at the left seat. Strangely I had a similar incident while still an F/O. Did I maybe leave the warning to the smug bastard steering it just a little bit late?

Any way you look at it, his invention certainly helped shape world history.

That man has had a lot to answer for!

You've got to admire their pluck for trotting this out every year with no noticeable result, though.

It's called paying lip service; all part of the 'smile'.

Bangkok Hospital has an excellent hearing center that I strongly recommend, Had tests there for tinnitus as requested by the U,S, Veterans Administration,

If it's recent, then a good idea to get it checked out, as it can be treatable in some cases e.g. ear wax removal.

I've read the plot in more detail, this sounds like an extremely irresponsible movie considering the current political situation.

Oh dear, how irresponsible. Won't worry the Thais (red or yellow) being paid for their assistance, will it? And the film probably won't be shown in Thai cinemas anyway.

may he go to jail, for he broke the bus stop sign

Yes he was a drunk farang who tried to climb or pole dance while waiting for the bus!

The First Officer, usually in the right hand seat, obviously wasn't keeping a very good lookout; or maybe he didn't like his Captain!

Christmas is what you make of it. Now I make (and do) as little as possible, wherever I have to endure it and all the ridiculous, purely commercial, lead-up to it. I disliked it in UK, NZ, Africa, US, Thailand, Bali, Laos - and this year back in the UK where it's much worse than when I left in the 90s! Nice for kids.

I'm glad I got that off my chest. Ho ho ho .

Why does this need such a ridiculously complicated licensing system?

The license for frequency usage is a small part of it. The WiFi will work in the cabins but there will be hundreds of passengers all sharing the bandwidth from the actual internet connection, satellite-based I suppose. Multiply that by the number of aircraft using the same satellite signals. That will be not only complicated but expensive. Guess who will pay more for their tickets?

[... the officers exposed themselves ...]

Isn't that illegal in public too?

Thank you, I feel so warm and fuzzy now!

Do the math, if there were 1000 cheap ass like you , how much money she would have to pay out of her pocket. If you were in her shoes, I am pretty sure that you would say thing differently. I guarantee you that Thai people are one of nicest people on earth. She was probably very busy what she was doing and had to repeat herself several times over stupid 15 satangs. You knew exactly how much you owed , it's your responsibility to bring enough money to pay you bill left alone exact change. Have a nice night.

This is rubbish. Odds are there are just as many people happy to pay more than they need to for exactly the same reason. Who in their right mind is going to mind not getting change of 1 or even 2 whole baht - let alone a few miserable satang (1/100th of 1 baht)! The cashier was stupid, whether Thai or any other nationality. As mentioned, she wouldn't accept 25 satang for the 15; she wanted 1 baht extra!