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9 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

You asked at the front desk, right?

The credibility of the information you have reported would be higher if you got it from the actual retirement desk.

Please answer that question. I've asked you that repeatedly with no answer. Either you really want to be helpful or you just want to play stupid insult and ego games.


I still advise expats NOT to consider that there really has been a rule change at Jomtien for the time being unless we later get much stronger evidence than you have provided.

If that annoys you I don't care. Your sophomoric insults fall on deaf ears. I care that expats get the correct information.

So again how about telling us once and for all did you get that info you reported at the front of the office or at the actual retirement desk?

It makes a difference.

Sent from my Lenovo A7020a48 using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile app
 

Why not go down and check yourself as the other guy has suggested, rather than spitting the dummy and throwing a hissy fit.  It may help others if what he said is corroborated by you, and you could become "poster of the day"!

6 hours ago, George FmplesdaCosteedback said:

An interesting point.

Last year I had a farang poster insist undertaking was not illegal here?

 

Perhaps he was thinking of the Vienna Convention on Road Traffic which is in the back of all of our minds as we tried not get mowed down by one of the maniac van drivers.

OTOH, he could just watch this video on hazards of undertaking,

https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/life/793433/video-car-accident-crash-motorway

15 hours ago, Lacessit said:

Sometimes experience is preferable to qualifications.

And yet you didn't know about the blindspot?

3 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

Ring a bell at a bar in Soi 6 and survive that jungle ounslaught !

Better still, head to 2nd floor Patpong bars and then refuse to pay the tab.  If you get out in one piece, you are a survivor.

1 hour ago, Lacessit said:

Agreed. I was the person who taught my Thai GF to check her rear vision mirrors. Her driving instructor never did.

What about checking the blind spot behind her over the shoulder not visible with the mirror.  Sounds like you may not be a qualified instructor either.

4 hours ago, alien365 said:

cut right back in front of them after undertaking.

Isn't that overtaking?  Undertaker is what you will face if you drive aggressively like this too often.

17 hours ago, bbabythai said:

Everyday I drive I am forced to move to the left lane to drive around a slow car thats in the right lane. Dont these idiots know that slow cars should drive in the left lane? The worse is when theres a slow car in the left and the right and when Im blocked. Its at these times that I will flash the lights. 

Maybe you are driving too fast and tailgating.  Flashing the lights is aggressive road rage style behaviour.

On 5/28/2018 at 9:24 AM, phuketrichard said:

keep ur mouth shut, dont post on forums ur working as a digital nomad..

didn't he just do the opposite?

Tomato flavoured crisps is just so wrong, kind of like wearing socks and sandals or crocs.

1 hour ago, Lacessit said:

Amazing we should aspire to footwear worn by peasants. I suppose that's what is described as minimalism.

C'mon do not "minimize" it.  It is existential zen nihilism.

1 hour ago, bluesofa said:

Ha ha! Interesting!

I've always found the weakness with those (and also other 'higher quality' open sandals) is where the straps over the foot are glued/plastic- welded/connected to the base of the shoe.

Countless number times that after a few months I've tried to super-glue the straps back into the base.

Do the Ho Chi Minh sandals suffer the same weakness, I wonder?

 

Here you go.....note, use snow tires if you plan on using in the winter.

https://oureverydaylife.com/how-to-make-a-pair-of-ho-chi-minh-sandals-12140997.html

3 hours ago, tingtongtourist said:

poor quality flip flops will

why not buy a high quality pair....or you could always make your own military-quality ho chi minh sandals from tire rubber

use a plastic rain coat from a convenience store, much more practical

On ‎2018‎-‎05‎-‎16 at 7:04 PM, peterb17 said:

Oh for Heavens Sake

 

Of course I am sorry you have a disability. The reference was these knives were really sharp- for not much money - we have to spend our lives looking after all the PC crap - I don’t care about your problems .

 

 

At least you didn't say it cost an arm AND a leg.

6 minutes ago, Lamkyong said:

 

I am Iranian so i dont think it counts as a “farang” :)

6 minutes ago, Lamkyong said:

  12 hours ago, afsheen said:

 

I am Iranian so i dont think it counts as a “farang” :)

Actually in India, the word for foreigner firangi is believed to originally come from Persian...so you may be a true blue farang

5 hours ago, poanoi said:

i never did understand the 'whatsup' thing,

how to respond.

i think perhaps i should just throw back a

"how is it hanging" right back in their face,

and never bother answering the offensive question

the response to these intrusive "how are you, and you" types is a simple, "Waddup bro'", or better yet, "don't disturb me. I'm busy", and if you really want to wind them up, "glad you ask.." and then launch into a 2 hour War and Peace length explanation of how your day has been.

