What's so good about Thailand?

[SAFETY FIRST]

2 hours ago, save the frogs said:

21 hours ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

You're negativity is toxic. 

Get some professional help 

You're losing my mind 

what do you mean "you're losing my mind?"

 

you need to be mentally tougher than that.

 

watch out for snakes in the grass. 

some people are deliberately trying to make everyone else miserable for xyz reasons ... they can't stay in thailand etc ... 

ignore people who are not objective and who have a hidden agenda.

 

whatever you do, don't lose your mind. it's the only one you got. 

 

 

Why are you replying to my comment to bob smith?

 

Are you another member losing his mind or are you antagonizing me? 

 

What's your beef, why are you being hostile? 

 

Have you been licking those frogs of yours and getting high again? 

 

[KhunLA]

2 hours ago, HandsomeTallFarang said:

Lol, the coffin-dodgers and grody-ass old dudes calling the woman they sponsor / pay to keep around "the misses" will never not be funny.

 

She's not your "Mrs."

 

when I think "Mrs." I think someone who genuinely loves you and is attracted to you. Someone who actually LOVES you and smiles every time they see you.

 

You're probably an old man with a gut... You had foreign money that's why you're with your "misses" she didn't fall head over heels for you because you're a stud. ???? Why even mention "the misses" like it's some major romance that you conquered, so embarrassing.

 

Your "misses" is just hired help. No different than sleeping with the housekeeper/ maid ????

 

 

I like the ones that have the trophy 'wife' or 'girlfriend', that they see maybe 4-8 weeks out of the year ... if that.

[HandsomeTallFarang]

2 hours ago, Ralf001 said:

Yes those lot do make me laugh.

 

If 50 is old yes iam guilty of that, defo do not have foreign money here in Thailand, only what I earn every month.

 

50 is on the lower-end of "old" so you're still good. Just keep yourself fit and don't smoke, and drink excessively.. you'll have a major leg up on the competition ????????

[Ralf001]

5 minutes ago, HandsomeTallFarang said:

50 is on the lower-end of "old" so you're still good. Just keep yourself fit and don't smoke, and drink excessively.. you'll have a major leg up on the competition ????????

Ive got cancer, my days are limited.

[georgegeorgia]

2 minutes ago, Ralf001 said:

Ive got cancer, my days are limited.

I'm sorry to hear that , ????

[HandsomeTallFarang]

3 minutes ago, Ralf001 said:

Ive got cancer, my days are limited.

Really? What about treatment options?

 

My condolences regardless. 

[Ralf001]

Just now, georgegeorgia said:

I'm sorry to hear that , ????

I'm ok with it, just adds to the health issue pile.

Year to date.

cardiac arrest x 3.

severe pneumonia - both lungs.

perforated large intestine.

[Ralf001]

Just now, HandsomeTallFarang said:

Really? What about treatment options?

 

My condolences regardless. 

I wont be seeking treatment.

[BritManToo]

3 hours ago, HandsomeTallFarang said:

She's not your "Mrs."

 

when I think "Mrs." I think someone who genuinely loves you and is attracted to you. Someone who actually LOVES you and smiles every time they see you.

Why do the ones that allegedly love you avoid having sex with you?

[georgegeorgia]

5 minutes ago, Ralf001 said:

I wont be seeking treatment.

My mother  took the same opinion after watching my dad suffer with chemo.

She said she wanted to die naturally.

Life is not guaranteed, 

My condolences to you ????

[fondue zoo]

Thanks to the "face" concept I can tell everyone at dinner that I'm a astronaut cowboy millionaire... and they can't say anything, to my face. I can sit there all night and regale them with stories and anecdotes of my high flying, rich and famous exploits. 

 

Do I realise there was a hole in my shirt pocket afterwards and that over half the people at said dinner can't speak English, sure, does it matter, no. Nobody says anything about my over the top, jump the shark, lie stories.

It's fantastic.

 

 

[Tippaporn]

9 hours ago, Ralf001 said:

Yeah roll racing early doors is a blast... But I do enjoy Tearing it up on the daily work commute to and from.

