Bday Prang

Everything found in Thailand can be found in other countries, The OP didn't specify that the five things had to be unique to Thailand. Or have I missed something? oh just to refresh your memory here is your list Swim all year Cheap massages Cheap restaurants/accomm No need to leave car for refuels Acceptance of much younger GF/wife Hardly unique to Thailand can swim all year in any country. cheap massages available in any third world country cheap restaurants and hotels as above younger wife no problem anywhere In car refuels ? ok i'll give you the benefit of the doubt for that one, but personally I prefer self service

Tried all that nonsense years ago but the missis couldn't keep up, a lot easier just to leave her in the car.

1) Having to suffer "sawat dee khrap" 100's of times and being followed around continuously in Homepro. Thai Watsadu, and Global House etc ( although easily sorted by leaving the Missis in the car) 2) Those who seek to turn Thailand into a copy of their miserable home country 3) Those who constantly repeat phrases like "Quality tourists" or "I thought there was no prostitution in Pattaya" 4) Know it all political commentators claiming to know what's best for Thailand 5) The foreigners who "identify" as self appointed wannabe immigration police and their hysterical reactions to overstayers I have only ever encountered the people in the last four categories on this website

Indeed there are some and some actually take my breath away. By the way have you had any positive responses yet from your un brainwashed like minded "foreigners and expats" to your call for taking to the streets for a bit of direct action ? It actually would not surprise me having read some of the posts and comments on here, What is it that causes some people to get so hysterical about the political manoeuvring's and skullduggery in a foreign country ? None of us have any say in the matter, I can understand some might like to take an interest particularly in so far as how much any of it may actually affect foreigners but that's as far as any of us can take it, even if one could find somebody of "influence" who would listen, to complain would be at best pointless To actually advocate that a gang of foreign, disgruntled, left leaning ,pompous, woke pensioners "take to the streets to demand things are done their way has to be evidence, if not of brain death then certainly of insanity, and to think there could even be a chance of success "unite in getting Thailand to a democracy. " is further evidence of the same To feel the need to force any political ideology on a sovereign nation of people , who's language you don't understand, Whos political system you dislike, but also don't understand, who's culture you will never understand, has to be evidence of some form of brainwashing, I don't mind people throwing insults at me , it demonstrates how bizarrely passionate they feel about something and its normal , for some, to react like that when challenged But to have taken offence on behalf of an entire nation of people, whether they wanted it or not, and to insult any of them who do not agree as either brainwashed or braindead" as you put it. almost defies explanation At least I don't have to ask if you're a leftie

Yeah right, a magistrate handing down fixed penalty fines for instances of minor possession must posses a really in depth knowledge of fictional cannabis addiction. "I only did it coz i was stoned" "I'm an addict I need help" "i'm the victim here" etc etc People make up all sorts of excuses to explain their behaviour The police have also been known to stray from the facts too The overwhelming majority of victims in this "war" are the innocent users many of whom have been imprisoned and all of whom will have to live out their lives with a drugs conviction on their record. Its known as the war on drugs, and what is the first casualty of war ? The truth of course

And why? or rather who paid them

except those of us who do not agree with you

Its not a dream it is reality. reality that has reigned here for a very long time and long may it continue

one bad apple is all it takes, A journey of a thousand miles starts with one footstep etc etc I did not say the end of Thailand, I said the end of the Thailand we left our home countries for

Yes but in those days the universities concentrated in teaching the subjects that people intended to study, now they dedicate themselves to preaching lefty woke political ideology, which this guy has obviously become infected with. " Ivy league trojan horse" is a very apt description, putting Pita or somebody similar in a position of power, would be the beginning of the end for the Thailand that most of us chose to leave our countries of origin for

I am inclined to agree, he would soon be cozying up to Klaus Schwab and the rest of them , The only foreigners voicing support for him are woke lefties and those who for some reason would like to change Thailand into copy of their own miserable countries. The ruling elite , or dinosaurs, as the lefties like to call them have for decades, presided over this country and created a place where all of us have chosen to stay. What makes them think that this woke pretty boy will make things any better for us? To be honest I don't think they do, they despise the fact that Thailand has , as yet , chosen not to follow the currently fashionable woke globalist agenda. Long may the status quo prevail. as always , better the devil you know, in my not so humble opinion

"the game" as you put it is all; about not following the stated rules, always has been. he is either stupid or naive, either way he is unfit for the job

The drop in the Baht happened already do you honestly think that people who make millions out investing in that sort of stuff wait for things to be announced on Asean Now or mainstream media? You are too late and have missed out, the baht has been rising all day. This was always a racing certainty, only very naive people or those who's judgement was affected by dreams of some sort of "democratic utopia" thought otherwise

yeah , climate change will cause all the places that are almost uninhabitable to be actually uninhabitable, and under the management of the woke, all the other countries that have worked hard to become developed, will bankrupt themselves trying to fight nature. Just leave things alone and let nature take its course, it's a much better idea, we don't all have to suffer. millions of years of human existence and some people still build villages 10 miles or more from water! There is no point or future in helping people like that. Natural selection will save the planet, we are of no consequence in the long term or the great scheme of things

british food makes you puke so there must be a fair proportion of jap , korean and indian food off the menu too

Shocking isn't it ? maybe there should be a trigger warning

this same article is repeated regularly unless I am mistaken

Even if you didn't know?

"that stuff" ? more than a whiff of sour grapes to be sure

They don't get dark skin from working in a bar, and I never met a woman yet with homemade tatts that could speak perfect english, including in the UK

Oh I don't know, nothing wrong with a bit of role play, but personally I prefer to be a bit more imaginative.

its just age catching up with you, coupled with sour grapes

Like lunch , no woman is free

How many have you actually tried, If you like Massaman curry its very unlikely you would dislike Gaeng Garee ( yellow curry) or Tom Ka Gai or any of the other coconut curries, You need to be more adventurous I can't imagine I would enjoy living in a country were I didn't like the food

A late breakfast maybe but I couldn't face it at 6am, Also any foreigners ( non British) who may have enjoyed a british style pie whilst in Thailand need to be aware that most of the pies for sale here are basically home made and of a high quality. They in no way resemble commercial mass produced pies as sold in the UK. which are virtually unfit for human consumption. and to be avoided wherever possible at any time of the day, especially the ones in tins