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45 minutes ago, Odysseus123 said:

As Captain Nathan Brittles states so trenchantly in 'She Wore a Yellow Ribbon'-"Never complain and never explain lieutenant-it's a sign of weakness."

Correct, you know the way out, use it. 

15 minutes ago, bluesofa said:

I've got four medals metals too: iron, steel, aluminium and lead.

I was awarded the last one personally by Stan Laurel, who said, "You can take a horse to water, but a pencil must be lead."

 

(OK, in reality Stan did say it, but in the 1930 Laurel & Hardy film 'Brats')

We can easily see you're not Thai, no gold. 

2 hours ago, hansnl said:

Oh, really?

If you think so be so kind to review the track record of the former government.

And you think the members of the former government were better qualified? Because they were elected?

Most, if not all, of the former government were mainly busy with their own business, and used the elected status to hunt their own

P & P (power and profit)

Why just review the previous debacle? 

But moving forward, my wife is in education and at a level of knowing and seeing changes being made / suggested by the current crowd for improvement, especially at the university level, but of course the education system / hierarchy are fully entrenched criminal gangsters. The only way any real change will be made is a complete massacre at the top without any prisoners being taken - but that takes balls, something in very short supply in LOS. 

19 minutes ago, connda said:

Honestly.  What's the problem?  You don't need to have a Masters of Education in order to indoctrinate children to be compliant, unquestioning, risk-adverse, puuyai worshiping, nationalist automatons.  Really - a simple certificate will suffice. As long as the little tykes can sing Chart Thai with gusto, actual education is of little consequence. Most children need little more then to know how to operate farm equipment or factory machinery or operate a cash register.  The chosen future leaders will go to private school where the international teaching staff actually do have M.Ed.s from first world universities.  The children of the little people just need to know how to toe the line.  The teaching staff of their schools simply need to know indoctrination methodologies. 

Truthful, but nasty.

6 hours ago, dcnx said:

Probably a bar girl who’s going back to work so she can pin down a foreigner.

 

One of you will probably date or marry her.

Guess a sick buffalo is better value than a sick child. 

1 minute ago, Classic Ray said:

My wife and I regularly donate to our local children’s home, but make sure it is only confectionery, food and toys that we give directly to the children. Unfortunately we have heard that cash donations sometimes go missing from both children’s homes and temple schools.

Didn't realise Farangs were involved in either of these two establishments, because "no Thai would do that" 

45 minutes ago, Nsp64 said:

Wow. . . Little genius.

I'm off to give mine a good kick up the backside.

Or better still, dump him at the 7/11

Careful he doesn't know a lot more than you give him credit for ????

Just now, Nsp64 said:

Have you got young children in thailand.

I mean biologically yours ?

Yes, and at at seven he knew his name, this mother's name and mine, plus his mother's telephone number. 

52 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

Not sure my 7-year-old at junior school knows where he lives, or even his surname.

Who's fault is that? 

7 hours ago, boonrawdcnx said:

So in the the next 15 years when Thailand becomes a super aged society will they then beg them to come back ??
But of course these things happen when people in charge can’t think any further than tomorrow.


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7 hours ago, boonrawdcnx said:

So in the the next 15 years when Thailand becomes a super aged society will they then beg them to come back ??
But of course these things happen when people in charge can’t think any further than tomorrow.


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Correction: can't think, the rest is superfluous. 

15 minutes ago, soalbundy said:

busy body

expect a few comments, not complimentary ????  

Top marks. 

On 2/26/2019 at 3:10 PM, VocalNeal said:

Get a large cardboard box and line it with egg trays and put it over the whole pump.

 

Solved.

 

Styrofoam would also work but maybe easier to get some egg trays.

If covering the pump ensure you don't cut the airflow required for motor cooling. 

This pump style probably has an overall efficiency of 50 / 60 %, meaning if it's a 500 watt unit, about 200 /250 watt of input power is pumping water the balance is lostin heating the pump, motor, and air - don't cook the motor ????

1 hour ago, grollies said:

You're old-fashioned.

But polite... 

6 minutes ago, lopburi3 said:

Believe they all stop on overheat.  But best to have large enough holding tank to avoid any normal running dry.

Or install a low level cut-out float switch - solves the problem. 

3 hours ago, Chassa said:

If the Baht is so strong how come most imported food prices have gone up? Food from the UK should be as cheap as hell!

gouging by the importers and resellers, but probably unsustainable as prices increase for imported goods so does demand (well in my case it does - I refuse to be ripped off). Have seen some items in places like Lotus increase by 10 -15% when in fact they should be falling by this amount.

best article and banter for a long while on TVF, certainly beats all the political, police, road deaths, immigration debacle, and etc.   

15 hours ago, BritManToo said:

One think nobody has brought up about Rimping Vegimite,
Small bottle 99bht (150gm) on offer.

Large bottle 165bht (220gm)

So at normal prices the large bottle is 15bht more expensive then the small bottle. 

Bottle, bottle - man, have some dignity - its a jar of Vegemite, the nectar of the gods.   

On 2/24/2019 at 5:48 PM, Pilotman said:

We won't mind, we wouldn't want to be on an Earth dominated by Aussies and Vegemite. Death is preferable. 

Keep eating your Marmite and your wish will be fulfilled ….

On 2/24/2019 at 2:24 PM, Spidey said:

Marmite was invented long before Vegemite and first marketed by a British company, as it still is.

of course it is, no one is stupid enough to buy it (the company)

On 2/24/2019 at 12:21 PM, scorecard said:

Many things / food stuffs will go hard when open to air for long period. 

the problem I have if I don't zip-up properly ????

On 2/24/2019 at 11:28 AM, KiChakayan said:

Love Oz, got the passport, got as far as enjoying a day at the cricket, even though many impenetrable subtleties remain, but haven't manage to get a taste for the epitome of culinary culture..

don't give up, the effort is well worth the return...

On 2/24/2019 at 10:37 AM, scorecard said:

I'll be there within the hour.

 

I was brought up in OZ on Vegemite on toast, my sadly departed Thai wife developed a solid taste for it when she was studying in OZ, our Thai son loved it from a toddler, and his three Thai kids are all total believers, included in their breakfast probably 4 days a week and their choice for a snack.  Son's wife not yet a convert but her elderly mother; salt of the earth old style up country Thai farmer also loves Vege on toast, she demands it when she visits. 

Should arrange Aussie citizenship for the true believers.