richard_smith237

Along with numerous other factors, your standard of socio-phonetics is confirms quite the opposite...

I think its important to know such people exist. Its important to know they are around us, its important to know they may be driving motorised vehicles which is also somewhat frightening. Its easy to slip into the assumption that all of those around us are not gallacticially idiotic - its good that we have such examples provided in this thread, so that we can learn to make allowances for others.

What's that got to do with the topic? Thats kind of the issue... much like the rest of the topic, you'd need to be educated up to a certain standard to grasp the points you keep failing to comprehend.

Indeed it was... there was far less scope of reaching a wider audience with an inanity of irrelevant comments about lengths of someone else's comment on a discussion forum...

Given your comments on this thread thus far, I'm not sure you are qualified to evaluate that either...

Agreed.... And also, those who'd state they prefer 'short posts' are not exactly the height of critical and intellectual thought to make any such poll worthy of critical evaluation anyway.... ... its like asking a bunch of juveniles if they prefer bubble-gum or beef-wellington... the results are not likely to be of of any intelligent use whatsoever.

Only a fool would be as a bothered about it as you seem to be. Why would I bother ?... no one cares how much of a post you read, and we each read all of a post or part of a post as we see fit... Its not exactly something we get hung-up on... We leave that pathetic stuff for the simple minds of those unable to engage in discussion with the adults.

You've made it patently clear that you are significantly under-qualified to make such a statement !!!!!

How do you dig a hole on the internet? World's dumbest saying. You don't know what a metaphor is ??? There a couple of quotes which you are adding a great deal of validity to... 1) “it is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to talk and remove all doubt.” 2) "When you are dead you don't know you are dead, its only painful for others, they same apples for being stupid"

Prove your own limitations ??... You are already doing a good enough job of that. If you don't want to read a post of more than two lines, thats entirely up to you.... You'll find that you be unable to assimilate the information and have an intelligent discussion in many of the threads.

Nope... thats your take away from the topic because by your own admission you don't even scratch the surface of what someone is written if its beyond your attention span. You are not the target of people comments, no one cares if you read the full paragraph or not... It is clearly others who will engage in intelligent discussion that are the intendent reader of comments that aren't dumbed down and simplified into a dumbed down one liner.

No, others are writing replies of any length that others read, but you and and a few of a similar mindset who lack the capacity to read more than a couple of lines, perhaps do not. As earlier mentioned, if you lack the ability or patience to do more than skim over a couple of lines of text the target audience is perhaps one of a higher mindset than those such as yourself.

Perhaps, people with such a short attention span and incapable of reading no more than two lines don't have anything intelligent to offer either... ... just dumb links they don't understand because they also lack the attention span to read beyond the headline in those articles.

It's quite remarkable that when someone with a posting history such as yours offers 'assurance' on on a fact your comment actually has the opposite impact and we know you are just making stuff up off the top of your head..... .... or.... did you get this information from watching Greys Anatomy, House or did the ex Surgeon tell you while at a secret bar... but you can't tell which bar it is cos's its secret and also where the Ex Special forces guys hang-out !!!

Maybe he doesn't usually go to an overpriced place for coffee, but somewhere such as Amazon where you can get a coffee for 100 baht. Did you think of that? And he went into Starbucks with the victim because that was close by. But it's okay, @stoner and probably others have made the same unnecessary comment without thinking it through. Pattaya57 has accused another poster of telling a fake story, and he's basing accusation on a mistake. It's been proven that the quoted cost of coffee is correct, but common sense suggests if the only basis for someone suggesting a story is fake is the one extracted fact they disbelieves then that poster hardly clever enough to evaluate the truthfulness of someone else's post in the first place..... Someone how a troll has distracted the readers with an argument about the cost of a coffee - its just stupid.

Those with more than a primary school standard education...

