fredwiggy

They haven't handed out the programs yet

I know, but just like people who race past you or cut you off, sometimes they have a valid reason to be angry. Nothing to do with you. You were just in the line of fire that day. If it continues to happen, best to just find another place to eat. Not worth the headache.

That's the crux of it all. Waitresses and waiters get a lot of crapola from some customers and many don't leave tips. She might have had a bad experience before you arrived at the restaurant, either by a customer, her boyfriend, husband, mom or whoever. If it happens again the same way, you might see more. I'm guessing this woman never waited on you before as you didn't say this. Just that the service was bad. If it's her then you can try to avoid her station if she has one. If the rest of the workers give you the cold shoulder, and it isn't because you did anything harsh previously, then it's like a communicable disease. Someone tells someone that a farang treated them bad, and they look for this in others, the word gets spread around, and soon the whole place doesn't like farangs besides the cash they spend. Like how all farangs are rich got started. One dopey farang gave his wife a lot of money, not knowing where he got it or how, and she brags to others how much she has. Soon the word gets spread around that we all have a lot of cash to burn, and they all want one. When they see a normal farang with more money than they have, but is frugal and doesn't throw it around, they think he's cheap. The only way locals really know how the western people live, is to spend a lot of time in their countries.

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Admitting it is fine, especially if you understand it was wrong. Saying it makes you hard is wrong. I was picked on by that same bully, and I wanted to hurt him for a long time. I got into weight training after high school and saw him years later when I was buff. Just looked at me and smiled and I said hey. It didn't matter much anymore although I did daydream about finishing him off a lot afterwards. I knew why he did it and he never got over it because of the way he treated his wife later. I myself, along with a friend, used to run after a boy who couldn't walk well and pushed him down. We stopped, but it bothered me for a long time after what we did.

Pretty much what I'm teaching my 7 year old now. Teachers many tines won't do anything when this happens, especially here where many still carry sticks themselves to whack the kids when they are out of line, as my daughter's teacher did in front of me last week to three students she was teaching in front of her desk.

Bullying is done by those that are being bullied at home. A child learns that violence is the answer if they do something wrong, and thinks they can do the same things to others. Abuse is illegal and needs to be stopped immediately. It doesn't "harden" up people but make them have low self esteem, anger kept inside out of fear of retaliation, and many take their own lives because of this, as it causes depression and anxiety. A bully needs to be stopped as soon as possible and taught other ways to vent his or her anger. I know a bully from high school who picked on many people. He later got married and abused his wife. This person ran over cats with a lawnmower when he was living at home. Obviously something was going wrong in his family. Bullies many times end up dead or in prison because no one taught them a better way. It doesn't start out as their fault but they will be held responsible eventually. Standing up to a bully is what needs to be done, although many are afraid. Others have helped many who are being bullied, standing by their side, and this also needs to be done. Bullies back off when they are confronted. They live on fear.

Stupidfarang's advice is spot on. You've said you can't trust here but also said she promised to give the house to your child. It would be much better having the child, especially if it's a daughter, to grow up in the UK. This country looks at women as inferior, and that's how a daughter will be treated by the boys here. A smart judge in the UK will already know what's in store for the child in Thailand. A daughter really needs a father more than a mother if there's a decision to be made. She will learn from him how a woman is supposed to be treated, if you're a good man that way. He can protect here a lot better than her mom could. Also a boy cannot learn to be a man from a mother unless there's a good male role model around, and that's not something you'll easily find here. Many men don't want the job of being a step parent, and a girls own father is the best choice. Fight for the child, give her the Thai house. She can have visitation in the UK. The child can decide what she wants to do later in life, but an education in the UK is miles above whet they would get here.

Staged meaning a setup. This man was allowed with a gun to get that close. A counter sniper waited to shoot until after the shooter shot. A counter sniper would have taken out the shooter as soon as he saw him with a rifle that close to the ex president. The shooter came as close as you could without connecting on a fatal shot, meaning his shot was just a tad off and intentional. Lee Harvey Oswald was a setup from all we can see, and eliminated very soon before he could talk. This seems like the same kind of situation. I'm thinking this won't be the last.

I listened to him talking, and yes, it was just small talk. Where do you live, what's the weather like now, what do you do, etc. He did make an antenna about 30' high for the backyard.

I couldn't guess percentages. There are some I listen to a lot, and some I've only listened to once, and everything in between. I, like everyone else, has favorites. They are all in alphabetical order of course so I can find one when I want to listen to it.

Always wondered if Ham radio was something others still enjoyed. My dad was really into talking with others nightly from home. He actually built his own Ham radio. I remember him talking to someone in Russia once when I was a preteen.

