Gandtee

1 hour ago, Robert_Smith said:

To my mind, after decades of living here I see nothing has moved on/improved.

 

Thais still behave like ignorant, arrogant, petulant children.

They are brainwashed to the max.

 

The school system is a joke.

Healthcare is OK (only if you have money)

 

The wages are a laughing stock.

Pollution is a disgrace. The pavements are a dangerous joke, with more holes than a dry sponge..

 

The locals seem totally oblivious to what's is going on in the outside world, what's more important is whether it's moo ping or som tum for lunch...

 

The government and constant change in leadership is a joke.

The police are on the take 24/7 and driving standards are absolutely abysmal.

 

Did I miss anything?

 

Feel free to add your thoughts/comments.

 

regards,

bob.

Other than that it's fine.😉

Living in Thailand the urge to get a tan went many years ago. . I do get a bit browned off sometimes after reading certain publications. But a couple of beers or G and Ts I'm soon put to rights.😉

'Let your wind go free, wherever you may be. In church or in chapel. There let it rattle. Go see a doctor.

Maybe it was the fall that killed him. How many times do read of motor cyclists being thrown over the barriers to their deaths. Obviously not built high enough. But the. R.I.P.

I wonder how many foreigners are walking around bearing Tattoos in a language they don't understand with similar messages?

4 minutes ago, Lazybones said:

I attended a local Thai wedding where the brother of the bride had a tshirt on which said 'go f*** yourself'. I asked if he knew what it meant and when he said no i suggested he might want to go change which he did. 

And he replied, "Read my shirt."😉

2 hours ago, proton said:

 

It's the Tim Newton effect, he wears some awful shirts, one or two decent ones as well

I did comment on Tim's website TNT if some of his shirts were made with offcuts from a curtain maker.🙂

4 hours ago, Kinnock said:

There are exceptions of course. Females don't sweat. They glow. I wouldn't know about the inbetweeners and don't intend to find out.😉

Light shirts if eating out somewhere a bit special or t-shirts as a rule. Wife-beater singlets? Never in forty years that I've lived here. Who wants to be next to someone with sweaty armpits?

43 minutes ago, fredwiggy said:

People look at all Muslims and see terrorists, but terrorists are just a tiny fraction of the whole population. The same with the Irish, as some think we're all drunks.

I'll drink to that. Hic!😉

Talk. With the advent of the internet.😉

When I was a boy growing up in London while my father was away fighting WW2, I got into mischief like many kids. My mother warned me that if I didn't behave, I would end up in Borstal 'young offenders prison' and get the birch. It was the threat of the birch that may have curbed me. Perhaps this medievil punishment should be reintroduced for some crimes as the threat of prison, certainly in the UK, doesn't seem to be much of a deterrent.

As the late Night Owl, Bernard Trink used to say, "T.I.T." This is Thailand. Go with the flow.

On 2/22/2025 at 8:00 AM, Gandtee said:

Bull<deleted> Bob. The moral of the story is that you did not observe following at stopping distance. Remember, Bob. Back home you would be deemed the cause of the collision. 😆

I nearly did the same thing while driving my Mini down Kings Rd, Chelsea in 1961 while ogling the girls in their minis. Ah, those were the days.

On 2/19/2025 at 10:14 PM, villageidiotY2K said:

Hello as the subject I’m wondering if ur in ur 80s and ur all frail and have difficulty walking without assistance, does one still needs to visit the immigration office, collect all the banking documents etc to apply for an extension even one have all these physical difficulties??

 

Anyone's experience at Jomtien would be enlightening unless I've missed it. At pushing ninety-two, I do tend to do this occasionally. 

What about those that do not possess a mobile phone? Will the old written method be in operation?

I do ask myself why I still bother to read this nonsense.🫢