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quote / What I was wondering is, should I move to Bangkok, or is there somewhere else better for me to live. / end quote.

An old peoples home......your obviously losing your marbles. I smell troll too.

Advice from a older wiser dog, stay on the porch, most, not all, (MOST) are looking for an old lonely lost soul with an ongoing ATM card, If you have endless coin, enjoy the ride, otherwise you can be broke in a New York minute.

Stash most of the cash for the next wonderful "Young" Girl that loves you to much to much, don't, above all don't let your little head, that has been dormant for years, wake up and start directing your movie, remember Harding of the arteries has no con-sense, these beautiful, priceless well trained, with large family backup, will most-likely, until you get a lot smarter, take you on the ride of your life.

Don't get me wrong, there are maybe 10 out of 100 and I could be off, that work out great until the old fart dies and he had a wonderful tail-end of his life, for-filling all of his dreams, maybe 5 out of 100.

I've had 5 wives and over 30 live-ins, I'm still learning the endless movie, of what I love most, the opposite sex.

By the way, I'm flat broke now from, trying to keep them and their family's happy, thought if I played it right, I could die of natural causes, before I was broke (NOT) Learning curves of life, I Love It.

I've been drinking Coca Cola over 70 years and have not developed cancer yet. What a waste of time and money this exercise will be.

And some people smoke and don't get cancer. That doesn't mean that cigarettes don't cause cancer. Maybe you are just lucky or maybe you have cancer but you aren't yet aware of it. Coke is extremely bad for health, so why anyone drinks it I've no idea.

"So true" Amongst many other things, a friend of mine was getting, migraines for years, doctor told her to stop Coke, problem solved, "extremely" bad for children, cant understand other then all the false advertising, why people put their body's through this stuff, known facts, all sodas are not good for you, especially Coke and Pepsi, It's like the Junk-food places, great commercials, cheap food, mostly sick and over weight people, patronize these places for all or, most of their meals.

Ones diet, outlook, exercise and common sense is the path to a healthy, happy, longer life.

You might fail the test if you have Elephantiasis, one of the blocks to check on the ridiculous form, but it's doubtful the Doctors would recognize it! Of course there's the STD's which have absolutely nothing to do with your ability to teach in a classroom.

No way is that on the form

Well, it is. In the past, the doc looked at me and asked: "Are you feeling alright?" and then signed it. Last time, I never even saw the doc, only his secretary. So, it's a mere formality, don't worry too much about it.

Things have sure changed, I used to go to a clinic, give them 100 baht and walk out with a passing grade.

So silly and what a waste of police tiem with so much real crime still to solve. Prohibition NEVER works hasn't history shown us that. If your religion says you should not drink and it is important to you then simply do not drink but why involve others who do nto follow you faith in such rulings. Hardly freedom or logical or sensible/ Oh well I suppose TIT.

Or perhaps you could try observance out of respect. After all, it's not your country. No doubt you would be pissed off with foreigners in your own country carrying on as though your own sacred days meant nothing. Just a suggestion.

Im sure the locals will drink too. Anyway i am not religious so if a foreigner would do something on my sacred days i would not care one bit. Religion is not a good thing when its forced upon others. You have to follow a religion out of free will

As long as one has respect for self, others, is fully responsible for ones actions, it doesn't matter who, or what, one prays to, also have respect for Mother Earth and the Voiceless, Children, Wildlife, Waterways and Soil. We are all in this neighborhood together.

If there "Happens" to be another place, after this Heaven and Hell, one will get a key.

You can take that to the bank, No! Not the bank, put it under your mattress.

Aloha

Many wise, well thought out remarks and I agree. But one other thing that always seems to bother, The Pollution Solution Group, is that way to many people, Thai's and Farang's, either think Storm Drains are Sewers or they just don't care or know better, many use them as garbage disposals or Throw Their Trash on the Highways, Roads, Streets, If the trash isn't dumped directly into the Storm Drain, With Wind or Rain, all of these things, Plastic, Styrofoam, Toxic Cigarette Butts, Bottle-Caps, Cooking and Motor-Oil, Camera-Batteries, Old-Spoiled-Unsold-Food, Disposable-Lighters and what ever else one can imagine, Diapers, the list goes on, It all will end up in the Storm Drains, that should only carry our Life's Blood (Water) Into our Ocean, Lakes, Rivers, Streams, Creeks.

Two things happen here, due to the lack of the pumping out the Toxic Waste, much of it ends up in our waterways, be it Fresh or Salt, Drinking, Seafood , then when the big rains come, many of the Storm Drains, Plug-up and Back-up Spewing Toxic-Waste, Onto Our Streets, Into Our Homes, causing, Contamination, Bacteria, Infections.

