Puwa

He looks kinda high.

2 hours ago, Highlandman said:

 

...which me and him understand but you clearly don't as all you speak is bar girl Thai. 

 

Now you're just flirting.

16 hours ago, Highlandman said:

 

 No one ever uses that term.

Wait there, are you saying he committed two offenses? You have a real knack for criminal investigation!

11 hours ago, Highlandman said:

 

Hmm, strange that they would have said "kon kao" (white person) rather than farang. Almost never heard a Thai use the expression "white person" either in Thai or English.

 

Speaking of gas (petrol) stations in Thailand, most of the busy ones have far too many people around for any such incident to occur. 

You seem to have extensive knowledge of the public urinal scene, Sherlock.

Casinos wont save the Thai economy. Better to break up monopolies, invest in the workforce, tackle corruption, preserve the environment.

Suvannabhumi has been a mess since the day it opened, so any kind of pressure from above is a welcome change. 

Do you mean that it is actually impossible to enter or exit your driveway, or just that it requires an inconvenient maneuver on your part, and you resent the imposition? Have you tried to pull in and out, and what happened when you tried? Thai people are generally pretty reasonable (including off duty cops), and if the car is truly blocking, as opposed to just annoying you, they would understand the dilemma. But if it's just a bit too close for your comfort, but not literally blocking you, then just get over it. If, on the other hand, the neighbors truly dislike your household for some reason, then the unmoved car is a deliberate message that you are unwelcome and should go away.

On 12/16/2023 at 8:48 AM, Celsius said:

I just have a feeling something is really off, not just with Thailand, but the whole damn world. 

 

Try Fahrenheit? 

On 11/9/2022 at 11:12 PM, Peabody said:

I am currently doing an indoor grow of Wild Thai, the landrace strain from Ko Chang. 5 different phenotypes. Grown from clones made from mom plants originally from seeds from Serious Seeds. Will knock it back to one pheno after analysing yield, high, flavor, smell, etc.

 

Love this Sativa!

Thank god there was solace in the tumult.

Don't throw stones?

Oh, the irony.

On 7/22/2023 at 11:54 PM, pomchop said:

Why do so many people seem to want to go out of their way to dig up obscure reports or deep web conspiracy theories to try and "prove" that very well educated scientists world wide who have spent decades studying weather and climate patterns, measuring air particulates, etc apparently are involved in some massive conspiracy to convince people that climate change is some kind of hoax and that humans have little if anything to do with the changes in the ozone layers and atmosphere?

 

Common sense would tell you that the ones who have a giant financial stake in promoting such claims are the PR firms executives and stock holders  that are paid by massive profits by big oil, big coal, industries that of course do not want people to stop burning dead plants?

How dare you make sense!

On 4/28/2023 at 8:03 PM, aussienam said:

Sounding like a broken record, but yet again another case of someone not sufficiently insured (under-insured), albeit at least he had partial cover. And yet another plea for financial help to be bailed out of this predicament. 

 

Many expats here have insufficient or no insurance at all and usually not enough personal funds to cover costs.  I have had chats with guys who admit they aren't sufficiently covered/not at all, but just don't really want to think about it.  The cheap policies that often expats opt for, are capped at low-end amounts that won't cover most ICU, critical care and complex issues.  

 

I feel pity for the guy, but I won't be contributing as I need my money to pay for my own proper insurance cover, which, yes is bloody expensive. 

Do you carry extra coverage in case you fall off your high horse?

I love the UK, but you guys have to abandon all this Lord-Lady foolishness. Would you like to borrow some Kardashians instead?

No but I had one bizarre experience back in about 2005. On a road trip with my family, just starting out from Chiang Mai, we stopped for fuel on the superhighway heading out of town. I went to relieve myself at the urinal around back, as one does, and there were a couple of guys doing the same. While we were there, another Thai guy came in, saw me there, and started talking sh*t out loud, to the effect of, "Look at this white guy in here, I guess he's not afraid of getting his a$s kicked. We could take him down." (in thai it was something like, oho, mee kon kaow duay, mun my gluwa don dtet rue? ow mai la?") I took a quick read of the other guys, who seemed uninterested, so I zipped up, turned around, and gave my best expressionless, cold-eyed stare at the talker to let him know I understood what he said. He shuffled off. If those guys had been game, I would have been totally f*cked. Again, it was one event in like 30 years, but still a reminder that there are some psychos out there looking for trouble.

Welcome back Bruce! I can't answer your questions with particular recommendations, but I can suggest a strategy: use your daylife to make your nightlife. When you go out for meals, massages, or when you chat with the staff of your hotel or condo or whatever, make a point of being especially friendly and outgoing. Tell them a bit about your past life here, and about your life back home today with your family. Mention that the city has changed and that your old friends have moved away. If you strike up a good conversation, ask for advice. And if you like them, invite them to grab a friend or two and come along. There's a good chance you'll find a night out with some new friends. Not necessarily a pickup or hookup, but a way to enjoy the city with some locals without pounding the pavement all alone. Sure you may have to compromise on your wishlist, but the actual experience will surpass the imagined and unfulfilled one. 

Having written all that, I see that the original post is a few weeks old already. Hope this helps. Enjoy!

How considerate. 

9 hours ago, monkfish said:

I believe 2500 people were killed in Thailand during a 3 month period during the war on drugs which was higher than usual I think about double. The Press I think AFP then claimed they were extra judicial killings but hey had no evidence and later retracted their original article. Many Human Rights organizations condemned The War On Drugs based on the AFP article but never retracted their claims after AFP retracted their own article.

If you read the link posted above you will learn much more about what happened, with footnotes and citations. 

http://www.humanrights.asia/resources/journals-magazines/article2/special-report-extrajudicial-killings-of-alleged-drug-dealers-in-thailand/a-chronology-of-thailands-war-on-drugs/

1 hour ago, khunpeer said:

"psychologically" I don't even know if that word excists in thai language... I would say: first and above all: frequent bloodtests for all, that means everyone!

tangjittawittaya

Now you know.

might probably 

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