do you acknowledge other farangs?

[jwest10]

3 hours ago, Tagged said:

Some really do not want any contact what so ever, but others you see smile, friendly eyes, and approach, so yes say hi, change a few words, but thats it. 

 

An ozzy I almost walked down, where none of us did not see each other, almost pushed me away, and said <deleted> off, before I managed to say sorry, so you will meet them all. Mostly it is just a smile and a nod, if not interested in me, Im fine. 

 

To many screwed up buttheads everywhere, but in touristplaces, I avoid any contact. To many FH´s everwhere

Tagged
I used to see a couple of expats and  do acknowledge them and now there seems to be none around.
In the village I live and in the main people are very friendly (same everywhere good and bad)and even though after all these years struggling with Thai but do enjoy just saying Hi and having a laugh and joke and the children wow and it did help was a volunteer teacher for 6 years and one year on a contract at the High School.
I used to have a friend (who sadly dies a year or so ago) who live in a village a little away from me and always looked me up with his Thai wife.
No coming from London like the piece and relatively quiet, apart from the noisey bikes and cars I love my village and think blended it really well, but so many think one has a pot of gold but I have my wonderful family with me

[n210mp]

10 minutes ago, Silent Number said:

Wow I’m feeling very depressed and unworthy after reading that post.

Yes I understand my friend and of course you are not alone suffering from this condition, you are in good company here on TV/forums !

 

And the good news is that;

 

Therapeutic Help is at hand in the form of either a nice "self counselling session" that comes from a round of golf with  "similar sufferers" or maybe a 4 0 am cycle ride around the rural areas of Pattaya whilst enjoying the Sunrise over lake at Ban  Mabrachan  .....your choice! 

 

But you do need to make the first step.......and that is ...........Getting off the keyboard ,  couch or bar stool first!

[Ventenio]

I've actually BLOCKED every member on TV, if that answers your question.  It took me 13,973 hours.  

 

Now I yell at farangs, 2 meters!!!!  One guy was bleeding and rolling in the street towards me.  I yelled, 2 meters!!!!  Boy I ran away fast, maybe his blood has covid.  

 

This ISN'T very complicated.  Like ANYWHERE in the world, you either click with someone or you don't.  you will know almost immediately, maybe after a few minutes. when i was much younger, omg the farangs seemed to be so mad i was ruining their experience of being the only farang in the world, or if i was thinking they just met 10 ladyboys for 100 hours.  and their first question was, 'so, what do you do?'  not even a hello.  usually they would spew some world-changing philosophy and correctness of political activism while trying to find 5 baht in their 10 baht shorts.

 

i have traveled around the world.  farangs in thailand are certainly near the bottom, in general, but one out of a few hundred are fine.  until, after one hour, he tells you his life story and it creeps you out.  

 

 

[Grumpy one]

I prefer to maintain the hermit lifestyle when farangs are concerned.

The less drama in my life the better

 

[madmen]

This has only ever happened in pattaya but on rare occasions when I'm sitting in one of the larger bars a grinning farang will walk right up and say " is this seat taken ?" Keeping in mind I'm the only person there and there are 10 other tables

This always catches me off guard and I say no. Within a few seconds i get the " so where you from mate" and instantly regret my decision

Edited May 10, 2020 by madmen

[Silent Number]

24 minutes ago, n210mp said:

Yes I understand my friend and of course you are not alone suffering from this condition, you are in good company here on TV/forums !

 

And the good news is that;

 

Therapeutic Help is at hand in the form of either a nice "self counselling session" that comes from a round of golf with  "similar sufferers" or maybe a 4 0 am cycle ride around the rural areas of Pattaya whilst enjoying the Sunrise over lake at Ban  Mabrachan  .....your choice! 

 

But you do need to make the first step.......and that is ...........Getting off the keyboard ,  couch or bar stool first!

That’s never going to happen I leave Pattaya to cynical boring “I have” “I am” touristy pot gutted w.....kers who bite like hungry Atlantic Salmon. 

[geriatrickid]

This brings to mind Mrs. Bucket and her neighbors. 

From the perspective of Emmett, or the postman, exchanges are best avoided.

[kiteman9]

Sad bunch of posts on this topic.

[Silent Number]

18 minutes ago, geriatrickid said:

This brings to mind Mrs. Bucket and her neighbors. 

