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16 minutes ago, oilinki said:

Think how your life would change here in Thailand if there would be several terrorist attacks by farangs and the Thais would start seeing every farang as potential terrorist.

But there aren't and there never will be any.  So that's a silly comparison.  It wasn't "farangs" who set off the bomb at the Erawan Shrine.

Don't invade their countries. And don't let them into ours.

People with bad attitudes and a sour disposition often find themselves in trouble. Not surprised at the declining "quality" of UK visitors. 

53 minutes ago, Stradavarius37 said:

We haven't had a decent president here since Dr. Piyasakol

If I remember correctly it was the music dean-for-life who led a boycott and protest against him.

Another reminder that wherever you go and whatever you do, there is someone there with a camera.

5 hours ago, oilinki said:

I don't know what you refer to, United Kingdom?

 

 

Incredible.

Well, France and Germany have decided. Wonder what the other 26 members are thinking?

I knew it. This China project is going to encounter a multitude of similar obstructions. It's never going to work. Too many groups with an axe to grind against Chinese interests working on these projects. They'll blow'em up faster than they can rebuild them.

Bandits and natural disasters were a common encounter on the historic Silk Road. This new one is going to be even more vulnerable. Anybody with a gripe against China or one of her customers and "boom" there goes another train trestle. 

Thailand may just about to find out the real price for buying its military hardware from China, instead of the US.

7 hours ago, boomerangutang said:

                       Does he have an insurance policy with the wife as recipient?

 

                      Awhile ago, a farang was talking to a Thai lawyer about changing his insurance policy.  Prior, it had benefited his Thai wife, but he was seeing about changing it to benefit his daughter from a previous marriage.  The farang's wife went out for a full day's shopping in a town, 40 minutes away.  During that time, a Thai man forcefully entered the farang's house and killed him.  The wife came home and immediately picked out a bunch of paper receipts from her pocketbook, proving she was far away all day.  Cops called it suicide.  

 

                    Another story:  a farang was arguing with his Thai wife about splitting up.  He went out on his motorbike one evening to 'buy beer.'   He died on that trip.  The wife conveniently got the high-value house and 50 room guest house which the farang had bought in her name.

 

                         There are over 3,000 stories like that.   Connect the dots.

There are eight million stories in the naked city. This has been one of them.

We'll see what happens to Macron after the Germans tell him "no" to his idea of Eurobonds and pan-European debt adjustments, which would mean the Germans giving up their current account surplus. Hollande tried for less, and the Germans said, "no." Macron is on the road to transforming in Boy Blunder. Just wait until the French unions get hold of him and his ideas about extending retirement age and making it easier to fire people.  All this and a flood of moslem immigrants, too. Hell, served on a a baguette. 

First, Merkel threatens the British.  Now, this pipsqueak threatens the United States. We'll see how long it takes for the pip to squeak. 

Macron is like the barking dog who chases a car down the street and, to his shock, catches it.  Now, what?

19 hours ago, Baerboxer said:

 

America has always been the home of quality, good service, attention to detail and making sure customers were satisfied and had value propositions. 

 

Tom Peters, C, Ray Smith etc.

 

Competition was so competitive firms had to be good.

 

Something has gone wrong, seriously wrong, with this particular industry in America. And it seems very people related?

The people at airports and on aircraft have become power crazed and vengeful. Give them the slightest questioning look and they come down on you like Eliot Ness. The cabin crews are surly and argumentative. And the flight attendants, Jeesh. Some of them are so elderly and frail, I believe it would be the passengers taking care of them during an emergency instead of the other way around.

It's been cooler than last year. A good portion of April was mild.  And now I'm sitting here in outer Bangkok with a nice breeze and temps in the mid 80s. If there is higher energy use, it must be because of the ever growing glut of malls.

9 minutes ago, bazza73 said:

It's not difficult living in Thailand, provided one exercises some common sense, e.g.

 

Defensive driving

 

Rent, don't own

 

Keep most assets in the home country

 

Stay cool, avoid aggressive behavior in yourself and others. Nobody gets hurt being polite.

 

Pay agents for the bureaucratic crap

 

Learn enough Thai to communicate effectively

 

I've lived here 8 years now. I've never been robbed or threatened. I've had a couple of small scams which amused me more than annoyed me.

I can live here quite well off investment income without eroding my capital base. Couldn't do it in the UK, USA , Australia or New Zealand.

 

 

Best advice is number 5.  If you don't do number 5, you won't be here long enough to do the rest.

6 hours ago, cardinalblue said:

Sorry when it is over 90 degrees at 6pm, that is not good climate....

 

thailand is fine part time but needs to be integrated with civilized living during a part of the year....

 

air BNBs are now a great option to stay in a western country on a short term rental...or buy a townhouse in one's desired country and do a combo living there/BNB rental...

 

 

Back in Texas, I remember it being 101 at 10 pm. 90 degrees is like a dip in a cool spring.

The Americans

Feud: Bette and Joan

The Blacklist (out of habit at this stage)

Into the Badlands

Fresh Off the Boat

Waiting for: House of Cards

5 hours ago, Ulic said:

The Fema- Nazi versus the Gigolo. Although polls show a clear one sided election result the polls lately have made every call incorrectly. We shall see what comes to pass. We do live in interesting times.

Le Pen versus Mr. Merkel.

1 hour ago, JHolmesJr said:

i thought to might be to warn everyone that Phillip has discovered Facebook and now his zingers would be unleashed globally

I like Philip.

36 minutes ago, Linzz said:

He also said that there is no such thing as French culture!

 

And that he will loose the migrant hordes on France and all Europe.

Just now, dick dasterdly said:

"From a Paris dinner party with the young leaders of Belgium and Luxembourg, to a conspicuous Twitter bromance with Italy's ex-premier Matteo Renzi, Macron has already built a circle of likeminded peers, unafraid to promote closer EU integration at a time when voters are being tempted by the hard right and left."

 

Is this pretty much the same thing as a young conservatives meeting in the UK - all "likeminded peers"?

 

The shame of French/British/EU/US politicians is that they've let so many ordinary people down so badly - that many of the electorate decided they had no other choice than to vote for anyone/anything that may change the status quo . 

Let them eat cake, said Mr. Macron.

12 minutes ago, webfact said:

Pongpanu Svetarundra, permanent secretary of Ministry of Tourism and Sports, revealed to reporters that Disney is looking to build a “DisneySea,” a nautical theme park in Thailand.

Now, we know why they got the submarines.

4 hours ago, chrissables said:

19 unelected men who cannot be removed or reprimanded. Go into a closed locked room in Secret and make decisions for 500 million people. 

Just like the DDR. No wonder Merkel feels comfortable with the system.