Bday Prang

From what I see of them both are rightly concerned about the effects of uncontrolled immigration on their countries, The worst either of them ever appear to have done is a bit of straight talking, using normal everyday language as used by normal every day people. The lefty website you linked to was pathetic... he referred to a chinese takeaway as a "chinky" Oh my god how shocking, you really have to accept that that is probably the way 99% of british people refer to such a meal, So we all all far right racists then Regarding Enoch Powell not sure why you brought him up he's long dead, but it really is worth you reading a bit more about him rather than just repeating the tired old rhetoric regarding the "infamous speech" I'm not one for posting link after link but this will start you off https://www.friedmanomics.co.uk/post/has-history-got-enoch-powell-wrong like it or not there was a lot more to the man Never heard of Raheem Kassam but his name indicates an unlikely ally for someone you allege is an out and out racist

here we go A far right racist next

Could not agree more, give the guy a break for gods sake, Farage has exactly the same problem in the UK The tolerant woke left harbour an almost evangelical hatred of anybody who's views do not align with theirs. they put the right wingers to shame in that respect. One only has to look at the hate filled comments on here directed at anybody who expresses support in any way for either of the above to see examples. The responses to this post will be further proof, Donald and Nigel Not far right and not far wrong

I'm guessing you believe whatever makes you happy regardless of its source, or accuracy Anyway I'm curious , Is this person of great standing in his society who's opinions are printed in newspapers, in someway responsible for you ending up in a Sino - Soviet ghetto? it can't be much fun surrounded by Shifty Chinamen and their shrieking Chinese fishwives, Surly scowling Russian gangster's and their molls not to mention the badly behaved offspring of both. Sounds like the guy owes you an apology big time. I might be jumping to conclusions here , but , unless you are a complete hypocrite, the insulting comments you have directed to others, indicate that you are actually living here with a wife from your own country? I find that astonishing, you have actually "taken coal to Newcastle" as we say in English or sand to the desert. might be easier analogy to understand for Americans I have only ever met one other person who did that, The most miserable guy I ever met What has somebody's visa got to do with their knowledge of the property market ? Same goes for the nationality of their wives If you insist on believing the rubbish that estate agents pay to have printed in low quality freebee online newspapers, you can expect people to laugh, not much point in going on the attack, you won't be able to fight them all

Both apparently absolutely brilliant, according to those who know about such things, Mind you another guy was afforded a similar accolade for cutting a cow in half and pickling it in formaldehyde anybody else lucky enough to have seen or heard of that masterpiece ? The rest of us are just to dumb to understand or appreciate such genius......or so they say

No I wasn't trying to get you to say anything "unwise" I would never do that, and I did get your point, obviously nothing more need be said in that respect, I was merely reflecting on Regency which whilst I find it ok its nothing special, I am surprised any of the Elite here would lower themselves to drinking it at a mere 600 baht a bottle, Its like us drinking Lao Khao I do genuinely wonder how the adverts are allowed on TV. in view of the rather strict advertising regulations that Chang and leo have had to be rather more inventive to circumnavigate To be honest If I do present as being better versed in Thai matters than some on here ( which i'm sure you would agree isn't difficult) it isn't intentional I keep my eye on the ball as much as possible and on rare occasions i may (mistakenly) feel like I have it almost partly sussed but inevitably I am soon brought back down to earth. Normally by the missis. I am fully aware I will never really understand anything that happens here. and I freely admit it

The fact that anybody has to resort to borrowing money from these scum is only proof of a total lack of intelligence and also irrefutable proof of a history of such behaviour. Somebody said on this thread earlier that the poor have no other option that is not really true, every village has somebody who will lend out money and every Thai will know several who lend out money. The traditional rates of interest usually "Roi la Ha" or "Roy la sip" 5% or 10% per month still extortionate but infinitely more manageable than the interest rates exhibited in th OP The only reason the guy in the OP could not avail himself of this service is because he will have had a history of defaulting on such loans and the locals wouldn't touch him with a barge pole When they borrow money from these out of town "mafia style" loan sharks , they are clearly informed of the extortionate interest rates that will be applied and also of the consequences if the default. It is not hidden in any small print. But it goes in one ear and with little to obstruct its path, it comes straight out the other. There is always a sad story, in this case alleged medical treatment, My inlaws aren't getting any younger there have been frequent spells in (government) hospital and no payment was ever required missis's sister had a cyst removed too, again no charge. The guy in the OP seems to be driving around in quite a nice pick up, what does he do when his insurance is due or he needs new tyres? Please don't anybody try to tell me that he budgets for such foreseeable regularities , Its brand new cars and motorcycles every time for these types, nothing else will do, and no problem or shame expecting others to pick up the bill Advice to all who read this thread, never ever lend them money under any circumstances whatsoever

Whoever posted the "confused" emoticon to the above post really ought to brush up on their Thai language skills as soon as possible

I'll meet you half way, it's desperation caused or at least compounded by stupidity

I don't mind a bit of regency now and again to be honest however I freely admit I am in no way a connoisseur ! Its a while since I drank any but I seem to remember on the bottle that it once won some sort of award 20 odd years ago. I still find it very unlikely that it is seen as a threat by other established companies who produce brandy , and at 600baht a bottle, I doubt producing a bottle of it on arrival at party involving the higher echelons of Thai society would garner any respect .

