Ulysses G.

On August 23, 2017 at 1:45 AM, thaibeachlovers said:

I once read an article in Playboy ( many moons ago before it became PC ) that the reason the Vietnam war went on so long was because Americans were infatuated with Vietnamese women.

I have no idea whether that is true or not, but if they are better looking than Thai women I could see it playing a part.

IMO, Vietnamese women have better bodies, but Thai women have prettier faces. Of course, I am generalizing. 

8 hours ago, bberrythailand said:

 

If you could use internet for something else but facebook you would know that it's obviously the truth.

 

Pigs are dirty animals and are injected automatically antibiotics from the day they are born, and they also have many diseases.

 

 

You need to learn the difference between your own ill-conceived opinions and actual facts. 

The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions.

-Leonardo da Vinci
 

8 hours ago, bberrythailand said:

 

 

Sorry but USA is not a reference about any kind of food ! ... oh sorry, yes, maybe about hamburgers :-)

 

I guess that in USA chicken never see the sun also, but it seems that you don't know :-)

 

 

Sounds like you don't know anything about the USA or food. There is all kinds of free range and organic meat, but it does not usually taste any better than some of the more commercial stuff - it is just more expensive and pretentious. 

Five Star is the place I used a lot in Thailand - very tasty and convenient.

Richard Barrow must be somewhat newly famous in Thailand. I have never heard of him. 

What ever happened  to notstickman? He caused a lot of trouble for a while. 

I like both fans and aircon, depending on how hot it is. I almost always have a fan on, but in hot season use both. 

22 hours ago, Ace of Pop said:

Cop studied my Driving License for a while, then another Cop turned it the right way up for him .?
 

That happened to me with my passport going from Cambodia to Vietnam - only the guy never turned it over. He obviously had no idea what it said. That was back in the early 90s when Cambodia was still really wild. 

When I had a business, a farang flashed some of the shop-girls. We had CCTV, but his back was to the camera. We called the police and they refused to arrest him, because we had no pictures of his actual weeny. 

There are two good things about living in Southern California, the weather - not oppressively hot like Thailand - and good, reasonably prices hass avocados. I try to eat a half of one pretty much every day of the week and never get bored. I rather live in Thailand though. 

On July 2, 2017 at 11:41 PM, Berkshire said:

A farang who lives in Thailand typically pays the local price, whereas the farang tourists does not.  There are exceptions, but I wouldn't lose sleep over it. 

I used to feel sorry for the hill tribes in Chaing Mai. They got charged more than me, because they did not understand the system. It is not only farangs that get overcharged. Bangkok Thais do too. 

16 hours ago, impulse said:

I can't speak for the classic death traps, and I'll never use the sticky paper again- too cruel for me.

 

I understand about the sticky paper, but it worked much better than the other kinds for me. The rats are smart enough to figure out other types of traps pretty quickly and avoid them. I sprinkled a few peanuts on the glue and it would always  work. The main negative is that I felt sorry for them and you have to kill them yourself. I don't see the point of just moving them somewhere else. 

They used to be around Hoan Kiem Lake and a few blocks South, but that was almost 20 years old when I lived there for a while. They used to have some great little shops with goodies imported from France too. 

I used to shop mostly at one stall and they would always recommend the good stuff. However, even in America, a lot of fruit is not that great. Much of it is picked green and never ripens properly and has the wrong texture or is not that sweet. 

On June 25, 2017 at 4:26 AM, tutsiwarrior said:

 

in Thailand they brutalize the nasty ingredients with strong spices to get them to taste good...in Japan they got good ingredients and the preparation is designed to enhance the natural flavor...

 

itsa shame, haven't had any good japanese food since I left California...once had a jap restaurant around the corner and ate there 3 times a week...never got tired of the stuff...

 

 

The best Japanese restaurant I've ever eaten at was on Irving street in San Francisco 40 years ago. Boy do I miss that place. I have been to Japan, but that was before Google, so not sure how good the restaurants I ate at were. They were on the low end price-wise, so probably not that good. 

45 minutes ago, garrya said:

Seriously, what is Japanese "food"?

Much prefer Japanese to Thai food. Tempura, teriyaki, sushi, ramen, etc. - LOVE the stuff. 

5 hours ago, JHolmesJr said:

As an equal opportunity monger, I've gone up to 50-55…..you don't know what you're missing.

 

 

 

I don't want to know what I am missing. You are welcome to that lot. 

I think it is mostly an acquired taste. It took me about 20 years to REALLY like them, although I enjoyed a small taste before then a few times a year. The smell does not bother me now as I equate it with something that tastes good.

13 hours ago, Birdman said:

My parents complained about the music I heard, the clothes I wear, my long hair, about my friends, with whom I hitchhiked through Europe, Asia and Australia. I never complained about the things my 21 year old daughter has and does, but inside me I would say, she could be more Jack Kerouac. 

Kerouac died a sad drunk, but he sure had fun in his younger days.

The bank should be able to wire you money to a bank account here, but you still have to get it out. Do you have anyone you trust to help you if you need it?

The beautiful, feminine, available girls are number one, but the charismatic people, natural beauty and so on help too.

Air condition the whole place. It is perfect besides that.

3 minutes ago, Damrongsak said:

I have a single-point tattoo.  When I was a kid, I dropped a pencil and tried to catch it between my legs.  Still have a dot from the graphite there.

Me too. In first grade, I was tapping the girl in front of me on the head with a pencil and she threw her head back and buried in in my palm. To this day, there is a dull black dot there. I can still get a job though.