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4 hours ago, Dmaxdan said:
Too many fragile egos, especially within the male population.
I will definitely not rule out the often pathetic behaviour of women mostly taking an example from the bad soaps where violence is a staple.
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5 hours ago, Samui Bodoh said:
I was a smoker for around 35 years, and quit just under three years ago.
Ban smoking in Condos? Hell yes!
Ten Reasons to Quit Smoking (in no special order)
- You won't smell anymore. Apologies, but there is no polite way to put it; smokers stink. They smell. They reek. Their breath smells like an ashtray. Their clothes are foul and gross. They leave a putrid miasma in every room they occupy.
- You will regain your sense of smell and taste. It is truly an amazing thing; I lived and/or visited Thailand for more than 25 years, but after I quit smoking, Thai food became twice as good. Seriously, twice as good!
- You won't look like a dried-up lizard. Smoking makes your face/skin look old; quitting smoking means putting 'lizard-ness' off for a decade or two.
- If you quit smoking, you don't have to listen to people like me, your spouse, your kids, your friends and complete strangers telling how smoking is bad for you. Wouldn't it be nice if we all shut up? If you didn't have to hear us?
- It is easier to pull/keep chicks. Simply put, it is easier to pull and/or keep a hot chick as a non-smoker rather than as a smoker. Nuff' said.
- You won't get sick as often. Yes, I know, perhaps smoking helps with c-19 and perhaps it doesn't. But, a non-smoker will catch fewer flus, colds, infections, etc. than a smoker; it is a scientific fact.
- You won't hurt those around you. Second-hand smoke kills about 50,000 people a year and damages the health of many, many, many more; don't you want to stop hurting your wife? Your kids? Your friends? Your neighbours? Strangers on the road?
- You'll have more breath. Smokers; when was the last time you climbed three flights of stairs without panting or wheezing? Without some shortness of breath? Without stopping for a sec to catch your breath at the top?
- Money. Cigarettes are expensive and you get nothing (literally nothing) for your money. One example; by quitting when I did, I saved approximately 190,000 Baht. What would you do with an extra 190,000 Baht? Whooo-Hoooo!
- Impotence. It is a medical fact that smoking reduces the lead in your pencil. Further, it is also medical fact that the more you smoke, the more the lead in your pencil is reduced. Simple question; what's better? Smoking or sex? If you chose sex (and you really should have), then it is time to quit.
And a bonus #11; you won't be an addict anymore. Being an addict, whether it is Nicotine, Yaba, Alcohol, Opioids, Meth, Heroin, Crack, or anything else, diminishes a person.
If you quit smoking, you'll be a better person to be around, your sensations and pleasures will improve, your health and appearance will be better, you'll do better with the girls, you'll have stamina again, you'll save huge amounts of money, and your sex life will improve.
If you keep smoking, your stink will drive people away, you won't enjoy food and drink as much, your health will decline, you will become 'Lizard-like', hot girls will laugh at you and throw rocks, you'll be awful in the sack, you'll be poorer and no woman will want you.
Ban smoking everywhere!
You are a typical ex-smoker still smarting from stopping!
I smoked from 1966 till 1978, just stopped one day in October of that year, never smoked again.
Never made an anti-smoking tirade
If somebody wants to smoke in his own house, power to him, if I don't like the smell, I stay away from his house.
Maybe once a month I am in the company of a smoker, don't think that will harm my health; driving a car, being in traffic, surely is worse for my health?
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54 minutes ago, d2b2 said:Who stands surprised that those in the tourist industry are willing to put the lives of everyone in the kingdom in jeopardy to line their pockets?
self interest is their only motive. I get it they are suffering, but must they inflict suffering on everyone else?
Instead of demanding the borders flung open and everyone in the kingdom risk infection, they and the kingdom would be better served if they demanded the government to provide financial assistance until a vaccine will allow safe entry.
their demands have a selfish and self centered ring.
You do know, I hope, many earn a living in the tourist industry, possibly a million people lost their job?
Are their wishes also selfish?
You think only the business owners have problems?
And the government paying for all that might be difficult, less tax coming in, no income from tourism, less VAT incoming because people buy less (no money), and so on.
Isn't your answer slightly egoistic?
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22 hours ago, Sakeopete said:
I am not receiving some COD orders from China. If the seller uses Cainaio delivery partner I never get the item and I can't cancel it because as soon as I place the order it generates a tracking number. After waiting weeks the Tracking Package status changes to Your package has been mark as Failed Delivery and will be returned to seller.
