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StreetCowboy
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But what if the front access is blocked?
Some people may not like to use the front access if it is "under renovation", for example. This makes the tradesman entrance a handy alternative.
Personally, I think I'd rather take matters in hand and deal with it myself.
I prefer not to go in through the out door. I've never been an outdoors sort of chap.
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People who fake Sincerity,can never be worthy of Knowing,
Really? You haven't spent much time in 3rd world sh!tholes, now have you?
Can't see your point there?
It's all about psychology. You act in a manner according to the situation if you want anything done, which includes biting your tongue and smiling like a Cheshire cat until you get what you want / need, then you can tell the wanke_rs to phuck off!!!
Psychology is more a means of understanding,not a weapon to get ones own way.I don't think you've studied it too much!
I don;t think its really about faking sincerity. THe other party does not actually care what you think. They care what THEY think. And so they need you to treat them with the appearance of respect that supports their own self-image, so that they do not lose the respect of their peers who may be watching, or worse still, their own self respect.
I appreciate that some pedagogically inclined people might feel an obligation to disillusion such self-deceivers, but given how low I hold their opinions, I am polite enough to let them hold whaterver opinion they wish.
So I always try to keep a spare smile, and polite word, if I can.
Wandering off-topic a little, but in a similar vein:
Often, I am tempted to behave obstructively to obnoxious, inconsiderate and dangerous drivers... "I'll show him - I'll stop him zipping up the inside, or whatever..."
But just because someone else is an asshol_e is no reason to drive like one yourself - and since their driving like an asshol_e tempts you to drive like one, then quite clearly how one person drives has the potential to influence others, so perhaps if you drove politely and considerately then they might copy you, rather than vice versa...
There: Now I've done my bit for the Tufty Club...
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Based on the 6 Nations broadcasts last week and this week on Astro, and the Super 15 schedule just released on Astro's web site, it appears Setanta is sub licensing some of its content to Astro, in lieu of carrying the channel.
At least for now...
Does Setanta have a channel that they could use to broadcast to us here?
I think not (but I am not familiar with the company so I don't know), and so they are doing the decent thing and licensing the content to someone that can serve us. Let's hope that Astro will carry the Superleague as well; and that McvEwans will give away free 80' to get a foothold in Asia, and that the next pope is a porn actress...
Anyway, I would have got here earlier, but I was watching a delayed telecast of the France - Scotland game... looking forward to Sunday lunch (when this weekends game from Murrayfield will be shown....)
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I dont know about the USA,but in Cities such as Dublin,London,Sydney,Auckland,Police wouldnt care.
I have seen drunks pissing up against the wall at 3am in most Cities and the cops keep driving,especially in the early hours of a weekend,they are too busy with other radio calls.Its a shame in a way because it leads to a breakdown in society but what can they do.
Cops in most Western countries are now young and not like the older ones,these younger cops dont care.
BUT having said that,you can bet your life if the thai Police had caught that guy peeing he would of been donating money.
Young people nowadays!
I'm sure most of these coppers should still be in high school.
And as for some of the kids who are doctors now!
Actually something similar happened to me. After a disappointing trip to the ATM late at night, I'd accepted the need to walk home, but it was a long walk... so I'd taken my blade out for a slash discreetly behind a shady tree (what a relief!), and a copper (there's never one when you want one, is there?) came over to castigate me for my contribution to the breakdown of society. I futilely explained my predicament and showed him my empty wallet, with not even an ATM card in it any more, and he smiled and went on his way, leaving me to do the same; he never offered to shake my hand though.
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He sounds a lot more interesting than you do.
Hehe because I dont drink and fornicate with whores eh? I don't mind the class of man that comes to this country, what I do mind is them convincing themselves they are anything other than scumbags. At the least be a man and embrace your nature without self deceit.
He was probably a blue-nosed orange basturt and recognised a fellow arrogant bigot, which is why he wanted to shake your hand; that, or maybe it was more of a wipe than a shake. He'd probably done enough shaking...
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I reckon that there is a relationship between the length of a thread, and the lack of thought that people put into their posts.
The longer the post, the less thought. Presumably because their intellect has been numbed by the dross beforehand.
