MisterTee

9 minutes ago, korkenzieher said:

51'st state anybody...?

I doubt if statehood is on the agenda.

They've been more like our colony since WWII.

That relationship will probably continue in one form or another.

2 hours ago, anto said:

That deep state creep ,Kissinger is still around .The US have Iran in their sights to invade .Look up what General Wesley Clark has said .

For sure.

What is at issue here is Iran's support for Hezbollah and the threat it poses to Israel.

Out of the EU and into NAFTA.

Out of the frying pan and into the fire.

The babysitter should be charged with criminal incompetence.

33 minutes ago, BuaBS said:

Cannibalisme , one of the last taboo's .

If you murder animals and eat their corpses , it's a small step to eat human meat. They still do it in parts of New Guinea & Borneo.

I wonder what it tastes like .

Chicken, maybe.

Funny peculiar that cannibals don't get asked that question more often.

3 hours ago, sharktooth said:

Good grief...

It's American style... trendy and identifiable all over the world.

We're more than just bombs and fat people, don't ya know?

14 hours ago, sanemax said:

Just go back to the garage and politely ask him to put the wheel on the right way around

14 hours ago, Bang Bang said:

Exactly! Don't rub his face in it. In fact, act apologetic, as if somehow it's your fault. "Kho thod, khap" and then diffidently show him the wheel and ask if him if it might be wrongly fitted.

 

That's the Thai way. And I will wager, as long as you don't cause loss of face, are nice about it, he'll appreciate the space you're giving him and have the job done in no time.

 

And, I don't mean to preach but have learned from similar aggravation, compartmentalize. If you relate every incident to the country and its people at large you're going to be one pissed gentleman from dawn to dusk.

 

 

Very good advice. 

It's beyond incredible how clueless and tactless some farangs can be.

12 minutes ago, sanemax said:

She said that the 500 note was worth 400 Baht and it turns out to be worth 2000 Baht, five times more then what she thought that it was worth which suggests that she mistook the 500 note for a 100 note 

That's the most plausible explanation.

But all the possibilities must be examined in detail.  TITV.

2 hours ago, CGW said:

I was in Pattaya 40 years ago, was a nice place then, clean waters - The Jewel of Asia, indeed, plenty of bars and girls, TQ1 first opened its doors for business in 1978.

No Pattaya 40 years ago?  Hogwash!

Thanks for replying to that nonsense.

It had a lot going for it in those days before it became Sleaze by the Sea.

After the fun you could get a good meal at John's Diner. 

Unforgettable place and time.

4 minutes ago, Tchooptip said:

 It is not a private club it seems the USA is applying too

The USA doesn't need to apply... it is one of the founding members.

52 minutes ago, lonewolf99 said:

Not UK Wales........I worked in Wales a few years back....Haverford West - every week-end whole groups of Spidermen. Batmans, Witches, fairies, Robin Hoods, Vampires etc etc  it went on and on....They came from surrounding towns like Fishguard, Pembroke, Millford Haven and free busses were laid on from the these outlying towns and took them back at midnight before they all turned in to Pumpkins......"Whose coat is this jacket boyo?"........

That's a very informative post, and goes a long way toward explaining what caused this incident.

Try:  CM Chemical & Lab Supplies Ltd.

         41/3 Sri Poom Rd., A. Muang

         Chiang Mai.

         Tel. 053-217460   053-219837

I bought it there a few years ago to kill ants. Mixed with a sugar and water solution it did what I wanted it to do.

Long may Al Jazeera continue to report the news.

The countries that oppose it are part of a rogue's gallery in a swamp that needs to be drained.

As buffoonish and aggravating as Christie is, it must be said that New Jersey was all but ungovernable even before he came on the scene.

The inner cities are urban jungles.

Been to Trenton or Camden recently?

55 minutes ago, joeyg said:

Well said.  I really like Thais And really do find them some of the easiest people to get along with. As some Thai friends have gotten to know me, they say I must've been Thai In my previous life. It is possible... 

