Your Thai Soaps Survival Kit - For Less Than 1000 Baht!

[Lopburi99]

Finally, after tolerating several years of those endless screaming, fighting, sobbing, hollering, crying daily afternoon and evening soaps - I have a solution! Explosion site quality ear protectors (not expensive) and a set of earbuds. Put these on and let the missus turn up the volume all she wants. You won't hear a thing, and the sound quality is outstanding.

The poor man's ultimate noise-cancelling headphones.

[YipYipYa123]

if you buy those you wont have an excuse to go out to the bar every night for a "beer"

[BookMan]

Great idea and so simple.

How is the comfort rating of the protectors for you while u are at your computer?

[Lopburi99]

They are surprisingly comfortable! I expected I would need to stretch them to be somewhat looser but it wasn't necessary. I have a set of cheap little headphones which hurt my ears within minutes of putting them on so I expected these would be quickly uncomfortable, but they are not. I guess because they cover the complete ear and do not rest on any part of it.

[plopmeister]

What happens if you were inadvertantly redirected automatically totally out of your control accidentally and against all of your family values to a pornagraphic website and couldn't hear anybody approaching just as you (purely out of coincidence) drop a crisp unto your lap and have to vigorously brush it away...???

Not that any such thing has happened to me of course......I don't eat crisps..

[barefoot1988]

What happens if you were inadvertantly redirected automatically totally out of your control accidentally and against all of your family values to a pornagraphic website and couldn't hear anybody approaching just as you (purely out of coincidence) drop a crisp unto your lap and have to vigorously brush it away...???

Not that any such thing has happened to me of course......I don't eat crisps..

have a proper meal outside.

[plopmeister]

What happens if you were inadvertantly redirected automatically totally out of your control accidentally and against all of your family values to a pornagraphic website and couldn't hear anybody approaching just as you (purely out of coincidence) drop a crisp unto your lap and have to vigorously brush it away...???

Not that any such thing has happened to me of course......I don't eat crisps..

have a proper meal outside.

I am quite happily fed at home but occasionaly the urge to have quick but tasteless fastfood overcomes me...

[h90]

luck my wife doesn't watch these......

[BigJohnnyBKK]

I've never allowed a TV hooked to broadcast reception in any room I or my kids frequent.

The Thai staff/dependents have their own little nook by the laundry machine for that crap, but only during designated off hours.

Actually when I first arrived and lived in a bedsit I had a guy at Pantip modify the little amplifier from a PC speaker to power headphones and allowed my teerak at the time to watch when our session was done.

But no way I'd ever put up with having to listen to that crap, never, definitely kills brain cells faster than sniffing glue.

[garrya]

Excellent. It seems to be a solution though not the best for me.

I just move myself upstairs, turn on the music that easily blocks out the voices. It works for me.

Anyway, the level of violence, streaming out of these soaps, is beyond measure.

[Huayrat]

As i type its on my TV now... some crazy bitch ghost screaming... I need a pair of them

[Thaddeus]

Beer Archa.... 490 Baht a slab.

[GuestHouse]

But there are some gems amongst the Dirty Water Dramas.

Last week viewers of channel 3's บ่วง were treated to the ghost.(rather hot) standing behind the husband she was contolling with black magic and laying more curses on him while tightly gripping the top of his head with her right hand - this the kind of thinly vailed humour we in the UK reserve for Captain Pugeash shows. Somebody was definitely having a laarf.

And if that didn't hit the right spot, the next episode had a flash back to the ghosts former life and a little episode were she's tied up and about to be whipped.

Really you son't get this stuff from the History channel.

[Thaddeus]

Really you son't get this stuff from the History channel.

The History Channel does try to be factual most of the time, but I get your point, bombing Dresden and the OJ trials would be much more entertaining with boing noises and the Benny Hill theme tune.

[SimonD]

The History Channel does try to be factual most of the time,...

No, it doesn't. It's stock footage, poorly researched quasi-historical 'bunk', served up for the masses who think the lessons of history can be consumed like pizza. Cheap filler purporting to be serious intellectual nourishment.

...but I get your point, bombing Dresden and the OJ trials would be much more entertaining with boing noises and the Benny Hill theme tune.

Cheap shot, Thaddeus. Not worthy of you.

[calmichael]

I bought my girl a pair of headphones that plug into the headphone jack on the TV. With the Headphones plugged in, the TV speakers shut off. She can listen to the TV as loud as she likes, and I don't hear a thing!

[Thaddeus]

The History Channel does try to be factual most of the time,...

No, it doesn't. It's stock footage, poorly researched quasi-historical 'bunk', served up for the masses who think the lessons of history can be consumed like pizza. Cheap filler purporting to be serious intellectual nourishment.

...but I get your point, bombing Dresden and the OJ trials would be much more entertaining with boing noises and the Benny Hill theme tune.

