trainman34014

A relevant story (I think) to boosta's original post:

I know a Thai lady who was born at the same time as the 'killing fields' were taking place in neighbouring Cambodia but she knows nothing of Pol Pot and the KR.

I'm not being judgemental of anybody. Just a statement of fact.

My wife who is approaching her 50th birthday knew next to nothing about Pol Pot and the KR until i explained what had happened in Cambodia and got her to watch a couple of recorded documentaries i had obtained. She knew even less about the Japs and WW2 until i took her to see the graves of my two relatives at Kanchanaburi. Many Thai's live in a kind of vacuum through their childhood and some continue to do so for almost their entire lives; they are brought up to know so little about what goes on in the outside world that when they get older they actually avoid news from afar. Even now, my wife would never dream of watching any international news as she says..'Why i want to know about that when it not affect my life? '. It's a sad thing but they would rather watch 100 channels of junk than watch most factual programs about either history or current affairs.

What parts of Bangkok are due to go under first? Nothing in the article, of course, to provide any indication. Anybody remember those artist sketches a year or so ago of the underwater Bangkok? Giant pods floating on the water and connected by water taxis. Think I'd rather relocate to Khon Kaen.

It's sinking to the East; so lets call that the stern end shall we. Better get up West toward the bow and make sure you gather lifebelts on the way.

Internet sucks, whatever you do for many it became a serious addiction. People addicted to forums have lack of social life, and since most Thai gfs are pretty useless for a good discussion not hard to understand why TV meets a need !

you can only shag for so long

Whoever told you that was a party pooper !

She still look good for 46.

Time to put your glasses back on methinks !

When I had my house built in Bangkok I had adjustable screws installed in the foundation piles...they have a lift height of 10 meters. So, when sea water approaches me in the year 2030 I will just jack-up my house, trade the Fortuner in for a boat, and life goes on.

Thought to self: I wonder how many people will believe this?

I don't know if you did or not, but that is how people should be thinking right about now.

No; the most sensible people will get out of BKK as soon as they can and relocate their life/business. By 2030 they will be laughing at people living in jacked up houses and riding around in boats... doing what exactly?

Life is cheap in Thailand. Personally i never go to the movie theater's because i was told about this sort of thing when i first arrived. Plenty of DVD's available and sooner or later all the movies are on TV anyway. Why risk it? You have to take care yoursel in Thailan....nobody care you !

There's a livestock market that would def have them, I remember a link on a posting a ways back but can't seem to find it right now. If I remember correctly it's in San Patong and they have a wide variety... buffalo, fowl, rabbits, pigs, etc.

That's the 'Cow Market' on 108 South of Sanpatong, all day every Saturday, always plenty of Chicks for sale but i wouldn't know the difference between breeds.

Justice?, By the time true justice is meted out in this case everyone involved will have died of old age. Anyone who thinks this spoiled brat or his conniving family will be punished in a proper way must be mentally deranged.

Loss of Cash , Spondulets, Dosh, Readies......is the only form of 'punishment' that will handed down. However; 1 Baht on the price of a bottle of their evil slime will cover all expenses, so 'the people' pay yet again. No surprise......NEXT.

Any arrests will be minnows involved at a very low level and they will feel the full force of the law. As for the rest; well....thanks and goodbye. Next !!

Not all posts need to be assertion of opinions to be disputed, that mode of discussion over-dominates here IMO.

Just food for thought, and as you said, somewhat interesting viewpoints emerging from a little story, with a surprising one for me as well being the virulent anti-Japanese feeling among a couple of particular well-defined groups of working girls.

The preference you speak of among the more internationalist groups (represented here by the Sukhumvit crowd) I believe comes mainly from their willingness to spend more, and perhaps their being less work, at least when they stick to the standard menu.

You lost me on the 3-3-3 thing, assume not a reference to ternary mathematics.

I think the education issue's been well covered in other threads, and the fact that each country gives its own slant to history is a given and part of that.

3-3-3....Three inches, three minutes, three thousand Baht....Now do you get it?

Sadly they will try it on their own kind too when 1,000 notes are used, and even when they are challenged they try to say it was 100 not 1,000. Only happened to my Thai wife once but she blamed herself for not splitting the note before she went in the market. As for me; only got scammed for 40 Baht once by a market stall but since then i always shop all around them but never with them, making sure they know i'm around spending money with the other honest ones but never with them. If they 'don't get it', then they are thicker than i thought they were !

