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Dear Abby - Dear Thai Visa Chiang Mai


Mapguy

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Gets a little bizarre around here from time to time!

I value what this forum can provide: some fun and games, and you can learn a lot about living in Chiang Mai. Lots of practical stuff. And a little bit of light on some serious problems from time to time, such as the big problem at the CMU Language Institute with the programs that were spawned there and finally closed down by the university. It is an "almost open" forum since the owners are always concerned, given their lawyers' advice (one HUGE sponsor, most certainly), about getting sued (Waste of time in Thailand about all, really!) if something nasty is said about anyone, but what the hell.

But why is this forum a place for those who seem to have trouble keeping it up? The testosterone thread will certainly peak at over 10,000 peeks at the rate it is going.

And why do people look for nannies here? [Especially when they don't bother to do any real research, even here!] The generous spirit of many "old hands" is wonderful here, but questions asking where to buy personal hygiene products? Oops! Sorry! That topic HAD to be a joke! But there are similar posts which aren't put ons.

And problems with Thai (and farang) drivers?! Oy! Get used to local road rules!

Problems with the Thai missus?! Well, no ---oops! --- not actually! There are many more posters it seems who credit their Thai wives with intelligence than not. Actually, I can't recall immediately a disparaging remark about a Thai wife. Another group, the maritally "unattached" Viagra crowd, seems to have many more hang-ups. Too bad! Keep your hand on your wallets and be careful getting off the bar stool or leaving Spicey's!)

It almost makes one miss the old restaurant thread wars! Now, we have very low key casual ads for various pubs. Very civilized. It should be noted, or course, that the good eateries don't do that!

Sorry to be so middle-aged, middle-class, and boring! Nonetheless, for those who seem to have trouble adjusting to life generally or, for newer expatriates (it seems) to change, I suggest: Lighten up! Why are you here? Quit comparing here with where you were, or trying to import what you might recall as so wonderful from there to here. What the hell! Go back there!

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Well, it is what it is.. Also there is a fairly narrow band of topics that can be discussed freely. So what you see around you is the result. It's not bad, but it is what it is.

Just like this thread. It could have a very short shelf life,:whistling:

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You`re right.

What`s it all about, I`m sick and tired of it.

People like Ianforbes who is always boasting about his sexlife as he knows full well that I`m not getting any. And then there is neverdie,s scary avatar. When my 7 year old nephew visits, he says, Uncle please keep the light on because I`m scared the neverdie man will get me.

Those countless food threads telling us what and where we should eat. And the severe headaches I have been suffering having to keep reading those sin sot and my girl`s different from all the rest threads.

This has caused me to sink into deep depression.

I think we should chuck the lot in, go back to our own countries and become normal, decent human beings again, because it`s obvious that everyone of the posters on here feels the same way I do.

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