Albert Zweistein

Just go on hugging the Chinese, they are your brothers remember ?

I think proper reading is not your strongest point, I said many places but I never mentioned Pattaya because I've never been there. I also calculated my stays in Thailand and came out on 9 years all together. AT Least. Not realy temporary and long enough to get a good impression when one is curious and sticks his nose in everything he is interested in.

I like you to work for me...................................

And Cuba.

An other old Chinese one - when the boat is sinking the rats are leaving.

It is pretty nasty to humiliate someone you don't know a bit about. My "lifetime experience" in Thailand is a bit longer than 2 weeks as you mention. My first visit was in 1967 and after that I came off and on untill 30 years ago when we started to come every Christmas 3 1/2 - 4 weeks. Since 2001 when I retired I came twice a year for 2 to 3 months. During all those years I've seen the country changing, In Patong where I usualy stay All and really ALL the workers in restaurants both serving and cooking, people selling on the markets, the boys on the beach taking care of the beds and umbrella's are foreign. Mostly Burmese but I also found people from India, Bangla Desh and Nepal. After staying in Patong I always travel to a different location, to the South, the North and the West and also been to many different islands and everywhere I found the same. Working under Thai labour law ? From the managers in the restaurants where I take my meals, also foreign, I know they hire the Burmese because they are cheaper and only half the workforce is on the payroll. The example about the High tech plant is a nice story but are you aware where the investment came from ? Probably foreign. The point is you are wondering how Thailand has been able to develop ITSELF and I think they never could have done this without foreign investment and labour. I could provide you a long list of foreign compagnies operating in Thailand but I think you know them yourself too. Certainly Europe after WW 2 was in a terrible state and I think without the Marshall Aid from the US it would have taken much longer to build it as it is now. A free advice : if you don't know the English translation of some German words try Google.

You should know better, to cold now and restrictions are getting tight in some places. Try Canary Islands or Caribic.

Those insurances cover health issues caused by covid, not quarantine. Wuflu is an unknown disease so not covered at all.

Yes Thailand is an example of foreign labour. I know what it is like in Western Europe because I live there but have you ever talked to workers on a construction site ? I did and I smoked a cigarette with them during their break. Depending on the location in Thailand they came from Burma, Laos or Cambodia, they are the ones yoy can see in the evening with the coloured helmets on being jam packed transported in an open truck back to their camps. During the last 2 decades I never ever caught one single Thai working there, apart from the team leaders. The UK is a different story, this has been caused by the typical misplaced English arrogancy of boris. Finally he was prepared to issue 5,000 temporary work permits to lorry drivers but only a few hundred applied. The rest gave him their middle finger. You reap what you sow !

Certainly not Thai workers. FYI my moo baan is in Europe.

Thanks to foreign labour ?

On the other hand Obama looked much better than denying donald, despite his cosmetics.

Foreign investment ?

Ball or roller bearing ?

Yes and it was a great job.

Even on the run he could be prosecuted.

No, they need the money for gambling.

Yes I remember it, I think we called it tar soap.

Always funny how they present cases like this, they are nearly human.

No the French, the poms also have a bad body odor but they never bothered to develop perfum.

You should include "cops"as well.

Keep your stuff in Australia for when you return..................................

Not mysterious, very predictable.

I usually tip 10 % of the bill in restaurants, room maids in the hotel bht 200 per week. Of course depending on the service. If I come next year I will reduce it in order to compensate the bht 500 "entrance fee" starting January 1st.

And more sugar........................., anyway I never visit Mc <deleted>.