Cops do patrol the 7 but ive never been hassled... Have flashed a few with the high beams to get em to move over and let me through.

I thoroughly enjoy driving in Thailand, even in heavy traffic.  Creeping along in a virtual standstill?  That I hate.  I've seen cops every once in a blue moon on 7 but they're always in traffic.  I tend to think they're not patrolling but simply on their way to whatever their destination.

 

I once made the drive from BKK to our house up in Kalasin, a 550 km trip, in 5 hours.  Left at 4 AM on a Sunday and it was clear sailing all the way to Korat, which is about midway.  Average 110 km/h.  Not very impressive, I'll admit, but I was driving a Toyota Tiger that had the least powerful engine available as it was originally a company truck.  Flooring it from a dead stop to about 60 km/h took about 20 seconds.  For someone who loves speed it was agonising.  LOL

Anyway, such a shame to hear so many farang here curse and moan about driving in Thailand.  I love the freedom.

[SAFETY FIRST]

4 minutes ago, Tippaporn said:

Anyway, such a shame to hear so many farang here curse and moan about driving in Thailand.  I love the freedom.

These foreigners moan and curse about everything, not just driving in Thailand. 

 

These guys are born miserable, they wake up miserable each and every morning and they go to bed and sleep each and every night miserable. 

 

I'd hate to be one of those people, living a miserable life, so sad. 

 

[Tippaporn]

5 minutes ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

These foreigners moan and curse about everything, not just driving in Thailand. 

 

These guys are born miserable, they wake up miserable each and every morning and they go to bed and sleep each and every night miserable. 

 

I'd hate to be one of those people, living a miserable life, so sad. 

 

That's why I like to say that the problem many have is they take themselves with them wherever they go.  If you were miserable where you came from how to you expect to be happy somewhere else?  It's not the location that's the problem.  It's what's in the mirror.

Edit:  I should add that I'm not referring to those who simply have personal preferences.  That's natural.  I'm talking only about those who can't find a damn thing to say that's good.

 

[bob smith]

1 minute ago, Tippaporn said:

That's why I like to say that the problem many have is they take themselves with them wherever they go.  If you were miserable where you came from how to you expect to be happy somewhere else?  It's not the location that's the problem.  It's what's in the mirror.

nah, its definitely the location! and the people.

[Tippaporn]

1 minute ago, bob smith said:

nah, its definitely the location! and the people.

LOL.  It's what's called self-fulfilling prophecy.  Your experience meets your expectations but you don't realise that.  You can't bring yourself to admit that it's you.

[EVENKEEL]

10 minutes ago, bob smith said:

nah, its definitely the location! and the people.

You need to take a vacation away from Thailand to reset.

[Tippaporn]

1 minute ago, EVENKEEL said:

You need to take a vacation away from Thailand to reset.

He needs to find a different hobby.  Complaining ain't much of one. 

[Ralf001]

1 hour ago, Tippaporn said:

I thoroughly enjoy driving in Thailand, even in heavy traffic.  Creeping along in a virtual standstill?  That I hate.  I've seen cops every once in a blue moon on 7 but they're always in traffic.  I tend to think they're not patrolling but simply on their way to whatever their destination.

 

I once made the drive from BKK to our house up in Kalasin, a 550 km trip, in 5 hours.  Left at 4 AM on a Sunday and it was clear sailing all the way to Korat, which is about midway.  Average 110 km/h.  Not very impressive, I'll admit, but I was driving a Toyota Tiger that had the least powerful engine available as it was originally a company truck.  Flooring it from a dead stop to about 60 km/h took about 20 seconds.  For someone who loves speed it was agonising.  LOL

Anyway, such a shame to hear so many farang here curse and moan about driving in Thailand.  I love the freedom.

PoPo do pull over cars on the 7.... mostly overloaded pickup.

 

Love do inter province travel, the missus's joint is 690km door to door according to google maps and should take 9hrs 25 mins... best ive done is 6hrs 30 mins in my daily hack (Ford Ranger)...its the only car I have that will do the distance on 1 tank of fuel.

Since the last run Ive removed the speed limiter and added more boost/bigger intercooler/bigger injectors/dyno tune so hoping to improve that 6.5 next run.

