chalawaan

On 9/7/2022 at 12:01 AM, GammaGlobulin said:

Thomas L. Friedman was always full of baloney.

 

Such an idiot writer, really.

 

Friedman was and is nothing but a Pop-panderer with half-baked  hypotheses and weird analyses.

 

 

 

What an utter numbskull.

So happy Friedman's 15 minutes of fame is now behind us.

 

 

You're American. (Sorry to cross-post about your theory of guessing posters nationalities.) But you gave yourself away in this post. ????????????

On 9/6/2022 at 7:56 PM, DaLa said:

‘Sunbeam’ is an interesting one. Obviously an English word , however the meaning in Australian is unused crockery or cutlery. Now in England the word is (was) used to greet or address someone you know; generally in a friendly manner.

As in ‘ey up sunbeam how you doing, not seen you for a while’

However if you alter the intonation slightly it can also be used in a derogatory manner short of a strong cuss,

for example addressing someone that runs into your car ‘well done sunbeam, that wasn’t a very clever move was it’.

Very subtle. To confuse issues more there are many other words used similarly whilst greeting someone

example: ‘eh up duck’, ‘ nah den mate’, ‘good afternoon chappy’….

 

 

Clearly posted by someone who has never lived in the UK or Australia. 

You are thinking of "Sunshine" not sunbeam. 

"Chappy" (Chappies) is a South African bubblegum brand. Nothing else, ever. 

British Army officers refer to their men as "chaps". 

"Old chap" is used as a gentle reproachment among the same class when addressing each other. 

I've never heard "sunbeam" used to mean anything anywhere other than, a sunbeam.

I never heard Aussies call sellotape "Durex" either. 

Maybe that was before Vegemite was invented!

A lot of Aussies don't know Marmite was the market leader in Australia for many years, Vegemite won through by a shortage of Marmite, the Army buying Vegemite in WW2, and a national marketing competition offering a Chevy as first prize! 

Now, back to the "English" debate ????????????

Speak for yourself, I use many English "dialects" even spellings, depends on subject matter audience, my mood, etc. 

I was born in one place, raised another, and never stopped moving, except for a few decades downunder then off again, with the last ten years being 8 in Thailand with stints elsewhere, and now downunder, temporarily, with a condo in Thailand. The only place I ever bought!

18 minutes ago, Stocky said:

Who says they're old? I'm 64 years young so less of the old! ????

Pinochet was old. 

Maybe they were evil criminals? We don't know. 

It's unlikely to be a sectarian killing as they're Muslim names, unless they were informers. 

The weapons alleged to be used are interesting, usually Communist supply small arms where this sort of thing goes on worldwide. 

21 hours ago, steven100 said:

haha ... where's that laughing emoji ...

You can pull emoji from your phone keyboard ???????????? Maybe older computers don't have this functionality? 

Also, I have one loser kid sister, and a really decent second cousin, Dave, who tracked me down using a DNA site. The rest were oxygen theives, except there was a nice auntie who unfortunately, I believed my sisters propaganda until it was too late. 

But her kids are losers too. 

My dad was a bit of a neo nazi, so that's why I'm a lefty now. Tho I was as bad as he was growing up, then I started to think and read, and wised up a bit. 

When the buffoons in BKK realise they backed the wrong pony, it will all be a misunderstanding.

Just for once I'd like to see these Teflon Thai grifters get their come-uppance. 

How much more money? 

That's infinite, and it seems looking at Zuckerberg, Bezos, Putin, etc never enough.

My health is my wealth. 

And even Sumner Redstone, a famed death-dodger who got frozen (LoL) won't ever be coming back. 

You mean the guy, who, as a serving General, was implicated by his own police force in human trafficking?

And had the only honest cop in Thailand sent into exile or face certain death down in the restive south? That guy? 

????

13 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

Addressing each point in turn.

 

1.   I am not sure why you refer to Andrew as a 'nonce' when he hasn't even been accused of doing anything untoward with underage girls, let alone convicted of such a crime.

