Ron jeremy

Quite different in Vietnam, most owners dogs are the same as in the west, loved family pets, rarely hear barking at night in the cities , if ever. 
I was staying in central Vietnam, my first night in this city, a neighbors dog was barking at night, as it was left outside.

I didn’t sleep well. In the morning the reception asked me how I slept, I told her the dog next door was left outside and barked. She told me she would tell the owner, after I returned from breakfast I saw her speaking to the neighbor.

I stopped and gave him an earful, told him if the dog made another noise I was getting the police. The young man looked terrified, pleaded to me not to do this, then the dog was led away on a leash, never saw it again!

5 minutes ago, Ventenio said:

if someone said, "this pollution might take 20-years off your life" or give you massive health problems for decades...

 

nobody would leave.  

 

just not think about it.  which it why this will continue forever.......but in your home country, we can do something.   not here. 

Not 20just 4

17 hours ago, Stargrazer9889 said:

My buddy who lives in Hua Hin says that during the week Binta Baht is

dead, he has only seen some bars open on Friday and Saturday evenings,

  The place is like a grave yard, all over, except for the locals shopping at the

Food outlets, the malls are very quiet and  some businesses in them have

closed as well. He say it is quite depressing, but the weather is great.

   He does not miss the snow.

Geezer

I hear the same from friends on the ground, depressing , and has been for months. He laughs at the ???? people that say it’s never been better!

What a better time to lift restrictions 

they licked it!

3 hours ago, sanuk711 said:

Bars to open....gosh the police will be glad to hear this.....did you see how much debt they are in....

The whole country and its people are on the verge, they had no choice but to open.

9 hours ago, Sujo said:

Yes it does, its not as much as a cc but it has them. Also if i use with the cc option i get more. But i dont as im not interested in booking a certain way simply for a reward i will never use.

No you don’t get rewards from a debit card???? you will never use a reward? You’ve never flown or stayed in a hotel?

this is what I use mine for.

12 hours ago, connda said:

If you are attentive and not focused solely on the dogs that you are complaining about, just sit quietly and listen as far as your hearing will allow.  What you'll hear is that one group of dogs closest to you are not the only dogs barking.
I've had anywhere between 2 dogs to 9 dog at any given time at our home in our village where the dogs have about 2/3s of a rai of fenced in land to run.  Do they bark.  Yep.  Most dogs do.  Some breeds more than others.  Our Thai dogs are somewhere in the middle of the barking index. 
Now - why do our dogs bark. 
For a number of reasons.
1.  Strangers approaching the house.  Well - that's why we have them.  We have a perimeter fence around the property, the gates are always locked, and 'strangers' aren't invited unless we invite them.  In that case, we want them to bark.  It tells me there are people around.  Their "territorial barks" have a real distinctive sound. 
2.  Trucks and cars driving around with loud-speakers blasting advertising.  Well heck, you think that the dogs barking and howling is a nuisance?  Their barking stops when the loud noise being blasted via speakers moves on. 
3.  Village PA system.  Same as number 2.  Six o'clock in the freaking morning and the village head is playing Thai music followed by a sermon. Same at about five-thirty in the evening untll six PM.   That gets virtually every dog in the village going, but it generally doesn't last too long.  A minute of barking and howling and it stops.
4.  Pack behavior.  If my dogs seem to be barking for "no good reason" well, then you need to listen.  If my dogs are barking at night, I guarantee that in the distance other dogs are barking.  One dog in the village starts (probably because a stranger is around their house) then other dogs within earshot pick up the chorus.  It lasts for awhile and then dies out.

Now when you're in the city, that can be a pain in the buns.  And I've been in your position when I had an apartment in Chiang Mai. People across from the apartment had three Huskeys (what a inappropriate dog to have in Thailand, but I digress).  And Huskey's from my experience seem to generally be barkers.  Along with small "yip yip" dogs.  And being in the city people walk past their house all the time.  Territorial dogs end up barking all of the time.  But I bet if you listen, quietly, you'll hear dogs all over the area adding to the chorus in a pack behavior manner. 

