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matching colours by electronic identification in Thailand?

Your choice, there's a million brands on the market, some massage venues have a couple of brands, many just one brand. I just say 'cream', I should of course be more specific / more selective. On the other hand many customers say 'oil' and the reality is that the oil actually used is very probably very low quality cheap oil. (I don't ask for oil because I find it takes 2 or more showers to totally remove the oil and I really dislike the feeling of oil still on my skin but maybe others don't have this issue). I've never visited a massage shop which offered (put in front of the customer) a selection of brands of oil.

In some countries / states, school zones are seriously monitored plus in one state I'm aware of vehicles cannot go over the marked school crossing more than 25 km hr. Plus all must stop totally and wait when any pedestrian is about to step onto the markings on the road, and must wait until the pedestrians are safely on the opposite footpath area. Plus 24 hr cameras, which can be watched by anybody on the internet. Break the law and there's very serious punishment including license cancelled for life, jail. fines that will bankrupt the offender, and public shaming.

Further, given the total time since the 'accident' and the involvement of many officers, must be several hundred who have been bought in some way. So how could there ever be any successful court action.

Some years back I regularly flw TG. I never had a problem with the seats, I did have issues with their attitude.

Then study their website.

Not true, many director and snr. operational m'ment positions are filled by civilians. How capable they are and whether nepotism is involved is a different subject.

Your brain is on overdrive, slow down...

Agree, rubbish, it's not the average Thai woman. It happens in every country with both women and men.

Yes but be fair, this happens in every country.

But it often takes several showers with lots of shampoo / body wash to completely remove the oil. So I ask for cream massage.

Or call out loudly 'JEP' 'JEP' (hurts). That will usually reduce the power being used.

Towards the end of Covid- 19 I flew Singapore Airlines (SQ) from Sydney to S'pore, then on to BKK. Special repatriation flight, one way only, passenger needed to have special entry document to enter Thailand (I have Thai PR which made this easier). Very low fare. Flight departed late from Sydney because of childish behaviors of one Aussie lady who didn't have the correct Covid- 19 negative report. Arrived Changi late with 50 minutes to change flights and depart Changi on time for Bkk. SQ staff very organized and focused. I use a wheelchair, after all other passengers exited (50 in total) 3 staff quickly came on board and carefully / quickly escorted / carried me to the aircraft door and into a motorized wheelchair and headed quickly for the next departure gate. Reseated very quickly, ground staff and cabin crew very organized to ensure I / all passengers were comfortable. SQ hostie whispered 'I will get you a hot drink as soon we get to cruising level, do you prefer tea or coffee?' Coffee came as indicated and a box of 12 nice cookies. As soon as all passengers all seated for SG - Bkk leg the captain announced 'all check-in luggage has been transferred and is on board already, we are moving off now, about 47 minutes to do the flight change over. And he thanked all the cabin crew.

I agree, for me reheating in a microwave changes the taste and for me it brings a somewhat unpleasant taste.

15 years ago I worked in Japan with a very clever oil processing engineer from California. In his career in many countries he had achieved much better than average productivity results from crude oil originating from many areas of the world. And he did the same in the refineries in 2 locations in Japan. He brought with him 2 full size Starbucks Americano machines along with a large supply of the very big white filter papers and Starbucks ground coffee (he was convinced that Starbucks was the best thing ever since sliced bread and he mentioned buying the Americana machines, in California) was not very expensive and the papers / coffer bought in bulk from Tokyo also not expensive). One Americano machine on an additional desk alongside him in the refinery operations office and one at his apartment in Osaka. Both the American guy and his wife (very beautiful Mexican psychiatry professor / researcher, author of many Mexican cook books) drank 50 (fifty) big mugs of coffee, black, no sugar, every day. They both claimed the large amount of coffee (caffeine) they consumed daily had no effect on their health / sleep). The American CEO (from Texas) had concerns about the engineer's health and insisted he get a thorough health check with emphasis on the condition of his heart. Result: all OK, no signs of any heart issues. He was about 47 / 48 years old. But at 55 years old the engineer had a massive heart attack and died, no warning. I don't know the later history of his Mexican wife.

As long as the chat with the older Thai women doesn't instantly change to: - You have Thai wife? - But have to have Thai lady to take care of you. - I like big belly farang. - You have big passport and big bank? - My mother needs a new car. - You can eat spicy because I can teach you. - It's the law in Thailand farang have to have a Thai wife. - I can move to your house tomorrow.

Making chat. Sounds so simple but it isn't, there's another factor in the Thai scenario which basically isn't there in a typical western scenario. The factor is status level. All Thais have been brought up to 'know your status level and keep within that status level'. Even when abroad status is in the picture. I recall being a member of a Thai student support group in Melbourne. Regularly some Thais didn't attend because they were aware that students of lower status would be present. This included organized (as needed) additional tutorials. I would put a note on the various notice boards on campus: subject / lesson chapter number / date / time / location. Often I would get a phone call asking who had signed up. sometimes the phone call would include questions about what uni the student (who had signed up for the tutorial) had graduated from in Thailand, even their grade and any known details of the family name and business activity of the family. Several times I became aware that students who needed to attend the additional tutorial didn't come, they were from hi-so families and didn't want to be seen attending a tutorial / remedial tutorial with lower status students. Even at the tutorial I would notice students being very selective who they would talk to. (Occasionally I organized social / food activities at my apartment, all invited. One time I discovered that a rich loud hi-so girl was continually ordering 2 Thai male students to help with food, collect dirty plates and more. I asked her why, answer: 'they are low status they should do all the support work'. I instantly / politely told the 2 boys to sit down and then told the hi-so girl to stand up and I told her 'now you take care of the boys'. She fled. Word got around and the hi-so girl kept a very low profile.)

But no jam and no cream.

When you reach 80 then you are 'entitled' to claim the age factor!

Seems to me capitalism gone mad is part of unhappiness.

I suggest your naive.

I put him on 'ignore' weeks ago but somehow he got past the block. I just re-entered him onto my ignore list.

You make lots of assumptions then try to dimish them. My dear old dad called his very nasty mother after I had received very nasty / insulting letters from her when I was on active service in Sth. Vietnam. He told her 'this is the last communication you will ever receive from me and I forbid you to send any further letters to my son*' (her grandson). * I discovered much later that he had contacted the Army Post office to ask if it was possible to block mail being delivered to army personnel. It wasn't possible (at least at that time). In reality she didn't send me any further mail. My dad kept his 'promise' he never spoke to his mother ever again. Later he discovered that 3 of his siblings had over many years done the same thing. It happens.

That's the critical item.

You're a sad person, try being positive.