VillageIdiot

There's a lesson there somewhere.

Maybe it's "never have gold when you are anywhere near monkeys".

Hear, hear!

  A wonderful way to observe an old custom in the Netherlands performed here in Chiang Mai.

  I have some Dutch ancestry so that might be the reason it all looks so good. 

                       Eet Smakelijk!

1 hour ago, Daffy D said:

No I didn't kill it.

 

I tossed gently it over the tall cement block wall at the back of our plot that has some unused land and perfect place for it to live a long and happy life with little chance of it coming back 

 

 

Don't be too sure.

Your compassionate actions have all but guaranteed a return to its nest which is probably in or near your house.

No good deed goes unpunished.

Are they all delusional?

9 minutes ago, sead said:

Same idiot as many others. I feel sorry for this guy but it doesnt say he was mentally handicapped so......

Same-same but different.

We come in many varieties.

The only thing we all have in common is  that we all LOVE Thailand

1 hour ago, worgeordie said:

Will he be wrapped and buried . RIP

regards Worgeordie

For all the "wrapping" he did around the world he deserves to be mummified on a grand scale.

A showman to the end and a hard act to follow.

4 hours ago, DeaconJohn said:

This old geezer came to grief because he was in with a bad lot of people.  If things became intolerable towards the end it was his fault and his family's for not getting him out of it without a charity appeal.

  Those like him are jailbait for grifters everywhere, but especially in countries like Thailand where dirty dealing is a fine art.

   That said, an adult lifetime spent among them has convinced me that Thais take care of their own, and thàt would include a farang who has lived with them for maný years as a husband and father.

   Family means everything here. Your position in the family defines who you are.

   Without one you are nobody.

   Farang tao-nahn eng.

That sums it up pretty well.

He was still a stranger in a strange land after being here long enough to master the language and attain functional literacy. Along with those skills would have gone some discrimination in choosing whom to trust.

There is a bad element here "Dirtbag Thais" that all old-timers have had run-ins with at one time or another. They know a criminal underclass exists, and in a Thai sense, call a spade a spade.

17 minutes ago, Grumpy one said:

Hiding in the dark

Get him to smile... neung, sawng, sahm.

3 hours ago, BritManToo said:

My last trip to Saigon in an afternoon bar (only customer) the girl had taken me from outside seating to inside seating with the door closed in about 2 minutes. So we could be more private ........ don't think that's ever gonna change.

3 hours ago, Keyser Soze666 said:

It will if that bar never opens again and the girls have gone. Don't kid yourself, things won't be the same for a very long time.

It's amazing how a shot of reality can pop an overinflated balloon.

1 hour ago, Greenhill said:

Another 'objective' comment!!!!!    You've also found him guilty- from afar!!!!!    Well done!!!!!

Cor Blimey Guv'nah you'd let Aaron Kosminski himself walk free to where the beat meet the elite.

11 hours ago, norfolkandchance said:

I wonder where she is now as it’s now May.

If there is a Maypole anywhere in Thailand she is probably dancing around it.

"I am just saying that I enjoy the peacefulness of this local area in the absence of alcohol consumption on the streets, or outside anywhere, at night, and the singing that this often engenders".

It's the singing that bothers you, isn't it John?

As an old fire and brimstone preacher once said "No hope for them that laughs".

5 hours ago, Justgrazing said:

I seem to remember a cigar being involved as well .. what happened to that ? or did it get smoked .. 

Yes, the famous cigar.  It may very well have been smoked after serving other purposes.

As Sigmund Freud once said: "Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar."

1 hour ago, Nyezhov said:

why were they out?

To retrieve a ball, one report said.

1 hour ago, Logosone said:

What book would that be?

The Domesday Book.

21 minutes ago, holy cow cm said:

We go the nine yards for our pets when we have to. 

I wonder how many yards they would go for you.

Just a thought.  I love cats, incidentally.

2 hours ago, ravip said:

To be fair to all... Birds of a feather flock to-gether.

The the dregs of humanity exists in all countries, whatever the size or colour - just a gentle reminder.

No need to be reminded of something as indisputable as that.

The propensity to marry bargirls and become a cash cow for their greedy relatives is almost exclusively restricted to over-the-hill farangs lookin' for love in all the wrong places.

5 hours ago, CMHomeboy78 said:

You make a good - but rather obvious point.  That is, a farang can never become a Thai.

Can the leopard change its spots?  Not a chance... but the other side of the coin is that Thais take care of their own, and that would include a farang who has lived among them for many years as a husband and father.

Family means everything here.  Your position in the family defines who you are.  Without one you are nobody.

Farang tao-nahn eng.

For sure, you can live with Thais very well without going native dtem-tee.

But that's only true among a better class of people, not the dregs of humanity that so many farangs get involved with.

1 hour ago, Fex Bluse said:

This bloke conflicts me.

I ALWAYS try my best to support our fellow expats against the aggression in Asia.

But this guy makes is as hard as possible.

All I can say is watch out for the story when he is destroyed by the realization that the Thais just laugh at him to laugh but will NEVER consider him an equal or respect him.

He will be devastated.

There is some truth to what you say

No, a farang will never become a Thai no matter how long he has been here.

I've seen two generations of Thais come of age since I first came in the late 1970s.

My Thai wife has raised our two daughters in a traditional manner while educating them for careers in the modern world.  I'm happy to say that they've both turned out very well.

My not being Thai has never caused any serious problems in our domestic life because I feel at home here and fully accepted by family and friends.

I left the US a long time ago and never regretted the move. 

35 minutes ago, mok199 said:

He loves showboating , a true thai trait..

A true Thai trait indeed.

But a true American trait as well.

The quality is personified in their (our) president.

9 minutes ago, sanemax said:

12 years in jail is plenty .

Hope Israel lets him out soon 

They will, Max.