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Sure it's good to know who your mother is but she would have moved on with her life and probably has more kids with another man, Jeffery's 1/2 brothers or sisters. She might also ask Jeffery for financial support which would burden Jeffery even more. "The emotional search intensified when Jeffrey's father was diagnosed with cancer. During his father's final days, Jeffrey and his brother visited him daily. Jeffrey asked, "Do you want to see your mother one last time?" But his father remained silent and passed away without closure." I believe they meant "my mother" instead of the father's mother.

Good luck "educating" those Thais! You will only have another 71,801,279 more to go! And that's it really it isn't it -you have the ability to change your behaviour but trying to change the behaviour of others is an endless, and exhausting, story. That's why a public relations campaign is required to "mass educate".

The pedestrian crossing that Dr Waraluck "Kratai" Supawatjariyakul died on while hit by a policeman (out of uniform) who was riding a "superbike" is right in front of my Condo. Kratai used to live in the same building. That crossing now has traffic lights to stop traffic while you cross. Pedestrian crossings in Thailand do not have the same "road rules" as in western countries. Stand at a pedestrian crossing without traffic lights in Thailand waiting to cross and it's up to motorists to decide whether they want to stop or not. Overseas it is commonly compulsory, by law, to stop. And in Thailand, even if a car, or cars have stopped there's always the chance a motorcyclist comes whizzing though those stationary cars. My attitude in Thailand while crossing a road in Thailand is always give way to motorists whether your at a pedestrian crossing or not. If you don't do this you may be the party to lose out, maybe with your life.

Probably. The extent "digital nomads" will go to making fake claims/videos, lies, to get those view counts and therefore $$$

It's never worked for me and I speak fluent Thai, have a pink government Thai ID card and Thai drivers license. I have also worked in Thailand for 25 years paying Thai government tax (that gets used for maintaining national parks...) in all that time. Nope! I need to show them a Thai National ID card (บัตรประจำตัวประชาชน) otherwise I pay the "farang" rate.

Shocking behaviour. My guess is that the driver of the green-plate taxi thought the ambulance turned on their siren just to get though the traffic and this was not an emergency case. Many ambulance drivers tend to be fairly liberal when they use their sirens and it is not unknown for emergency vehicles to use "their privilege" to wantonly to get through heavy traffic in non-emergency cases. A case of familiarity that has bred contempt. Living near 6 Bangkok hospitals within a 3km radius, nary a day goes by without me hearing a loud wailing ambulance siren that does not get turned off even when it is stuck in traffic due to a red traffic light. In other countries there are signs to prohibit use of sirens or make loud noises when near a hospital.

That only one building in Bangkok collapsed may be partly due to the fact that it was still being constructed and that high rise construction in Bangkok is largely sound and buildings there are designed to withstand moderately sized earthquakes. Newly poured concrete never stops curing. It continues to get stronger as time goes on. It takes at least 2 months for concrete to reach a strength where you can start building on top of it, longer in very hot weather. I've heard also that the collapsed building was designed and built by the Chinese "The Only Building to Collapse in Bangkok’s Earthquake Was Built by China"

Oh I read it alright but knowing how things "get reported" is typically is not what really happened and/or is propaganda. I guess you're the type of person who believes EVERYTHING you read in a newspaper. yaaaawnnnnnn "

Yeah, well, the Zionist Israelis for sure! After 32 years living in Thailand I've certainly noted more negative issues cropping up with Israelis than Thai transgenders. Back in 1989 the Thai guest house I stayed at on Khao Sarn Rd was always "full" when an Israeli asked if there were any rooms available. They didn't want to deal with the hassle that they were pretty sure would come. Thailand being one of the few SE Asian countries to let Israelis in means a lot of the riff-raff come here. As for this skirmish at Phuket I'm surmising that an Israeli said and/or did something disrespectful to a transgender who maybe already on edge given some farang attitudes towards this type of person (just read some of the comments on this thread!). Sure I get catcalls from ladyboys sometimes but pass it off in good humor -never give back a nasty retort or get physically violent.

Well I've seen plenty of Indians defecate in public in India but there is a lack of toilets there but at an airport no excuse by anyone at all! By-the-way he surely can multitask -urinate and play on his mobile phone at the same time.

Much of this air pollution is from rice farmers burning their rice straw after a harvest when the straw is dry - aka the hot season. Three rice harvests per year can be done in certain parts of Thailand. The ashes return nutrients to the soil. Rice farmers are generally poor so government edicts that make their lives more difficult are often ignored. Should the government collect the straw for free and compost it returning the compost back to the farmers for free? Thai Jasmine rice is a major export earner for Thailand.

I know homosexuality is certainly genetically related. I'll believe it's environmentally related when the science on it is done. Not holding my breath!

Lao khao เหล้าขาว (Thai) or ເຫຼົ້າຂາວ (Laotian) translated into English is "white spirit" and distilling in Thailand must be licensed under the Criminal Activities Act which was introduced in the 1950s. This regulation was passed after a spate of lao khao of poor quality being produced, which resulted in methanol related poisoning. The methanol was produced as a by-product of the spirits reacting with tin and aluminium stills used. The metals were switched out with stainless steel when the Thai government took over all distilleries by 1960. Not sure what the story is in Lao.

Probably miscommunication. Did the Arabs know they had to vacate the court if they lost or was it just assumed they understood the Thai team's rules? And what team were using the court first? If the Arab team then why follow the "rules" of the Thai team that came later? I doubt both teams arrived at the same time.

No you don't actually need a Pink ID card but it can be helpful. How? 1. You can get the cheaper Thai price at some establishments. 2. Use the Pink ID card as ID for your Thai bank accounts as the this ID is valid for 10 years whereas your passport (and passport number) change when your passport is full and you get a new one. Saves the hassle of keeping all your old passports for use as ID when dealing with a Thai bank in which you opened an account with years ago with an old passport. As for the Thai Social Security for those that paid into the system when they worked here, you elected what public hospital annually you would prefer to be treated by for "free" if something happened to you. Upon retirement in Thailand you can elect to A) receive a Thai pension paid monthly or, B) retain all the hospital benefits that you had when you worked in Thailand by paying only THB432/month. Hospitalization is also "free". So it serves as very cheap health insurance. Note that it will be a Thai public hospital and not a private one.