kerfuffle

i will believe it when i see it.

im running ru torrent. never seen this issue

i hope the press card in my fedora is still valid

a fascinating story

the stock pipe really has to go

some foreigners sometimes try to strike up a conversation, having in common the same question coming jokingly after a short time " Do you have a boy friend?"

In a Western country one could hardly ask bluntly such a question to a woman utter stranger, I mean in a super market or in the street.

As long as they remain polite and friendly, I think this is rather a good thing and nothing to be shy about.

I don't know why it is so complicated in Western countries and can't see any advantage in making it complicated.

Seriously. How likely is it you will have seen a fat balding middle aged man openly giggling and flirting with a young shop assistant down your local Sainsbury's? I can't count the number of times I've squirmed with embarrassment at the sight of this here.

Warning: the flirt police is out to catch bald middle aged men who dare trying to flirt with younger ladies.

Next on the list are fat men, old men, stupid men, poor men, ugly men, ethnic minorities, men with difformities, etc.

I think the best is let the ladies sort it out instead of establishing rules on who is allowed to flirt with who.

After a month of so of lurking to get the lay of the land (so to speak), i honestly wonder how many members here manage to to tick most, if not all, of those boxes

-- Just to clarify, my intent with this thread wasn't to take a stab at how Thai people speak English. I think a lot of them do a good job with it, and most speak better English than I speak Thai, so.... It was kind of a light hearted jab at farang speaking to their friends the same way they speak to Thai people.

I caught the gist of the topic right away, LarryBird. I often laugh at myself when using Thai terminology when speaking to farangs. It is just a form of habit. I'm scared what I might say when I go back to Canada. I expect to get some strange looks when I say " Ka pun ka" instead of thankyou.

i would expect some pretty strange looks speaking like that here in Thailand, as it most certainly is not Thai

cant imagine why i would need to give her a dime, she has a perfectly good job of her own

i think a gecko died in on of my units. It stinks to high heaven for about 5 minutes once turned on.

unpleasant to say the least.

I just isolated the smell so having someone clean it out on Monday