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I suppose India could use a few Thai massage shops.

I only need to know if it's safe to drop the soap in the shower there or not. Nothing else concerns me.

Well some trans men are into men but I doubt many are rapists.

Next ...

Yea never know. A good opportunity it would be. ;-)

I only need to know if it's safe to drop the soap in the shower there or not. Nothing else concerns me.

It's good to know the world's most uneducated (and unskilled) people are building Thailand's homes, condos, malls, and everything else. What could possibly go wrong?

Perhaps it was mind control...

Japan has a similar problem with them. Not to mention the loads there on false work visas. Established Thais there with a business (often a restaurant) will get them a visa for a few thousand dollars. Another money making racket.

To add...

If someone did put a list together of legit food, you would probably end up sued from the bad food suppliers.

The cards are stacked against the people here. You pretty much lose until you run out of money, lose your visa, or die.

What would be helpful, was if there was a commercially, broadly available brand or brands of Thai produce that we knew was tested and reliably free of pesticides and residues.

There may be individual farms or localized outlets. But those aren't going to be available to most folks reading here on TV by and large.

Unfortunately, the testing has shown that even the Thai brands that claim to be organic and pesticide and pesticide residue free are anything but. So the local and Thai government-issued certifications appear to mean nothing. And nor does buying from the upper end grocery markets targeted at westerners, as some of those have been shown in past testing to have just as bad of a pesticides problem with their veggies as the Thai street markets.

So, failing all else here, I buy the frozen Waitrose brand veggies imported from the UK by Central/Tops, but they only carry certain varieties.

It's sad that the local food industry here is so untrustworthy and apparently unconcerned with the health of their customers.

BTW, anyone know how the Royal Project fruits and veggies fare in this area?

After that last damming report, I too have switched to Waitrose organic frozen veggies, at least what is for sale. As you said, not a lot of options.

Before the switch, one thing i would do is look for product at the organic markets that looked normal. Organic produce is generally smaller and not as healthy looking as the chemical veggies. Also looked for holes where bugs have eaten them. From time to time I'd find a worm in the kale or spinach so I felt a little better about it.

It is sad that we can't trust our food source. Tragic really. I'd grow my own if I had the time and room for it.

I've always wondered why vegetables here don't have but a day or two shelf-life. Carrots left unrefrigerated get soft in no time. Put them in the refrigerator, and they wilt and start turning black in a couple days. At least that's the case with carrots from the market. Organic, New Zealand carrots from Rim Ping last much longer.

Then, too, when I slice carrots on my white cutting board, the board picks up an orange color. There's got to be some kind of color added to the carrots grown here. Imported carrots don't change the color of the board.

Who knows what we're eating? But I do know that I've become more selective in what and where I eat. Usually home is best.

Oh, and always wash your fruits and vegetables before eating. When out and about I've often seen fruit pickers washing the fruit with canal water prior to packing before going to the market. Kids swim in those canals, and certainly ingest a good deal of that dirty water, but as for me, I'd rather not.

If the carrots you purchase are large and uniform in size they are most likely from China. Carrots from Royal Project are grown locally and are a different variety,very hard and somewhat bitter. I would purchase these over the Chinese carrots. If you are juicing fruits or veggies it is good to know that pesticides separate in the pulp,like oil and water. Double strain the juice and compost the pulp.

I avoid anything from China,but unfortunately Thailand is far from the 'organic' wonderland we would like to believe (or led to believe) it to be.

My wife has a theory that the reason for biological mutations in the Thai-population(feminization of the male for example) is due in part to the accumulation of chemicals in the food chain and hormones in the meat..... I'd just say it's too much "Mamma"....and I don't mean 'mamma noodles'!

Your wife isn't far off.

Bisphenol A (BPA) is found in most plastics, including the bags and bowls Thais eat everything hot out of. It's actually hard to avoid for any of us.

When ingested, it mimics natural estrogen, the female hormone. This can also cause gender confusion, early puberty, and lots of other things that mess up sexual development.

Asia is the dominant BPA manufacturer in the world. Go figure. And yes, Thailand has production plants. Can't imagine where their waste ends up.

And everyone wonders there are so many gays and ladyboys in Thailand. I'd wager the Thais are getting heavy exposure to the chemicals and have been for some time.

Most of the things I have bought here have fallen apart, rusted or died prematurely. Things bought abroad... I still use them. I have a few Thai things that have lasted but not many.

Thailand and some neighboring countries get a lot of products that don't pass Western quality control. Zippers on the wrong side, sleeves too long, items tagged and stickered incorrectly, and so on. And that doesn't even touch on the bootleg items sold as real items that were cheaply manufactured in China.

There is a US jeans store in one of the new malls that had boxes piled up one day and they were all marked for an "outlet" store right on the box in red. They are rejects being sold in the mall at higher prices than they sell for abroad!

Nice racket.

But I'd also bet most Thais don't know the difference because they don't know what good quality is to begin with.

Well, there you go. Must not have happened.

Can't wait for a cashless society. It is going to be smooth.

They can thank the Chinese for their success. Without the Chinese, the Thai cosmetic industry would be a fraction of what it is today.

Korea, Japan and Thailand are the top cosmetic counties in Asia for production. All bought by the Chinese in bulk.

Oh, that's rich.

Many of the "VIP" girls in the upper floors of some of those places are popular magazine models. I've seen a few myself over the years.

Tickets are being booked to Laos, Myanmar and Singapore as I type.

Yeh!

Waiting for a bigger brown envelope

As said already, have a chat with the police. They will probably call her or invite her in to mediate the situation.

Hub of radio frequency mind control?

That's like being the tallest man in Japan. Congratulations, I guess.

Taxi drivers trained as Nok Air pilots.............!

They have yet to attack a passenger with a machete yet. Give them time.

So his business moves are Thai news worthy?

Never seen people ride someone's nuts so hard. Surpised his bowel movements are not news.

How in the world did the lazy BIB find these guys, and so quickly?

Must have had a Thai working for them who told the police, or a neighbor complained. Because there is no way the Thai police stumbled across this on their own and acted.

Jesus. At a loss for words.