Missus hates it though.. she pops some xanax and sleeps !!

[Tropposurfer]

[Tippaporn]

1 hour ago, Tropposurfer said:

I'll never again live without one. 

[newbee2022]

21 hours ago, EVENKEEL said:

Those that can afford it.

well, for me it would do with Vancouver Island. ????????

[save the frogs]

9 hours ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

What's your beef, why are you being hostile? 

wasn't being hostile.

was trying to be helpful in suggesting not to let bob's negativity get to you. 

if you interpret my comment as hostility, maybe you need to go back to school to learn English or you need a psychologist.  

 

lesson learned for me: stop giving out advice to strangers on aseannow. you never know who you're talking to. and never underestimate how stupid people are. 

 

 

[FruitPudding]

2 minutes ago, save the frogs said:

wasn't being hostile.

was trying to be helpful in suggesting not to let bob's negativity get to you. 

but now i realize you're cuckoo and no one can help you. 

 

lesson learned for me: stop giving out advice to strangers on aseannow. you never know who you're talking to. 

 

 

Yeah, this place is a viper's nest, man.

[SAFETY FIRST]

10 hours ago, save the frogs said:

wasn't being hostile.

was trying to be helpful in suggesting not to let bob's negativity get to you. 

if you interpret my comment as hostility, maybe you need to go back to school to learn English or you need a psychologist.  

 

lesson learned for me: stop giving out advice to strangers on aseannow. you never know who you're talking to. and never underestimate how stupid people are. 

 

 

Sorry mate, my mistake. 

 

I've never been a moaner or complained or said anything negative about Thailand, sadly this forum is full of Thai bashing members, I'm always defending Thailand from the bashers. 

I'm outnumbered, some members become nasty and hateful towards me, but I keep defending.

 

I rarely reply to any members comments when reading the different postings

I only reply to a members comment on my comment, mostly because I have a short fuse, members can be a nasty, always being impolite, they say things that they think are clever or funny but sadly they are being disrespectful or rude.

These members are miserable inside, they want us all to be miserable like them. 

 

I misread your comment, I just glanced at it and assumed it was a typical reply. 

I regularly get attacked, receiving the hostile, antagonizing comments so I acted swiftly to your comment not reading it in full.

 

BTW, Something I've noticed recently, things are slowly changing on AN Forums, I'm reading a lot of PRO Thailand comments lately, maybe the nasty moaners have left Thailand now, being miserable in their own countries. 

[Lancelot]

On 8/18/2023 at 8:15 AM, Ralf001 said:

On 8/18/2023 at 8:14 AM, bob smith said:

hope you dont accidently kill someone, like a kid!

 

that would be true lunacy on your part.

Fam will get a payout and the kid will reincarnate... win win !

I think Bob is pulling our collective chains, but he has brought out the quality expats here ????

 

I hear many Western guys remark how "free" they are in Thailand and the Philippines. Is it freedom or an opportunity to be selfish and no consideration for others? They often rail about life in their home country, but I suspect many guys would be quite content there if they could break the law with impunity and enjoy a relatively high economic position back home, like they have in SE Asia. In reality some are just envious of the Western super wealthy and powerful that seem to be above the law, so they come to SE Asia, to engage in the same selfish behavior. 

 

On another forum I once remarked how polite Australian drivers were, stopping at cross walks and yielding to pedestrians. (Really enjoyed visiting OZ) One guy trolled me that, like @Ralf001, he loved driving in The Philippines, where he didn't have to stop for pedestrians and resented USA law enforcement for enforcing cross walk rules. His post got 50 likes and he was elevated to Hero of The Board, 555. (Remember the Thai cop that killed a Thai lady doctor in a Bangkok cross walk?)

 

Yes there are expats here that respect others, but Thailand is a magnet for guys that want to live a "It's all about me!" life. 

 

No wonder the locals look down on us... 

 

 

[Ralf001]

10 minutes ago, Lancelot said:

I think Bob is pulling our collective chains, but he has brought out the quality expats here ????

