Mudcrab

11 minutes ago, JImH2O said:

RIP democracy and Thailand as we know it.
I don't want to invest in a country with a dictatorship behind the screens, sorry Thai people you're not getting my money.

I guess the baht will plummet then

8 hours ago, possum1931 said:

Banks all make up their own rules, even different branches of the same bank. I left SCB a few years ago because of their dreadful customer relations.

No facial hair policy.......or just anger issues?

7 hours ago, lucky11 said:

 

 If you really want to know how to reverse diabetes type 2, cure cancer, prevent heart problems then I will reveal this to you with my extensive knowledge on the matter of health.

 Just PM me as I have had at least 2 suspensions from TV before with posts on this subject NB: I have reversed the type 2 diabetes of 2 friends of mine (even though it is considered irreversible by the medical establishment). Consider this, as I pointed out in a previous post I cured my ulcerative colitis in a week having suffered this for 40 years. You will be amazed at what I did!!

 Let the others have fun and play their silly games, if you are serious and want to help others then PM me as I have the answers.

am sure that if you have the cure to cancer that the TV mods wouldn't delete your posts

Again I say.... as per my first comment.....I do not care!!

• So sorry old mate  but that is  my opinion!!

No need for argument...that's what a forum was all about I thought

less for trolls apparently

It seems obvious you guys have never had a professional working relationship with a Thai engineer,

I have..blah...blahhh

Seems to me to be too many people knowing about the lack of cctv in upcoutntry schools.........that's a little strange....the fact that they all seem to be school teachers of the English languages is downright unbelievable....ah well Cambodia seems becoming to many posters this site.

I wonder why that is?

12 hours ago, Dexlowe said:

 

Valid point, but what do you think would happen if a foreigner comes barging in to lay a complaint when the kid and her parents and all those around her already know the futility of it all. It's all so bloody sad because you're not going to make a difference, and the likely outcome is that you get targeted one dark night, and the kid and her parents will be ostracized. The educational authorities are the people responsible and already aware of the problem, but seem reluctant to act.

 

Let's also not forget that in many schools, there is a teacher who acts as a "scout" for the sex industry. I recall reading about this several times in the past. Apparently what happens - and I have only my memory to draw on here, not first-hand experience - is that this person keeps an eye on the development of young girl students for prostitution rings and other assorted criminal gangs. Any he sees with potential are "booked" - that is, he slimes his way into good faith with the parents and pays them a fee. That books her for when she is old enough to leave school. Then the girl is taken away by the crime gang on the pretext of going to work in a restaurant, but is then put to work as an under-age prostitute.

So as you valiantly admit...it is all bullshit?

13 hours ago, DLang said:

 

Jungle society in the 21st Century.

And what does that comment and the like from Father xyz mean exactly?

17 hours ago, petedk said:

I was talking to a student from upcountry last year, and she told me that when she was 10 years old her teacher asked to "help him clean his office". She said she knew immediately what that meant. She told me that she was raped once or twice monthly for over a year until she was "too old for him". He then chose a new girl.

 

I asked why she didn't go to the police and she replied that she knew it wouldn't help as no one would believe her.

 

They should really go in and investigate schools more often. These guys should be locked up for life.

I've only got your post....so should for knowingly  admitting about this and doing nothing.

Actually you are worse than the rapist.

9 hours ago, tukkytuktuk said:

Black Eagle gang. Isn't that racist? Five Africans. If they were Chinese would they be called the Yellow Eagle gang?

Who cares about who is racist or not..only the PC do gooders.,

I  really do  not care if the overrepresented  group of bad guys are in jail because they do more crime....tough luck guys...don't do the crime etc  

10 hours ago, farcanell said:

 

Guns are easier to carry.

pretty well says it all...really...a man is scared of a toaster and feels the need to "defend" himself. 

11 hours ago, Father Fintan Stack said:

Improving road safety in Thailand is a total fantasy.

 

I'm pretty confident that we will see Thailand topping the World's most dangerous road statistics in the not too distant future.

