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1 hour ago, 2009 said:
The evidence is he got violently assaulted by a gang.
It's fact. What more do you need to know?
Nowhere has it mentioned he threw the first punch or any punch.
He was just attacked.
Really? You believe he was standing there quietly, didn't say a word, and suddenly ten locals set upon him and beat him up with sticks? Had he started studying at the local Vocational College?
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1 hour ago, nigelforbes said:
You're learning well, have you considered applying for a job with government?
I figured if one of them saw my post they'd recruit me. On tenterhooks, I am.
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2 hours ago, kinyara said:
Where did you get the figure of Cambodia getting 16 million tourists over Songkran ?
It can't possibly be foreign tourists as Cambodia only managed to attract 6.6 million in total for the whole of 2019.
https://en.vietnamplus.vn/cambodia-serves-over-13-million-tourists-during-traditional-new-year-holidays/251736.vnp
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28 minutes ago, n00dle said:Im sorry what does this mean? Were you in Cambodia, Laos and Thailand to witness this first hand and compare? Do you have figures that quantify "chockers" or are you just speculating?
I live in Laos and have family in Cambodia. Google the photos, you'll be quite astonished to observe massive crowds even in small towns like Kampong Speu in Cambodia. They're reporting 16,000,000 tourist arrivals over Songkran. I have friends in Luang Prabang so I can observe their FB pages and see the same thing. I considered going there too, but the lack of hotel space made prices crazy compared to Chiang Mai which had unlimited supply and low demand.
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Just now, Goat said:Cambodia has nothing on Thailand as far as higher quaility tourists are concerned. The place is a dump with no infrastructure.
Communist Loas with no beaches will never threaten.
Thailand number one in SEA. Always has been, always will be.
Quality tourists are not going to be stopped by this insignificant fee.
Where to start with this one? I take it you're with the TAT given that you're talking about the "quality tourists" and think that silly admin fees don't deter people from coming. You may be surprised to discover that Cambodia is no longer a war-torn craphole and has quite nice infrastructure all over the place nowadays, and Laos is on the way as well. Cambodia got 16 million tourists over Songkran, not sure what the numbers were in Thailand but as someone who thinks like the TAT you could probably tell me off the top of your head. Is there some Wonder of the World in Thailand that competes with Angkor that I'm not aware of? Couldn't get a hotel room in Luang Prabang, but closed hotels all over the Night Bazaar area in Chiang Mai and discounts galore. Air quality in LP was worse too.
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20 minutes ago, roietfortress said:
yea that is obviously completely different to what i am saying lol
an old lady will straight and directly call my wife a ho for being married to farang. its nothing to do with height.
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Well, you ARE in Roi Et...and I don't and never did have a Thai wife. So yeah, it's different. Having said that, I have had confrontations with rude motorcycle taxi guys where my wife is from because I do understand what they say to her, so that's the same and it's not happening in Thailand but in a neighbouring country. It's misogyny in my opinion, and is a cultural thing in the region.
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1 minute ago, roietfortress said:
my wife tells me all the time that i'm better off not knowing what people are saying about me. i feel bad that she has to hear the racist comments that comes out of old Thai ladies. they do not like farang wives, especially hiso ones lol
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It's a bit counter to my experience, but then again I was living differently and have never been married to a local Thai woman and lived in their village. I can say having listened to many people talk about me over the years without them knowing I speak Thai, that seldom am I denigrated just for the hell of it. However, they will focus on something that makes you different (in my case that I am considerably taller than most Thai) and make jokes about that. I can handle this so it doesn't upset me and it's usually an advantage to have height or a big schnozz or whatever else they might be joking about.
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8 minutes ago, n00dle said:what do they expect post high season?
Cambodia and Laos were chockers this Songkran. Seems the tourists are discovering the neighbouring countries finally.
If I've learned anything about Thai economics, the solution to the reduction in tourist numbers will be to double or triple the entry fee to make up the lost revenue.- 4
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4 minutes ago, roietfortress said:
bro i'm only 50. i got here early.
your opinion regarding language is acceptable. you have an easier time navigating Thailand knowing the language. all good.
my point is you can live very well and happy in Thailand without knowing the language.
the number of retired farang in Thailand will more than double in the next 10 years. they should know you don't have to learn Thai to live comfortably, even up-country in the rice fields. you just need people you can trust (doesn't have to be a wife lol).
btw i know a dozen programming languages. they earn me a lot more than knowing Thai.
555! Sorry for prematurely aging you. And I don't dispute you can live well and happily without speaking Thai, my point only was that you'll have much less understanding about what's going on around you or about the Thai culture etc.
As to knowing programming, I'd worry more about AI than the Thai.
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2 minutes ago, BritManToo said:
Trust No One!
Especially not the woman in your bed, and you will never be disappointed.
No, you'll just be unhappy and paranoid. Also prone to conspiracy theory. You check out.