You may be right you may be wrong, the truth is none of us foreigners really have the slightest idea what is going on in Thai Politics, You should refer to my earlier post We don't even know the correct pronouns to use when addressing people or how to "wai" correctly when greeting strangers. Any" informed political comments" that might be made on forums like this, are based purely on western preconceptions and ideologies, and on what information people have been selectively spoon fed by english speaking mainstream media and of course a few self appointed experts Whilst we are of course perfectly entitled to comment, none of us are really qualified to do so to any meaningful degree

Here we go again , firstly I never mentioned alcohol checks, many of these sites do not check for alcohol, they are not even staffed by police, but by uniformed volunteers employed by the local administration, ( known as "Or Por Bor Ror) they don't even have the power to arrest or even stop anybody. However they have no issues shutting a road down to a single lane presumably for some misguided notion of safety, or more likely, simply to emulate what they have seen their equally clueless brown uniformed cousins do If you really think it is a master stroke of Thai policing to place road narrowing measures or indeed alcohol checkpoints in such places then you have just publicly demonstrated that you are as stupid as they are and are totally justified in referring to me as a genius, at least in comparison to yourself, although I have never considered myself as such Why don't you finish your afternoon chang, have a little sleep , and see if you can come up with a safer alternative, along the lines of cops in cars driving around actively looking for drunken drivers who they can stop, brethylise and arrest Where i come from we call people like you a "beaut"

Taint lickers ( credit to the American Pie films for that phrase) to a man / woman If anybody needs that phrase explaining I will be only to happy to elaborate on its origin

Regency is unique, in so much that it is openly advertised on TV. the past few evenings the advert has been shown at 10pm and 11pm on channel 29 (mono) ok no sight of the actual product itself but also no images of a similarly named soda water like the chang adverts, but the Brand name was clearly shown and there was a clear alcohol warning which to me confirms what they were advertising.

True enough

Not just the uneducated ones,, they all know their place, The Thai language has more pronouns than you would find at a LGBGTQ conference, and they are all designed to reinforce ones social status (or lack of) The ostensibly simple "Wai" used in greetings performs an identical purpose, and often results in foreigners looking either stupid , ridiculous or often downright insulting I have never seen a nation of people so adept at literally grovelling to those the consider superior to themselves yet at the same time showing a distinct disdain of those they consider inferior socially Anybody who chooses to disagree with that really will be showing there ignorance of the very essence of Thai culture

She has the advantage that she is approaching the age when she can claim to be suffering from "lady problems" unlikely to be questioned to deeply over that sort of thing

I find all these references and comparisons to sheep highly amusing to be honest. Has anybody on here making such comparisons ever witnessed "sheep dog trials" very entertaining watching a lone farmer working together in perfect harmony with a dog or sometimes several dogs, controlling them often by using a whistle or just a few grunts in an ancient and incomprehensible language (welsh) skillfully guiding a large herd into a confined space that they instinctively fear and try to avoid I doubt any on here and few in Thailand would be capable. Solely due to the amount of skill involved Conversely people are relatively easy to control and manipulate, there are various relatively simple techniques, the use of fear, (especially of the unknown) worked wonders for governments during the Covid "crisis". Another method that works well is the handing out of small amounts of cash. nothing hard about that

Her intestinal complications may inspire her to produce another piece of "art" at least she will have a glut of the raw materials required

But who do you think sanctions these coups ? ( I have no idea) You surely did not think it was all Prayuths idea did you?

Foreigners trying to get a slice of this pie rarely last long (with the exception of chinese)

Total rubbish, living beyond their means is a national pastime, and face is of course everything, Brand new pickups on no deposit, 7 year finance, ( initially) and top of the range I phones, and that is out in the sticks where I live, Not to mention borrowing against and often losing the very land they need to earn a living, sometimes literally just for a party ! You appear to have no idea

Absolutely correct except the final sentence. They seldom wait to clear one before taking on another, Borrowing from peter to pay paul is the way to go for most of them.

Not easy to say from under a pickup though is it Have you any idea how many Thais default on loans and finance. The word in Thai language for "debt" and the word for "running away and disappearing" is almost identical, the only difference being the tone used in pronunciation The word is "Nee" be worried if you overhear your TeeRak using this word with either a high or rising tone, be especially concerned if she uses them both in the same sentence

They could even have sold it , or traded down but that would involve loss of face