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Nah, many of you are complete jerks, plain and simple. Always ready to tear anyone apart.

Pot, Kettle & Black spring to mind?

A look at your last posts, although there haven't been many seem to put you in the same group unfortunatly.

Really? Quote me then. Show me the posts you are referring to. Other than this post saying alot of people on here are jerks I dont recall anything else.

**Meh, just went to check all my posts and didnt find a single example of tearing people apart and certainly not for little to no reason whatsoever like the people I was referring to. I do however have a "tone" when I post and sometimes try to be funny but no I do not rip into people. Tease sometimes though, but thats light hearted and obviously not the same thing as the rampant negativity on these boards.

I actually agree with you on the guys here so ready to rip someone apart. The OP could/should of asked this question after finding out if it was his son but the abuse isn't/wasn't needed towards him.

But calling them jerks is surely adding to the problem?

Also if I must quote you here are 4 of your comments that people may easily take offence to. Even if you typed them in a light hearted manner, people read things often very differently to how you ment them.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Been here for just a short bit have you?

Written because I agree with him and his viewpoint but realise that nothing will be done about it.

Voices? Do most people marry because they feel sorry for them?

This is in a thread Im trying to give him advice, whether its good advice I dont know but I am trying to help him. It was an honest question though.... many people marry for the wrong reason.

sorry to Pattaya people but it DOES attract the scum of the country. Pattaya is going to have more of the kind of people that would murder

I stand by that one, lived there myself and go there 3 times a week for work. Its not a nice place.

you are not savvy enough to even gain any benefits from upgrading

Dont see the problem here..... the whole sentence refers to not having to bother upgrading the iphone as its not needed to use all the functions.

Maybe calling alot of people jerks isnt right... thought it was a pretty mild thing to say but some of the posts against people here are truly hideous. And the worst part is, there seems to be no reason! Thats what gets me I guess.....

Nah, many of you are complete jerks, plain and simple. Always ready to tear anyone apart.

Pot, Kettle & Black spring to mind?

A look at your last posts, although there haven't been many seem to put you in the same group unfortunatly.

Really? Quote me then. Show me the posts you are referring to. Other than this post saying alot of people on here are jerks I dont recall anything else.

**Meh, just went to check all my posts and didnt find a single example of tearing people apart and certainly not for little to no reason whatsoever like the people I was referring to. I do however have a "tone" when I post and sometimes try to be funny but no I do not rip into people. Tease sometimes though, but thats light hearted and obviously not the same thing as the rampant negativity on these boards.

Hey Reimar.....not sure we're thinking of the service in the same way. I don't expect it to....and you're right that it wouldn't.....show us a site that is being blocked. What I'll use it for is when I think a site is being blocked here in Thailand....but am not sure if it is indeed being blocked or just "temporarily down for everyone in the world"........by entering in the site address at "downforeveryoneorjustme.com".....and if they say the site is working.....well, then we know it's being blocked here in Thailand.

Right?

CHEERS!

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Not exactly, it just shows that YOU can't reach the site. It's the same with YouTube. If you take a look at the YouTube thread, you'll see tah many can view the site and others not and that on the same ISP Connection. That shows that even that site isn't blocked by the ISP but unreachable for some users. But that link is good for to check the site itself is down or up.

Cheers.

RIGHT, but he still gets the answer hes looking for. If the site is working for the rest of the world and he cant access it then he knows any crappy excuses from his isp about it not being their problem is bullpoopy. That is the whole point.

Nah, many of you are complete jerks, plain and simple. Always ready to tear anyone apart. And what is this obsession with supposed trolling? Who are these masses of bridge dwellers that have nothing better to do than make up posts to "get attention"? Come on! Seems to me like liars always assume everyone else is lying too.

My experience of Pattaya is a tourist resort which can be rowdy,just like vegas,blackpool etc.In my many years of living in this resort i have never had one single problem from thais other than their terrible driving,so a few close calls only.

Most of the thai and farang population in Pattaya are so warm and friendly.

I don't know if this makes me want to laugh... or cry.

Voices? Do most people marry because they feel sorry for them? Ah well, never mind that. Guaranteed things will be worse between you when you move here.... this I can promise like a psychic. You seem to think that if things go bad you can just divorce... what Im trying to warn you about is there is often ALOT more at stake.

So it's acceptable, in your opinion? Surely Thai society should be mature enough to realise that belittling a group of people because of the colour of their skin is wrong?

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Been here for just a short bit have you?

Geriatrickid, I dont see things like you at all. Isaan more dangerous than Pattaya? Why would that be the case? Ok, Isaan hookers living with their husbands in Isaan.... or Isaan hookers living with their husbands in the pit of hel_l... hmmm which is worse. Pattaya by far in my opinion. Just being Isaan or a hooker doesnt make them bad, but Pattaya.... sorry to Pattaya people but it DOES attract the scum of the country. Pattaya is going to have more of the kind of people that would murder, so will have more murders ie. cases of wives killing husbands. Im not disagreeing with you that there might be more unstable men there and the suicide rate is higher, but the case of wives murdering husbands must surely be higher there too.