2.  In jail for what crime? Having paid, consensual sex with someone of legal age? It would appear that it is YOUR legal credentials that are somewhat lacking.

3.  Given the laws here in Thailand, I would be very careful if I were you.

Maybe you didn't see the video of him and his own daughter at the gates of Balmoral? If that's appropriate and 'accidental' given everything known and in front of the world press, you're in denial.

Guiffres win and Maxwell's jail time is NOT indicative of consensual sex.

More fawning royalist denial from you.

Members of HM forces even wrote to the Queen in protest. 

What has a widely known unjust and highly abused Thai law got to do with this thread? Is that a threat?

If it is, try harder. 

If you aren't in the club, you do the time, krub!

4 hours ago, JonnyF said:

There is a time and a place for everything.

 

Heckling a man who is attending his mother's funeral is an incredibly low thing to do.

 

Besides, the money grabber Guiffre was of legal age when she claims to have had consenual sex with Andrew for money, and herself admitted to help traffick other girls for sexual purposes. 

1. You seem to be legally unqualified to speak in his royal nonces defence. And he still had to pay in more ways than one, in spite of the best defence money can buy!

2. Anyone else would be in jail and NOT ALLOWED to be at their mothers funeral to begin with. If he had any shame or decency, he would have stayed away, and paid his respects after hours. 

3. Unlike bees, The Queen is not in any way biologically above the rest of us, they are all where they are because we accept them being there, when all the BS is stripped away, it's really all there is to it. 

On 9/4/2022 at 5:32 PM, Sparktrader said:

Many people like asian culture

The west has western culture

There's much about Asian cultures I admire, and lots I think sucks too. 

I don't like the way most Thais are brainwashed to accept their humble lot, but I still enjoy the gracious deference of the female gender because of this same culture! Is that hypocrisy? Well, it's the Thai way too! I'm just as hypocritical (when in Rome) as the Romans are.

I agree Aussie and Kiwi life is "boring" so then someone earlier said that's a subtext to signal one enjoys renting company by the hour? ???? 

Damn right I does, when I gets the chance!

Often the same people who whine about PC gone mad have no problem judging others, and that's all being "PC" is -judging from high moral ground, just using a different yardstick, but it's not a specifically lefty behaviour! often, they're up to no good themselves, but lets let that slide.

Culture is a buffet, we can take the stuff we like, and leave the rest, but what's the point in getting all <deleted> off about the Chinese hogging the prawns if one's allergic to seafood?

 People insist on getting all wound up about the other side, when in fact we're going to die, so why spend ones priceless time being <deleted> off at something we can't change in, or about, others?

19 minutes ago, AsianAtHeart said:

I don't understand this.  It seems like 51 million baht for two trucks would be a corrupt amount of money--could two trucks have been worth that?  If he refused to pay that amount for the trucks, he would then have been refusing to be party to said corruption.  Is he now being penalized for integrity?

As always it's terrible journalism.

I *think* they mean he tried to not pay at all. 

And that was the jacked price, but someone didn't get their share, because he didn't pay so...

It's Thailand it's cray-cray.

1 hour ago, Jerno said:

Why are they digging up something like this which happened 9 years ago?  

He's very likely just <deleted> off somone upstairs.

It's the same in Xi ruled China. Corruption is allowed, because it's a great weapon when a strongman needs to eliminate personal threats.  

On 9/4/2022 at 2:41 PM, Sparktrader said:

Plenty of lefties vote Labor no matter what

Would you vote for the a guy who wanted to go full blown military parades no matter what?

One of the greatest cons in history is Communism, both the left and the right think it's a  socialist construction, it's not, it's a Facist Dictatorship.

Both the Nazis and the Communists proclaim they're of the people, for the people, by the people. It's horse<deleted>.

But yeah, when you're pointing the finger at lefties there's your own three fingers point back at you.