Kindly provide us with feedback here! Reason: Prohibited ItemNov.03 00:00 " This has happened to 4 orders from different sellers (ordered 3D printer parts and tools). The sellers blame Lazada and Lazada says the sellers choses the delivery partners.I have complained to LAZADA (mentioned Cainaio's bad feedback online) but despite their polite customer service they do nothing. They advise me to refuse the package if it does someday arrive, honestly I don't like that. I often make online orders and the delivery people know me, some even by name. I hate the thought of wasting their time refusing COD shipments. I wish LAZADA would just cancel the order.
Buying from China has become a hassle because I have to ask the seller what delivery partner they use before I purchase anything. If they use LEL Express my items arrive within a week. Unfortunately many Thai sellers now ship direct from China so there isn't much choice in country anymore. I will try using Shopee more often but I like Lazada's interface better.
Rant Over
Cainaio delivery partner?
Problems.
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3 hours ago, Natai Beach said:
Performance?
Because of 4 cylinder rubbish performance, rubbish handling, rubbish build quality and I suspect they will have rubbish servicing standards in Thailand.
it is well documented, one of the main reasons they have gone broke so many times.
I wouldn’t buy one, that is my opinion, if you think they are good, then go ahead. They are cheap. I wonder why?
UK cars are infamous for their poor build quality. I suspect the only people defending them are from the UK who have taken it personally.
China is also infamous for poor build quality. They will continue the MG tradition I am sure.Dream on......
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4 hours ago, Natai Beach said:
I wouldn’t risk it.
- MG have a history of going broke. I can’t see them being around for ever in Thailand.- MG were always poor quality, I can’t see the Chinese improving on it.
- about a month ago I popped in to their dealership in Khok Kloy to ask about their EV. The lack of knowledge of the staff astounded us, she couldn’t answer any of our questions (I was with a thai, so it wasn’t just the language barrier).
Forget it.
Not only MG had a tendency to go down.
Or bad quality.
But they were, in British times, fun to drive.
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4 hours ago, Grumpy one said:
The previous model was LDV T 60
It sold in Aus
A mate of mine has one, treats it like hell and it keeps going
Also a lot cheaper than the jap models
Even cheaper?
The Foton pickup, or the Malaysian pickup, name escapes me.
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4 hours ago, Jeffr2 said:They're starting to get desperate if they are doing this. Letting dirty farangs get residency. Who would have thought.????
Seriously, it's a great idea. Several countries already do this. From a few years ago:
https://qz.com/31397/buy-a-home-get-a-visa-for-a-mere-e160000-you-can-become-a-spanish-resident/
I guess in 15 years I invested 20+ million Baht in the country.
Do I qualify?
I know, I am not Chinese, but can I ask?
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3 hours ago, mr mr said:no thailand no have covis. thailand number 1. wear mask ride alone on motorcye. thai not do same stupid farang country. not follow rule. not together fight covis. why farang not want stop covis.
Farang want to stop the Chinese Wuhan virus.
Badly.
That is why they go into very expensive quarantine to prove they are clean and then to get the virus as soon as they are released.
But I guess, seen all the demonstrators, pro & contra and the unhindered entrance of "visitors" from neighbouring countries I doubt the Thai are not very serious.
Don't blame the farang for something also happening, sadly, in Thailand.
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4 hours ago, darksidedog said:
The whole country is suffering under the current administration, whose performance is the reason for the protests.
Bring in real democracy and the country and economy will flourish.
So you think that democracy, Thaksin style for example, will repair the economy overnight, and that while the world is reeling under the Wuhan virus?
Dream on......
Democracy often is not bringing any good to the people.
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I invested quite a lot in Thailand, and living here for 15 years now, always in the back of my mind the Idea this is what I can leave behind.
Since a year I am opening up a route elsewhere, rerouting my pension, slowly emptying the bank and sluicing the funds out of the country.
Expect to be forced to leave soon.
See and read what happens in China, and that will come to this country also.
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I am flabbergasted.........
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30 minutes ago, lust said:
I find that many of the westerners I come across have some quirks about them, or are total nutcases to be honest... Not all, but many... Thailand is a place for many misfits..
Sorry for this remark.
Is that place for misfits based on yourself, maybe?
Obviously you mix with the wrong people.......
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14 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:But would they come back with the stringent rules now in place. I really have to question your read on those tourists. Are they wishing to return back into the insane asylum of quarantine and excess fees and then from a half to several millions deposited into an account just to stay here again for a short time. I believe you are wrong on those accounts.
