I am surprised that no one has claimed this is the fault of global cooling .. uh ... global warming ... mmm ... climate change!  Yeah, that's it, climate change did this. 

15 hours ago, brianthainess said:

Just 'aving a Tin Baff mate, 'cor blimey gov no need to get miffed abowit. 

Can ...  can ... you tell me in English what you wrote?  Neither google or bing translate can figure it out!

14 hours ago, Chris Daley said:

They can recognize large printed symbols like ATM, Withdraw, 50% of everything you own, land.  But other than that it's just swiping and candy crush.

Would you please, pretty please, stop posting about my wife?!?!?
I'm not worried about the 50% withdrawal stuff.  Wife has more money than I do.   But those other things.   Yeah, stop posting would ya?

14 hours ago, Celsius said:

 

What business is that

Thai food take out business.   It is situated inside a large building that is a historical landmark owned by the state in which it resides.   On a low sales day, over 10,000 people may go through the building that houses more than 100 other business'.  Of course, not all 10,000 people are not buying her product. 

There is a Soi, in Pattya, named Batman????  

Does that mean there is also a Soi named Robin?

5 minutes ago, brianthainess said:

That's very difficult, even I have a problem reading it.     🤣

Well, we don't reside in England, Scotland (do they speak English there, I forget), Australia, New Zealand, or Belize, we live in America.   So she reads American English.  
I however, am adapt at reading English written in other countries and understanding it.   Except, English assembly instructions, printed in China, for furniture made there, and shipped here.  

3 minutes ago, NightSky said:

 

My wife if from a farming background life, she didn’t goto uni, she speaks 4 languages and reads three. I also get by in Thai.

 

Incidentally we both are from poor backgrounds, we built a business together and we’re now both quite wealthy compared to some.
 

So much for the stereotypical narrow minded views of some westerners. 
 

 

Could it be due to low self esteem of some asean now posters and a need to denigrate someone else to make themselves feel better?   That or just plain arrogance that I am better than you low lifes!

Thought I would add, that some asean now posters imply they are better than other asean now posters too, not just better than Thai people!

7 minutes ago, mancub said:

But can she pick her nose and send stickers on Facebook at the same time ? 

I don't know.  But I can and I can flick them across the room too!!!  

17 hours ago, Yellowtail said:

Do you think the McDonald's burgers in the US look like the photos? 

 

I find the McDonald's stuff in Thailand looks better than the stuff in the US. 

I was surprised to find that McDonald's burgers in Thailand taste much better than the ones here in the U.S. of A..   I wanted some western food and due to painful knees I did not want to go downtown Bangkok to walk around and find some.  So hobbled across the street from the condo to the McDonald's in the mall there.  

After I returned to the U.S. of A., bought a McDonald's burger here and the taste did not compare to the ones I ate in Thailand.   Those small McDonald pies in Thailand are better too!
Also, some of the western food restaurants run by westerners have poor tasting food too!

18 hours ago, mancub said:

Enough English to "manage" their foreign husband's finances anyways. 

My Thai wife owns and manages a business in the U.S. of A. that has a gross yearly income of more than $1,250,000.00 year!  So if she wants to manage my finances (she doesn't) she would probably do a better job than I am!  She can read American English too.  

 

On 1/26/2024 at 7:17 AM, Chris Daley said:

Thai women can read?

Mine can.   Not only can she read Thai language, she can read the American English language!   So there!

On 1/25/2024 at 2:15 PM, Walker88 said:

Are you feeling fearful?

 

I understand those maga types are particularly violent people. Look what they did to police at the Capitol. Too bad only one of them got a double tap. I wonder where Kyle Rittenhouse was? I thought he was big on protecting cops. He could have gone to DC and gunned down those maga terrorists.

 

 

Too bad those maga people were not "mostly peacful" protestors.  

On 1/25/2024 at 1:41 PM, BenStark said:

 

Are weapon sales included in GDP? Asking for a friend

Could be.  From what I have been reading, eveyone is buying, including the anti-gun democrats (U.S. of A.)

On 1/25/2024 at 5:21 PM, Homburg said:

I recall when I was at school it was common for children to make up stories about teachers that they did not like.

Out of curiosity, was the school in Great Britian?  I read about that on the internet a few years ago. 

My last year in school in the U.S. of A. was in 1969.   The only fabricated stories then were about other students.  That also occured in college in 1974-1975.    I am clueless about what may be happening today in schools regarding fabricated stories about teachers.  

21 hours ago, john donson said:

maybe in 20-50 years, same as cannabis, thailand might see it might help some depressed people who do not reacted well to legal meds...

