SoiBiker

Just now, transam said:

Let's get back to chop sticks where you are totally wrong...Now go have a chat with your bird.....Then come back and tell all....Bet you won't....

Why on earth would I want to go and talk to my wife about chopsticks?

1 minute ago, sanemax said:

 

   You really need to understand , when something costs twice as much in one establishment than it does in a place a few doors away, then indeed it is expensive (in comparison) , the actual cost is irrelevant to that point .

Yes. But when there are places that charge twice as much again, then it's not exactly at the pricey end of the range. 

1 minute ago, sanemax said:

 

   I gave an example of how much typical rice dishes cost .

You were trying to show off by stating that your typical rice dish costs twice as much as everyone elses typical rice dishes .

I'm not trying to show off. Just pointing out that the range of 'typical' rice dishes goes beyond that assumed by some of our more frugal members - and that calling 80 Baht for such a dish 'pricey' is quite amusing. 

Apparently this has somewhat struck a nerve for some people. 

3 minutes ago, sanemax said:

 

  That was one of the reasons , yes .

Fair enough. I guess that explains your concern at the price of rice. 

1 minute ago, transam said:

So your bird does not eat with chop sticks cos it looks cheap...?

You really struggle to follow the thread of a conversation at times, don't you?

Just now, transam said:

Explain...?....(if you can).......

Which of those words are you struggling with?

1 minute ago, sanemax said:

 

  It certainly wasnt to see whether natives use forks or chopsticks to eat .

Was it because it was cheap?

1 minute ago, transam said:

Only your bird who can't use chop sticks eh.............

My wife can use chopsticks perfectly well. She doesn't use them to eat rice, though - and neither does yours. 

The difference, I guess, is that I pay enough attention to her to notice what she does. 

1 minute ago, anotheruser said:

 

As if you needed that to be one up. You start from a self elevated sense of superiority over everybody else. 

Not everybody else, no. 

4 minutes ago, Think2Mutt said:

There's a 'manager degree' where you're from then?

You've never heard of a degree in Business Management or Management Studies?

Funny how someone who's presumably sat opposite a Thai women for hundreds of meals can have missed a detail like that, though. 

1 minute ago, transam said:

You are out of your depth with this one as you know nothing about Thai eating utensils...Ask your bird and come back to us.....Theres a good chap...

I know they don't eat rice with chopsticks. Which puts me one up on you. 

What keen students of cultural differences some of you are. I can really see why you wanted to live in another culture. 

Just now, transam said:

You are wrong again....You really must keep up with Thai stuff....Mrs.Trans eats with chop sticks with certain food....Restaurants we frequent give chop sticks, I ask for my tools......Perhaps you spend your time in BK or McD's, but there is a Thai eating culture out there perhaps beyond your boundaries...

Certain foods, yes. You haven't really paid much attention to which ones, clearly. 

Just now, sanemax said:

  

   It wasnt a funny joke, nor was it an obvious joke .

Maybe it would have been funny if we were in a real life situation and you said it in a jokey voice, but it just didnt transmit too well as  written words on a forum

It wasn't obvious that I was joking?

You failed to notice I wasn't actually handing you a 100B note?

4 minutes ago, transam said:

I would suggest that more folk on our planet eat with chop sticks, spoons, fingers than us knife and fork folk...

Maybe so. But this forum is about Thailand. Surely even the least observant amongst us will have noticed that Thai people don't use chopsticks to eat rice?

Just now, sanemax said:

 

  LOL 100 Baht for a "fancy dinner" .

Hi Cheap Charlie

Yes. The irony of that statement was the basis of the joke I was making. 

Do try and keep up. 

Just now, sanemax said:

 

Maybe its just the poor people who pay 50 Baht for rice dishes that use chopsticks, the 90 Baht places that you frequent and non poor people frequent, are more sophisticated and thus use forks and spoons

Wow. You have a bit of a chip on your shoulder about that one, don't you?

Here's 100 baht. Treat yourself to a fancy dinner tonight on me. 

2 minutes ago, anotheruser said:

 

You asked who eats rice with chopsticks as if doing so was unusual. 

Yes. Because in Thailand, it is. 

Oh, this is JapanVisa now?

3 minutes ago, Bonobojt said:

what about creating a website ? I know its possible to earn money from websites and blogs etc ,, but not sure if its enough to live/work in Thailand, what about the people/person who created this website ? I'm guessing he or she earns money from  this  

I'd say for every one person who makes money from a website, there are a large number who do not. The internet certainly doesn't need yet another travel blog. 

37 minutes ago, sanemax said:

The people who eat fried rice with chopsticks probably find them easier to use, rather than being too stupid to use forks and spoons

Who eats fried rice with chopsticks, though?

57 minutes ago, tonray said:

If you want a teaching job...the facial hair has got to go. 

A teacher can't have a beard?

Are they deep fried?

Put your best dress on love - I'm taking you somewhere fancy tonight. 99 baht rice, my treat!