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I cant help myself but to add detail. So idiot guy punches my agent. She's on the floor. Three of my young boys wrangle this idiot to the floor while I'm calling the LEO. He won't give in after the boys get off him Cop eventually tasered him to calm him down I've got a distraught young girl who did nothing wrong crying hysterically This is real life for airport workers

I should also note the agent was female. She's 5ft nothing maybe 100ib dripping wet yet this guy decided it was fine to punch her. Sometimes I despair about humanity!

So another one Had a guy on Tuesday hammering on our office door. I need to get on my flight to Chicago, due to depart in 10 minutes On which airline? There are two flights to Chicago at the same time, one United one American American. Sir, we are United not American Don't care get me on that plane. Then swings a punch at the agent at the door Again get the cops and he's off in cuffs People are frikkin crazy as soon as they enter an airport!

Are your Doctor's at the heart of the problem? I'm sure the easiest thing for them to do is just sign a piece of paper and get these folks outta their hair, rather than having to go through the rigamarole of telling them to 'shape up'

Sunburn is nasty, but not sure why this is even a news story. But the topic is pretty serious. I wasn't very diligent in my youth about sunscreen 10 years ago ended up with skin cancer on left cheek. Got it all removed, but left me with a nasty scar. It enhances my bad boy image lol But seriously maximum sunscreen you can get. Couple of years back I shared the pic of my face after having the cancer removed, not pretty

All very true IMHO Anyone that has ever been to a Thai doctor knows, from a common cold to terminal cancer you walk out off the office with multiple baggies of pills!

Was there a special strain of COVId that infected British youth that they became so mentally distressed they couldn't work? Seems like in the rest of the world that particular strain never appeared We all feel down in the dumps sometimes, but you dust yourself off and go to work. You know I'm a total Anglofile, I love your country, but the ability for a 20 yo to say his/her mental health prevents them from working and the State pays them money for 'feeling down'' is absurd. Men came back from war after seeing some pretty bad stuff and I'm sure pretty traumatized and went back to work I'm not saying real mental illness isn't a thing, but seriously so many young Brits can't work cos they're mentally impaired!

All very true Trouble is a large majority when they arrive in their 50's believe they are immortal, it's a common misconception prevalent across a lot of the males of the species So he is running outta funds, no insurance reliant on whatever he can get from a government hospital, which I know I will piss off some, are close to quacks posing as Doctors Now would be the time, strap yourself into an airline seat and go home

I think it has changed quite a bit I met my now wife back in the early 2000's when we were working at the same company in Singapore. Sordid office affair etc etc. Anyhoo, started to visit Thailand on vacation to see my wife's family. Her cousin lived in Pattaya, in the 'entertainment' business! The streets were then filled with older balding single white guys, obviously looking for a spiritual experience in a temple. On one visit then with my 4 or 5 year old son I remember being barraged with the 'humsum man' crap, clearly I was fresh meat, walking with my wife and son! We went back couple of years ago, it is different. The demographic has changed. Lot less white guys, lots and lots more Indian men. I think the Chinese just come to eat as much seafood as they can then off to the next ceramic store, if they are coming at all anymore. I never quite got the concept of paying for sex, but far be it from me to judge anyone that does. My wifes cousin has relocated to Dubai where I'm informed the pickings are much richer

Been with Mrs G over 20 years. Now in our twilight years, still very much in love but the holding hands in public thing somehow smacks of young love, and neither of us are young!

Insurance is such a minefield, and of course it's very State dependant. I live in a townhouse HOA and we had a collective policy. Then it got to the point insurance was just ridiculously expensive, and for HOA's the insurance phrase is 'walls out' and you're on the hook for everything inside the walls Previously it was the rule multi family dwellings couldn't self insure so we thought we were stuck. Then things all loosened up and we got individual coverage for wall in and out , which coupled with our cars dropped the monthly cost by close to 50% My rentals are in a multi level structure, still working on that

So I think from what I read these US bunker buster bombs can burrow themselves 200ft before they explode. The enrichment chamber is 290ft in the mountain. But i suspect that with multiple strikes that concrete shell ain't gonna work If ever there was a time for Iran to negotiate, this would be it I have several Iranian friends in the US who dream of a day when the regime will fall and they can go home, hopefully that is that pivotal time. As much as I don't like the idea of war, pressure them to to point that the population fight back

Oh and for the geeks, Yes the last sentence of my post was a paraphrase of George Smiley, who I love!

