shadmo63

These comments support further the argument to avoid buses all together and to take the train when circumstances permit,

Mate, the trains in Thailand are just as dangerous. There were at least a dozen derailments last year. Fly!!

Sure 'bout that?

Google "mh370-will-anybody-be-held-to-account.html"

You betcha! Mostly on the Northern line which they eventually closed down for a couple of months

http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/train-derails-near-lamphun-station/

Thailand will never move forward with threats of coups, riots and demonstrations every 18 months.

I don't know, just more of the same really. Seems to have done alright since absolute monarchy was abolished 80 years ago. With 18 coups and 17 different constitutions and 50 odd years of military dictatorships, all things considered it's done pretty well. Have to agree with you though, and with current leaders YS and AV in charge can not see any likelihood of a stable democracy any time soon. The next decade is going to be more than interesting. What Thailand needs now is another Pridi Banomyong.

These comments support further the argument to avoid buses all together and to take the train when circumstances permit,

Mate, the trains in Thailand are just as dangerous. There were at least a dozen derailments last year. Fly!!

Hey I wonder if there is any correlation between FNC lovers/haters and red shirt/ yellow shirts?

yo mate, no offense, but, before I shacked up w the soapy girl,

I was hanging with my friend from NYC and his wife;s friends were drooling for a shot,

All over 30, none with kids, all wanting what she has,

please

I did more than find one girl to play with

Well then you must be an EXPERT on Thai women!

Funny thing is in Thailand 10% of women have their first baby before age 18. The average age of Thai women having their first baby is 23.

http://www.unicef.org/pon95/fami0009.html

So lets see.....you met a ton of over 30 Thai women who have NOT had a baby ......guess you got lied to.

I think you'll find Thai women are now only averaging 1.6 babies each, down from 6 not that long ago. That leaves plenty plenty of women over 30 without children. Don't see how you can conclude he was lied to.

55555. Cheer up.

Hey skeetjones, I am 50 and have just started a BEd so I can work as a teacher here at home or in Thailand. I figure I've got 15-20 more years of work in me. There's a guy in my course who is 57 so I am young. You are 30 and the world is your oyster. Do something good with your life so when you are old you can look back with contentment, not regret.

As a newbie I don't know if this is on topic or not or should be in a new topic, but I would like to discuss the pro's and con's of having children with your younger gf/ wife, especially when you already have (almost) grown up children from previous relationships. I am 50 and gf is 33 and dearly wants to have a luug kreung or two. Me I am scared. How will my current children handle it? Do luug kreung really fit in and are accepted well into Thai society? Am I to old and do I have the energy for this?

6 weeks now - sort of cold turkey - I read half of Alan Carrs book, if thats considered a method. I also visited a couple of websites http://whyquit.com/ with good information (like the Marlboro man died about my age from lung cancer). He claims cold turkey is the most successful method by far and your small poll would back that up (31/69 currently) Still get the urge occasionally but it passes quickly. Just too expensive nowadays at $20 a packet here in Oz, and at 50 after 35 odd years it was just time. Maybe those revolting pictures on the packets helped a bit too. I tried Zyban once but was allergic to it and did give up (read all of Alan Carrs book that time) in 09 for six months before having just one cigarette when drunk. Just one. Don't do it!!

I hear you Razer64, and relate to your experience. It is hard not to be bitter sometimes. And I agree about the "unspoken language".

Jai yen yen

Depends on the context doesn't it?

Out and about in public, or with those I'm most intimate with, no problem.

And for myself, those are the only situations where it's used to address me in person and I know enough to understand it's not meant disrespectfully. Not that I think I'm all that "deserving of respect" just because I'm white.

So you let close friends refer to you as, or call you 'farang''?

Unbelievable!

What, they don't know your name? And your last sentence shows you have some issues. If they're close friends, the respect should be mutual.

Any Thai I know or work with who refers to me as 'farang' gets schooled real quick.

I agree, "farang" has neither negative nor positive connotation by itself; as Wym said it depends on the context.

But I think "Maksida" or "Baksida" is khon Isarn taking the piss!!??

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One's definition of quality sex probably differs. To me its important that I'm able to give my partner the big "O" and if I give her several even better but this depends on the chemistry we have between each other more then either ones prowess. It doesn't have to be porn star gymnastic stuff but more importantly being able to please each other. I would feel very bummed out if she had to fake it but I bet a lot of women do because their partners are not paying enough attention to what she likes rather focusing on himself.