Cheap shot, Thaddeus. Not worthy of you.

I know, but it's late and I can't sleep for the huge thunderstorm that has been a bit pesky for the last few hours and I've been trying to calm my dog down, ever had to deal with a rain sodden stinky dog who is scared out of his wits (despite the fact he has been through this for seven years previously, he's got the memory of a goldfish) .... and I'm running out of Alpo fast.

[SimonD]

I know, but it's late and I can't sleep for the huge thunderstorm that has been a bit pesky for the last few hours and I've been trying to calm my dog down, ever had to deal with a rain sodden stinky dog who is scared out of his wits (despite the fact he has been through this for seven years previously, he's got the memory of a goldfish) .... and I'm running out of Alpo fast.

Maybe some noise cancelling headphones..........for the dog?

[Thaddeus]

I know, but it's late and I can't sleep for the huge thunderstorm that has been a bit pesky for the last few hours and I've been trying to calm my dog down, ever had to deal with a rain sodden stinky dog who is scared out of his wits (despite the fact he has been through this for seven years previously, he's got the memory of a goldfish) .... and I'm running out of Alpo fast.

Maybe some noise cancelling headphones..........for the dog?

He's old skool and likes Fat Boy Slim and for some strange reason Lulu, I asked him about Lady Gaga recently and he just said 'rough'

[Lopburi99]

We have recently started mocking them and have some fun doing it. My wife lifts her hand and swings, as I reel backward, turning away from her, half falling to the floor. Then I look shocked and hurt as I recover, holding my just-smacked jaw. If I am lucky, she will fake one of those insane hard pushes to the forehead, which I doubt no woman in the history of mankind has ever done. Laugh to keep from crying....it is beyond stupid. The fact that many if not most Thai women here are glued to the tv watching them I guess is... sad, pathetic, you pick the word. Hell, my previous wife-from-hell used to watch them over the internet from our home in the U.S. She used to shoo me off to work so she could watch them "seriously"....

Edited June 1, 2012 by Lopburi99

[Semper]

As i type its on my TV now... some crazy bitch ghost screaming... I need a pair of them

As i type its on my TV now... some crazy bitch ghost screaming... I need a pair of them

Get rid of your skirt and buy a pair of pants.

[nocturn]

i have never had a girlfriend who had the slightest interest in thai soaps.

Sex in the city, gossip girl, dexter, the OC, 90210 all the flavours of the week, but never thai tv.

I had one girlfriend who was into indie thai standup comedy, but that about it.

Most have been music nuts though, but international and thai indie stuff again.

[garrya]

i have never had a girlfriend who had the slightest interest in thai soaps.

Sex in the city, gossip girl, dexter, the OC, 90210 all the flavours of the week, but never thai tv.

I had one girlfriend who was into indie thai standup comedy, but that about it.

Most have been music nuts though, but international and thai indie stuff again.

You are lucky indeed. I have never met anybody who wasn't after soaps and the well-known Thai music. I can't even elicit names of world-wide famous actors, actresses, singers from Thai people. Indeed! Michael Jackson and Lady Gaga seem to be the one they most know. Have yet not found people who know Brad Pitt.

[seasia]

I bought my girl a pair of headphones that plug into the headphone jack on the TV. With the Headphones plugged in, the TV speakers shut off. She can listen to the TV as loud as she likes, and I don't hear a thing!

I think I will do the same.

[simple1]

Had a look via Google but couldn't identify a supplier, can you point to the supplier website?

[Semper]

I bought my girl a pair of headphones that plug into the headphone jack on the TV. With the Headphones plugged in, the TV speakers shut off. She can listen to the TV as loud as she likes, and I don't hear a thing!

I think I will do the same.

But you'll be watching the same soap (without sound).

[mca]

If all else fails...

[simple1]

I bought my girl a pair of headphones that plug into the headphone jack on the TV. With the Headphones plugged in, the TV speakers shut off. She can listen to the TV as loud as she likes, and I don't hear a thing!

I think I will do the same.

But you'll be watching the same soap (without sound).

Actually what I have in mind was to something to counter the annoying neighbours dog that constantly barks

[Lopburi99]

Boy are you right on about the barking dogs Simple1, or in my case yapping dogs!. Works great for those purposes too.

I bought this exact set while I was in the states, but I believe Peltor sells internationally. If all else fails, let me know and I can have my daughter get a set for you and mail them to you here.

http://www.amazon.co...38649316&sr=8-1

I may try some really good earbuds next, like some Sennheisers. With the total absence of noise and external sound, the audio should be spectacular.

Edited June 2, 2012 by Lopburi99

[Semper]

I may try some really good earbuds next, like some Sennheisers. With the total absence of noise and external sound

Living in the wrong area/ country ?