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How long you suppose it will take before all the trees are gone?

3 out of 10 people in this world has a low IQ , that's a fact and explains a lot.

you are joking right?

You can get money from any ATM machine in the world as long as the logos match (your card and the ones on the machine). If you have a VISA or Mastercard debit or atm card then they will work almost anywhere on the planet that has an ATM.

Why would you move to Thailand if you wanted to eat Western food?

I've never understood these people who move somewhere this far away from home, try to recreate their old lifestyle, then complain it's expensive to do so.

it is really pretty simple and has been explained to you before. Not everyone loves Thai food as much as the next guy. And some of us enjoy variety. When I am in USA I eat Mexican, Thai (obviously totally different), Italian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Lebanese, Hawaiin, fast food...etc. So if I move to thailand or somewhere else in the world I should just abandon my love for different food and just settle for Thai food 24/7? By the way I don't complain about the cost, but I understAnd that Thailand is not the best place for food for me.

Not everyone loves everything Thai like you do. It doesn't mean that we aren't happy here though. Nowhere is perfect in my opinion.

I am Canadian and find it is still cheaper in thailand. Try and live in Canada on the same budget as Thailand and you will find it impossible. Bottles water is 2 dollars or 52 baht now. The baht is still good. I used to get 18 to the dollar for years. Also the dollar will be up by the end of the year when oil goes back up to $70, Canadian dollar is oil based.

Cell phone costs in Canada run over $300 a month thats pushing 10,00 baht for most every one I know there it is all on contract with the companies and need to sign up for 1 to 3 year terms. A minimum monthly payment plus time used.but phone is free.

I cant remember how much be water. but go in internet...

24 * 500ml nestle pure life its 2.99 CAD.

Thailand 12* 600 its 60-50 B

750 m Perrier 1.24CAD

Thailand

750ml its 80..

SO what about you talking?

OK

this is what I am talking about. Stop at any store buy a bottle of water cannot find one under $2. Not talking internet in bulk price. Can get cheaper yes even at Walmart when you buy in bulk. I was referring to one bottle purchases.

A dollar or 26 baht buys nothing in Canada and I mean nothing. I will be back in June and come back to this thread and post costs if you want.Just tell me what store,s you want priced out.

convenience in thailand is extremely cheap compared to the west. Restaurants, anything in 7-11, laundry..etc. But for things like real estate and fuel and cars and things like that Thailand isn't really a bargain.

For me, one of the main joys of life in Thailand is the ease and convenience that can be had at low cost - I love the simple life I can lead here. I'm not sure why so many are keen to pay through the nose to recreate the same kind of life they had back home, with added restrictions and hassles.

i like cars a lot. High horsepower fast fun cars. There is nothing that will ever take that out of my blood. I can like a lot of the other things but if I live here this is something I will always crave. Since you are a car fanatic you can obviously understand this right?

I am Canadian and find it is still cheaper in thailand. Try and live in Canada on the same budget as Thailand and you will find it impossible. Bottles water is 2 dollars or 52 baht now. The baht is still good. I used to get 18 to the dollar for years. Also the dollar will be up by the end of the year when oil goes back up to $70, Canadian dollar is oil based.

Cell phone costs in Canada run over $300 a month thats pushing 10,00 baht for most every one I know there it is all on contract with the companies and need to sign up for 1 to 3 year terms. A minimum monthly payment plus time used.but phone is free.

I cant remember how much be water. but go in internet...

24 * 500ml nestle pure life its 2.99 CAD.

Thailand 12* 600 its 60-50 B

750 m Perrier 1.24CAD

Thailand

750ml its 80..

SO what about you talking?

OK

this is what I am talking about. Stop at any store buy a bottle of water cannot find one under $2. Not talking internet in bulk price. Can get cheaper yes even at Walmart when you buy in bulk. I was referring to one bottle purchases.

A dollar or 26 baht buys nothing in Canada and I mean nothing. I will be back in June and come back to this thread and post costs if you want.Just tell me what store,s you want priced out.

convenience in thailand is extremely cheap compared to the west. Restaurants, anything in 7-11, laundry..etc. But for things like real estate and fuel and cars and things like that Thailand isn't really a bargain.

I think it is generally cheaper to live in Thailand in much the same way that it is generally cheaper to drive a C-series than an S-series.

C63 you think cheapest drive than S 250 CDI?

