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Thanks. I'm thinking of something easy for the missus to use rather than mucking around with wet stones and so forth.

Just a bit suss on gadgets although I know plenty of people use them abroad.

Hi All,

Am in the market for a knife sharpener (electric or manual doesn't matter) in the 1000 baht range. Not looking for a Thai wet stone etc or to use local knife sharpening service. Appreciate any suggestions as the range, quality and price on Lazada seems to vary greatly.

Cheers.

I think Thai culture is significantly less prone to change than Western culture.

This is either a feature or a bug depending on your outlook or you could say it is a good thing in some respects and bad thing in others.

On 21/08/2016 at 9:24 AM, MikeyIdea said:

They really are Thai schools teaching Thai content

 

 

Agree. This was the main reason I took my son out and now send him to an International school. There were too many unnecessary fluff subjects and did not want to learn Chinese (hands full with two languages without putting a third in the mix).  I also found that the Thai teachers bought with them some bad habits acquired from the Thai teaching system. It was also Thai run which initially I didn't see as a problem but became quickly clear was riddled with the type of problems/attitudes you find at regular Thai schools sorry to say.

I also feel that bilingual schools, by their nature, are trying to do too much by incorporating two languages and two systems making it hard to master anything. So even though the school we tried was crappy all round I think you would run into this same problem at other bilingual schools also.

It's a difficult decision. I felt we had to choose one dominant language and one secondary language. I chose English at an International school because I can get help at home and because I understand how Western school systems work.

1 hour ago, DennisF said:

 

 

I am most certainly not a whinging pom!!  Having lived in Aussie land for a few years, I too found them a pain in the butt!

That's because you're a whinging pom

37 minutes ago, Naam said:

 

it must be nice to be poor moving from country to country with only a smartphone and a backpack

Don't knock it till you try it

OP lost me at " Thailand isn't cheap to live".

I've never understood how people can say that.