Very good heads up for everyone David because many are in ignorance of these potential problems. I wish you a complete recovery from your own dilemma and think you have handled it all really well in the circumstances..

Having been a frequent flyer for more than 40 years over very long distances i was first made aware of such problems one day in the 1980's when flying from Japan to Europe. A fellow passenger, a fellow businessman i knew in passing, who was sitting in a window seat nearby, let out a muffled scream and was holding his leg. His face was distorted with pain and the crew more or less had to carry him to the galley area and try to do what they could to ease his pain. Thankfully we were only about 30 minutes out of Heathrow and on arrival he was whipped away in an Ambulance pretty sharpish. I knew his office's and a few days later whilst in London i called by to see how he was, and to my complete astonishment, he had died the day after the incident. The company i worked for always made sure that we employee's in senior positions were given annual check overs each year at The New Cavendish Medical Center in London and they were quite rigorous in their procedures. Next time my turn came around for 'inspection' i told the Doctor what had happened to the guy i knew on the plane and he made me very aware of the problems of DVT for frequent flyers and gave me an extensive list of do's and dont's. Needless to say i have always followed his guidelines since and thankfully have avoided problems. Down the years since i have tried to pass on my knowledge to others, without trying to nag, and it has surprised me somewhat in recent years that there is still a lot of ignorance in this area.

All the hero's are in Thai soaps. They are the ones that pull a gun in every episode or beat up women at will; yet still all the women want to fall at their feet. Why?.....'because he hansum' !!

Tarit said the luxury vehicles' current owners would initially be regarded as the damaged parties if it could be proven they had no knowledge of the fraud. There would also be grounds for current owners to sue the companies which sold them the vehicles, he said.

So, untouchables are indeed involved then.

Who else could afford these cars but the untouchables? The quote you have posted is the get out of jail free card right there for all the bigwigs to see and react to. Not a single one of them will be prosecuted because they all 'had no knowledge of the fraud'. Proof? Well; 'ask any of my wive's and they will tell you i never knew ' !

Now I wish they could just dump the flip flops and pointers!! In what other countries do you ever see any people, faces, flip flops or people pointing in real crime scene photos? Never! When do you ever see cops line up a bad guy and every ranking officer who had nothing to do with the case come in and point at the bad guy? These guys have no idea what they are doing...

But that's the saddest part of all...they know exactly what they are doing. Thailand is a Circus in many ways....so why not be a clown?

' How long do you expect to be in this position? ' ' Er, well; unless i can spurt plenty of miss-information, white lies and bullshit in general....not very long. '

I met my wife when she was 44 and up until that time she had never received a birthday card or present from anyone including her first, deceased husband. Her parents didn't even know when their birthdays were until the village loudspeaker announced it at 06.30 on the morning(s) of their birthday's.

Today we have two Niece's, 4 and 1,and the oldest is now alert to her birthday as Uncle bakes her a different cake every year with candles on it. Just my way of changing this family's habits of a lifetime !

Try Makro for bulk buy.

I think most countries will ignore any bad behaviour from most tourists no matter where they come from because they are spending loads of dosh. I'm sure Harrods in London are not too pleased when Chinese spit on their floors but hey; Chinese tourists are spending many more millions in Knightsbridge and the West End than anyone from any other country these days.

I've spent long enough in China to see most sides of life and generally speaking they are no better or worse behaved than most other countries i've been to.

Anyone thought the reason they are walking in the road could be because of the lack off decent pavements to walk on? I have to walk in the road a lot myself in some parts of town.

You're asking for cheap but all dairy products in Thailand are more expensive than in Western countries.

Cheapest butter i know of is in Yok, the baking supply shop. It's in 1 kilo blocks and you can cut off what you want and freeze the rest. Works out about 20% less than buying small blocks in Supermarkets.

You have 30 days before it expires in which to apply.

There must be an appointment within those 30 days.

Sadly there isn't a slot available between now and expiry date !

Need advice from the experts please.

My current marriage extension runs out on 17th September but I can't get an online appointment at CM immigration until the day after. What's best to do; go in the day before and suffer waiting most of the day or take the appointment one day over and pay the fine?