On 9/3/2022 at 5:56 PM, Mac Mickmanus said:

Beer, Wine , Crisps , Toothpaste , Chocolate , Biscuits ,Pickled Onions , Cheese , Cashew nuts , 

Go to www.numbeo.com

Compare those items with Sydney or Auckland prices, you'll be unpleasantly surprised. Numbeo is open source, prices are input by anyone who logs on. 

On 9/3/2022 at 3:53 PM, Sparktrader said:

Thai hotel 600 baht, oz 3000 baht

 

Thai curry 60 baht, oz 420 baht

 

Thai Massage 200/300 baht, oz 1600 baht

 

Kayak tour thai 1000 baht, oz 5000 baht

 

Thai women under 50kgs, oz 70 to 90kgs

 

You get the idea

The other side of the coin, of course, is those prices support the Aussie economy which supports us, which enables us to get to Land O Slaves and party/retire there.

It's foolhardy to be glass half empty about home, imagine living under the jackboot like 98% of all Thais do, with no chance of it ever improving?

Not a lecture, just a thought. ????

On 9/3/2022 at 11:30 AM, GammaGlobulin said:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/65/Under_the_Southern_Cross_(1927).webm/Under_the_Southern_Cross_(1927).webm.480p.vp9.webm

 

Interesting New Zealand film.

Under the Southern Cross (1927)

 

Those were the good old days, for sure.

 

 

A hundred years ago (or even 1927) life was unremittingly <deleted> everywhere. Then you died early. 

And you say Antipodeans live in a fantasy world? 

Bruh. ????

On 8/31/2022 at 5:26 AM, thaibeachlovers said:

You're dreaming if you think NZ has "lavish" social benefits, or that the pension allows one to live a life of luxury.

The only thing "free" about the health sector is being in hospital or suchlike. To even see a consultant one must pay large to see a GP first, and then wait a long time for an appointment. The public health service is apparently so short of staff that it's crumbling as I write.

The heart meds I need I could buy over the counter in Thailand, but in NZ I must pay the same as a millionaire to see a GP to get a prescription.

As for dental; it's so expensive that people could fly to Thailand for a holiday, AND get their teeth done for less in total, before covid.

 

I doubt the rich have a problem, given their ability to pay for private health care.

 

Rent a house on the pension- you're having a laugh?

 

You are right about the military though. It's been emasculated to the extent that it's virtually invisible. We don't even have fighter planes any more.

However, you're barking if you think we have "fabulous social safety nets" instead.

I'm all for redirecting some taxes to rebuilding the military, but that's probably never going to happen.

 

If I thought I was in any way like Biden, I'd have to sit in the naughty corner for a month.

Why would NZ need fighter planes? Seriously, think it through.

If I wanted to "see" the military I'll fly back to Thailand.

NZ has plenty problems we agree on but a bloated military or pointless jets isn't one of them. 

The NZDF did a great job during the zero Covid nonsense, I was genuinely impressed by the personnel I encountered. And yes, I am ex services (not NZ). 

On 8/25/2022 at 4:31 PM, Patong2 said:

Just spent 2 months in New Zealand (where we have a permanent home) and found it so boring and depressing. People seem cowed, not much patronage at the restaurants we went to and it hasn't really moved on since the big lockdowns for Covid. Some people said they are scared to go out in case they caught Covid. i could understand that with elderly and vulnerable but these were people in their 40's & 50's. It is rife and inevitable most people will catch it by the look of things.

 

Most people very critical of the mismanagement by the government and Ardern as the messiah seems to have lost her glow.

 

Glad to be back in Thailand and we are certainly happier here although it is not perfect either.

 

I have to agree with your summary on NZ it's in a time warp compared to Aussie, and boy do I miss Thailand! But, we're the opposite, we have two properties in different Thai cities, it's further complicated as missus is looking after dying relative in the Sukhumvit place, I'm in NZ, and back in the grind, as well as getting her a resident option just in case we need plan b if the lunatics take over the asylum and blame "farangs" as a distraction for their own problems (it's happened before, Germany, Uganda, Indonesia, China right now! etc.)

Also, she can work here, we both top up the kitty, and just figure out maybe how to get a small NZ batch we can rent out, then use the income from three properties in two places to retire on (while renting ourselves) in LoS. 

