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connda

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  1. Most Thai "Buddhists" whom I have met in Thailand are first and foremost Animists. It's just that Animistic ritual is so interwoven into the fabric of Thai Buddhist ritual is difficult to pull them apart unless unless you were brought up in a different sect of Buddhist and can compare. Anyway, there are strong undercurrents of more ancient religions under the surface of most Thai Buddhist temples, like it or not.
  2. It seems to be the "current thing" in Thai news, at least according to my wife who is spewing exactly what Batty's wife is spewing. Remember. The world oceans are boiling and the planet will end for sure by 2030 unless commoners and other useless eaters chose to "own nothing" and instead give it all to the obscenely rich and wealthy, stop driving, stop eating anything except bugs and vegetables, and do exactly what you are told to do by "the authorities." So, of course, now there is only "Hot Season" and "Hotter Season" and there will be no "Cool Season" because, well, the "Experts" have spoken. With that said, I've experenced cooler "Cool Seasons" that this one which is a bit mild. I've also have experienced "Cool Seasons" that are approximately like this one. There is only one constant in this world: and that one constant is constant change. Some years it is hot when it should be cold. Some years cold when it should be hot. Other years, and it's hot and cold and mild and extreme and not-extreme, and everything in-between. And it's been that way during the entire memory of all sentient beings. And in the future? It will keep changing on and on and on and on and on..... I wonder why I even bother wearing fleece thermals seeing that, according to the mass-media-authorities, it's actually hot in Lanna and the River Ping is boiling away, and I've gone bonkers and the "cold" that I am feeling when I get up in the morning is actually "hot" and instead of fleece pants and sweatshirts I should be wearing a silk Speedo and sleeveless T-shirt. Brrrrrrrrrrrrrr. I mean, Phewwwwwww, so hot so hot.
  3. Can't tell the front from the back and vice-versa.
  4. Sounds good to me. Farang guys go to Thailand for some P2P R&R. Farang gals to to Gambia for some P2P R&R. What's good for the goose is good for the gander. I'm all for it! 100%!
  5. Nope. It's not much different than the US. In the US you get a driver's license with a motorcycle endorsement. In Thailand you get a four-wheel license and a two-wheel license - so you get two separate licenses.
  6. I was going to recommend suggesting that she crosses the border like the last 1 million 'migrants.' The pluses are significant: No need for shots or other health and screenings, free healthcare, free smartphone, free money, free transportation to wherever in the US that a "walk-across" can hold up while consulting with immigration lawyers. It might be easier than attempting to do it the old fashion way. Just saying.
  7. With ssh it takes two to tango, plus the internet connection. The ISP is just one place the problem could be occurring. It could also originate with your ssh server (software or hardware) or your client (software or hardware). Do you have a secondary, public ssh server that you can attach to and test your client connection? And then you have to question the health of the server-side ssh connection as well. Is all well on your server?
  8. Tomorrow: TAT frets that tourism is tanking because Chinese are afraid to come to Thailand due to Thai-on-foreigner violence.
  9. ...or who dies after they left the scene of the accident. More like 35 for every 100,000 people.
  10. 2008 Blah blah blah blah blah New Years drink driving. **** Blah blah blah blah blah New Years drink driving. **** Blah blah blah blah blah New Years drink driving. **** Blah blah blah blah blah New Years drink driving. 2022 Blah blah blah blah blah New Years drink driving. 2023 Blah blah blah blah blah New Years drink driving. 2024 Blah blah blah blah blah New Years drink driving.
  11. She'll need to come up with her own special disease that will need to be treated in the private, penthouse wing of a hospital where even the prying eyes of government health officials will not be allowed as a member of the Shinawatra family privacy is sacrosanct and inviolate. They are so special that a government official tasked with checking on a Shinawatra's condition is not allowed to visit without the Shinawatra's approval which the Shinawatra refuses to give. "Privacy" we are told.
  12. Yingluck Patiently Awaits Homecoming In Thaksin’s Style First she'll need to work on a medical condition that will keep her in a private suite on the penthouse of a hospital.
  13. But the Thai government will claim it isn't so - but it is. If it's really illegal to turn away emergency cases, then charge the hospital and its administrators in court for criminal and civil damages. But - that will happen right after Thaksin serves his term in a real Thai prison.
  14. Smoking can be dangerous to your health!
  15. We would all like to see exactly who that privilege is extended to and who it is not extended to. Thai common-folk and foreigners alike. Why do I believe that there are plenty of "well-behaved" Thai (and foreign) convicts who are sick but who do not "qualify" for the privileges extended to a billionaire like Thaksin. Did Thaksin complete one day in prison? What's the criterion for "well-behaved?" What multiples of millions of THB equals "well-behaved?" Asking for a friend.
  16. Yep. I could explain those scams to you myself. That is reality here. But? Howl until the cows come home and it changes nothing. Caveat emptor. Buyer beware.
  17. Patronize P4P establishments instead of negotiating on the fly in bars. Then it's a rub, a tug, and whatever else you want and then off to do whatever you wish afterwards without an anchor in tow.
  18. New, huh? Give it time. You'll figure it out, then adapt, and then accept it or leave.
  19. I guess I missed Christmas. Oh well.
  20. It's safe to walk around most of Thailand at Zero-Dark-Thirty. It used to be in the West. It ain't anymore. But, of course it depends who is walking. A typical male tourist or expat minding their own business. No problem. A typical male, testosterone-ladened, sex-pat at 3am wandering around drunk and belligerent? Big problem. A typical female tourist who thinks that their progressive rights mean anything at 3am in the morning walking alone? Stupid.
  21. Centralizing Japan's labor force for EV's in Thailand where most of those working for the Japanese automotive industry will never be able to afford the vehicles which they are assembling without becoming a life-long debt-slave. Hell, a freaking EV nowadays costs as much as a two bedroom starter home in Chiang Mai. I can understand a Thai financing a 30 year mortgage for 2.5 million THB home - but you ain't gonna see they day when the average Thai factory worker laboring on the assembly line will be able to afford the vehicles that they themselves build. Then - can the average Thai afford the insurance for an EV? They can't afford the insurance for a typical petrol-burning car or truck. Then? What happens when you get into a fender-bender in a country where fender-benders are the norm - but? You have to spend 100K to 300K THB to fix the fender on the metal alloy and plastic framework surrounding the massive battery that drives the beast because at the end of the day what is being driven is just that - a metal alloy and plastic framework surrounding an expensive massive battery, which if damaged - will total the car and make it at best "salvage." FYI - Electric vehicles are three decades or more before their time and the elitist ****s pushing to make them the only vehicles allowed to operate on the road in the name of <gag> climate change <puke> will bring Thailand right back to the 1950s and 1960 when my wife was born: Only the very rich drive. Everyone else rides a bike or walks. Welcome back to Feudalism.
  22. I see that Thaksinism is becoming the New Vogue.
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