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7 hours ago, CharlieH said:

House services / builders /repais etc

Any Store (that doesnt display prices)

Csr/bike services

Hospitals / Dentist / Vet

 

Just about anything that involves cash that doesnt have a ticketed displayed price I find an attempt is made to extract more money if you are not Thai.

 

 

 

 

That's about right.

One time though, i had the satisfaction to see a couple, probably from Bkk, being overcharged at the local mom&pop store.

17 minutes ago, superal said:

I am quoting Thai law and not my opinion . The finger of guilt could be pointed at the dog owner , the guardian of the girl,  the local neighborhood  and authorities who fail to address the soi dog problem .

If I had been the parent the death of the dog would be my first action and probably not the last .

Well, i think the parents have to share part of the guilt too.

While is good for the little children to enjoy a lot of freedom, the parents should be reasonably sure that the environment is safe.

I think from 0 to 6/7 years of age a child is not responsible, the parents have to carry 100% of the responsibility.

I wouldn't sanction them anyway, the loss of the poor child is painful enough.

Pathetic excuses, what a psycho.

7 minutes ago, DrTuner said:

Could you guys add something like for/against in your posts? Hard to see who's on which side with all the froth flying around.

I'm flying above the flying froth, all considered, it's very reasonable.

1 hour ago, secondfusilier said:

 

I have a set of high end clippers and self crop my hair monthly but I cannot get a cut as good as hers.

Maybe if I tried struggling with myself during my haircuts I would get a better result. 

Why not contact the Iranians, guess the guy needs some extra money now

Seriously, the girl could have spent half an hour with a hairdresser before taking the pictures.

17 minutes ago, dinsdale said:

If you move your phone around this is what you get. Stationary object appears to move.

Yes, when i'm very drunk and take videos, i get very similar results.

27 minutes ago, kannot said:

You can see the past but you cant see the future

But, but..If you know the past, you can foresee the future. History repeats.

2 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

Did you open the link? 

 

It shows the crushed can, a huge mess on the floor and tidemarks through the paint...  

 

Its pretty obvious the can was driven over and burst, highlighted by the even splatter and paint shadow below the wing mirror. 

Ha ! Thanks for the heads-up, i stand corrected :))

12 minutes ago, Galactus said:

if this was an Ex American or British boyfriend, i am sure many here will be questioning the story of the Thai girlfriend.

But bc the guy was Iranian, no questions! Bc he is from Iran and it is a bad place and they are all bad people?

No, you are prejudiced. and this is followed by nonsense generalizations plus discriminating comments.

shame.

 

I never heard that Iranians were all saints.

5 minutes ago, Catoni said:

Lots of degrees letters behind one’s name is no guarantee of honesty and high moral standards. 

     All those letters do is get you your first job. 

 

    Remember it was not long ago, relatively, that almost all scientists in the world claimed (“consensus”) that the continents did not move, and were fixed in place. In elementary school in the 1950’s we were still taught that it was only coincidence that it looked like Africa and Europe and North America and South America might have once been joined together. 

Agree on the first part of your post.

In the 60s we were told that S.America and Africa were once united, i never took it for granted, and apparently they are still debating about that.

3 minutes ago, simoh1490 said:

Since you are not a scientist perhaps it's best to take for granted that what people who are scientists say is true, unless of course you don't trust anyone or anything, in which case there's no point in enjoining any debate on any subject.

Nope, i don't take for granted what people who call themselves scientists say.

Of course a degree of trust is necessary to enjoy a debate, as you say, still i prefer to remain very skeptical about a few things.

2 minutes ago, simoh1490 said:

If you're calling all the science on climate change propaganda you need to work on thinking more deeply.

Well, it seems that 'science' has been used as a propaganda instrument in the past.

We are not all scientists.

Data can be easily manipulated by the powers that be.. and so on

1 minute ago, lkv said:

Yeah all the bellboy had to do is ask meter/no meter until he found the 3rd taxi himself.

 

I'd expect that from a 5 star hotel, to hire bellboys intelligent enough to do so. If they don't, it's the hotel's fault in recruiting.

