Andre0720

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...

Is a metric ton the same as an imperial ton? Regardless, if you're writing for a US audience, remember: A 'ton' is a North American short ton (907.18474 kg or 2,000 lbs). An 'imperial ton' is a British long ton (1,016.047 kg or 2,240 lbs). A 'metric ton' is a tonne (1,000 kg or 2,204.6 lbs). To further complicate things, a Ton may relate to two different weights. In the United States, they measure by the US Ton or short Ton, while the British Ton, known as an Imperial Ton or long Ton is heavier. A short Ton is the US customary version, is equal to 2,000 pounds A long Ton is the mostly outdated Imperial Ton, is equal to 2,240 pounds A tonne, also known as a metric Ton, is equal to 1000kg, (or 2,204.6 pound But quite right about confusion in the US: Why does Ton vs tonne matter? The difference between measuring in Metric or Imperial has implications in international trade, especially in large projects with many moving parts. In 1999, NASA lost a $125 million Mars orbiter because of a Metric/Imperial confusion. Reports stated that a contracted engineering team used the English units of measurement ,while the agency’s team used the metric system. The results are now strewn across the surface of Mars.

Hence, the polarity.... A left wing individual will find K. Harris competent. A right wing individual will definitely find her crazy. A left wing individual will find Biden able to find people to compensate for his ineptitude. A right wing individual will see the that Biden does not play with a full deck. Are the borders under control? Are the borders under control? The answers are shameful...

"Errrr, given I don't believe we have democracies, how can I "lean away" from them. " Elections is all about democracy. We vote, we are in a democracy. We elect a leader, every 4 years or so. Then this leader will do goddam well what he wants to do in the following 4 years. And id you are not happy with that, you can vote next time with someone wanting to be a leader, with with opposing views of the world. And this fellow will then do whatever he.... Oh well, you get the picture...

By definition, politics is based on polarities. So yes, he was on one side of the spectrum. As extreme as any president ever was, no contest there. I am not from America, so I am not fully knowledgeable about it all. But then, what is your take on Biden and Kamala Harris, who I am looking at, by definition, from a distance, but still give me an impression of being just different kind of crazies...

"there needs to be laws brought in that dog owners have to take full responsibility". Nah. Very obviously (to me anyway ????), what is needed is enough time for 3 or 4 generations of cross-breeding of Thais with foreigners, in the hope that the resulting new genetics would have widened to include some attitudes of 'responsibility'. Nothing else has the slightest chance of success...

Just like this teen walking in the market probably with her mother, wearing a nice t-shirt that read: "I <deleted> on first date'. No kidding.

Thais, They do not like it either. They do not like other Thais making loud noises waking them up. They do not like other Thais driving loud motorbikes and interrupting their discussions. They do not like other Thais driving their vehicles too fast and endangering others on the roads. But they have stopped thinking about it, because they know that there is noting that they can do about it. And Thais, They do not like foreigners driving loud motorbikes and interrupting their sleep. They do not like foreigners driving loud motorbikes and interrupting their discussions. They do not like foreigners driving their vehicles too fast and endangering others on the roads. But Thais have stopped thinking about that also, because they know that there is nothing that they can do about it. Thais know that many foreigners, mainly the 25-35 age range, they come to their country because they can also do all these immoral acts with the same impunity culturally granted to Thais... So the words of wisdom are the same: "Stop thinking about it, because there is nothing that anyone can do about it."

Oh geez, I forgot her names... ????

Right, the green book is a necessity for each step of the renewal. Irrelevant who is in possession of this book (Perhaps unless the police is looking for that book hehe). A friend of mine left the country with his green book, for a new CBR 150. Never knew why he could not mail it back. The motorbike ended up being given away, to be used up country, no way to get registration and insurance sticker... Now I see the reply of 'Onemorefarang'. Regarding the Green book, story many years ago, perhaps 14 years ago. Maybe the process got changed in the meantime. But back then, we looked a long time for a solution for this unusable motorbike. Ended up being away..