We admit Flooding is Hell, but Toxic-Waste coming into ones Home is Living Hell, this can and should be Avoided.

Education, Education, Education, Stencil Storm Drains in heavy traffic areas, Thai, English Russian, with a Picture so All understand, Impose Fines. When we are not backing up and flooding our homes, this Toxic waste is Killing, Fish, Turtles, Crabs, Dolphins, Sea-Birds, all Sea-Creatures.

We "all" need to take an active part in making a difference, Appear, Call or Write your City Hall, News Papers, Radio, TV Stations, lets Nip it in the Butt, before we "Play It Again Sam" We are all in this neighborhood together.

Settle in the Past, Engage in the Present, so if tomorrow happens, we will have covered our back-side.

Considering what some folks on this forum think,... we ARE white trash. Live with it or leave. I don't CARE what idiots think. Why should you? We will never be Thais so why should we worry about it.

Speak for yourself, Farang or Falong just means your from someplace else like Haole in Hawaii also means from someplace else, keep in mind it does not matter where one comes from, it does not matter where ones at, what matters is where one is coming from on the inside, if one was white trash where they came from and brought themselves with them, then they are white trash here.

By the way, all Farang's, Falong's are not white, just from someplace else, I'm 100% Farang or Falong and I have never been nor will ever be white trash, you should care what others think, after all we are all in this neighborhood together Farang or Falong, better to not post and people won't know how not nice you are, opposed to posting and letting us all know.

Have a great day, try smiling, shaking a hand and giving back to Mother Earth, I'm sure your attitude will change.

I didn't mean what the Thais call us. They can call us anything they want either fair or foul. I meant what the mods and other members on this forum think of us. That is why so many get their knickers in a knot.

I stand corrected, sorry about that, cha,cha,cha.

Please learn how to speak Thai before looking down on the Thai language..

So true, or learn the Thai way before throwing stones.

After living here for a number of years what Thai's say or do does not bother me...trust me life is a lot easier that way....

Well said, all these Farang's or Falong's keep trying to start stink, they need to get over themselves, Thai's are Thai's, Farang's or Falong's are from someplace other then Thailand, the only problem is the Farang or Falong, keep trying to correct or change, whem in Rome, cha,cha,cha.

Considering what some folks on this forum think,... we ARE white trash. Live with it or leave. I don't CARE what idiots think. Why should you? We will never be Thais so why should we worry about it.

Speak for yourself, Farang or Falong just means your from someplace else like Haole in Hawaii also means from someplace else, keep in mind it does not matter where one comes from, it does not matter where ones at, what matters is where one is coming from on the inside, if one was white trash where they came from and brought themselves with them, then they are white trash here.

By the way, all Farang's, Falong's are not white, just from someplace else, I'm 100% Farang or Falong and I have never been nor will ever be white trash, you should care what others think, after all we are all in this neighborhood together Farang or Falong, better to not post and people won't know how not nice you are, opposed to posting and letting us all know.

Have a great day, try smiling, shaking a hand and giving back to Mother Earth, I'm sure your attitude will change.

Maybe this is why Thais let foreigners buy condos here. Does not sound like suicide to me. Where else do you hear of people falling from a condo to end it all. Something wrong but the police have their excuse not to bother to investigate I guess. All nice and cleanly wrapped up!!!!!!!

I don't understand what relationship there is between a foreigner buying a condo and suicide. What are you implying?

If someone jumps from his balcony, what is so difficult to understand?

Aloha

Many of these condos guard rails are to low and if one more rail isn't added, a tall person can and do fall over them, usually drunk or drugged, in this gentlemens case, fear, anger, pain he could have jumped. I find at 73 with Hep-C and living on the 17TH floor, when I start to get to sick to keep on truckin and can't find some morphine to OD on, I might take the plunge, back side, so not seen by anyone except guard and I probably will be wearing my best, if I'm not to lost with-in.

I find many men come here to fill their dreams with a young lady and to die.

When the pain outweighs the pleasure, it might be time to end our movie.

They have mange...,most "soi dogs" get this condition. It's their lot in life...there is nothing you can do about it except add a little wafarin to their food. Don't sweat it...the lifespan of soi dog is only 3-4 years before re-incarnation so they don't suffer for long.

I mix sulfur and cooking oil, put it on them often, many cure, I have sulfur 089-8977816

a breath tester moulded in the door panel!!! over the limit, it locks the engine and doors. would save many lives.

