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I currently know three women who have each had a baby with a foreigner. None of the men know that they made a girl pregnant and obviously don't know they are the father of a child. 

The girls all say they didn't want to have the man know because, in general, "It's my baby, not his," or words to that effect. Even when I point out that the father ought to know and there is some moral obligation to help the woman and her child, they all flat out refuse. 

Two of the men were sex tourists (one was on holiday away from his girlfriend, who was/is blissfully unaware of anything) and one is a DJ in Thailand. 

I have come across this situation before too, when I lived in the South and I don't think it's all that uncommon. 

I wonder what goes through the mind of a man who has unprotected sex and finished the act inside. Everyone knows this is how you make babies. To do this seems like wildly irresponsible behavior. 

Anyway, if some of you out there (in Thailand or just parachute visitors) has done this with some woman (or two or more), be aware that you might actually be a father. 

Sounds very fishy to me. 

I've lived in various places over the past 13+ years and not only has no cop ever come to my house unannounced, I have never heard of anyone having this experience, including friends who have lived here for 30 years. 

I don't understand this note on his phone. Did you ask for his badge number and name? Or any ID? 

You could clear this up by going to immigration and asking them. If he's an imposter, they would be interested in knowing this, I'm sure. 

They're out in the boonies. It looks like they primarily do wood and some plastics. Thanks for the reply. 

Does anyone know where in CM to have a metal bracelet engraved in Thai? 

A man I know has some dementia and has a tendency to wander off and get lost. We'd like to fit him with a bracelet engraved with his name and the contact phone number of someone who can fetch him if he goes missing again. 

Any ideas? And any place to get a bracelet suitable for this purpose here? 

The woman says, "Can you take care of me"? This means, of course, financial support (what other kind of care matters in Thailand? Nothing.). 

The question I always ask is, "What are you going to do for me?"

Hard to find a relationship that is not asymmetrical. 

Indoor Nana Plaza gets my vote. 

I don't know about that. Even when it first opened it didn't have much draw. Not sure that location is ideal. 

Walking around the mall the other day I noticed a few more shops closed. The only form of customer life support is due to people having to come for immigration issues. 

When the move back to the new building by the airport comes, which is supposed to be soon, what will happen then? 

As it is now, the mall can't be profitable. When immigration is gone, will they "decommission" the mall? 

You don't live in Chiang Mai, so:

A) Why post here, aside from, "...you guys are more vocal" comment (Are we? Doubt it.). 

Why will you not tell us where you DO live? 

The "front desk"? Are you living in a hotel? 

To your question: if you are living in a condo or hotel, of course move. Rent a house. Why would anyone stay in a facsimile of a prison ward when they can have a house? 

If I want to renew my existing driver's license, how long before it expires can I do that? 

Also, how long after it expires can I still renew without having to start the process as if I had no license at all? 

So when you walk your dog, you have to put it in a car and drive somewhere? 

As was mentioned, just walk around wherever you live. 

has-the-quality-of-air-become-that-worse-in-the-last-2-3-years?

No. 

So they just finish the underpass and bridge reworks down from Central Festival, which went for what? Three years or four?

...and now they will start another? 

Ya just can't win in this city.

The reason for the round-up of the bikes in the China photos is that people leave them in places which block pathways, parking and views. 

Welcome the Chinese invasion of bikes now. Jesus....

Maejo is a quite long road....

Torrential rain last night from 11pm where I am, wherever that is

Show us the fangs.

"It made it special, instead of the background noise it is now." 

Uh...many of the artists who released records back then are still releasing music, er, "background noise" as you call it. 

Or are you channeling Marshall McLuhan, who said famously, "The medium is the message," meaning that the medium itself and not the content it contains should be the focus of interest. So it is not the music itself that is of interest here (or movies, as I believe is the subject) but rather the form in which it is carried. 

Perhaps you should be researching for a place to put your video tapes onto 8mm film. 

One paid a lot of money for a top quality projector, had a top quality screen with a good reflective surface, and had a library of wonderful films that were artful and informative. It made it special.

Fact check: Where are all the "abandoned VW vans"? 

Without an internet connection? What do you mean? How are you posting on ThaiVisa? Using the old "internet string and two tin cans" method?

My car was made in late 1956. It is two years older than I am. So yes, I am young. 

Why fight technology? You can't win. Perhaps you can transfer your movies to magic lantern slides.... >..<

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