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4 minutes ago, Spidey said:

Well without algorithms (also invented by a Moslem), you wouldn't be posting on this forum!

Algorithms. Ok. Add another to numbers, algebra and a big library. Which of course was mostly Ancient Greek books burned by those who seen no good in knowledge. 

11 minutes ago, duanebigsby said:

You're scapegoating Islam for a world problem. The majority of child marriages are done outside of the Muslim religion.

https://www.girlsnotbrides.org/8-child-marriage-myths-bust-international-womens-day-2017/

I'm not scapegoating Islam. Its abhorrent anywhere, but in this topic Islam is the subject. 

1 hour ago, duanebigsby said:

When this thread started, I was appalled that Thailand and Malaysia allowed this to happen.

 

I started googling child marriages and it isn't strictly a Muslim problem.

It's a world problem.

It happens across all religions, all colours of people, and across most of the world.

This is a people problem, not a religious one.

True. But Islam not only condones it but holds it up as an example of what a perfect person does. Al la Mohammad. 

6 hours ago, Esso49 said:

No worse than any other other religion.   they are all basically evil and dependent upon mass brainwashing 

Oh I'm going to get bashed for this but Islam is a little different. It is easier to brainwash low IQ in-breeding then a more intelligent base. 

2 hours ago, Aussieroaming said:

It isnt just sad, it pathetic. Laughing about some unfortunate blokes death because it doesnt directly affect them. The same blokes who typically whine about SFA on Thai Visa.

Fair dinkum, and here I was thinking that Internet forums were for opinions. Right or wrong. 

Some hope to otherwise a bad century to live in for people like me. 

Love it all. The diversity of life.

11 hours ago, ukrules said:

I went looking for mine too but I've moved house a couple of times in the last two years and it's gone. It will have been thrown out with all the crap I dumped when moving.

 

Also the shelf life on those juices is only 1 year - this is on the 'pure' nicotine liquid which used in production of the end juice and it starts from when it's extracted from the tobacco - something which is worth knowing. I was told this by someone who worked at a company where they produce the 100% nicotine juice from raw materials a few years ago.

Keep it in the freezer. Extends the shelf life. 

1 minute ago, Justfine said:

Isn't rain always free?

Give it time, they'll work a tax on it somehow. 

Not to answer your question as far as Thailand is concerned. But the same situation occurs in Australia. Land that is surrounded by state or federal forest. Can not be sold but can be passed down. These land titles predate legislation of the forest. 

37 minutes ago, canda said:

I'm afraid you are incorrect, the correct word is farang, if you don't believe me look up a dictionary.

CANDA.

I'll split the difference and vote for farung. But only if you roll the r and ain't lazy.

or, are not. 

A comedy post rather than the usual back biting grab. Gotta love it. 

Keep the replies coming. 

2 hours ago, remorhaz said:

Thais and business...  here's a hypothetical that illustrates a point that I have seen in one way or another in Thailand.  A Thai owns a block of 10 rental units.  He rents them for 1,000 Baht each.  Unexpectedly 5 of his renters leave within the same month.  The owner then goes to the remaining 5 and tells them that rent is now 2,000 Baht a month.  In response to this 4 out of the remaining 5 leave.  The owner than goes to his sole remaining renter and tells him that rent is now 10,000 Baht a month which immediately prompts his last renter to leave.  His entire complex stays empty for 2 months.  Finally a potential customer comes up and asks how much it is to rent one of his units - the owner answers "10,000 baht" - the owner is used to getting 10,000 baht after all.  The new customer immediately walks away.  At the temple the owner prays and lights an incense stick and dedicates a bottle of Red Fanta because obviously the Buddha is angry at him as he has no customers.  

 

The absolute inability to connect cause with effect and understand that for a person to have something greater tomorrow they must not consume it or waste it today.  I blame the weather.  In Europe or North Asia if you didn't plant your crops properly and harvest them carefully you starved during the winter.  This has a tendency to shake out the lazy within a few generations.  In Thailand if you're lazy and wake up at 1pm every day and don't plant anything it doesn't matter.  When hungry you simply go tear a piece off any number of trees and eat, year round.  If you save something chances are someone will be along to take it or want to "borrow" it from you so why save anything?  Only today matters.  Ask a Thai this: would you rather get 60,000 Baht at the end of each month or 1,000 Baht each and every day.  They'll all take the 1,000 per day.  You could die today after all!  Future planning?  You think to mut.  I'll come back tomorrow?  A grave insult.  Running a business requires future thinking which is hard to do if none of your ancestors ever did this.

Valid viewpoint. I like it. 

50 minutes ago, marinediscoking said:

Actually I would trust Pattaya mail over all other sources on this so far as they are local, well establish and a decent family runs it. 

 

It's a bad situation all around however you can easily break someone's neck by lifting them off the ground. 

 

I'm wondering if this has increased business at Ruby's as every time I have driven past it's been packed full of customers. Last night I would say it was the busiest bar on soi 6.

 

Let our imagination run wild. But fair comment. 

Been there, done that in my younger days. Great while it lasts, but it don't last. Enjoy while you can. 

21 minutes ago, begurk1137 said:

Yes, there's an official agent (their website isn't much better) for 5000 baht and Siam Legal seem to be offering it for twice that (they say official fee is 5000, I suspect they use the official agent and then add another 5000 for themselves). I going to plead poverty, but may be pushed to it.

 

What agent did you use?

 

K.

Sent you a private message. 

Loving the comments more than the story. 

I recently used a Bkk visa agent for a police check. In this case, for a Thai national.  Seven days and 2,500 baht. 

You might not think visa agent for a police check but they are doing it all the time for visa applications. 

6 minutes ago, sanemax said:

The thing is though, everyone in Thailand gets labelled with being Mafia . Some guy who rents out jet-skis by the beach and charges people for a scratch on the Jet-ski, suddenly becomes "Mafia"

   Taxi drivers not putting their meters on , suddenly become Mafiosi

Fair comment. 

1 hour ago, Bendi said:

Just gotta love it. All those thavisa members posting their wiews..and wrong again..lmao??

Opinions. 

Never right or wrong, just personal. 

Thats where laws come into it, to over ride opinion. 

1 hour ago, eggers said:

Yes, agree, think some country's function better under direct rule, rather than all the "argy bargy" that goes with democratic Gov't... 

Only if led by a benevolent dictator. 

Don't know what to make of the replies, except hate it or love it. 

Been coming and going for the last five years and still happy to be here. Each year extending the stay so maybe be here full time in another five. About 5 minutes drive out of Ban Phai. 

I spent over a decade in Australia living in a tin shed out the back of nowhere. So being in an Issan village seems like a reasonable size town to me. Being the first farang the village has had does make for interesting dynamics but a few things I would agree with from other posters is the joy in lack of tourists and friendly locals, who seem to be that way for no other reason than to be friendly. I also have a condo up in Chiang Mai if I need to escape but Khon Kaen  is only 50 kilometers away and that seems to do the trick. 

In conclusion I think it is the solitude that attracts me. 

Opjnions are neither right or wrong and that's mine. 

A mate just converted his to led. Bought them at Honda on road 118. 

7 hours ago, tryasimight said:

.............or maybe we are just hearing about the violence that has always existed due to social media.

I did read recently, (Pinker, I think) that the world is statistically less violent today then what it has been. 

24 hour news and social media just makes it seem violence is on the increase. 

Of course, opinions are so easy to have, be they right or wrong.