TropicalGuy

45 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

She’s been ditched.

Along with the far inferior Mordaunt 

3 hours ago, The Hammer2021 said:

It's now two

Or maybe 3 if Bojo added under “ section 17” appeal  by Tory Party ????Bojo would win by landslide ….????

On 7/19/2022 at 9:38 AM, mauGR1 said:

Few years ago i would have never thought that i would have been defending religion, but recently I've changed my mind. 

Religion must not be intolerance, but moral values for everyone to live in peace, and hopefully prosperity and even happiness. 

But i am still against any kind of fanaticism, so let's not "throw the baby with the dirty water", because it seems that those who condemn religion are just as intolerant as the average believer. 

In the end, it's up to you what you believe. 

I believe in the Natural Moral Legal Ethical Codes intrinsic always to Modern Humans so pre- dating Religion. ????????

Proof: Hammurabi Written Laws 2000 BC & Ancient World Writings circa 2500-1000 BC.
 

So clearly such Codes were NOT introduced by Religion.????

I believe these Codes were merely co-opted &re-packaged by Religion, exploiting the clear Human Need for pre-Scientific Purpose & Explanations, for Purposes of Business Power Wealth.????furthered by Knowledge Suppression of course. 

With Science & Humanities so well - developed it’s quite Irrational to maintain Religion, (except for illogical but comfortable societal reasons of Culture & Tradition). 

8 hours ago, mauGR1 said:

Are you telling me that Spanish monks and priests exterminated the indigenous population of america ? If so, where did you read that ?

Strange fantasies you have???? 

They played their part with forced religious conversions & endorsing forced Labour. Diseases from Europe killed probably 90%. RC Church has apologized for their New World actions. ????????

7 hours ago, mauGR1 said:

Yes, ideologies (you forgot democracy) have been, and are used to justify any kind of atrocities and war crimes, thanks for stating the obvious. 

Of course you blame ideologies, but ideas cannot hold guns and knives, do they ?

So what's your solution, perhaps let all humans have lobotomy as soon as they are born ? 

I refer to rigid malign authoritarian dogma which tolerates no dissent or reform not free- thinking benign concepts like Democracy.
 

Weapons are mere tools controlled by minds following malign ideologies which dehumanize peoples actions.Thus sanctioning all forms of mass murder …….in the name of ideology. ????????

solution is of course Proper Education in Humanities & Sciences, from early age, free from Dogma / Ideology. 

14 minutes ago, seedy said:

Maybe read about the Spanish conquest of the New World. If that was not genocide nothing was.

No bombs tho' - burning at the stake and work them to death was more profitable.

Brought to you by your local cross raising "good" people

Yes. Now earlier here mau said that people kill not religion but it’s the IDEOLOGY in all forms of Religion that’s the great danger & catalyst for believer fanatics to cause & commit genocidal mass murder.

Catholic Church, Islam, Khmer Rouge, Mongols, Communism, Nazism killed Hundreds of Millions combined, motivated by False Deliberate IDEOLOGY. (NOT “wrong interpretation”).

1 hour ago, mauGR1 said:

Nobody disputes your facts, but there's something called perspective. 

War, human trafficking and drugs are very profitable businesses too, but for some reason you don't seem very indignant about it.

How is that ?

I may be wrong,  but i never heard about monks and priests carpet bombing civilians or kill entire populations, did you ?

RC Priests called for genocide in Rwanda and Latin America with Conquistadors. RC Priests  passively accepted genocide in Nazi Germany and supported ALL Fascist Regimes in History.  
Buddhist Monks in Burma called for genocide of the Rohingya. Of course they are far too politically astute to do these deeds themselves. ????????

1 hour ago, mauGR1 said:

Yes, that makes sense to me, and by now it should be clear that I'm not imposing anything to anyone. 

Btw, i would also invite you and others who apparently hate religion/s to separate opinions from dogmas, ignorant superstitions from common sense, and spirituality from empty rituals. 

In other words, not all atheists are enlightened, and not all believers are dumb. 

I’m not “atheist” ( note: no word necessary for not stamp collecting) I’m anti- religion.????

you seem unaware or uncritical of the appalling 1000 year old list of crimes against humanity by the Catholic Church let alone the rabid lunatic evil of Islam.????

All true or absolute “believers” ARE clearly dumb conformists for survival or acceptance purposes. ????

All unbelievers at least have free will and therefore the capacity for further enlightenment.  ????

3 hours ago, mauGR1 said:

Few years ago i would have never thought that i would have been defending religion, but recently I've changed my mind. 

Religion must not be intolerance, but moral values for everyone to live in peace, and hopefully prosperity and even happiness. 