That has been my experience too... going back a long time.

No mention of the taxes on tobacco products being raised.

Last month I read somewhere that a tax hike was included in this package.

Welcome to Thailand, Bung.

15 minutes ago, scorecard said:

 

I feel the same way about  my farang work buddy in Bkk some years back who stole my expensive camera from my apartment.

 

'found' when I joined him and his gf for an outdoors work event. She was happily snapping away. I challenged the farang by asking 'is there a scuff mark on a certain area of the camera case, which was in fact hidden by the hand of the gf holding the camera.

 

Sure enough, scuff mark now revealed.  Farang then admitted he had stolen the camera and was very apologetic.

 

I told my boss who shared that he had doubts about this guy in regard to the disappearance of a laptop computer from the office.

 

Boss then mentioned in front of the farang that he has suspicions about who had stolen the laptop and also said 'if it's returned today I won't call the police.

 

Laptop reappeared on a bench during the lunch break.

 

Boss then told the farang thief to leave the premises immediately and never return and boss told a security guard to escort the guy off the premises. And boss told his admin staff to go to the labour office immediately and cancel the guys work permit.

Your post got my morning off to a good start...

A story with a happy ending.

11 minutes ago, heybruce said:

Good point.  After all, there have already been so many confirmed cases of people in the Trump campaign meeting with Russian spies, oligarchs, money launderers, etc., that another one isn't news.  It would be news if Kushner hadn't been meeting with the wrong sort.

Kushner is  the wrong sort.

He's in good company.

19 minutes ago, FolkGuitar said:

Lets start with some facts...

1. No one is required to pay for a Residence Certificate.  No one... Free certificates are available.

We do so for expedited service. We do it for our own convenience.

 

2. No one is required to pay for the services of a Visa Agent. It's easy to take care of it yourself.

We do so for expedited service. We do it for our own convenience.

 

3. No one is required to pay for Immigration service above the stated fees for which we get receipts.

We do so for expedited service. We do it for our own convenience.

 

There is no law prohibiting the use of expedited service, nor are there any rules or regulations against the use of expedited service.  To assume that this is aiding and abetting corruption is just that, an assumption... personal views of how things 'should' be. Unless, of course, you have proof that you can show, that laws are being broken. To date, no one has shown such proof. No one.

 

If a person does not want to pay for expedited service, they are not required to do so.

It just takes a little more planning on their part.

 

All good points.

Paying for expedited service is common worldwide.

A good example is getting a US passport.

But hey, why let the facts get in the way of a little gratuitous bashing of Thais and Thailand?

1 hour ago, dexterm said:

Para 1 ad hominem sarcasm..par for your preambles.

Para 2 One man's ideological-political view is another man's objective analysis.

Para 3 The vested interests are those of USA and Israel who have been able to pressure the UNSG to censor the report.

 

I notice none of the actual issues and discriminatory laws raised in the report have been addressed by Israeli apologists yet. Just the standard fare of deflect, obfuscate, besmirch.

Your last paragraph brings up a point that is not only relevant to this thread, but to the shameful topic itself.

8 minutes ago, Craig krup said:

It might have been the Honda step-through before the Web, but the web has changed everything to a degree that's hard to grasp, and thew pace is accelerating. Imagine the educational and social changes that will happen once the solar and battery technology gives everyone in every remote village 1GB a second access to all the world's information. 

...and most of them will use it to watch porn.

4 minutes ago, craigt3365 said:

I don't see any spin.  This is what's great about the US (and other democratic nations).  Public protests like this are OK and actually healthy.  It's all part of being democratic.

The attempt to use a strike by immigrants to disrupt the country was a conspicuous failure.

That should be clear to anybody.

A Day Without Immigrants/Strike4Democracy was a manifest failure.

Why not just admit that obvious fact instead of trying to spin it?

...and rumor has it that the leader of this gang is either NancyL; Hubby; or Mr.Bitey.

The recent demise of Glen Bullard as honcho of the Outlaws MC created a vacuum that needed to be filled.