But you should not tell them, otherwise they lose face

5 minutes ago, Catoni said:

Well apparently, something to do with Quantum Mechanics/Physics....reality consists of multi-verses. Universes without end. And we already exist in some of them, as well as this one.

   It’s been a while since I read about it. I should spend some time and learn the latest in the subject. 

     Funny how Theravada Buddhism seems to have no big problem with Quantum Mechanics/Physics. 

yep, maybe we are a bit off topic, but in the end we should not worry too much for climate change, as long as we practice self awareness.

It was GPS fault, case closed.

4 minutes ago, seancbk said:

I grew up in Hong Kong, lived there 35 years and so grew up with the concept of face.   To me face is about many things, the simplest is not making someone look foolish especially in front of other people.   That applies when you and the other person are the same age and social level.   

A more serious loss of face would be when the other person is older or your superior, so for example you would never question instructions or ideas put forward by your boss, even if you thought he was wrong.  Doing so would make him lose face you would result in your career hitting a roadblock.

Losing your temper is a loss of face for you, as it makes people around you embarrassed for your lack of self control.

There are certain losses of face that don't bother me and others that I take very seriously.  It depends on the situation.

The nuances of face are complex, but not limited to Asian countries.  In the West most people subconsciously try to avoid making other people look stupid, or doing things that make themselves look stupid.




 

Good post.

As you say, the nuances of face are complex, and there are probably lots of grey areas.

I guess that living in Asia makes one, slowly but steadily, more and more 'face' conscious.

4 minutes ago, Catoni said:

     The Sun will eventually go Nova and reduce the Earth to not much more than a melted over lump of iron and rock.

  But even before that.... in only about 500 million years... the Sun will increase in temperature enough that it will be too hot on Earth for life. 

   We neet to develope Interstellar and Integalactic space travel before then.  Or perhaps ways to "jump" to other alternate universes capable of sustaining our form of life.

You mean parallel universes ?

26 minutes ago, seancbk said:

 

If a taxi that doesn't want to use it's meter drives upto the 5 star hotel, do you think that is the fault of the bell boy?

How would he know that "all taxis around here don't do meter"?   

You must have very high blood pressure getting worked up about something so trivial as having to try 3 cabs before one accepts the fare on it's meter.

Well, maybe he's not used to travel in Thailand and Asia as you or me.

After a few years travelling around Thailand, in this case, you become street-smart, and you learn not to take a 'yes' as a 'yes' , but more likely as a 'maybe'.

Another thing i learned, every time i enter a taxi, is to be sure that the driver knows exactly where i want to go, because if he takes me to the wrong place, it's my fault.

Mysteries of Thailand

2 minutes ago, zzaa09 said:

Awaiting Mother Nature's selected extermination period. 

 

Can only be beneficial.

You can call me crazy, but i think Mother Earth is a self conscious being, and she's getting really pissed off

9 hours ago, wgdanson said:

Did nobody find the empty, squashed paint can?

A tin of black paint is mentioned in the OP , my theory is somebody used the brush to 'bless' the car.

2 minutes ago, Tchooptip said:

Someone behaves like a gentleman out of respect for himself first and foremost.

Spot on !

4 minutes ago, Russell17au said:

I think what a lot of the problems is that many falang do not get out and mix with other falangs so that when something like a marriage breakdown they have got no one that they can talk to. I believe that every falang should try and have other falangs as friends but I do know that there are some on here that are against that type of thing, so it would be interesting to see how they would cope with no one to talk things over with. Every day I see falangs in shopping centres and some will say hello and others just stick their nose in the air and think they are better than any other falang, but will they be able to handle a sudden marriage breakdown with no one to talk to.

Very true, but i guess many people fall into difficult relationship just because they don't have any trusted friend to talk to.

It can be a vicious circle.

10 minutes ago, Berkshire said:

But in Asia, where people try to maintain harmony by going out of their way to not publicly humiliate someone, a person engaged in such behavior would be looked down upon.  

All seems fair and nice, but would you spare a thought for the victims of the "face" obsession ?

Like patriotism and religious faith, the "face" thing has a dark side when people become obsessed with that.