fredwiggy

No, we aren't here to change anything or anyone, but we can give advice that works, because good advice can work anywhere. Democracy is a good thing in western countries and is needed here, and a lot of Thais agree, knowing the US has many wonderful ideas, along with it's share of useless politicians. The court system here needs work, as does the enforcement of laws already on the books. Complaining isn't really our job, but hinting can work, especially if it gets to the right people.

I only know of what I've seen and heard. I know seven restaurants in San Antonio that are owned by Thais and or their husbands. I used to talk with them a lot, because I love Thai food, and they were from here and made it right.They all said, I will never go back, things are much better here. I have friends and family that have asked the same questions, because they knew I was going to move here. My girlfriend here has six friends that live in the US, Belgium, France and Sweden. Three in the US. They've all tried to convince her to move, like I'm trying to do someday. All said where they are was much better than here, for the same reasons, some of which can't be repeated here. I only know of two people that came here from the US and stayed. Myself and another fellow classmate who moved back to Florida a few years back and will stay there.

No, the only way to change things IS to complain. Mai pen rai is how a lot do things, not wanting to cause a conflict, and is the major reason things change so slowly here, if at all. If you approach a worker, nicely, and using translator if need be, and want something done, they should know, as a salesman, that it is their job to provide customer service. If they don't want to do their job, you ask to see a supervisor. Sometimes, that's all it takes for them to do their job, which again, is customer service, no matter the race, creed or gender.

It would be easier if you looked up road deaths and possible after the scene deaths yourself. Apples to oranges doesn't matter much. If it's 50, 60 or 70 it's still a lot wouldn't you think? Or are you assuming that drivers here are really good, the police follow the laws and things are beautiful? 1437 in 2022 doesn't take into account those that died in the hospital.

Are you assuming they are idiots or are basing your reply on seeing them daily driving recklessly? Someone else said in another thread that all people that drive motorbikes in Thailand are idiots, which accounts for probably 99% of drivers at one time or other.

You're right, as he had both, as far as I know, starting with type 1. His diet choices and lack of exercise had type 2 develop. He mentioned double diabetes once, as that is both. He didn't like to talk much about it, and his wife filled me in after he passed a little.

Looking them up all the time. Like I said, stats only say people that die at the scene. There are thousands that die yearly after making it to the hospital.

If you are genetically predisposed to get diabetes, you should do what it takes to keep your blood sugar levels down, just to be on the safe side. My brother was continuously warned to lose weight, by his doctor, his wife and myself. He had type 1, then it became type 2. He had a low resting pulse and blood pressure like i do, then it went up and he had to take heart medicine. Then he came home one day and that's how they found him. He loved to eat, although his wife is very small and ate the same.

I've been here 6 years, and daily on the roads both in the rural area I live and in major cities. I have never seen farangs drive like idiots as you say. I've seen hundreds on scooters and motorcycles, driving normally, at the speed limits or just above, just like at home. I have seen thousands of times where locals have cut me off, on scooters, with no helmets, and many times no working lights. More times than I can count, passing me on the right side, when I was doing the speed limit, or slightly above, going into oncoming traffic instead of passing me on the left side, where no one else was. Weaving in and out of stopped traffic, on scooters, to get ahead. I once counted, on a short trip from my village to the nearest city, which is 30 KM, people breaking various laws, on both scooters and cars, which amounted to 45 in a drive that took 20 minutes. I have driven millions of miles in my life, in many states and a few countries, and have never seen the driving I have seen here, and the stats prove that to anyone.

I moved to Thailand to be near my now ex and our daughter. I tried to convince her to move to the US, where she and my daughter would have a better life. She said she wanted to be close to her family, a mixture of liars, mentally ill narcissists and mostly hidden people she herself said she doesn't like, especially her mother. Daily road deaths have hovered near 65 yearly. You don't see statistics based on what people are brought to hospitals, only those that die at the scene. I can't choose to hunt here as there isn't any allowed. The fishing is only good at very few reservoirs which require a boat and knowledge of the reservoir, and private lakes which aren't easily accessible. There are only rarely a good musical band playing here and none I have seen lately, whereas in the states it's weekly. especially in Texas. Of course women lie, cheat and are greedy everywhere, but the greed is much higher here as women in the the US are more likely to be independent. Yes, children get kidnapped everywhere ,especially,like my case, by parents, but they are held accountable if they do in the US. Human trafficking here is huge, and it's not a place I can trust my daughter to live.

No, a lot of the laws are basically the same. In the US, people are held accountable for the laws. Thailand is very harsh on drug abuse, which is a good thing. The lack of sense is seen withing family law, where many if not all locals aren't paying child support, being held accountable for the children the men make. Enforcement of traffic laws here is extremely lacking, and is why so many die daily here. Some people can't afford helmets, licenses and the like but drive like there's no tomorrow. When you make someone pay money, is when they learn to obey the laws, and it will save lives.

That was a joke, although it's getting there. Obama was from Hawaii I believe, just not from the contiguous states. My house is actually mine, though in my ex's name. You can't entirely own the house and land it's on. We can work in some occupations here, but it's not the same as what's available for foreigners in the US, was my point.

All food stores, meaning the larger chains, sell low glycemic foods. It's easy to look up links that show those foods.

Type 2 is genetic also, and has a stronger link to family than 1 does. If type 2 runs in your family, it's harder to tell if it was caused by that or by diet. Type 2 can come about by not following a good doctor's advice about diet changes, as my brother was guilty of. The family's history as far as what they ate or lack of exercise can affect their children. Obesity, and it's after affects, diabetes, runs in families.

