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5 hours ago, kenk24 said:

... and as you know, anger isn't cool here and Thai can sense it a mile away...

You're sure right on this point. I was pi**ed at a former gf one time. Everybody we encountered that day knew it. I'm not of the impression that she told them all but they seemed to figure it out on their own.

But since I don't understand Thai language, what would I know!

On ‎12‎/‎25‎/‎2019 at 12:09 AM, mauGR1 said:

Sad to hear the story of your Christmas parcel, but you are not the first nor the last.

Many years ago, when asked from a friend what she could send me by mail, i just told her to send nothing.

 

Did it arrive okay?  ????

On ‎12‎/‎21‎/‎2019 at 4:09 AM, Oxx said:

However, once I'd logged in it disappeared.  I contacted the supermarket and was told it wasn't available in my part of Bangkok.

Don't you just hate it when a website sends you off into deep dark space with no explanation why !

No need for the showmanship. Just do it !

Thank you for that. That was 10 years before my first trip to Thailand. Yes -- I arrived in that memorable year of 2014.

Back then, I knew very little about Thailand but do recall watching some news on the topic.

I'm certain that this thread will reveal much more. I will follow.

5 minutes ago, ezzra said:

Sound fishy... from 15 mil to 3 mil, this is a fire sale, even though things are tough now in the RE market surly can't be that bad...

That would depend on how badly the current owner is bleeding each month. Losses for repeated months with no hope in site can cause one to think, "this is like pi**ing into the wind".

Maybe best to get out now before 3,000,000 becomes 3,000.

4 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

I would imagine that the dissolution of the opposition for a Logo by a basically Junta led government will not been seen in the best of lights by the rest of the world. 

 

As for Illuminati - isn't their thing ruling from the shadows ? As opposed to plastering the fact they are about and active as a political party.

 

Pure nonsense

End of your first sentence ......."will not been seen in the best of lights by the rest of the world".

Some posters on here have previously said something to the effect of "the rest of the world don't care", "Thailand means nothing", "only money counts".

I can only hope that such an undemocratic, corrupt act as this will get world news attention.

That is, if the Junta are stupid enough to pull this stunt. I am hoping not.

12 minutes ago, HHTel said:

Of course I knew what he was saying.  Just underlining the fact that the Thais do not celebrate Christmas and without the expats and foreign tourists, I doubt you would even see a Christmas tree.

I've been here 20 years and I love Christmas being a 'non-event' except for the one day.  Back home it's in your face for a month or so.

2 months now, even more for some.

On ‎12‎/‎23‎/‎2019 at 6:53 AM, snoop1130 said:

Mr. Jurin Laksanawisit, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Commerce, and Mr. Niphon Bunyamanee, Deputy Minister of the Interior, delivered blankets to cold-stricken people in need in Mae Taeng and Chiang Dao districts in Chiang Mai, donating 550 blankets to each district.

First class "brown-nosing". No need for those impotent important heavy-weights to be doing the distribution!

22 minutes ago, ratcatcher said:

The abbot seems unperturbed about the swarm of bees buzzing around his head.

He's quite accustomed to a buzz in (or around) his head. Sounds like he might be quite accustomed to "head" too.

Many years ago on my first visit to Thailand, I ask my gf of the time, when we went out to dinner on the first evening, "why do so many bikes not have either front or rear lights"?

Can't say as I now recall her exact answer but it was something like A) "they take the bulb out to save fuel" or B) "it burned out, no bother to replace".

Reminds me of a lady that got caught speeding in a Western country (160kph), she told the officer "I am almost out of fuel so I was going fast to get to a station before I run out".

In my opinion, Christmas in most Western countries is 99% commercial, the grand sales opportunity of the year. Thailand merchants play the Christmas tunes and put up some fake decorations just to cash in on this commercial event. I don't blame them; it's called marketing.

SSDY

Very similar to SSDD but Y=Year.

20 minutes ago, wgdanson said:

Plenty clear enough. Driver's eyes and brain at fault.

Pickup driver may have been distracted by warm thoughts of last night, or fantasizing about tonight.

Such driver distraction can be as serious as texting.

Anything is possible. Here's another plausible angle. Maybe he is the "house guardian" while the real owner is away. The truth may yet surface.

The meeting place of Pattaya also figures into my thinking. She went to Pattaya to sell her *****. He went to Pattaya to buy *****. Maybe they're both just living an orgasmic dream that will come crashing down.

If for real, I wish them good luck. May love at first sight last forever.

My still-programmed-Western-brain readily connects to only one word to describe this court case outcome. Incomprehensible !!!

14 hours ago, Grusa said:

Has no one heard of "defensive driving"?

 

Always assume and expect the worst, and look out for it.

Enough said!

"Defensive driving" is the simple answer to this and tens of thousands of other "bangs" similar to this one.

I know, TIT.

I've been aware of Bubble Tea for a decade or two but never indulged.

But I take this opportunity to congratulate you @Jingthing on becoming a TVF centenarian (of sorts). Yes, I know that you are not a hundred years old.

4 minutes ago, soalbundy said:

All pussy is the same at night.

Totally, unequivocally disagree (speaking from experience of course).

But if as you say was true , Thailand would be out of business.