2 hours ago, Scouse123 said:

They really bug me at times

I know, but remember as the saying goes

you got to suck it up, at times.

On 7/12/2022 at 10:00 AM, Reposed said:

On 7/12/2022 at 9:18 AM, NanLaew said:

I had a long hard think on how Thailand being "unique in their world view" is impacting my life.

 

Still thinking. I'll need to get back with you later.

Well, unlike westerners, Europeans even more so than Americans, the typical Thai has no concept of any culture outside of their own, fortified by school officials telling children for over a decade that they are the superior culture.

 

If one has to spend more than three minutes considering how that might impact ones life living here, well.......

 

If we do not know other cultures, we can neither fully understand nor appreciate our own, nor make needed changes to it to make it better.

There's that broad brush of western knowitallery again. It's not about knowing other cultures. It's more about trying to understand them.

 

Looking at my Times Concise Atlas of the World, Serbia, Sudan and Turkmenistan are 'western' compared to Thailand. I wonder how enlightened and worldly their general populations are?

 

You're evasive "If one has to spend more than three minutes considering how that might impact ones life living here, well......." doesn't answer my original question of how you think Thailand being "unique in their world view" is impacting my life. After a collective +20 years here, working and living here and starting a family, it still hasn't. Should I feel cheated?

 

So maybe easier for you to specify how their being "unique in their world view" is impacting yours? You don't have to of course but for some reason, I'm big on enlightenment today.

2 hours ago, NanLaew said:

There's that broad brush of western knowitallery again. It's not about knowing other cultures. It's more about trying to understand them.

 

Looking at my Times Concise Atlas of the World, Serbia, Sudan and Turkmenistan are 'western' compared to Thailand. I wonder how enlightened and worldly their general populations are?

 

You're evasive "If one has to spend more than three minutes considering how that might impact ones life living here, well......." doesn't answer my original question of how you think Thailand being "unique in their world view" is impacting my life. After a collective +20 years here, working and living here and starting a family, it still hasn't. Should I feel cheated?

 

So maybe easier for you to specify how their being "unique in their world view" is impacting yours? You don't have to of course but for some reason, I'm big on enlightenment today.

An amusing 'impact' we had a first calver, in the throws of giving birth, my wife and I went to check, front feet nose showing. 

My wife immediately jumped on the motorcycle and headed off to find the local calving expert 

I myself have calved hundreds of cows, by the time they returned the calf was out, in good shape being licked by its attentive mother ???? although my wife knows I have been involved in farming it never occurred to even ask my opinion let alone if I could calve the cow, maybe it threw her because I took calving ropes just in case, or maybe its just my wife has a distrust of anything not Thai oriented although this is an  example of, if you like, rebounding impact, it does demonstrate a reluctance to readily accept any process not administered or suggested by Khon Thai - or as I say maybe just my wife finds it difficult when my methods differ, if they work it appears to come as a surprise, I am very experienced in the process of providing workable solutions, along with good knowledge of when to have an expert do the work.

So does the fact I don't always accept/understand things are better done the Thai way impact my life? Well as Charlie said in another thread, it would if I let it ????

 

 

 

 

 

On 7/14/2022 at 12:26 PM, 473geo said:

An amusing 'impact' we had a first calver, in the throws of giving birth, my wife and I went to check, front feet nose showing. 

My wife immediately jumped on the motorcycle and headed off to find the local calving expert 

I myself have calved hundreds of cows, by the time they returned the calf was out, in good shape being licked by its attentive mother ???? although my wife knows I have been involved in farming it never occurred to even ask my opinion let alone if I could calve the cow, maybe it threw her because I took calving ropes just in case, or maybe its just my wife has a distrust of anything not Thai oriented although this is an  example of, if you like, rebounding impact, it does demonstrate a reluctance to readily accept any process not administered or suggested by Khon Thai - or as I say maybe just my wife finds it difficult when my methods differ, if they work it appears to come as a surprise, I am very experienced in the process of providing workable solutions, along with good knowledge of when to have an expert do the work.

So does the fact I don't always accept/understand things are better done the Thai way impact my life? Well as Charlie said in another thread, it would if I let it ????

 

 

 

 

 

Good post.

 

I was going to paraphrase @CharlieH as well but you beat me to it.

On 7/13/2022 at 5:07 AM, Scouse123 said:

They really bug me at times

You’re still here? I thought you were leaving.

It took me about three trips, and almost a year in total to understand the basics.

 

I have money, I have fun.   I have money, Thai like money.  No money, die.

 

It's hot.  Really hot.  

 

Air quality is garbage.  

 

Traffic is filled with complete morons (pretty much par for the world).

 

Everything might be a scam.

 

Overall, people are nice.

 

Overall, as a guy you have an edge.

 

Ladyboys exist everywhere.

 

No, you cannot buy everyone

 

Thais are smarter than you think, in some things.

 

Thai guys are very nice until they drink.  Might be the same with me.  

 

Your life is worth zero.

 

Nobody cares.

 

It is an escape, and that's fine.

5 hours ago, Danderman123 said:

You’re still here? I thought you were leaving.

Oh very droll, Wish I had such a fabulous sense of humor.

 

You got any idea about how long it takes to pack up after 30 years?

5 minutes ago, Scouse123 said:

Oh very droll, Wish I had such a fabulous sense of humor.

 

You got any idea about how long it takes to pack up after 30 years?

3 years?

Ya, buddy of mine just got back from Albania and could not shut him up about it.  Cheaper than Chiang Mai (and about S safe) in all but the capital city (about the same as CM), a great beach scene, and only a few hrs drive to awesome mountain environments.  

 

As a US citizen, easy to be there and is a cheap 2hr flight to Germany and the rest of Europe.

21 minutes ago, Scouse123 said:

Oh very droll, Wish I had such a fabulous sense of humor.

 

You got any idea about how long it takes to pack up after 30 years?

Damn, tell me about it.  We have been packing the condo here in Bangkok for the past 2 weeks as we are moving the majority to our new house in the Hua Hin/Pranburi Area. We have only lived in this 3 bedroom Condo for 3 years........can't imagine how much accumulation one has after 30 years of living in one location here.  When I sold the primary residence in the US it took me 2 months to pack it all and put it into a 30' x 10' storage container which I have in a storage warehouse in the states for when we decide to possibly move back ourselves.

7 minutes ago, DrPhibes said:

Ya, buddy of mine just got back from Albania and could not shut him up about it.  Cheaper than Chiang Mai (and about S safe) in all but the capital city (about the same as CM), a great beach scene, and only a few hrs drive to awesome mountain environments.  

 

As a US citizen, easy to be there and is a cheap 2hr flight to Germany and the rest of Europe.

I heard the same thing

1 hour ago, Scouse123 said:

Oh very droll, Wish I had such a fabulous sense of humor.

 

You got any idea about how long it takes to pack up after 30 years?

Took me about 30 minutes when I moved from the UK to Thailand.

What I could carry in a carry-on wheely case.

8 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

Took m about 30 minutes when I moved from the UK to Thailand.

What I could carry in a carry-on wheely case.

I could only wish that I was able to do the same, but if I remember you did not have much left after the court bent you over.

2 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

I could only wish that I was able to do the same, but if I remember you did not have much left after the court bent you over.

He had his shoe laces tied up at least.

2 hours ago, BritManToo said:

Took me about 30 minutes when I moved from the UK to Thailand.

What I could carry in a carry-on wheely case.

What you do with stuff?

I want to pack up and go. I need to grow some balls n do it perhaps.

Well, after all the encouraging and sage advice I have received from forum members, I think I might just stay..????