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And what is it with the amount of toilet paper my girlfriend gets through. I thought the wonderful jet wash would do away with the need to use quite so much.

They use it to dry their lady parts after the spritzing.

They need it for all the rubber stamps, can't stamp a computeerr screen.

Douwe egberts is a step up from instant and often the only decent coffee available in remote locations but in the vicinity of larger cities there are much better local alternatives available.

Yes, I would tend to agree. In Australia I would have put it in that category . I brought it once out of desperation and was really impressed. Not sure of the origin etc, not info much on the pack.

It appears to be packaged in Thailand, Thai labelling.

It certainly isn't the same as that brand in Australia.

And the price is fantastic.

I don't think Douwe Eggs is packaged in Thailand, they probably have different labels to stick on the bricks for different countries. They are owned by Sara Lee, one of the world's largest food conglomerates. The red label "special" is much better than the blue label "not special".

In the post I made about Ratika I meant to say it is distributed by Hillkoff. If you can find it, try it, very strong taste so I use less than I normally would.

In my time here there have only been bloodless coups. When was the last time the Thai people took to the street to fend off a coup attempt? (I'm asking a question, not making a point.)

Not making a point, but making a point anyway, some people believe in defending democracy, others not so much.

Douwe egberts is a step up from instant and often the only decent coffee available in remote locations but in the vicinity of larger cities there are much better local alternatives available.

I have switched to Ratika , from Hillkoff , whole beans in a wide variety of roasts for the amazing price of 145B for 500 grams. The bag says Thai coffee manufactured by Chao Thai Pu Kao. To mee it tastes better than coffee sold at twice the price.

Have heard good things about the practice of falun gong (similar to tai chi chuan) are ther any groups practicing in public areas where I might learn more?

When Thais become violent we call it Thainess.. now that a German slaughtered a whole family do we call it Farangness ?

I would call it a gross overreaction to her "Thainess". .....she was unfaithful and most likely planning on ?

^^^ sexist, not racist.

Haha WonderWand, you aint seen nothin yet ... you sure do complain alot.

Im repeating myself now but a small bunch of bananas were 59 baht in tesco today. I can buy them cheaper in Sweden where they have sailed half way around the world first. Can some one explain this?

I can explain it, Tesco knows someone may spend that, (you?) and they have aircon and big staff etc. Find a big fat hand of nanners at a roadside stand, 25-30 baht... but no aircon. I bought a half kilo of cherry tomatoes today at the talatt, the lady apologised for being so expensive, 30 baht.

Sticky glue pads are incredibly good. Only discovered them recently.

Their legs get stuck, then their body and then even the tail.

The more they struggle the more they get stuck and its so good to hear them squeal when removing them by the tail with pliers.

Hate rats and mice. Filthy beasts.

I wouldn't make a good Buddhist.

Cheese isn't as good as the Tom and Jerry cartoons made out to be. Its a myth.

A small bit of peanut butter is great and stays put, especially in the middle of the cardboard sticky traps and ordinary rat/mouse traps.

Rather lacking in the good human dept. also.

I have had good luck with the metal cage traps, using a bit of fried pork rind as bait, usually took them to a wooded area for release, or you can just drop the trap in a bucket of water to end their life, i used to do this when raising turtles, toss the body in the pond they would eat every bit.

statistics, anyone have any?

Tired of Thai bash, let's US and UK bash? ....

rat

^^ I don't have a photo and don't know the name in pasa Thai or Dai, but here is a description, they come in a long twisted pod, the beans are spaced about 2cm apart. The pod up to about 40cm long, the pod is not eaten, they look like lima beans very common in the south. very tasty.

^^^ I live in Chiang Mai, a farm province so the situation is different, We usually have 3 varieties of cherry tomatoe available, quite good, piles of greens of many varieties. Much more choice than at a western supermarket. I buy mostly from an "organic" vendor but I am skeptical. I have lived on Koh Tao and the situation was different, wilted vegies and not much variety. Each region has it's specialties, I really like the tree beans that come in a long pod , they are used in curries and stir fries, a very southern thing ,rare in the north.

Complain about vegetables and post a pic of fruit?

From your comment I see you either have poor eyesight or are not familiar with how Thai tomatoes look... They do not look like the European species.

The fruit in your photo is similar to the Roma variety of tomatoe, meaty and good for cooking, and making sauce, I like the cherry tomatoe varieties for salads and eating raw. One of my favorite fruits.

Thailand also has many good vegetables but i agree that pesticide residue is a concern. The only veggies I buy at the supermarket are arugala and radiccio, and sometimes spinnach.

I buy almost all of my other veggies and fruits such as chilis, eggplant, okra and avocado at the fresh market.

Complain about vegetables and post a pic of fruit?

Sorry to break the news but skull size and brain size are unrelated

A normal brain will fill the brain cavity of the skull, so yes, big skull big brain.

Big Hat.

Are you two for real?

perhaps they are ghosts?

Mr. and Mrs pee bop?

^^^ A bit confused now, is this latest post on the jeab1980 account from Mr. Jeab (defending the honour of his poor tirak) or is Jeab a man?

I fail to see how you can defame the character of an equally anaon poster. This may all be trolling anyway but it is a bit of interesting culture clash. I assume from Jeabs nic. that she is a 36 year old woman with the emotional level of a 16 year old which leads me to believe she is authentic.

It is unfortunate she is fixated on the belief held by some here that it is "child abuse" to indoctrinate a child in baseless beliefs but it is "normal" here so... whatever, I hope she and Mr. Jeab can calm down and rejoin the conversation without becoming overly emotional.

Hopefully she or he will not resort to "black magic" against us... or maybe that would add another bit of fun?

It has been an interesting topic. The input from a local female demonstrates the cultural differences clearly, back when her beliefs are first questioned she sees that as confrontational and immediatly wants to block the questioner (remind you of any past girlfriends?). She then feels the need to defend her "culture" against foreign ridicule without addressing the questions. This is quite interesting as her English skill is high so she must (?) be familiar with farang style, and she is posting on a primarily farang website. The more she is challenged, the more her emotions overrule her intelect.

I am interested to know if she really feels there are ghosts on the roof and if they are really scared away by rocks.

These traditions seem rather fun if taken in the spirit of "we used to think there were ghosts" so now we do it for traditional reasons... maybe in the future when education improves.

Though not "child abuse", teaching kids this nonsense does impede their ability to learn the sciences...as demonstrated by some of the pronouncements by the local scientific, medical and political community there is a strong bias toward superstition exhibited.

Yes, no pom pam. No critical thinking, no questioning culture to make progress, this is part of the charm of living in the kingdom. That childlike quality is adorable...until you see the negative impacts, oh well T.I.T ...smile.

Christopher Hitchens was soaked in Black Label whisky ...and he did quite well debunking religion and superstition, so whisky soaked should not be an insult to atheists.