The rules for returning expats are mostly enough to forget returning.
The ones wanting to come back have family or a condo/house over here.
Most annoying is the health insurance, this is only there to make the insurance companies happy, the insurance is quite useless.
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4 hours ago, farang85 said:China is a fair-weather friend .
China is anything but a friend!
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14 hours ago, Okis said:
If they do the same on twitter as on facebook then no wonder they dont have any impact. On facebook they will create a account with 10-50 friends and then go into comments or send messages and just trow some random insults at people.
Guess what?
The anti's do the same....
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On 10/9/2020 at 7:58 AM, tonray said:You make the mistake of associating the vast majority of the population with a handful of radical elements. Just as we shouldn't judge the UK by the covidiots protesting in the streets of London against wearing masks, or the USA due to Trumpsters planning a race war or kidnapping a Governor.
Trumpeters planning a race war?
Really?
Or was it the other side always intent on stoking fires?
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4 hours ago, Thaiwrath said:And they are worried about people coming here legally, quarantine etc. !
The Thai borders appear to have more holes than Swiss cheese, or, more likely, certain people are being paid to "turn a blind eye".
No border is absolutely safe, even in your own country.
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2 hours ago, Dmaxdan said:
Volvos do, or at least used to have a good reputation for strength and safety. To make one completely unrecognizable to what it once was would take some doing. But, of course this is Thailand and when it comes to road safety, they don't do things by halves.
They do things by halves re road safety, they do things double, at least, by road carnage.
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2 hours ago, brain150 said:I don't understand why anybody still thinks the Government has any interest in bringing back
mass tourism.
The Supreme Leader is a huge pawn of the UN and their Agenda 2030 does not include mass tourism !
Quite the opposite ! Mass tourism and sustainability are opposites and as such are no longer wanted !
To reach this target, the tourism industry needs to be destroyed and reshaped ... world wide.
Airlines going broke ! All part of the agenda !!!
... look at what they do - not at what they say !!!
This is not over by a long shot and it will get much worse in the next 3 month
Blame the worthless UN?
That surely is a new one.
Last time I looked the Wuhan virus originated from a military Laboratory in Wuhan, and that is in China.
China, the more and more inward looking country where expat foreigners are actively hunted away, where minorities are actively "re-educated" and whose rules and regulations for westerners seem to become more and more valid in Thailand.
Now, why would that be?
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The only thing missing to make things even worse is to make the lives of the remaining expats even more difficult by unnecessary rules, and there will be another million people jobless and a rather big loss of incoming foreign cash.
Stop the double pricing, including that one in State Hospitals to start with, get rid of the 90-day for expats living in Thailand for more than 5 years, etc, etc.
Don't see the Chinese government's doings as a good example.......
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6 hours ago, YetAnother said:
just keep piling on more obstacles; then wonder why so few tourists are interested
If ever the Thai government tells me to wear a gps thing on myself, besides the 90-day idiocy, I am gone.
I am not a bloody criminal!!!
Now what would they say if the EU makes it a law that all Thai must wear a ankle band and can only go to another country if all extensive paperwork is in order, and of course all the paperwork to come back is also ok.
Mind if something is not ok, the blacklist is ready, so is the prison and a huge fine, and of course very, very expensive quarantine.
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3 hours ago, userabcd said:
Why not.
They seem to have the virus under control and they do make up approx 18% of the world population and are perhaps by tourist numbers spending and investing the most in Thailand travel/tourist/property industry.
Unfortunately, in the US, UK and many countries in Europe, the virus is out of control as the inhabitants of those nations feel their freedom of whatever is important.
So you believe the Chinese?
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I am really afraid Thailand missed the boat in the rice and tourist business.
Sincerely hope I am wrong, the poor have been hit too much already.
Thailand's rail network expansion: High speed trains mooted for Hua Hin, Phitsanulok and Trat
in Thailand News Headlines
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I have seen what high speed rail did to the existing network and finances of railway companies.
Thailand would be better off to heed the Japanese advice, don't, it will never be profitable, but will also eat away any profits from the existing network.
Thailand would invest in the existing network and make it double track, buy new rolling stock, upgrade tracks to 175 km/h, build new lines cross country and not only to/from Bangkok.
Forget the "high speed rail", too expensive to build, to maintain and to operate, besides eating away profits from the metre gauge railways.