About 700K baht/year, would be a fair bit less if I was not supporting a Thai family.

I play golf three times a week, live comfortably, eat mainly Thai food or cook for myself.

I am baffled how anyone could spend 2 million baht a year, unless they were either barfining every day, or getting drunk on Glenfiddich every day.

4 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

I thought the really emotional bit in Schindler was when the little girl in the red dress was running around, not the ending.

When Liam Neeson loses the plot realising he could have saved more people, how could that not be sad?

Apparently the girl in red was Spielberg's decision, the only color in the film apart from the Shabbat candles. She symbolises the death of innocence, and also may refer to the red flags used by the Jews in pleading for help from the Allies.

On 5/5/2021 at 9:01 PM, tomazbodner said:

 

Ah yes... the swimming pool is closed. Not like I ever used it. But nice pool...

I hate it when they close the pool, because with the chlorine they are probably the safest place on the planet to be. Yes, I know, it's the partygoers that gather around them.

Here eleven years now, no problems with Thais to speak of.

Most of my problems have been with Caucasians.

Schindler's List has to be the tops. Field of Dreams, Starman. To Sir with Love?

Wake in Fright is not emotional, more acutely uncomfortable for many Australians.

More <deleted> from the spin doctors. If vaccines are coming, why can't I register at a private hospital? I dress neatly, use underarm deodorant and mouthwash.

On 5/6/2021 at 4:48 PM, RocketDog said:

OK, that was my point. Your post made a comment on first time players performing badly. Very few people do well the first time they learn new motor skills and have not developed the engrams.

I agree that you (and I ) would not look good in short skirts. However, you may not be aware that there are male baton artists, and there are martial art skills that are very similar.

 

You lost me on golf being metaphor for life. I'm guessing that an enthusiast for any sport, or other endeavor for that matter, would make the same claim. My only experience with golf is being hit by a golf ball when walking on a sidewalk next to a gold course. After that I stayed away from them.

 

Golf is a metaphor for life because it teaches patience in adversity, and adaptability in changing conditions. It involves handling pressure, and conquering fears. Losing one's temper in golf is usually fruitless.

Sports like tennis may have similar challenges, except it's an opponent and the ball is moving.

In golf, there's only a small ball sitting in whatever lie you have put it in.

Golf is also a test of character, as all its rules are based on the premise of personal honesty. Trump cheats at golf, so it's not hard to guess how he will behave in real life.

I've been hit by a golf ball too, I agree it's not a pleasant experience.

I use Codiphen occasionally when I want a good night's sleep. I get very vivid and detailed dreams when I do.

My main concern is waking up from sleep to a painful leg cramp, although regular massage keeps those at bay.

A friend told me some of the bar girls in Pattaya have a supply, for certain exhibitions.

The Ancient Greeks said hubris is always followed by nemesis. Too bad the military government never got a classical education.

The hubris in allowing people to travel during Songkhran, instead of banning inter-provincial travel as in 2020, is what is causing the current spike.

About 98% of golfers would be delighted if they could shoot that score.

1 hour ago, Surelynot said:

Been there...done that......

Please tell me it was not to a chick visible only on a phone screen.

1 hour ago, rocky123 said:

The mainstream media are doing a great job "injecting" fear into all the sheeple. Why would anyone get injected by an untested fluid (research the ingredients) for a virus 99.95% curable in the under 80 year olds. You have an immune system people. Always ask questions, trust nobody. ????

30% of COVID - infected people in Australia are experiencing lung damage that takes months of rehabilitation.

I don't trust your information 99.95% is curable. Immune systems only work against threats they have experienced before, ergo vaccines.

I'm asking you a question. Where is a link to an authoritative source that supports the figure you have posted?

18 minutes ago, Brierley said:

As I said subsequently, this is not my call, I'm merely describing the role of the Embassies as they are performed currently and have been so for at least two decades or more. The problem is, so few people understand the role and expect so much more.

If taxpayers knew the level of waste that goes on in Foreign Affairs ( or whatever it is called now ) they'd be screaming bloody murder. Cushiest government employment there is.

Is it too much to ask, in the middle of a pandemic, for embassies to get off their butts and assist their citizens?

1 hour ago, RocketDog said:

How many people excel at a sport (using the term loosely for golf) the first time they try it?

 

Did you ever try baton twirling? 

Why not? Not interested and think it silly? You owe it to yourself to try; you could be a natural but odds are you would look abjectly incompetent. 

 

Personally I've never attempted either 'sport'. 

Why would I try baton twirling? I thought that was done by girls with nice legs and very short skirts, the sight of me attempting that would frighten small children and grown adults alike.

Particularly if I wore the uniform.

I certainly did not excel when I started golf, took me 18 months to get to single figures. Slow learner. Never thought of it as silly at any stage.

People who think golf is silly don't understand the combination of athleticism, skill and mental application required to become a champion. They also don't understand golf is the only form of exercise recommended by doctors for cardiac patients, or that it is a sport that can be played by all ages. The number of 70 yo golfers would be far greater than tennis or badminton players.

Golf is a metaphor for life, that's why it's the best game ever invented.

4 hours ago, Brierley said:

It's not their job to look after the health of their citizens overseas, they're not missionaries.

Perhaps you could explain what Australians are supposed to do, when they are unable to travel back there due to quarantine quotas, and in fact face jail terms if they try to do it from India.

I've seen the taxpayer-funded holiday accommodation of the Australian ambassador outside Jakarta, not a mansion, a bloody palace. The  functions of diplomatic staff seems to be holding parties for other consulates and embassies. And begrudgingly dole out visas.

I'm registering for vaccination at a local private hospital. Not expecting assistance from the consulate, IME they're as useful as tits on a bull.

1 minute ago, tjo o tjim said:

The US is having issues getting sufficient people to take the vaccine… issues that seem to be about more than politics (for once), and other countries are reporting similar results.  Wife just had second jab today at a place set up for 2,000 people per day that can only get 500 to come in.

The Russians and Chinese are mounting huge disinformation campaigns to cast doubt on the safety and efficacy of Western vaccines, it's just another salvo in the "grey war" being conducted in cyberspace.

It's unfortunate there is no vaccine or therapy for ignorance, and also unfortunate COVID is not selective for it.

3 hours ago, Jingthing said:

You lost me at the golf.

It seems the consensus is that if this happened to most any random person, it would be utopia for the leader, and dystopia for everyone else. I would never pass physics!

I would help you.