Yes it would, 80% of drivers, would be locked out of their cars, trucks, buses, tuk, tuks, baht buses, taxis, no traffic jams, open highways, also needed, to start a motorcycle.

I could be off on the percentage, lets say 50%, there are some educated drivers out there, I seldom see them, but I hear they are out there.

They don't travel on major holidays, they take their trips, before or after the holidays, if they have jobs they offer to work on the holidays so they can take a brake, during the safer times.

Jesus, have you heard what some of you sound like? Despite the floods there are plenty of flights out of here if you feel this is such an unworthy place to live. Hard done by farangs versus cheating Thais is the attitude that unfortunately pervades too many of the posts on this site. It's as if you had invites to live here. Don't pollute what can be interesting and informative forums. And no, I'm not a newbie to Thailand - 15 years in and loving it. Thank you.

11 years in and agreeing with you, Mahalo Nui Loa

Condolences to the husband and the whole family of the poor woman. RIP.

As with every such post, I can only note with disgust the various comments... Thai bashing in 90% of all posts... "Thai to be blamed for accident".... "would be treated differently if it would be a Thai"... "would be treated differently in Europe"... "no money to be made, case closed"....

I'd like to ask a question to the Admins: Why do you allow comments on such "news" items? You know what will be coming... you could as well add the standard blaming comments yourself and close the item for comments.... did not see a single comment that add value to the post... probably mine included...

No sir, yours is the only mature post, most of these other knuckle heads should be barred from posting.

It is a shame that there are so many cheap jokes made on truly sad situations, all of the time.

i think many people support PM at the begining because of money but they kill themself when they propose 5000 FOR DAMAGE

i will be shy because all of you know is human mistake from chiang mai and khon kaen

you need to understand here we are in bangkok and no one accept this party and now you kill ur people with flood and stock water in lamluka klong3 and other u hide to TV

people here not like issan it s not easy to buy them

BUT IF YOU TRY TO BECOME HONEST AND STRAIGH LIKE THAT YOU CAN TO BE RESPECT AND LOVE BY THEM

and please stop to do like you don t know we are not stupid

Welcome to the forum biloutte...unfortunately I'm unable to make any sense of your post. Please it is not a criticism as I'm sure you did your best with what is obviously not an easy language for you to communicate in. If there is anyone out there that can help "interpret" what biloutte is saying please do so.

Taking a wild stab at it, I feel that this Thai gentlemen is sharing, that once one has lost everything, not having a pot to piss in or a window to throw it out of, regardless what country one lives in, some if not many will do things that are out of the box, due to frustration, lack of help, food, water a place to be dry, sleep, loss of love ones and it seems like most of these responding Farangs enjoy kicking the Thai's when they are down or up.

Give it a brake, reach out and help, quick bad mouthing the Thai people.

Take a long look of the country you left and the country your in, there is good, bad and ugly everywhere, many Thai people had next to nothing before this all happened, take that away, add contaminated water and all the other problems and you learn that HELL is also on Earth.

Don't Verbally Bitch Slap Them, Reach Out For Them.374.bmp

My take is different

i think many people support PM at the begining because of money but they kill themself when they propose 5000 FOR DAMAGE

- Many people voted for PT because of the promise of minimum wage, rice subsidy etc etc. However, when it is revealed the compensation for flood damage is only Bht5,000, the people are so disappointed that they commit suicide

i will be shy because all of you know is human mistake from chiang mai and khon kaen

- the reason for the floods is due to human mistake ie poor dam management

you need to understand here we are in bangkok and no one accept this party and now you kill ur people with flood and stock water in lamluka klong3 and other u hide to TV

- people need to understand that bangkokians did not vote for PT and does not accept PT. Now, PT is killing the bangkokians with flood water and storing up water in lamlukka klong 3 to drown us. The rest of the politicians are hiding behind the television

people here not like issan it s not easy to buy them

- bangkokians are not like isaanites. They cannot be bought with money (as in vote buying

BUT IF YOU TRY TO BECOME HONEST AND STRAIGH LIKE THAT YOU CAN TO BE RESPECT AND LOVE BY THEM

and please stop to do like you don t know we are not stupid

- don't think that we don't know your (PT) agenda. we are not stupid

I'm more inclined to agree with you then I, a stab at it made me ass u me, I have been known to make mistakes from time to time, I was blind sided by some of the previous post, I'm always finding that way to many Farangs are always knocking the Thai people and I always want to say mirror, mirror on the wall.