Oh dear....another one

16 hours ago, whatproblem said:

I will never sit in a minibus in Thailand ,no way what so ever or my son ,they pass me on the way to school as if their lives depend on how quick they get there ,the children's lives mean nothing to them 

Comment noted for future reference.....and when you kids get into high school ....will they be be able to overtake the electric powered wheelchair?

6 hours ago, haroldc said:

Consider the issue with regard to under-18 sex workers from Laos...  Outside of Vientiane province, some 50% of women have had their first sexual experience at age 15 or younger (read the UN and health-related NGO reports).  With some of the minority groups, the Akha for example, it is customary for girls to be initiated into sexual intercourse shortly after their first menstruation, as early as age 11, after which they are considered to be adults.

 

The minimum wage in Laos is currently 900,000 kip per month (about  3,600 baht), up from 626,000 kip (about 2,500 baht) prior to 2015.  Of course, the minimum wage only applies to workers in formally operated factories and businesses.  The most one can expect to make working in a small, local business is about 1,500 baht per month.

 

Even in the most rural areas, they know that it is possible to make far more money selling sex in Thailand.  The first step is to make contact with a broker - some are referred by a friend, some meet a recruiter who travels from village to village.  For 25-50,000 baht (this will be a debt, and the amount depends on the broker's estimate of the girl's potential income), the broker arranges for a Lao identity card showing her age as 18 and then a passport.  The girl is then escorted across the border to her first workplace in Thailand with a 30 day visa on arrival.  The first workplace is usually in a province bordering Laos.  The girl starts working and for the first months the manager holds most of the service fees (75-80%) to repay the debt to the broker.  If the girl gets tips, she can keep them or use all or part to repay the debt more quickly.  Every 30 days, the girl goes back to Laos for a few days and then returns to Thailand with another 30 day visa.  Once the debt has been repaid, the girl is a free agent and typically gets 50% of the service fee.  If she wants to move to a different workplace to be with friends or relatives, or where there is the possibility of making more money, she needs to pay an exit fee of 10-15,000 baht after which she will be placed at the new venue.  If the new venue is high-end, she may also need to pay an entrance fee.  Or she can pay the exit fee, stop working, and go back to Laos.  If she leaves a venue without paying the exit fee, she won't be able to get work in Thailand again (the business is very well organized).

 

There is no "sex-slavery" or deception involved. The girls who decide to take this route know in advance exactly how it works and do so of their own free will.

 

Note that none of the above applies to Burmese or Cambodian sex-workers in Thailand, nor does it apply to sex-workers who are placed in countries other than Thailand --   these are different businesses of which I have no knowledge.

 

       

Or any knowledge at all...just cut and paste

12 hours ago, Ponlamai said:

Just had a similar experience myself with a Thai lass, only 13 years younger than me. She was divorced from a European national a few years ago. She seemed OK at first, but quickly it became clear why she is divorced!

 

It proved impossible to have an intelligent conversation together in spite of the fact that she has a university degree.

 

She turned out to be a jealous, suspicious, controlling and rather cool and remote partner, but is clinging on like a leach in the hope that I will marry her.

 

This experience has been costly in more than one way I might add.

 

Good luck to all of you with regards a Thai relationship. In my 14 years of experience here, I can see why it is not easy to find a suitable partner. Good luck to all of you.

Might help if you gave your age too....13 years younger could mean you 41 and she is 27 or it could mean you are 55 and she is 42......big difference old mate.

13 hours ago, JSixpack said:

She's huge and grim and hopeless

 

True story. My friend Joe Blow has been married for 30 years to an American woman he had dated 1 year. She can cook, but usually won't, doesn't know the meaning of cleaning properly. She says cleaning aggravates her allergies, so Joe has do all the cleaning, including her bathroom. She doesn't put stuff anywhere, so their home has always been chaotic. But she's very smart, once knew how to study, has a selective memory, is careless with money and so she and Joe have always had maxed out credit cards, living from paycheck to paycheck. And has a university degree.

 

Any intellectual discussion is beyond her. She has a miss placed loyalty to worthless family members, has wasted a fortune on their tattooed, lazy, high school dropout daughters, and is American liberal thru and thru.

