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When I came here in 1990 I worked without a work permit. Nobody at the small school had a work permit. We were all qualified to teach. It was only after I left that I discovered I was the one who was not gay.

It's virtually impossible for a farang/ foreigner to work illegally or run a business here. The foreigner will be grassed up, touted on or nformed on within days. They stand out like a sore thumb. Chinese or Burmese can work easily because they can meld into the population. But no chance your for average European. I think these stories are BS and or highly exaggerated.

Cockerell = a fighting chicken. A male hen. Cock fighting is very popular in Thailand. It's even on TV.

"Snarky"? This sounds like the ramblings of a very disturbed person. It makes no sense: how can we taste an emotion "through the text".

It's Americans who fall for this anti vax rubbish. Mainly because they are susceptible to baseless threats and wild rumours. Also because their health care system is privatised so the costs of vaccination plays a part in their beliefs. POLIO caused terrible damage to children and adults until the vaccine wiped it out. MEASLES caused terrible damage to children and adults until it was eradicated by a vaccine. When I was growing up as a child in Manchester in Britain in the 60s I remember seeing these poor people in leg irons and leather strap. They were pitiful. I remember going for my vaccination as a child in a run down clinic in South Manchester. I remember being scared of the needle. But I was more scared of getting polio. We had the NHS in England then so important vaccination were free. Thank God. I believe in vaccinations 100%. People who preach against vaccines are sick and doing damage to our society.

No. We'll just copy theirs.

What fascism? You're not referring to Trump, are you. The man who won millions of votes? And exposed Biden as being the senile, loony- who was also corrupt. Trump is not a fascist- he's a saviour of America.

I don't think everyone is a clueless idiot just because they choose not to integrate with the native population of any given country. Supposing I lived in Germany for a 10 years or Russia? Why should I bother to integrate with either peoples? It would make me the novelty and possibly force me into loads of unwanted conversations.

Can't be @rsed

So the headline was wrong, apparently. But he certainly sounded Indian. I understand there are many Indians living in Ceylon Strepsils? More like gargle with Lidocaine.

Was he listening?

I think some people might think he deserves a slap. They would probably be right. He had no need to repeat himself.

Why do Australians have this obsession with " biker gangs"? Totally uncool.

too many not to many

Why would anyone think he's unhinged?

Me too: zero tolerance for drunk drivers and zero tolerance for whiners & whingers.

Not realistic for the people maimed or killed in the accident. What makes you so blasé about 3rd world police corruption? Sound very entitled to me.

You don't need to know the blood/ alcohol levels of any given country. They are irrelevant if you DONT DRINK AND DRIVE. It's that simple: especially with all the taxi services running these days. Nobody needs to break the law and then whine about it on a forum like this.

Drunk driving is one of the WORST CRIMINAL OFFENCES frequently resulting in the death of innocent people. The writer of this unedifying story is a shameless disgrace. He is lucky he didn't crash his car, injured his girlfriend and hurt a stranger. Zero sympathy from me. Two weeks in prison plus a fine.

If people want to be offended then it is up to them to be offended or not. I think ' Farang' is funny and I don't take offence. Like with all racist insults the perpetrator is the idiot not the 'victim'. As for 'Ni Hao' I'd never heard it before.

Why do the forum managers allow this rubbish to be published? I think it is a disgrace.

I definitely want the anti shingles vaccine. ASAP. And any others I can get. I am 100% PRO vaccine. 100% believe in vaccines. And regard anti-vaccers as sad, deluded eccentrics who should not be given public platform on forums like this. They are damaging the health of the communities.

"Nature has the answers we seek" ..Yes it's called death. DEATH is natural. Polio is natural. MEASLES is natural so what? Vaccines are a miracle that saved/ extended the lives of millions of people. Only Americans fall for this anti vaccine propaganda and a few English speaking eccentrics.

Our generation grew up without the fear of Polio & Measles because of vaccines. The anti vaccine lobby hails from the USA where medical treatment is private and has to be paid for. Startling research has revealed that only a dozen people are responsible for most of the hoaxes and lies about COVID-19 vaccines on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Yet social media companies have failed to adequately police the dangerous misinformation and its spreaders, according to the organization that listed what it called the “Disinformation Dozen.” The misinformation superspreaders are continuing to fuel vaccine reluctance among millions of Americans, which threatens to become a major hurdle to conquering the pandemic.

Oh bolleaux. I've been to Oman and it was very nice but I prefer Bahrain. https://www.conservativewoman.co.uk/funeral-of-a-friend-who-had-the-covid-booster-and-developed-raging-cancer/ Er -how does cancer "rage"?