bazza40

2 hours ago, Skeptic7 said:

 

The 99% figure you used above seems an exaggeration.

 

Also, @bazza40 a re-read seems to be in order as I clearly stated that I do not knowingly use any animal products and do everything possible to avoid doing so. That was intentionally clarified and qualified...allowing that it is possible something might unwittingly slip by...to avoid the nit-picking nonsense. 

 

Also clearly stated that the gf was not a vegetarian, so if I'm OK with her ingesting animal products...why would it matter if she burns candles??? My lifestyle is for me alone. Not trying to push it down anyone's throat. Just sharing info bro...

If you own a car, or use any form of public transport such as a taxi or bus, you are  in a conveyance produced with the aid of animals. That's because the steel panels were made with a cold-rolling process which requires lubrication. Most rolling oils contain animal

tallow. The wheel bearings which facilitate your travel will have greases containing lithium stearate as lubricants. Again, the stearic acid used to make the grease is derived from acid splitting of tallow. Think that moisturiser you or your GF uses is animal -free? Think again - the glycerine has animal origins. Shaving soap ditto.

I think these examples illustrate a lot is going to slip by- just sharing  info

18 hours ago, The manic said:

If they bang farangs they are not 'good girls'

And if they bang Thais they are?

1 minute ago, Deepinthailand said:

Is that the same as two's up or sloopy seconds ??

Er no.

I would suggest there are plenty of falangs in Thailand who are entirely self-sufficient. However, given the low cost of many luxuries here, why not indulge?

11 minutes ago, Deepinthailand said:

But do they want 75 yr old bones is the question?

It depends on whether the bone in question needs chemical assistance.......perhaps you did not get the double entendre.

4 hours ago, Saan said:

The Ford Ranger was voted best in its group by motoring writers in Australia earlier this year.

Motoring writers give the best rating to the manufacturer who wines and dines them best. It's naive to think otherwise. I haven't seen a Toyota Landcruiser utility in Thailand; however, it's the almost universal choice of farmers in Australia. Incredibly durable.

I have no idea how a Ford Ranger compares to other behemoths. I have noted, however, that SUV and utility drivers here seem to be more aggressive on the road. Compensating for a small appendage, perhaps?

47 minutes ago, petermik said:

Omo washes not only clean.....

not only bright but white......

Omo adds bright bright brightness

 

My personal preference is the good old nakka..lakka

I love this stuff, because it shows how advertising triumphs over reality.

When I worked in the industry ( a long time ago, admittedly ) the detergent brands Omo and Surf were basically identical. The only difference was the Omo had a small proportion of the powder grains dyed with methylene blue, to make it look different. The same with the brands Rinso and Persil. Identical soap powder off the same production line, just put in different packaging. It's called brand saturation. I've had housewives swear blind to me one was better than the other.

From memory, the cost of advertising for a packet of Omo was about 20 times the cost of the material inside the packet. This is the heartbeat of modern industrial society.

15 minutes ago, smotherb said:

 

Some say it is so; and the girls tell me I am not only a hansum man, but I smell good too

Does that mean your s##t doesn't stink either?

Just now, does said:

I could be wrong but dealers are not really keen to give discounts if you pay cash. They prefer to sell on installents. They are financial services business. That's where the money is.

The technique is to lead them into thinking you will pay in instalments until just before signing up, then say you've changed your mind and will pay cash. Makes it very difficult for them to backtrack on price.

To think I wasted 5 minutes of my time reading this thread........

5 hours ago, Skeptic7 said:

Personally, I do not believe that non-human animals...our fellow earthlings...are to be consumed, nor used and abused and exploited.  Vegan for over 26 years now for mainly ethical reasons, my only regret is that I can't claim a lifelong vegan diet. I don't knowingly use any animal products and do everything possible to be in the "know". 

 

That said, my gf is not even a vegetarian, nor are most of my friends and acquaintances. That is OK. I don't evangelize about it to them and they don't ignorantly ridicule me. One observation...a couple decades ago, when people found out I was a vegan, they would get defensive without provocation. Nowadays, people are much more interested and inquiring. They allow that they don't eat any or much red meat anymore and are trying to cut back on other fatty and high cholesterol animal flesh and embryos. 

 

I am wondering how you can possibly know the bathroom product you use is not derived from animals. Even the candles your girl-friend buys to burn at a shrine are most likely of animal origin - they are usually made from stearine, the result of splitting animal tallow with acid.

My son and daughter-in-law were full-on vegetarians. They have gone back to eating red meat, because anaemia can be one of the penalties of vegan practices.

I don't have any problem with your beliefs. We could all benefit healthwise and economically from reducing our protein intake in favour of

fruit, vegetables and grains. However, I suggest you are kidding yourself if you think you can isolate yourself from animal-derived products.

19 minutes ago, tomyumchai said:

This big fat bird keeps coming to the shop and its always when dorris is at the market. Now i do enjoy a bit of lardy pardy now n again but not when they look like a bulldog sucking piss off a thistle.....

Luckily this one always leaves when ive handed her the 19baht for the water bill.....

A picturesque simile

Wonderful - I can bankrupt myself taking out medical insurance as a 73 yo, assuming they are even offering it to that demographic.

With the exception of the advice to learn Thai, the rest of the article is BS.

14 minutes ago, manfredtillmann said:

simple and stupid?

i don't know what nationality the op is but s/he is referring to 'a third party country'.

if s/he is i.e. australian, and legally married to a thai, than the ruling of the thai court could be completely irrelevant if the spouse applies for settlement rulings in oz. the thai partner would be able to, and most likely succeed, in laying claim to 50% of his / her partners assets. no matter what the pre nup states.

