billd766

10 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

Driving passengers in your vehicle is dangerous, and it degrades the nation. It is a very important job, and denying that right to a local could utterly destroy the economy. Glad the "joint task force" is focusing on such important work. They will single handedly help to increase the GDP and employment. 

Where I live in rural Thailand there ARE no taxis, motorcycle taxis, baht buses or ANY form of public transport.

On 3/9/2024 at 7:08 AM, Denim said:

I can't. 

 

Must be where you live.

I can feel a lot of it daily on this forum.

On 3/9/2024 at 6:47 AM, bob smith said:

so can I mate.

 

the xenophobes are out in full force at the moment.

 

thank god I sold my phuket condo pre covid,

what a hell hole that place has become!

 

bob.

There seem to be a few on this forum as well.

On 2/28/2024 at 7:14 PM, steven100 said:

This is the best news I've heard in 2 years since Russia invaded Ukraine illegally, killing thousands of civilians and shooting POW's in the head...

 

Go in and slaughter Russia .... go after Putin and destroy his palaces.  Destroy everything Russian.  And if Putin or Lavrov or the other puppet try to use the Nuclear tactic, tell them you'll blow Moscow of the face of the earth with a Nuclear and an Atom at the same time.   Stop cowering to this murderer. 

 

Teach Russia a lesson they'll never ever forget ....  put them back 100 yrs,  no heating,, no fuel, no electricity.

 

Let's get it on  !!

 

SOURCE :  https://www.yahoo.com/news/ukraine-russia-war-nato-eu-150248389.html

 

 

 

 

 

I like the idea, but not for the entire Russian people. For Putin and his war cabinet, yes, for the military, destroy the bases and the equipment, but try to keep the casualties low if at all possible, yes. For the general population, no, try to keep casualties to a minimum if possible.

19 hours ago, billd766 said:

I have known my Thai wife for 30 years and been married to her for 24 of them.

 

She is no longer the slim long dark haired beauty that she once was.

 

So what.

 

We have a 19 year old son and a reasonable life together, and as I get older she is  taking care of me more as my health is slowly deteriorating. If I want to know what she looked like back then, I can turn my head and look at a small photo of her, or go to the fridge and look at a bigger picture.

 

I am more than happy with my wife and would never consider replacing her with some younger and better looking woman.

 

Why would I even need to think about it?

As usual, just lately there is always some stupid person who posts (anonymously) a laughing or a confused emoji.

Perhaps it is time to bring back the names associated with emojis. I doubt if it will stop the posters, but it will identify them for other people to see and know who they are.

47 minutes ago, it is what it is said:

 

logic would suggest; decide what number is acceptable, control numbers with sterilisation and transfer excess animals to another suitable location. surely, it can;t be too difficult.

Unless you live in the "suitable location" where the excess monkeys will be moved to. Why should your location be chosen to dump their problem on?

16 hours ago, steven100 said:

 

Thailand .....  reminds me of Ring-ling bros circus ....   haha .......  they are clowns.

From "A Little Night Music sung by Dame Judi Dench (among others)

But where are the clowns
Send in the clowns
Don't bother, they're here

17 hours ago, CartagenaWarlock said:

Prudent people keep money stashed away in other countries and Switzerland, oh no, the stash spot of stolen wealth of Nazis. 

The rule of the Nazis ended in 1945, some 79 years ago. Those people who were Nazis back then would be close to 100 years old now.

Welcome to the 21st century. There may still be a few neo Nazis around, not as many as Putin would have you believe, but why would they stash their money in Switzerland?

16 hours ago, steven100 said:

Sorry. Wrong post.

 

2 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

Well, nothing ever happens in a vacuum. The reaction was intense, but it was at least to some extent prompted by ex-pats who simply do not behave themselves. Most of us treat our hosts, and our host nation with some respect. Granted I do not show much respect to the nation's leaders here on this forum, but that is a different story. They do not deserve respect. Most Thais I know feel the same way. I do show a lot of respect and kindness towards most Thais. And that is what counts. They are only asking to be treated with decency and respect. I do not think that is an unreasonable request. And I do not think most Thais are xenophobic. I have felt that before, elsewhere. Believe me, it does not feel like this.

 

I find most Thais to be kind, and hospitable, but they do not have much tolerance for foreigners who behave like total idiots, and there is nothing wrong with that. I don't either. Urs David Fehr was a complete butthead, and proved that over and over again. It is likely even his mother was thankful when he left Switzerland, and will be disappointed if he returns. Now, he may be heading back. I am hoping this publicity follows him around, wherever he goes, like white on rice. He richly deserves that. 

