Moonlover

19 hours ago, Krataiboy said:

Best ask a Thai.

If I thought for one moment that I would get a straight answer, I might do so.

But I've got so used to such questions being answered obtusely or evasively that I've realized that it's not worth the effort.

Thailand - LOS, Land of Secrets Shhh!

5 minutes ago, Krataiboy said:

You guys seem to forget that a dog is not just a dog in Thailand. Thais believe it could be a reincarnated loved one. So no contest when it comes to either avoiding the dog or some falang face down in a beer.

Quote: 'Thais believe it could be a reincarnated loved one'.

Oh really! So why do they treat them so damn badly?

The modern take on throat infections in the developed world is that 90% of them are caused by virus's, against which antibiotics are useless.

In the UK, many pharmacies have installed a simple over-the-counter swab test in an effort to reduce the amount of antibiotics being prescribed unnecessarily.

My defence and fix for a sore throat is simple and very ancient. A diet rich in garlic, onions and ginger.

I find garlic very effective if you are able to chew it raw. The clove should be cut in half and left for ten minutes to allow the active ingredients to mix, then chewed and allowed to run down the throat.

Yes, I know, to many, it sounds revolting, but it works.

8 hours ago, Toscano said:

It is all good for population control !!!  I note 32000 accident deaths per 100,000 , a massive number , but the birthrate is very high in Thailand , so with a bit of luck it equals out .  What a terrifying experience for the car driver who filmed this huge lorry overtaking , miraculously they survived .

 

You didn't think this one through very well did you Toscana. If they were killing themselves off that the rate you're quoting, Thailand should be empty by now! Try 32 per 100,000 and you could be closer to the truth.

You are also totally incorrect regarding birthrate. Thailand has been praised by a number of bodies, including the UN, for their success in introducing birth control. Their birthrate is now comparable with France, the UK and China and is lower than the USA.

On ‎10‎/‎27‎/‎2016 at 11:16 PM, lust said:

On ‎10‎/‎27‎/‎2016 at 11:16 PM, lust said:

Why do people use pay/talk? Why not go on a monthly plan if you live here?

Why do people use pay/talk? Why not go on a monthly plan if you live here?

Because not everyone spends all day whapping on the phone is why. My phone costs me around 50 THB a month. Find a monthly plan that cheap if you can.

7 minutes ago, bagrov said:

So just to make 10000% clear:

 

When I am in Luang Prabang, I will be checking in my bag with Air Asia, BUT I have to ask them to send my baggage all the way to Vientiane even though I am flying with Nok Air. Right? It just sounds so confusing.

No Bagrov, you are being misinformed. Please see my post ID 10. You cannot through check baggage when switching airlines, unless they are alliance partners, which these two are not.

As I have already mentioned, let Air Asia know that you will be in transit at DMK and they will tag your baggage 'in transit' which will stop it going on the carousel. It will be held until you've checked in with Nok Air at the transfer desk. That's why you need to present your baggage claim tags.

It amounts to the same thing of course. It will end up on your flight to Yangon. Good luck.

47 minutes ago, BritTim said:

I stand to be corrected, but I do not think  Nok Air is a full service airline with a transfer desk in the transit area. In fact, my reading of their page at http://nokair.com/content/en/services/Connecting-Flight.aspx suggests that they can only handle international transfers on a very limited basis, and not with Air Asia. It is just possible that they may be able to make special arrangements, but I doubt it where checked baggage is concerned. If they can at all, expect extra charges.

Yes, you're probably right on this BritTim, but you're confusing airline services with airport functions.

All international airports have systems in place to enable transit passengers to pass through their airport without having to enter the country. In airport parleé, they remain airside. That is the function of the afore mentioned 'transfer desk'. It works on behalf of all airlines to ensure that passengers and their baggage are moved on to their next flight.

I've done this many times, in many airports, including Dom Muaeng (In its previous incarnation), when I was flying from Riyadh to Penang.