 

As an American liberal she has rigid stereotypical views and a million uninformed opinions on everything, which Joe has had to listen to and with which he has to agree. She's always reading books for the pleasure but all of them are rubbish novels. Can't do simple maths. Has no knowledge of world events or natural history. No interest in current events except what Stephen Colbert brings up or the cartoons in The Washington Post. The only news she watches is breaking news about, say, Bernie Sanders.

 

I know it's the USA and yes Joe can leave any time he likes (well, maybe just check out). But it baffles me how she can't see through the nonsense of it all. How she has been programmed to accept the daily certainty that dare not be questioned.

 

She's certainly got her head around pie and chips, hence the whole family look like pigs and have metabolic syndrome and take pills. In fact a doc recently told her if she doesn't diet and exercise she'll have a heart attack within five years. A nice cooked breakfast now and then is the signal to pig out. Poached egg with smoked salmon and a bit of dill is unheard of, being far too non-fattening.

 

Yet Joe refuses to move to Thailand and find a good Thai wife such as you have. What a relief that would be. How he has been programmed to accept his situation that I couldn't tolerate more than 5 minutes!

Maybe get some antidote to the Thai women bashing here:

 

https://www.reddit.com/r/TheRedPill/

Sounds a bit like the ex girlfriend from Philadelphia. When she came to Oz I was 80kg...when we split I was 120kg.....she grew in the same proportion. Clever lady, accountant, but as dumb as dog shit to anything outside of, not the USA, but the tristate area.

14 hours ago, realenglish1 said:

You hit the nail on the Head. Sounds like you have a lovely wife but "she knows nothing  other than Thailand". THis is the very reason Thailand is having problems politically and financially. A successful nation must have a bar in which to gauge its success or lack of success . That bar is is other nations and its history and culture. With Thais they are only exposed to their culture and any other culture has no merit to it . This is the root to most of Thailand problems. Ask a Thai if they know Galileo, or who invented the Telephone  or what civilization  was the first democracy  in the world . Most will not know . Its proper education and as of now its no were in Thailand

Ask a lot of young people in the world the same questions and they couldn't answer as it is irrelevant to them.

Give them five seconds on Wikipedia and they will make you feel like an ignorant moron.

The world has changed old son...get used to it.

Google Thai history and you will know more about the history of SEA in 30 minutes than you ever knew, or cared about, in your safe and secure school back in the old country.

15 hours ago, justaphase said:

Sounds about right to me. I've had 2 as well in 16 years and never had a chat about anything.

Shallow, narrow minded, simple, brain washed...

 

Maybe she needs to find another man....we aren't as all as thick as you

On 8/2/2016 at 11:22 PM, Johnniey said:

Rather selfish ain't it. If you don't care, don't read. Did someone make you read this?

On 8/2/2016 at 11:22 PM, Johnniey said:

Rather selfish ain't it. If you don't care, don't read. Did someone make you read this?

On 8/2/2016 at 11:22 PM, Johnniey said:

Rather selfish ain't it. If you don't care, don't read. Did someone make you read this?

Guys...stop shredding your nighties....but lets get real here....how much did you think about your "fellow" countrymen getting shafted in Zimbabwe/Rhodesia when it turned to shit? All those rich farmers getting their just desserts? Feel their pain now boys.

To the guys going back my comment still stands...I don't care....fail to plan....plan to fail. I am not without empathy but sympathy eludes me in this case. #! years in Thailand? Really and now going back to Blighty? Good luck old mate....you are going to need it.

And for the less fortunate stuck in Thailand or any other SEA country they thought they could be kings of the castle in on their government pensions...tough luck boys...this is the real world and guess what?...its not going to get any easier.

I'm from Australia......completely cut off from any handouts as such after 6 weeks overseas......stop whining...its coming to a country near you soon.

If you can't stand on your own two feet after what was, presumably, a lifetime of work (and not on the government handouts and transferred straight to some pension) then stay where you came from.

You are no asset to any country, including your own.

On 8/2/2016 at 11:22 PM, Johnniey said:

Rather selfish ain't it. If you don't care, don't read. Did someone make you read this?

