1 hour ago, FritsSikkink said:

2 hours ago, mauGR1 said:

It's awful to be the richest of the neighbourhood, but it's probably better than being the poorest ????

Being the richest in a very poor area, living amongst the drunks, doesn't sound very attractive too me at all.

In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.

You’re all missing the point it’s not about being generous and keeping in with the natives.

A 100 baht massage and a 60baht bottle of whiskey would not made a dent in my wallet.

Why should I support people getting blind, it’s not a new year thing, they are blind most of the time, I have seen one of these guys several times just laying down on the side of the road blind drunk and the whole village including his family walks by ignoring him.

As for the massage woman no she is not a regular visitor, I have never seen her laying down although I guess a few village blokes have however she can be observed staggering around at various times of the day.

What irks me is the thing that the farang is going to get them blind again.

 

There are lovely responsible people, not poor in the village however they don’t support or will support the habit.

So if the few hundred baht was for Yabba some on here would be generous, new year spirit yeh?

 

 

18 minutes ago, Brer said:

You’re all missing the point it’s not about being generous and keeping in with the natives.

A 100 baht massage and a 60baht bottle of whiskey would not made a dent in my wallet.

Why should I support people getting blind

Good point, however, if it's ok for your wife, and it doesn't hurt you financially, it's better to go with the flow, imho.

2 hours ago, NanLaew said:

In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.

In this case the village ????