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If you identify yourself as a 'farang' and think of yourself as a 'farang' and refer to yourself as a 'farang' are you a loser?

5 hours ago, John Drake said:

 

You think Thailand is doing a better job with its vaccine rollout????

It has not started yet as it did not need to but they have done a better job of dealing with the pandemic. And they can hardly do a worse job at a vaccine roll out than France, Germany, Spain, Portugal..er The EU..LOL

One debate is why the violent rioters have not been imprisoned.

2 minutes ago, jack71 said:

Many people do it all the time in thailand. Bitkub exchange funds directing to a thai bank account. Easy...

So I hear....But many people told me it's very difficult to sell CC..with Bitcoin being the exception but the many people I know who bought in as long ago as 2014 never made any money and could not sell when the value increased

7 hours ago, colinneil said:

This so-called government have come up with some crazy ideas before, but this surely takes the prize for sheer stupidity.

Roads here are crazy enough with speed limit of 90, but 120 absolutely stupid.

Road conditions here are not crazy when put in context of the rest of the world.

5 hours ago, George Bowman said:

I have to admit that compared to my home country of America, Thailand has done an outstanding job with the pandemic. I truly hope that the vaccine rollout will be a success. 

 

Why would anyone but a Thai hater put a laugh emojo icon on this comment?

4 hours ago, petermik said:

I wouldn`t know...never been daft or desperate enough to contemplate going to one

Ever invited? LOL

4 hours ago, BangkokReady said:

What a sad and soul-destroying existence.

 

I wonder if anyone ever considers why girls seem so happy to be prostitutes in Thailand when most other countries see it as being a very damaging and harmful enterprise?  Could it be that something that happens to girls in Thailand as they develop makes them already damaged?  The love of money perhaps?  Or the general acceptance that whatever men do is ok?

The question is: why are teenage slappers in the west so promiscuous, behave like cheap slappers, give it away for free, whilst ripped on coke, booze and exctasy then abort the result?

3 hours ago, Bluespunk said:

That is about as crass a post as I have ever read on this or any other forum.

Grammar correct. Possible comma required after 'this'

On 7/17/2020 at 5:54 AM, tribalfusion001 said:

Disgusting, should be shot, ISIS traitor.

https://www.spiked-online.com/2021/02/26/lets-get-real-shamima-begum-is-a-traitor/

Today the UK Supreme Court made a just decision. 

1 hour ago, BangkokReady said:

What a sad and soul-destroying existence.

 

I wonder if anyone ever considers why girls seem so happy to be prostitutes in Thailand when most other countries see it as being a very damaging and harmful enterprise?  Could it be that something that happens to girls in Thailand as they develop makes them already damaged?  The love of money perhaps?  Or the general acceptance that whatever men do is ok?

The few pretties I knew were very much in control of their own lives, some enjoying life to the full but others quite conservative.

14 hours ago, FalangTingTong said:

Greetings from post-Quarantine!

 

My last days at the Pullman G were about the same as the other days -- variety may be the spice of life, but Heinz chili sauce is the spice of Quarantine!

 

Well to be fair there were a lot of different spices on offer, in addition to the ubiquitious Heinz chili sauce, which is actually pretty good on fries.  And it's not like nothing ever changed: by my last day there were seven of us in Pool Area Relaxation Hour, including the first woman and the first smoker (one person, not two).

 

On the last full day the kitchen sent me a cute message on the dinner bag -- final day! -- with an illustration of a cute lady cook.  Or maybe the nurse in a cook's outfit!  I would have rather had them send the cook/nurse herself, but this was Quarantine Hotel and not Fantasy Island.

 

As for potentially useful information: the second PCR test was fine and by that point your only real risk of a positive result is the miniscule risk of a false positive, but still I was nervous.  The negative result was more of a relief than I'd expected.

 

In fact overall I found the experience more stressful than I was admitting to myself.  I devised a pretty workable, if not at all productive, routine for killing the time, but by the last couple of days I noticed my teeth were clenched more often than not.  I wasn't feeling isolated, exactly -- I had at least one phone call every day -- but after a while the stuck-ness started to get to me.  I'm sure I could have powered through more of this, but I'm also sure it wouldn't have been good for me.

 

The last full day felt especially absurd: I already had the second negative PCR result, so why was I still in Martha Stewart Luxury Prison?  Because rules, I guess.  In honor of the gods of absurdity I spent the final day learning about Non-Fungible Tokens, aka the intersection of Gamestonk and Sotheby's.  Google Beeple for more.  Oh and I still had to check my temperature.  One never knows.

 

On the final evening I got a call from the front desk asking when I'd like to check out.  I chose 11am and they asked if I'd like breakfast as usual.  Yes.  And in the morning I was surprised by a Proper Hotel Breakfast -- same same benedict but on a fancy tray, with extra fruit and toast.  It was a nice gesture, sort of symbolically marking your transition from Plague Suspect to Almost Free Falang.

 

Checkout was pretty simple: wait for the staff to bring you down, wear your slippers, then put on your shoes and sign out, collecting your certificates on the way, then wait for your taxi.

 

Specific to the Pullman I should also note that laundry is charged at hotel rates.  Some people elsewhere have complained about that.  I didn't have any problem with it: the majority of the guests seemed bound for some version of "home" after ASQ anyway, and times are tight, I'm sure the laundry service isn't free for the hotel.  And it was hotel-quality service: took half a day, clean and folded and smelling fresh, none of that "interesting Thai water" smell I've encountered with laundry services.

