Jonathan Swift

When glass breaks the tiny shards can be next to invisible and can be missed. Something might have broken in a sink for example. There are in fact many possible scenarios.

Accidents can happen anywhere. There's no need to destroy a business because of one random incident for which they accepted responsibility. If they had a history of health code violations, injuries, vermin infestations, food poisoning, etc., that would be different.

Last time I checked it wasn't illegal to have an opinion in Thailand. A lot of people who have been here a long time and do in fact speak Thai do actually agree with the commenter, as do I.

I moved here from Connecticut 11 years ago, things have worked out nicely

Are there brochures and catalogs alongside the ziplining and elephant riding?

"the rental wife industry". Industry, eh? So girls are now a product of industry. Factories cranking em out, executive offices, stockholders, and board meetings. So get me an industrial strength Thai girl.

Times sure have "changed". "People" didn't "use quotes" "arbitrarily and randomly" back "then".

Where do you get your condescending clueless attitude? There's nothing desperate or questionable in any way about being practical and filling a need quickly and expeditiously with no baggage and no real commitments beyond what is required.

"deepest, darkest, depths" hahaha

I've ridden motorcycles for decades. The same principles apply no matter where you are. Always be ready for accidents waiting to happen. Be aware of the space around you at all times and use your mirrors. Watch traffic and watch every intersection, watch any circumstance where someone can come out of nowhere. Keep your speed reasonable. For rentals test everything, brakes, signals, etc before you drive off. I've never had an accident that wasn't someone else's fault and both were minor. Obviously there a lot of people who should not get on motorbikes, but they do anyway. Hope this poor guy recovers.

I've been here 11 yeaRS. I'm not a teacher so this will be an outsider's view. First of all you're not an idiot. Sounds you had a legitimately hard time. And don't worry about the length of your post, you had to express a lot and did it as best you could. Dexxter provided a good condensed summary. I would say that you certainly didn't fit in with the status quo, but I don't think it was your fault. I would have a chat with as many other teachers here to get a larger point of view. I suspect there are better teaching opportunities, I see a lot of foreigners here in Bangkok and elsewhere teaching English. They seem to be doing OK. Thailand is a different experience for different people. Some people fit in like they were born here, others struggle and some give up. It's a strange culture in many ways. Social "rules" can be baffling. I struggled a bit but I have the advantage of Social Security from the US. As to "chronic fatigue and brain fog" that sounds serious enough to possibly be a fundamental factor in your ability to interpret, adapt and stay balanced. On the other hand, much of this sounds like things I've experienced in my previous life in the US, some very bad jobs, and I vowed never to work for a boss but to become fully self employed since 1988. There is nothing in your narrative that doesn't sound legitimate from an objective point of view. I urge you to seek other viewpoints and to not give up on the idea unless you absolutely have to. This is a great place and worth staying for those of us who adapted. But my final take is that it sounds like you got yourself into a regular 3 ring circus, and I can't help thinking that you could find better jobs if you hung it there and looked elsewhere. Chok dee.

Maybe drunk?

I think you summed it up quite well. Additionally, there are a lot of Israelis up North in Pai, I mean a LOT. This may start trickling down to this area. The ones I've spoken to are nice enough, but not very exciting. Maybe they won't be seen in that neighborhood. I noticed the radical change when Prayuth intervened and eliminated all the fun sidewalk bar/vendors. I had so much fun there when I first came in 2013, that made me so sad. But everything changes, and it will always be so, especially in Thailand.

Why does it matter? They're all people

I could explain it for you, but I can't understand it for you. Ever hear of NATO? Alliances? Partnerships? Mutual training exercises? Do the Brits have F22s, F35s? B52s? B1Bs? If they do who trains them?

Thank you for continuing the battle against ignorance. This is not North Korea, China, or Russia. It is not the middle ages. But people like to hear themselves talk, and actually looking things up is too much work and spoils all the fun and all the drama. Cheers!

At least he should have had insurance.

Yeah, it does sound strange. But this is Thailand and anything can happen. Also, I've been around long enough to know that as far as human nature nothing would surprise me. This may very well be exactly as presented. But two things strike me. 1.) why does he have gold bars in the first place? What kind of transaction would involve gold bars? 2.) That's a huge amount of money to just leave out of sight. Maybe he's that careless but it seems extremely unlikely. Was it supposed to be a drug transaction and went bad? Smuggling? Money laundering?

Perhaps he should be executed. Would that make you happy? Do you always blame the victim when there's a crime? He's guilty of nothing but carelessness. Have you ever been careless? Have you ever lost something?

“Edward’s lawyer pointed to his turbulent school years as the root of his uncontrolled emotions.” Obviously the lawyer is going to use this tactic to mitigate guilt, but in the real world psychological problems do not start at school. Parsing out the roots of violent behavior is difficult and sometimes impossible because there are so many things that can cause it. The bottom line is the importance of getting kids into therapy while there is still time to intervene.

So what ex so why do you guys even care? It doesn’t affect you. Why don’t you argue and speechify about Harry and William and ol’ Charlie?

Methanol is made by the hydrogenation of carbon monoxide. It used to be made by fermenting wood alcohol, hence the name wood alcohol. Methanol by itself is not called methylated spirits. Methylated spirits is denatured ethyl alcohol, denatured by the addition of methyl alcohol. Rather than pure methanol, denatured alcohol can be used.

Methanol doesn’t result from poor distillation. Yeast, grain, and sugar only produce ethanol. That is what you get from distillation of those fermentedbproducts.mMethanol is produced from wood. It can be bought cheaply and is no doubt added after the distillation process.

Is there a school called Future Nut Jobs of Thailand? People like that don’t get “messages” or warnings. The laws didn’t seem to stop this guy, did they? Laws are for people smart enough to obey them.

Not enough attention growing up