 

I hear many Western guys remark how "free" they are in Thailand and the Philippines. Is it freedom or an opportunity to be selfish and no consideration for others? They often rail about life in their home country, but I suspect many guys would be quite content there if they could break the law with impunity and enjoy a relatively high economic position back home, like they have in SE Asia. In reality some are just envious of the Western super wealthy and powerful that seem to be above the law, so they come to SE Asia, to engage in the same selfish behavior. 

 

On another forum I once remarked how polite Australian drivers were, stopping at cross walks and yielding to pedestrians. (Really enjoyed visiting OZ) One guy trolled me that, like @Ralf001, he loved driving in The Philippines, where he didn't have to stop for pedestrians and resented USA law enforcement for enforcing cross walk rules. His post got 50 likes and he was elevated to Hero of The Board, 555. (Remember the Thai cop that killed a Thai lady doctor in a Bangkok cross walk?)

 

Yes there are expats here that respect others, but Thailand is a magnet for guys that want to live a "It's all about me!" life. 

 

No wonder the locals look down on us... 

 

 

I could live in my home country quiet content...

BUT.... the place is over priced, over taxed, run by morons, and many of the populace have turned into new age woke F-wits.

Yeah, not for me.

I 100% respect Thai people and their country.. but if the police want to be lax with enforcement I will take advantage of it !!

 

[Tippaporn]

3 hours ago, Lancelot said:

I think Bob is pulling our collective chains, but he has brought out the quality expats here ????

 

I hear many Western guys remark how "free" they are in Thailand and the Philippines. Is it freedom or an opportunity to be selfish and no consideration for others? They often rail about life in their home country, but I suspect many guys would be quite content there if they could break the law with impunity and enjoy a relatively high economic position back home, like they have in SE Asia. In reality some are just envious of the Western super wealthy and powerful that seem to be above the law, so they come to SE Asia, to engage in the same selfish behavior. 

 

On another forum I once remarked how polite Australian drivers were, stopping at cross walks and yielding to pedestrians. (Really enjoyed visiting OZ) One guy trolled me that, like @Ralf001, he loved driving in The Philippines, where he didn't have to stop for pedestrians and resented USA law enforcement for enforcing cross walk rules. His post got 50 likes and he was elevated to Hero of The Board, 555. (Remember the Thai cop that killed a Thai lady doctor in a Bangkok cross walk?)

 

Yes there are expats here that respect others, but Thailand is a magnet for guys that want to live a "It's all about me!" life. 

 

No wonder the locals look down on us...

That's quite a unique perspective, definitely slanted, but one that I hadn't heard before.  Slanted in the sense that you question whether those who remark about relishing the freedom in Thailand are here because of true freedom or inconsiderate selfishness.  The body of your post most definitely exposes your sentiment, and that is that, nah, these freedom loving posters aren't here because of true freedom.  They're definitely here because they enjoy breaking laws.

I find it fascinating how people's beliefs colour and form their perceptions of reality and they are usually completely unaware of the process of how their perceptions are shaped.

For myself there is little I value more than freedom.  I should add that there is much I value which rates as high.  Ironically Asia was one of the last destinations I would have ever chosen if the trip was on my dime.  I was sent here on a temporary job for 2-1/2 weeks.  Now I've traveled to enough wonderful countries and wherever I've gone I've often fancied myself living there.  But the attraction was never enough for me to actually make a move.  Thailand, though, convinced me in a heartbeat that this was where I wanted to be.  The number one attraction was the Thai people.  The number two attraction was the freedom available here which in large measure had vanished over the previous 4 decades in the U.S.  Largely due to the ever increasing number of laws prohibiting actions which one was earlier free to take.

 

As a for instance, I was pleasantly surprised the very first time I was entertained by an extended Thai family and their friends with food and drink.  As the alcohol ran down a young boy was collared by a family member, given some money and told to run down to the local store and buy some more beer.  He might have been about 10 years old.  Now I understood well that there was no harm in this and that no one was concerned that the boy would cop a bottle for himself.  It simply wasn't part of the Thai culture.