I knew her and the other girls she worked with. I was the man to go to for diet help because I was into it. She and the others told me what they ate and I gave them advice. The ones that took it lost bodyfat.Too much sugar and fat is the culprit but empty calories from sugar don't help unless you burn them off immediately.

Lived there 32 years, sold guns, hunted, dealt with thousands of gun owners, never saw any gun violence. Of course it happens, and makes news, as does it here, but most of it here isn't shown. New about guns explodes in the US because of these mentally unstable individuals that get their hands on guns and take out their anger on the innocents. It's big news because of the extremists on both sides. Lived in New Jersey, next to NYC, for 30 years, and same story.

Looking at the first link you tried, just to argue with my point, isn't valid. The world's population has been getting fatter yearly, and increases daily. I've been in the business most of my life, indirectly or directly. All you have to do is walk down any street in any city and see that the people are getting heavier all the time. I trained in gyms up to 4 times a week for 50 years, and most of the people that went were either a little fat or overweight. You don't see it if you walk around as much because they are wearing loose clothes, but under those clothes is more fat than you would think. More people are overweight than what's stated on any links.

I answered to you when you stated that you didn't see a shaker on tables here but did in the US. It doesn't have anything to do with me because I don't add sugar to noodle soup, but many do, and without tasting first. That's ingrained behavior.

The majority of the world's population is either obese or overweight, primarily because of bad eating habits. Some people get away with it because of a faster metabolism, but that doesn't always last. You can be a stick and have diabetes because of genetics, or have a heart attack and be lean, because of eating too much sugar and fat. Some people can live being overweight until their 80's, but the majority will have health problems by their 60's

Cycling that much burns a lot of calories, and you have to take into account your genetics also. A lot of people get away with eating badly, and living long lives, but the majority that eat badly will pay eventually.

Sugars are empty calories, meaning they have no nutritional value. Molasses and brown have just a slight amount of trace minerals and vitamins, but isn't worth anything besides a quick energy source. many people thin the same with fruit juices, which are basically sugar water also. A touch of sugar in your coffee or tea isn't going to harm you. It's when people drink sugar sodas and load table sugar into everything to satisfy a sweet tooth that it gets to be a problem. Diabetes runs rampant here because of the white rice, along with them drinking the drinks that shops carry. You can only burn so many calories off before they will be stored, and if you're diabetic prone, staying away from sugar is always a safer bet. I use Splenda and Equal, which have suspects but eat very healthy 95% of the time, so my risk is nil. My brother died from a heart attack at 67, my age now, because he didn't lose bodyfat when he had diabetes. My son has diabetes now, and is lean and an exercise buff also. so it's genetic in my family. An aunt had it, as far as I know.

No, it's 75% diet and 25% exercise. I've trained over 50 years, and been a personal trainer in gyms for almost 20. Studied nutrition from age 17 until now. You can eat lean, and stay lean, with little to no exercise. of course weight training, which is the best, along with swimming, will put on muscle, and having more muscle means your body is more efficient. Exercising, with the exception of downhill skiing, burns little calories, compared to what you eat. There was an aerobic instructor that taught at one of the gyms I worked at, that was very thick, meaning a lot of bodyfat. She taught at least 3 classes daily, but her diet wasn't good. Excess calories of any source will be stored. Sugar, empty calories, causes a rapid rise in blood sugar, and if you don't burn off carbohydrates, they get stored as bodyfat.

Actually I have seen them in every shop that sold noodle soup. It's something they do automatically, even without tasting the soup. This I have noticed many times with many people. The US has a huge obesity rate, far beyond what happens here, But, it's been getting worse here and will only continue until Thailand catches up to western countries. It's the influx of sugar drinks and snacks. Most here don't know a thing about nutrition, so they, like the US, give their kids snacks to calm them, shut them up, or bribe them. Sugar is added to so many things these days, you have to be a label reader, as i started doing when I started working out at 17. I eat it, because it's in almost all spaghetti sauces, and i love pasta. It's in salad dressings, so those I try and avoid, sticking to the oil and vinegar ones. I never drank sugar sodas past age 17, so stayed away from empty calories, which sugar is, as much as possible.......................... Accidental repost.

Actually I have seen them in every shop that sold noodle soup. It's something they do automatically, even without tasting the soup. This I have noticed many times with many people. The US has a huge obesity rate, far beyond what happens here, But, it's been getting worse here and will only continue until Thailand catches up to western countries. It's the influx of sugar drinks and snacks. Most here don't know a thing about nutrition, so they, like the US, give their kids snacks to calm them, shut them up, or bribe them. Sugar is added to so many things these days, you have to be a label reader, as i started doing when I started working out at 17. I eat it, because it's in almost all spaghetti sauces, and i love pasta. It's in salad dressings, so those I try and avoid, sticking to the oil and vinegar ones. I never drank sugar sodas past age 17, so stayed away from empty calories, which sugar is, as much as possible.

No, it's a here problem. I lived in the US for 62 years, and didn't have any of this kind of problem. I bought my house, I owned it. I wanted to get a job, I could anytime. A foreigner can go to the US and get work, buy land and run for president. I drove there from age 16 to 62, only had a couple of accidents, and only the first was my fault. Here, up to 75 die daily on the roads, because , unlike in the states, the laws aren't enforced. Schools taught you, and if you didn't care to learn, you failed, and not promoted until you went to summer school or repeated that grade. You had hobbies, you have 50 states to pursue them. I always treated any woman I was with with love, loyalty and respect. I did that here, and was lied to, abused and had my daughter kidnapped and held until I filed for divorce. In America, she would be jailed and only had supervised visitation. I paid and received child support. Only farangs pay child support here. You don't pay, you go to jail like my ex did.