I know Cindy doesn't have her fans, but it's laughable using NZ politics as a legit excuse when you consider the absolute <deleted>show that Thailand has suffered since WW2. What makes that dangerous, is there we have zero rights. That's not likely to happen in NZ. There's still healthcare and the pension if it goes pear shaped in paradise. 

Never burn your bridges if you're lucky enough to have one to NZ. 

I'm a dual UK citizen, and my blood runs cold looking at the PM they just got lumbered with. That place is starting to make Thailand look organised!

On 9/4/2022 at 7:51 PM, chalawaan said:

 

First  of all truck driver had his head up his behind. 

But, 1am. Deserted road, both turning RIGHT not left. , truck not speeding. 

You tell me how a sober rider would end up on the far right corner of T junction?

Was he trying to overtake non indicating truck to head straight??

Why stop there at all? No oncoming. 

But in Thailand who does that? Everyone undertake, esp at T junction. Other scenario, truck cut them up, but again l, sober rider have two options, stay put, or U turn the hell out of there, you can't tell me they didn't see the truck! At some point they passed it, or saw/heard it approach from behind.  ample time to give it a wide berth by moving away from it. 

Why were they stationary waiting to turn right at 1 am? Makes no sense! 

While the Truck driver was "lazy" at best, if not impaired himself, there's no way in my mind I can make this tragedy happen if presumably, the rider was sober and a licensed rider. 

If sober:

1. He must have passed, seen, and been aware of the truck and it's position at all times, that's how sober riders stay alive! 

2. Who stops at a turn at 1am with no oncoming traffic?

3. Who with any roadcraft experience in Thailand, overtakes a truck on the right approaching a T junction on the same side?

The best solution would be to carefully manouvre slightly behind it on the left. Even if turning right!

1 hour ago, richard_smith237 said:

1 hour ago, richard_smith237 said:

??? you mean who stays on the left of the road when turning left ????

 

The rest of your comment is just utterly preposterous - the truck cut the whole corner across to the other-side of the road where the motorcyclists were - drunk or not the position of their motorcycle was perfectly normal for a motorcycle turning left. 

 

It would be the same if they were stopped on a straight road and the truck crossed the centre line and drove other them.

 

Your comments read as if you are trying to blame the motorcyclists for simply being there.

 

This is by no means a measure of whether these guys were drunk. 

Any motorcyclist sober or otherwise turning left at that point in time would have found themselves in the same position, on the left hand-side of the road, turning left. 

Only with 20/20 hindsight could it be predicted that the truck would cut the corner like that. 

 

 

 

 

??? you mean who stays on the left of the road when turning left ????

 

The rest of your comment is just utterly preposterous - the truck cut the whole corner across to the other-side of the road where the motorcyclists were - drunk or not the position of their motorcycle was perfectly normal for a motorcycle turning left. 

 

It would be the same if they were stopped on a straight road and the truck crossed the centre line and drove other them.

 

Your comments read as if you are trying to blame the motorcyclists for simply being there.

 

This is by no means a measure of whether these guys were drunk. 

Any motorcyclist sober or otherwise turning left at that point in time would have found themselves in the same position, on the left hand-side of the road, turning left. 

Only with 20/20 hindsight could it be predicted that the truck would cut the corner like that. 

 

First  of all truck driver had his head up his behind. 

But, 1am. Deserted road, both turning RIGHT not left. , truck not speeding. 

You tell me how a sober rider would end up on the far right corner of T junction?

Was he trying to overtake non indicating truck to head straight??

Why stop there at all? No oncoming. 

But in Thailand who does that? Everyone undertake, esp at T junction. Other scenario, truck cut them up, but again l, sober rider have two options, stay put, or U turn the hell out of there, you can't tell me they didn't see the truck! At some point they passed it, or saw/heard it approach from behind.  ample time to give it a wide berth by moving away from it. 

Why were they stationary waiting to turn right at 1 am? Makes no sense!