Kurtf

I definitely think the speed limit should be raised. This will mean more idiots that don’t know how to drive, have never been taught road rules, will die. I’m all for that. It boggles my mind that Thai drivers have no idea why the road has lanes painted on them. And Thai drivers seem to think every  turn in a road means they HAVE to cut the corner. Staying in their own lane.....hahaha. That’s only for  Farangs. Solid lines, dotted lines, all same same for Thai drivers. I laugh when I hear about the death toll on Thai roadways. Ohh and have you heard how the government is going to come up with some magic to reduce the death toll over the New Year weekend. With zero road rule enforcement......impossible. I see cops standing on corners watching illegal U turns, pick ups over loaded with passengers in the back. Mai pben rai.

One reason you may not have had crowds is that the US embassy sent out a notice stating there were going to be a huge demonstration against the dictatorship and outlawing the Future Forward political party.

This is the time of year to buy. Many sales. We just purchased a 55 inch LG android with a smart remote that we only have to talk into to change channels for 14,000 baht. Guess it depends on what you consider cheap and how big a screen you find acceptable.

I got “Downsized” after 26 years with a big name company. So I retired at 52. I found out that no matter how much experience one has, no one wants to hire anyone over 50.

There are people that enjoy eating good food and then there are dining snobs. I think the poster falls in the latter category. 

You can bet your sweet <deleted> that the Chinese have something to do with these stricter regulations. Won’t be long before the Chinese own Thailand.

You might consider drugging him and then shoving his apparently lifeless body in a wheel chair and wheeling him into the plane and voila when he wakes up he will be in jolly old England again.

Sorry for making light of your problem. It is after all HIS life and not yours. If he wants to stay here until the bitter end then so be it.

The Thai economy isn't on solid footing in my humble opinion. So for an investment I would recommend 10 baht gold bars. 

Before plastic bags were invented people used paper bags. So what's wrong with going back to those at super markets?

I wonder how all the street vendors of liquid foods will be able to survive. What alternatives are available to them?

On 10/9/2019 at 11:40 AM, thepanom said:

I married twice to a Thai women,the first was married before the second never, in both cases nobody ever talked about sinsod

And that's exactly how it should be.

On 10/5/2019 at 11:18 PM, The Fat Controller said:

@Kurtf that just goes to show you have no idea of Thai wedding culture.

No. Actually what it means is I was smart enough to marry a Thai woman with a bachelors degree and do it in America. Her family as well as mine had NOTHING  to do with us getting married.

On 11/13/2019 at 10:20 AM, villagefarang said:

In my experience, many of the people demanding perfection from Thailand and the environment are people who neglect their health on so many levels.  Many smoke, drink, are overweight, drive dangerously and have anger problems.  

 

I do sometimes have slight allergy like symptoms but have no heart or lung issues and I do modify my exercise and lifestyle depending on the weather and how I feel.  If I am wrong and my environment knocks a few years off my life expectancy, and I die at 90 instead of 95, like many of my relatives, I will accept that.  My mother smoked most of her life, only stopping in her later years, and still lived into her 90s.  One of my greatest worries, is living too long.

 

I am happy to let people make choices about their own lives and how they want to live but I expect to be allowed the same freedom of choice.  The internet being what it is, we mainly hear from the angry unhappy folks and I simply want to represent my own personal opinions which are somewhat less negative.

 

 

The worst part about living too long is that you have to struggle with the pain of your friends and family dying off.

As previously mentioned 3% is the norm. However, RE agents in Thailand do little to nothing to earn that. The post the house on their website, then sit on their asses in their office waiting for someone to spot the house on the web and ask to see the house. I’d much prefer to pay 7% to someone that actively searches for buyers and promotes the sale of my house.

To have bi lingual education first you must have bi lingual teachers and Thailand has damn few of those so the whole idea although well intentioned is doomed to failure.

On 11/11/2019 at 4:21 PM, MRToMRT said:

The article and the sentiment behind it is an excellent one. So why do about 70% of the posters nitpick fault with it or with Thailand? 

 

Colonialist attitudes are not dead on this forum. Farang (read "White) "supremacy" of the mind seems to rule the roost here.

You obviously have not lived in Thailand for very long to know that the government's best published intentions seldom come to fruition. All the good intentions in the world aren't worth a damn if not implemented vigorously.

On 11/10/2019 at 8:46 AM, MrMo said:

The Ministry should look carefully at the "english" speakers that are employeed in English speaking roles.

 

Amongst the Thais, the level of proficiency is generally poor.

 

Amongst the foreigners employed, many have heavily accented speech.   I have encountered a number from my country, England, who teach English in Thailand and whose strong regional dialects makes it extremely difficult to understand.

Reminds me of the 14 months I spent in Scotland. I tried chatting up a young lady on a park bench and inquired where she was from. She told me she was from Germany and came to Scotland to improve her English. Really cracked me up because I was having a hard time understanding the Scottish accent.

On 11/9/2019 at 12:26 PM, hotchilli said:

So stop employing Thai teachers who have no capacity for teaching English after leaving University training.

Stop employing foreign teachers whose language skills are less than adequate.
Start by raising the standards of teachers and the students may have half a chance at a decent education.

Past years have seen an endless supply of the no-fail Thai system passing off new teachers as qualified, and an endless stream of foreign teachers who cannot speak the English language enough to teach it.

I have been told by a native Thai that those wishing to work for the government that the bottom of the barrel is school teacher. Those that can not qualify for any other job end up being teachers.