I reckon that any thread that considers emotional relationships within the context of Thailand, and particularly Thai - farang relationships, will evoke a greater level of prejudice, bigotry and ill-feeling than discussions which are not related to Thailand, but not as much as any thread which discusses shortcomings of Thai business, society, behaviour or culture, or problems that farangs face when living here.
There - I've found two relationships, just based on the threads in the General forum. In my opinion, anyone who cannot find a relationship here is either not trying hard enough, or lacks the basic mathematical training to understand what a relationship is.
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Right, tea-break's over, back on your heads...
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Surely if you've been here a while you'll know that the marked price in Burger King is just the initial 'asking price', and surely you can usually haggle a good 50 baht or so off that? More, if you offer to pay cash.
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And, of course, the staff will usually agree to meet you later for no charge if you ask nicely.
If I'd known that I'd have said 'please', instead of having to pay...
No, seriously, the conversation went like this:
Me: Whopper Meal please
Server: 250 baht
Me: 150 for cash?
Server: Do you want to step outside?
I declined, as he was not my type...
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Surely if you've been here a while you'll know that the marked price in Burger King is just the initial 'asking price', and surely you can usually haggle a good 50 baht or so off that? More, if you offer to pay cash.
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The international fixture lists are out now - Thailand are fortunate to be hosting Division II again...
Some of the Five Nations games will be televised
but I don't know who has the broadcast rights in Thailand.
I decided my wallet and my liver could not afford the HK Sevens this year, and I hate to go without them, so no HK trip for another year...
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Most prostitutes sell their eyebrows, along with their pubic hair and armpit hair to wig-makers, who have to blend a mixture of hair to get just the right texture for their wigs.
FACT.
Hence the Merkin.
Thank you for helping expand my vocabulary.
Now I know what "Fanny Fashions" in Mody Square, Tsim Sha Tsui sells.
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Bu99er, I thought this was going to be about curvy Western ladies
... the courage to change the things that I can...
Personally, I think the Western ladies in Singapore are more attractive than the Western ladies in Bangkok. Westerners in Bangkok tend to be too casually dressed for my tastes, while the SIngapore climate makes for less heavy dressing than HK
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Sorry mate, my internet's been down ofr a couple of days, so I don't want to hang around in the house
I'll move on elsewhere...
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Thai women are very friendly are quite open minded from what I heard. So it should not be that hard to strike up a conversation with them. At least that is what I heard. But since I am not that good looking I am a little unsecure to do this as my experiences in the West were not so good.
Save this post. Put it up on your wall. After you come to Thailand it will be a constant source of amusement to you.
The thing is --- his first post in the thread claims he has lived here 7 years.
mstribling --- things just are not adding up.
Watch out watch out the auditor's about!
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I actually thought his post was the most subtle and understated piece of humour I have read on here since UlyssesG more or less had me call myself illiterate.
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Interesting thought from lovelomsak...
" I honestly feel marrying a thai women is a waste of time and money. I am sure some guys will come on and tell stories of what great wives they have but who knows next year maybe they will be the guys on here saying how they got cheated and scammed."
I can't help but smile because you have a very sad opinion about Thai-Foreigner marriage, which is also why you want to live alone for the rest of your life. Marriage is a commitment, partnership and most importantly team-work. Unless these elements are present, every marriage regardless it is inter-cultural or not, will eventually lead to failure. I read some article that says divorce in UK and US are increasing every year and to be honest, the rate of divorce in the West are way way way much higher than anywhere in the world!!
Loving and marrying a person is a personal choice not a chance and definitely not out of lust!!
xoxo
He seems to place a very high value on time and money, as well. I wonder what he hopes to achieve with his marriage? Surely, the more time it takes, the better? And what else would you spend your money on than your loved ones. I'm glad I'm not married to him - though to be fair, that is not purely on the strength of the quoted post...
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I was out in the local shopping centre today, casting smiles to all and sundry, with never a cheery response, which I attribute to being two days' unshaven.
Sure enough, this evening, a much better response. I got a bit of a ticking-off for it though... its just unconscious for me now.
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It doesn't annoy me as much as mis-spelling does
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As you will all be aware, Supersports from South Africa has ceased on cable within Thailand. Coverage of S14 was great but now all we will get is some games on Australia Network.
