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Paper clips but one of them broke

From what one can gather from the story she must have had a level of control, she had no trouble getting him out of the room for instance, she wasn't physically hurt, this could be a case of post coital regret preceded by a misunderstanding. There are grounds for failed communication, American English, Chinese English coupled with Thai English during the police interrogation, certainly careful consideration is needed before locking someone up for many years.

Isn't this par for the course in Pattaya? Asking for a friend.

Bill Burr is the best, he even beats Rick Gervais, he just tells it like it is and makes it funny.

I've no idea what all this means, why is it relevant and who cares anyway. A rusty bike fell over in China today but I don't know who it belonged to.

It is are not raining here also. No,Thais are not very demonstrative in the family Nobody says good morning or good night or asks how your day was Sometimes something will happen in the family and you will find out by coincidence. I have seen family members return after a two year absence with no emotions shown, just a 'hello'

Mirrors the Chinese-American diplomatic tensions at the moment.

Yes, this is also happening in the West as well

They aren't going to investigate the police, ministers, school directors and the military are they?

A fool and his health are soon parted.

Don't jump to conclusions.

His cocking days are over.

Yes this is absolutely disgusting, without doubt I would have jumped in to help' I remember once while driving with my wife and MIL we saw the aftermath of a motorbike accident with a man lying in the road and a couple of bystanders around him, I slowed down to stop and both the wife and MIL screamed at me, "Don't stop! drive on!" I did as they said and asked why. "Afterwards you could be blamed, it was your fault, pay up, you're not a doctor, you can't help and an ambulance is definitely on its way, as a falang you should stay away from such situations, they can be turned against you". That shut my protests down. Several years ago a homeless man in Germany had died of cold on the street during the night, in the morning people were taking selfies next to the dead man before the police could arrive, disgusting behaviour seems to be universal. I also remember an incident where a young woman was sexually molested on a train in the UK and the other passengers looked away despite her cries of help. A tip from a psychologist who gave advice due to this incident, don't just cry for help in general, look someone in the eye and ask for help, he will respond and his actions will cause others to help.

The police will go for suicide, it's easier and may be true.

Surin province, we've had some decent rain this year and expect a decent harvest. At the moment the cold season is in the air, not cold yet but fairly cool, very comfortable.

Nobody sings in a karaoke bar, they get drunk and croak, screech and howl.

The most boring time of my life was living in the UK, I left 50 years ago, first to Germany and then after retirement to Thailand, I've never been back. I live in a rural village here, something that the average falang would describe as boring but to me it's wonderful.. My treat is an hours walk at 4:30 am then to sit in meditation at the lake side and listen to the monks chanting in the nearby temple as the sun starts to rise over the rice fields and floods the ornate temple buildings with light, after 19 years here it is still an exotic experience.

Kind of funny but you had to be there. No sympathy for this idiot.

In my area in Isaan there are kids everywhere, the wife's mother is a great grandmother many times over.

They get blown away

Not much difference to a certain low life politician in America who wants a comeback while fighting multiple court cases. Thaksin is still popular because, rather cleverly, he was the only politician that improved the lot of the poor. I doubt that family members resting in his shade will have his tactical genius, his sister didn't have any success. Paetongtarn is just a temporary useful tool with no power of her own and probably knows it, without daddy she is nothing.

Not surprising really, Thai society is feudal in nature, a wise man knows which side of the bread has butter on it. Hedging your bets within the heady world of hi-so's has tactical advantages and avoids unpleasant surprises, bending the knee costs nothing. Yes, we are witnessing a political farce but the play must go on to ensure stability, everybody knows what's going on here but the audience expects a full performance with no cliff hangers, disaster awaits anyone going off script.

My statement stands for itself, assuming your command of the English language is sufficient to read it and you have the ability for introspection.

This is all about your attitude, their is a saying in German, "How you call into the forest is the echo you will get back," It's very sad that you can't connect in a positive way to the people in a country you have chosen to reside in. Such animosity is only going to get you negative reactions and robs you of any delightful experiences that you could so easily have. Causality has cut the path you walk along, one can only hope that causality cuts another for you, life is determined by random causal events over which we have no power, judgement is superfluous.

Yes they have a great sense of pride and can be easily angered, they can be quite childish over little things but they are also extremely kind and are empathetic, a Thai friend or even a good acquaintance is very loyal and will go the extra mile for you if need be, granted you have to stroke them the right way. What I admire about them is how stoic they are in the face of adversity, a ruined crop will only cause him to emit "Hmmmmm" and shrug. A young man in the village lost his wife to an accident and was left with two small children, he is good looking and there were enough suitable women who would be prepared to marry him but after a year he was still alone, my missus asked him why he didn't take a new wife, he replied that nobody could love his children the way he did and he wouldn't risk having his children being ignored out of jealousy by a new wife so he can do without until they are a lot older, that impressed me.