When was the last time that you spoke with a foreigner?

[cdemundo]

25 minutes ago, SMIAI said:

If honestly, reading the posts here, I would happily avoid these foreigners. They might be able to mask it superficially on the outside, but this is what they are like really.

Blind to their own faults, self praising and self satisfied. Appalling.

Of course not all AN members but many are well-described by this :

 

"Blind to their own faults, self praising and self satisfied. Appalling."

 

Amazing how many find any thread an opportunity to brag.

Even "What did you have for breakfast?" threads.

 

 

[proton]

2 hours ago, Lacessit said:

I know how you feel. I took a Czech couple I met in Australia all around the Golden Triangle, they never paid for anything, or offered to.

 

They spoiled it for anyone else I might have thought of helping.

 

Mrs once took a German couple from lower Sukhumvit to the Ancient City in Samut Prakhan on the bus between her classes, they never even sent her the promised photos they took together!

[norsurin]

When im in Thailand i meet some real foreigner friends We use to take a morning walk in lumpini park.

Sometimes lunch together.Anyway if i stay in a bar and hear people from my country i never contact them.

I speak thai well so i prefer sit and talk with thais in a bar or pub.

[fredwiggy]

23 minutes ago, cdemundo said:

Of course not all AN members but many are well-described by this :

 

"Blind to their own faults, self praising and self satisfied. Appalling."

 

Amazing how many find any thread an opportunity to brag.

Even "What did you have for breakfast?" threads.

 

 

Well, today for breakfast I had Eggs Benedict, a 10oz Argentine Ribeye, Oysters Rockefeller, Piedmont White Truffle, some Almas Caviar, along with a 1982 Roederer Cristal, followed by  a small desert of Strawberries Arnaud and Kopi Luwak coffee.

[Hummin]

32 minutes ago, cdemundo said:

Of course not all AN members but many are well-described by this :

 

"Blind to their own faults, self praising and self satisfied. Appalling."

 

Amazing how many find any thread an opportunity to brag.

Even "What did you have for breakfast?" threads.

 

 

Auch, that was a though one, are you okay now?

[Hummin]

3 minutes ago, fredwiggy said:

Well, today for breakfast I had Eggs Benedict, a 10oz Argentine Ribeye, Oysters Rockefeller, Piedmont White Truffle, some Almas Caviar, along with a 1982 Roederer Cristal, followed by  a small desert of Strawberries Arnaud and Kopi Luwak coffee.

I had breakfest at Hayatt airport, it was okay, actually. Fish, fruit, rice, smoked ham, diverse cheese, coffe. Coffe was very good. 

[ukrules]

About 5 minutes ago, she's a Thai, as we're in Cambodia right now we're both foreigners, don't understand a word of it - neither of us 🤣

[pchansmorn]

8 hours ago, simon43 said:

Asking those who live in Thailand....

 

The last time that I spoke with a 'farang' was about 4 weeks ago when I said 'thank-you' to a young Russian guy who held the lift for me in my Jomtien condo building.  I don't go out of my way to socialise with foreigners in Thailand because most seem to be pot-heads, 'hidden' nutters (who seem quite sociable at first, but then reveal themselves as totally mad), or those many grumpy old men who seem to be suffering from dementia.

 

Otherwise, I seem only to interact with Thais 🙂on a daily basis.  None seem to be pot-heads, the nutters are quite vocal and easily avoided, and I always get a smile from the old folk when I give them a cheery 'sawadee kap'.

 

How about you.  Do you live in a farang bubble?  Or a Thai bubble for that matter?

Thai neighborhood. I find the Expats not very friendly.  Thai people are much easier to talk too.

[ThreeCardMonte]

1 hour ago, fredwiggy said:

That is a paragraph. How do I "seem" isolated? Have you lived near me and saw how I live? No, so that's yet another of the many assumptions made on AN. You can have your opinion on how many nutters there are here, but it wouldn't be valid because you have absolutely no idea how many unstable foreigners live here. What does get out more mean? Are you assuming that I stay in my house 24/7? Do you actually think that a 68 year old man who has had 3 wives, 6 kids, and about 100 girlfriends, is a hunter, fisherman and had worked for 45 plus years has never left the house?

Paragraphs would help.

 

Thank you for adjudicating my assessment in my original post.

 

You should check your blood pressure.

[Lacessit]

18 minutes ago, fredwiggy said:

Well, today for breakfast I had Eggs Benedict, a 10oz Argentine Ribeye, Oysters Rockefeller, Piedmont White Truffle, some Almas Caviar, along with a 1982 Roederer Cristal, followed by  a small desert of Strawberries Arnaud and Kopi Luwak coffee.

Liquor for breakfast  - are you an alcoholic?

 

Champagne with a ribeye steak ....hmmm.

[fondue zoo]

I'm the token white honky for my neighbourhood.

 

 

 

 

 

[cdemundo]

26 minutes ago, Hummin said:

Auch, that was a though one, are you okay now?

Of course some members are just A-holes.

Maybe "though" guys.

[fredwiggy]

15 minutes ago, ThreeCardMonte said:

Paragraphs would help.

 

Thank you for adjudicating my assessment in my original post.

 

You should check your blood pressure.

115/54 resting pulse 58 And again, that was a paragraph. I don't make one line paragraphs like some here do, as they are not paragraphs, although some can't assimilate words if it's a long paragraph and I feel for them. I didn't adjudicate your assessment, as your assessment was wrong. You assumed 50%, and you have no idea, so again, it was an assumption, an opinion, worthless.

[Andrew Dwyer]

Don’t remember the last time i spoke with a foreigner but i am an antisocial tw#t.

Used to chat once a month with Bob ( not Smith ) as he was a fellow Brit, but he left for New Zealand a few years ago and never came back …… i have that effect on people.

