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Don't worry, a better set of TAT figures will be along shortly!

On 12/18/2019 at 3:13 PM, FalangJaiDee said:

You could've gotten an ED visa to learn muai thai, but that would've presented its own host of problems. That being said, whats a good, neutral reason for wanting to visit thailand for 60-180 days? Anyone? :')

Ah, because it's a great place for an extended holiday?

18 hours ago, steven100 said:

yeah Latin America ...  !   In Brazil you will most likely be robbed or shot during your first couple of nights out .... 

 

I've spent a fair bit of time in Brazil, and SA, never been robbed, mugged, stabbed or bashed. Am I doing something wrong?

1 hour ago, steve73 said:

Depends where "local" is.  In the UK you'd pay almost as much for crappy 9 or 14ct jewelry as you would for 23ct in Thailand, where you're paying almost entirely for the actual gold content at the hourly spot Intl price.

Not clear where OP is living..!

Yeah you are right, i also missed the part about the bracelet,  i was thinking bullion.

Buy it local, not much different in price.

Get a temporary passport and get the hell out of Dodge.

31 minutes ago, Seanbhoy said:

You ever been inside the jail in Bangkok? If they feel like letting you out they will, if they wanna sit about and smoke or watch TV then you'll just have to wait.

Thanks for the heads up on the lock up conditions. I will be staying away from that at all costs. Good luck.

England misses Dan.

On 2/10/2018 at 5:01 AM, AloisAmrein said:

Similar to Malaysia, Australia has a racist approach in his official policy. Aborigenes are treaded as 3rd class citizens, non-white immigrants are discriminated. Refugees are persecuted and resent to the open sea.

Aboriginal Australians, who comprise 3% of the population, have had $130 BILLION ($130,000,000,000) spent on aid and programs for them in the last 8 years, hardly "3rd class citizen" treatment. "Non white immigrants are discriminated" is a pretty big blanket call, I enjoyed a few beers at the local club yesterday with the Chinese cook and his Vietnamese wife, I don't recall much discriminating going on. The "refugees" are actually economic migrants who falsely claim to be fleeing persecution, after having paid illegal people smugglers to transit them through several safe countries. When entering Australia's waters, they then destroy their documents making it very difficult to establish exactly who and what they are. Australia is under no obligation to accept them, Australia advertises this fact widely, yet they still choose to attempt the journey, at their own peril.

On 2/10/2018 at 3:52 AM, StreetCowboy said:

I don't think Australia has quite the same large proportion of people of such diverse culture.  

 

From wikipedia

"

Until the Second World War, the vast majority of settlers and immigrants came from the British Isles, and a majority of Australians have some British or Irish ancestry. These Australians form an ethnic group known as Anglo-Celtic Australians. In the 2016 Australian census, the most commonly nominated ancestries were:^[37]

• English (36.1%)
• Australian (33.5%)^[38]
• Irish (11.0%)
• Scottish (9.3%)
• Chinese (5.6%)
• Italian (4.6%)
• German (4.5%)
• Indian (2.8%)
• Greek (1.8%)
• Dutch (1.6%).

"

"

According to the 2016 census, English is the only language spoken in the home for close to 72.7% of the population. The next most common languages spoken at home are:^[48]

• Mandarin (2.5%)
• Arabic (1.4%)
• Cantonese (1.2%)
• Vietnamese (1.2%)
• Italian (1.2%).

"

My understanding is that Australia is still predominantly 'anglo-celtic', and that Aborigines don't make up a large or influential part of the population.  Of the non 'anglo-celtic', a large fraction are European in extraction and culture.

 

Like Malaysia, Australia has inherited from its Commonwealth origins stable and sound civil institutions that have served it well in the years since independence.  India might have been a better example.

 

SC

Over 1/3 of Australians are Asian or of Asian background.

7 hours ago, Jingthing said:

Yeah. Cultural differences are fun. When I was in Argentina I was kind of shocked to see two beautiful young men approach each other on a street corner and do the kissy thing inches from my face. My gut reaction was it was a gay thing but I quickly realized that's just a greeting thing there. I think they noticed my reaction and found it funny. Tourists!

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Agree on Argentina, and found that after a week or two, I was doing it too, no biggie!

1 hour ago, sanemax said:

What happens in an exotic massage ?

Music by Sting.

18 hours ago, Juntaa said:

Sad. I will ignore this comment.

So you  ask people for their opinion,you get it, and now ignore it. The Malaysian form of Islam is fine with me, but not all people think the same, for whatever reason.

Well thanks for the lecture mum.

19 hours ago, Berkshire said:

I've never given money to a Go Fund page and never will.  I wonder who the heck would do that....especially to complete strangers. 

As I said in the story about the Brit and his missus, I have given to a couple only because I know them personally. Others, however, well a fool and his money are soon parted.

I was in a relationship with a girl who turned out to be a nut, so there is a large town in the north that I stay away from. No big deal, I can live without it. If you are tied there by your work it may not be possible, but if not, just wipe the area. Many other great places here.

6793. Try that.

6 months for a new passport? Mate, I'd get a new country!

Chinese folk buy this stuff in enormous quantities in Australia and ship it to the relatives in China, they just clean the supermarkets out. Not only do they think the quality is better but also safer than the same product made in China. Imo, its just a massive con worldwide helped along by some slick marketing preying on people's love and desires for their kids. Breast milk and then mashed veges do the trick. Amazing how babies survived in the old days without these powdered formulas!!

Waking in traffic? That's some scary sleepwalking!

Hair? What's that?