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Ha. Back to Canada for the summer. 

17 minutes ago, uttradit said:

Hope it gets better

555 all good. No rat race, quiet, easy going, relaxed lifestyle. Spiced things up this evening and had a glass of wine. Had to calm the nerves after finding a spider.

Thanks. My thoughts as well. Just the coloring is unique from other Orb spiders I have seen here. But the thing is HUGE. Don't really bother me most times, but this one I am keeping my distance. 

Yup, she's a bigg'n. Daughter nearly sh*t herself when she saw it. Told her this is why we check our beds before going to sleep. 

Live in Nong Khai.

Seems the only difference between here and home in Canada is the weather.

Go to work.

Take the kid to school.

Get groceries.

Tend the garden.

Cook dinner.

Do dishes.

Do laundry.

Catch up on news of the day.

Go to sleep 

Repeat.

Some here are coming to the wrong conclusion. The police are focusing on young Thai males 14-21 who are trying to engage with females in the same age bracket. As mentioned above by a poster many Thai males use the idea of Valentine's day to pressure young girls into sex. Romance etc. But most males here have the IQ of 70 and mentality of an 8 year old the pressure on females can be immense. My daughter stays in the house from the 13-15, and I shut down her phone. It is a 365 day a year job to protect her, but we get even more vigilant at this time of year. Can't protect them forever but will do what I can for as long as I can. It is also a good time to sit down with your children and have some open discussions.

Flor I Talay - Koh Chang

We have a small dog and have been several times. Beach front, decent restaurant, bungalow style resort. Not far from Paradise Koh Chang. We drive down from Nong Khai and stop at The Resort in Kabinburi - inexpensive / basic stay for a quick night stop. Dog ok. They have a nice restaurant in front of the hotel. 

Anybody recognize this one. Is about the size of a human hand. Orb Spider? But the color is black/white striped. 

Looked google could not see anything similar. 

Wife doesn't know. She has not seen this before.

Thanks

Just thought I would add. These guys were gréat live.

The Legendary Leslie West (Mountain). If you have a chance check out a restored version of Mississippi Queen, master class in Rock.

2 hours ago, Danderman123 said:

Or whoever counts population made a mistake.

 

Or maybe Covid killed a lot more than was known at the time. Since Covid primarily killed old people, maybe Social Security is okay.

Well if the local census taker in our village, Old Toeless Tomchai, is any example perhaps they ran out of fingers and toes while counting 

14 hours ago, Banana7 said:

Anything for pain and suffering, loss of enjoyment, loss of wages, etc. etc.?

What country do you live in? 

3 hours ago, oxo1947 said:

 

Wow---what planet  are you from....

As in to purchase, obtain. 

2 hours ago, oxo1947 said:

 

 

This is why I am not a well adjusted,  mentally stable Male......

 

one is an ex-wife of mine, crazy. Far left, and has a penis!

Now this is why you take out insurance in this country. 

Just now, Bangkok Barry said:

 

My wife was studying at uni to teach English, and she showed me an A4 sheet with a list of questions. There were around 15 errors which I corrected. She showed it to the professor, who threw it in the bin. Another time, a friend of my wife asked me to write some promotional copy for a new business, I did, and she rejected it as poor English. I'm a professional writer of over 40 years. You can't help people who already know everything.

Did you review your work before submitting it? Perhaps there were errors, but you overlooked them because of your extensive experience. 

44 minutes ago, daveAustin said:

People scoff and scorn that the young lady rented a bike. Wow, jeepers, how dare she, stop the effing press! Get a life, old people. It is the best way to see this fair land and, if it is not for you, then so be it, but please avoid denigrating those that want to have fun and enjoy their life as they see fit. 
 

Regards insurance: this is the very reason why I self insure here because you can bet your bottom dollar that those greasy b’stards will try to avoid paying out to the nth degree. I will insure a flight for cancellation and baggage but will not hand over money to these thieves for anything else. If I crash, empty my bank account and throw me in the river when it’s all gone, but I Will not give ‘money for nothing’ ! 🙂

Perhaps we old people are not so selfish. I think about the consequences of my actions and how they may affect my family. Your wishes may not align with your families. Perhaps you are on life support for 6 months and they finally pull the plug. There will still be s bill to pay. Your mother pays this? Who. All fine and dandy as you are dead, but ramifications of your actions can have serious consequences, even life altering, for you leave behind. Also you say empty the bank account. How? If you are unresponsive it may be difficult, or even illegal, for someone to access your accounts. But I guess only old people think about others.

