Now, how’s that for coincidences?

I was just watching it earlier this evening...

When in doubt, consult Aesop's Fables...

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The Farmer and the Snake

 

A Farmer walked through his field one cold winter morning. On the ground lay a Snake, stiff and frozen with the cold. The Farmer knew how deadly the Snake could be, and yet he picked it up and put it in his bosom to warm it back to life.

The Snake soon revived, and when it had enough strength, bit the man who had been so kind to it. The bite was deadly and the Farmer felt that he must die. As he drew his last breath, he said to those standing around, “Learn from my fate not to take pity on a scoundrel”.

Moral: There are some who never changes their nature, regardless of how good we behave with them. Always stay alert and maintain the distance from those who are there only thinking about their own benefits.

"Tell 'em what you want, and they'll give you the only cut they know how to do" seems to be the rule here.

On 4/21/2019 at 9:42 AM, PatOngo said:

Totally agree, there is absolutely nothing wrong with a sprained ankle or falling down an uncovered drain. People will complain about anything.

Sprained ankles, falling down drains, getting decapitated by passing trucks' side view mirrors...a small price to pay for freedom from the nanny state, the PC Police, etc. ????

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Bangkok - The Land of a Lack of Smiles

Who cares?

I'm just here for the "vertical smiles" anyway. ????

13 hours ago, Sealbash said:

You are correct about the insurance. And if the chosen private hospital charges are excessive, the insurance company ( also in business to show a profit) will remove that hospital from its list of approved vendors. Again resulting in allowing the free market to determine costs. As mentioned, if a customer does not agree with private hospital prices, they can always go to a government run establishment.


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So, in other words, price gouging is OK as long as patients pay up?

Nice business ethics (oxymoron, I know) you've got there.

14 hours ago, Benmart said:

A uniform, an array of medals and decorations (don't forget the obligatory wings), and a camera. All is well.

Medals and decorations which represent time spent down range in actual shooting wars, no doubt.

13 hours ago, LomSak27 said:

 

Wishful thinking of the chattering pats aside, all changes will remain on the books. Agreed. Although CM IO for one might sink back to their bad old ways, heh

 

However, that might be it for a while. At least one group is not happy that revenue streams are diminishing. No matter how you spin it the general economy has been in a malaise for some years now, (boy they have tried to spin that out of existence) then Phuket, Pattaya and CM have had bad tourist years. At least in one of those towns, if not more, there is an apartment/condo glut. No matter deadbeats or not, I know a few Pats who have left and more that plan on it. They were all renting apartments and condos. No Chinese are waiting to move in. Go figure huh? 
 

And then likely a number of industries depend on illegal Cambo, Myanmar and Indian/Pakistani.

At some point a line was drawn, a plan was hatched.

 

Note to Self - double up on the Microwave popcorn I was buying for the Songkhran Breaking Bad Binge fest.

Moral of the story: When you go on a fishing expedition, be careful not to cast too wide a net.

What do you like most about Thai girls?

They’re plentiful, and they put out.

On 11/11/2018 at 9:44 PM, tutsiwarrior said:

also if I wanted to have the action adjusted (nut filed down, etc) where would I take it in BKK for that purpose? (I got blisters on me fingers!) there are videos on youtube that instruct but I ain't got any tools or a place to work...

https://www.facebook.com/aliceia.guitars

2 hours ago, SpaceKadet said:

And, let's face it. There's just more culture in India.... do I say more? Even Thais do the pilgrimage to Bodgaya...

While believing themselves to be superior to Indians in every conceivable way.

A headline from a newspaper whose name shall go unmentioned sums the situation up...

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Corruption 'too ingrained in society to fix'

On 3/4/2019 at 4:15 PM, EricTh said:

But I don't see any farang holding joss-sticks and regularly praying at the temples.  Neither do they know anything about Buddhist concepts nor believe in Buddhism.

The same could be said about most Thais.

7 minutes ago, manarak said:

ninnies dictating to everyone else a compusory[sic] lifestyle doesn't look appealing at all.

Hence the note re: the futility of prohibition.

9 minutes ago, marcusarelus said:

Generally speaking Thais have giant egos that are reinforced since birth - best country, best food, best climate and on and on.

These attitudes are prevalent here, to be sure, but such arrogance is usually a compensation for low self-esteem and a lack of ego strength. If they had big egos, then they'd have the capacity for things like self-control, rational reflection, deferred gratification, etc.

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If alcohol were illegal, would you still live here?

At first glance, the idea of an alcohol-free Thailand looks very appealing.

Imagine the mass exodus by drunk idiots, the decline in alcohol-related road accidents, etc., etc.

However, enforcement is always the issue, isn't it?

And history shows prohibition doesn't usually go as planned.

On 3/3/2019 at 9:41 AM, HighPriority said:

There is a stigma for a Thai woman that if they are with a farang they are a bargirl, some don’t care, some do.

I don’t wear my wedding ring (work related) and forgot it one trip.

We went to CM and on the taxi back from the temple with two other farang and their Thai girls, my wife said they noticed my lack of a ring and that she felt that look (they had rings...)

She brought me one at the market that night ????

 

Even one night walking along Patong beach three Thai women watched us and made some comment (in Thai) I felt my wife tense and she turned and snarled “My choice !” 

When I asked her she said they said “Cannot get a Thai man ?”

The implication being “any Thai man is better than any farang.”

Not the brightest bulbs in the chandelier, these girls.

10 hours ago, Dinobot said:

Shucks. Well, on the upside you had some tight 20 yo snatch for a few years. Something likely impossible in your home country.

This.

He can also take much consolation in the knowledge that there are plenty more such fish in this particular sea.

On 3/8/2018 at 2:47 PM, GoDucks said:

Condo is in my name.  She never wants anything from me.  Insists she will not go to US with me until she can pay for it herself.  Not sure about the father/daughter thing.  She is pretty easy going, as am I.  

At the risk of playing Debbie Downer, that sounds like it could be a long con.

Here’s hoping I’m wrong.

Edit: Should have read the entire thread. Condolences!