krisb

Will say the expats I do know here actually are a good bunch and haven't posted any spiteful or heated threads, so far.

I'll say 50% will at some point.

Not naming names.

Your mate, Krisb.

Hatred of everything is part of being an expat.

That's why they left their home country (hatred of their home country).

('hatred' may be a bit too strong, 'dislike' may be a better word to use)

So it's a vicious circle, misery is infectious perhaps?

Sad because life's so short.

I've been hanging around this forum (for free) since 2012. I'm a newbie.

I've been here long enough to see there's so much whining amongst so many here about how Thailand is a doomed country, it's all misery, the people are just out to rip me off, the education stinks, hospitals are terrible, my pension is ruined because exchange rates are Crap, the national park screwed me before I even got to the pay box because I'm white, the service in every shop is pathetic because they play on their phones, .....

Time for a paragraph,

The visa place makes us wait outside, I can't speak Thai but they dont speak English or even better, they don't speak German even though I speak German really clearly,

My electrician sucks, my earth cable isn't 2 metres long, my hot water isn't hot, the postman stole my mail again, Thai drivers can't drive, bus drivers can't drive, Thai planes aren't safe, Thai taxis overcharge that's if they'll drive out to Lat Krabang.

Anyway, just wondering if Thailand is ok for a holiday, and if so can you tell me a place where none of you will be because your negativity is awful.

Anywhere where misery can't find me will suffice.

Would it?

my title thread i was making a comparison are they as advanced as the other area it certainly doesn't mean i mean bkk is advanced. You know it's english language like say 3 people are from 1.2 to 1.5m then you would ask is person A as TALL as person C even though the max height between them is only 1.5m.

Anywhere is advanced compared to dhaka but comeon bkk and dhaka are like heaven and hell literally.

Huh?

There's only .3 of a metre isn't there?

Seriously?

Yeah but you've still being hit by lightning grounded or not right?

Taken too young.

See what you can really accomplish in life if you try hard and drink lao kao.

Yes indeed, the hardship and toil and expense that Lao Kao has cost me over the past few years, at least 6 hospital stays of 3 to 4 days due to its amazing effects on the Pancreas, fantastic stuff, it makes the world so rosy until it tries to kill you.

It's a funny booze that stuff. I've tried it, 1 shot was enough.

I've heard it's quite common to find dearly departed still with the bottle in their hand.

Just to add it's the reason why I won't stay in the village at songkran. 51 weeks it's a nice quiet village, but the 1 week of songkran turns it into something out of a zombie movie.

See what you can really accomplish in life if you try hard and drink lao kao.

Try and negotiate to 75k a month.

I don't know what to say to that.

How often should they be dumped?

I think the Teflon bit is over rated. It becomes brittle after a while. I've noticed bits of Teflon Crap in my eggs. Hard to swallow that.

These things aren't as good as they think they are.

They try to come across as some almighty holier than thou frying pan, but they're just the same as the rest.

Waste of money imo.

I think the worst bit of rice or sugar is the bending over all day and the sun.

There's farms all over the world and no farm work is easy.

Most rice now is sown by a man with a backpack firing the rice out of a blower and all is cut by machine near me, very very little is now done by hand here.

It's a sad reality but it's gonna all be machine work 1 day. Thing is it keeps villages in work, as tough as the job is.

Well you were the last to use the scales.

You broke them.

She's right, you're wrong.

Actually bird shit especially pigeon poo is highly toxic.

http://www.idph.state.il.us/public/hb/hbb&bdrp.htm

It never killed me a a kid, drank tank water for years ....

Same. Rain water wasn't rain water without a few wrigglers in it.

Actually bird shit especially pigeon poo is highly toxic.

http://www.idph.state.il.us/public/hb/hbb&bdrp.htm

Since it is illegal for them to ask for it, illegal for you to give it to them and illegal for them to have it, this is quite okay.

By law your passport is not meant to be given to anyone to keep so it's a very good idea using an old pp like that. Best tip in a long time!

If someone is coming to Chiang Mai and actually concerned about "Cider" they should probably see a doctor, or better yet, a nice looking nurse.

Oh right.

Wow what an answer.

I saw one in the shop the other day, Lynx Africa it was called.

Why would anyone want to smell like Africa?

They withdrew cash 1000 times then the next line it was 162 times.

Bit of a discrepancy.

They did not withdraw 1,000 times they attempted and succeeded 162 times. You need to read it more carefully.

No, it says they withdrew cash 1000 times then the next line it says 162 times.

They withdrew cash 1000 times then the next line it was 162 times.

Bit of a discrepancy.