NanLaew

No. Did you go to Thailand for three months to have fun sometimes alone without them? Not Thailand, no. Brazil was where I relaxed and unwound. Does that make a difference?

I feel sad for the trolls that denigrate a dead man they never knew and his family.

Such compassion.. amazing. I'm more overwhelmed by the ignorance.

Then again, they may be Catholic.

Many people, including myself, work away from home, in different countries, for anything between a few weeks to "three full months" at a time. Do I need to apologize to my two sons for being a bad father?

Thus speaketh the friendless.

Just after New Year, an acquaintance of mine had a nasty fall from his push bike while doing his daily exercise runs. Head injuries, concussion, broken collar bone, broken ribs and a punctured lung. Being over seventy and, like a lot of old, long-time lurkers in Thailand, bereft of insurance, it fell to his circle of friends to contact his family while he languished in 25k baht/day ICU. A GoFundMe page was also set up by his daughter and son before they flew over, assisted by the same circle of friends, to sit bedside. This same circle of friends, including myself, also made local cash donations to keep the hospital account current. My acquaintance wasn't totally bereft of savings having been unable to do his annual home visits during Covid but those 'savings' were quickly wiped out by the ICU bills. This circle of friends also took it it turns to keep visiting him regularly and ease the bedside vigil of his relatives. The good news that he's out of ICU and was discharged last week into a local nursing home. Unfortunately, they had a Covid outbreak and he caught a mild infection and was moved back to the hospital. However, they reckon he'll be discharged next week and physio will be part of his slow recovery. The circle of friends now includes the 31 people who contributed $6,281 to the GoFundMe. Nobody had to 'beg for money' here.

There's always one goody two shoes/teachers pet type on every forum. I think they actually get off on being holier than thou. There's always the mindless trolls too. What floats your boat BTW?

Please read the article first, the above statement is based on facts provided by the familey: "The 61-year-old had spent the last ten years travelling out to Thailand during the winter months, and last year was no different." "Tony said: ‘He goes over there in the winter for three months usually because he can’t stand the cold So for the last ten years he has obtained a "standard 60 day tourist visa plus 30 day extension". What's your point?

I wonder what your family will put on your gravestone. (rhetorical)

What did yo mean by "one pop" ? Before or after going round the mulberry bush?

Get your mind out of the gutter, please.

But not much good in the pussy magnet department.

When I was a young vagabond, getting them to stay after one pop was a challenge. Twenty years later, getting them to leave was a headache. Twenty years on, the pleasures of waking up alone is simply bliss.

Wow! The million dollar question! Because, someone get payed enough to do such thing. You mean someone is getting paid enough NOT to do such a thing, no? It's probably when the payola stops that it all gets a bit sweaty.

Not yet it isn't. Just like it took the best part of a century for our familiar old epithets and nicknames to become unpolitically correct, who knows when the poor, disenfranchised, itinerant Russkie(y) exiles and emigres will need to be re-labeled because someone, probably non-Slavic, is upset on their behalf.

Good tune. My petty whine is about the new age traveler with their wheelie carry-on suitcase that are no longer towed behind but held at arms-length to the side and ever so slightly ahead as they sweep, double-wide, through crowded airport lobbies.

Ahh, yes, patience, otherwise known to Thai's as, shut up farang, and obey, or leave. Well, well, well, here's three members who think it is all about me, me, me.

I provided two links with regard to questions, including facts, about Google's bias. I believe the lack of links to support this claim as offered by @radiochaser was your core complaint? Just because you chose to ignore the links or not read them doesn't make them BS. I pointed out that the forum's request for "Any alleged factual claims must be supported by a valid link to an approved credible source" that you have re-posted in support of "mandatory" links appears on the Word News forum ONLY and not in THIS forum. It certainly doesn't appear in the Forum Rules. If you have a spare moment, you can always trawl the 41 Forum Rules and 8 Standards of Conduct for the word "must" as well.

Since it only appears to be you that seeks 'mandatory' links, here's a couple relating to research on Google's political bias among other things. It's not conspiracy theory stuff or fake news. https://ahrefs.com/blog/is-google-biased/ https://www.authoritas.com/blog/are-google-search-results-biased/ BTW, this here is the Thailand News forum and @radiochaser hasn't posted anything in the World News forum to which the additional need for a "valid link to an approved credible source" specifically applies. In the 41 Forum Rules and 8 Standards of Conduct, the word 'mandatory' doesn't appear.

Certainly doesn't know how to dress for a significant appointment at the Interior Ministry either. It's not like he's doing a walk-in 90-day report in Jomtien is it?

<self moderated> More at ten...

It's a fact of life and a rite of passage that the western male owns the TV remote control, so how did you let this happen?

Have you mentioned this to Chuwit?

Mandatory?