WinnieTheKhwai

There is no precedent in the history of manking when writing and rewriting constitutions, staging military coups, setting up Asset examination committees,

Sure there is; Burma, Zimbabwe... Perhaps Thailand aspires to that level? They've had one desastrous coup against a popular leader.. If they can do it against Thaksin they can do it against anyone and most certainly Samak / PPP.

I enjoy the many avatars that are both creative and technically well done. I have never taken a dislike to any poster for the content of their posts, much less their avatar...

Thank you; I do take pride in mine; a custom design for this site!

As it was an International License he should have told them to keep it and just get a new one back home.

...Which costs more than 600 baht...

Well, go check it out then already. Bangkok has taxis right.. Jump in and bring a camera; some pictures would help this topic along.

A friend of ours just called us to say he saw our son on a billboard in Yommarat, he stopped his car because he was so excited and he was sure it was our son but we never done a photo shoot with CP so what can we do about this?

You could find out for yourself first if it is indeed your son before parading around Thaivisa on high heels and feathers in your tiara.

(Typically getting anything on a billboard means a very high resolution image; those don't happen without photo shoots.)

And all kids look alike.

Grace Hotel and surrounds.

Half full aircraft should mean discounted seats,

No, that's history.

These days, half-full aircraft means that a flight is taken out, with the passengers moved a day later or earlier to make up a full aircraft.

Flying half full planes is a thing of the past.

I have read that Thailand is self-sufficient in rice.

Um, a lot more than self-sufficient; Thailand is a major rice exporter. Thailand is the Saudi Arabia of Rice.

On an up-country village level, Thailand is self-sufficient for just about anything except fuel. Especially for food of course, though a case could be made that rising fuel/energy costs will affect everything.

Still, it hasn't been THAT long ago that people didn't HAVE a lot of the things that depend the most on energy and foreign trade, so the knowledge and experience is there to go back; Anyone up-country over age 40 most definitely remembers how to handle a buffalo.

No worries. How did that claim of one of the historical kings of Sukhothai go.. As long as there is rice in the fields and fish in the sea...

What are the chances of us adopting a luek Kreung baby?

I'd say that greatly depends on which particular two krueng backgrounds make up the whole. While for example Wester-Japanese would be the hardest to find, there might be more opportunities for Khmer-Isan, or Hilltribe-Thai.

Have you though about sperm donation? IMO if your wife really wants a child & you are unable but want a half thai one then finding a suitable farang donor would be quicker

Where do I sign up?

Almost no one is here only for sex, but the flirting and attention from females and certain knowledge that sex is available if they want it is the main attraction that brings them here and keeps them here. There are beaches all over the planet. What keeps all these guys going to these particular beaches?

And that sums it up very well. I'd say this question has been answered.

No one learns Thai just so they can read a menu, it's an undertaking to say the least.

Well, yes, but the larger question is "is one comfortable being effectively illiterate". There's a lot of texts that are in Thai where a person would benefit hugely from a basic level of literacy; not talking about books and newspapers, but basic signage and indeed menus. A step up from there would be short notes & emails. Menus are an enticing challenge actually because it's a very finite set of words that you'd have to know to be able to make sense of it. (Dish names, ingredients and methods-of-cooking basically.). Then given that Thai is written pretty much just like English, Greek or Russian (i.e. with a fixed alphabet representing phonetics) and that written language and spoken language match each other a lot more consistently than, say, English, it's not beyond anyone really to make the effort.

Re "Lose face" -->

Note that this is of course not a particularly grave scenario, but in general it must be understood that the 'loss of face' can be on the part of the other party, in this case the waitress when it's shown that she doesn't speak English and/or is unable to communicate with a customer. (Other mechanisms at work here are that the waitress is in a lower position compared to the customer, and any problem or issue would therefore be her fault. )

Re "normally in this situation, i just ask for a chicken curry"

So what dish would that be then in Thai.. There are dozens of curries that might have chicken in them. If this is a restaurant without an English menu and (likely) not aiming for the tourist trade, then they will also not know which dish is typically meant in tourist restaurants with "chicken curry". (For reference, that would be 'kaeng garee kai', a.k.a. yellow chicken curry, a.k.a. indian chicken curry, or combinations thereof)

I think the original poster is WAY out of line with this.

1: No harm or ill will was intended on the part of the person making the comment. Not having intimate knowledge of all medical conditions is not a crime. If anything, she/he spoke out because of care and concern about your daughter. The world needs more people showing care and concern.

2: Instead of educating the person about your daughters condition, you choose to whine about it on an internet forum. That is not very productive.

3: The topic title is very offensive.

Honestly it all says a lot more about the original poster than about the incident, or indeed the person making the comment.

What a decent and honest comment, hats off to you for being "above board.

I agree. ESPECIALLY if this is the result of a gossip mill then education / information is the best cure against ignorance. What else would you propose, being nasty in any way? That'll do your standing in the local gossip circle (=society) a whole lot of good...!

It's good to see the majority of people here support democracy and a democratically elected government. The PAD have no plans or ideas for the future of Thailand. They are all about turning Thais against eachother and supporting their own hidden agendas. Let's hope stability continues and there isn't another damaging coup.

Actually I would think (hope, expect) a far higher percentage to agree to that! It's amazing there's even room for debate on this..

That's amazing!! I love this season.