eek
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If I saw someone who had fallen asleep in a coffee shop I'd think it was cute. They must either be really exhausted or coffee not strong enough. Guess this is one of those things that doesnt bother me in the slightest. Other things do. I'm not immune to being bothered! But this using wifi working etc thing..doesn't register for me.
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I personally wouldnt mind people working if they were buying, but if he is buying nothing its bad. All you can realistically do i think though is let it go and let the coffee shop people deal with it. If it is someone on Thaivisa they would surely see this and either feel a little affronted or not bother. Kick back and enjoy your coffee and try to switch off.

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Wow..you mean nimmen to sirimankalajarn sois? Are they are actually enforcing the rule? Flabbergasted!
The one way system between nimmen and Sirimankalajarn was scrapped on April 1st.
The clamping of illegal parking was to take place (as before) but never really enforced.
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Do not personally do this as i like to use a PC rather than a laptop. But i really dont see what the problem is, so long as a person buys regular coffees/drinks/food.
Easy way for any coffee shop to solve this is to offer internet pass for an hour with your purchase. That way, the person needs to go back again and buy something else.
What is so wrong with someone choosing a more ambient atmosphere to browse the net?
I have a Thai lady friend who regularly spends money in a nice coffee shop and sets up her small laptop keeping an eye on her stocks.
I just dont get what the problem is and why it really would be anyones business. Let the shop take care of it and work out another way, if they are not happy about the situation. We shouldnt have control over how other people utilize something just because we dont utilize it int he same way. ITs sort of like saying a person shouldnt sit on a park bench for several hours because we should all get a turn on the bench. I have a feeling the people complaining dont use the net much for various things. (I personally use my TAB for many things when in a coffee shop. ..reading online newspapers (rather than reading the ones offered in the coffee shop), checking email, maybe logging in here). Is it somehow ok if a person is reading a book or the paper for an hour or two ..or more, if they choose..just because it doesnt look like they are scrounging free wifi??? (..and it isnt free if they are buying coffee etc, they are using the facilities..thats all).
Btw, in saying that, if it was a tiny place with limited seats, then yes, i may get the hump if someone is hogging a whole section for what seems like forever. But again, if they are regularly purchasing, im sure the coffee shop is glad of them. -
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Being a bit of a social hermit, Facebook keeps me in the loop..so to speak. I don't enjoy talking on the phone, I dnt like being on Skype or messenger, and like doing a lot of things on my own. Thankfully my family and friends are used to and accepting of this, but with Facebook I can see what they are up to and make a quick comment and stay "<connected". Then, when we do meet up we know what each other has been up to..and don't feel to distant. It works for me.
Edit: its also food for event invitations that I otherwise wouldn't know of, friends bdays etc.
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GOod grief you have a real bee in your bonnet. Could that chip possibly be any bigger? All i want (as a FEMININE female biker) is a little bite of the apple myself.
WOuld be nice to see something for us ladies too, sometimes get a bit fed up with just seeing girls fawning on bikes (ok i fawn on mine, but at least i can ride it!) Yes, i know, i was the one that brought it up, i was also enjoying the humor that came from it..so..seeing as it was a while back..and over with..can we PLEASE get back to bikes now..? 
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I enjoy it, although one afternoon seems to be my whack. Just wish a liitle more consideration came into play. Aggressive throwing, squirting in face (particularly eyes and ears), and the extreme ice water bothers me.
Is this big fat 50-something Swedish "bird" at the traffic lights every year? Which traffic lights? I must be lucky, I've never had her attack me. Seen plenty of big ape-ish dopey farang men around, you know, the kind that make random generalised unnecessary idiotic statements about women, but tbh that's not just at Song Kran tho...It's when you've avoided getting soaked all day just for some big,fat Swedish bird in her 50s to get you at a traffic light on your scooter with a dopey grin,you just feel like punching them!
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I'm sure it doesnt. I imagine that sentiment wouldn't just be a bargirls tho, I would think non "working" girls would have much the same thoughts. Likely even more so! But this thread isn't about that tho, its about the funny stuff that hookers feed their punters.
LOL, like it really matters what a working girl thinks of you.handsum man = you're a punter paying for sex, i find you pathetic and have zero respect for you.
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handsum man = you're a punter paying for sex, i find you pathetic and have zero respect for you.
You so big = I am boosting your ego because you might give me more money and i know you get a kick out of thinking you are big man, and bigger than the local thai men, but actually Thai men are not small.Thai man no good = (already been covered), basically, my husband/gik/lover/bf is thai and sexy, but i know if you feel superior you might give me more money.
(would be interesting to hear the flip-side!)
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It's the standard Nigerian scam, repackaged for a new audience.
People seriously still fall for that?
"I'll pay you back everything if you can just lend me some more money"
Exactly. Ive had those before via Tagged (when i used to be on it), think i had a few random ones on facebook "other" messages too. Im so sorry that your wife's friends fell for this, but honestly so surprised.. i had thought no one ever really fell for these kinds of things.
