JensenZ

Sure, plenty of nice female company, but only if kept at arms length. Actually, the truth is that generally that's they only time they are nice, unless of course you're loaded.

You don't have move away, just politely decline, or totally ignore and say nothing. They really aren't a problem unless you decide to insult them, which is most likely the case in this incident. Ladyboys don't spontaneously attack people for no reason.

Sounds like you might be the problem in relationships - always blaming the women? It should be noted that the Philippines is a matriarchal society. Filipinos grow up in matriarchal networks, where women make decisions about most things including money. Until they have you hooked, you wouldn't know it. They play a passive-aggressive role that often goes unnoticed by hapless foreigners until it's too late. Most of them don't really prefer foreigners and they are just a means to an end. Old weathly foreigners are highly prized.

Only shops that don't price their items in fractions of baht (satang) will refuse to accept them. The 7Elevens love them and will take as many as you've got.

What a waste of time - don't accept them in the first place. I've told cashiers a number of time over the years to give me a clean note when they handed me a bad one. You only get bad ones as change from a shop, so simply opening your eyes avoids the problem.

I have always refused to accept banknotes in poor condition. It's common sense really and the fault of the person trying to use them. They should have refused to accept them in the first place and avoided the problem of trying to pass them off to someone else. Thai banknotes are usually in very good condition and anything I accept should be too.

They don't have to try to bring in hezbollah... there has already been an exchange of missiles.

I have a more pessimistic view on what is likely to happen. Recently word from Iran was that if Israel starts a land invasion, it will cause an "earthquake". Iran has missiles capable of striking Israel. A land invasion will start soon. The US currently has one carrier strike group stationed off the coast of Israel with another arriving in a few days (I believe it takes 8 days for a carrier to travel from the US to the Eastern Mediterranean). With the US heavily engaged in Ukraine, and possibly soon in Israel, there's a perfect opportunity for China to invade Taiwan. This is how world wars start.

Yes, coming into Summer there now. Mean daily high -15C. Mean daily low -26C

Hamas are ok with it. Their attack on Israel was well planned, and they knew exactly how Israel would respond. it was part of their master plan and the death of their own people was part of it.

Did you think this slogan was real? It never was an image, just a slogan to help with tourism.

These type of editorials give all the Pattaya haters somewhere to vent and thereby increase forum activity. If only they could hire an actual reporter to convey the news instead of this emotive nonsense.

I didn't make it clear - it was a general assessement. Experiences may differ.

I agree - it's a troll post, but I did feed it LOL

LOL. I'm 64 and don't look a day over 65. The OP can't even be straight about his age, yet he's asking for advice. He says he's double the age of a college student, so maybe 50 and thinks he looks late 30s... oh, yes, and fit too. It's a bit strange that a person who is proficient in Thai (that would take many years of study and close contact with Thai people in order to perfect his pronunciation) needs advice from people here about women in Thailand. Age is very important to girls. They don't like sex with men older than their fathers. Sure, for money, no problem, but they secretly feel very weird about it.

Running all over SE Asia to have fun doesn't sound like any fun at all. When I was a young guy I did more than enough travelling. Now I like to stay in one place. In fact, assuming the fun-seeker is a retired old man, the idea of searching for fun is a bit weird. I don't think I even know what fun is. I did live in the Philippines for over 5 years and most definately don't want to go back there.

The reply that made the most sense was that you'd probably spend more money travelling around than what you could save by avoiding a small tax liability, if any at all. Use a visa agent - I'm sure they'll have it covered.

There is one important point you might not have considered. Hamas knew exactly what would happen as a consequence of their brutal attack. They knew how Israel would retaliate. This was all well planned in advance. They want Israel to overreact to gain the support of the whole Arab world. It worked well, as even a number of members on this forum are blaming Israel as they systematically destroy Gaza. Hamas were well aware of how many of their own people would be killed. They are using their own people as cannon fodder to further their cause. They have no respect for their own people. The more who die the better as far as they are concerned. Hamas is 100% responsible for every death, on both sides.

You need to take into consideration where the office is. If it's a small office with limited staff, you might want to temper your frustrations and play nice as you need to face these people every year.

The only problem with that assessment is that Thailand IS a major player in this - they've lost people and their citizens are currently being held hostage. Thailand has quite a big footprint in Israel, with 30,000 foreign workers.

This topic is about Thailand's position on the current conflict which started last Saturday. It was interesting to note that Thailand was absent for the United Nations Resolution 181 vote. On 29 November 1947, the United Nations General Assembly voted 33 to 13, with 10 abstentions and 1 absent (Thailand), in favour of the modified Partition Plan. (United Nations General Assembly in 1947 called for the partition of Palestine into Arab and Jewish states). I suppose Thailand's absence was not surprising considering the millitary coup of November 1947.

Did you just wake up out of a deep sleep? Nothing is new... btw, the world has just survived a pandemic. Instead of posting here, why not study some history. There have been many periods far, far worse than now... and the world is still spinning.

No, I do not, but I'm not the one trying to speak for everyone as you do, by using the pronoun "we". Neutrality is the coward's way. You're in favour of people ignoring atrocities. Speaking out against tyranny is necessary for civilized countries. Thailand is not a democracy and has a long way to go. Their stance of neutrality is not a surprise, and it's the main reason why the Japanese didn't invade during WW2. Not speaking out is also a reason why the military are ultimately in control of polictics in Thailand. The people don't have freedom to choose.

Lucky we have people like you to make the forum even funnier. You think if Thailand does like most other nations and condemns Hamas, they will go to war. That's ridiculous and hilarious at the same time.

You're repeating Bignok, I gave my opinion and you're entitled to yours. Wise people do not dismiss the atrocities of Hamas.