So the problem with "complaining to the authorities" about barking dogs is that you're bothered by the dogs closest to you because they make the most noise.
If some one told me I have to make my dogs be quiet all of the time, I'm going to tell them to go make all the other dogs in the area quiet then my dog will be too.
That's just the nature of it.  But, in our village including our immediate neighbors?  We all have dogs.  So nobody says anything.  If my dogs are barking I guarantee their dogs are barking too.

If I was in an apartment and it bothered me, I'd move.  But barking dogs don't really bother me.  If you have a house and can't move - get your own dogs.  You'll eventually learn how to tune it out. 

If feel for ya - but - (and I don't mean to be cheeky) this is Thailand.

Living the dream I see!

5 hours ago, brewsterbudgen said:

Happens every year across most of Asia.  You just learn to live with it!

And kill your children doing so

gteat reply 

no one has to learn to live with it

its their choice 

simply move

why would someone move or want to live in this hellhole?

3 minutes ago, 4MyEgo said:

 

The only thing to understand is that banks have the right to vary their terms and conditions and that means if they said one thing today, it can change tomorrow.

Then you cancel it Einstein ????????????

1 minute ago, robblok said:

I leave it there is no reason to argue with you if you fail to understand what i wrote. 

Put down the bottle and go to bed Rob ????????

4 minutes ago, Sujo said:

Agree i would be too stressed to leave that amount of cash as a deposit.

 

I only use debit card for everything,I have never had a cc, never needed one. Also never had a loan or insurance on anything.

Does your debt card give you rewards?

that’s why you use a Cc

free is good

2 minutes ago, transam said:

No it doesn't, just because this tool caused a drunken accident doesn't mean we are all the same. 

Perhaps you don't drink so put us all in the same bracket...Very naughty...????

No it doesn’t mean you are all the same. But I agree with the statements that far too many foreigners drink far too much.

1 minute ago, rwill said:

The best form of freedom is not to have any debt.

I don't have any credit cards.  I pay cash for everything.  If I can't afford it I don't buy it.

When my family came to visit me I wanted to rent a van to travel around in.  They all wanted a credit card, .  I finally found one that accepted a $100,000 baht cash deposit.

The only bills I have are utilities.

I'm fortunate to be in a position where I can afford to do that.

100,000 deposit??? But don’t need a CC?

enough said

as dozens have stated

you don’t have to be in debt with a CC

that would be a cold day in hell I left a $100 k deposit 

Tragic news 

9 minutes ago, Jimbo2014 said:

Thailand has firmly entrenched itself as one of the most polluted countries on the planet and has well earned its new tourist slogan - TT LOS - Toxic Thailand Land of Smog.  Every year we reach apocalyptic pollution levels for months and then every year we hear the same tired old pledges to reduce burning, fix vehicles, commands being sent down the useless chain of command.  For the price of one Chinese made submarine you can buy 4000 new crop clearing tractors.  Burning persists despite the empty tired old rhetoric.  Ill believe it when I see it.  Meanwhile we, like many, are making plans to exit.  You cant buy good health.      

Your health IS your wealth 

20 minutes ago, PatOngo said:

Thanks, had my accountant come and correct it! 

Had to get out the calculator myself 

math was never my strong suit either!

Failed to mention the company goes to bat for me when items are not as advertised and warranty 

dervices not rendered 

during covid when the airlines abandoned people I simply purchased a ticket home

the airline offered me a credit

my CC company got my money refunded 

32 minutes ago, ChipButty said:

He might like it, I did 555

At least you’re honest chip ????????

Tell your boyfriend you would like to watch him get goosed by a ladyboy first

13 hours ago, kingofthemountain said:

I think even the parts of the building on the main surface are a problem

where do you think all the used water and others fluids from the kitchen

and toilets go? Can you imagine the thousands of liters of p...ss in one night in

this area? do you think it goes uphill on the other side of the road or directly into

the seawater just below? The authorities should use these hygienic reasons to buldoze the lot

and i don't even talk about the safety problem with the state of the foundations pilars, it\s just

an accident waiting for happens

It goes under the grating at the entrance of the beer gardens, lovely stench!

world class, 

if they haven’t been able to tackle this monumental task, the other plans are highly doubtful.