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Where are you based?

Where are the family from?

Isaan

Isaan

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Big place is Isaan.

Yes it is. Not following the pertinance of the question.

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Some here are trying to help you , WHERE IN ISAAN are you, we don't want your address, just an idea. .

Yep, same problem for me. Sooooooooooooooo, never eat Thai/Lao food, if out then eat Chinese stuff.

If you have the cash, tile it with non slip tiles. Do it and forget it.

Where are you based?

Where are the family from?

Isaan

Isaan

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Big place is Isaan.

All the official service intervals up to 100k. All the official prices. No speculation.

http://www.mitsubish...cal-Maintenance

Appears to be the same info as given on the sign at my local dealer, surprisingly enough.

I'm just bored and browsing, I don't have a Pajero Sport, but that's a great website from Mitsubishi. I like the way you can check everything online in that way. I've no idea when a timing belt change is required but I'm surprised none of the services up to 100,000km include one, that's pretty impressive. I guess they save that shock until later.

Toyota Diesel belt change is the same. In the handbook, BUT a Vigo has a dash light which will come on to tell the owner to change it.

here, when there are about 200-500 mostly male workers gathering for a party on FATHERS DAY OR MOTHERS DAY (here drinking happens on both those days since they are practically the only two days off the thai workers get when they can travel and visit)- the parties start in mid day, and carry on. mostly the employers also give alcohol in leiu of bonuses for the holidays, they also come by in teh beginning of the parties, to say hello, show some face to the pu yais of the thai workers (the 'big boys'), , the filipina girls show up for 'work' and 'fun', and by 23:00 people are passed out or there have been fights.

in ten years, i have run from five fight breakouts.l unfortunately, one was at a good friend/brother of hubby's; it was going away from israel party after 11!! years (half w/o visa), and the entire world was invited. there was the very low rate morlum band that is made up from thai workers that moonlight for this... i will never forget. at first, one guy started with me, so hubby got all hot headed. then, about an hour later, suddenly the whole world was running in one direction (this is all inside a packing house on a moshav near greenhouses) with guys yelling, then a guy with a bloody head, then suddenly the one employer showed up, and we hightailedit out of there cause the next step is always police and hot head moshav guys... and that was a quick end to our friend's going away party. that was the first time i ever got a real scare since hubby went running off to help (in any way he could) adni had visions of hospitals, head wounds, and police. i had otehr friends physically drag him back, and we zipped off in our car back to friend's own caravan. apparently the whole fight was along the lines of 'you lookin at me?', thai style. some guy from a different packinghouse touched or stepped on this guy by accident (500 guys sitting on floor in a packing house) bound to be someone who trips over someone especially after all the drinking.

real shame too cause up to that point the food was good and the music was passable -- the few farang attendees had long since left (folks here arent big on huge amounts of alcohol, preferring huge amounts of food and cake).since that party two years ago, i havent been to any. and for this reason have avoided helping the thai workers on our kibbutz do any tamboon or going away party that involves more then our guys and a few invitees who always bring their friends. even my new ;years party a few years ago we kept the alcohol very very minimal and then moved all the thais back to their own housing area, to continue as they wanted. in the center of the kibbutz i kept a very very tight lid on the drink, we had punch, some beers and hubby policed (we were also worried about yaa baa frankly, as that has started to be popular at parties as well).

i know about several stabbings personally here among the workers , during parties/mor lum sing song parties; thais themselves will shrug shoulders and say 'tamada' (par for the course). my kids when they were younger, would come to the parties, i would let them eat a bit, say hello and then send them back home; same reason we didnt have alcohol at our mornign wedding six years ago, because i had my 18 yr old daughter with me, big, blond and farang. the minute the drinking would start up, we would hustle her off to the farang style house we were borrowing from distant family relative, and that was that.

maybe with age ive gotten wimpier, but definately i prefer not to go to big mor lum type parties anymore. ive lost my fascination for them, adn i can see mor lum on you tube. also hubby seems to like them less, preferring to stay home rather then gong to all these vacation day sing song mor lum thing gatherings.

bina

And here's me thinking you Mods only mixed with Hi-So folk. ...........................

..ok i know its been said, but really, wth makes a gun girly. Its a <deleted> GUN~!!

Weeeeeeeeeell, unless you are really lucky a .22 won't stop anything but a rabbit even if she thinks Matrix. .

9 mm should be the minimum. The 'girly' calibers are less likely to stop an aggressor.... (well, feel free to Google the thousands of debates on the net regarding this issue). If she's anything like my wife, she'll want something 'cute' like a Beretta Bobcat. You might be able to steer her towards something more effective/practical but still relatively 'cute' in a Glock 26 or Ruger LC9.

Did l read somewhere that Thai ladies can only own a .22.

please dont take that too serious, im just joking around. i tell that to my students all the time just for a laugh, and tell it to my administrators (international school) every now when i feel their losing sight of the kids

Do please take more care with your punctuation and spelling, at least in those threads where you admit to being a teacher, you're not holding your end up here 8-)

i teach business, spelling and grammar are a problem for someone else...

Chinese eh.

So would YOU take care of someone else's kids ?.

Story of my life, two sets now for a total of 38 years and wouldn't change a thing even if I could.

