fredwiggy

Take some time and go back and look at all of the replies. Then go to another topic and you might see a history, yes. Then you'll also see who's calling names and who's pointing out the obvious, which are two separate things. Yes, you obviously aren't close to understanding the whole picture but join a forum a week ago and think you know all about certain people from a few replies. You have been doing this to a few others here already and one has put you on ignore today. Can you possibly see that maybe this is your problem and that your inability to comprehend what has happened in this history has you put the blame on me, calling me the name caller when it's he that has done this numerous times? Drop the apologies, false as they are, and take some time to rethink your sarcasm and use them with someone who isn't up on your kind. I don't blame anyone for what I say. I blame them for what they say. See the difference? You definitely won't see things as I do and sticking up for someone who acts like he does is all I need to understand your motives.

Costco is a good place to go if you're buying quantity. Affordability is why they're not here. Buying in bulk isn't cheap.In Texas, Costco is full all day long for that reason. It's cheaper to buy in bulk in the long run but bulk still has a higher price.

I went to Phuket on my honeymoon, Patong Beach, and around Phuket a little fishing.and many here I talk to have migrated to the beach areas for work, including the island.

Bueng Kan, upper Isaan.

They're everywhere and the only way you'll know is to actually ask them. Most Thais are from farming communities and Isaan's a huge area that has many moving to the beaches and BKK for work.

The same reason others do.

From what I hear, they do kill whatever they see here. I've eaten some of them before when I was with my ex. Back in Texas, we ate Rattlesnake, which are everywhere.

How you read more into what I say amazes me. I didn't say most here speak English. Quite the contrary. In my village, there are only a few that speak any, including my daughter's teacher. She speaks more English than her teacher does. A large majority in the beach areas are from Isaan, so you're hearing that dialect there.

The country, not too far from Cambodia. Rice fields and rubber plantations, some wooded areas. I see snakes on my land a couple times a month, and see them crossing my road and the main roads also. Some up to 3 meters, although like I mentioned, I can't verify their types, as many here aren't venomous. Most of the ones I see are black or green, and that can describe many of both types in Thailand. Some are pencil thin, some like a PVC pipe in diameter.

Desperate? You actually think I'm trying to change your mind? I'm rather pointing out your mistakes, and giving you a way to understand them. Where did I say anything about anyone hurting you? You're assuming, like a few others here do. I put blame where it belongs. You're inability to understand what I've said isn't my deal. I told you why I said something, and gave you reasons for it. I gave you an example, Hitler, why many people liked him until they knew more. That's my point here. if you don't get it, again, that's your deal.

Like I mentioned, sarcasm doesn't work here. Read what he's said in earlier posts, and topics. Then you'll understand a bit more why I said what I said. Again, it's not acting badly calling someone out who's acting like a narcissist. This is something everyone has to do. Toxic people are to be avoided. Alpha males, narcissists and the like who make the world a harder place to live, are only there to intentionally hurt others, because this is all they know, from being taught as children by caregivers. My parents taught me well. This is why I try to avoid such people, but sometimes they have to be found out. You indeed have to go back and look at previous replies and topics. That's the only way you will understand someone's actions here. Remember Hitler was loved by many until he was found out, along with many other world leaders and people. Two wrongs don't make a right yes, but allowing bad behavior allows it to continue. That's something you learn at a very young age. Letting people walk all over you isn't how they stop their behavior. I tell it like it is. Take some time and peruse through a few topics before you judge.

No, you don't understand. Like I said, you have to look at all other topics we've been in to see what he's said. You also can't judge from looking at just what I said without looking to prior replies. Sarcasm doesn't work here. You've only been here a week, which means, unless you've gone over all of the topics I and he have been in, you've missed 99% of what's been said. I stand on what I've said. Sorry you missed the point.

You just said you just joined here recently. This means you know very little to none about other posters here , and are only going by what you've read so far. If you knew him like the rest of us here know him,you would fully understand why I said what I did. Both in defense and in pointing out the glaringly obvious. If you know what a troll is, you know they are here to antagonize and not offer any help. Just to argue for the sake of arguing. If you take the time to see all of my posts and replies in many topics, you would understand more. Do you know what a narcissist is? Meaning a narcissistic personality and not just most of us who have self esteem and take selfies? He has been called worse by others but you haven't seen but a fraction of what goes on here. When you read a post, you can't just skim over it and miss all of what people say. That's how you'll get the whole picture of what goes on and why people say certain things. You can't get that from just one topic.

Show me where I constantly praise myself and denigrate others. Sticking up for myself when some troll calls me names isn't denigrating when I point out their narcissistic traits. My behavior is what someone with self esteem and a dislike for prejudiced asses shows. If you knew the definition of a narcissist, you would understand why I dislike them and how I act quite the opposite. I come here mostly to help, which isn't a narc's trait.

That never came up. I taught my children to protect themselves and not to trust just anyone. They respect the police, as i do, even though some of them are unstable, mentally ill humans. That's why some go into power. To control.

But you assume like a few others here. You do not know me personally. What would make you judge me? Did I hurt your feelings proving you wrong or is it you that's anti social?

We're going back to the US asap.

Visiting the US gives you only a fraction of what goes on there yearly. The food is as good as anywhere on earth, as there are many transplanted chefs from all over the world there, along with their recipes. The supermarkets are among the best worldwide, carrying more variety than most anywhere. We have Wholefoods and many other health oriented supermarkets there, along with hundreds of Asian markets run by Asians. I've been to many of them, as I've eaten healthy all of my life and seek out the same. Murderous police forces? Maybe certain unstable individuals , like the one here who murdered 23 toddlers and a few parents and teachers. That happens all over. People aren't special because of where they were born. All countries have good and bad, and it's up to the individual to act special to others, no matter where they came from.

Just for my daughter.

How do you know they love you? Do you talk to them like you do to others here? You can talk to people in Isaan if you can talk to them in the beach areas. Most come from Isaan anyway.

I see them every week here, and I'm not swift at recognizing the venomous ones here, as there are so many. Some of the deadliest aren't big and easy to spot like Cobras and Kraits.

Freedom has a price, and it's innocents.

Possible he wasn't American? That's one example only.

Your welcome. And Americans are the main reason you're not living under Nazi or Japanese rule.

One reason I would love to visit but not live. The same goes for here. One reason I will take my daughter from here is the amount of venomous snakes that live here. I only hunt deer species, so that leaves out the rest there besides pigs which are a bane everywhere. Shoot a camel? lol