Pierrot

I think the OP has a point.

I just so happens that many members come from the same countries (such as UK, or US) and have similar interests which are not specially related to Thailand...doesn't the fact that we are foreigners living in Thailand give us a unique perspective on almost all aspects of life, which may not be appreciated in a non-expat type forum...

And there are a number of people from other countries (Germany, France, Russia, ...) who also would be very happy to exchange comments in their own language, but we are usually reminded that we should all use a language understood by all ...

When you have a poker night with friends, do you keep the conversation strictly to poker? When you play football with mates do you talk strictly about only football? Probably you talk about some other stuff also (unless you are a boring old sod)

When you play poker or football, you usually abide by the rules of the game. If you prefer bridge or rugby, you're free to join an other table or an other playground.

The way things go nowadays with all these PC stuffs, soon you will see someone getting in your own house, checking your fridge, sitting on your sofa, screwing your wife and if you protest, he will sue you for discrimination !

The whole concept of tea money is that it is a democratic method of increasing tax free disposable income that is open to all citizens. Thanks to tea money everybody is always guaranteed to get the lowest price so what could me more democratic than that?

Open to all (Thai) citizens? Arai wah?!?

allows you to get away with dangerous and moronic driving for 200 baht per police checkpoint.

Absolutely ! That's the beauty of the system but people don't seem to understand.

Basically, the speed limit is around 80/100 km/h but personally, if I drive at this speed, I just fall asleep after 10 km . Fortunately we are in Thailand. so we can buy a ticket for around 200 Baht that allows us to drive at 140 km/h . Pretty cool isn't it ?

The money is collected at some "toll gates" same as in the highway. But then it gets even better. At lunch time, when it's raining or when they're busy on the other side, there is nobody at the toll booth and you don't even need to pay .

And there are people who criticize the police in Thailand ...

This is really bad news for Thailand's Commerce Minister Pornthiva Nakasai, owner of Poseidon, one of the biggest whore house in Ratchada, if not the biggest in the whole of Thailand.

The topic is about the human trafficking aspect and not massage parlors where young girls go voluntarily to work.

Have you ever asked the girls in Poseidon if they volunteered, for force into the trade, by they parrents / village heads / local drug lords / money lenders, etc?

I HAVE asked them. Some of them are there to serve high interest debt, some taken by their own parrents.

Did you ask before or after you tried to haggle down the price?

You're reaching a new low !

There appears to be more and more reports of this kind of corruption by the police coming in these days.

That what I was thinking. Less than 10 posts, an unbelievable story, a few hours of fame on top of the list of the general forum of TV, then get banned.

It's not easy to be a troll these days.

P.S.

Pierrot, is that Saint-Ex in your avatar?

No, Andre Malraux. A adventurer, a bit a smuggler on the side, a great writer (The Royal Way is a great book about his adventures in Cambodia), a fighter, critical of the French colonial rules in Asia, he helped organized a resistant movement in Indochina, later he joined the republican army during the Spanish civil war, and, during De Gaulle government, he became France's first minister of culture. If my life is only half as full and successful as his, I will quite happy .

A couple of quote from him :

“Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better abilities or ideas, but the courage that one has to bet on one's ideas, to take a calculated risk - and to act.”

“There is always a need for intoxication: China has opium, Islam has hashish, the West has woman.”

China's largest commercial bank, Industrial and Commerce Bank of China (ICBC), has asked Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva to consider lifting the foreign shareholding ceiling in Thai banks.

ICBC chairman Jiang Jianqing made the proposal at their meeting in Beijing on Friday, said Prime Minister's Office Minister Virachai Virameteekul.

Virachai said ICBC was keen to take more than 49 per cent of Thailand's ACL Bank but Thai law caps foreign shareholding in Thai businesses at 49 per cent.

ICBC also asked the premier to consider raising to 50 per cent the current 25-per-cent limit on foreign directors on any board.

ICBC has expressed interest in such a deal for years, but it has delayed in expectation of a revision of the foreign share-ownership level in a bid to seek control of management.

Abhisit said he would ask the Finance Ministry to consider the request, which he said would depend on whether the entry of ICBC would increase competition within Thailand's banking sector, which would narrow the spread of the interest rate.

The other issue the finance ministry will consider is whether the entry of ICBC would make financial services in Thailand more widely accessible to Thais.

"The Thai PM said the central bank and Finance Ministry had known of the proposal for several years and would consider it positively way," Virachai said.

http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2009/06/28...ss_30106215.php

OK, so a bit of explanation is needed.

Actually it's an american veteran stuff. They used to be chased after in the jungle (Vietnam, Philippines, Korea, ...) and when the wars were over, they kind of miss it. So they started this stuff, they run after each other and they get pissed drunk, remind them the good (???) time. On the positive side, there is no more land mines, agent orange, ... so it's much safer for the rest of us. Much more "Hot Shots, Part deux" than Rambo

For our Sunday wariors, we have this little song :

http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/searc...-the-love_music

Hua Hn, back in the early 80s was quiet and uncommercialised.

Now all the old homes in the sea side of the town have become

girly bars.......

A real shame

I hope you're joking ??? We went there less than 5 years ago, we ate in one of those house, they have a small family restaurant and a cake shop, my wife told me they also have some cooking class there. It was my dream to buy one of those house when we can afford it.

If people think we're going to tell them where the remaining nice places in Thailand are, so they can built their @*%! girly bars ...

You know what, all those bad news, expats can't afford to stay in Thailand and have to leave ? Actually it's good news !