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6 minutes ago, roietfortress said:
multi-lingual braggers is a thing with farang. congrats on learning the language. its not easy.
i know exactly as much as i need to know about the world around me, which has a very big wall around it and some big dogs. the dogs speak English (when i am holding treats).
it does help to have family and house staff around you that you trust. if i was here alone it would be a different story, but i wouldn't be here if my wife didn't want to settle here. we'd probably just live in our beach house in OBX. she didn't like it as much as Isaan.
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I'm not bragging so much as I am justifying my statements on why you're not gaining as much knowledge or understanding about the situation due to your lack of language. I know I'm good at languages already.
But I am happy to hear you're in a good place with people you can trust. That's not something a lot of older folk who ended up here have and it's very important. I had to look up OBX so I guess that's Coastal Carolina? It is also true in my experience that many Thai don't adapt so well to living in other countries whereas Cambodians do. But that's a different kettle of fish and discussion.- 1
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1 minute ago, roietfortress said:
as i have told my wife many times, i refuse to learn Thai because i don't want to know what my MIL is babbling on about all day ????
ignorance is bliss. i'll keep smiling and overpaying by a whole dollar...
the point about foreigners in our home country is irrelevant. nowhere is like Thailand and no situation is comparable.
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To each his own. But then accept that you don't have the slightest idea about what is going on around you. Why are you writing on this forum if you know squat?
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17 minutes ago, roietfortress said:farang are the unwanted minority in Thailand. the only way to make yourself more accepted is smile all the time and overpay. maybe its different in the cities, but when i see my village shop keeper wearing a 30-year old homemade outfit, and eating flowers with sticky rice, i say mai tone tor. 100 baht for the 70 baht Leo - keep the change. i don't get beat up in my village.
i was attacked at a nightclub once. sipping scotch watching the stage. some short little fat guy bumped into me. when i turned he swung and hit my jaw. i guess he wanted to see if he could take a farang. i grabbed his arm and he tried to push me to the ground. i lifted him up against the wall like a baby and hit him 3 times. then the bouncer pulled me off. i was lucky the little rats didn't pile on me.
we mostly stay home. i prefer to drink alone anyway (yea with nobody else...) ????
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I got some news for you - you CAN become liked and accepted without overpaying or throwing your money around. But it does require some things such as speaking the local language.
You find it astonishing that local people treat foreigners badly because they don't speak their language after living there and being married to a local for many years? Back home, how well are long-term foreign residents who haven't learned to speak the local language able to get along? Do they get smiled at pleasantly by the local folk? Are they helped out graciously?- 2
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9 minutes ago, BritManToo said:
A surprisingly ugly post from you.
There is no evidence to suggest the Finn did anything wrong at all.
Just lies from his attackers.
My local (village) bar wants 59bht for a large Leo.
The Finns local mom an pop shop wants 70bht = special Finn price.
You feel that there is "no evidence" yet have already judged the attacker's information as "lies"? I guess you were there?
And definitely, the difference between your village price and that of the Finnish fellow's is conclusive that this was the clear cause of the beatdown. You just can't beat ThaiVisa's Police Squad, why even bother with police when this incredible resource is available?- 1
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16 hours ago, steven100 said:
most I would have said. yes, they are not very nice, so if they feel insulted that gives them the right to hit you with sticks and they can use a knife if need be.
You really feel that most Thai despise foreigners? What an odd existence you have in this country. I have seldom met even mild approbation from Thai people. But then again, I speak Thai, I understand the culture so I smile at people when I meet them and wai politely when required.
You also feel that Thai people aren't very nice? Perhaps this is why you approve of them being held under foot by the military, since you feel they deserve it? This is the best explanation so far about your slavish devotion to Lil' P.- 1
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21 hours ago, w94005m said:
Actually, the air crossings are relatively unlimited whereas Lao land crossings can only be done twice in a calendar year. Either way, make sure you have $35 for the arrival fee. It was the cheapest way to pay.
If you're looking for a nice bar and food overlooking the Mekong, Bor Pen Yang is a good place to go with a nice elevated view.
Your first sentence is true although the arrival fee varies with nationality.
Your second sentence is not, since Bor Pen Yang is no longer open (sadly). Try Mekong Garage Bar.
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I'm sure there will have been no financial incentives for this paragon of integrity to suddenly switch sides after discovering (to his shock - SHOCK!) that there were shenanigans going on in the pristine political party he joined. A genuine Thai politico with conscience. ROFLMAO!
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How is it possible that we've made it to Page 2 without lil' P's apologists rushing to the thread to offer up their full-throated defense of their man?
Must be that they finally got him! It's a clear violation, and just as serious as the ones that got the other guys in the past. This is where the real vice lies, in cooking shows, ownership of small media companies and singing and dancing. Oh, unless you are of a certain political bent (deliberate choice of words), in that case "mai bpen rai!".- 1
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14 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:Let me try to explain it in another way: There is another politician on this earth, he has about 70 million supporters. He was already president and maybe he will become again president.
Do I like that? No. Even if 100 million people would elect him, I would still think he is a maniac - to use a nice word.
It seems the fact that many people, maybe even a majority of people, support one person does not mean this person is suitable for the job.
IMHO it is sad to see how many idiots vote for crooks and expect to have a decent government.
Let me try to do the same because you are missing the basic point.