Thing is the expat population does fall into two camps. Those who could if they wanted to, leave, and those where boats have been burnt and they're stuck. You tend to find the ones with the ability to leave are usually pretty honest about the pluses and minuses of Thailand, the good the bad and the ugly But then you get to the next category. Because for whatever reason they ended up stuck, and it's usually money, they will make excuses (reasons) for almost anything that happens in Thailand to justify them staying in Thailand You could probably tell them their daughter was being sexually abused by the local monk and there would be an excuse for it A zealot who protests too hard always has something to hide

So I do like German breakfasts, cold cuts great bread etc. That being said. As a young man I used to do a lot of work in the UK, and was introduced to this wonder breakfast item 'Fried bread' I'm pretty sure my arteries have suffered, but OMG, white bread, and fry it! Stuff to die for. German cold cuts as much as I like it can't beat fried bread

Thats unfortunate. Thankfully all my adult kids get along with themselves and with Mom's. My Thai son when he came to the US for college lived with my eldest daughter in Chicago, then after graduation moved with her to Denver. Now we on to grandkids, and for them, both of them are nana (name) I think when I first got divorced my daughters did hold some resentment against my Thai wife. But as I explained to them, it wasn't her that cheated on their Mom, it was me! But now all water long under the bridge, and I can almost forget it ever happened

And as addendum to my last post You would probably be amazed at how many of us airport workers have been subjected to physical violence by crazy passengers. Multiple that 100x for the verbal abuse from stupid passengers, Sorry you missed your flight you got here 10 mins before departure!

So cant help myself. Crazy Preacher. So I'm called up to the gate by the gate agent, some guy is causing trouble. I get there, big guy, of course he's wearing a cowboy hat with a cross on the front on his hat Doors are closed, we've already pulled back the bridge plane is ready to taxi "I gotta be in Plano to give a service tonight" I tell him that's not going to happen, knocks me to the floor, barges past the gate agent opens the door and heads onto the ramp. Aircraft is already pushing. I'm getting the cops, we're chasing him across the ramp The Lord may well have been with him, but he spent the night in jail

I'm pretty OK with seeing a US flag displayed with a flag of whatever State I'm living in Whats the deal with a UK flag next to a Scottish, English, Welsh or NI flag? I'm American, born in California, Hispanic do I really give a rats ass about flags, Just grow up

So a little update on my naked crazy, and there have been many, I should tell you about the crazy preacher someday! So family, plus lawyer, flew in tried to get him on a private jet back to LGA, but if you are on a No Fly list, if money is going to be exchanged that ain't happening. So they concocted a plan to get him on a medical flight. The plan was to get him back to the airport, drug him and put him on a medical flight. I know this, since they are New Yorkers and they're loud, everyone in in the FBO office heard the plan So they're in the car telling him they are actually going to drive to Gillette where he could get on a regular flight, but smart cookie that he is sussed out the plan, got the driver pull over on the freeway, then hightailed down the embankment. I tell you, smart/rich/crazy it's a fine line Crazy Preacher that's a whole thread by itself! Said it before folks lose their frikkin minds as they enter an airport

As a hairdresser I had in California once said to me... Men don't lose hair, it simply relocates!

You could ask the same question; 'are you bitter about Thai women' that could unleash the floodgates! Divorce can be bad, but I think for quite a largely unreported number we get through it OK. I'm still very friendly with my ex, mother of two of my kids, we talk several times a week, and she gets on great with my Thai wife, primarily because when they are together they love nothing more than to bitch about me! How many stories have we all read on AN from bitter guys who got fleeced by their Thai gf/wife? So relationship breakups are always hard, but I think the bitterness comes from the degree of, and I hate to say it, the money that gets lost. Me and my ex did a mutual separation agreement, never needed a lawyer, we filed it with the court it cost us $50 and six weeks later it was done. Neither of us got all that we wanted, but it was fair and we got on with our lives Pretty sure Bitterness=Money

Well I'm sure there are more than a few willing to 'accelerate' the process! How many get caught, that's another question, Thai justice is as we all know dubious, and I'm sure 'Natural Causes' is the default cause for any older dead farang with a sweetie young enough to be his daughter or granddaughter,

Well there is that. The 'girl' has to lag it out a few years until the old guy finally departs this world. Weird relationship, but I guess it works for more than a few in Thailand

So this is one of those topics that we go around and around with here.. But it always fascinates, a little like watching reality TV. I hate myself for watching it, but can't help myself. Of course over the years I've run in to many a couple, obvious ex bar girl and older farang. They tend to be decades apart in age. What the heck do you talk about, generally young enough to be daughters, if not granddaughters. I talk to my daughters but it's on a whole different level, we almost don't speak the same language So I guess if it's just all about sex, thats fine, but I do just kinda like hanging out with my old lady, same age age similar life experiences, don't think I could deal with the girl child thing