timkeen08

5 hours ago, arithai12 said:

ASEAN NOW could also take note that the confusion of calling "children" young persons of less than 18 years is typical of the Engish language, but not necessarily universal. In my language and others I know, it is not possible to call "child" a 13 years old. Unless you want to risk serious bodily harm from the so-called child.

I call BS for the entire multi biased comment.  I would never let my 13 year old, 5 year old, or 18 year old "child" to do harm or even just hit at me nor any other adult as far as that goes.  You approve of them beating up on your wife or girl friend as well do you?  If you have one, I do pity her surrounded by such violence and dysfunctional family.  My sons are fine young men in their early 40's and would never have thought about doing that at any age.  They knew better than to do so.  Maybe I just am a better parent than you but you can let a 13 year old "child" run all over you if you think that's best for them.  You know nothing of an English speaking country, our language, nor particularly any other society it does seem.  ASEAN NOW did a fine job of referencing the obvious about ages reported by INN.  You don't seem to GET a lot of things.

Personally, I think that being with and the special ability of staying married to a Thai woman is a highly skilled profession as it stands after 10 years of marriage. And the extention should be extended to 10 years each time after doing annual extentions for 10 years straight.  It's only fair since a foreign woman already gets special privileges for being married to a Thai man from the start.  I wouldn't  mind paying for the whole 10 years all at once.  The proof of income for most of us on marriage extensions is to have a monthly pension if not showing 400k฿ in our named bank.  Showing 10 years of kr22's should be good enough for every further extensions on pensions.  Everything else is in Immigration computers.  All monthly income should be annually averaged as stated to compensate for varying monthly exchange rates. 480k฿ for the year.  It's very discriminating but I understand they want money coming into Thailand.  But I can imagine most foriegn women have some short of income or 400k savings.  But it's so much easier than getting a Green Card for my wife was back in the USA, less expensive, and a lot more paperwork and photos before getting the final 10 Green Card.  But it is Permanant Residence with the advantage of getting a SS Card to work at ANY job qualified for the same as American citizens.

30 minutes ago, Burma Bill said:

"Anutin has final say on drug's legality"

 

So, he will be coming up with some concrete decisions??

Try growing a pot plant in a bag of cement.  Do you add manure or just sand, gravel, and water it every three days?  It won't grow a nanometer in concrete.  Also it would probably be hard to roll one if it did magically grow.  Please, don't give him any ideas.

It looks like a jab may well become as traditionally and routinely given here the same way as whenever one goes to a hospital or clinic where there is a guarantee and expectation that one of the meds bags will definitely be Palla (Paracetamol).

20 hours ago, TheScience said:

Sorry, I'm lost.

 

I'd think *fake news* (lol, blame the fake news 555) would lessen the demand.

 

Well, I'm certainly willing to forgo mRNA vaccine. Have thus far and will continue to do so.

The only thing I want from the American government is to keep increasing the SSA COLA additions each year.

On 1/1/2022 at 7:47 PM, ThaIrish Sean said:

Waiting to read all the jealous troll's posts ????

Sounds like you got your life sorted Grecian,.Good for you!

I want to move to Thailand and we are comfortable financially, but my Thai wife wants to stay in this cold dreary country ????

26 minutes ago, digger70 said:

One can have a Phizer booster 3 months after 2  AZ Shots If you want to have a 3rd AZ shot as a booster one will have to wait for 6 months.

So

1 hour ago, Derek B said:

3 to 6 months for the 3rd shot.

 

That's our plan.  Old news.

20 minutes ago, digger70 said:

One can have a Phizer booster 3 months after 2  AZ Shots If you want to have a 3rd AZ shot as a booster one will have to wait for 6 months.

No thanks.

4 hours ago, digger70 said:

Yea , down here in Hat Yai same 2x AZ got the 3rd Pfizer 7 days ago.

My wife and I both had our 2nd Astras in September.  She was called about a Phizer Booster appointment and given a date. She went to the hospital Friday for her appointment to tell them that we will wait.  It's not even been 6 months. Always grabing at straws here.

16 minutes ago, tandor said:

...sure it does..its an expert at multiplication.

 

Good one.

8 hours ago, tandor said:

...agreed; but the more folk who get vaccinated the weaker the virus becomes...1+1=2

 

The virus doesn't know how to count, yet.

2 hours ago, khunjeff said:

Note that there is no expedite fee when applying overseas - and no need for one, since passports issued to Americans abroad are printed expeditiously and typically sent to the applicant within 2-3 weeks.

But there are Thai post costs at this time unless the Embassy has started back pick up at the Embassy again.

18 hours ago, Polar Bear said:

If a dog bites your arm/leg, you push into their mouth, rather than trying to pull outwards, and it forces them to open their mouth. I've used that successfully with a 100+kg dog. If they are attacking rather than just biting and holding, grab the skin at the back of their head, so they can't shake. Hitting them, gouging their eyes, or otherwise hurting them, is more likely to make them double down and start trying to shake you rather than release you.

 

Covering their eyes can help make them momentarily release, if you can use a towel or t-shirt to cover their head, that works well. But it'll only give you a brief window of opportunity. 

 

I wouldn't put myself in a position where a dog could bite my face.

I wouldn't put myself in that position either, and I have always tried to ban having a dog or cat in the first place.  Sometimes hard to do with an American family with pet hearts.  You can just guess who had to enforce making sure that they were taken care of, but I never cleaned up any mess.  Not my animal.  Luckily my now Thai wife, no kids and near same old age, would rather not even have to pet someone else's friendly animal.

