thehelmsman

3 hours ago, kannot said:

Seems everyone else thinks you "must" get a reward and that without one being given makes you some kind of scrooge, just decency to give it back imo, "Thank you" is  good  enough.

Thank You is fine for a book, reading glasses and such. Don't all the thai guys wear man purses? How about cargo pockets? 200K doesn't take up much room. In any society, it would be appropriate to "give" a handsome tip her.

Mine would rather have me in truck first to get air started.

3 minutes ago, Nord X said:

You can dress it up anyway you like. If she had kept it she would be a thief, and if caught she would be prosecuted as a thief, 'Finders keepers, loosers [sic] weepers' would just not cut it in court. It's called theft by finding and using your logic you could just go around stealing any unattended object and come out with the phrase 'finders keepers, losers weepers' and take ownership of the object. Sorry that is not how society works.

 

Like I originally said she's obviously not a thief.

Too many ifs. She didn't take it while his back was turned. He left it and walked away. Sum num naa works here.

Just now, Nord X said:

She's obviously not a thief.

Finders keepers, loosers weepers

3 hours ago, MRDave said:

Hes lucky! If I had found it I would have kept the lot!

Absolutely....100% true, What was she thinking?

17 minutes ago, Becker said:

No, the grown-ups are pissed that a large part of the population thought it was a good idea to cut off their nose to spite their face by electing a particularly evil and ignorant man-child as president. It's like giving the finger to democracy.

Pathetic. Sorry, but there's no other way to describe it.

Blame the Dems for this one. Anyone but Hillary won this for Trump.

Just now, Jingthing said:

So when the stock market falls you're gonna start hating him too?

No, but it will be an indication his policies need to change.

My father told stories of the Ariel he rode in Denmark, had a separate set of bars for passenger he told. Single thumper.

I'll bet all the Trump "haters" don't mind the stock markets soaring high.  No matter how hard you beat your drums, the working folks in America care about things that matter to them.

You don't think all the trouble that's going on right now was instigated by Russia. I don't mean hacking the election, I mean starting fake news and watching the Americans going at each other. And the Dems are falling for it, or don't care.

Just because "Trump" doesn't kiss the worlds ass, he's a bad leader?

31 minutes ago, fordguy61mi said:

Some people, men and women, are more affectionate than others. And since most public affection is frowned upon in Thailand, you're pretty much stuck with handholding or the occasional hand on their shoulder. When I first visited Thailand and met my gf she let me know right away that touching her inner thigh in Thailand in public was a no-no. I think the OP may be using this post to bash the romantics a little bit. I don't really care. I'll continue to hold my girl's hand when I want. Sometimes I do, sometimes you wouldn't even know we were together. What does it matter anyway? If it bugs you look the other way.

On the contrary, depending on the hand holders, I am amused.

Lots of different opinions. Some guys are just "hand holders" and some guys aren't, at least not in crowded public places. We always have our 5 yr. old with us and our time is spent on her.

Kind of like the idea of wife walking 3 steps behind me but that would interfere with her holding umbrella for me.

Sometimes we are behind an old farang hand holder and my wife will start to hold my hand with a devilish grin and we both laugh.

Just now, oldhippy said:

"Holding hands is not part of Thai culture"?

Are smartphones, cars, pizza part of Thai culture?

Is culture something static, or does it evolve?

 

Good try, no prize. Not the same.

29 minutes ago, ben2talk said:

Strange post.

 

Taken literally - who finds it necessary to do it EVERYWHERE?  

Surely nobody does.

Occasionally it can be very reassuring.

Physical contact is very important.

 

You never see me do it in stores, and you never see me walk on any busy sidewalks... 

 

Non Verbal Communication is more than 90% of our total experience.

I feel true pity for thehelmsman if he doesn't understand the need for it.

And, I for you if you can't see the humor in it all. If you don't walk on busy sidewalks then maybe you can walk on air. Such a prestigious individual.

I'll bet you carry her purse as well.

4 minutes ago, tryasimight said:

Understandable.....hang on to anything...most have already lost their balls in previous relationships

Yikes, a tad bit mean.

53 minutes ago, tryasimight said:

No....only in the USA

 

FOX ALERT...the USA is not most of the other parts of the world. And most of your imports do come from overseas.

And most of your imports do come from overseas.

Really, how profound.

1 minute ago, oldhippy said:

In Fiji, Tonga, Samoa it is (OK was) common to see men holding hands - funniest thing I ever saw were policemen... and believe it or not, wearing skirts.

 

 

 

Photo was taken in Fiji.

Sorry, thought this was about the female anatomy.

1 minute ago, oldhippy said:

Funny that you first say "both parties", and next "guy wants etc".

 

You're right and the same goes for the lady, she wants to mark her territory.

1 minute ago, theguyfromanotherforum said:

 

Exactly.

This is why I don't like holding hands.... because of the jerks like op.


Yea I'm insecure, she's not.

 

ahahahaa, 

From what I see it's a form of possession  on both parties. Sort of like the guy wants it to be understood the lady is with him.

3 minutes ago, TMNH said:

And how do you explain the lowest popularity of any US President in the first six months? Clearly, you are in that minority.

The same polls which had HRC as our president. The Dems are shaking with the thought of Trump's agenda being good for America. They'll be attacking Trump till the end.

Do you find it necessary to hold hands with your Thai G/F, wife everywhere you go? I see you in the stores, busy sidewalks. Are you insecure or just so deeply, deeply in love?

My children.

1 minute ago, jaggiss said:

Until??

Sent from my SM-G930F using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile app
 

Yes, nothing is black and white.

On ‎6‎/‎26‎/‎2017 at 6:48 PM, melvinmelvin said:

 

The following is a report from US Navy Times on what is linked to above.

 

https://www.navytimes.com/articles/cargo-ships-captain-flashed-warning-lights-at-destroyer-fitzgerald?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Navy DNR 06-26-17&utm_term=Editorial - Navy - Daily News Roundup

 

This seems somewhat confusing to me.

 

My impression is that most investigators agree that the container ship was coming from "behind" the destroyer.

It also seems to me that several agree that the container ship was the right of way/stand on ship and the destroyer the give way ship.

 

As far as I understand the scenario this would mean that the container ship approached the destroyer in the rather narrow green sector aft of the destroyer's athwartships axis.

 

Then comes the box master's statement where he says that the destroyer didn't give way and that the box carrier was sailing with hard starboard rudder for 10 minutes but didn't manage to avoid the crash.

 

10 minutes is no short time. The container ship is a 40 000 tonner, not a huge ship. 10 minutes with rudder hard over would bring it far away.

 

Doesn't add up for me. But maybe I have gotten the scenario all wrong.

 

 

If the Fitzgerald was being overtaken, its the other ships responsibility to stay clear. The ship being overtaken (Fitzgerald) is the stand on vessel and is to maintain course and speed.