On 8/2/2016 at 11:22 PM, Johnniey said:

Rather selfish ain't it. If you don't care, don't read. Did someone make you read this?

On 8/2/2016 at 11:22 PM, Johnniey said:

Rather selfish ain't it. If you don't care, don't read. Did someone make you read this?

Why not...I don't care about the idiots who come here whining about their 25 year younger teeraak that suddenly falls out of love with them and all manner of things occur...but I still read it.

Lets face it the only ones who are concerned about the exchange rate are those who failed to adequately plan for their future in any number of ways.

This can be from suddenly getting horny and moving to the exotic east based on stories they have heard from mates and then their pension drops below the required threshold and they are in the sh!t. And somehow want to blame someone else for the end of their taxpayers funded holiday in the sun......don't go into the 'I paid into NI to fund this'....you did not....you paid into it fund those already receiving it.No government keeps your cash in their bank anymore. 

If this is beyond your comprehension stop reading this post or hit the ignore button...both of us will be satisfied with my response thus far.

Then there are those that join online forums and convince themselves that using their previously non existent business skills to suddenly open a sure fire winner of a business and they will not go broke, do in fact go broke.

Throw in the various differences in culture that many will not experience in their farang ghetto style living and then get shaken up with the realities of living, and continuing to be able to qualify to live in Thailand   and ..well...yeah  I guess I am selfish..but I still don't care...sorry for not being part of the apparent farang brotherhood than some seem to so desperately need to feel part of.

On 8/3/2016 at 6:53 AM, DrTuner said:

Told you there's no need for a transformer component if you don't need galvanic isolation, but as you so kindly asked, I take it you can read schematics:

 

If the input is AC, throw in a rectifier bridge and a cap to make it DC first.

 

If anyone is wondering why the phone chargers sometimes make a high pitched sound, that's a defective inductor component on the output side, the windings are resonating at a primary or harmonic frequency of the DC switching.

I certainly recognize a voltage regulator when I see one. But my question was show me a DC voltage transformer...they do not and cannot exist.

On 8/3/2016 at 5:39 PM, BlindMagician said:

Actually I have, and other types of welding, and lots of other machines, fire arms under pro military training, piloted a ferry, even used an awesome screwdriver and paperclips, but unfortunately for you, we're talking about a FAN .... yes ... a FAN ... got it muggins?

Keep it real.

And what is the instantaneous current draw from a short circuit of any kind.

Its only limited by the impedance of the conductor supplying the current...which can be,for the uninformed, very, very high well into the KA range

Unlike you I do have some experience in electrical engineering.....43 years as of this year.

And if you insist on calling me muggins..please add BSc to the muggins part...thank you.

On 7/27/2016 at 0:32 PM, Kasset Tak said:

OK do it the easy way, just deport all people form EU countries and then all EU countries deport all people from UK...

Official numbers are 300,000 in Spain but it's estimated to be up to 700,000 UK citizens living there. And UK should also be forced to leave Gibraltar to Spain as 95% of the population there voted to stay in EU...

And Norther Ireland should be given the opportunity to vote if they want to stay in UK or become a part of Ireland instead as a majority voted to stay in EU...

And hopefully Thailand will offer the same opportunity for the whining english to leave too.

On 7/30/2016 at 1:47 AM, whaleboneman said:

I would like to know the "health reasons" behind this law. Certainly squat toilets are easier to keep clean-you just hose down the whole place. They have no moving parts and no hidden nooks and crannies to harbour bacteria. There is no shared toilet seat to pass on random puss and discharges etc. And people that use them all their life seem to be more agile and able to bend down and contort even in their elderly years. And finally, it is a much better position for passing stool.

On 7/30/2016 at 1:47 AM, whaleboneman said:

I would like to know the "health reasons" behind this law. Certainly squat toilets are easier to keep clean-you just hose down the whole place. They have no moving parts and no hidden nooks and crannies to harbour bacteria. There is no shared toilet seat to pass on random puss and discharges etc. And people that use them all their life seem to be more agile and able to bend down and contort even in their elderly years. And finally, it is a much better position for passing stool.

You pass on random discharges and pus?.....really??? Brave poster to openly admit this!!