5 minutes ago, grollies said:

Relax, he's trolling you, ignore him.

You are the troll.  My lady gets harrassed by creepy farang like you all the time, and they do not like it!

7 minutes ago, afsheen said:

Pander to my nonsense? Is a simple polite and normal “and you?” too much to expect when you greet someone with a friendly “how are you?” ?

 

 

 

 

Absolutely.  Why are you are intruding on their personal space?

8 minutes ago, afsheen said:

I had a feeling that some people like you would reply in this arrogant and conceited way to my thread before I wrote it, and now it’s confirmed.

 

what do you even get from being this arrogant? does talking bad to other people make you happy?

You are the one who is arrogant.  Why do you go to a foreign land and expect everyone to pander to your nonsense.  If you do not like it, go home!

1 hour ago, afsheen said:

Hello, 

 

So has anyone else noticed this about Thai people?

 

When you ask them “how are you?” then most Thai people will just answer “fine” or “I’m fine” and that’s it , they don’t reply “and you?” or “im fine how about you?” like everyone else in the world would do , but thai people rarely do it.

 

Even when you ask them in thai language “Sabai dee mai” they just answer “Sabai dee” but not “Sabai dee, Khun la?” 

 

I asked my friend who’s also living in Thailand if he also noticed this about Thai people , that they rarely reply back with “and you? “ when you ask them “how are you ?” And my friend noticed this exact same phenomenon about Thai people.

 

ofcourse not all Thai people reply in this rude way when they are asked “how are you” but most Thai people do reply like this rude and carefree , they don’t ask in return like “I’m fine how about you?”

 

why do you thai people do this? I’m not trying to be mean at all with this thread but I’m genuinely curious as to why thai people answers in this rude manner, just “im fine “ . Where’s the “and you ? “ ???

 

I hope a Thai person can explain this to me because I find it very strange , I mean all over the world everyone knows that you should answer “and you?” Or “how about you?” but most Thai people don’t understand this basic polite manners.

 

both me and my friend have lived in Thailand for 2 years and we both noticed this rudeness of not answering “and you?many times , both when we talked to thai people in the line app and in outside in real life.

Whoever wrote this knows nothing about foreign cultures outside his/her own.  Why would they expect that a stranger should provide them with an answer to this very personal question.  Go back to your country please and do not return!

11 hours ago, webfact said:

Top 5 Reasons You Won’t Like Thailand

Sorry, but a slight inconsistency here as the author claims these are reasons "you" won't like Thailand, and then lists the 5 reasons "he" doesn't like it.  Everyone is different, so the top 5 would be different for all people.  Also do not so the relevance of where the wife is from.

4 hours ago, keithpa said:

Its been a day now since I challenged all the shxx stirrers to back up their claims that i have thai bashed. So, you have searched all my comment on TV , where is your proof. Put up or shut up. I may have criticized some things thai, as I do about any nationally, country, but, that is not thai bashing.

Don't feel bad or take it personally, but I did not spend any time reviewing your past comments on TVF.

7 hours ago, dddave said:

I've worked as an extra many times, mostly in commercials made here and the phrase "Work Permit" has never been uttered within my earshot.  The usual rate for a full day, often starting at 4am and ending sometime after 6pm is B2000 "in hand", that is after the 30% agent fee and 7% tax is deducted. With the proliferation of young Russians and Eastern Europeans desperate for any kind of work, if is sometimes as low as B1500.  TV soap operas often pay as low as B1000. Thais get paid considerably less.

Extras are always paid at the end of the last working day, in cash.  Signed copies of passports are required to be paid.

I wouldn't get of bed for those rates mate?  There must be a better way to earn a buck!

3 minutes ago, themerg said:

I think coffee in Thailand has a very high caffeine content.

Do you have real proof or is this just your perception?

8 hours ago, lannarebirth said:

 

You know the translation for Estadounidenses is "American", right? As for being called a norteamericano by a South American makes perfect sense from their perspective. Of course they could be referring to a Canadian or Mexican or Costa Rican if they aren't more specific in their description.  Sorry Keithpa. That's it from me. Good luck to you wherever you land.

Wrong again.  The translation of estadounidenses is literally "persons of the United States".  Norteamericano is NOT used by South Americans to refer to Canadians or Mexicans or Costa Ricans.  They would use, canadienses, mexicanos, costarricenses (or ticos). Do you make all this stuff up, or have you bothered to do any research?