Just started on the final batch and these are my own spawn, hope I can hold out until they can make it on their own. Turning out pretty good so far, practice makes perfect!

The first batch had their own spawn for some time now, so my grandkids are older than my current crop, then you get the girlfriends or whatever you want to call them, we're a pretty mixed lot I'll admit it.

My mum gave up on keeping track of birthdays a long time ago. . .

Your mum has sense.

Drat, thought it was another Burger King.

AH, common market has been mentioned, l am no economist, a numnut really regarding the subject but it seems to this numnut that the very small UK is ploughing ooooooooooooodles of cash to bolster or take care of others. So where is the payback for the UK tax payer when we don't even belong to the EU currency. ?

Responding to an earlier post about how alcoholics are a better class of drug user because they don't rob and steal : some alcoholics do steal and rob to get their fix, yes, even from their families. If you were to say that you've never heard of such a case then you are probably a liar.

Coming up with a special name for addiction or habitual use of a certain drug doesn't change the fact that it is drug use.

How much does a couple of beers or lou kou cost ? How much does a drug fix cost ?

100 Baht for a pill of yaba.

100 Baht for 2 large bottles of Leo.

10 Baht for a shot of lao-khaow.

What's your point?

I am asking a question as l have no knowledge of the dosh involved.

Actually taking care of their kids might be something you and your wife voluntarily choose to do, it's a very rewarding experience if you enjoy kids, and may satisfy her clucky urges without having to spawn your own.

Such arrangements are pretty normal here even though our cultures labels it as "irresponsible" the "it takes a village" approach often actually works out better than the isolated nuclear or even worse poor single mum scenario so prevalent back home.

But of course they should contribute to the financial support. . .

So would YOU take care of someone else's kids ?.

Afraid it looks like you are the ''millionaire'' farang here and your mrs is showing ''show''. YOU must get a grip and tell them to move on with THEIR life and not milk yours. Face the farang and tell him to bugger off and there is NO WAY you are taking care of HER kids cos she wants to go to a place where the streets are paved with gold.

Responding to an earlier post about how alcoholics are a better class of drug user because they don't rob and steal : some alcoholics do steal and rob to get their fix, yes, even from their families. If you were to say that you've never heard of such a case then you are probably a liar.

Coming up with a special name for addiction or habitual use of a certain drug doesn't change the fact that it is drug use.

How much does a couple of beers or lou kou cost ? How much does a drug fix cost ?

Guys ... we try and help the people who come here and ask us questions in good faith?

Why all the angst? The OP has come to us to ask a question.

I disagree with Bina above.

The gold is not the same as giving money. But it is a tradeable commodity.

Rarely do Thai actually sell their gold ... but they do use it as collateral at the local Pawn Shop when cash flow is tight.

As to the Op's question ... yes, traditionally it does go the your Fiancée, but from what I read with your question, it is her who dictates where the 'spoils' of marriage are divided up.

Davey lad, think your wrong. Believe me. BUT, does depend a bit on the family, if they are loaded then perhaps OK BUT if they are poorish and the extended family have probs, it will be sold. Seen it time and time again.

I might be wrong, but it wouldn't surprise me if the pick up driver simply pulled out of Lotus and the guy crashed into him because he couldn't brake in time.

My thoughts too, as it happens near every day with me.

I did a tour of Issan and spent a couple of night in most of the towns on up through Surin and then up and around korat, Kohn Kaen and then back down to BKK. Took around a month as I spent more time in the bigger cities. It was a blast. I went with a friend of mind and made a point to find the night spots in every town.

Don't want to make an overly long post so I'll just be blunt and brief. Issan girls go crazy for foreign guys. Every town we went to was the same. Go to bar mobbed by girls. Some spoke zero Thai so it helped that I speak enough in both thai and Issan dialect to communicate. But they literally mob you. Funny thing is the guys don't mind so much because they just want to chill with their friends and drink.

The women will party with you all night and then go back to your room with the hopes that you will remember them later.

Well yep that is quite normal. You ever buy a lottery ticket ?. Same same here. One hopes to be a winner.

<Even so..................... I've felt like she doesn't talk to me as nicely or not even in a normal tone of voice sometimes, even though I maintain the same level of communication and warmth to her as I did from the start.

She used to say "thank you" for the simplest things that I helped her with, but now she doesn't anymore. Now she just asks me whatever she wants, sometimes even without any warmth. Perhaps she's forgotten how she used to live.>

Sounds like my western ex, before I left her.

Does make you wonder if there is someone else in the background. Though l will agree that many ladies soon forget their previous poor life.

My pal got seriously ripped off by his lady he pulled from sleeping on a bar floor. She is now claiming mega cash in the UK.

I go weight training, play snooker and get invited to loads of Thai folk and farang parties.

Also help any folk with a problem via the Tourist police and talk with you lot.

OP, do you know what happens when a farmer ploughs a field regarding global warming. ?

Do a google then you will forget about fags.

Do you fly anywhere ? The amount of gas that is burnt for you. You can forget fags.

Did you ever have central heating or aircon at home ? You can forget about fags.

Do you drive a car and burn petrol or diesel ?. You can forget fags.

Did you know that Sir Jim S was pulled in for questioning during the ''Yorkshire Ripper'' case.

If she got a SNIFF of your thoughts of another venture then you are/were stuffed.