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Tutsi..im so utterly sorry for my lack of attention in your direction...thing is, i was recently presented with this fabulous glasses..and the world has changed for me....
,,,,i now see every man as Brad Pitt or Johnny Depp, with the body of an Adonis...I am in Paradise.
The problem is, i need to find a second pair to present to a man..but with certain restrictions in that he sees all other women as his mother or some vile abomination and i, the most beautiful creature in his bespectacled eyes, am the only one holding his gaze. Alas..i think it may be a fruitless quest.
However, in the mean time, i am very much enjoying my visual feast..as you can see by my very happy grin.
My sincere apologies my dear..but you know..sometimes women need to enjoy some eye-candy too...and i dont know how long this effect will last for, so forgive me for so being indulgent.
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Best part of yesterday was Cricket, then later on treated to dinner by an old friend who is great company at a delicious pizza place ..where i stuffed my face with a seafood pizza and had to waddle out of the restaurant. I went to bed sated and happy (although really rather hot ..temperature is unreal!..actually its making me feel rather unwell..but thats not keeping in with the positives so ill hush!).. then today i was having coffee and a very interesting (and attractive
) man started chatting with me and i left with a smile on my face. Hey..everyone needs some mental and visual stimulation from time to time, right! Even us ladies! -
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I havent burnt bridges, and i have the option to move, but although Chiang Mai isnt Shangri La by any means realistically i cannot live the same life style that i have now unless i were to be back in the rat race so-to-speak.
A while ago i was getting fed up of Chiang Mai and I went back to the UK to visit (London. Although born in Scotland, my family are all over the globe). I had not been back in over six years. My Uncle treated me to a stunning hotel on Sloane Street, directly across from Gucci and Louis Vuitton, just down from Harvey Nicks and nearby Harrods... and la dee da etc etc. I am very grateful for the treat. I also ate lobster and salmon, and chocolate till it came out of my ears. Day 2..i was missing my tiny unsophisticated studio apartment, the climate, the smiles, and the food of Chiang Mai. Granted it was in the winter months, so probably not a good comparison..but regardless, it hit home to me that even staying in an extremely "posh" hotel at a swishy zone in london, i wanted to get back to my simple life in Chiang Mai. Ok, had it been warmer, maybe i would have enjoyed it more, but not to the point of wanting to return. I will always miss the museums, galleries, and west end plays, but it just isnt enough to want to be there.
I have family in Argentina, and i lived there for a while. Love my family there, the men were stunning and i was never short of ego boosts. I still cant quite put my finger on why i choose to be here than there, but i do..and i could easily set myself up over there, far easier than here in fact. My family have lived over there for hmm twenty years or so and my niece and nephew were born there. My brother has a business and contacts etc etc, and I would get visa and work easily in that sense.
If i had the money to explore more, i would, but i dont. Id love to visit other places in the world..in truth, ive always been fairly nomadic, but money dictates. If i was truly miserable in Chiang Mai, id spend that money to travel and search, but im pretty satisfied..still.
Im writing this only to say that im not trapped, that i do have options, ...but yet for some reason im content to stay..and i cant quite put my finger on it as to why. Oh...and that im definitely not here for the women!! -
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This is not directed at the OP, but more in regards to the comments made about Expat 'complainers'. Tbh, those people were probably complainers in their home countries, and most other countries they have visited for any duration. Some people seem to be born complainers finding fault no matter how many good things have taken place. Some don't even realise they are doing it..its just so natural to them. Once the initial novelty of something, someone, or someplace, wears off..the nitpicking starts. Honestly, for those of us witha generally more optimistic outlook these people can be such a drain to be around. What gets me too, is so often the gripes are insignificant. Often too these kinds of people may meet me and think I've never had any problems, difficulties, or disasters happen, when in fact I've had them in spades. YET I always remind myself things could be much worse, and am grateful for so much. To be perfectly honest I really just can be bothered with people at times...so many seem to be so far up there own nether regions that I wonder how they get about in life...
(Apologies for any major mistakes..written with my phone)
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If you ride a lot tangcoral there may be times when you have a fall, however although you are probably right (and i noticed it myself, but thought nothing of it..as so many riders i know have had accidents at one time or another), there really is nothing to suggest that the accident in that scene was caused by riding a motorbike.
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Watched the video and so touching.
Very sad indeed.
Condolences to family and friends of Api.

...can i ask if anyone knows the details of this accident, how it came about, and if it he was taken to emergency or died on the spot?
I suppose when you have a face to a name, it makes one wish to know the details more. I know it wont bring him back but maybe the circumstances could be prevented if others take heed (if it was the kind of accident where a driver was negligent etc? or helmets not worn?). Hope it doesnt cause offense that i ask.
Tight-Fisted Farang...
in Chiang Mai
Coffee on my own, head stuck in Samsung, people watching glances ..utter bliss ^^^^