Need compare simular.

And Yes. Some style life cheapest in Thailand.

But sure its not western stile standarts in many way.

And sure not for fun car, meat and many another thinks.

if you wanted to pick apart his post you could have just mentioned it's a S-class...E-class and BMW uses the term "series". His point otherwise was completely logically sound.

For me, it's not a question of money when it comes to something so basic and important as the water source and the quality of the water you use to nourish your body every day, day after day.

Even the most cursory reading of any health info on water quality would clearly tell anyone that boiling only deals with part of the water quality issue, and that filtering deals with a whole set of other potential stuff in the water that boiling does NOT remove.

i totally agree. My point was that I think people that boil the water probably pay more in energy than someone who used a decent filtration system that actually does clean it properly. Boiling water takes a lot of energy. Energy isn't free. Not to mention a lot of wasted time. Seems like a lose lose all around.

i only use boiled tap water, have been doing so for 15 years here. Perfectly safe.

Boiling is good, and is recommended by health authorities when you're uncertain about the quality of the water supply. Boiling kills bacteria and such that may be in the water.

However, boiling alone doesn't assure safe water. if you've got sediment, TDS (total disolved solids), chemicals, and various other stuff in the water, boiling alone does nothing to get rid of those things or keep them out of your body. That's where some kind of proper water filtration comes into the picture.

As i said, 15 years here , also 2 years Indonesia, yogyakarta, always boiled , never got crook.Filters, waste of money, your all falling for the advertising .

how much money do you figure you spent boiling all that water for 15 years?

Well , I'll stick to water bottles , it hasn't killed me yet . I read a test somewhere that Namthip was the best water produced in Thailand . 49 baht for 9 litres at Big C. Normally I boil the water before drinking it anyway.

namthip/crystal only 2 clean companies

Unless you're a wikipedia spammer trying to look better than everyone by defending some of the worse companies of the world.

water conspiracy theories...interesting

As said I don't doubt that a filter will reduce this conductivity value, remove solved particles, carbonate.

But it does not say that the water before filtering is "dirty" or unsafe to drink.

The device does a purely physical measurement.

I can not guarantee that the water is safe in terms of bacteria/germs.

If the filter reduces carbonate e.g. it is a good thing for water to use for coffee/tea and cooking.

140 Baht? Time to get one Where?

Also, conductivity measurement does not detect organic contaminants such as pesticides or solvents, some of which can be very toxic. Reverse osmosis treatment is not entirely effective in removing such compounds.

Actually RO it is more effective than just about anything short of distillation.

Reverse Osmosis Systems

• Reverse Osmosis Systems use a process that reverses the flow of water in a natural process of osmosis so that water passes from a more concentrated solution to a more dilute solution through a semi-permeable membrane. Pre- and post-filters are often incorporated along with the reverse osmosis membrane itself.
• A reverse osmosis filter has a pore size of approximately 0.0001 micron.
• Reverse Osmosis Systems have a very high effectiveness in removing protozoa (for example, Cryptosporidium, Giardia);
• Reverse Osmosis Systems have a very high effectiveness in removing bacteria (for example, Campylobacter, Salmonella, Shigella, E. coli);
• Reverse Osmosis Systems have a very high effectiveness in removing viruses (for example, Enteric, Hepatitis A, Norovirus, Rotavirus);
• Reverse Osmosis Systems will remove common chemical contaminants (metal ions, aqueous salts), including sodium, chloride, copper, chromium, and lead; may reduce arsenic, fluoride, radium, sulfate, calcium, magnesium, potassium, nitrate, and phosphorous.

• http://www.cdc.gov/healthywater/drinking/home-water-treatment/household_water_treatment.html

Don't fight with the crazy troll. Anyone defending nestle isnt well in the head. I mean i only supplied links to nestle's suposed PPM yet the one we get in the bottles is a lot higher than what they advertise.. must be clean.

i am sure your high tech meter is much more accurate than what Nestle uses. It is clear from your rants that you know nothing about water cleanliness.

@jblood

What strikes me as odd is that you would comment on this forum like a white supremacist and think others will agree with you. This is not a Klan meeting.

By the way. I'm white, German ancestry, raised in USA where the Klan has a big presence.

Bullsh*t

care to expand on your one word comment?

Buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuushiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit

The part about the klan having s big presence.

sorry maybe I am not a global expert on The KKK but I know that a lot of the people in southern Indiana are racists and there is definitely a klan presence there. Anyway, that is what you decided to comment on. Weird.

I'm from the US and have worked in Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, South Carolina, North Carolina, Delaware, Virginia, West Virginia, Kansas, Louisiana, New York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Nevada, Arizona and California (even a few weeks in Rochester Indiana) and I have never come in contact with an admitted klan member, so when someone claims there is a big presence of klan in the US l call bullsh*t. Why is that weird? I think making up nonsense and posting it up as fact is weird.

That you've backpedaled and admitted you were making it up is commendable. Thanks.

i didn't backpedal at all. The whole point of my comment is that I came from a VERY racist part of America where the Klan definitely has a presence. Feel free to go there and prove otherwise.

@jblood

What strikes me as odd is that you would comment on this forum like a white supremacist and think others will agree with you. This is not a Klan meeting.

By the way. I'm white, German ancestry, raised in USA where the Klan has a big presence.

Bullsh*t

care to expand on your one word comment?

Buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuushiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit

The part about the klan having s big presence.

sorry maybe I am not a global expert on The KKK but I know that a lot of the people in southern Indiana are racists and there is definitely a klan presence there. Anyway, that is what you decided to comment on. Weird.

@jblood

What strikes me as odd is that you would comment on this forum like a white supremacist and think others will agree with you. This is not a Klan meeting.

By the way. I'm white, German ancestry, raised in USA where the Klan has a big presence.

Bullsh*t

care to expand on your one word comment?

@jblood

What strikes me as odd is that you would comment on this forum like a white supremacist and think others will agree with you. This is not a Klan meeting.

By the way. I'm white, German ancestry, raised in USA where the Klan has a big presence.

I'm not a bigot at all, I treat everybody equal. If any white person was acting the same way with me - they would get exactly the same treatment... but for some reason it never happens.

Well you'd need to leave your local KKK chapter club room and meet other white people

It'd probably happen then

Lol whatever, I have run into some weird white people ( call it whatever you like), no doubt, but still the odds are 8 or 9 out of 10 they are actually ok. As for the Indians specifically... lol, would you really like to know what the odds are if you are doing any kind of business with them? So far in my life the data I have accumulated - 10 out of 10 Indians are likely to cheat you somehow, with could cause financial losses, damage to your health or even fatal consequences for yourself... I'm sure they are a good bunch of people to have around... haha. I literally never met an Indian who didn't sc*rew me over somehow, literally never...

I bought a bike once from an Indian who guaranteed to have fully serviced and tuned it - he kept repeating it again and again till I finally fell for it. A day later I almost had a fatal accident as the breaks turned out to be completely faulty as I was going downhill at 40 mph, I missed a huge truck by just a split second, It was still a rather painful impact into the curb for me, but at least I didn't die... just got bruised. If I report this incident here for example - does that make me racist?

One time I bought a TV from an Indian, who promised it was in perfect working order, but later upon closer inspection it turned out the TV had blurred double image, which was impossible to fix and made it really annoying to watch, which I'm sure the Indian knew perfectly well about. If I report this - am I racist?

Or here in Bangkok, I ordered a suit from an Indian, but when it was finally ready - it turned out they switched to the cheaper material, and when I raised an issue about it - they just started getting very aggressive - and btw I kept the sample of the original material but it didn't help at all with the argument - they didn't want to know anything about it even when I presented the sample of the original material right in front of them...

And once I walked into a random Pizza place, it turned out to be run by Indians. I ordered just a couple of slices, and one slice turned out to have a giant stone in it, but small enough to be hidden in a pizza - I chipped my tooth on it as I was eating it - which could cost thousands of dollars to fix, I was only left to wonder if it was an honest mistake or if they put that stone there on purpose - because it's the first Indian Pizza place I've ever been to and I never met any of them before... Years later it's still the only chipped tooth I have, and all because I was stupid enough to walk into an Indian Pizza place... I couldn't even raise an issue over it - because I thought people would just accuse me of being racist and paranoid... my chipped tooth is the only evidence I have to this day...

After all these absolutely uncalled for and horrible experiences in a row one after the other - I'm supposed to believe that they are just some good honest people like any other? lol

fool me once..shame on you..fool me twice...shame on me..