 

Getting out into the world was a bit overwhelming but, obviously, a wonderful feeling.  My taxi driver got lost on Sukhumvit and had to turn around and then got lost again -- twice in two straight lines, even with help from my Google Maps!  And I didn't care in the least.  The Sheraton Grande was super accommodating and is in fact pretty Grande.  To the reader who asked: Junior Suite has bum gun.  And minibar! (Not much in it but I didn't want to get drunk on Freedom Day One anyway.)  The ThailandPlus app failed to recognize several QR codes in a row at Terminal 21.  I was able to set up a post-paid mobile phone account with nothing but my passport and my karma.

 

I made it through quarantine with my sanity intact and my health only slightly impacted, and you can too!  If I had to do it again the only thing I'd change for sure is that I'd try harder to pull myself together and do some yoga or whatever.  I definitely sat around too much, but that's on me.

 

My final verdict on the Pullman G: friendly staff; very good food and more than enough of it; amazing view; quite limited outdoor area; and -- significantly -- a very generous deposit policy, in case you care how much money you have at risk before you get on that airplane.  I paid 60K THB for the whole thing (plus laundry, YMMV) and I would most definitely call it Value For Money.

 

Whether this is right for you I can not answer, but do check other reviews and compare what people say about different hotels.  I also found YouTube pretty useful: one place, which I will not name, had some really great extras and I almost booked it, but then watched its very positive review and found it pretty depressing.  Glad I booked the G instead.  Consider what your needs are, and which things are going to bring you joy or misery when you live with them in an apparently eternal cycle, on average 23.5 hours a day, until they let you out.

 

I have no regrets and will definitely consider the Pullman G again if this system is still in place in the Fall.  Which, please dear Buddha and all available spirits, let it not be!

 

PS -- Buri Ram Guy from the yard, if you're reading this, hello from freedom! If I ever make it to Buri Ram I'll keep an eye out for ya.

Excellent positive informative report. Well done.

No she can't. 

https://www.spiked-online.com/2021/02/26/lets-get-real-shamima-begum-is-a-traitor/

18 hours ago, mrfill said:

Not really. I usually have a post-it note with the booking id stuck to the passport. It helps the desk as the code is their main search tool. They only have to type the code in and ask no more.. Nowadays they send all the stuff by phone with QR codes and you can just wave it at them.

It's really useful to have a hard copy. Really helpful. 

Clinton or Trump..LOL

TW has been renamed and is operating normally AFAIAC.

'may'

I think this generation of Tesla type cars will go the way of Betamax. Batteries are basically bonkers. I think that real clean transport has to be something linked to fission and also public transport. Individuals driving round in cars, pressing pedals, braking and accellerating, twisting wheels whilst sitting perched awkwardly all seems faintly ridiculous when you think about it.

Maybe not NEED to but really useful to have a hard copy.

20 minutes ago, fangless said:

How is this news or even relevant to Thailand.

I suspect yet another hidden advert/plug!

It's in the entertainment and news section.

On 2/24/2021 at 8:41 AM, WineOh said:

morning all,

today's anecdote is about the time I bumped into a gentleman in a restaurant in downtown Hanoi.

He was a middle aged man and I was a young sprog who just moved to asia.

at that time I was a free agent and was still looking for a place to settle.

He was dressed well and seemed like he knew the ropes so I decided to strike up a conversation. 

Turns out he was from Cornwall and had just moved to Vietnam after 33 years in Thailand.

I pumped him for info all night and some of what he told me shocked me a little.

 

I had just visited Thailand for the first time at that point and had a real blast,

I was still well into the 'honeymoon' phase and hadn't (at that point) heard anything even remotely negative about the place.

that evening, all that was about to change.

I asked him why did he leave Thailand?

It took him a while to answer but finally he did.

what he said was that living in Thailand for 33 years had turned him into a misanthrope.

he was now avoiding all contact with people and only talked to me as I reminded him of his son.

He asked me what was I doing all the way out here when I should be back in the UK playing footie with the lads and chasing tail

I told him I was after some adventure that back home could not offer me.

he said that's fine, but please don't make the same mistake that he made. 

He said have fun, fill your boots but do not live there.

No good will come of it.

 

At that time I thought he was mad, which he may well have been.

But his words now have some resonance with me.

He may have been right.

I have myself noticed a marked change in my personality since moving here and my attitude has certainly changed towards locals and expats alike.

I used to be warm and fun to be around.

Now I'm aloof and a bit miserable.

People annoy me very easily and I hardly ever smile.

Not sure if that is a direct result of Living in Thailand or just getting older.

but it sure is interesting as I seem to be heading down the exact same path as the elderly man from cornwall.

 

Do any of you have similar experiences as myself or the man from cornwall? 

No.

1 minute ago, Chomper Higgot said:

“But if you're honest with yourself you know that if the UK had never voted for Brexit and had still been a full EU member, we'd have been obliged to join the EU vaccine program whether it was in law or not. ”

 

OK you made the claim, now back it up with evidence of why your claim is true, or accept you don’t have such evidence and made the claim up.

You please read the news about the vaccine roll out and stop trying to argue the inarguable.

The destruction of nation states by the EU.

https://www.spiked-online.com/2021/02/25/the-eu-will-choke-off-europes-recovery/