samsensam

Thailand is becoming so dangerous and noisy 

becoming..? i guess you haven't been here long...

41 minutes ago, coxyhog said:

Labour antisemitism is all about votes,there are a lot of muslims in the UK.

what a pointless, inaccurate and ill-informed comment.

if you have nothing positive and/or constructive to say then it's better to say nothing.

if you were watching geopolitics the warning signs were there.

...so?

On 5/18/2018 at 11:28 AM, mogandave said:

I think if people don’t want you taking pictures of their crap you shouldn’t take pictures of their crap.

I think generally they use “no photo” signs to make people think their merchandise is exclusive to their shop, and they do not want it copied.
 

true. or they are copying someone else and dont want it publicised. or they are just fed up with tourists pointing cameras at them - and then not buying anything .

1 hour ago, sandrabbit said:

I have never seen any Thai pick up their dogs shit let alone clean up soi/feral dogshit so do you see him pick up the mess from his dogs?. In a few days the mess is gone anyway because of beetles and ants etc so if it's waste land why worry?. I walk my dogs on the beach and would pick up the mess if I saw any Thai do the same but I do cover it in sand and again it's probably gone in a few days due to the crabs but if they don't care about all their rubbish on the beach why should I worry about what my dogs do?. I haven't seen a single dog owned by a Thai with the rabies inoculated disk hanging from the collar. Also if the Thai people love their dogs so much why do they dump them on the beach all year round where we live?. 

in bangkok i see thais pick up their dog's poo most of the time. i'd say the non-pick up ratio is similar to back home.

30 contact hours a week is a lot, you also have to take into account, depending on you experience, lesson planning and prep time. the money is on the low side but if you dont have an expensive lifestyle maybe that doesn't bother you.

i've travelled to over 50 countries, i spent 2.5 years backpacking round the world using land borders wherever possible. the only place i've had any problem was leaving pakistan to enter india where the IO made a half hearted attempt to get me to pay a bribe. i played dumb and he let me through.

i've never had or seen anything but professional behaviour from thai IOs

8 minutes ago, Ulysses G. said:

25 years in Thailand and I still wai anyone who wais me (other than young children). A tuk-tuk driver is no less important than a bank clerk IMHO.

good for you, but... 25 years in thailand and you still dont understand thai culture.

1 minute ago, Destiny1990 said:

I thought the nineteenth hole was meant about having a drink after the game but now it can mean something else..

ah yes, that's what we all thought but as farang we dont understand thailand.

i'm on a (fairly successful so far) mission to stop all my friend's children from using this response and and say 'i'm very well thank you, and how are you?' instead, and thus ensure they sound more intelligent and interesting and less robotic than 90% of thai english speakers

i'm not sure it, technically, thailand is a third world country, but for sure they could do with education about behaving in a more environmentally friendly way beyond saying; 'save the world' and thinking that's all that is required.

9 hours ago, Maestro said:

 

The court decision is about condos because the cases brought to court were about condos. It does not necessarily mean that the law cited in the court decision does no also apply to other types of residential premises. Perhaps someone can look up the law and post the relevant section here (I have to rush off now to a dentist appointment)

so the headline and article are misleading? is it just a cut and paste job with no value added by the OP?

25 minutes ago, tryasimight said:

When I took the now wife to Australia it involved more than just holiday money to get a tourist visa. It wasn't hard to do.....just had to be done right.

 

Its not about the money.

right. it's about being open and honest. i have many friends who regularly travel abroad alone and with their families - non has ever been refused a tourist visa. sometimes i check their visa application forms, they are all completely honest; no padded bank accounts, no false claims, no agents - it's not had to apply for a visa, and they state the genuine reason why they will return to thailand; to continue their studies, work, family etc. if immigration smell a rat anywhere in the application i agree they should turn it down, too many people have abused the system.

if this isn't a troll post, unlikely, then, OP, you dont seem to have much experience of thailand all common sense says stay away from this.

...why are you so impressed that she doenst ask you for money? in all the years i've been in thailand i've never dated anyone who wanted money from me.

Home to some the world's best beaches (sic)

is this actually true? i've travelled round thailand and i've never seen any beach to match those i've seen in australia, never mind the rest of the world.

OP, could you provide evidence that that thailand has not one but 'some' of the best beaches in the world? and where are they?

https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/TravelersChoice-Beaches-cTop-g1

5 hours ago, Cadbury said:

I am not a farmer but what you say seems to make sense. But I recall a related story about a year ago where someone made the claim that organic certification could be easily purchased under the counter at the appropriate Ministry. Thailand being Thailand I don't doubt that for one minute.

i'd be happy to pay more for organic food, as i do back home. unfortunately in thailand there is just too much corruption and shenanagins to trust the efficacy of organic claims.