On 2/3/2024 at 7:03 PM, Lacessit said:

Living with any MIL would be my idea of hell, why can't the OP just rent a house or condo?

Actually I moved in with my wife's family long time ago. The FIL was one of the nicest people I have ever met. He was fantastic with my daughter and a great influence. We spent many a day interacting and was a great personal loss when he died. After his death it was revealed that he altered his will to provide for his daughter (my wife), his grand daughter (my daughter) with all his land etc, over his two sons. His reasoning was he trusted I would preserve the family resources better than his two sons. Which I have done.  So not all immediate Thai family members are difficult to live with. The MIL was also very nice but she died early in the relationship.

19 hours ago, Neeranam said:

Grown men should be staying well away from 18 year oldish girls. How sad. 

19 hours ago, carlyai said:

If you are a visitor and not a regular at the bar scene, how would you know a girl is underage?

So you pop into a bar for a drink, have a few, then expected to know if a girl (first of all, is a girl, then is under or over 18 years old [if that is the age].

I was in Manilla staying at this hotel and 2 young Americans were having a great time, then I didn't see them for about a week, then They came in one morning and quickly left.

Seems they met some girls at the local Mac cafe.

2 am in the morning so said non-uniform, gun toting undercover police took them out of the hotel and kept them for ransom because the girls from the Mac cafe were underage.

They had to withdraw money from their ATM for the police then off to the airport. 

Boy were they scared.

 

 

 

 

 

 

As most well adjusted, mentally stable males have no need to procure female companionship. Most do it the traditional way, date a bit, get to know the person, establish a relationship, get married or common in law, start a family etc, etc.

The other 5% of males who are not mentally stable, or unable to establish a normal relationship, procure women via financial transactions via bars, online websites etc, and do run the risk of engaging the services of someone underage.

So to answer your question "how would one know someone is underage" one wouldn't, but most of us wouldn't be caught up in this situation as we are well adjusted and mentally stable.

I keep telling my daughter, trust no one. When we live in Canada I tell her if you ever find yourself in trouble call the Fire Department (911 ask for FD). Not sure what it is about Fire department people, rarely hear of issues happening, at least in Canada anyway. I have a little bit more trust in city police in Canada, not much though, and avoid RCMP at all costs.

But here, we trust no one. That being said I have run into quite a few emergency services people, local ambulance guys/girls, who have been very helpful. They too have made subtle warnings to avoid local police, if possible.

There always has been, and always will be, segments of all societies who have no option but to beg. 

We, as people, in every country, need them. For as long as there is someone, anyone, worse off than myself, I am safe from ridicule and threats. When the extreme poor become just poor as we increase living standards etc, the poor will be the targets. Once poverty levels rise, the poor become lower class, thus making the lower class the targets. Eventually you will find the middle class becoming the main targets. Imagine a day when people could be making $30,000 a year or more, have a home,, etc and suddenly find yourself being targeted as being unwanted in society. Shunned, labelled as being riffraff, scum etc. 

We shouldn't be targeting people like the guy in the article, we should encourage more of them to be beggers, otherwise they may be coming after me, or you,

next. 

23 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

 

Agreed... there are a lot of blackbelts in keyboard-Karate on this forum...  I wonder how they'd really react once off their sofa.

 

I definitely agree with the sentiment though...   There are way too many stories of teachers exceeding their authorities in extreme way to the point off assault.

 

So... I think many of us would react very firmly,... filing assault charges, seeing the head, demanding action.

 

Of course, if none is taken, removing the child from the school.

 

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Fortunately, nothing such as this would ever happen in my Son's School (Int'l school) so I have no concerns whatsoever. 

But, if my child were at a Thai school, I'd make it very clear that any form of physical discipline would be met with a response.

 

That said, these issues occur in the schools that Western children tend not to attend - and if they did, I suspect the teacher would be very careful about behaving in this manner with a mixed child as I'm sure they're well aware Westerners do not 'Krieng-Jai' the teachers as an authority figure in quite the same way Thai parents do.

 

 

 

 

Just read about the teacher at an international school abusing girls. Truly hope this has not affected your family. However it goes to show that something like "this" could happen at any school. International, or not.

I find some of the comments made by parents, I am one as well, stating they would teach these people a lesson, or, some other bodily harm.

Although commendable and looks good on threads such as these. Truth is, if you harm a teacher there is more than a good chance you will be charged with a crime and possibly prosecuted with jail time. 

How does that help your child when Papa spends a year or two in prison?

Or perhaps as a criminal they remove you from the country! 

Just state it is a horrific event and let the Thai criminal system run its course.