But i am still against any kind of fanaticism, so let's not "throw the baby with the dirty water", because it seems that those who condemn religion are just as intolerant as the average believer. 

In the end, it's up to you what you believe. 

Disbelievers demand science & facts re. religion. Which can  never be produced. Only fools openly  “tolerate” nonsense, other than not challenging individual “ believers” for sake of conflict avoidance & good manners.
 

Separate Facts from Faith,  Don’t Impose Imaginary Nonsense, Don’t Get Offended when it’s Exposed,  and we’ll all get along fine.????????

3 hours ago, mauGR1 said:

The universe and our perception of it are mysterious indeed.

Many scientific "truths " of today will be dismissed in the future as flawed or partially flawed, and i think you know it very well.

So better not tell fairy tales about the infallibility of science, coz you sound like a religious fanatic.????

Absurdly Viewing science as “ fairy tales” and condemning science advocates as “religious fanatics” tells me all I wish to know of you????????

Science admits it’s limitations & deficiencies and advances / improves. Do You ? ????

On 6/11/2022 at 6:55 AM, Sunmaster said:

I suggest you write to the scientific community, explaining to them your amazing insights and discoveries, so that we may finally upgrade those theories and make them indisputable facts. 

I'm surprised that such a brilliant mind as yours is wasting time here with us intellectual lowlifes. Must be our lucky day....

We know that Gravity Exists and can be Measured and used for Space / Earth Flight for example, which would otherwise be Impossible. so Gravity clearly isn’t just a Theory, it’s a Known Force and Measurable/ Useable. 

We may not yet know all about how it works but same true of Human Brain. Is our Brain a Theory too then ? 

You seem determined & delighted to keep humanity in mysterious ignorance, and not to prove scientific facts, like some medieval RC Priest mumbling incantations. ????????

Free Nations follow “rules” since they are properly Democratic, Accountable & Civilized. However, “national interest” often means those rules are “suspended” like for Espionage for example which is required by all nations. Or work by special forces which necessarily has no legal rules. 
 

Tyrants follow No Rules unless it suits them. Because they are not Civilized, not fairly Elected & not Accountable. Russia & China will & have invaded & permanently occupied foreign lands.Free Nations cant do this.

The English - speaking peoples need no UNDHR. Our rights are derived & protected under English Common Law and our Constitutions originating with the Magna Carta of 1215. ????

5 hours ago, scorecard said:

Same 'woman' makes up laws as it suits her. She's been fined a number of times for going through red lights.

 

Most recent case police caught her, lights had changed to red 2 seconds earlier. Cops stop her, she abuses the cops and tells them they don't know the law. She claims that if a person is employed in any job in the government that person and all their relatives are entitled to take 3 more seconds to go through traffic lights. 

 

Cops take her to the local police station. Snr. copy tells her there is no such law and cannot be because it's just illogical and dangerous. She abuses the snr. cop and tells him he should make his staff clean the office every day and she starts to give orders to cops present where they should clean, sweep, mop etc. Snr. cop confiscates/cancels her licences for life (she's already got a list of driving offences as long as your arm) and fines her 10,000Baht.

 

She still drives wherever she wants to go. But always alone, her family and extended family and her friends refuse to get in her car is she's going to drive. 

 

Is this for real ? She actually has a “husband” ! Must be a major league Idiot/ Moron / Cretin to tolerate one minute of this !! ????

She is clearly Deranged & belongs well away from any Civilization barring a Psychiatric Facility???? 

8 hours ago, Damrongsak said:

Yeah, like that Thai family at Yellowstone park who crossed over a very low restricted area barrier and tramped on virgin ground to get a closer look at one of the hot pools.  Folks were yelling at them to get out, and it almost came to the point of a fist fight with one of the Thai sons.  People were just telling them that the crust around the pool was fragile and if they broke through, they would be boiled alive.  It's happened before.

 

(Stupid American visitors get gored by Bison or bears. Some are killed by getting too close to dangerous wildlife.  Not racisism, just stupidity.)

Recalls the “ Yellowstone” TV moment with argumentative CCP Chinese Tourists on private land for photos …. with a giant black bear 20 meters away????
 

Costner has to fire his shotgun in the air to drive them back on their coach … after responding that ( Private) land is not “ shared” in USA. ????????

Thailand is Ally of China. 
China CCP is the Enemy of West. No Talk. Reduce/Destroy. 
Thailand of zero value to West …unless they want to switch rice production to potatoes…????????

No Wonder these Clowns seized power and won’t quit….imagine the staggering sums flowing from China into their Offshore Bank Accounts????????

On 6/6/2022 at 3:28 PM, TravelerEastWest said:

You must live near a great immigration office - this is good.

 

I have in the past spent hours sitting and waiting.