2 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

Wife had a Modena booster today (free) at Rangsit Hospital, booked via Mor Promp system last week (there were 4 choices of vax).

 

I have a Moderna booster vax booked at Med Park in a few weeks (brother in law bought a few of them a while back, didn’t need it, transferred into my name - I think it was about B1500)
 

Bangkok Hospital sells Moderna for B1650 (purchase a voucher, vax 3 days later).
 

What were the 4 choices if you don't mind sharing that Information

1 hour ago, nobodysfriend said:

It will need another , non military government , to legalize it completely .

THC has consciousness enlarging effects and this is not wanted .

I do not smoke , but use it to make a tea , and the effects of it help me to find out what is really important to me , and the little bugging daily problems suddenly appear as what the really are , not important . And solutions can easily be found . It changes the 'point of view ' that you are used to , and that is a good thing .

Your neighbor makes a lot of noise at night ? It makes you angry ? Don't be , let it be , have a tea and you'll sleep good ... just laugh about it .

Sorry, but I will require a much stronger cup of Tea (hc) then what you are describing or a gallon sized cup at this level of cr@p being authorized. The T:B ratio they are suggesting is not very conducive to my concept for a peace of mind or happiness lifestyle. Maybe for soap or fried leaves. But that is a purpose that could be used on the permit. 555 Marriage with benefits. But we will make sure she's got a box of soap on a looped twig in stock, our trademark with a leaf imprint.

Anyone remember the words from a song, "sitten there on that sack o' seeds".

Pollution  has  long  been identified  as  harmful to trees. Historically,  impacts  of  air  pollution  were  primarily  local  in scale  (trees  impacted  by  a  nearby  industrial  area).Yet  today, trees  are  being  affected  on  both  the local  and regional scale. Entire  urban  areas  and  even  rural  area  trees  are  experiencing adverse impacts of air pollution. Trees  help  cleanse  the  air  by  reducing  levels  of  carbon  dioxide  (CO 2 )  and  removing  pollutants,  while  releasing  oxygen  through photosynthesis .  Air  pollution  directly injures  trees  by  damaging  living  tissue,  primarily  foliage, and  impairs  photosynthesis  and  the  ability  to  respirate.  Air pollutants  also  weaken  trees,  predisposing  them  to  further damage  by  insects  and  disease.  Some  air  pollutants  can also  indirectly  impact  tree  health  by  altering  ecosystem processes  such  as  soil  chemistry  and  nutrient  cycling.  The result  is  decreased  tree  vigor  and  growth  that  can  culminate in tree death.

https://www.google.co.th/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://extension.tennessee.edu/publications/Documents/SP657.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwjxjKyV5cH0AhUe4XMBHc6JD64QFnoECCkQBQ&usg=AOvVaw2VVJ-vS5tl2dExmZPyxxuq

I am much happier being a Farang in Thailand.  Talk about low stress.

7 hours ago, steven100 said:

what the hell    !!    just open and give every tourist a free massage at ' Noi's love ' massage 

What?  For free and still pay 500฿ for the privilege to enter Thailand.  Or maybe they are both inclusive.

9 minutes ago, timkeen08 said:

It always seems to be the same rampant repenting state of maturity and intellect responses you get when asking a 5 year old what they want to be when they grow up.

repeating

It always seems to be the same rampant repenting state of maturity and intellect responses you get when asking a 5 year old what they want to be when they grow up.

59 minutes ago, edwardflory said:

Go to your bank, withdraw 100,000bt, fold it and put in your pocket.

 

Makes quite a buldge, now multiply times 3.

 

Can you really believe a person carries around 300 X 100,000bt (+/-) notes, climbs a wall,  breaks into someone's house in the middle of the night and threatened the home owner with a gun?

 

This story gets better each day. Movie time!!!

You forget about the very common "Man Purse" just about everyone wears on their shoulder here.  I could easily fit 8-10 rolls in mine with no bulge showing, only in my dreams.

2nd AstraZenica vaccine.

2 hours ago,

27th September.

Si Chiang Mai Hospital,

Nong Khai Province.

No reactions to vaccination so far.

Same proficient protocols and same professionalism as the 1st time.  I went after their lunch break this time so I was in and out in less than 1 hour.

On 9/26/2021 at 9:36 AM, Hayduke said:

 

But…there are no brown envelopes on offer. Does the US unreasonably and foolishly expect Thai government ministers to sacrifice personal profit in the interest of public health?

 

 

Remember, no strings attached.  In other words do as you please with the donations.

34 minutes ago, trainman34014 said:

They can't even manage their own country properly in an organised way; so how are they supposed to be more assertive and helpful to Neighbours and others ?    Most Neighbouring countries see this country as a very large Lunatic Asylum full of Coniving and Corrupt Criminals and at best a Laughing Stock !

I agree.  An American citizen from Laos told me back in America that the word Thai translated to Lao then to English means "thugs".  I didn't know if that is true or not.  Since we've lived in Thailand I have come to believe him more and more as each year passes.  Especially the last two years.  Although personally I have always been treated very well in Thailand.  There is only one disrespectful $m@rt@$$ wanna be joker in all of the extended Thai family, whom I avoid as much as possible but most simply ignore him.  But in perspective, that rarity is far from being a rarity on this forum.  So I'll take Thais over farang any day.  I'm very greatful to be the only farang living in our village.