In response to the first part of your post.

I live in rural Kamphaeng Phet. I am 79 and walk with a stick.

Normally at my local pharmacy where I went this week the lady behind the counter normally helps me down the 2 steps. This week, a lady customer opened the door for me, and helped me down the steps. This morning at the bank where I got some money from the ATM, I had a short conversation with the couple who sell mangoes from their pickup, then a lady who works at the local daily market stopped and we had a conversation in English. She had noticed that I hadn't been around lately and asked if I was OK.

Most of the local Thais in the village are helpful and friendly, certainly to me, and probably to the few other farangs around.

Then again, this is a small rural village and not a place like Phuket, Pattaya or Bangkok which are IMO, overcrowded with tourists and farang residents, pricing the local Thais out.

We have a more relaxed and slower pace of life up here. Sure there are always the odd silly locals and farangs but people know them and avoid them wherever possible. The smiles that the local Thais give are genuine and not fake.

As for the second part of your post, I cannot give a response, simply because I am fortunate enough not to live, or even visit the areas.

On 3/7/2024 at 8:55 AM, herfiehandbag said:

Ah, a former leader of, and now an MP for the Democrats! 

 

A party that connived with the deposing of Thaksin, after he soundly beat them in an election, allowed the military to put them in government after they lost another election, and when it looked like Yingluck was going to beat them for a second time, connived to stop the election and allowed the military to take power instead.

 

I think perhaps he has a tenuous claim to the moral high ground!

IMHO, he has no claim to any morals, let alone the high ground.

On 3/7/2024 at 6:32 AM, Pouatchee said:

 

if there are protests they are hushed by the media. this new generation z is rather teflon coated and dont really seem bothered by the despotism that puke thai i really doubt anything will happen. the real generation of protesters is either too old or too comfortable to protest...

Many of the "real" generation of protesters are students and young people and a lot of them are already in jail for protesting and "allegedly"  breaking LM112 laws. THEY are the future of Thailand, and they WILL win in the end.

On 3/7/2024 at 5:49 AM, daveAustin said:

Undermine? If you’re a someone with clout in this country—and unless there’s a price on your head—the rules rarely apply. 
 

But, at least where Yingluck is concerned, she was nobbled by the army. If she goes down, so should all the illegal coup-makers. 

They ALL should go down anyway.

On 3/6/2024 at 6:29 PM, billd766 said:

If the Palestinians do that, all well and good.

 

However at the same time the Israeli's must also hand over Netanyahu, his entire war-mongering cabinet and all the generals and field commanders to the ICJ, after reminding them that the excuse "I was just following orders" is NOT a valid excuse as was clearly pointed out at the Nuremberg war trials after WW2, when the Germans were accused and quite rightly sentenced for the genocide of many of the Jewish people, along with the genocide of homosexuals, transvestites and gypsies from all over Europe.

 

The Israeli's must also give up all the land and settlements that they have built on stolen Palestinian land since 1973.

It seems as though in the responses, 1 poster gave me a thumbs up, 1 poster agrees with me and one poster is confused.

Well Mr Confused, why not respond in writing and tell me why you are confused, and I will see if I can explain it to you in a different way. Perhaps I didn't make my response clear enough.

Wise always send me an email telling me when my pensions arrive in my Wise borderless account. I transfer it the same day to my Thai Bangkok Bank account and keep track of it. Wise also send me an email telling me that my money is in the Bangkok and the time it will be available and they are rarely more than a couple of minutes off. They even tell me if it will be late due to a Thai bank holiday.

17 hours ago, Tug said:

Absolutely not I’m not ok with anyone getting slaughtered nor am I ok with Israeli families being slaughtered murdered raped burned alive nor concert goers being kidnapped raped and held for ransom…….the only way is for the Palestinians to give over to Israel ALL of the hammas criminals that brought this hideous calamity on them then use that to leverage some agreement that allows them to live and prosper …..

If the Palestinians do that, all well and good.

However at the same time the Israeli's must also hand over Netanyahu, his entire war-mongering cabinet and all the generals and field commanders to the ICJ, after reminding them that the excuse "I was just following orders" is NOT a valid excuse as was clearly pointed out at the Nuremberg war trials after WW2, when the Germans were accused and quite rightly sentenced for the genocide of many of the Jewish people, along with the genocide of homosexuals, transvestites and gypsies from all over Europe.

The Israeli's must also give up all the land and settlements that they have built on stolen Palestinian land since 1973.