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27 minutes ago, FritsSikkink said:

How is an electrical cable high tech?

Another one of those companies that did everything correctly, and have their licences in order, Herr Fritz? 

Hello from the coffee shop of Thai business reality, you can have my old barstool, you'll probably need a  strong drink!

6 minutes ago, FritsSikkink said:

The corporate one. What bar stool are you occupying?

I no longer drink.

Unless you are the CEO you cannot know for certain what is going on in Coca-Cola Thailand, for example.

And is you are a CEO you wouldn't be on here trollposting your life away. 

All I've learned from this exchange with you is that fantasy dreamers don't necessarily all occupy barstools. There is absolutely no way your Corporation, if it exists, is 'running clean' in this country, none, nada, zero. 

Even Rolls Royce have been busted here! 

On 6/22/2023 at 1:44 PM, FritsSikkink said:

Make sure you have the right paper work and obey the rules about opening times. Then you don't have to pay anyone.

Hilarious! What version of Thailand are you living in?

There's nothing quite like the buzz of a morning beer, and you don't need to be old to enjoy that! 

The Germans traditionally serve Sekt (sparkling wine) at breakfast. It can even be had at Breakfast World in Chiang Mai, if its still around...

It always costs MUCH MORE than real meat.

My green credentials end at Broccoli.

Well, the Farangs can just go cry in their beers, because they have almost no rights, and seeking a court settlement here is utter madness, even if you win you lose. 

20 hours ago, farang9392 said:

Yikes. I thought about picking up one of them in HomePro the other week, think it was just shy of a grand, but I decided otherwise as I remembered I still havent installed the smoke detectors I bought six months ago ???? Are they actually that dangerous in normal cases?

Not if they're maintained and discarded once they are at use-by, but, who bothers with these irritating details in carefree Kalaland?

23 hours ago, ChrisY1 said:

Another sticky mess the taxi drivers have been involved in!

If your discharge is "sticky" I'd book a clinic visit.

So two-mango girl next door seem to have wound your watch?

And why not?

Al Pacino and Robert DeNiro are breeding like rabbits with girls their great grandkids age!

Just make sure she doesn't out-smart you out of your life savings, old chap, there's no coming back from that in your 70s. 

The 7/11 burgers are surprisingly good, for what they are and what you'll pay! The toasties are legendary.

Fun fact: the family who own CP are richer than the Korean Chaebol who own Samsung!

Crony Monopolies are a helluva drug. 

On 4/28/2023 at 8:58 PM, bignok said:

That's life. I used to like Ao Nang. It's terrible now. Also Bangkok has gone downhill. Rather be in Chiang Mai.

 

My friend loves Pattaya. Maybe I should go see what happens there. Might skip April/May though.

Agreed, the ''golden-shower mile'' (Nana to Cowboy) of Bangkok is a freak-show to me like the original StarWars bar scene. And I'm that old too, so the next generation are busy making their memories. 

Never knew Somsaks in Pattaya, but its always sad to read these posts. Everything is getting lower quality for higher prices, its global, and its a sad regressive trend.

Prigozhin suggesting Putin, the architect, was deceived about Ukraine is absurd, he's trying to tell the whole truth, and should just do it, because he's not going to live to see the next Mayday parade anyway.

He can't win over the people because most Russians still go along with Putin's party line, why would they not? It's all they've ever known. 

This war now has more plot twists than Breaking Bad.

6 minutes ago, still kicking said:

What more do you need?

Make year model, what you do on it (generally) any errors, how frequently they show,  what they say exactly, what software you are running, how you maintain it, whether you clean its drive, what's the memory availability. What OS. Maybe a few other details...

They're complex things, the answers may be tedious to get and post, but they could get you another year or three of PC life. Or help the group suggest a fitting replacement. 

If at first you don't succeed then Krai Krai again. 

What a waste of good oxygen. Tosser!

4 hours ago, GroveHillWanderer said:

If that's the case, then perhaps it also pays to be an associate of and adviser to Donald Trump, since it's very similar to the deal given to Roger Stone.

 

Hunter Biden owed around $200,000 in taxes covering just two years, which he had already paid, plus fines, very early on in the piece.

 

Roger Stone had failed to pay his full taxes going all the way back to 2007 and eventually ended up agreeing in 2021 to pay $2,000,000 to the IRS. He, like Biden was also given a deal that did not include any jail time.

