simon43

I tend to use Nong for an adult or older teenager, but หนู for a younger girl of say 14 or 12 years old (yes, they do work in restaurants at that age, usually in the family restaurant).

I've often wondered how many active profiles are on this forum, out of the 200,000+ profiles that are registered.

Nope, but the Falklands are thousands of miles from the UK and I suspect that the British government doesn't have the 'bottle' or even brain cells to do what Maggie managed to do.

Agree with rwill - it is very common for older adults to call young waitresses 'nu'. I use it myself and I don't think that it is a condescending term - it basically indicates that I'm old!!

This might not end well. Britain's navy is now severely depleted and no PM was as tough as Maggie. I'm sure the Argies know this and realise that they can take the Falklands by force and Britain will be unable to do anything about it.

Absolutely. Methinks this non-native speaker is confusing 2 English words with completely different meanings. It's like saying 'alive' (ie not dead) is similar to 'live' (ie not hatched from an egg). But as Xylophone comments. it seems true that some men are completely unable to function on their own, in that they have never learnt daily skills such as cooking ,sewing on a button etc. Others crave for social company, perhaps because of lack of their own self-confidence or esteem. Right now, and for the past month, I have been living in a tiny and very basic hotel room in Blackpool, about 3.5m x 2.5m with a tiny attached loo and shower, while I go through the diagnosis and treatment for suspected prostate cancer. There is no-one else staying at this guesthouse (who wants to visit Blackpool in February). Am I lonely? Is my mental health suffering? No!! It's certainly not a place that I would choose to stay for a prolonged period, but it is a new experience and I'm very used to and very happy being on my own. Although I have to comment that after 21 years living outside of the UK, there are some typical British activities that are somewhat foreign to me ???? Being lonely and being alone are worlds apart.

Bangkok Phuket Hospital has a dock/jetty for the speedboat? I think not:)

Look where the woman is standing on that busy road. Does she have a death wish?

I maybe missed it, but how did your broken ankles occur? What was the situation?

My ham radio activities have gone haywire!

Not often. The last was an Israeli boy a few years ago. He died ????

I have been living on the island of Phangan for a while, after being unable to return to my teaching job in Myanmar, (the junta chaps don't like the British government right now!). Phangan is very nice, but I am aware that I am not getting any younger and more likely to have some medical issues as I get older. As I am fairly fit, exercise and have a vegan (ish) diet, the likelyhood of some sudden medical emergency is still low. About 5 weeks ago I was stung by a box jellyfish which normally results in a rapid death. I was extremely lucky to survive, but the experience was very scary and the local hospital could do nothing except watch me to see if I lived or died! They had no kind of medication, even though box jellyfish are common. The locals rubbed vinegar all over me while waiting for the ambulance! I don't expect to find box jellyfish in Chiang Rai of course, but I am thinking to move from Phangan to a rural location which does have a reasonable private hospital, such as Bangkok Chiang Rai hospital. I'd appreciate any comments or experiences of hospital care in Chiang Rai.

You 'pegged' her immediately?!!! ????

I regularly visit Pattaya between breaks in my work in Myanmar. I also lived in the city for about 1 year when I was working about 12 years ago. I never felt the slightest interest to visit a gogo bar or pick up a hooker. What I did enjoy were the low rental prices for condos, the beach road promenade for jogging, the large selection of shops, the shopping centres, people-watching by the beach and the nice coconuts served by the friendly beach-chair vendors. It's not compulsory to visit expensive gogo bars or rent ugly hookers you know ????

No doubt to the fury of the tinpot generals in Naypyitaw, (who buy many weapons from Russia to murder their own citizens), Myanmar's UN representative voted in favour of the resolution...

Er.. re-read my comments. They only referred to Mebendazole for treating cancer, nothing at all to do with Ivermectin or Covid-19.

In the UN vote to condemn Russia and call for an immediate withdrawal of their military from Ukraine territory, even China abstained from voting. Interesting to note that the Myanmar UN ambassador voted in favour of the resolution, no doubt much to the annoyance of the junta chaps in Naypyidaw ????

If you ask Dr Google, there are several links to clinical trials involving this drug, but strangely no big press statements about its effectiveness from 'Big Pharma' ????

Your neighbours poop outside your house?!!

I've flown a couple of times with them on the Surat Thani-Bangkok route. Generally OK, late on a couple of occasions.

There was a report in one of the UK newspapers that featured an article about this couple from several years ago. Apparently, they were receiving bills for regular downloading hard-core porn movies from a subscription service. Of course, the husband denied any knowledge......

Lol, I threw in that comment about the beach vendors for a bit of fun! Thanks again for your kind comments about my niece, I have her photo (and photos of my own kids) with me here in Ol' Blighty.

Between work contracts in Myanmar I would usually stay in Pattaya. Last time I rented a rooftop studio with private roof garden for 5k baht a month, about 400m from Tukcom. I enjoyed exercising on the beach promenade and of course sipping fresh coconut juice provided by the friendly beachchair touts! ???? I don't know about expensive transport. I thought 10 or 20 baht on the regular baht buses was OK... I decided to move upmarket, and although I'm in the UK right now, my new home is a 9k baht house in several rai of coconut plantation, just a few minutes from the beach on Koh Phangan ????

Well, I'm not addicted to sex and booze and I really enjoy my time when living in Pattaya ???? It is not compulsory to drink alcohol. It is not compulsory to throw money at loose women Pattaya is a very pleasant place to retire, due to low condo rents, wide choice of shops and restaurants, good hospitals (for a price), nice beach promenade etc etc.

Um, surely anyone in a swimming pool will be 'half-naked', unless you are Muslim.... Sometimes people misinterpret innocent photos...