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I am not a big fan of Trump but I absolutely wish him success in his dealings with Iran.

Iranian mad mullahs have been a menace since 1979 and if they can be reined in I am in support of whoever can do it.

I can't understand anyone who doesn't support this.

23 minutes ago, cjinchiangrai said:

An Oxygen concentrator sounds like a scam. The only way to get more oxygen in your air is to add Oxygen.

Not a scam.

A standard medical device used in lieu of supplemental oxygen in tanks.

You use a nasal cannula to breath the output of the concentrator that takes in room air and decreases the nitrogen level to output oxygen at about 95% O2.

I don't know why you would think it is a scam.

They can be expensive if you are self pay.

Anybody can nominate I think.

Remember that Yasar Arafat won the Peace Prize so it is a strange selection process.

No respect for tradition.

The traditional method for ending it all in Pattaya is a rapid descent to earth initiated from an upper floor balcony.

But seriously, sympathy for the guy what ever his story.

I haven't been keeping with this situation but I was surprised and shocked that the US attacked Frodo.

What did Frodo ever do to the US?

9 hours ago, Bravefart said:

They have been produced with laser sights for over a decade .

This in response to:

"A crossbow fitted with a laser sight?

Did I read that correctly?"

And now don't I feel foolish.

Imagine me being so uninformed on advances in crossbow technology.

It isn't just Thailand, Bureaucrats the world over are rigid in their thinking and sometime just plain stupid.

I have read of cases in the USA where people from New Mexico and Indiana have been initially refused application for driver's license in another state because they "didn't have a driver's license from a US state. Apparently the DMV types thought they were from Mexico and India respectively.

5 hours ago, Cornish Pasty said:

Can anyone explain the rationale behind such an action?

 

I’ve already seen it 4 times this morning on the roads..

 

Mark.

Many of those riders are individuals who mind their own business.

On 6/21/2025 at 7:31 PM, bubblegum said:

So true! The moon made of green cheese, ridiculous everybody knows the moon is made of Emmentaler ! The heels clicking I don't get, Hitlers boys only clicked ones per allocated time, did they not?

A very famous movie, click your heels 3 times to return home to... oh I can't make it that easy for you.

28 minutes ago, CallumWK said:

 

We all knew you are not the brightest light in the garden shed, so you even missed the point that it is YOU who stalks others continuously with those insults.

I like your variation although it will be lost on many.

Gotta love the Stable Genius's version, "not the sharpest bulb".

2 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

Fact

Any statement I agree with.

 

Opinion

Any statement I disagree with!

It's a good joke (I guess, though a bit obvious) but the problem is that for many of the geezers here it is exactly what they think.

17 hours ago, Harrisfan said:

You lefties are the biggest sooks and haters. Fact.

Interesting to note that in elementary school curricula at International Schools in Thailand, English classes spend significant study time on learning the difference between fact and opinion.

I guess some individuals in their dotage enter into a phase called "second childhood" or maybe they just never learned the distinction.

21 hours ago, Terrance8812 said:

 

Pathetic reply, BigNok. Calling out your drivel isn’t hating women, it’s just hating stupidity. Try harder.

Or possibly just give up loser.

21 hours ago, NorthernRyland said:

The median Thai person has roughly the same mental faculties as a white/European janitor. 

 

It's very important to know this if you are to understand the country and why things operate like they do. 

 

From the fairly  frequent mention of the Dunning-Kruger effect in discussions I think that this effect is fairly well-known to the AN members at large.

The thing I wonder about is do the members in general consider the effect applies to anyone?

Including them?

On 6/19/2025 at 8:08 AM, frank83628 said:

Why on earth do you old guys think these girls like you

Why on earth do they like you?

World wide women like men for different reasons, but underlying them all is money and prestige.

The payments may be structured differently but money (and other material things, jewelry, real estate) are always the foundation.

Materialism is clearly the basis of love and marriage in the US, (I can't speak for other countries), usually starting with the extravagant wedding, buying a house and paying the mortgage for 20 to 30 years and then doing the right thing and dying first so she can collect the life insurance.

12 hours ago, Equatorial said:

 

I don't see a reason to demonize the mamasans. If we set aside moral judgements related to the profession involved, mamasans are no different than people in other management positions - they vary. From money grubbing parasites, all the way to helpful and caring. Most of them of course are somewhere in the middle.

 

 

There certainly are (at least can be, with a good mamasan) many benefits to the girls, as is the case with any manager. A good mamasan can also benefit a punter - for example by alerting him that the "girl" he's buying drinks to is not really a girl. Also, mamasans do not get involved with the silly jealousy games that some bar girls love so much, and they can provide useful intel. I've seen things like that with my own eyes. Not often, but I have. 

"I don't see a reason to demonize the mamasans. "

You are of course right that the mamasans have their place and serve a purpose.

I don't mean to attack all the mamasans. Some obviously take extreme advantage of the naive girls, and by that I mean they make them kick back more than is customary in the bar scene. But that is not really an issue that impacts me.

The ones I don't like are the mamasans who show up when I am buying drinks for a girl and try and squeeze drinks and tips out of me. I would almost never give them but sometimes the girls makes it clear it will be bad for them if I don't. 

That is the point where I feel the mamasan is doing nothing for me and expecting drinks and or tips.

10 hours ago, Magictoad said:

BUT YOU SAID PRECISELY 

"I had always thought the older I got here the more respect I would get. How wrong I was. For 25 years I had my fun, worked for the government and had various professional jobs in Thailand. The older Thai's always get more respect but I seem to get overcharged more and more and overcharged for the simplest things, medical services especially. Sure, you can say I'm cheap and bitter but others I know have noticed the same thing"

 

You sound bitter and joyless to me; I don't know about cheap.

As Travis Bickle said "Are you talking' to me?"

1 hour ago, Harrisfan said:

Quote

 

"This is the greatest country in the world"

 

You obviously didnt watch it or you have listening issues.

You missed the part where she said living in the US is no different than living in Iran.

10 minutes ago, Harrisfan said:

195 countries. I'm saying unless you have been to many you would have no idea. 

Silly.

Easy to compare just about any country with the "Islamic Republic of Iran" and make a judgement.

You just like to argue, anyone can see that with 4k posts since February.

And of course the implied boast about how many countries you have been to.

Can't wait to hear that, I am sure I will be impressed.

8 minutes ago, Harrisfan said:

Why do yanks say it's the best country? How would she know? She's probably only been to 5 to 10.

She was saying that the US does not compare favorably with Iran.

Is your response reflexive?