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Thai Street Vendor Attacked by 20 Youths After Firework Warning
black tabby12345 replied to webfact's topic in Isaan News
Unarmed miliary training? You mean Boot Camp? Yeah, it might work; sometimes used to correct the young offenders in the US. I have seen some such footage in Yotube. -
Its too expensive I may leave
black tabby12345 replied to georgegeorgia's topic in ASEAN NOW Community Pub
Where are you currently staying? In Bkk, Pattaya, Chiang Mai, Hat Yai? Anywhere else? If you are after better exchange rate from your cash, check out these sites. If any of their branches are within your reach. Superrich Thailand : Exchange Rates|Currency Converter | Super Rich Thailand SuperRich Currency Exchange (superrich1965.com) I presume you might have changed your money at airport/bank branches(usually offers the worst rate in any currencies). Superrich's rate is not hugely different, but at least better than the rate you mentioned. No need to be any mathematical expert for this level of calculation. That sort of western fast food is not their daily commodities. That is why it cost a lot more than their local meal(at their local diners). Also for the big brand name. Same applies to Mac burgers and Kentucky fried chickens. They are just like luxury items in Thai terms; so pricier than the traditional local eats. Does this Make Sense to you? Regarding myself, I can easily live on under THB10000(equivalent of AUD444) each month: Including monthly rent, utilities, food, and other miscellaneous. Often buying food stuff at local market(often a lot inexpensive than big supermarkets: Meat, vegetables, fruit, and sweets. Thailand also got the period of booming economy (late 1980s-2000). And it means overall cost of living rose (compared to the old days you might know about). I have no real idea about the current cost of living in Vietnam from foreigners' perspective. Unsure whether they got any retirement visa like thing either. -
Thai Street Vendor Attacked by 20 Youths After Firework Warning
black tabby12345 replied to webfact's topic in Isaan News
Too far too dangerous. Creating even bigger threats to the general public including their military itself. Issuing a lunatic with self-loading(full-auto capability) rifle, spare ammo, bayonet, grenades, Claymore Mine? Criminals are known to be most unfit for armed services. And that is WHY army, navy, airforce all over the world usually rejects such ones. Because of their below-average stress resistance: Pretty fast to crack. Also for their misplaced egos(highly self-centered). That is why they commit a crime a lot easier than most others in society. No Garrison Gorillas in Real Life. -
Thai Street Vendor Attacked by 20 Youths After Firework Warning
black tabby12345 replied to webfact's topic in Isaan News
I love his kill quotes. -
As a friend pocketed the change as a joke, Max, apparently unaware of this, accused staff of short-changing him. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Max, his Thai wife, Cafe owner, and her worker. Where is the real guilty one who hid the change? Without that stupid stunt, this whole trouble didn't even start.
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Teenage Husband Attacks Dorm in Dramatic Search for Wife
black tabby12345 replied to webfact's topic in Bangkok News
It is the standard of today’s affluent 1st world. But that is not really the universal principal. Idea of careful future and career planning is not automatically shared everywhere. Thailand is know to have huge gaps in terms of access to education(depending on the size of their parents' wallet). To the less fortunate of the society, that sort of notion is quite alien(unheard, unseen). In a country without developed social security schemes, child is just like their future age pension; looking after the baby and the child will eventually look after the parents. It almost looks like an instinctive survival strategy commonly seen throughout the 3rd world countries. Family welfare is substituting the social welfare to a great extent. That is why the very young married people often have their baby without second thought. Not beaconed by any logics, but by their survival instinct inherited for generations. -
Teenage Husband Attacks Dorm in Dramatic Search for Wife
black tabby12345 replied to webfact's topic in Bangkok News
Marriage and baby birth at very young age(mid to high teen). Used to be the old time normal when the big 3 generation family was commonly seen in Thailand(probably still usual in rural areas). Older family/relative members could mentally physically support the younger parents. Isolation, poverty, and lack of maturity. Disaster Triangle. -
Elderly Woman Dies After Electricity Cut Despite Pleas for Aid
black tabby12345 replied to snoop1130's topic in Isaan News
A case of cold blunt bureaucracy in the land of Mai Pen Rai? -
Teenage Husband Attacks Dorm in Dramatic Search for Wife
black tabby12345 replied to webfact's topic in Bangkok News
In case of poor urban nuclear family where the very young parents cannot rely on any other family members(their mother/grandmother/kind helpful relatives). There could be a different story among the big rural family; 3 generations live together. -
Family Terrorised by Late-Night Machete-Wielding Intruder
black tabby12345 replied to webfact's topic in Isaan News
In Thailand, some local diners use (small) machetes for their kitchens. Such a usage will be deemed Reasonable. -
Family Terrorised by Late-Night Machete-Wielding Intruder
black tabby12345 replied to webfact's topic in Isaan News
Or Put Down for the whole community. Vermin better be exterminated. -
Teenage Husband Attacks Dorm in Dramatic Search for Wife
black tabby12345 replied to webfact's topic in Bangkok News
Looks like not so rare among the poor/rural people in South East Asia. 16 years ago, a pair mother and her daughter were working(as live in janitors) for my landlord. The mother was then 41. Her daughter was 26. It means she got her daughter at 15. -
Teenage Husband Attacks Dorm in Dramatic Search for Wife
black tabby12345 replied to webfact's topic in Bangkok News
Looks like the typical case of Child had a child. -
Teenage Husband Attacks Dorm in Dramatic Search for Wife
black tabby12345 replied to webfact's topic in Bangkok News
I got a few subtitles to this story. Samurai Sword and Run Away Wife Not So Deadly Pursuit -
Poll: One-Third of Thais ‘Very Angry’ if Handout is Cancelled
black tabby12345 replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
No More Helicopter Money? Then they certainly want to Down The Helicopter. Very understandable psychology. -
During interrogation, Bang-on confessed that her actions stemmed from stress due to unemployment... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Her job search now ended up impossible. Going behind bars. After her release from prison, very few people want to hire her. Takes time to gain trust. But it only takes a second to lose it...
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Thai worker killed by leftover ammunition in Israeli orchard
black tabby12345 replied to snoop1130's topic in Thailand News
War-related peace time death. Deadly legacy from the conflicts. Unexploded shells, aerial bombs, and land/sea mines. Continue to claims people's life and their limbs... -
Elderly Woman Dies After Electricity Cut Despite Pleas for Aid
black tabby12345 replied to snoop1130's topic in Isaan News
She, too, extremely poor. I suppose. -
Thailand laws against social discrimination. When I checked it out with google, I found some information. Thailand 2007 Constitution - Constitute (constituteproject.org) While the system says it does not tolerate discrimination on the ground of gender, race, nationality, age etc.. people may still encounter with the invisible wall(prejudice). It is seen in many parts of the world(as most of you know). Not everyone complies with that what their rule says(until legally challenged and defeated). And what you saw could well be one of such cases. Even though that property own might have had some really bad experience with the people who are other than Thai national in the past...