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I asked my Thai wife what she thought about wealthy Farangs drinking a beer that they don't like just because it's cheap, she kept it simple, "stupid", the staff just laughed.........

From a previous post a couple of weeks ago:

I asked my Thai wife what she thinks of a farang getting angry because he thinks the Thai staff asked him to change tables because he was ugly and she kept it short.......... "Stupid". The staff just laughed.

One would think that someone who claims to possess a "lethal combination of being both smart and articulate", wouldn't really need to recycle trite or overused expressions...

If you search hard enough I think you'll find that that was the third, or possibly fourth time I used that phrase.

Oh, I see...

Here I was, silly me, thinking the "short & stupid / laughing staff" recurrent theme is some kind of a way to reaffirm your own opinions and judgement calls, when it turns out to be just a personal tagline. My apologies.

You could always try the "You dead man now! me big mafia!" blog.

20+ years in Chiengmai.

20+ years in Chiangmai, and you still can't spell your hometown's name?

There are several ways to spell it in English. A lot of Thais spell it his way.

I guess there always be some ambiguities when translating Thai words into English spelling, but according to this:

"This problem was first addressed by the Royal Institute in 1954. In 1968 a pamphlet entitled ‘Romanization Guide for Thai Script’ was published. It was revised in 1982. The primary purpose was to standardise (standardize) the spelling of place names. The need for this has been emphasised (emphasized) by Major Roy Hudson who once listed over fifty different ways in which Chiang Mai, in the past, was spelt.

The spelling of all vowels and consonants was precisely specified in the Guide. It is Chiang Mai, not Chieng Mai, or Chiangmai."

Chiengmai Gymkhana Club was founded in 1898. You would think that after 115 years they would be able to spell the name of the city in which it is located.

Yeah, well, maybe they need to get with the times. Just because they stuffed up the spelling on their door entrance sign in the late 1800's, does not necessarily mean that modern spelling conventions should be ignored.

More than a novelty, it would be a calorific nightmare...

ITS RAINING

It is not raining.

It was raining but it stopped and now the sun is out! Go figure.

And now it's sunny again.

This indecisiveness on the weather's part is enough to drive someone clinically insane.

I don't mind if people are thrifty and cheap as long as it is reasonable and they kind of have a good reason.

I don't like wealthy people that wine and complain all the time about prices, and lie threw there teeth all the time about how poor they are.. I like to smack them or spit in their drink when they go to the bathroom, so does the cooks..

I also don't like people that talk about money everytime you mention something..

I also don't like people that you end up hanging with and there quest for the best price at all time leads you pass by something like a taxi, or have bad vibes with a waiter or whatnot as they try to barter people down.

I don't like people that barter down for nice handmade things past what the should be around...

Basicly I can't stand cheap people in general .. the worst type is someone that makes it seem like when there is a financial interest they are paying they get to be a self centered asshople.

C'mon, stop beating about the bush, and tells us what you don't like.

I asked my Thai wife what she thought about wealthy Farangs drinking a beer that they don't like just because it's cheap, she kept it simple, "stupid", the staff just laughed.........

From a previous post a couple of weeks ago:

One would think that someone who claims to possess a "lethal combination of being both smart and articulate", wouldn't really need to recycle trite or overused expressions...

20+ years in Chiengmai.

20+ years in Chiangmai, and you still can't spell your hometown's name?

Anyone seen any of those "Land for seal" signs around the place?

You'd think that bleach, being one of the most common chemicals used in industry, would be easily available everywhere... but for some economic reason local suppliers prefer you buy their "value-added" coloured/perfumed bottles of something remotely equivalent, which is practically useless for removing any mold.

I recently bought a whole box of Duck Ra-Killer 2 from some semi-industrial shop inside a narrow lane somewhere here, but I've also seen the more expensive Clorox available in the cloth detergent section of Big-C.

Don't listen to the naysayers - you can fly with your dog:

Good to know. I was just thinking about relocating my new pet...

Related: his granddaughter Princess Phongkaeo died on the Lauda Air Flight 004 crash of 1991.

60 % of the tourist are Chinese at the moment and when you see Asians driving on a rented motorbike it is 90% sure that they are Chinese.

Please enlighten us as to how you managed to acquire your statistics?

97.3% of all statistics are made up, and five out of four Chinese have trouble with fractions.

Source.

Hope you get well soon, Roo.

And whatever you do, stay away from the North during Feb-April's smog season.

Lead star of the movie “The Coup” Owen Wilson was seen driven off from the fire scene in a red license plate BMW to Chiang Mai shortly after the fire broke out at 7.30 p.m.

Well, whaddaya know... who would've thought!

It shouldn't be that hard to catch this firebug in his flashy BMW before he gets to the border... unless he's smart enough to switch cars.

Dedicated to all discerning CM restauranteurs:

Owen Wilson's mere presence in a movie guarantees that said movie will be a dog. With that whiny voice, blond vacant aging surfer looks, and non-existent acting ability, he has the whole package of filmic mediocrity. How he got the lead in Midnight in Paris is an eternal mystery. He is the George Peppard of contemporary cinema.

And he's got a matching off-screen personality:

I've heard there are some near Khao Ra mountain,

Be careful... not the only thing that grows in them thar hills...

Why Are You Here?

In order to answer in a satisfactory manner, one may first need to define "I":

1) Who are you?

2) Why are you here?

I suspect the first question is the tough one.

... honest and good car mechanic in koh phangan?

Goodness... I didn't know it was possible to combine these disparate words into one sentence.

Save yourself a lot of potential grief, and take your car to Surat.

This might be of some interest, Soi Dog The Movie. Based in Phuket...

True life heroes...

The amount of physical fortitude, commitment, courage, sacrifice and emotional strength required to deal with the myriad of adversities when caring for soi dogs at this scale, would simply be overwhelming for the average person like me. These kind souls deserve all the support we can offer.

Paangjang, NexusWR, CBR250, WitawatWatawit, please... <blush> You are all very kind, but in all honesty my small attempts at helping man's best friend pale in comparison to efforts by dedicated souls, such as Elfe, Koh Samui's own Mother Teresa.

Elfi has practically single-handed built a tiny oasis for 200 dogs in desperate need, in a part of Thailand where the cruelty of dog-poisoning is considered the social norm. From 6am to beyond midnight, 365 days a year, 100% of this unassuming unsung heroine's life revolves around finding ways to help her lovely but desperate pups survive. From my point of view, there is no greater worthwhile charity than Elfe and her pups, which I try and help whenever I find myself with some spare cash.

Many thanks, FarmerJoe - it's great to see the support here for CareForDogs.

There are so many good-looking dogs waiting for a good home in CFD's waiting list, more so now that they are attempting to rescue two dozen pups surviving in atrocious conditions here.