Now in any western country this would be highly illegal.  But apparently not in Thailand.  Which makes one question the absoluteness of laws.  Or the justness of laws.  Or the appropriateness of laws.  I think most would agree that there are a great deal of unjust laws in the west.  My sentiment has always been that if personal action intends and involves no harm to others then there should be no law prohibiting that action.  Unfortunately, a good percentage of laws restricting freedoms that are passed in the west are always trumpeted and sold as being for "your safety."  I suffer no guilty conscience breaking any of those laws.

So, yes, it is all about me and my freedom.  But that doesn't at all mean that the pursuit of my freedom must come at the expense of someone else.  Am I selfish when it comes to my freedom.  Absolutely.  Selfishness is not inherently a bad thing, as you portray it, Lancelot.  To tie it inextricably with inconsiderateness is faulty logic.  As long as you do tie the two together in inseparable marriage you skew your perception.

 

 

[save the frogs]

27 minutes ago, Tippaporn said:

Unfortunately, a good percentage of laws restricting freedoms that are passed in the west are always trumpeted and sold as being for "your safety."

your argument seems to be a logical fallacy.

 

you're complaining that laws in the west are not for your safety, but then thailand is renowned for having dangerous roads. 

 

cops stopping people from acting crazy on the roads IS for safety. they don't just do it because they're on a power trip. 

 

I get that driving fast is fun. I even almost paid the 400$ to go see a Formula 1 race once. But I think we need to have dedicated race tracks for people who like to drive fast. Not use the streets as a personal race track.

 

Even if you are a Formuala 1 driver, there's way too many bad drivers on the roads. And the roads are way too busy with pedestrians/cyclists/tuk tuks/scooters for anyone to make a compelling argument that it's ok to drive fast. 

 

Bring back SLOW DRIVING. 

 

[Tippaporn]

11 minutes ago, save the frogs said:

your argument seems to be a logical fallacy.

 

you're complaining that laws in the west are not for your safety, but then thailand is renowned for having dangerous roads. 

 

cops stopping people from acting crazy on the roads IS for safety. they don't just do it because they're on a power trip. 

 

I get that driving fast is fun. I even almost paid the 400$ to go see a Formula 1 race once. But I think we need to have dedicated race tracks for people who like to drive fast. Not use the streets as a personal race track.

 

Even if you are a Formuala 1 driver, there's way too many bad drivers on the roads. And the roads are way too busy with pedestrians/cyclists/tuk tuks/scooters for anyone to make a compelling argument that it's ok to drive fast. 

 

Bring back SLOW DRIVING. 

 

"your argument seems to be a logical fallacy."

Good that you qualified your statement with "seems."

"you're complaining that laws in the west are not for your safety . . . "

Did you misquote me here?

 

39 minutes ago, Tippaporn said:

Unfortunately, a good percentage of laws restricting freedoms that are passed in the west are always trumpeted and sold as being for "your safety." 

". . . but then thailand is renowned for having dangerous roads."

I'm sure you will vociferously disagree but dangerous is a relative term.  Speed, for instance, is not inherently dangerous.

 

“Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?”

― George Carlin

Carlin understood the relativity of it.

 

From one of my earlier posts, as I assume you hadn't read them.

  

On 8/18/2023 at 7:22 PM, Tippaporn said:

An action can be highly dangerous under one scenario but perfectly safe under a different scenario.  Common sense works wonderfully in guiding your actions.

"Even if you are a Formuala 1 driver, there's way too many bad drivers on the roads."

 

Do you trust yourself enough to keep you safe from bad drivers?  Okay, that's a question for advanced souls.  You can skip answering that one. 

 

Try this one.  Does driving fast when conditions warrant it make one a bad driver?  If I drive faster than you does that automatically define me as a maniac?  A bad driver if I drive slower and am in front of you?

 

"And the roads are way too busy with pedestrians/cyclists/tuk tuks/scooters for anyone to make a compelling argument that it's ok to drive fast."

Have I made any such argument that it's okay to drive fast under any and all circumstances?

Do you possess the common sense necessary to determine when it's okay to drive fast and when it's not?  Would you claim that I don't use common sense when I drive?  Or that I don't possess the common sense necessary to determine when it's okay to drive fast and when it's not?