Dude: There is no excuse for her behaviour and you should have strong enough boundaries to stop her from behaving badly when your family visits. However.... it is possible that she has a secret reason and is actually maybe doing something honorable? Slight chance but maybe look into it. Maybe your brother has agressively hit on her and she doesnt want to tell you as it would hurt you? But cant help herself from disliking him and acting so. Just a wild guess in the dark in her defence.

ugh, you let your Thai wife put a wedge between you and one of your closest family members to the point he wont even visit you anymore? This is acceptable to you?

No it is not acceptable and it drives me nuts. It could end in divorce sooner or later, but I won't be jumping off a condo that's for sure I'll get her a nice little house in Thailand if we divorce and be all the more wiser and stay single if it goes that way. I have constant knots still in my stomach as to her behaviour with my brother and not eaxcatly sure why I did not have the gonads to file for divorce yet. Maybe I just feel sorry for her, but it is wearing off slowly.

Some interesting stories about crime from everyone, especailly the one with the mashetti! Glad whoever posted that one thought quick enough to run. I guess I have heard it often enough now that if I do live in Thailand, that at least I would need some sort of house security. Someone here asked me if I have ever been to Thailand and the answer is yes, once 6 years ago for 2 weeks. Only the airport taxis in Bangkok tried to rip me off, but I have to admit, there is a shady element with some of the taxi drivers at that airport.

No that was a joke... you won't be JUMPING, someone would push you. There's a high amount of mysterious farang suicides here, many seem to all "jump" from their balconys, bet alot of them had abusive controlling wives at first....... if you dont think alienating your family and keeping you isolated is abuse, look it up in Canadian law, imagine if you were doing that to your wife, pretty horrible. You seem like one of the nice falangs that is also a little naive.... I sincerely worry about you if you move to Thailand with your wife. Start researching and reading all the horror stories on this site, and dont just assume it will never happen to you.

And to answer your question: This country has plenty of violence and crime, not directed at falangs but anybody. 10 times more than you will be exposed to in Canada, which makes Canadians perfect victims because they dont realise the dangers and are too naive to take proper precautions and behave in a way as to limit their danger.

Two quick quesitons:

1. Where are iPhones made; made in only one country or at various sights around the world?

2. Is there an alternative solution for battery replacement, possibly here in Thailand, other than to return your iPhone to Apple?

Not sure about 1, there is no battery alternative but there is no problem with the battery, at least, after 1 year there is no problem with the battery, guess we will have to see down the road.

Personally I would be a bit worried about the behavior of your wife. From my experience Thai women trust you as quick as other women. Living a half year in the western world and half year in Thailand is a great mix. Good luck with what you do.

Ya I dont mean to get on this guys case but hes making excuses for an abusive wife..... saying he heard they dont trust for 20 years... crapola. They are people, good or bad. Most people will only behave as badly as YOU LET THEM. Need to have some boundaries... or perhaps we will be reading about the op "jumping" from his condo balcony in a couple of years.

ugh, you let your Thai wife put a wedge between you and one of your closest family members to the point he wont even visit you anymore? This is acceptable to you?

If "hacking" and unlocking the iphone is a big deal to some people there is absolutely no reason to upgrade the firmware and have to unlock again as you are not savvy enough to even gain any benefits from upgrading. Just unlock it once and forget about it.

They film thousands of commercials here and have thousands of castings, why bother with actual work when you can just steal pics of tourists drinking "BOOYA" juice?

If it were that easy to use pictures of people for advertising without their permission dont you think Thai people would be doing just that? ALL THE TIME?

This is interesting subject as I have somewhat of a related problem,but not exactly the same.My girlfriend has a 9 year old niece.It is a long story so I won't go into it,but the girl's mother is unable to care for her.She gave custody to my girlfriend.She calls my girlfriend Mommy and me Dad.She is a very good kid and had a very hard and sad life,and never knew her real father.The point is the girl,whi I will call Wan here,likes to hold my hand when we are in public and the problem is with all thye pedophiles and sickos around I feel very self-conscious.Maybe it is my imagination,but it seems like peoplem look at me disapprovingly,and the fact is,despite this when I see farang men with Thai children,I sometimes look at them suspiciously.

I want to make Wan feel loved and am afraid if I don't acknowledge her,she will feel rejected.On the other hand I have this problem.

In 2 years that I have been with my girlfriend,in various parts of Thailand,I never experienced any situation of people making comments when I was with her.My girlfriend says that is only because I am a very big guy and she believes they do say things which I cannot hear.If they do I do not care myself but I do care for my girlfriend as she is Thai and it is important to her what people think.But that is another subject.I just wondered if I am the only guy with a Thai child who feels this way.

There is NO problem. Do not change the affection and love you would give your ward because you worry about what others might think, dont you dare. Suck it up for the sake of the child.

RESISTANCE IS FUTILE

In Thailand you never lose your girl - you just lose your turn.

Pure genius.