AustinRacing

So you’d rather be with the woman in the picture and not so smart over a very intelligent woman that you can have endless dialogues with but ugly. Are you that shallow? For me if I had to choose………Oh wait let me see the picture one more time……………. Damn she’s hot. Who cares if she doesn’t know the square root of whatever. If Putin woke up to this every morning he’d have no energy or desire to invade Ukraine. Yummy yummy yummy.

It surely is interesting. Strict education in schools and also not having big remote and rural population may have something to do with it.

FYI - A bit of fun fact. According to World Population Review 2022 the IQ results for Thailand and its immediate neighbors as follows: 5 country rank - Country -World ranking - IQ score 1 Cambodia 15 99.75 2 Myanmar 52 91.18 3 Thailand 64 88.87 4 Malaysia 73 87.58 5 Laos 114 80.99 Must say quite impressed with Cambodia, and Myanmar not so bad either. Citizens of those countries working as migrant laborers and being treated as sub-human by the Thais or even Malaysians can take comfort in knowing that at least they are smarter than them. May be worth posting this in our company lunch room that is made up of 70% migrant workers from Myanmar and Cambodia (Just for laughs). Laos was way off, wonder why. Is it the Isaan influence or may be the other way around? Just kidding, my wife is from Isaan but can't wait to tease her with these numbers when I get home!!! How they come up with these stats is an interesting yet separate topic.

has anyone got any refund elsewhere when the company goes bust?

She'll be very good at "lip service" me thinks. She would have nailed the "questions" category of Miss Universe contest where they have to talk BS about how they'd solve world hunger etc. What did you think I meant by "lip service" you dirty farang!!!

one would think decisions relating to health fall within his portfolio. Yet he seems to speak with authority about other areas such as business, tourism, etc. Having said that the government you have is the government you deserve.

Not unusual for me anymore. Thais have difficulty comprehending multidisciplinary tasks. High end tourism requires upgrading many things which they are yet to look into before making plans and announcements. I saw this mentality at work when I started 5 years ago. They prepare presentations on what they wish to achieve with timelines attached. At first I would scrutinize the plans for their flaws but now I just sit quiet and watch their plans come undone with their timelines shifting at every meeting. Ironically nobody seems to hold accountable those who came up with the plan and timelines. In my experience in the west if you propose a plan and promise to deliver and fxxx up there are consequences.

Well he was. But now he’s back to normal (two halves). Which two? Not sure.

Well the question is which half has he lost. It will remain a mystery just as Jimmy Hoffa and JFK.

I was told he’s half Māori half Fijian half Slovenian and half German.

Backward nations usually suffer from avoidable tragedies. Permission was given by authorities. The rest is academic. No foresight or consideration for potential risks to actions. The dumb parents who take their kids to watch races on footpaths should be charged with criminal negligence too. Dumb and dumber the lot of them.

It is not sadness. It is pain having difficulty standing up. I even gave her extra money after the short-time knowing she’d struggle to go back to work straightaway. She just wouldn’t listen. Stubborn Thai women!

I take your point except the racism thing. You my friend are wasting your precious time thinking about it. The average Thai was brought up in a corrupt mindset environment. Those that are not now are easily swayed into becoming one. National pride and integrity easily gives way to personal gain. Public servants on 30k salaries looking at their colleagues driving a nice car and having a nice house bought by corruption is good incentive to wave future of their country away. Just about every Thai is willing to make that trade off after all despite what some outsiders who think Buddhist are spiritual people. Far from it as the first thing they want to know about you is how much money you have!

I’m amazed by the passion and detailed discussions from “visitors” to this country about its politics. We the “traitors” who left our country for greener pastures (cheaper booze, younger flesh etc) need to take a chill pill and relax. It won’t do you any good whatsoever other than shorten the few years you got left to enjoy life. They deserve the government they have. My highly educated Thai colleagues’ main interests are TikTok, food, money, soap operas to name a few. Never hear anything remotely about politics or the future of their country.

Couldn’t agree more. Load until can load no more. I live along busy Rama2 road and see regularly those overloaded trucks on the side of the road with busted tyres or shocks and occasionally overturned.

The picture was a screenshot of a video online showing the pickup on its right unable to pass the truck. Those flaps are often in the front as well. The taking of so much extra space around your vehicle for whatever reason allowing less space for other vehicles on public roads is what amazes me the most.

Whenever I see trucks with those extra wide rubber flaps can’t help but to think how selfish one must be to widen the truck for their own benefit with no concern regarding other motorists or people on the road. Not bothering with the legality of them although would be interested to know.

They don’t pay tax so they should have no rights to do business.

Not much to see here. Move on. Sex shows involving Chinese men with 2.5in Members unless as a joke.

Safety and comfort of driving VS fun of riding. How do you balance between the two will come down to individual preferences. Do it a couple of times you will then figure out for yourself. If you love riding a 650 at highway speeds then it’s worth doing it. How often? I dunno!!!

I don’t think tourists should be allowed to open bank accounts anywhere. As a tourist you should have access to funds prior to departing your home country. Otherwise it makes it easy for money launderers and other illegal money related activities to flourish.

Surprised to find a spot on the main road. After returning there was a note on the windscreen and a lock on the wheel with a policeman hanging around. Did not realize they offer this level of support. 700thb was well worth the investment for easy access, security and police watching the car. Let’s stop BIB bashing please.

This is the set up

I have an aftermarket pipe. I fabricated myself a db killer and after making lots of modifications by drilling holes in it got the sound to a level that at normal riding it is not obnoxiously loud (personal opinion) but a different story at high rpm. For this trip I felt rebellious and took it off! Paid the price and could not argue with the fine. The satisfaction I got was riding passed those big scooters on the highway that pretend to be riding a racing bike (ps maxing at about 150km) weaving around cars and pretending another great overtake by Rossi. A few of them actually looked back (of course they don’t have mirrors) before I passed them as they could hear my bike approaching ominously and all they could do was to watch me disappear passed them in the horizon. Of course I don’t do these silly things regularly but occasionally I like to give it to the young Thai boys with a fragile ego.