Doing Something Nice And Good

[TAWP]

Take the toilete paper off of the dining table, and place it in the bathroom, but this may cause mass condfusion.

Paper is paper, no-matter if it comes on a wide or narrow roll. Maybe you need to realize not everyone likes to waste paper when someone spills something or needs to wipe their fingers from steak-fat after holding the steak-bone...and that the narrow rolls are more price-sane?

[wilsongbrown]

You probably throw away a number of empty cans, glass & plastic bottles every day. If you see someone scavenging for them near your home, you could give them to him and (admittedly slightly) increase his income while ensuring the empties get recycled.

I do just that. There is a man who shuffles through our big, hotel garbage cans every day, looking for plastic bottles and pop cans. I clean and save mine in a separate plastic bag and give them to him when he comes around.

There is a Thai kid who looks after a few stray dogs in our neighbourhood and he spends hours petting and cleaning them. I give him my extra change to buy a treat for himself and the dog.

I take a lot of photos of the locals and always get prints made for them later. Most don't have the money for pictures and I know my photos are appreciated. I've known a few for about 5 years and have seen their children grow up. They all have an album of the pictures I've taken of them.

I don't usually give to beggers in cities because many are put there by the mafia. But, in the smaller Thai towns the poor DO need some financial help. I help where I can. I don't often give to the flower children in the bars because I don't like that system, but I've helped a couple of the older girls with their schooling and paid for a hair dressing course for two of them.

I do it for selfish reasons. It makes ME feel good that I actually helped someone help themselves. Thailand is a place where you can truly help people without it costing too much.

I've befriended many bar girls without asking for anything in return. If they truly need help they know that can come to me and I'll do what I can. I just make sure they understand that I'm not an ATM machine. But, in return though, I do get invited to their private parties when they occur. I know I've been played for a sucker a few times, but it's nothing I can't afford and it is their problem and not mine.

Not wishing to add a cynical note to these cockle warming thread, but I once took a couple of photos of one of the women on a working gang constructing a house nearby as I passed when taking my dog on his evening walk. I spent three days making her look like a contender for Thailand's Next Top Model, and when I'd eventually finished and handed over the 8x10 she looked very pleased. Every evening after that, if she wasn't in sight, her co-workers would call her out and she'd be all over me asking for money as 'mai mee dtung'. Never take photos of any of them anymore.

[IanForbes]

Not wishing to add a cynical note to these cockle warming thread, but I once took a couple of photos of one of the women on a working gang constructing a house nearby as I passed when taking my dog on his evening walk. I spent three days making her look like a contender for Thailand's Next Top Model, and when I'd eventually finished and handed over the 8x10 she looked very pleased. Every evening after that, if she wasn't in sight, her co-workers would call her out and she'd be all over me asking for money as 'mai mee dtung'. Never take photos of any of them anymore.

I know what you mean. Sometimes well intentioned ideas can backfire. But, for me the good always outweighs the bad. I probably made a mistake in helping out a couple of Thai families because now the women are always hounding me for more, but I love the kids so I figure it's worth it. I can stop any time I want and it's only the children that will suffer. Some day I won't be able to do it again, but by then the children will have grown enough to make it on their own.

[yabaaaa]

learn something new everyday I just assumed it was aluminium.

Oh dear a qucik check shows their is NO Titanium in ring pulls its all an urban myth

http://www.wheelchairsforkids.org/help.htm

Wow....it takes 270,000 pull tabs to build one wheel chair. At 4 beers a day that is 67,500 days or about 185 years of beer. But, maybe our expat community could do a wheelchair an hour.

If theyre dumb enough only to collect the ring pulls leave em to get on with it .........doh!!

Like the plastic bottle guy we were taught to stamp on our cans before recycling them.... obviously a tricky task fo the Thais and the ring pull involves no effort............ Thai way?????????