Are you one of those annoying Black or Indian people who think that every person they meet on the street is somehow entitled to accommodate them and be their friend - or otherwise it's racism...? You need to grow up... That attitude is actually plain idiotic, you are plain deluded... people have a good reason to stay away from you because you are en extremely self-centered tactless idiot...

I personally would hate to be dragged away into some casual conversation with a person I never met before and I didn't set up a meeting for any purpose... I don't care if it's black or white or yellow... it's just seems only the black/brown types that like to get in your face in an extremely obnoxious way and when you ignore them - they assume it's racism and they start going mental about it. Btw if you ask me for directions( no matter what race) - I will probably help you - it's common courtesy, but that's not what happens - the brown/black types for some reason start acting really weird like they've known me my whole life - they completely lack manners or people's skills, act very rude can get extremely paranoid very quickly - and then they whine that nobody likes them. YOU have to make effort to adapt to people, get some manners, some tact and maybe change your approach - nobody has to like you... and in most cases with Blacks there's not much to like you for in the first place, and going around the streets harassing people and then getting offended when people start running away from you - I think you need a clue that you are a problem here...

It would be extremely easy to befriend me if you meet me in the street somewhere( even though I'm not into this thing usually), but you have to know exactly how to act and what to say... and it doesn't matter what race you are. I think the blacks are just not really interested in learning anything about other races and people, they don't ever want to change anything about themselves and then they complain that nobody likes them...lol that's extremely self-centered and hypocritical. Nobody came to this world to baby you, if people don't want you around because they don't have time, or are not interested in you - it's because YOU haven't demonstrated enough interest about yourself in the first place... You either need to change or stop wasting everybody's time and just get lost...

Are you on of those racist white people that thinks he knows everything about.....

You sound envious.....

I am not envious at all. I am member of a different hotel chain's program, as well as an airlines program which I also have high status on. I find it rather pathetic to go on a forum to brag about ones status level on an internet forum. Even more pathetic when you consider he admits to living in a crappy place with his gf/wife. Kind of like having a Corvette while living in the trailer park.

Not envious, but quick to note he also has a "high status".

Sorry, but your blue and silver memberships at airline and hotel chain don't cut it. Talk to me when you are a super privileged member of a hiso like me. Until then get a better car than a Corvette.

I wasn't envious before because I thought Hilton Diamond status was easily achieved by anyone that travels a lot for business or pleasure. And according to you earlier in this thread "And yes I agree. Hilton is nothing special. It's just a hotel phase I'm going through a moment."

Now I am envious of you since I now realize that you are a "super privileged member of hiso". If you didn't tell anyone on this forum, I doubt anyone would have known,

There are actually 2 Internets for established guests. Free loso internet for peasants and high speed for diamond members.

We are oh so impressed with your diamond member status and your high speed internet. The loso peasants probably don't even know what they are missing out on.

You sound envious.....

I am not envious at all. I am member of a different hotel chain's program, as well as an airlines program which I also have high status on. I find it rather pathetic to go on a forum to brag about ones status level on an internet forum. Even more pathetic when you consider he admits to living in a crappy place with his gf/wife. Kind of like having a Corvette while living in the trailer park.

There are actually 2 Internets for established guests. Free loso internet for peasants and high speed for diamond members.

We are oh so impressed with your diamond member status and your high speed internet. The loso peasants probably don't even know what they are missing out on.

The bar I go to is quite clever..they just say members only. Then they can choose who they want.

OP was probably at the Hilton because he picked up a hooker. He was feeling like Brad Pitt cause he got laid. He saw a hot Asian-American girl with a boyfriend in a real relationship. That made him feel some type of way. He starts creating a narrative in his head. He comes on Thai Visa and tries to convince us himself of his narrative.

I was in a hotel with my wife.

More "assumptions"?

i thought she was your Girlfriend. That is what you stated earlier...forgot what you made up?

Of course I take her with me.

What was her take (opinion, comment) on the situation?

typo

went for a buffet at the river Kwai on saturday, 250 baht in figures 200 baht in thai writing

and you paid?

@zeichen At least I can tell apart Brit and American accent. And it seems other Thais see the same way. This is one of the complain.

http://m.pantip.com/topic/31143519?

well apparently you are the only Thai that can distinguish English speaking accents. I'm American and if they guess where I'm from, America is at least 3rd or 4th Down on the list. England, Russia, and Australia are the top 3!