YaiJung

Why does everybody seem to believe the tuktuk driver.  Like they never lie and cheat tourists.  I used to live in Phuket and was constantly being shortchanged around the island.  Something that doesn't really happen elsewhere in Thailand for some strange reason. 

In Phuket you have to say the denomination as you hand it over, making sure it is clearly understood, then stand and count your change right in front of them.  Never, ever put the change in your pocket without checking.  9 time out of 10, they will just reach back under the counter and hand you your correct change without a fuss.  The more emboldened ones, such as tuktuk drivers, will put up a fuss because they know where they stand on the island....they have been pulling this bull<deleted> since tourists have been going there. 

Doesn't make attacking him very clever or right, but I can understand the urge when they pull this nonsense. 

It's pretty clear at this point.  To them high quality = Asian.  They, the people in charge, don't like to see white faces tainting the scenery.  Been listening to this talk from the people in charge for decades.  Now that Taksin is back brace yourself for more racism and nationalism.  He is the original farang hater. 

What a <deleted> nightmare, letting those people in.   Last time I was in Europe I was shocked at the amount of Arabs hanging around on street corners.  Quite an uncomfortable atmosphere at times.  Not exactly a friendly bunch. 

Very grateful we have Hispanics instead of Muslims in the US, although the Muslim population is growing.  I don't get all the hate around letting our neighbors from the south in.  They are good, honest, hard-working people who have enriched our country, unlike these lowlife terrorists and terrorist wannabes who have who have swamped the UK and EU.  All one has to do is spend 24 hrs in the EU to see what a nightmare it has become.  Those <deleted> aren't going home either.  Good luck with them. 

After a lifetime of disappointment with chinese products, I am very hesitant to buy a chinese ev, in fact I won't.  Just got burned at mr diy the other day.  Buy chinese, buy twice...or even three times.  Nothing against the chinese personally, but they aren't exactly known for putting quality first.  Imo, they never, ever pass any value on to the customer.  Every single corner will have been cut and any "deal" you think you might be getting is sure to show its true colors down the road, with disappointment, regret, annoyance, and in the case of cars maybe even safety issues.  Chinese business practice = if the customer isn't pissed off, kicking and screaming, feeling like they got screwed, then they(the chinese) didn't do their job and left money on the table. 

Also, really have to question the logic behind putting huge glass sunroofs on any car, much less an ev in a tropical country like Thailand.  Are they cool on hot days?  Is there any Thai person who wants to get sun in their face while they are driving?  The thought of sitting in traffic in bright sunlight with my head heating up while getting cold air blasted on me sounds absolutely nauseating.  Noticed the Teslas are the same.  Imagine the aircon uses a lot of battery to fight against the blasting midday heat in Thailand.  Can't be good for the range.  Not sure what they are thinking with this design other than add more gimmicky stuff to jack the price up.  

I'm looking forward to buying an ev, but it's still a few years away for me. 

I have the Herbability Decarboxylator and Infusion machine that I picked up from shopee a couple months ago for around 3k baht.  It is awesome!  Before I would decarb in the oven and then infuse the butter/oil in a slowcooker, but it was messy and stunk the house up.  This thing works like a charm.  Put some ground herb in and hit a preset button.  Very little smell, although not scentless.  After decarbing the flower, just add the butter or oil and hit another preset button.   Word of warning if searching for this machine...it tends to be misspelled on shopee and lazada, herbablility, her bability, etc.  Terrible name for such a wonderful little machine! 

Just made a batch of salted mocha caramels yesterday with 7 grams of high grade flower.  Will get about 100 or so pieces at around 10mg THC per piece.  Comes out to 10-14 baht per piece including baking ingredients, depending on which flower I use...I pay 100-150 per gram for top quality, direct from farm.  Edibles from a dispensary are massively marked up, plus who knows what you are actually ingesting.  No thanks. 

Also, no thanks to vaping.  Tried it many times and really wanted it to be as great as some people say, but just doesn't do it for me.  High is not balanced, very racey, too much head high(anxiety), no pain killing effects.  I use medicinally for nerve pain first and foremost.  Smoking works best, but my lungs object.  Edibles work pretty well also - I find 5-10 mg THC give me a nice mellow medicinal effect, without putting me to sleep. 

This is news now??!   What's the next headline.. Couple has too many drinks and suffers a hangover from hell?   Boris stubs toe and has to visit hospital? 