Yes, but is hoarding what you're saying in your post? You refer to what people have as junk. If it's things they really don't need, it should be sold, especially if it's taking up space or out of control, like in hoarding. Yes, we all live and die and can't take anything with us besides memories. What people have as hobbies and interests is what makes those memories. I believe in God, and see this world as a short stop before something better. If this world was perfect, which it's nowhere near, we wouldn't need faith, looking forward to something better, without pain and sickness or loss. Some people are very rich, and have done things to hurt others or the planet, and they aren't thinking of anything but themselves and what they have, which of course they can't take with them either. Going back to those hobbies and interests,these are things we like to do which take up much of our time here, so we aren't bored all the time. I have thousands of cd's I can always go to for listening pleasure, as music is one of the biggest things in my life. I have a lot of fishing tackle and guns, along with accessories, which I use to enjoy my two favorite hobbies. It isn't junk, although it means nothing to people who aren't into fishing and hunting. Those people might be artists, who have rooms full of art material. This isn't something I can do because I wasn't gifted with that talent, but I do like looking at art. I like reading daily, and have thousands of magazines and a few books. Some have libraries of thousands of books. Like my cd collection, you can't read more than one book at a time, but it's still not junk, as they are things you have when you feel the need. We aren't here to be bored with life, as God put things here for us to enjoy. Man made a lot of things afterwards, like music and art, which we can also enjoy. God doesn't want us to get hung up on things, as yes, they aren't things we can take with us but just to pass the time until we go onto that better place. We can always leave our things to others, family, friends or donations to help those without, so again, they aren't junk. Junk is things we don't need. Garbage is what some people hoard.

When I move back, my lifestyle will be much the same as when I lived there, besides working a regular job. I will find some work, probably part time, just for extra income. Getting my daughter ready for school on weekdays, going shopping while she's there would be the weekday thing. Working out at the gym 3x a week also. Fishing on weekends, along with hunting during the season. Stopping at Starbucks, Black Rock or Dutch Bros for an iced coffee in the mornings, Iced tea during the day. Going to HEB for food shopping, and various Asian markets in the Austin and San Antonio areas to stock up on Asian supplies. Taking my daughter to a park occasionally or visiting my grown children in the area. Planting vegetables and fruit trees around the new house and yard. Planning for a hunting or fishing trip around the US or Canada .

Trumps hesitation, thinking he knew everything about Covid, caused many deaths...........I don't think there were many of the ones aged 0-49 that were considered unhealthy..............https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid_weekly/index.htm

Goose stepping actually stopped in the early 90's, so that leaves speaking German.

How did you know they were Germans?

No, actually I feel compelled to explain things because you just don't get it. Those who assume like you usually don't take the time to read, nor comprehend, much of what is written, so they make those assumptions based on their lack of knowledge on a subject or their propensity to believe other's opinions they believe to be true, much like the sheep who follow their herder. Some, like yourself, attack others because someone proved them wrong before, so their agenda is to rebut anything and everything that person writes about. I never said I was an expert in everything. Like most others, I have knowledge on subjects I'm into, like music, psychology, hunting and fishing. That psychology thing helps me to spot those who act a certain way when others say things they disagree with. They just have to rebut someone's research because it doesn't match what they grew up with, even though what they learned might have been based on another person's opinion. Then when that person replies in a way that seems threatening to their massive ego, or low self esteem, they attack with insults. This doesn't help anyone on the forum but shows a severe lack of restraint and common sense, because many others can see through their actions and come to expect more of the same in the future.

Why do you say probably German?

You forgot the majority. Those who are retired, worked all of their lives, and moved here, spending most if not all of their money in Thai economy, supporting wives, girlfriends and children, and staying out of trouble.

Those companies are of course selling millions of boxes of sugar laden cereals because they know much of the general public doesn't understand or care what they eat or give their children. The kids like Frosted Flakes the parents buy them, not thinking that they are giving a child more sugar with one meal than they need all day. They also sell healthy cereals to keep the health conscious people buying. Just as McDonalds offers healthy choices but 90% of their sales are unhealthy products, it gets the health conscious parent in there to buy for themselves and the crapola for the kids.

Like I mentioned to GG, I've been into nutrition for over 50 years, and rarely eat anything that's considered junk food, including those I mentioned. You need to read labels before you eat anything, let alone cereal, and there are many healthy cereals around. If you study nutrition, you already know what the government, the sugar companies, and other food manufacturers are allowed to do, including insect parts in grain products. Cereal is not the reason Thais are getting fatter .It's again, the extra sugar in some cereals, along with the sugar laden drinks sold everywhere, the snacks they give to kids as meals, and this , along with all the daily rice, is why they are gaining so much weight. Read labels, educate, then post. Makes it a lot easier to take one seriously when they aren't following other's opinions and go by facts.

Again. I don't eat garbage. I read labels and have all my life. You can eat the healthiest way possible and still have problems. remember genetics is most of it, and I'm doing all I can to fight health problems. That list you posted has many that are the higher sugar kinds, which they might consider healthy, but I don't. I eat 7 of them, the rest I won't.

I like poached on wheat toast. Reminded me, bring back Pace salsa when I go to Texas this year.

Besides the Corn Flakes, the rest is sugar laden kid cereals I wouldn't give to my kids. Kellogg was smart because he knew what sells.