I stand corrected.

i think many people support PM at the begining because of money but they kill themself when they propose 5000 FOR DAMAGE

i will be shy because all of you know is human mistake from chiang mai and khon kaen

you need to understand here we are in bangkok and no one accept this party and now you kill ur people with flood and stock water in lamluka klong3 and other u hide to TV

people here not like issan it s not easy to buy them

BUT IF YOU TRY TO BECOME HONEST AND STRAIGH LIKE THAT YOU CAN TO BE RESPECT AND LOVE BY THEM

and please stop to do like you don t know we are not stupid

Welcome to the forum biloutte...unfortunately I'm unable to make any sense of your post. Please it is not a criticism as I'm sure you did your best with what is obviously not an easy language for you to communicate in. If there is anyone out there that can help "interpret" what biloutte is saying please do so.

Taking a wild stab at it, I feel that this Thai gentlemen is sharing, that once one has lost everything, not having a pot to piss in or a window to throw it out of, regardless what country one lives in, some if not many will do things that are out of the box, due to frustration, lack of help, food, water a place to be dry, sleep, loss of love ones and it seems like most of these responding Farangs enjoy kicking the Thai's when they are down or up.

Give it a brake, reach out and help, quick bad mouthing the Thai people.

Take a long look of the country you left and the country your in, there is good, bad and ugly everywhere, many Thai people had next to nothing before this all happened, take that away, add contaminated water and all the other problems and you learn that HELL is also on Earth.

Don't Verbally Bitch Slap Them, Reach Out For Them.374.bmp

Very sad to hear about this when the country is in need of the good Thai spirit.

I think the good guys far outweigh the bad guys in the floods right now

I see thousands of people helping out and volunteering everyday but in a country this large you are bound to get some bad with the good.

I arrived in Pathum Thani with my Filipina wife and 19 month old baby early morning 15 Oct; started work the next Monday and by Thursday, the Floods arrived at Bangkadi Industrial estate + my condo (up to 3m in some areas in the estate.

Amidst the events that happened from that Thursday till now, many incidents touched the hearts of my wife and I - things that we cannot expect in in the country I came from (where I had lived for 6 years).

Here are just some examples:

• On the Thursday night the floods were starting to come in, I was asking a motorcyclist I had never met how to get to a place where II can buy something my family/baby needed. He patiently gave me directions and I may have to walk some distance as taxi was getting scarce. I thanked him and walked on, Imagine my surprise when he came up from behind me (against the flow of traffic) and offered to fetch me there. Even wanted to send me back but I refused to accept his offer (just as he refused to accept my offer to compensate him for the ride) as I was already thankful enough, What kindness! I doubt this will ever happen where I came from - if I get any help as all, it would be a chance for them to ask for money. as they know I am a foreigner (somehow their minds become greedy the moment they see a foreigner)
• As I helped the company I just started to work for to retrieve materials from the flooded factory to another factory located in Cheangwattana that was not flooded, I cannot helped being impressed by the many (all in fact) BOATMEN/WOMEN who were transporting materials (WITHOUT escort) we had managed to retrieve from the Factory to Tan-tet (spelling?) landing point where people were waiting with vehicles to get the materials to the factory. These boat people worked hard and tirelessly and were honest, At the same time, the company cared for them, Where I came from, more likely than not. one can expect to kiss the goods goodbye.
• I can't help noticing the many many vehicles parked along bridges and other higher grounds. They are mostly still safe after so long. Compared to where I came from, where people even break into vehicles stranded (partially submerged) in floods to steal.
• When I was relocated to an apartment (temporarily) in Chaengwattana I was not sure if I will have enough cash to last till end of the month to get my 1st salary, given the possible increase in prices for everything (something I can expect from where i came from) and had expressed this to the owners of the provision shop at the apartment, They offered that if I ever got to that state, I can just take what I need from their shop and pay them later! This is the real "Thai rak Thai" spirit in action. Till now, I have yet to see an increase in food prices here, except for very few items. Mostly Items just go out of sock a and will be priced the same when stocks are replenished. This is unknown where I came from where vendors will take every chance to increase prices and it takes long time for the prices to come back to normal.
• Ive gotten many small voluntary help from people - in ways I did not expect/ And little things mean a lot,

Of the bad experiences I;'e had so far - with 1 taxi driver who to tried to overcharge (foreigners) and gave my wife less change than should be, or the 1 who claimed to know our destination and yet took the longer route - seemed to have gotten lost for a while (but this may be due to misinterpretation of my limited Thai vocab). But these are tiny irritations compared to the good I have received

I hope the warmth and hospitality of the Thai people shown to us thus far will continue. If so, my wife and I have made the right decision to leave her country to come here.

