1FinickyOne

He or she - which is it? Christopher or Christine? Sounds like your English needs a bit of work too... I think it is all up to the shop owner as to who does what in their store.. They are surely more familiar with the employees than a customer who has been there for 2 minutes... And no, it would not bother me as to which employee waits on me... but calling elderly people fossils is never very nice.. eh?

We have some land - - we are not looking to make a farm but what do you enjoy growing and grows easily here in Northern Thailand... yes, we have bananas..

That looks like a very good solution for people w/o family - - or a trusted representative. I had never heard of them. Personally I have a lawyer who I trust to make those decisions. Is there anything else that deals with death with dignity - - I think there is something in the USA that grew out of the Hemlock Society...

sure, who was the greatest baseball player of all time, even though he missed a couple of years in the military very early in his career, which might have been a couple of prime years?

Who will make decisions for you if you cannot? This is much more difficult than imagined as there are too many possibilities to consider. My mother had a directive not to insert a feeding tube. When she eventually needed it, my brother was dissuaded by the doctor who said she might just need it for a couple of weeks and then could live normally without it. The Dr. was correct and my brother went along with it, against her wishes. It did enable her to live an extra 5 years, which was replete with increasing dementia and not a lot of joy or awareness... My Thai wife cannot put a dog to sleep. I do not want pain or to live on as a burden - I would rather my money be enjoyed by my family than to be wasted on prolonging a state of dementia. Have any of you dealt with this complex issue?

my entire wardrobe can be replaced with $300

One very smart Thai lady told me that a Thai lady walks behind her man only to keep him in line... [with a stick]

oh ok - no affect on me - I was just worried about you

when I see farang guys walking around being overly - that is the key word here - overly - overly affectionate with a young Thai cutie - it always makes me think of a dog peeing to mark its turf...

A lack of gingerbread

All life is 6-5 against - - Damon Runyon

It is not used in a racist manner - - though I guess by your definition, that doesn't matter - - it is used with no malice... "Black bird singing in the dead of night" was that Paul McCartney?

yes, she was describing a white person who was in the market - we both had the exact same understanding of the word - - I don't see anything negative or offensive about that... I don't know of another word that would have been better or more easily understood by us both...

up your nose, dude

I never use a hammer and nail or screw driver either...