From the perspective of Emmett, or the postman, exchanges are best avoided.

Good comparison apparently n210mp likens me to Onslow.

[Sujo]

1 hour ago, Yinn said:

 

 

 

This why ignore single foreign guy.

can not have normal conversation. 

Always be sleaze.

But you didnt answer. You dont like single men. Do married have a chance?

[bkk6060]

1 hour ago, madmen said:

This has only ever happened in pattaya but on rare occasions when I'm sitting in one of the larger bars a grinning farang will walk right up and say " is this seat taken ?" Keeping in mind I'm the only person there and there are 10 other tables

This always catches me off guard and I say no. Within a few seconds i get the " so where you from mate" and instantly regret my decision

No offense I get it I guess, and it is kind of sad.

But, where you from? is/should be a normal question.

Problem starts on how you respond: If USA, seems the Trump and anti american rants will start no matter where the guy who asked you is from.  Generally though, everyone seems to hate everyone from anyplace nowadays.

Edited May 10, 2020 by bkk6060

[n00dle]

Central bangkok, with a villa 200 meters down the road f I peek my head out the gate I can count 30 farang every half hour.

 

Why would I acknowledge them?

[Sujo]

58 minutes ago, madmen said:

This has only ever happened in pattaya but on rare occasions when I'm sitting in one of the larger bars a grinning farang will walk right up and say " is this seat taken ?" Keeping in mind I'm the only person there and there are 10 other tables

This always catches me off guard and I say no. Within a few seconds i get the " so where you from mate" and instantly regret my decision

I understand. I was in manila for a week, walked into a bar and only one person there. So i sat at the opposite end of the bar. Within 2 minutes my fellow aussie left his place and came to sit next to me.

 

When he went to the toilet i paid for the beer and legged it out the door.

 

I would have thought the hint would have been me deciding to sit as far away from him as possible. Nevermind, waltzed down to LA cafe for some fun.

[brokenbone]

1 hour ago, 2 is 1 said:

I really don't want talk whit farang who look like this!

 

 

 

Many time its even longer, almost in armpit!

 

cuze me but i see far and away more female thais walking around with socks in their flip flops then men

[Saltire]

We live in a small village where for 3 years I have been the only foreigner, and I like it that way.

 

A few days ago the village chief announced a new foreigner from Pattaya is here with his gf and would be self-quarantine for 2 weeks. My wife got all excited thinking I would have an English-speaking friend but to be honest I couldn't care less.

 

Could turn out to be a great bloke, could be a complete AH. I don't plan on finding out. He will stay a while then take off.

 

There is one of these OM! retreat centres near me but the foreign busloads who arrive keep everyone inside, no talking for 10 days, no telephones and vegetarian meals only. I am pretty sure I'd have nothing in common ???? with them. I last wore sandals going to primary school.

 

 

Edited May 10, 2020 by Saltire

[n210mp]

54 minutes ago, Silent Number said:

That’s never going to happen I leave Pattaya to cynical boring “I have” “I am” touristy pot gutted w.....kers who bite like hungry Atlantic Salmon. 

Silent number You really will have to do better please try to  keep up!

 

You see we don't bite at all ! (Well on occasions I suppose)

 

We do  get involved in a little grey matter stimulation every now and then, sort of to beat the boredom of being in a 14 day quarantine (At least in my case at this moment in time !)

 

When you have been on "here" a little longer and have a few more posts in your "Cred wallet" you will understand that you are the one who took the bait and then was  "Bit"  by answering in a most  "off the topic personal manner!

 

Sort of the so called "Biter being bit" don't you think ? 

 

 

[fredwiggy]

I nod to every falang I see and have some new friends because of it, as does my wife with their wives. I don't understand the ones that want to run away. I'm sure there are some that are here hiding away from something they did wrong in their native country but that's got to be just a select few. I would think, with a lot of us either feeling out of place, disrespected or plain ignored by Thais, that we would yearn for some familiar company. It doesn't matter to me where they come from, because that's a way to learn more about other countries, especially if they speak English. I've been here almost two straight years, along with visiting for 3 more before I moved here, and I'm still looking for a fishing partner. Fishing here is only good in private places it seems, because the locals net the lakes dry, not understanding conservation, so I'd like to find someone that knows a few places where we can go together, especially in south Isaan where I live. I'm a catch and release fisherman so they wouldn't have to worry about me keeping fish. Falangs can relate to each other, so I don't understand the problem some have, but each to his own.