 

And as I wrote before I have children who I need to pickup from school and can't be late ever - that's how I am with my kids - spending a very small amount of money to take care of my family is how I live my life - we may very well be different - which is OK as that makes the world interesting...

No ! Agent Is Illegal  !! Leave Thailand!! Before Sky Falls!etc.

????????????????????Fully Agree with your “Flexible” Style????

On 6/7/2022 at 6:56 PM, TropicalGuy said:

Irrational Closed Mind.

Impervious to Reason & Facts.
Inhabits Own Reality.

Inherited Wealth.

I should Add :

Always Follows The Rules

Condemns Those Not So Inclined in “ holier than thou” terms.”Leave as Cant Afford It”.

Another Dudley “ Conformity” DooRight appearance. ????????

On 5/24/2022 at 8:12 AM, Lemsta69 said:

but that's all part of the charm of living in Thailand is it not? if it were as efficient and streamlined as say, Singapore then it'd be boring and expensive as hell and we couldn't afford to or wouldn't want to live here.

 

a few years ago a friend related to me an anecdote about two dudes who step out of the aeroplane at Don Meaung and are greeted by the aroma of Bangkok. 

 

the first dude holds his nose and proclaims it to be "disgusting".

 

the second dude breathes it all in  and declares "aah, Thailand!"

 

don't be the first dude, dude ????

Exactly. Thailand Rule 101. There are No Rules that cannot be Waived. Immigration even have a written rule stating that. 
love the flexibility here.????????????

3 hours ago, NE1 said:

It is the seller who decides what courier system they use , probably has a contract with them.

As far as the Thai Post Office goes in our neck of the woods , it is the luck of the draw when your parcel arrives and when or what day the postman decides to go and pick it up from the post office.

Reason being , our postman has another job , so the postal side is secondary .

Doesn't matter how much we complain about the very poor service , nothing changes.

 

 

You don’t say ? Would never have known that !???????? Can talk about outcome then if no control. 

Phuket EMS Service is fast & reliable.non- EMS slower(can be three days from one Phuket village to another). 

EMS is 24 hours to/from Phuket / Bangkok. Large Post Offices in every village here it seems !  …????

Important: NEVER use DHL here for International Shipments. Big Money Scam in Thailand involving DHL workers & Customs at Airports.

We Simply Use EMS Thai Post. If Good Enough for UK Embassy certainly sufficient for us ! ????No need to consider / evaluate new unknown sources for a critical service costing pennies ! ????????

On 12/23/2021 at 8:15 AM, robblok said:

I never ever enjoyed Xanax with booze, but then again I don't or seldom drink. Recently tried to drink again at a party. I did not get past two beers as i just hated the taste (i drink to get tipsy or semi drunk not for the taste). Same goes for other booze. I did drink Jeffe and Hoegaarden as they supposedly taste better then Thai beer So no high from xanax and booze as i never combine and wont. But your a guy that has no problem drinking illegal  alcohol in the desert (sorry just now came across that topic) but seem to worry about some Xanax. Bit bias in my opinion doing everything you can to get one drug while condemning an other. 

 

But perhaps because you combine it with alcohol you have that experience. I seriously only took it for sleeping and hated the brain fog in the morning. By far the best to sleep for me was weed, but the  havoc that played on my diet (not everyone has that problem) was too much for me to handle. 

 

Now on my 3rd day of using dream juice (something i imported from the Netherlands) and day 3 the effects are lessening. Same happened with Xanax for me it only helps for a few days then my body rejects it or i need more. So I dont use either of them often.

 

I eat healthy workout enough and serious can't think of any stress I have but i still have problems sleeping.. or more accurate waking up during my sleep. Falling asleep is not the problem staying asleep is. Its been a problem for years and years. Sometimes its worse then other times. Been to doctors havent been able to find a cure, so its something i have to live with.

If you stop consuming ALL toxic stuff, drink much bottled water ( Minere ) combined with diet & exercise  & air con in bedroom, you will stay naturally asleep for 6-8 hours.

5 hours ago, patman30 said:

Yes.
we do currently grow some food and have chickens
when our new house is finished we will be moving to our new farm with solar, well etc.,

my plan is to only eat off my own land
i have been woodworking and making bits of furniture, and will be making most of the furniture for our new house
making books is more costly than downloading????
i already have a road legal vehicle, but i will be making small vehicles for the farm
as for clothes i already have plenty, but will likely buy a roll of organic cloth
and make my own in future as i can sew
i also stopped buying synthetic clothing a few years ago (for health)

Wow! Consider myself asked & answered …. Incredibly !
Seriously Outstanding !????????

Certainly this lifestyle  has optimized “ savings” beyond anything I could imagine or tolerate / perform myself. ???????? I Honestly Salute You.