A lot of men have lost their libido's or have erectile dysfunction (ED's) because they've lost or never found that chemistry with their GF/wife.

Whats the big O ??

Orgasm

Thanks...thought it was Oranges.

Think I remember a girl having one of them once.

Roy Orbison????

havent you ever heard of teaching them, if they dont know or have never been shown what do you expect. It is pretty easy to do, if you show her how to enjoy it herself and not just jump on and do the busines and jump off leaving her high and dry she will pick it up. Some women just lie there and this totally kills any passion(probably men that do the equivelent), if they get to enjoy it they will adjust they way they react, just try taking your time, talk to her about it and show here exactly how good it can be. When I was young it was just a matter of getting my rocks off but as you grow older and marry you learn that feelings play a big part and start to make sure your partner gets just as much enjoyment as you, maybe with a lot of happy endings she will really take to it.

This is my whole point….yes, I could teach her but if the sexual desire for any partner is completely absent on her part, what can teaching accomplish? I only ask this because I genuinely care about her and I need a partner who doesn't make me stray to the bar.

That's a big problem I have in Thailand. I don't put the effort into a relationship that I would back home because I know if she's not willing to put out, I can just buy great sex for 1000 baht.

In this case, she's beautiful and intelligent but she even admits she has a problem with no sex drive and always had the same problem in past relationships.

I don't know if I take time, can she change or is this something set from birth and no amount of time will fix the lack of desire. She said all the time she's alone, not once has she even contemplated touching herself which sort of tells me she just doesn't have the required libido for holding off the bar girls in a long term relationship.

Yes she is hard wired that way and will never change. There is absolutely nothing you can do about it. Maybe in the western world you could try some intensive sex therapy but I doubt you would find it in Thailand (or the mindset to do it). As some one else suggested it would be a deal breaker for me, as I am guessing you know it is for you. It is just too important a part of a relationship.

Yes let's not worry about facts

RIP. I hope his family have counselling and support at this difficult time.

Buddha: "how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you."

You have to walk the earth lightly and not take things too seriously, if you are to cope with the stress of life. Sometimes this is easily forgotten in the modern stressful world. Poor guy.

Yes RIP

Maybe the sentiments are good but this is not a Buddha quote at all but completely FAKE: "In the end only three things matter - how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you."

democratic republic of taksin shinawatra buffaloes? The reality is nothing is made up there and everything would need to be imported from Thailand, including rice. Then they would become a land locked poor country like Laos. It would be economic suicide. Also all the people around Chiang Mai are from different ethnic groups and are not one people, so its not true you could have a united Lanna kingdom. idiotic thinking?

Come on. They might have to import a lot but certainly not rice. They have more land under rice cultivation than Isaan yet only a third of the population. And do not forget there are many many products produced in the factory area of Lamphun.

Try using pay-pal accounts. will take about 5 to 7 days for money to be available to your friend but cost is much less.

One more vote here for PAYPAL. Costs nothing or max $0.50 + 50 Baht and better exchange rate when I send money to gf in Thailand. Bank to bank from Australia cost me $22 here in Aus, then 600 Baht at SCB there - plus a poorer exchange rate than Paypal.

"insulting Isaan people means that you're insulting our wives, friends, children and inlaws"

I'm glad to see that other people on the forum feel this way.

A couple of weeks ago, the stickmanbangkok website printed a reader's story of the week, which, along with the usual clichés of "Isaan princesses" and "Nahkon Nowhere" had this to say about Isaan ladies "In an instant the sweet, façade of nicety will be replaced by a nastiness which emanates from deep in the jungles somewhere; a primal being not long down from the trees."

I emailed him and asked him if he realised just how offensive someone like myself, who has a Thai wife, children and grandchildren, found it to have them compared to monkeys simply on the basis of where they were born but he just didn't seem to get it.

Hmm, Stickmanbangkok inhabits that somewhat surreal Bangkok/Pattaya/Patong world of Bar Girls, Bar Fines, GoGo Bars, Booze and the various depths of depravity that goes along with that life. Expecting him to understand 'real' life let alone even comprehend why you might even be offended is like watching Fox News and expecting to see...News!

Never gonna happen

FOX is the only news in the US. Are u maybe a Chris Matthews fan??

Sorry, I am not an American and do not know Chris Matthews (and like you completely off topic), but surely BlueSkyCowboy you say that tongue-in-cheek? What FOX feeds you is more like baracking (for whoever Rupert Murdoch is following, but certainly not for Barack) than news!!