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4 hours ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

Are you comparing the size of your penis to Thai guys or Westerners ?

Are you "blessed with a large penis in Thailand and regular size in the West, or is yours big compared to other Westerners ?

1. Thai women don't care about sausage size at all unless they have been repeatedly exposed to the idea. It's just not that high up on their list of priorities.

They're probably thinking, who cares how big the sink faucet or garden hose is? As long as it's strong.

2. Numerous studies have shown that sausage size very roughly correlates with height, not race or ethnic origin. It's like shoe size and height.

Tall Asian guys will naturally have bigger sausages, like the occasional big, tall Thai men that you see with big, fat hands. But mostly like not the typical 165 cm tall Thai villagers.

2 hours ago, pgrahmm said:

Add to the list....

 

Stairways/steps....

 

Guardrails = height....(the last miscalculation that some people make).....

 

Thai Lady's hands....Regardless of body size, Thai women universally seem to all have small, delicate hands.....

 

 

 

 

What kinds of women do you hang out with?

Many of them have short, fat strong fingers, especially the street vendors.

6 minutes ago, Iamfalang said:

The higher the flame, closer to the Nature Gods.  More smoke, better chance to win lottery.

 

Why do Churches burn incense?   worst thing for the Universe known to man!!!!   

 

It wasn't that many decades ago when all Mom and Pops had chimneys going nuts....

 

We are simply living 50 years behind.  Which is why we are here!!!!!

 

20 baht noodle soup in the real Universe is now 100 baht!!!   be happy

More like 200 to 300 baht in Western restaurants, and the portions often aren't that big either.

4 hours ago, OJAS said:

So how do we scan a QR code, please? Does it require some new app to be downloaded on to a smartphone? 

Open Google Play, which is a sideways triangle icon. Type "QR" or "QR scanner."

You can check online sites too if you want to have an idea of what kinds of QR scanner apps are out there.

https://uqr.me/best-qr-code-readers/

You can also ask people around you to help out with various steps of these confusing procedures.

On 5/12/2022 at 12:46 AM, sqwakvfr said:

I have an OA with the required health insurance and it would cost me more to obtain this LTR.  On the surface it sounds good but “devil is in the details”.  Many will find this out when they look deeper into it.  

 

Here are the specific requirements for the “Wealthy/Retired category”

 

Groups 1 & 2: Wealthy Foreigners and Retirees

• Must purchase a health insurance policy which covers medical expenses of no less than US$50,000 for at least 10 months starting from the date of the application OR provide a social security certificate covering medical expenses in Thailand OR provide proof of at least US$100,000 held in a Thai or foreign bank account for at least 12 months prior to the application date.
• Must have evidence of an average income of at least US$80,000 for at least 12 months prior to the application date.

It looks like this is meant to cater towards the mainland Chinese.

This means everyone will be required to have a smartphone in order to enter Thailand right, since QR codes are mandatory?

What about old-fashioned people who don't use phones? Even right up to early 2020, no immigration officers anywhere in the world would even care if you had a smartphone or not.

This means forcing phoneless elderly relatives and friends to use smartphones if they want to visit Thailand and having to budget around $100 more to get phones for them.

And what happens if you have a laptop but no phone, or if your phone runs out of batteries and you have no power bank?

6 minutes ago, Sheryl said:

No 0roblem at all using your existing health insurance but you may need a letter or certificate from the insurer stating you are covered  in Thailand for x and that this includes COVID.

 

I have used my existing normal health insurance for entry multiple times.

How would you typically get that letter or certificate from the insurance company? Give them a call and they'll email you something, or the usual Thai bureaucracy with some actual visits and signatures on a few paper documents?

What about expats who already have annual health insurance from companies like BUPA and AXA?

My insurance costs me about 20,000 per year. I'm not sure exactly how much is covered, but it would be accepted for the Thailand Pass in case I want to fly in and out of the country right?

Thailand has always been much, much safer than the US and UK, and continues to be.

Since when are there dangerous Thai street gangs tagging graffiti, controlling entire city blocks, and shooting people everywhere?

6 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

It is rainy season.  Not great AQI #s yet, but horrendous is a stretch:

 

Not just because of the overall air quality as reported on IQair, but mostly because of local agricultural and trash burning everywhere.

I still prefer to keep putting on an N95 mask because of the horrendous air pollution, not because of the virus.

If you need to travel because your COVID vaccination was over 270 days ago, then yes, because many countries now have this requirement for incoming travelers.

If you're worried about the virus itself, then it's not necessary.

Smoke is fine as long as it's organic and not plastic or rubber, or insane amounts of smoke like when Thais burn down very large felled trees.

My windows are all boarded up because of this.

10 minutes ago, Smithson said:

The atmosphere will deal with it, this is how nature works. There is nothing you can do. Discussing it with your neighbors will not help.

I'm not one of the forum posters who complain about it and am actually used to it by now.