Somebody get these two a pizza asap!!

22 hours ago, SuperSaiyan said:

The earlier the better because all the girls get wet just looking at a handsome White fella in his early 20s. How do I know? I was 22 while I moved to Thailand for a couple of years the first time.

 

Don't let anybody stop you, especially not the gatekeeping boomers who love to have you stuck in the hamster wheel like they did for 40 years so you pay their pensions, "son, you have to work 40 years in some bullsh1t job then you can enjoy the fruits of your life when you are in your 60s". Yeah, why don't you shut the f up.

 

 

Exactly right!  Moved here at 24 in the late 90's and had the time of my life.  Couldn't leave the apartment without getting hit on by beautiful women.  Talk about the shoe's on the other foot!  

Thailand has enriched my life in ways I never dreamed possible. 

Seen so many bitter old farang men hating on younger guys over the years.  In the early 00's there was an influx of young guys and the grumpy old bastards where losing there <deleted> on the regular. 

Happily settled with a family and count my blessings everyday that I'm fortunate enough to be able to live in this wonderful country. 

This young couple will be just fine.  Like Sheryl says, it's the old guys with limited funds and no insurance who are taking the real risk. 

12 hours ago, Arbeid said:

Being his sister I can give you all some PROPER information on this case, as it is nothing but a nightmare my very sick brother has ended up in in this country, and all these lies and misinformation that are circulating in the media over there is nothing but bl..dy appalling!! Makes us all sick!

 

He was released from hospital 2 days before this crazy thing happened, after nearly dying from a massive stroke from a bloodclot, that caused him to fall and get a brainbleed on top of everything. He was in intensive care for 3 weeks before he was moved to different department. He has had brain surgery, as well as surgery to remove a bloodclot from his leg. He is paralyzed on his right side, therefor can not walk, as well as he got afasi, meaning he has massive problems speaking, and understanding properly.  He also have problems with his memory.  He does NOT have HIV, nor ALS. Just more lies about him.

 

So yes, this is the "MURDERER" so many dare call this poor sick man, who is the nicest person in this world and has NEVER hurt anyone in his whole life. He has wasted all he had on helping all his socalled Thai friends, hundreds of thousands of Norwegian kr, never a no  from him if anyone needed anything. This is the type of person my brother is, and we are totally shocked by the awful treatment he has received in this country. We only wish we can get him out from there and back home to proper care and traing after his stroke. Never had any want to go to Thailand myself but have always warned against this dangerous corrupted country and lack of proper system, so sad it had to come to this for me to be proven right. So a good idea to read Thai news after a handful of salt first, they are lying their heads off.

A close friend of mine was involved in a horrific tragedy that resulted in a fatality.  The police obviously had some sleazeball reporters on speed dial, as they showed up within minutes.  These reporters did their best to make my friend look guilty.  They started 'who done it" internet discussions that would get them a lot of clicks on their <deleted>ty websites.  <deleted> them. 

In the end he was declared innocent and released after a month or so in Thai remand prison.  It was traumatic to say the least. 

My advice - Be very careful with Thai lawyers.  Get one from a different province (Bangkok) who will be much less likely to be working with corrupt cops from Chiang Mai. 

Also get some Thai you can trust to go to the courthouse with you to get the real amount if bail is granted.  We had a hell of a time getting to the bottom of that, with all sorts of slimeball cops/lawyers trying to get him to cough up millions of baht.  Never seen anything like it and the staff at the courthouse were purposely unhelpful.  In the end it was only 125k baht to get him bailed out.  It was posted on the wall for public to view, but not a single person of the period of about 3 weeks would tell us this simple fact. 

This whole thing is about money.  There is a massive pile of money being left on the table right now by the lack of regulation.  Anyone who has seen what is going on in the US in states like Illinois will know what I am talking about.  Lack of regulation means lack of that sweet, sweet tax money.  The way they did it here was amateur hour.   So much more money to be squeezed out of it. 

Regulation also pushes up prices and drives the little guy out of business.  Winner, winner, chicken dinner for the elites who run this country and some of whom have invested a <deleted>load only to be sitting on untold kilos of weed they can't sell, cause everyone and their brother is growing these days. 

btw, the cali import thing is largely a myth imo.  Thais catch on quick and are growing a huge supply of top quality bud these days.  It ain't rocket science. 

JHC, rehab for weed?!  What is next, halfway house for six months to get off coffee and cigs?