Keesters

Can't wait to own my 52 sq wah and build that nuclear reactor I've always promised myself. 

4 hours ago, hotchilli said:

While I agree that officials who have daily contact with foreigners should have an acceptable level of English understanding, that goes with banks and such departments etc.

However outside of the city centres [where most foreigner and English speaking workers are found] life is not the same, go out into the boonies to a local branch and see what really happens.

Or as a foreigner living here why not try and learn some Thai. Not tourists of course but those with intentions of staying here long term. When I decided to settle I took a 3 month course in Bangkok.

5th and 6th place out of 10 isn't that good. Seems those clapping have only seen the 2nd place which is meaningless. 

Many Thais cannot afford to buy property because rich Thais have already priced them out of the market. 

I've seen condo buildings where one Thai has bought (paid a nominal deposit on) a whole floor with the intention of reselling at a profit. This was pre 1997 and thankfully many of those who did this got severely burnt. 

I hope none of you have signed up for all the wallets that some Thai companies, e. g. Lazada, True Money, offer. Far too much information is required for my liking. Lazada in order to give me a refund required my passport. I told them no as they didn't give me theirs when I paid. I'll only be paying them by credit card in future as when something goes wrong refund is back to the cc whereas any other kind of refund goes to the stupid wallet. I hope tney enjoy all the cc fees they'll have deducted. 

And they call me khee neow!

23 minutes ago, Joules said:

Uh, actually, all Thais dilute the concrete mix when building.  It flows better so they do not have to do as much work.  I had to fight constantly with my workers when building my house to keep the excess water out of my concrete,  It made them angry.  So why not add a little water to the vaccine?   It is the way here.  It is GETTING the vaccine that counts so you can proudly wear that little sticker; it makes no difference whether it works.  You can't see that.

Same with paint. More thinner than actual paint. 

19 minutes ago, rtco said:

I had mine about 6-weeks ago and I felt nothing and that seems to be one of the reactions or non-reactions. It all depends on the person being injected.

It could also depend on whether you got the vaccine or a placebo. 

Producing vaccine labels at 10x the rate of vaccine availability to put on all the bottles of placebo. 

7 hours ago, ukrules said:

Hilarious, just as they scrap a similar proposed system in the UK

Spanish Supreme court banned them too.

16 hours ago, welshissan said:

It's funny how you always see just farangs not wearing masks correctly

Because they stand out like a sore thumb. 

5 hours ago, worgeordie said:

600 Million THB in assets , salary 43,000 THB month ,I think

the tax man needs to have a close look at him too.

regards Worgeordie

A close look at how much was inherited and from whom is also in order. 

20 hours ago, cyril sneer said:

brutal bunch arn't they 

Brutality occurs in every country, EVEN YOURS. 

5 hours ago, jacko45k said:

So people in bars do not do this eh.... you do talk such rot.

We should all learn to sign.

Good god, is it April 1 already. Must have missed xmas & new year 'cause everything is shutdown. 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7428696/

Use of mouthwashes against COVID-19 in dentistry. 

16 hours ago, Danderman123 said:

Death rates for those vaccinated are very low, around 1 in a million. 

 

Death rates from Covid are about 2000 in a million. 

Death rate from living is a million in a million.

A pig and his porkies. 

Did anybody else notice at 1:06 the car parked on the zebra?

31 minutes ago, trainman34014 said:

I have to disagree with you on one point; 'better education' !   If this were true we would be seeing a lot more bright and informed young people around by now and i don't see any evidence of that.   Where i live in the North most Kids coming out of School used to be as thick as Planks but seems these days they have moved on to being as thick as Tree's !    They can't show you their own country on a Map; have zero knowledge of the Outside World, can't add up more than their fingers, impossible for them to have a 'sensible' conversation about anything and many can barely speak their own laguage fluently let alone speak any other.   Disgraceful for a country with such a huge Education Budget.

My adopted Thai grandson has just reached 5 years old. He appears to be quite bright and very interested in sea animals, shipwrecks, and botany. Only one language at the moment, Thai, but he uses many English nouns rather than the Thai equivalent. E. G. crab, lobster, jellyfish, cactus. 

He'll be starting school as soon as its possible. My hope is that they'll not dumb him down. 

The email snippet stated "no impact". I came here to comment if no impact why change it. Imagine my surprise to find it's now been changed to "little impact". Poor journalism.