[n210mp]

5 minutes ago, fredwiggy said:

I nod to every falang I see and have some new friends because of it, as does my wife with their wives. I don't understand the ones that want to run away. I'm sure there are some that are here hiding away from something they did wrong in their native country but that's got to be just a select few. I would think, with a lot of us either feeling out of place, disrespected or plain ignored by Thais, that we would yearn for some familiar company. It doesn't matter to me where they come from, because that's a way to learn more about other countries, especially if they speak English. I've been here almost two straight years, along with visiting for 3 more before I moved here, and I'm still looking for a fishing partner. Fishing here is only good in private places it seems, because the locals net the lakes dry, not understanding conservation, so I'd like to find someone that knows a few places where we can go together, especially in south Isaan where I live. I'm a catch and release fisherman so they wouldn't have to worry about me keeping fish. Falangs can relate to each other, so I don't understand the problem some have, but each to his own.

Excellent reply fredwiggy, balanced courteous, how refreshing !

 

 

Edited May 10, 2020 by n210mp

[Pilotman]

2 hours ago, Silent Number said:

Wow I’m feeling very depressed and unworthy after reading that post.

don't be, you are probably just normal. 

[n210mp]

Silent number

 

Can you confirm just who is "onslow" please?

 

My Ozzie friend up the road seems to think it is from a TV soap or similar but because i I don't really look at this sort of stuff, genuinely do not know!

[BritManToo]

3 hours ago, Sujo said:

I moved to asia to mix with asians. I am not interested in making friends or chatting to anyone else. But if someone gives a nod on the way past or says hello of course i will return the gesture. I just dont want to socialise.

 

 

Agreed, apart for the 'mixing with Asians' ..... did you mean 'mixing with Asian women'? .... in which case full agreement.

[BritManToo]

Just now, n210mp said:

Excellent reply fredwiggy, balanced courteous, how refreshing !

Yeah, but he forgot to say his opening line was, "Do you know Jesus'.

Edited May 10, 2020 by BritManToo

[fredwiggy]

Just now, BritManToo said:

Yeah, but he forgot to say his opening line was, "Do you know Jesus'.

Don't assume. I'm not a Bible thumper, just a Christian with beliefs. That only comes up if the other person asks me if I'm a Christian. I don't force my beliefs on anyone. By the time you get to my age, you've already been introduced to God, unless you live on North Sentinel Island

[Surelynot]

Guess it depends on the density of their tattoos and jewellery, how skimpy their tee shirt is and if they seem capable of standing unaided. So not many.

[Paul Catton]

4 minutes ago, n210mp said:

Silent number

 

Can you confirm just who is "onslow" please?

 

My Ozzie friend up the road seems to think it is from a TV soap or similar but because i I don't really look at this sort of stuff, genuinely do not know!

Onslow from Keeping Up Appearances 

 

Geoffrey Hughes, the actor was a Liverpudlian, he also appeared as a character called "Eddie Yeats" on "Coronation Street" for many years, another classic role. 

[Bob A Kneale]

Not many people would acknowledge complete strangers in their own country so why would anyone want to do it here or expect others to do it here?

[pineapple01]

Its a bit risky it could be a poster from do you believe in God Squad.

[fredwiggy]

Just now, Bob A Kneale said:

Not many people would acknowledge complete strangers in their own country so why would anyone want to do it here or expect others to do it here?

Because being the minority, we should stick together

[Bob A Kneale]

1 minute ago, fredwiggy said:

3 minutes ago, Bob A Kneale said:

Not many people would acknowledge complete strangers in their own country so why would anyone want to do it here or expect others to do it here?

Because being the minority, we should stick together

Indeed, you should! 

[n210mp]

7 minutes ago, Bob A Kneale said:

Not many people would acknowledge complete strangers in their own country so why would anyone want to do it here or expect others to do it here?

I suppose you can speak for yourself but please do not speak for me !

 

But then again being a "lancastrian"   I suppose that we are a "Race apart"

 

You see  "when I wer a lad"  we were instructed to be polite and courteous and to always be the first to acknowledge the presence of  older people .