 

So where's the massive disparity there?

 

If anything, Stone's offences were even more egregious than Biden's, since he owed more, the offences covered a longer period of time and he was less cooperative in terms of paying back the money promptly, vowing initially to fight the charges and dragging it out for years before finally agreeing to pay up.

 

Roger Stone Finally Agrees to Pay $2 Million in Back Taxes

I saw a video of the girl with the Nixon tattoo being interrogated, I thought she was going to have a seizure, man she was so pissed off! 

All a-grimace as a Gargoyle and almost chewing on her own tongue, it was wonderful TV!

17 hours ago, Lacessit said:

Everything is relative, and determined by attitude. I've holidayed for a month at a time in shearer's quarters in outback Australia, it does not get much more basic than that. A shoebox room in Thailand is probably luxurious by comparison.

 

I'd suggest people who are skint, or on meager pensions, would find there are better options than drinking in bars, with a bit of effort.

Their choice if they prefer oblivion.

It's not cheap being a skint drinker! 

Fellas, quit if you can, everything improves, from your waist to your weiner, to your wallet. 

"Let the children have thier way, let the children play..."

Santana ????

Damn where did that come from? I love it when my memory gives me presents from 1979. Thank you China! Going to listen now...

A liver scare finally sorted me out last year. 

After 4 months off the sauce I was back to baseline with my prior test results at 4x the "high" readings, according  to the doc.

I can't find the exact medical terms right now. 

I lost a load of weight too!

I still think I've done permanent damage, something still twinges in there every day... But that's all it is for now. 

FWIW I went cold turkey, I was overseas at the time too.  

Separate to the current situation above (and this is not medical advice, nor endorsed or recommended) but I took some magic mushrooms down in Koh Lanta a few years ago, and the wonderful unexpected side effect was they removed the desire to drink immediately for about 18 months, then it gradually wore off, and during Covid I was back at it!

I was also dry for about 5 years from age 28, just sorting out my spiritual life, and I was a big binge drinker since late teens before that, your typical young Scots/Irish yahoo! 

I'll just add this PS:

I've been fortunate enough to just stop anytime, I well know many cannot!

My tragedy is, I simply never wanted to stop. I'm a bit of a nihilist in that regard. During 2021 I was putting away 72 cans a week (three cases) and the odd cocktail, shared bottle of vino, with the missus. 

10 hours ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

I think it's important to remember that people who actually live here see the place thru a somewhat different lens of experience and awareness than the tourist who merely pops in for maybe a couple of weeks per year.

 

Thinking back to my past tourist days here, the attributes that stand out in my mind are ones like CHEAP, EASY and FUN. Back then years ago, easy to travel visa exempt, air fares and hotels not expensive, and my encounters with the locals back in those days were more pleasant and genial.

 

Today, while it still may be easy to come, the airfares certainly are not cheap, the hotels have become less so for the quality of what's provided, and I'd argue the FUN element has declined considerably over the years.

 

My perception is, the Thais you're likely to interact with have largely lost the prevailing sense of "sanuk" that used to pervade this place. Perhaps it's partly due to years of military rule, their policies to curtail the nightlife, the economic declines and financial struggles brought about by the COVID pandemic, etc etc.

 

These days, rather than the focus on how to have happy and satisfied tourists, it seems to be on how the locals can make a quick buck thru whatever means, and attitudes toward service, safety and infrastructure upkeep that are marginal at best.

 

John, I beg to differ on your perception of the Sanuk factor.

We forget that generations of young westerners and Thais have followed after us, the kids are "totes" still having as much Sanuk as we did with each other, and the internet has definitely broken down barriers even more! 

Young Thai ladies our age in the 20th Century were clueless about everything unless they saw it in a dubbed Hollywood movie! 

We certainly would have been unlikely to mingle with the Thai overseas educated elites of the time either. 

The internet has changed all that, yes many remain resolutely incurious, up to them, They literally  have "the whole world in their hands" as the old spiritual song went.  

Sent you a PM.

17 hours ago, John Drake said:

Segregated beach resorts. Russians only. Chinese only. British only. Germans only. Americans only. Indians only.

Yes, the Germans and Brit gals like getting their boobs baked, there definitely should be a beach or two hundred that are nipple nirvana, the ladies who lunch wearing black tablecloths can hang out in their own zone, there's enough sand for everyone.