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2 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:
Sometimes when I am in a Thai restaurant which I don't know and they have coffee on the menu I ask them if it's Nescafe. Often they say with pride: Yes. Then I know I won't order it because I had real coffee in mind.
Us downunderers love our Nescafe, it sure tastes better than that reheated tar the Thai's call coffee and no human could like the US versions...no milk or sugar!!!!! ????????
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A course in Oz made the point that if you drink coffee while drunk...you're still drunk, only now you're wide awake!!????
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2 hours ago, Rc2702 said:
I read the report. Similar to the chap who died a while back with 5 kids. One has to wonder what they were thinking to go on a "lads holiday"
A "last chance" before the real expenses get in the system, growing kids can be really expensive! Both guys probably got a "leave pass" from the wives?
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18 hours ago, BigT73 said:
Aussie, Queenslander
<deleted>! An out of work miner?
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In a word....awful, another word....undrinkable, another word.....disgusting!!! To import wine into LoS you have to pay 475% duty! Oz decided to become duty free so Thailand added 25% and then took it off to comply!! You even have to pay the duty on "Must" (grape juice)! If you're desperate for punishment then go right ahead!!
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6 hours ago, mogandave said:
RACIST!!!Mate, because you don't agree with a point of view doesn't make it racist! My 99 year old mother in Melbourne was terrified if a Sudanese came to her front door, she along with her neighbours had seen the result of gang home invasion on old folk in her area and knew that the police were helpless to intervene because of "things" put out by the State government on the care and protection of these suntanned brothers because they were black! You know not what you speak of!
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On 12/9/2018 at 5:59 PM, sambum said:
"It was quite well received with several rants striking a cord with readers on Thaivisa"
As a long retired and properly edificated musician I must point out that spell check doesn't always get you out of trouble - it should of course be "chord"!
Or possibly "striking accord"?
Bravo!
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1 hour ago, murraynz said:what i cant understand is----how do so many people get to retirement age, after 45yrs of potential working time...yet they havent accumulated enough savings ,assets, passive income to provide for a good retirement.
so many dont even have enough to deposit the 800,000thb in bank for visa..{its a pittance,realy}
scrimping and scraping in retirement is not at all clever...prepare for retirement, we may live 30 yrs past 65..
i dont feel sorry for the people who havent saved---they must have boozed or lived over -extragantly, in their early years...
moving to a country with cheaper cost of living-doesnt always solve the problem....
No no Murray, aah the arrogance of youth! After working for 45 years, marrying, raising children, paying the bills, paying the taxes and when you're getting ready to coast through life...divorce! Back to less than zero inside one year! Start again? With what? Time to go to Asia, look around...can I afford a nice house or apartment and a cheap scooter? Yep! And enough for a couple of beers and the occasional "empty out" (out of the question back home)! Think about it aud$34,000 (800,000) is not chicken feed, in Oz it's a reasonable deposit on a house, young couples work two jobs for years to raise that sort of money! Be gentle with us older folk, we've had a hard row to hoe! ????
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I've been going to Nan immigration for over 10 years, apart for one trip (demand for money) it's been a joy! Efficient staff, free coffee!
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3 hours ago, MaksimMislavsky said:
Although the logic behind this is somehow understandable, it is entirely medieval and un-buddhist to me. The fact that such stuff is seriously stated in mass media by a law-enforcement-related person featured as an expert of sorts is, well, amazing to say the least. And I'm what some people here dub as Thai apologist.
"Say, a man went out to do a job in another province but forgot something at home. He returned to find another man in bed with his wife. He could get away with shooting that man dead." In the real world he couldn't, the guy isn't even trespassing...another BiB talking through his fundamental passage!!
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18 hours ago, Torrens54 said:
The LAW is THE LAW.
If not, one might be tempted to think they could string a Sharkline at your Head Height across the FOOTPATH, just prior to your next flagrant violation of the Laws of your HOST COUNTRY.
Perchance, wherever you come from such laws are violated on a regular basis, with no penalty ?
If this is the case, it may be better for all concerned if you return there as soon as possible.
Oh no? Oh ye who has cast the first stone, ye who never ever broken any law anywhere...even unintentionally! boring!
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Good! Now let us wait for the history of this man to unfold! His advisers were very clever, lie lie and lie some more "have you ever been employed by the CIA before becoming its director? No! NO? weren't you in Dallas in '63? Umm!
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"Assuming the government has an effective program for health and safety" as always in the LOS the expression "effective program" is an oxymoron! They (the government officers) must have known about this operation for years, why the sudden interest??
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Plastic plastic, everybody complains about it! Along with the fear of running out of oil...plastic is made from oil! The income/outcome of many countries depend on the sale of billions and billions of tons of oil... the world is only playing "lip service" to the minimisation of plastic products...where is Keanu Reeves when you need someone to save the planet??
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After teaching in Thailand for a few years I noticed the influx of Filipinos into the schools? In the teachers study rooms the conversation went something like this..."I know that the parents don't like the Asian teachers because they have to pay as if they are foreigners but the directors love them as they'll work for 15K up to 25K where the foreigners from outside want 35K-45K"!
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France and Germany are historical enemies! The leaders of both countries are on the "slide" and are desperate to gain some kudos for themselves...pushing an euro-centrist financial arrangement is going to hurt both countries but, who cares? They'll both get seats on the boards of their major banks so it'll work out just fine...for them!
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Now they're going to blame the boat! Nothing to do with incompetent ship handling, nothing to do with overloading the boat, nothing to do with lazy, inefficient government officials...no no no! It was the boat all along, it has a long history of hating the Thai government and so took its revenge on these innocent Chinese tourists...devilish boat!!!!
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18 hours ago, Happy Grumpy said:Them not being raised in Thailand is a bit of a disservice to them.
Being raised in Thailand and educated in an International school (before university in the West) gives them natural bilingualism and biculturalism. A fantastic future professional network, and fantastic employment opportunities with foreign MNC in Thailand, if they so wish, or a full range of professional advantages that monolingual/cultural don't have. While being Int. school educated with univeristy degrees from the West also give them great opportunities in the West, should they want that.
They're missing out on fantastic opportunities.
But who, except those on a generous package, can afford to send their kids to a bilingual, international school? I've 3 nieces, 2 just starting uni in Oz and one halfway through a diploma, who had to go to High school for 2 years (after finishing Thai HS) to even get close to qualifying for for their particular courses...all three had a GPA of over 3.75 for their HS years? And, who needs to hire a bi-lingual Thai/Ozy graduate in Oz or NZ and is prepared to offer high salary and conditions?
Where in Thailand are there these opportunities? Stay in NZ, use your Asian charm, marry as best as you can (love, if you have to) Come back to Thailand for a holiday!
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Absolutely no rain for the month of October in my patch of Phrae! I blame it on the government along with 23 baht for the dollar and no lasagne in the shops!
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19 hours ago, Tradewind777 said:
The poor pensioner washing cars was probably a Brit and his declining pension insufficient to allow him a decent life. That exchange rate sucks. It’s not just a decline in Sterling but a rising Baht too. This will have knock-on effects in the Thai economy for sure: less moolah spent and more hard earned w/o WP from the local economy. Expect the WP cops to get tougher.
No, he is an Ozy!
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Pak Kret...Mon? Feelings of inferiority, took a chance that didn't pan out...perhaps drunk?
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Shhh! Idiot, you should stop typing when you are drunk!!
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7 hours ago, colinneil said:
The 4th from the left is Steve Buriram piemans best customer.????
Ah! At last I've found the man who ate all the pies!!
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Saman Kunan is my Person of the Year
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Well said that person!