N95 masks, which we're all used to by now (except if you're one of those anti-vaxxer activists) and air purifiers do the trick. It's like dealing with snow or rain, no big deal.

Nanny state problems back in the West are much worse.

2 minutes ago, Smithson said:

Generally they will do it in the morning or afternoon, best to have the washing sorted before.

Doesn't the smoke seep into your own house though? How would you deal with the smoke that lingers around for about half an hour afterwards?

Just now, The Hammer2021 said:

You think wrong - anyway if neighbor  nuisance prevented activities children and rap music would be banned

Rap music is not explicitly banned in any municipal code since minorities would sue for perceived discrimination. But in practice, neighbors are disproportionately likely to call the cops on you if dress in hip-hop clothing while blasting rap music out of a lowrider car in an exclusive suburban neighborhood.

Similar to any other activity that middle-aged middle-class suburbanites perceive as a nuisance.

4 minutes ago, Smithson said:

I used to compost or use all the leaves for mulch, but now I do burn some. If you have a lot of land sweeping, collecting and composting takes a lot of time. It releases smoke and CO2, but compost releases methane, which is worse. The smoke from the leaves chases away the mosquitoes, the fires and sweeping keeps it bare dirt, which is important to keep snakes, centipedes and other critters away.

Thanks, now I understand my Thai neighbors better.

8 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

I couldn't live in a gated community, with an 'association' dictating rules.   Or simply have a cookie cutter house.  My last house wouldn't have been approved anywhere with such rules.  Nor would our present build, though not as unique as last one, pictured.

 

Wow, what an amazing custom built house! Love the large windows and beautiful garden.

No one would let anyone build that in a US, UK, or Canadian suburb, where cookie-cutter homes are enforced by law.

7 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

Why I left that nanny sh!thole state.  Borough actual telling me how high I'm allow to grow my lawn.   I'll mow the lawn, when I get around to it.  This a single house with NO neighbor on the same street, both sides for 50+ meters.

 

They actually came out to cut it, twice.  Wasn't a third time, as I hammered a few pieces of rebar in the lawn after the first time ... ????

Want to change your front door or paint your house purple? You'll be destroying the character of the neighborhood and will get lectured, fined, and forced to make your house exactly the same as every other McMansion.

Some suburban homeowners have even been hassled for growing edible plants in their yards.

No loitering in front of your own house in hip-hop attire, or else the paranoid neighbors would call the cops because of a neighborhood watch mandate.

But in Thailand, you can burn all you want, let the dogs loose, dump Chang beer bottles all over your front yard, play loud music, park motorcycles anywhere. Your fence or house can be as weird as you want it to be. No one cares. "Free at last, thank God Almighty I'm free at last!"

5 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

If you have no way to compost it, or don't wish to pay to have it hauled off then you burn it and then the ash provides for nutrients when you shovel it into your soil around your bushes and such.  If you do not remove the detriment of leaves and such then it just piles up and creates a haven for insects and such as well as blowing around and clogging up the drain systems.  Now on the farm I grew up on we had huge burn piles, and after burning them we would use the tractor to spread it over the barren top soil before we ploughed.  Here in Thailand my ex-wife's family does just that, yet the sugar cane field burning is just a mess as well and contributes to the air pollution.  Look at Ching Mai as an example.....

Thanks for the explanation.

I've never seen anyone burn leaves in the US because I've only seen suburbs where no one would even know that leaves can actually be burned. Neighbors would likely call the cops or firefighters at the slightest hint of any smoke.

How does burning in Thailand differ from burning on US farms? Like what you would do with the burnt pile afterwards.

47 minutes ago, Muhendis said:

Don't know where you get your "average" from but I would certainly like to be a bit nearer that. ☹️

Be careful of what you wish for!

If you go near that, you'll be knocking over street market umbrellas and breaking bathroom doorways.

3 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

I still burn the piles that have been raked up and the downed limbs on the properties in the US, because I can.  Of course there are only certain times and days you can burn there.  You do have to call to see if it is a burn day.

 

However, everyday here is a burn day whether it is in the farming area, or in the city such as BKK.  This morning I watched from my balcony as one of the homeowners down below burned a pile of leaves he had collected from his driveway, walkways after yesterdays wind and rainstorm.

But, what is the logic behind burning all of it?

Not cricitizing anyone. Just trying to understand why.

What are some height differences between Thai vs. US/UK building standards?

Particularly the kinds of height differences that we need to know so that taller Westerners would not be going to the hospital for head injuries and neck/back problems.

Regular doorway height

Bathroom doorway height

Sink height

Countertop height

Toilet height/size

Ceiling height

Cabinet height

And other heights

Need a list of all the various height differences to tell Thai builders.

If you just let them do everything according to Thai standards, they'll build something custom designed for tiny little Auntie Noi by default.

For instance, Thais keep building countertops at 80 cm or bathroom doors at 180 cm, or cooking smoke ventilators below my eyes even in new homes. Too small and painful.

My height: right at 6 feet, maybe a bit taller, pretty average for Westerners.