Andre0720

Might very well be that the Immigration office in Chiang Mai is trying to direct you to an Agent. If so, best to go along with this type of concealed suggestion...

Never say never....

Looks like he relied more on his brain than the features of the truck... The brain wants to be ahead, wants to save some mili-seconds.. At any cost. The nature of the culture here. The vehicle is just Newtonian in nature.. Unfortunate.

We typically like what we know. I know both 'clutch and gearbox' and automatic, as I have used both extensively. So both options should feel simply 'automatic', to anyone who know both very well...

Try checking if your elbow joint rotates fully or not. The comparison is done by lowering the left hand to the side, then grabbing this left hand using the right hand, grabbing the left hand opposite the thumb, and rotating the arm outwards. Check how far it will rotate. Then do it for the other arm. If the arm that is painful does not rotate to the same degree as the healthy one, then your elbow joint might get locked at a given level of rotation. Calcium accumulation could prevent full rotation, which leads to joint inflammation. If so, grab again the hand, and use it to twist the arm forcefully outwards, repeatedly, in an attempt to get the joint to operate fully. Success would feel like the joint just skipped over the blockage. Kinda of difficult to explain, without mass... (From my chiropractor... )

"Black, white, yellow, no one knows". Might very well be that he put these 3 words in, so has not to appear 'racist'.

Some people just do not understand basic concepts. And so tempting to provide additional basic physical demonstration of the said concept. Simply helping these 'some people' in understanding. They should be thankful for being provided with teachings that most people have already learnt in their childhood. Never too late for basic teachings...

The local minus one standard deviation on the bell curve certainly does not help...

Let's put an end to parenting. Let's put an end to political agenda. Let's stop legal advice and psychological therapy, let's stop providing any advice whatsoever. Just in case someone does not welcome new ideas...

Is it morning already? Oh well, geez. Two eggs and a beer please....

He can only do better next time around,,,????

Well, I have seen what you refer to as a beautiful Wai gesture. Visiting my doctor. The phone rang. The doctor's voice changed, his voice tone changed, his movements changed. When his conversation was finished, I told him: "You must have a lot of respect for that person that you were talking to. He replied yes, she is an woman doctor, much older, that he holds in high esteem". So yes, one can see it, as I saw it one time in my 20 years here. One time. Now regarding a common mistake, regarding cultures, as if they were equivalent. Well, no, it is not so. Afghanistan, Pakistan, Syria, Irak, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Haiti, Nigeria, Cameroun, to name a few. Oh yes that they are very different.... I still see a wai as a way to diminish the psyche of children, preventing them to deal equally with adults. Keeping their minds in a state of juvenile. When I would talk to my son when he was an infant, I would kneel down so we we could talk on equal terms. Not so here...

Send me a postcard....

A handshake is something that you learn as an adult, and you use it to show collegiality when meeting people. So it is not something imposed in our young age, In addition there are three main cognitive learning styles: visual, auditory, and kinesthetic. Kinesthetic people do not even like handshakes, better try to understand the other person before giving a handshake. Regarding the 'Wai', it is something imposed by adults upon children, and as I see it, to show how children is somewhat considered as inferior to adults, and then later on, to show that younger people are inferior to adults, or person in a position of authority. Nothing good in there. Not even a way to determine the true feelings of the person initiating the Wai, as there is no sound, no intonation, which carries more meaning than two hands lifted towards someone's face. It is mechanical, devoid of true feelings. But it is part of the culture here. Thankfully, not reciprocating a Wai to a Thai person does not seem to be considered an affront, as would not responding to the gesture of a handshake.

Well, just go visit Bangkok hospital here in Phuket. You enter into a different world, that you never thought existed here. Then you will understand why foreigners will not want to assimilate here, at least I would think so. At Bangkok hospital: Everything is clean, inside and outside. No plastic, no papers, no garbage on the ground. There are no ash trays, and no cigarette butts on the ground, none. The people working there behave like people who went to school, college and Universities. People greet you, people acknowledge your presence. If Thailand was like that, if the plebeians in Thailand were like that, well then perhaps...

So it appears that we are both friendly with Thai people. Thai people around me actually like me very much. They all know that I am the ONLY one who is generous here, that I give money to Thai people every day. Thais see me give my shoes to poor people walking barefoot in front if the apartment complex. I was every day out and distributing 100 baht to some 20 people, those in line to obtain free food from the government. At the store close by, the cashiers know that I am the one buying cookies for staff and customers in the store. I am the only one who has a gasoline container to give out to people pushing their motorbikes because their tank is empty. I have a budget for that, every day, will always see someone driving a motorbike old and damaged. I pay the gasoline for someone else at the pump, when I see that i was more lucky in life than they were. I often wonder where are the Mercedes drivers, the BMW drivers, the Porsche drivers, when I am alone distributing help money to Thai people. Never saw any. I am friendly with these people, as I accept their culture, however bad it might appear, because it is not their fault that they were born and raised in this culture. But I am careful with them, as I have explained. Now I will be careful not to try to judge you, based on little information that I know about you. But I would suggest to accord me the same respect. Regards

Now why would you keep on embarrassing yourself with this type of dull-witted comments?

My experience here, is that Thai people around you will establish some kind of contact, with the ultimate goal of obtaining a financial gain from you. When they fail at that, they will stop interacting with you, to the point of totally ignoring your presence. You are in a country where the culture is mainly about selfishness. And I saw that also between Thais themselves. Remember, the culture here is about 3 concepts: 1.-Generate money. 2.-Taking care (I take care of you, you take care of me- or for a fee) 3.- Saving face (The source of 90 % of the lies here) Someone not part of this in the life of a Thai, is next to useless. Go and enjoy your life here. It is very much possible. Regards

Nah, never had that.... hummm, how to say that politely, humm. Oh well, I just chose to come live near Patong.????

So this guy has never been able to find the girl of his dream in all of his life. So he turns to Patong to increase his chances of being successful now. But needs also advice on zooming-in more precisely on that part of the world, you know, precision might be key. Desperate I presume...

Oh yes, as long as they are simply a minority in a host country, they are so nice people, law abiding citizens. They are told to just wait, as the time will come....

Well, you are quite right. I would normally be the first to call out a sophism in a debate. In this instance, the sophism could be that: "It is not because doctors get worried that smoking weeds might be an issue in a society, that doctors would consequently not be worried about road safety." Sometimes off topic comments could be useful, but you are right in questioning its usefulness in this instance. Just that I remember my youthful time back then. Made us drive slower hehe. And perhaps every chance one gets to declare the dangers on these roads might eventually save some lives here...

Well, his post was articulate, not ad hominem, did not seem to favor dope over road safety, looks like proposing points of comparison to determine soundness of actions... Facts are facts, if it offends some people, oh well....

If.....

Claiming that views conflicting yours are 'funny', 'laughable', 'hahaha', in no way gives credence to your narrative. Try another strategy, might work well for you...