The person you described is indeed a maniac, and has some hardcore support from around 20% of the US population or so. Thaksin is also a bit of a maniac but has hardcore support from over half of the population. Trump would almost certainly lose another election if he ran, and if he won, it would be through the narrowest of margins. Thaksin would win any reasonably fair election in a landslide again. Therefore we can say that while the personalities of Trump and Thaksin are similar in some ways, their popularity is not. Thaksin appeals to far more people in Thailand.
The major mistake you are making in your thinking is that there would be some alternative politician one might elect here who would be not corrupt or would be able to otherwise be effective as Prime Minister - say what you will about Thaksin, he was probably the most significant PM in the country's history in terms of the changes he was able to make in the short time he was able to remain in power. You can elect non-corrupt people like Chuan Leekpai - they're utter disasters as PM due to their inability to manage their own caucus and are soon displaced by the scumbags in their own party who quickly return to business as usual (see Thaugsuban, Suthep). The other parties are the same-olds and never-weres who have never demonstrated any ability other than parochialism and the ability to steal money. So your dream of an ideal person who will somehow be suitable for AND end up as PM is just that.
If you need a reminder, there was such a person recently who appeared on the scene whose name began with 'T'. The Military Government made sure he and his party were duly disqualified and disallowed to run again for several years. This was so obviously what was going to happen when lil' P and his cronies weaseled their way into indefinite power. You don't appear to understand that this is what has happened for almost one hundred years now. At what point do you reckon you're okay with the person the people elected actually retaining power and putting the military permanently in their barracks? Another hundred years?- 2
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1 hour ago, OneMoreFarang said:Yes, I liked that Thaksin was removed. It would have been better if the courts would have removed him, but obviously they didn't dare to do that.
And the fact that I liked that the military removed Thaksin and his little sister doesn't mean that I support everything they do.
It would be great to have honest and competent politicians in this country. And it would be even better if Thais would vote for honest and competent politicians. But it seems most Thais prefer corrupt and often incompetent politicians. There is not much I can do about that.
I cheered as I watched the man who the Thai overwhelmingly elected get deposed by the military whom nobody has ever voluntarily elected in a fair contest, knowing full well that this meant they would keep power indefinitely and without a shred of transparency. This I find preferable to a person actually chosen by the people who live here and speak the language and who understand that every Thai politician and senior military person is likely corrupt. I am completely unaware that Thaksin, while corrupt like every other one of them, actually gave away serious money and power to the people in Isarn and the North who have been systematically excluded from it for decades by the A-mart in Bangkok. So in my ignorance, I blindly support the Military to continue to usurp power and prevent any democracy from ever gaining any hold here. My intellectual position is "Shin bad, so anyone else good".
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14 hours ago, billd766 said:
Even you could have managed to work that out if you could have been bothered.
Eh? Work out what?
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On 4/1/2023 at 6:47 PM, billd766 said:
I don't think so.
If you look at when you both joined, he has been here a couple of years longer than you.
Ah, brilliant detective work. I know that when I came to Thailand, the first thing I did was join up to ThaiVisa! Oh, except that this was before the site existed. Chatchai Choonhaven was the Prime Minister as I recall. Any other questions Detective?
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On 4/1/2023 at 6:28 PM, Liverpool Lou said:
"LOL" my ar_se. You must be even newer, have you ever heard of ex-police officers being moved to inactive posts!?
So you're under the impression that police misconduct is both uncommon and that when it (rarely) happens the perpetrators are almost inevitably brought to justice under the law? That seems to be what you're saying. Are you sure this is what your position is? And you're supposedly a long-term resident? The mind boggles...
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7 minutes ago, F Groenen said:It may surprise the users, but many people do not like marijuana and now have to put up with the stench from the ones using it. Sadly these users seem to think that it is ok to smoke a joint everywhere. I now avoid many bars, simply because I cannot stand the smell. My wife gets physically sick from the smell of hash.
Be considerate, smoke outside and pay attention to not force your stinky habit on others.
Why can't they make this stuff without it smelling as it does ?No, doesn't surprise me at all, my wife dislikes it also.
So I smoke outside and away from other people like the majority of dope smokers. I'm surprised there are that many bars allowing full-on marijuana consumption, is that the norm?- 2
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Finnish man accused by neighbours of insulting Thai people
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Oh, so suddenly you are saying he DID provoke these people? I don't believe you mentioned that previously. In fact, you said
"The evidence is he got violently assaulted by a gang.
It's fact. What more do you need to know?
Nowhere has it mentioned he threw the first punch or any punch.
He was just attacked."
Now he was not "just attacked", he insulted the villagers by calling them buffalo, something that anyone who lives in Thailand knows is basically inviting fisticuffs or worse.
You are engaging in sophistry in your zeal to hate on the Thai. Why do you live here?
I don't know your nationality, but if a Thai guy in the UK who didn't speak English came up to a group of partying locals and everyone was pissed up, and he said "w*nkers", I'm guessing he's going to end up like the friendly Finn. If a similar thing happened in the USA, same result (although you'd have to substitute a different word).