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Did they threaten to bore you to death?

1959 Rambler with a 3 speed on the column. It was an ok car.

And a Russian moron.

I am reading that citronella or lavender plants will keep them away. Is this just some Flintstone idea or does it work? I have small balconies for the AC units and I don't like the idea of my apartment air being contaminated by pigeon poop related microbes. The balconies are encased in net but the pigeons often find a way in.

Yeah that's it. You saw through it all.

"it is amazing how much Thai people appreciate that you have taken time to learn a little of their language, sometimes you have to have slightly thicker skin I think as you might get a couple of giggles, but not usually in a bad way!" I have also found that Thai people appreciate the effort to learn. As for the laughter I just figure they are laughing cuz it sounds funny, not laughing at me.

Remember middle school or secondary school? For most people that would be the last time in life they were in a community with no threshold of intelligence or good sense for entry. After that university, technical schools, employment... all these communities were selective of who would be included and who you would encounter. With internet discussion groups you are once again in a "community" of people with no requirements for admission. I leave the implications of this to be pondered along with statements and beliefs of some contributors here.

Which moon landing was faked? Apollo 17 Apollo 16 Apollo 15 Apollo 14 Apollo 12 Or Apollo 11? Just curious.

My favorite is when I see a whole page of alternating posts by two members who I ignore who seem to be bickering with each other. Then I feel that ignoring was a good choice.

I often post to annoy those whose posts have annoyed me. What could be more fair?

It's relatively easy if you have a realistic idea of your ability yes I agree. You obviously have a reasonable grasp on how to evaluate your level of Thai proficiency. "Personally, I am perfectly able to order somtam and tell them if they should all a little sugar. I am also perfectly able to tell the taxi driver to go left or right. But this would not convince me that my Thai is perfect." As you say "But this would not convince me that my Thai is perfect." So you are not demonstrating the effect I speak of. I am thinking of the following. There have been repeated posts by self-proclaimed fluent speakers asking for help to solve the mystery of why Thais didn't like to speak to them or would rather speak to their Thai significant other than to them. Then they would suggest some kind of animosity, envy, xenophobia or some other reason when the simplest reason is that their Thai isn't that great. No mystery.

From reading between the lines of posts about self-proclaimed proficient Thai speakers, I suspect that this is an area were many demonstrate the Dunning-Krueger effect.

This was in response to my post "Speaking only for myself, I am happy to see a white, Christian, nationalistic, misogynistic alcoholic get a break for once." I suspect LL has an irony deficiency.

"Three friends all vaxxed within weeks of each other (pfizer) and now each one diagnosed with bowel cancer within weeks of each other. What a coincidence eh?" Wow.

Speaking only for myself, I am happy to see a white, Christian, nationalistic, misogynistic alcoholic get a break for once.

And show us on the doll where the bad American touched you.

So you haven't learned your lesson grasshopper.

"We recently had guests (Gap Year kids from the UK)... the tried anything and everything, mostly influenced by TikTok and youtube... They ordered Paad Thai (one recommended on TikTok)." ?? I guess those Dick and Jane readers didn't prepare you very well. Or maybe it's age related cognitive decline. Or some obscure attempt at humor?

What was the pad Thai they tried? I would like to try it too.

They're after you gg.

Punishment from god. I hope it gets replaced with "Afternoon Delight".

Same applies to Laos as Cambodia. Within sight of the palace in the capital a drive involves potholes that will shake your filling loose.

Not entirely true. British spinsters chased the men to India; it was called the "fishing fleet". Single British women going to India in search of husbands.

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