Brief update on this new dining group for expats in Chiang Mai:
- Three meals so far:
All were lunch (no evening meals).
4 people each time.
- Restaurants so far:
Sausage King Garden -- best atmosphere for conversation
Route 66 -- cooking seems to have gone down slightly. (Maybe new cooks.)
Kahm Saen -- beautiful restaurant, but too "formal" for relaxed conversation
Next restaurant: still searching. Goal is find 3-5 comfortable restaurants and rotate among those.)
- Lessons learned:
No Thai women: conversation tone changed when a woman was present.
Separate checks, organized by the waitress, not by the group organizer (me).
Before group meal, must evaluate restaurant first, not depend solely on suggestions here, or anywhere.
Previous lesson learned: No missionaries (Jehovah's Witness, Seventh Day Adventist, etc. Many in Northern Thailand, but not invited to this group.)
How to handle problem of vaxxed people: still unsolved.
- Important note: This dining group is not sponsored by, not approved by, and not associated in any way with this forum or any other expat group. Posting here is merely a "notice of community event".
I'm in the early stages of researching and getting this all set up.
I'm aware that my Roth will likely be problematic, but fortunately (!) it's only a small portion of my portfolio. I spent the majority of my non-military work life in occupations that paid a large part of the paycheck as non-taxable per diems and allowances. Add to that I spent bigly amounts of time vacationing, such that I have enough credits to receive benefits, but not much more, so many years unable to make contributions.
Although anything is possible and we really don't know the exact circumstances of this accident, one has to presume recklessness, and one has to presume that if she were driving more carefully, if she was more attentive or if she was more highly skilled as a driver she could have avoided plowing into this motorcycle and killing this poor woman. The fact that she dragged the motorcycle for 50 meters says something, and it likely doesn't speak of kindness and compassion.
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