I want to subscribe to a live streaming service for S15, and probably RWC as well. so I would like to know of any that are available, without using a proxy. Foxtel in Aus had one last season, but was restricted to within Australia.
Any other alternatives?
Will the Six Nations be on any of the other channels?
The Astro schedule for next weekend is not on line yet... though a search on rugby picks up the European Nations Cup games on Eurosport on 6 Feb. probably not a good sign...
Ha Ha - perseverence pays off in the end...Astro Supersport and Supersport 2 comes up trumps.
Any pubs in Bangkok show these channels?
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...That will show him.
Oh no! What have you done with all the urine sample bottles?
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You're mental.
Oh no I'm not, you're mental.
No, you're mental.
Oh no, you're the one who's mental.
No, you're the mental one.
I see we have a classic battle of wits emerging here.
You're half right...
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It's got to be the Clangers, without a doubt.
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:cheesy: Round here, we normally use a 'thumbs up' to indicate agreement...
Anyway, thanks for the support
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It's got to be the Clangers, without a doubt.
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Funny, I think like the OP I'm not looking for a relationship, just polite acknowledgment, common courtesy from one Foreigner to another in a Foreign land...personally I have no friends here, I never will as drinking beer and whoring has lost its thrill, talking sports is like eating razor blades and actually sitting down to talk about the country we now reside in and how our wives love us is really a grinder...so all in all a polite hello won't hurt you and if you blow me off then I'll just sulk for a couple of days, pick myself up and drive on.
by the way I am high speed and specialI'm really sorry that drinking and whoring has lost its thrill. But lucky that it did before the troubles started to pile up, as they did for my mates Scratch, Sniff and Skinflint.
You could talk to people about the impact of healthcare dynamics on actuarial statistics, or the relative merits of taxes and subsidies on fuel, or classical Greek literature, or anything else you chose to broach. So long as you could avoid your condescending and arrogant tone - perhaps if you affected a foreign accent, that would help hide it....
"I am high speed and special" - that sounds like one of my gallon non-sequitors, that does. I've got no idea what it means, especially coming after the burkha smiley. A female suicide bomber? If so, I would recommend writing your memoirs speculatively...
Don't worry, I won't blow you off, though there might be others here that would...
I'd recommend dusting yourself down between picking up and driving off or on (I suppose that's the difference between golf and rugby). You might also want to straighten out, and lock in.
Enjoy the driving
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This little nugget again is it. For the newbies; not all farang here are sound of mind, in fact there are some real screwballs knocking around and it may be in your interest to avoid being buddy-buddy with everyone.
Speak for yourself, mate...
I'm as sane as the next man, depending on who I am stood beside.
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OP:
...i like where i live besides this one huge problem
i believe most every time i asked them to fix something
they either did not do it,
did not do it correctly,
i had to do it myself,
had it redone myself,
only lead to more problems later when they did it,
or some kind of combination of these...
OK. Seems fair enough, You like where you live, Maintenance is not very good,
How high on your list of priorities is maintenance?
If its low, then are you just grizzling to get something off your chest?
If it's high, then are you just fantasizing about somewhere out your budget when you say "...I like where I live..?"
Anyway, thanks very much for reminding me what I pay for.
I don't pay for space
I don't pay for address *1
I don't pay for facilties *2
But the service is top notch
- Oh happy days !
I guess we can most of us say that if we are not skinflints
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*1 although as it happens, it is very convenient
*2 although the facilities are better than minimal
Anyway, to get back to the OP; if it is helpful, I am laughing,.,, oh that takes me back to a night in the Teviot Student Union...happy days!
Maybe you cound do better spending more time reminiscing?
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by the way I am high speed and special
Morgage But Cant Afford To Pay
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THere may be unforseen consequences in the future; I imagine that your wife is Thai (possibly an over-vivid imagination) and therefore you or she might choose to come back here from time to time. It would be surprising, but even more so distressing, to find yourself clapped in irons for outstanding debts at the airport. So I would recommend taking professional advice, rather than relying on anonymous strangers.
I always recommend this, when people are proposing doing something illegal... and I am not sure where the boundary is between civil and criminal in your case...
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