The problem with legal drugs, sometimes, is the reaction to them is not good.   In my case, psychotropic drugs for depression caused hallucinations.   When I told the doctors, their response, those don't cause hallucinations!

20 hours ago, novacova said:

You shouldn’t be venturing out to rural areas and villages in TH, very scary people with machetes lurking in the rice swamps and difficult to read what’s really going on behind those friendly smiles. Just stay inside the 7/11 attached condo where it’s safe and keep yourself updated on the blaring news cycle.

Yeah, but, what if the attached 7/11 runs out of microwave spagetti?   Then what?

10 hours ago, Fortean1 said:

Yep, communications at constant level does degrade hearing.  I worked in communications centers with its alarm bells, high precedence alarms, high speed printers, card punches, and more for 15 years.  Did you work at 7th RRFS at Ramasun Station near Udorn Thani, Thailand?

Never heard of the 7th RRFS Co B. or of ditty boppers, or Hogs, or Duffy's or Skates, or Buddy Effers (05G's), or Tape Apes.  I was never there for 7 months  and I was never with the 8th RRFS, Co B,  or the 330thr RR Co out of Nha Trang, VN, or trained at Ft. Devens!  Why you asking?   You with the KGB?  I was never there!   

20 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

i did a google search recently to see if Americans had a greater incidence of deafness, you know because of the loud talking, but no, nothing to show they are up the rankings

Lots of incidence of loss o f hearing for people who did what I did, decades ago.  Sat with earphones on listening to Morse code for hours a day going on for months, and other unexpected static crashes.   Got tinnitus form that too.  Then there were the loud noises of weapons being fired.   

55 minutes ago, Neeranam said:

Please provide the source for this. You ask me for links on factual claims. 

Links please! 

 

Edited to add this question.   Was a music festival, an Israeli military site?

They claim it was accidental ...

... we in the Islamic Resistance Movement – Hamas clarify
the following:
1. Operation Al-Aqsa Flood on Oct. 7 targeted the Israeli
military sites, and sought to arrest the enemy’s soldiers to
pressure on the Israeli authorities to release the thousands of
Palestinians held in Israeli jails through a prisoners exchange
deal. Therefore, the operation focused on destroying the
Israeli army’s Gaza Division, the Israeli military sites stationed
near the Israeli settlements around Gaza.
2. Avoiding harm to civilians, especially children, women
and elderly people is a religious and moral commitment
by all the Al-Qassam Brigades’ fighters. We reiterate
that the Palestinian resistance was fully disciplined and
committed to the Islamic values during the operation
and that the Palestinian fighters only targeted the
occupation soldiers and those who carried weapons
against our people. In the meantime, the Palestinian
fighters were keen to avoid harming civilians despite
the fact that the resistance does not possess precise
weapons. In addition, if there was any case of targeting
civilians; it happened accidently and in the course of
the confrontation with the occupation forces.


https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-coded-doc-hamas-instructed-terrorists-to-kill-civilians-take-captives-report/

 

In coded doc, Hamas instructed terrorists to kill civilians, take captives – report

Document found in vehicle used by Gaza-ruling terror group in devastating attack said to include code words for massacring people or using those taken captive as human shields

On 1/21/2024 at 1:12 AM, oxo1947 said:

I knew some refugees in California doing that.    Collected all the welfare available to them, then used fake names and social security numbers so they could work on fishing boats making thousands of dollars a month!

1 minute ago, Yellowtail said:

Were the feet pointed to the corners? 

Facing the door and 3 feet apart. 

On 1/22/2024 at 3:54 AM, Yellowtail said:

I went to a hospital in north east Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. of A..  Not wanting to walk up stairs to the second floor, I got in an elevator with walls were about 4 foot apart. 

On the floor were stickers with two feet like that, and the words, "Please stand 6 feet apart"!

On 1/22/2024 at 10:14 PM, dcsw53 said:

Polygamy is legal there?

1 hour ago, NedR69 said:

What are the requirements for passing through the priority lanes?

Business or First class ticket holder, being an old fart (I think 70 or 75), physical disability, and I think having small children may help too.   Ugly don't count, so at least being an old fart is helpful for me.

2 minutes ago, WDSmart said:

I have never wanted to go to Israel, and I agree with your decision now not to go on a tour of Israel. I think things there will remain unsettled for the foreseeable future. That could be many years, and things might even get worse there. 

I like old things (except that old fart looking at me from the weird window in the bathroom).   Israel has old things that I would like to see.   But not badly enough to go there now.