PatchinExPat

1 hour ago, rwill said:

No watch stores raided?

I think they have already donated their best merchandise to

a certain benefactor.

Always Countries and business are to repay.

I want to see individuals forced to repay for wrongs done in this

in theses days, not 200 yrs ago.

But , no, no, no. Liberals and "do gooders" are always , "no lets forgive

and forget".

If you can't think up a meaningful and equitable punishment for

the guy who steals your wallet or car, then how do expect 

someone to come up with equitable punishment for a crime

200 years old.

You know what, death is the only suitable  punishment, but 

who could stand to see that.

We won't even allow death for those that will kill you for

your wallet or car.

We are to civilized to fight for our own interest.

Long ago there was a movement started for those who felt slighted by

life and also for those who did evil in life.

Religion. We created a God who did the killing and punishment for us.

He has a hell and a lake of fire.

He also has streets paved in gold with mansions on both sides.

And now so many want to waste their only time in the universe for being

alive , trying to please this god.

We want to be good and sympathetic people as thieves and governments

steal out labor.

When our K9 teeth became something to whiten instead of killing

enemies we lost the battle for freedom. 

Today I am your slave and by god when chance arises you will 

become mine, this is todays world.

It will that way far into the future.

Most of my life in the USA I lived any where from 10 min to 40 min from a 

very good hospital.

Luckily I never had emergency need of any of hospital.

At my decision to live in Thailand , at 66 yrs old, I accepted

that an emergency situation could very easy be the end of

my life.

I am at peace with that decision now at 71. 

I understand aging, I have seen many live years with 

others spending hours and day taking care of them.

As I did for for my wife who had early onset Alzheimer's disease. 

I won't claw for a for days or even years to my life,

 every day is a good day and also every day is a good 

day for it all to end.

I no longer have expectations from life, just a desire to 

feel at peace no matter what the the next hour brings.

Yes, I am sure my body will scream for oxygen if breathing

becomes difficult, at least for a while.

So go ahead and spend your nest egg, so you don't feel 

you have to struggle for that last breath or the wrong people

will pi$$ off your hard earned dollars when you are gone..

On 6/12/2020 at 4:31 PM, Bender Rodriguez said:

why not take care of your body & mind

 

so you DON'T NEED a hospital, except a CAR accident, a fall, a mugging, stabbing...

Why not open your mind to the thousands of possible needs for a hospital

 that good nutrition and exercise will displace.

True, most people do not need a hospital on a regular basis until the 

years of life catch up, but if you live long enough, they do catch up.

For average people , such as I expect you are, their medical expenses in the

last yr of their life exceed all cost of medical care up to that time.

No matter what age the last year comes.

On 6/12/2020 at 2:17 PM, NancyL said:

Good advice about having someone contact you daily if you live alone.  I would suggest, that your friend acts immediately, not wait a second day.  We were the "buddy" for a lady who lived alone and when she didn't send her usual "good morning" email, Hubby went to her apartment to find she'd had a stroke during the night. and got her to the hospital ASAP.

 

We live a few hundred yards from a good hospital and it's come in handy because Hubby has seasonal cluster headaches.  They're like migranes, but worse.  The golden treatment for them is to breathe pure oxygen for about 15 - 20 minutes.  They come on several times a week, always in the afternoon, in November and December for him.  He simply stays close to home during the cluster headache season and when he feels one coming on, he walks to the hospital where the E/R nurses, know him well and hook him up to the oxygen right away.  Fortunately, his right eye starts to tear about ten minutes before a headache, so often he gets to the hospital just as a headache is starting. 

 

Without the oxygen, he'd be in agony for several hours.  The pain is so bad, that people have been known to kill themselves during a cluster headache or be killed or tased by police because they want to walk around and keep moving during an attack, i.e. not follow orders to be still or lay on the ground.

Why would he not have an O2 tank at home, rather than crowd up an ER

 with something he is used to and knows how to treat,

You know , when half the conversations on a topic are related

to the price of flesh, (hookers) you aren't talking to the most

reliable stable people around.

I am a foreigner living in the east Asia, Thailand.

If the price of hookers and alcohol controlled my

 decisions about anything

I would have to reevaluate my reasons for breathing.

On 6/12/2020 at 2:48 PM, problemfarang said:

Also many people staying in thailand already started to ask money from their parents or friends. 

 

 

Really, wow. I pay my own freight where ever I go , or I just don't go.

I was thinking along the lines of the very high number of infected and dead

in the USA.

There have been reports that as many as 30% of all deaths come from

nursing homes. 

My little brain kicks in, "Wonder if the USA wear-houses more old folks

 in nursing homes than the rest of the world"

I think they do, it seems to be an expect stage of life in America.

First A baby, then kid, then adult, then family, then empty nest, 

 then hello Nursing Home.

Maybe the USA has so many nursing home deaths from virus

because we like to crowd thousands of old folks in the same building.

You know, I guess they are here, but in 6 years I have not seen

a nursing home in Thailand.

I see lots of old folks at homes being with family. 

In the USA you can't drive 5 miles down a road without 

passing a nursing home. 

Nothing but "me too"ism to the extreme .

Sure go stand in the sun awhile if you like.

Results, nothing very lasting

well, maybe your sunburn.

It is 70% political ploy, 30% I want some of your money ploy.

Change, very unlikely . Folks get bored quickly.

Bu**hurt feelings, yeah they last a life time on all sides.

As Roseann Rose-Annadanna's uncle said, "It is always something".

The world is going to get better, who the hell told you that.

Science is getting better, but people , no way, no how.

Look go make your bed, cook some dinner, and maybe wash the car

 at the end of the day you have accomplished something.

when I was a kid we bought 100 chicks evert year, we sold fryers and eggs.

I have cooked and eaten eggs all my life.