I think you've misinterpreted my post. The KISS principle is well known in management jargon ( Keep It Simple Stupid ). I was applying it to the OP's situation, not to you.

I entirely agree Australian family courts have power to set aside prior agreements, because that's what happened to me with a defacto. Only cost me $310,000. Australia is actually a legal dictatorship. The only documents with any legal standing are a Binding Financial Agreement, sanctioned by the Family Court, or Family Court orders.

Not surprisingly, I refuse to get married here, even though my Thai GF would love it. I've shown my commitment in other ways.

1 minute ago, mcfish said:

ummm nup. The law is not elastic however certain condo owners are..big difference

Same as any crime from stealing to murder , it happens regardless of the law and will never be stopped and its not unique to any country

 

Its really up to condo owners to speak up and meet with juristic and offer proof and threaten to sue juristic if they dont stop illegal rentals . Thats what we did and it took years but we got there in the end.

As the banks seem to own a large proportion of the apartments in my condo, it would appear the majority rules.

Fortunately, my condo was originally built to be a hospital, so the walls are very thick. However, I can understand it would be annoying if you had to put up with short-termers coming in drunk every night.

8 minutes ago, manfredtillmann said:

if you are australian... the very best of luck to you, mate.

chances are oz courts won't even look at it.

 

Keep It Simple Stupid. The OP would do better by ensuring the assets he does not want to lose stay outside Thailand.

I don't think the OP's Australian.  Centrelink would be docking his pension, not increasing it.

2 hours ago, mcfish said:

Min 1 month its the law

Sent from my zumo using Tapatalk
 

It depends which condo. The one I live in has a fairly constant influx of people renting for 1 - 2 weeks. The law is fairly elastic in Thailand.

3 minutes ago, MissAndry said:

 

You know her too!

Naughty girl, editing my post. But good one, nevertheless.

17 minutes ago, MissAndry said:

Drive up from Santhitham road to the superhighway, 2 big ones either side of the road.

Drive past Tesco superhighway, past the turn off to the moat, next soi along to the end BisLand is another.

Behind Wat Jet Yot 5 in a row, Movement, Love Boat, China Chic and a couple of others.

Loi Kroh road, soi 3, 100m along Montha hotel, ground floor is ST rooms.

MoonMuang Soi 2, drive past it, left into an alley with the smoothie shop, end of alley.

Road to Lampung with rubber trees, under superhighway on right, Adventure Hotel, looks legit but isn't.

 

Is that enough yet?

(Pal of mine is an NGO dealing with prostitution in CM)

And how is he or she dealing with it? Haven't heard of too many NGO's ( except Medecins Sans Frontieres ) who are effective at anything, apart from hoovering up money.

2 minutes ago, MissAndry said:

Drive up from Santhitham road to the superhighway, 2 big ones either side of the road.

Drive past Tesco superhighway, past the turn off to the moat, next soi along to the end BisLand is another.

Behind Wat Jet Yot 5 in a row, Movement, Love Boat, China Chic and a couple of others.

Loi Kroh road, soi after the Boxing ring on the right, 200m along big new posh hotel, ground floor is ST rooms.

MoonMuang Soi 2, drive past it, left into an alley with the smoothie shop, end of alley.

Road to Lampung with rubber trees, under superhighway on right, Adventure Hotel, looks legit but isn't.

 

Is that enough yet?

More than enough, I'm impressed by your dedication. Perhaps you'd like to post a review after you've tried them out.

My Thai GF wants photos of food, her at temples, etc. etc. which all then get shared on Facebook.

I don't get annoyed, why would I? A fair proportion of the time I'm reading my Kindle or typing on my laptop.

1 hour ago, Skeptic7 said:

I use soaps...both bar and liquid...that have NO animal products in them. Many bar soap ares made with "tallow"...aka animal fat...mainly from sheep and cattle. Also, cannot use highly perfumed soaps or laundry detergents. Assault on the olfactories! Must be lightly and naturally fragranced...such as tamarind, citrus, turmeric, etc.  

Vegetable oils would be the only realistic alternative to tallows, and they are too valuable to be used for soapmaking.

I suppose there are some liquid soaps that actually contain soap, as distinct from nonionic surfactant. Think about it. It's liquid. Therefore, the manufacturer is making a nice profit selling you water.

I'm wondering if Muslims realise the vast majority of bar soaps and laundry soap powder are made with varying proportions of pig fat.

Liquid soap is not actually soap, that's a misnomer. Soap is made by boiling up caustic soda or caustic potash with tallow or fatty acids, resulting in a sodium or potassium salt of the fatty acids. It is then processed into bar soap. Strongly coloured soaps are made with the cheapest ingredients, pure white soap from the more expensive. Pears transparent soap is made from potassium hydroxide and oleic acid, which is why it's the most expensive.

Liquid "soap" is most usually compounded from nonionic surfactants. They are not as effective as true soap. Soap lowers the the surface tension of water to 25 dynes/cm, whereas nonionics only lower the surface tension to 35 dynes/cm. They are also more difficult to break down in waste treatment processes, or when discharged to the environment. Phenol-based nonionics have been implicated in the feminisation of some species, as they mimic oestrogen. You guys scrubbing your balls with liquid soap may want to think about that.

Here endeth the lesson.

2 hours ago, MissAndry said:

Chiang Mai is full of short time hotels, do none of you know how to use them?

Perhaps you could tell us where they all are. Sorry, I forgot - that would mean you'd have to back up your generalisation with facts.

Given the crass and insensitive remarks made by a few posters, I'm wondering if the moderators would consider a "WITHDRAW POST" function on Thai Visa, operable only by the poster who made the remark. Some may have the grace to admit their post was inappropriate.