Thank you for sharing, I also, for the past 11 years have had wonderful Thai people offer help when needed, asking for nothing in return and being happy to help.

I lost all of my money due to bad investments and have been living on 20 thousand baht a month for many years, for a Farang small money, for many Thai good money.

Many Thai's know I have small money and are always offering food, help and friendship, I have known hundreds of wonderful giving Thai's, opposed to the ones only interested in the baht.

I also believe we get what we give (NOT BAHT) friendship,respect, understanding, helping hands, love.

I find Farangs create most of their problems by flashing big coin, cocky attitude, lack of smiling, building big homes in poor areas and treating Thai's like lesser people (NO RESPECT)

There will always be people trying to beat people out of coin or stealing, robing everywhere on this planet, one just needs to know when to hold-em and when to

fold -em, life is a learning curve some remain victims, some raise above it with being respectful to self and others and being fully responsible for all of their actions.

To many Farangs are making many good Thai's suffer from the few that rip off, rob and so on.

Where you hang, what you do, how you treat has a lot to do with it.

Welcome to Thailand my friend, have a good life.

Very sad to hear about this when the country is in need of the good Thai spirit.

Good Thai spirit? You must be kidding. These people would take advantage all day long if they could. Not really any fault of their own. This country values only the baht and how much you have of it. There are no safety nets, no social programs so one must beg, borrow or steal if one wants to survive.

Or maybe even have to work.... Uhhhhh

Are you talking about the USA?

Having left the USA 11 years ago and remembering how it was then and hearing how it is now, I must agree with you374.bmp

Cannot stop Mother Nature at this point. She's has always been in control. Even now!!

Water flows towards the sea, not up into the mountains.

Hopefully, Thai government officials and experts not only from Thailand can come together to assist Thailand with this major issue.

So true, reroute the natural flow of rivers, streams, creeks, asphalt the ground that used to allow the water to seep, build next to the flow, plug up storm drains with garbage, and wait for the fat lady to sing.

Mother Earth is giving us all a wake up call, now she will see if we all wake up! (EVERYWHERE) Before her rage washes us humans right out of her hair.

ANYBODY OUT THERE!

That is why Australians and other nationalities will get a bad name because of all the import that they let into their country.

Only punished by 600 bath is cheap much too cheap

Thais wouldn't understand by their names that they were not originally from Australia. C'mon, they are holding Aussie passports...

I remember an American guy who called the cops to a hotel in Bangkok, where he 'got robbed.'

The cops not just found the 'items' he'd claimed to be 'stolen', they also found some weed. Two things are endless, human stupidity and the universe.

But I'm not sure about the universe...(Albert Einstein).................

It shows to go yea, It doesn't matter where one comes from, It doesn't matter where ones at, what matters is where one is coming from on the inside374.bmp, cha, cha,cha.

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When we reroute the natural flow of rivers, streams and creeks, remove trees, asphalt the jungle and set up living areas next to them, other wise messing with Mother Earth, we are asking for sooner or later problems, of course you all know that, also making Mother Earth our ashtray and garbage can without using either one, we are contaminating all waterways, the only blame is man, Thai and Farang.

Mother Earth is really pissed off, "A true wake-up call for all, everywhere" take care of her or shes going to, wash us right out of her hair.

I don't think that 1000bath anybody will be bothering to call the office, the skin and meat of the snake or crocodile is worth many times that much

Collect the baht, sell or eat the meat, sell the skin, I'm sure the main concern is to remove them and adding a reward is just another way to accomplish

this dangerous problem.

I'm stuck near the Asia Highway in Ayuttaya, in an apartment with my wife and 5 month old baby. Water's been deep since Wednesday, but in the last 2 days its torrent into a torrent, really dangerous. Only just managed to get out this morning, given free food for the day by locals, nothing to buy, nothing can get through. Helicopters flying overhead every hour, but nothing being dropped. Fresh water is needed, Ive got 12 litres left.

You think my government (I'm English) will help me? Can you give them a ring for me?

Cheers.

Sorry to hear about your situation, (another learning curve)

Regardless where one lives, one should always have plenty, I mean plenty of water stored, caned and dried food, batteries, first aid kit

and powdered milk.

And even more so if one has a baby, stink can happen at anytime, anywhere, I only hope when and if you survive this hardship that you

load up on at least a months supply of what you, wife and baby will need for the next problem that Mother Earth will throw at us due to the

fact that we are not taking care of her.

I wish you Chok-Dee.