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Anyone who states that there dog would "never hurt a fly" should be slapped silly and their dogs taken away from them. They don't have a clue regarding dog behavior.

Phuket Airport to create area for all registered taxis to pick up passengers Soon to be referred to as The Fight Club.

฿฿฿Cha-Ching฿฿฿ PIA + Taxi Mafia - 1 plus a whole lot of incoming ฿฿฿฿฿฿฿฿฿ Foreign Tourist - 0 plus a whole lot of outgoing ฿฿฿฿฿฿฿฿฿ Enriching yourselves at the expense of foreign tourist? Priceless I warn people I know away from Phuket. Getting ripped off immediately after deboarding the plane isn't a good way to start a vacation. There are too many other better places to go in Thailand.

Local residents intervened, restraining the aggressive dog by tying its mouth and feet, resulting in its unfortunate death, presumably due to suffocation. Now there's karma in action. If a pitbull ever attacks anyone you know. Tie it's mouth shut. Karma will do the rest. "We just restrained the animal," and no authority figure will give you flack. If you tie their mouths shut, they will over heat and die. I'm a dog lover, but dogs bred for aggressiveness who attack anyone should be put down. But that never happens in Thailand. And I'm not a pitbull hater. I've come across some simply wonderful pitbulls, and some really nasty ones as well. In this case? Karma well served. The next victim may have been a child.

No, my wife would object.

Chiang Mai court convicts dog killer: A justice victory for popular campus pet 6 months? Good.

How old are you. Once your prostate enlarges, yep, you dribble. Then join the club. It's just a fact of life for a significant number of men. Why? I don't think that any one has ever explained the mechanics no less a way to keep it from happening. But you'll find lot's of support here. Welcome to Club Dribble. You're among friends!

Good! This should be entertaining.

Except for the ones that see a case for quantum physics within Buddhist doctrine. I'd imagine that those whose background is in theoretical physics would gravitate toward either Buddhism or Hinduism as both address 'reality' that can only be accessed via deep meditative states and a paradoxical understanding of the human state and the nature of 'reality.' Case in point - Ajahn Brahm (Buddhist Society of Western Australia) who was a student of Ajahn Chah (Wat Pa Nanachart/Wat Pa Pong) here in Thailand. Ajahn Brahm (Peter Betts) training was in Theoretical Physics. There are numerous Western Theravadan monk with educational pedigree such as Ajahn Brahm. Why? The seemingly unexplainable paradoxes in Buddhism tend to align to the equally unexplainable paradoxes in nature that theoretical physics addresses. These highly intelligent individuals get a glimpse of "reality" beyond mundane reality and down the path they go. My guess is that those geniuses who explore the twisted 'realities' of theoretical physics, nihilistically, as they don't see any practical manner to explain the paradoxes - become atheists. Those who embrace Buddhism or Hinduism also embrace meditative practices, and many of those may have had prior experiences with hallucinogens. Both kick your mind out of the mundane. So I agree with you to a point. But you missed the Schrodinger's 2 ton elephant sitting in the room beside you. ????

That makes sense. Dogs are pretty darn resilient to stomach bugs, but I image that h.pylori and giardia in sufficient quantities can make even a dog sick. Wishing the best for your friend.

Benny Hill had a song about holidays that was brilliant but I've been unable to ever find it again. He went through all the holidays and weekends and other special times and at the end of the day came up with the fact that the entire year is a holiday and nobody works. It was a really funny song, wish I could find it again.

Village Mom & Pop stores will sell any time, any day.

Kaow Pansa - Beginning of the rain retreats.

Yep - government jobs and loaded onto the government gravy-train.

The difference between dirt poor and so-called 'wealth' is the amount of unsecured debt that Thai banks and financial institutions are willing to extend. Honestly - a truly poor but debt free person is probably better off in the long-run. Maybe. Or the entire financial infrastructure could collapse under the weight of bad debt and - TaDa!!! - Jubilee! at which point those with the most 'written off' debt win.

Extra-long weekend in Thailand: here’s what you need to know Go shopping today and stock up (we just got back from an early morning shopping excursion) and then, like Songkran, hunker down for the next 7 days. Drunks and the terminally aggressive drivers will be out in force on the road just like Songkran, but without the Songkran police blockades. Traffic fatality stats should be interesting to see a week from now.

"Fake News" is a euphemism for any information that is counter to the officially endorsed narrative provide by government and corporate entities. So-called "Fake News" very often, over time (weeks or months or years later) proves to be factual news, much to the chagrin of those seeking to to keep the lid on facts. The recent revelations of "The Twitter Files" regarding governments working hand-in-hand with Twitter to actively censor factual information (and calling it mal-information, mis-information, and the like) is a prime example. "Fake news" I'm afraid is all too often suppressed factual information that stakeholders of "public-private partnerships" wish to censor in order to advance there own narratives. Matt Taibbi, Lee Fang, Bari Weiss, and Micheal Shellenberger revelations from "The Twitter Files" shows a direct efforts to censor factual information an forms the basis for Shellenberger's term, The International Censorship Industrial Complex, a very apt term. Censorship, imho, is anathema to a functional democracy. Censorship is the hallmark of totalitarian states, not true democracies.

No. But for any expat planning to move here or retire here? They should know what to expect and then plan accordingly. That's why we comment on the discriminatory practices. Not for us? We know......but for those reading these forums and considering moving to Thailand to work or retire. Forwarded in forearmed. Based on what I know today? I doubt I'd be living here had I known it 16 years ago. I would have visited, but not gotten involved with a female Thai citizen no less marrying one, and moved on to a country that isn't overtly racist and discriminatory toward individuals who are not their own ethnicity and nationality. There are countries like that. Where foreigners are encouraged to settle and marry into the native population. Thailand isn't one of those countries! Just saying. It's da*m sad imho.

No they don't. Speaking from experience as opposed to what I've heard on AN.

That's good to hear. I lost two of my dogs to kidney disease and vomiting is a symptom.

Exactly. Or charge you extra based on your skin color as "farang" means person from European decent. Show me one Western country where the foreign spouse of a citizen is charged extra based on their ethnicity and nationality, especially if like myself, they have lived in-country for 16 years and married for well over 15. There are none. Westerners, especially those on the Left would scream 'racism' at loud as they can. And legitimately. I would too. How is this discrimination even considered moral by any civilized, modern standards?

Sorry to hear that. Have your vet check your dog's kidneys.

Nope. Thais get unsecured credit extended to them. Heck, I see tables in malls and Big C hypermarts where unsecured credit is being not only offered but actively pimped to Thais. Your statement should read, "To get a Thai bank credit card I thought Foreigners had to have money in the bank to cover the use of the credit card." That's an accurate statement for most rank and file expats.

It should read, "Predatory Thai lending institutions prey on Thai citizenry." Credit should not legally be extended to those who are going to be unable to repay. This is what non-existence regulators are for - to stop institutional predation by banks, corporations, and financial institutions.

If you donate your body for the med school, they pay for a nice send off after they are done slicing and dicing.