ChrisKC

"A Borrower nor a Lender be, lest you lose both loan and Friend" - Shakespeare, I think.

In Thailand, people will lie about the reason they want the loan - even to their own family, Short of a contract, difficult to suggest to a friend or family member anyway, the chances of seeing the return of it is close to zero.

15 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

On a main highway, I drive at 120kph, and it is a safe speed, under good conditions. I get passed by others all the time. I am not a speedster. 70 miles per hour is not speeding. Laws have to be sensible, in order to encourage people not to break them. Otherwise, some must be ignored. 

You are an irresponsible driver who cares little about the law. There has to be laws like this because at 120kph you are in less of a position to react when other lawbreakers and speedsters do something unexpected as you know for sure you CAN expect!

The conditions include other drivers - those passing you are simply making a bad situation potentially a lot worse!

In Thailand, especially, we are reminded frequently that most deaths on the road are caused by drunk or speeding drivers.

To be an irresponsible driver and a lawbreaker is one thing - for you to come on here and brag about about it shows your contempt to be no better than that of Thai people who I guess you would condemn as "bad" drivers

1 hour ago, Pilotman said:

https://www.vets-now.com/2017/05/how-to-keep-cats-cool-in-summer-heat/

 

Take this advice. 

Yes, it is good advice! I have a little one year old "Yorkshire terrier-like" dog. In addition to many suggestions here, I also recommend wiping your dog or cat all over with a cool wet towel two or three times a day. It is quick and easy to do. Our dog is allowed complete freedom all day long to go in and out of the house as she pleases. She spends her time sleeping on the floor tiles in various places indoors that seem to stay cooler than the air above!

About cold water: my tap water and crates of drinking water have not been cold for at least two months; so warm in fact that, when leaving water down for my dog, I put some cold water from the fridge to balance the temperature and I leave fresh water in about four different places - she drinks from all of them!

But the worst of the 'summer' heat is now over so we all hope for the cool of the wet season that the garden will appreciate too.

3 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

I know people who have 30 unpaid speeding tickets. They are issuing tickets for going 2 KM per hour over the limit. The national highways have speed limits of 90 kph. That is silly, inane, unenforceable, and impractical. These fines need to be ignored, as the speed limits are unreasonable. I doubt they will create a centralized system. Hope not. 

 

What the RTP, and especially the lame, incompetent, lazy and useless highway patrol need to be doing, is pulling people over for reckless driving, not issuing tickets for going 92 KPH!

I agree that 92 kph is not the spirit of law enforcement. But if you drove at 89 kph you would be within the law, get no ticket and pay nothing -  and it would make no difference to your journey driving time.

Most speedsters are persistent offenders and the first paragraph of your post suggests that they make up their own laws. Encouraging those to ignore tickets is irresponsible and certainly doesn't get my support.

7 hours ago, Andre0720 said:

“We need to educate parents about the risk of motorcycles. Children should be encouraged to use proper school buses instead,” he said. 

This is so much of a silly comment. The need to educate... There are some pre-requisites to this: Become civilised, meaning having moral values, such as caring for other people's life and well being, become responsible, taking responsibility for one's own actions, having a system of coercion conducive to these pre-requisites.

So why not looking at some systems that farang countries have developed, Enacting laws, enforcing them, applying hefty penalties for not complying etc.

 

An indian Guru had a teaching about responsibility. Explaining that responsibility, means ability to respond.

If one has the ability to respond to a situation, and does not, this or these individuals are responsible for the outcome.

 

Now we read that 'the Public Health Ministry and the Road Accident Victims Protection Company show that 17,634 children on average had died annually from road accidents between 2013 and 2017.'

 

Now who would be responsible for that? Who could respond to that and does not? Who is responsible for all these deaths?

Now we are back to pre-requisite number one, becoming civilised, having moral values, feeling heartbroken when someone dies, adult or child, and thinking that more most be done to stop this carnage... Anyone who could have responded by taking action to reduce the speed of vehicles on the roads, and did not. Etc etc etc.

 

Parents do not set proper examples or educate their children in these matters because they are uneducated, seemingly unaware, and definitely irresponsible themselves. And when those children (if they live long enough) become parents, so will the situation remain. 

In the light of empty meaning "not even 50%", when you have no guests at all, what percentage occupancy do you have?

Trust is the issue here. From your account it seems reasonable that she can ask herself the same question. Can she trust you, especially as it relates to your responsibility (as well as hers) to protect against an unwanted pregnancy? 

For you to be contemplating a DNA test, you have already made some kind of judgment that you don' trust her. 

If the baby isnt yours, the answer is obvious. If it is, you may well be both in the position of being in a relationship in which neither of you trusts the other for the future. And if I were in that situation, I wouldn't like it one little bit!

Good for you. Glad to hear of anyone with good health. It helps enormously as it relates to other aspects and philosophy of life. 

I am 74 and never been in a hospital bed since the day I was born. I am not high in anything except energy, stamina, brain power, motivation and always ready for new adventure. All my vital signs are in normal range. Never been overweight, no broken bones, diseases, no man problems ever. Absolutely nothing. great hearing, have my own teeth and hair. Vision is perfect, i don't even wear glasses for anything.

