fredwiggy

First off, calling farangs, which includes you, untrustworthy, is a stupid remark.Speak for yourself before you generalize about the characters of others. Before I came here, as a matter of fact, I heard all Thais lie, which means untrustworthy. After i lived here awhile, I see it's another inane remark, as my girlfriend is one of the most honest people I've ever met, along with others here. yes, my ex, some of her family, and other locals lie for a living, but I still won't think all Thais lie unless they prove it otherwise. Others have said the same thing, so that increases the possibility. Foreigners can, and have, changed things here. Thais have been copying western values and things for decades, and will continue, because they see that some things western work better. This might be their country, but no one owns it. It's just a piece of land where some people were born. That includes some foreigners and half foreigners, who, since they now live here, it's their country too. Just like when a Thai moves to America, it is then their country. Not of origin, but of living. Brown nosing doesn't help a foreigners character, nor is it helping them, because people aren't all fools.

Draft ended January 1975. I was 17 and 5 months. War ended in April. I was lucky.

Nothing to do with a lack of calcium. I squatted extremely heavy from age 17 to 47. Then needed arthroscopy on one knee. Couldn't squat near as heavy anymore. Now I have sore knees and sometimes my hip hurts. Overworking joints in any way, including weights, running, skiing or other activities, takes it's toll.

Who's asking anyone to copy me? Be yourself. Treat women right. Maybe you'll be lucky as I will be someday. Good behavior attracts more of the same. Eventually a good person will find a good companion, unless they waste their time with someone that isn't right for them, and that takes advantage of them.

I'll never admit that because it isn't true. The best I've had was with one wife and a few girlfriends, including the one now.

There are hundreds of thousands of good women who are waiting for a decent man to come along. Most women will never know true love and there's a reason for that. If men treated women better, they would give more. Loving, or thinking you love, someone's else's wife isn't a good way to go. She's taken, forget her. How would you know if you wanted to live with someone if you haven't spent enough time alone with them to make a statement like this? Fantasy never works. Thinking that you want to live with any woman you don't know shows you're looking at them as objects, which is the last thing a woman wants if she is anywhere near normal.

Again you're wrong. Narcissists attract empaths, which is what I am. Try researching MORE before commenting. You feel the need to argue everyone's points, especially if they are true.

Aldoprime is rust inhibitor but I don't think that will help him

You might want to read more posts before you reply. I haven't said a word about Thaksin, and he doesn't affect me so I don't care, unless or until he does.

Too much power to the wrong people

That was sarcasm. He's always been an idiot, though it's taken far too long for some, including some of my family, to get it.

Have to live in their house to know what's going on. People lie

They're prosecuting because he broke laws. He should not be exempt, as he's only a citizen now and not "special" anymore. And even if he was still president, that doesn't mean he can do the same things other corrupt politicians do and get away with it.

There is still some great music coming out these days, especially in the progressive rock, blues, southern rock and folk rock genres. I grew up from the 50's through the 80's, when most of the best music came out, so that has been a great thing, seeing I'm a music fanatic. Concerts were cheap. Seeing JFK killed on TV, and my mom crying, when I was 7, I'll never forget. Everything that happens now was happening then, only with much less media coverage, besides the mass shootings which are happening. People there have gone crazy, although I will move back home asap. I was almost to draft age when the Vietnam War ended, with the draft stopping in January, so I was happy about that. Gas was cheap until the nonsense about it running low, and the gas lines, which brought about rage and some killings. R&B music had some memorable tunes I still love to this day. I had my first cars, and should have kept the VW beetle even though the engine seized, and my friend and I had to push it back to my house 2 miles away, over a highway median, dodging traffic. We didn't think about getting old back then, only having fun and finding pretty women .

They all were fine with sex, cooking and helping around the house. It was how they treated me, especially seeing i do more than my share of domestic help, including taking care of the kids. Mental illnesses, including narcissism, which isn't curable, and depression, which is treatable IF they will agree, hurt relationships. It's not always the man's fault when things go wrong. Women who have been hurt by their parents, especially fathers, are likely to bring that pent up anger into their adult relationships, because they are looking for the perfect dad that was never there, and never will be in any man she chooses. My ex here had 10 brothers and sisters, from an abusive, absent dad, and a narcissist mom that had kids to boost her low self esteem, but pushed them aside one after the other when a new child was born. Neglect is as bad as abuse, and it makes new narcissists.And I might add, she to this day wants to come back, but I don't go back to someone who thinks she can take my child and hide whenever she gets mad, hit me because she was mad at her mother, and lies all the time.

Divorce if they won't act the part of a partner, then find another hopefully that will. There are reasons a woman won't give sex to her man, and if you're not there, you don't know the story. If you cheat, there's harm done. If you are giving a woman what she needs, and it isn't about money for a normal one, she will respond.

If they are a good woman, they are as good as you can get. That to me is a regular woman. One not paid cash for.

He wanted to exchange for items equal to the bin bags. That's an exchange, as you can for anything for equal or lesser value, depending on their policy.

If you treated them well, as i always do, and they don't respond, they aren't the right choice.And I'm guessing since you said, better than they deserved, they had problems.

I didn't see anything regarding him stealing anything. Just exchanging for other items or a cash refund.

That's first world, I fixed it for you

Up to age 80 in some cases, and on SS.

Doesn't take 30 years to understand what goes on here. Just personal experience in a lot of situations. He said insisted, and that could mean two things. In a gentle or harsh manner. I have insisted many times to speak to managers in a variety of situations, but was never rude or harsh, and they found someone who could help. Maybe the workers did yell and shout in Thai, maybe not. I've seen it happen many times with Asian women from all nationalities, both here and back home, so I know it happens. Maybe exaggerating, maybe not. But bringing back anything for an exchange isn't wrong. If they say no, and you keep going on, that's wrong, because it wasn't expensive or broken.

I don't assume. Finding, and keeping, a good relationship, is the hardest thing we can do. Most fail, and a lot just stay for many reasons, but harmony between two isn't easy to find. People come from different backgrounds, different parenting environments, and are two different genders, which leads to many problems, if you don't understand what to look for. I have made bad choices in women, but always wanted a good relationship, and did my part trying to understand the opposite sex and what they need. When you have the right person, things are easier. When you have the wrong partner, no amount of knowledge or attempts at keeping the relationship will work. I'm still hopeful, and will always treat a woman like I want to be treated. If they can't respond, or are damaged, it will mean looking again.

And I was just joking. Well, first hand experience beats heresay.