Oh and one more thought. When you check in at Vientiane, tell them you will be in transit at DMK. They may have transfer arrangements with other airlines. Some do, some don't.

At the very lest they may put an 'in transit' tag on your baggage to prevent it from going through to  the baggage hall.

4 minutes ago, bagrov said:

I was a bit wrong. I am flying to Bangkok with Air Asia and from there I’ll have Nok Air. Sorry.

Ok folks. Step by step.

Bagrov, when you arrive at Dom Mueang, follow the 'transit passengers' signs. (Or signs to that effect, they do vary. Sometimes they 'International transfers. '). These will guide you through a closed loop to the departure side. Locate the transfer desk and present them with your Nok Air ticket and your baggage tags. They will guide from there on.

Thousands of passengers do this in airports throughout the world. It's routine.

Good luck.

1 minute ago, bagrov said:

Yep, in Bangkok I will arrive at Don Mueang and the connecting flight departures from it as well.

What if I need to check in the baggage?

Didn't I just cover that? I'll say it again. The transfer desk will arrange that for you. Relax.

Your flight schedules suggest to me that you will be 'in transit' , meaning that you plan to remain in the international area of the terminal. If this is the case you will not need to re-enter Thailand at all.

You should not need to collect your baggage yourself. Go to the transfer desk to check in and present your baggage tags. They should arrange to transfer your baggage for you. I've done this quite a few times. Never had a problem.

Have a good journey.

Definitely time to unfollow! Bye bye cake eating monks. Or is monks eating cake? Whatever.

7 hours ago, Enoon said:

22 hours ago, Johnniey said:

 

Has anyone bothered to read the article? Well I have and the above is wrong. Netizens are just discussing if it is appropriate or not. Read the replies and you'll find more saying it is acceptable.  How can we know what the people sharing it have said?

Wow, this is nothing.

More people said it WAS appropriate.

 

NEWS  SHOULD BE FACT.

"Fact times importance equals news!".     

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Johniey makes a valid point here. The article says that 'The story had been shared more than 8,000 times by yesterday'. Again, it says 'shared', It does not say 8,000 people complained.

But what bugs me more is that any news media should find such a trivial matter newsworthy,

And even more. What is such trivial stuff doing on this forum?

6 hours ago, Enoon said:

 

The DL really said "gotten"?

Read my last sentence again!

3 hours ago, nausea said:

No, but I share their principles, or at least Guatama's 

search for the truth, through experential experience, as opposed to textbooks or theory.

I rather like these two quotations from that venerable gentleman, the Dalai Lama.

1. “People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they’re not on your road doesn’t mean they’ve gotten lost.”

2. “The whole purpose of religion is to facilitate love and compassion, patience, tolerance, humility, and forgiveness.”

Live and let. And if that includes eating birthday cake, then let them carry on and enjoy. Life is too short to be making a fuss about such trifling matters.

5 hours ago, Sphere said:

Times have changed.....it's been 2559 years.....

 

I like the fact that the beloved Lama is flanked by a Christian, a Sikh and a Moslem. Tolerance, understanding and pragmatism are the key elements needed in this world today. This photo says it all.

I wonder when these 'holier than thou' netizens last sat in meditation and contemplated the Buddhist virtues of loving kindness, tolerance and compassion!

On ‎9‎/‎26‎/‎2016 at 6:02 PM, nausea said:

As I understand it it's legal, but you have to have a temporary marriage lasting 1 or 2 hours. Remember Moslems can have more than one wife.

No Nausea, this generally not true (However see my caveat below). There is such an arrangement, known as nikah mut'ah, that is recognized by some sects of Islam, but not all them. In the main, Shias do recognize it but Sunnis do not. And as the great majority of Gulf Arabs are the latter, it cannot be applied.