John, another Brit, lives near me and i maybe see him in the local market every six months, i turned down his offer to go drink some beers so our conversations are limited to a nod of the head and a half smile ……. he has cottoned on to my level of tw#tiness !!

 

Don’t get me wrong i will help out anyone who genuinely requires help, Thai or foreigner, but i don’t make friends to hear their life story as it is usually unfeasibly dull or full of BS.

 

I will chat to the Thai next door over the wall occasionally but we are neither proficient in each other’s languages so it is usually just to be polite and neither of us gets much from the conversation.

 

In fact I would say I speak more to the cat than anyone else and he can’t be bothered to answer back …… tw#t !!

[fredwiggy]

18 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

Liquor for breakfast  - are you an alcoholic?

 

Champagne with a ribeye steak ....hmmm.

It was a joke. Of course no champagne with a ribeye. That would be better suited with a Cabernet Sauvignon or Merlot. Tannins are necessary.

[SMIAI]

fred is giving me a headache. Does he ever give it a rest? Sheesh...

[fredwiggy]

7 minutes ago, SMIAI said:

fred is giving me a headache. Does he ever give it a rest? Sheesh...

Some can't handle the truth, so require medicine to ease their pain. Try paracetamol. Or just scroll by. We won't miss ya.

[ThreeCardMonte]

7 minutes ago, fredwiggy said:

115/54 resting pulse 58 And again, that was a paragraph. I don't make one line paragraphs like some here do, as they are not paragraphs, although some can't assimilate words if it's a long paragraph and I feel for them. I didn't adjudicate your assessment, as your assessment was wrong. You assumed 50%, and you have no idea, so again, it was an assumption, an opinion, worthless.

“I didn't adjudicate your assessment, as your assessment was wrong”

 

Yes you did.  It’s was my assessment, not yours.  My call, not yours.  
 

You can disagree with my assessment but it’s still my assessment.  
 

Actually I was being conservative in my assessment of 50%.  
 

Paragraphs would help 

[SMIAI]

The topic is "when was the last time you spoke with a foreigner?" Seems someone thinks it's all about him. Enough said.

 

 

[BLMFem]

1 hour ago, proton said:

 

Mrs once took a German couple from lower Sukhumvit to the Ancient City in Samut Prakhan on the bus between her classes, they never even sent her the promised photos they took together!

And how many times will this happen before you start asking questions?😉

[fredwiggy]

2 minutes ago, ThreeCardMonte said:

“I didn't adjudicate your assessment, as your assessment was wrong”

 

Yes you did.  It’s was my assessment, not yours.  My call, not yours.  
 

You can disagree with my assessment but it’s still my assessment.  
 

Actually I was being conservative in my assessment of 50%.  
 

Paragraphs would help 

A paragraph is usually considered a group of sentences, although one line is okay. If you can't comprehend what I write, let me know and I'll separate the sentences more, just for you. And again, you're assuming 50% of foreigners here are nutters and the other 50% hermits. You do understand you are insulting foreigners living here right? By the way, which category are you in?

[ThreeCardMonte]

3 minutes ago, fredwiggy said:

Some can't handle the truth, so require medicine to ease their pain. Try paracetamol. Or just scroll by. We won't miss ya.

Surprised you haven’t followed the pattern of others when they get frustrated with opposing views.

 

The time honored tradition of putting someone on ignore.

[BLMFem]

To the OP's question;

Does talking to yourself count?

[ujayujay]

.....wait...

[fredwiggy]

4 minutes ago, ThreeCardMonte said:

Surprised you haven’t followed the pattern of others when they get frustrated with opposing views.

 

The time honored tradition of putting someone on ignore.

One would have to be frustrated before that would happen. Opinions mean nothing. Insulting other foreigners is a pretty childish thing, especially if you are one.

[SMIAI]

Can you imagine trying to have a conversation with a foreigner who always thinks they are right...even when they are not?

I don't believe such a person has or can have any real foreigner friends in Thailand.

[scubascuba3]

25 minutes ago, SMIAI said:

fred is giving me a headache. Does he ever give it a rest? Sheesh...

Best to not read his posts, I don't too long and waffling, he isn't able to summarise, but he's very smart apparently 🤣

[fredwiggy]

1 minute ago, scubascuba3 said:

Best to not read his posts, I don't too long and waffling, he isn't able to summarise, but he's very smart apparently 🤣

Good idea, so I won't have to prove you wrong so many times. Ask your cronies to follow suit, because they just can't seem to stay away. You know, birds of a feather. Not being able to comprehend what's written is on you, and not I.

[SMIAI]

It's a shame, but certain characters, even on an anonymous forum, let their egos get the better of them. That's the kind of foreigner I would avoid in real life.

In real life, sometimes it's best to be diplomatic. But some characters feel they need to win, in every discussion. It's pathetic.

It should be light and fun. But instead...

[ThreeCardMonte]

1 minute ago, fredwiggy said:

A paragraph is usually considered a group of sentences, although one line is okay. If you can't comprehend what I write, let me know and I'll separate the sentences more, just for you. And again, you're assuming 50% of foreigners here are nutters and the other 50% hermits. You do understand you are insulting foreigners living here right? By the way, which category are you in?

Yes, a group of sentences but start a new paragraph with a change in thought.

 

Such as in your last post after “you” but before “And again “.  Your train of thought changes over to the 50% comments so a new pharaoh.

My method just makes for easier reading, not because of comprehension.

50% nutters (conservative).  That was my assessment, not assumption.  You can disagree but changes nothing on my part.

 

The assessment was generic, not specifically targeted towards one individual so get off your white horse. and ditch the armor.

 

“You do understand you are insulting foreigners living here right?”

 

I have no control nor care how foreigners view my assessment.  “Insulting “ is your word, not mine.