Espresso (expresso crap) is nothing more than a strong coffee. Made from .... coffee beans. It's a method of brewing coffee using high water pressure and finely ground beans to make a small concentrated shot. Zillions of people prefer it to the often watery black liquid being offered. Never too old to learn something new. Those who are uneducated and 'stuck in their ways' will very rarely learn anything new. If someone states 'this expresso crap'... its clear they have no idea of the subject they are discussing while still expressing their bias - the certainly have no idea than the Espresso extraction method makes a richer deeper more textured and luxurious coffee.... The post highlights that quality is simply wasted on some... and no Starbucks is not quality, but to the unbiased, neither is it terrible (and an espresso shot can be had for 100 Baht).

A guarantor is someone who'll take financial responsibility for payments on the vehcile if you default. How to find a guarantor - you'll need a Thai friends who trusts you. Its possible there are agents who may take you though this route, but I'd be very conscious of this as there has to be something in it for them. As far as credit cards are concerned - thats also a difficult issue. The best you may be able to achieve is a secured card i.e. its a credit card but the limit is less than you have placed in deposit - I dont know how this impacts your credit score though. To purchase a 3-4 Million baht car - you'll need anywhere from a 1.2 MB to 2.0 MB deposit. Best option to purchase a car worth 3-4 MB here... Build up an income history with regularly month Income (i.e. of 100,000 baht or more)... i.e. more than 6 months. Have a letter of contract from your company (highlighting employment / contract and rates / income). Approach a car dealership of the brand you are interested in - With a Work Permit, a 50% deposit, over 6 months of good income, a contract, then its possible a Thai finance company may take you on. Alternatively, instead of putting 2 MB down payment on a car, just buy a car for 2 MB and if it has to be a 'Euro-lux' brand choose one thats a few years old and has dropped a decent amount already, or get a Japanese car.

Are you looking to rent or buy ??... The header of your question implies you want to rent, but your question about putting down 50% implies you want to buy. Thus: 1) A Toyota Fortuna on a per-month rental basis will cost you anywhere from about 35,000 to 55,000 per month - there are plenty of websites for that - A BMW 3 Series or X1 will set you back about 80,000 baht per month. 2) Purchasing a car - once you have worked and have 6 months statement (of payment into Thailand) you may quality for finance with a <40% downpayment on a car - the kicker here is that its likely you'll be asked for a Thai Guarantoor. 3) Hiring a Chauffeur - You could, but usually you provide the car and they drive it on agreed terms (hours) for about 14,000 to 30,000 baht per month - If you want a driver that also comes with there own car, you are perhaps looking at a privateer with whom you can make a long term agreement.

.... Nuff said.....

Those who aren't completely ignorant and more considerate in nature do care what others think, they care not to offend other with either their behavior or dress.... So, while you might be 'keen' on your security, you are also strong on your offensiveness if you are practicing what you preech.

Or you are someone with the attention span of a gnat and the post was not intended for you but for those displaying better socio-phonetics.

Some of us (myself included) type extremely quickly, thus longer replies may be normal as we are thinking and typing at the same time and filling half a page takes a matter of seconds. Conversely, there are others, perhaps many, who have a two second attention span and won't read posts longer than three lines - it usually these posters who end up with multiple posts which have to explain what was 'meant' in their previous two liner because they couldn't be bothered to make their comments clear.

It happens very rarely here in Thailand, but sometimes we get that person who just decides, no... they don't like you and will make things difficult... It just happens and if you're the sort of person to roll through life without issues, then its more like them, with the issue and not you. - If I were the Op, just go back a different day and try to see a difference officer. or, - Ask to see someone more senior (although if a smaller office there is a risk they'll stick together on this issue). --------- Years back my Wife and I went to the local Amphur to officially sign our Marriage documents, But, the Amphur officer (female) was not in a good place, she was rude and basically refused to marry us, we asked for the Boss and she refused to get him, she refused to give us her name. It was very apparent that we were getting no where quickly, we simply went to another Amphur office and processed our Marriage Paperwork there and then within 10mins. Sometimes, people can just awkward buggerrs !!... in this case its a officer in their little fiefdom flexing what little power they have.

In that case, check yer pipes for corrosion which could leading to engine failure OR... Never buy a car from Dolf - he doesn't know what preventative maintenance is !