Never until I moved here have I seen so many disgusting eggs.

Anywhere from 25% up of eggs I buy have disgusting things floating inside.

I usually buy from the big stores and put them in frig as soon as home.

maybe it is heat stress on the chickens, but something makes them lay eggs with 

little black and brown stuff inside.

I toss the egg that has it, just can't eat that.

I hate eating eggs out because i know Thai cooks don't look at the eggs

after opening them.

I am not a "drug" user, but know and have seen what people will do to

those who use or sell them. Those addicted and those selling..

A good 50% of Blacks vs Cops is drug related.

Black people have on average been less strict on drug use and selling. 

Many use drugs as currency in their home areas.

They also find many whites and others willing to pay for illegal drugs.

China and several other countries are pushing out these illegal drugs by the tons.

Plus USA drug makers have had no problem pushing their drugs that are gateways

to illegal drugs.

When the USA comes up with sensible ways to deal with drugs, all the drug wars 

can finally find an end. It will mean tolerating much greater drug use by Americans.

Americans , even poor Americans, seldom have to decide between food and drugs,

nearly all have a little extra money.

Though Thailand certainly has drug problems, many are so poor, drug use would mean 

starvation of their family.

I don't have the answers, but I know drug wars are very expensive  and seldom accomplish

the goals they set. In fact drug wars often turn the very ones who would fight drugs 

into criminals.

This man who was killed was thought to be under the influence of drugs which lead

to the rough handling and his death. Why, because Cops are in the drug war.

A war no one wins, but many die.

20 hours ago, TooBigToFit said:

They all should be jailed and banned from any government employment forever. But this is Thailand. At least follow the lives of these corrupt police after they are retired as its almost certain many are likely to go on and continue acts of crime to get the lifestyle they want.

This is also a problem in the USA.

A cop gets sacked from the Dept , just moves to a smaller

city that is happy to find a guy they don't have to run through all the training before

turning him loose.

So he is right back to demanding favors instead of tickets or arrest.

When I was supervisor on a fire dept, I was advised to never answer request 

about recommending a fired fireman. If you can't prove violations by court 

documents, he could sue you and the dept over stating the reason of his firing.

Just say there was employment dispute and he left the department.

Leave it to him to complete the story any way he wants to.

14 hours ago, DrJack54 said:

Stop talk riddles. Does OP need exit post amnesty. Hopefully will be extended.

If not he needs exit Thailand

I don't know his exact procedure to stay at this point , but riddles are often the answers you

get from immigration .

I had reason to take my 800000 baht out of the bank for something.

I had enough time to use it and return it with 8 month rest before needing renew visa.

But when I got there they said sorry, this year you need 1 year of rest in the bank for 

your 800000 baht. No visa extension for you.

I called a lawyer who handles visas in Bangkok and he said wrong, by law it only need to be 

there for 2 months but immigration handles it differently according to the office.

So now I am looking for a way get my extension before june 17.

It was so much easier when you could just pass an envelope to them with

your papers and quickly get your stamp.

Several pecks when very young and not really understanding it, mostly forgotten.

Playing doctor looking over a girl, a couple of times at about age 5. 

FIRST KISS, yes I remember. 15 and wanting to kiss a girl very much, but so shy.

I lived a few 100 yards from a very popular skating rink, went there often.

There was a girl I talked to often, she was dating DEXTER, an over grown bully

I also knew pretty well.

One night as I was hanging out there, about 1964, all the lights went out around 9 pm.

Some electrical problem that effected the whole neighborhood.

She was there with I guess 30 other kids, but Dexter was not.

The owner, with no help, was trying to watch over everything and busy running around.

There were 2 large rooms in the back, one had a pool table, so kids were allowed back there.

Not wanting to go home, I walked back to the pool room and she was already there alone.

We talked some, she seemed real friendly so I got close and put my arm around her waist.

We hugged a few times in the dark, then her mouth found mine.

It was bingo, wow, I am so lucky all at once. Tight hugs, belly rubs, tongue kisses and

I got so hard . She was the same age but her and Dexter had lots of experience in

the back seat of his car. She knew what was up, I was so willing to follow her lead.

Also frightened of what all might happen.

Well it didn't happen, Bob the owner came back and very calmly as us to go back

where all the other folks were at.

She would call me often after that, but she was still with Dexter and I didn't

want to have him and his buddies to deal with.

I went off to the navy after school and came home 4 yrs later.

With no job I went to apply for unemployment and she was working there.

She had already been married to some guy and divorced. 

With no girlfriend I wanted to get a piece off her and tried, but the 

spell was broken, I was no longer her choice.

About 25 years on, I read in the paper one day she had died.

Debbie, you are remembered, by by a grateful shy kid.

It seems when they stopped taking the envelopes under the desk

 the problems began to mount.

I liked the old way slip them the envelope and get your stamp.

Do you have a gik?

I don't think so.

I will check later when I shower.

What do you do, get a shot, take some pills?

48 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

Cambodia,

Enter on an 'Ordinary VISA'  $35 (not a tourist VISA $30).

Extend at an agency for 1 year, costs around $300, just fill in a form, no need to ever visit immigration.

Siem Reap is very nice, but hot as hell in the summer.

Phnom Penh is where most of my pals ended up, nice promenade by the river.

Loads of expats hanging out at the 'Pickled Parrot' of an evening.

Hey thanks , maybe we can talk further some time in the future. Sounds good.

Better do something, my wife's company has had plenty orders

but now fulfilling the last few. Costumers looking to other 

countries and companies and a 100 folks jobs hang by a thread.

I am working the Marriage visa now, a change from retirement, because of 

stupid rules changes.

I can't answer right now, but Friday I will visit immigration again, for them to

to see what I have and if I need anything else.

Will post again after they make up their mind about all they want.