A post and a reply ot it deleted.

Has anybody noticed that is an old topic from May not todays rally.

Who cares ?

Most posters in this section can' t resist a good brawl anyway

A house where they sell hash ? But hash like in hashish or like in hash browns ?

And Harrier's the name of the dealer ?

I'm a bit surprised they advertise their trade so openly on TV.

What's next ?

CCC, Crack Cocaine Charlie in Udon ?

Still looking for a definition of HHH

How much does it cost ? I was looking for something similar for my dogs but unfortunately didn't really have time lately to make any serious research. Some of our neighbours say we can by it very cheap second hand but if new is cheap, why bother ?

For people concerned with esthetics, as GungaDin says, just grow some vines and it will be ok.

Nice garden, Is that babies at the bottom of the poles ?

I have a thing for cement/ pottery figures.

another view of my flag poles.

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I like it !

But I guess your wife is much more tolerant than mine, mine would never allow me to have that in our garden .

Thanks everyone.

Not a big lawn, front and rear around 300 sq.m. So no need for anything big. We've got a petrol strimmer, but I know I'll destroy all the bedding plants with it.

Love the idea about the buffalo, but I'm scared for my bougainvillea and begonias. Also, a bit small, would take said buffalo more than a 3 point turn to move about.

So between 6000 and 10,000 we reckon. Doable.

Nice house !

I got the same mower from the Khon Kaen Home Pro that stevevigo purchased.

We have 630 m2 of grass and it works well.

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Pierrot:

How much was the mower you purchased? I have thought about one of these for the rai behind our house,

Sorry, can't really remember, it was more than one year ago. We bought it from the biggest shop in Pak Chong's main road. They are quite helpful, we shopped around, the prices are reasonable and, most important, they have no problem to supply the original warranty papers.

PS : The name of the shop is "Ving Charoen Panich, Pakchong" as per the credit card receipt. They are really honest and helpful. A few month ago they didn't have somme accessories we were looking for, we gave them our address and they mail it two weeks later. I really recommend those people.

Nice garden, Is that babies at the bottom of the poles ?

Lately I'm quite happy, we managed to keep the tall grass under control and then appeared those blue flowers.Thais call it weeds but I find it gives a nice "prairie" feel and it's much cheaper than growing and maintaining the classic english lawn.

You didn't give the size of your lawn.

Last year we bought the below model (no joke !), the main reason was we couldn't afford a tractor and also we have different kind of grass, from the english lawn around the house to the tall savannah grass that we barely keep under control everywhere else.

Does dieing make you a good person?

Yes it does as you are no longer a bloody nuisance.

Can't say it better

The answer was "farang here you are in thailand, if ur not happy go back in ur country"

So what to do, fight for a parking place ? No, nothing to do except putting 1 Kg of sugar in the tank discreetly

Pls see post above.

Nobody EVER replied me this way. Pls stop being sorry to exist, or do it in an other country. You're an embarassement for all falangs living in Thailand

Who are you to talk to me like that !!

Because i don't want to fight for a parking place i'm an ambarassement for all falangs living in thailand ?

I'm not sorry to exist, i'm sorry that you exist and by the way, you give you the right to speak for all the falang living in thailand ?

Funny guy, you keep your head down when falang may need your help (still remenber your topic :Should i feel guilty) but on a forum for no reason you like to attack the OP.

You are so pretentious.

Sorry, my answer was kind of a blanket answer for everybody who felt discriminated against because they are foreigners.

You're absolutely right, by targeting you, I'm guilty of the same offense I was trying to denounce.

My apologizes !

The answer was "farang here you are in thailand, if ur not happy go back in ur country"

So what to do, fight for a parking place ? No, nothing to do except putting 1 Kg of sugar in the tank discreetly

Pls see post above.

Nobody EVER replied me this way. Pls stop being sorry to exist, or do it in an other country.

You have hit a raw nerve. I live in a moo bahn as well--single unit houses, room for 2 cars in the driveway (one in front of the other) and ne parked on the street in front of the house. At the end of my soi, inside the moo bahn, is a small park area, so nobody lives there and there's room for 5 or 6 cars.

Nobody parks in front of anybody elses house, except mine, and it's constant. And they tend to act quite insulted when I ask them to move their vehicles. The neighbors next door even park so the back end of their car partially blocks the driveway making it either very difficult or impossible to get out. Very annoying.

The only reason I can think of for this very rude and unnecessary behavior is to let me know where I am on the pecking order.

Best of luck and let me know if anything works.

You have the same rights as everybody else. Unfortunately, as people see us both as "falangs", every time you bow, you make other "falang" life more difficult.

Buy glue for wallpaper, print big signs "no parking here". Next time someone park in front of you house, glue the sign on the car front window. It doesn't damage the car, but it's a real pain to remove. People will get the message.

For the rules, the space in front of your house belongs to you. It's common knowledge.

Wikipedia: A web-based encyclopaedia that can be updated by drunken lunatics in the middle of the night when the free porn teasers finish. Information spewed onto it can then be regurgitated as fact by people who pretend they have verified the ideas with other sources.

Same can be said about ThaiVisa ...

40 years ago we use to make fun of the products made in Japan

20 years ago they teach us what quality in manufacturing means

Nowadays Japan stand for top notch quality (when buying a TV, computer or other electronic appliances, people pay a premium for products made in Japan, not in Europe or the USA)

If you want a glimpse of what the future will bring us, just have a look at the last name of some of the "american" top scientist, most of them are from China or India, and the remaining from East Europe.