There is also another a key element that must apply. The lady in the arrangement must be both a Muslim and chaste. That hardly describes the 'working girls' in the night clubs of Dubai does it! Also the length of the arrangement is somewhat longer than 1 or 2 hours.

I have heard of this arrangement being used (Abused would be a better word) in Egypt to get around the laws there and possibly to assuage the consciences of visiting Gulf Arabs who are the main customers (You never know when Allah is watching), but the Egyptians are pretty slick at twisting anything around to suit their purposes.

There was also talk of this idea being adopted in Iran (Which is Shai of course) as a means of 'legalizing' the rampant prostitution there, but nothing has come of it.

And just for the record, I am not an apologist for Islam. Anything but! I did spend a long time in the region and got to know its ways.

Now that I’ve got over my ‘banal’ moment, I’ll come back to what I was going to say about this incident.

I have driven this type of vehicle for many years, whilst working in the Middle East. And I know from that experience that, whilst they are good at what there’re designed for, their handling is somewhat compromised by being heavy, having a relatively high C of G and being rear wheel drive (in normal driving conditions).

They require a more sedate method of driving than a standard car and are much less forgiving if the driver mishandles it. As I discovered one day when I found myself (and my family) spinning off the road and going backwards into the desert!

The second point to make is the difference in the way men and women react in this kind of animal encounter on the roads. As is clear from earlier posts, It is for us menfolk, a matter of ‘my safety and survival comes first’ type of attitude, me included.

Fast forward from days my in Saudi Arabia, to a trip out with an Italian friend of mine in Egypt. We were returning an animal sanctuary. (Note the irony) when a dog came out of the darkness into our path. Sandra’s reaction was to brake hard, swerve violently and, incredibly, reach out and grab my arm, presumably for emotional support!

We got away with it (both us and the dog), but had her vehicle been a 4 X 4 and not a normal hatchback there would have been a very real danger of it tipping over as happened in the case in point

I put this down to the girlie drivers of this world reacting in a more emotive and protective way than us men would. They are after all the nurturers and carers of our species and I feel that this what happened to the young lady involved in this accident.

I hope this young lady has learned from her lesson and maybe she’ll take to driving a vehicle more suited to her experience and skill level in future.

1 hour ago, Alive said:

The monk obviously knows nothing about Thailand or Thai-style Buddhism. Or maybe he does and wants to make a statement of protest. Or maybe he wants media publicity because he is a failing actor.  There could be lots of reasons for this. The first mistake any foreigner makes when coming to Thailand is to think monks actually follow their vows. I tried to respect them when I first got here but I've seen the truth. Another day another monk going through the motions.

I wasn't planning on going there and I still have reservations. But I totally empathise with Alive's comments above.

My real, more deep-seated feelings, if expressed, would probably have me banned from this forum!

Drama. DRAMA? A father holding his own daughter is a DRAMA?

No wonder so many people hold religion in such disdain.

1 hour ago, LivinginKata said:

 

I had always thought power steering worked using hydraulic system, but a quick Google check confirms there is an electric 'drive-by-wire' system.  Must check how our car power steering works for future reference ...

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_steering

Certainly every vehicle I've owned had hydraulic assistance. Come to think of it, I remember having the drive belt snap on my old Isuzu Trooper once. It was ok to drive at speed, but damn hard work once I got back into town.

So I formally withdraw my comment. But I do wish the worker would buy a plug.

1 minute ago, KarenBravo said:

 

Ever heard of power steering?

Or, do you think the driver has the strength to turn the wheels?

Yes, you will note I've already withdrawn my earlier comment for that very reason. But thanks for pointing it out.

I do so admire the worker's mains connection. I wonder what technique he used on the bus.

3 minutes ago, williamgeorgeallen said:

of course i looked it up, learnt a new word today. talking about being anal, next time you read a banal post, just move on. no need to reply. just move on.

As Cpl Jones used to say in Dad's Army, 'They don't like it up 'em'. Very happy to move on from this banal conversation.