I am close to eating plant only food for a few years. I have  been a serious runner for 25 years training and racing up to 50 miles (80 kms a week). But for the last ten years (in Thailand) have been cycling. Over that time about nine years, biked about 50,000 kms. In the last year have biked more than 8,000 kms at an average 24.5 kph including up and down the mountains. Currently averaging nearly 300 kms per week and two or three times per week going out twice a day (60 to 70 kms in those days)

But I know this can all end in an instant, so I value it so much while I can

Am I lucky? Yes i must have had some luck but I think can also say haven't been unlucky. 

Chris in Lampang 

Good for you. Glad to hear of anyone with good health. It helps enormously as it relates to other aspects and philosophy of life. 

I am 74 and never been in a hospital bed since the day I was born. I am not high in anything except energy, stamina, brain power, motivation and always ready for new adventure. All my vital signs are in normal range. Never been overweight, no broken bones, diseases, no man problems ever. Absolutely nothing. great hearing, have my own teeth and hair. Vision is perfect, i don't even wear glasses for anything.

I am close to eating plant only food for a few years. I have  been a serious runner for 25 years training and racing up to 50 miles (80 kms a week). But for the last ten years (in Thailand) have been cycling. Over that time about nine years, biked about 50,000 kms. In the last year have biked more than 8,000 kms at an average 24.5 kph including up and down the mountains. Currently averaging nearly 300 kms per week and two or three times per week going out twice a day (60 to 70 kms in those days)

But I know this can all end in an instant, so I value it so much while I can

Am I lucky? Yes i must have had some luck but I think can also say haven't been unlucky. 

Chris in Lampang 

Good for you. Glad to hear of anyone with good health. It helps enormously as it relates to other aspects and philosophy of life. 

I am 74 and never been in a hospital bed since the day I was born. I am not high in anything except energy, stamina, brain power, motivation and always ready for new adventure. All my vital signs are in normal range. Never been overweight, no broken bones, diseases, no man problems ever. Absolutely nothing. great hearing, have my own teeth and hair. Vision is perfect, i don't even wear glasses for anything.

I am close to eating plant only food for a few years. I have  been a serious runner for 25 years training and racing up to 50 miles (80 kms a week). But for the last ten years (in Thailand) have been cycling. Over that time about nine years, biked about 50,000 kms. In the last year have biked more than 8,000 kms at an average 24.5 kph including up and down the mountains. Currently averaging nearly 300 kms per week and two or three times per week going out twice a day (60 to 70 kms in those days)

But I know this can all end in an instant, so I value it so much while I can

Am I lucky? Yes i must have had some luck but I think can also say haven't been unlucky. 

Chris in Lampang 

22 hours ago, Moonlover said:

You don't need a specialist to tell you what food to put in your mouth! Some comments here regarding Thai food are justified

 

Too much sugar and too much emphasis on white rice and noodle and sadly lacking in fibre.

 

Turn your attention to plenty of fruit and vegetables, whole grains and go light on red and processed meats.

 

And get some exercise.

 

Oh and strict limits on alcohol intake.

On balance, this is pretty good advice. Though more vegetables than fruit seems to be scientifically valid. If you eat a plant only based diet you won't even have to count calories. Try it. Won't hurt you!

Which god are you talking about? Shows how ridiculous it all is!

And which god set fire to Notre Dame Cathedral?

And what do the Authorities think is the current, and for many years gone, is the "Songkran tradition". Sprinkle a little water on the forehead of every passer-by but not get them wet? So much fun!!

Even if sin sod is thought obligatory, it does NOT apply to those who have been married and/or no longer a virgin, of any age.

if you proceed, consider this to be the thin end of a very wide wedge! This one is a shark - find yourself a dolphin!

As Canthai55 said. Wherever you are in the world you can thrive. I thrive by keeping busy: biking three hours a day, shopping, gardening, some housework and cooking, watching tennis and football, reading and writing, planning and going on some trips around Thailand, going out for dinner or lunch or just a nice coffee. Relaxing with breakfast watching the fish in the pool doing the same.

It's a grand life if you don't weaken!!

"Civil Enforcement Officers" or Traffic Wardens as they were in UK.  Employ them here all over Thailand as a proper job. They have no bikes or cars just patrol all the streets. They have cameras and take photos of anything they see as a traffic violation: illegal parking, running red lights, failing to stop at a pedestrian crossing, inspecting cars for tax and insurance. The money made would be enormous and could be used to fund something desperately needed such as government pensions for the elderly, education, health inspectors, trash collection, tax inspectors. Fine-enforcing Collecting Offices in every town.

I am fed up of these constant threads regarding irresponsible driving that demonstrate clearly that the Government has no idea (at least in the 16 years I have lived here) about how to handle the culture of its own people!

For me, it is honesty, respect, unselfishness, share everything, including feelings.

I live in Lampang. I have hardly seen a cloud for more than two weeks. The temperature has been as hot as I have ever known it (16 years in the North) already. Do they mean even hotter? Anything to do with Climate change?