David48 Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Well, you've been here a year or two ... maybe even a decade or two. Watched the Thais contravene conventional Wisdom and Thought ... if only they did this way or that! When your Thai family gather round your wooden box and you prepare to depart this mortal coil. What legacy will you leave them? Will you have changed their thinking, influenced them in any lasting way? BTW, for those with a sporting interest ... The Olympic Legacy ... here . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post notmyself Posted August 19, 2012 Popular Post Share Posted August 19, 2012 What legacy will you leave them? Numerous illegitimate children dotted around the globe. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmbe Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 I am trying to let them out from the glass pot and spring to a small canal to learn how is the life out side their world, also learn them to change how to thinking and to do when they have some problem with the new way of life, yes, sometime can be hard and in lasting way but they know or will know later what is the meaning I do, may be when I am not there anymore to learn or give them more chance to learn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
croweater Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 On my death bed, rather than feeling I have improved the lot of Thais, I would be more satisfied if before I go I could get posters flooding a dead horse on tv to get another interest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krisb Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 Oh man thats a depressing thought. Are you feeling down today? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post trainman34014 Posted August 20, 2012 Popular Post Share Posted August 20, 2012 I will have left one person a lot better off in terms of finance and knowledge of the planet, having taken her to several area's of the globe that she would never have been able to go to otherwise. Trying to change a persons thinking that has been the same for 45 years is not something that I would ever push. Any changes of thought pattern will occur naturally if they are going to happen at all. After all; would we want someone trying to change our thought patterns after so long? 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post pigeonjake Posted August 20, 2012 Popular Post Share Posted August 20, 2012 well if there is one thing i will leave, i think i have pointed it out to my in laws that you have to work for things, my father in law was very very lazy but as time as gone by, i think he has seen the light,,lol, ive allways gone to work as well as the farm, and my wife and her mama have told him, jake go to work for his family why you dont,? anyway i think he has got the message becouse he has started to work, he went picking fruit for a couple of months, now back at the farm he is helping mama with chillies and even started growing cucumber inbetween his young lamyai, so im pretty pleased the way things are working out, jake 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post tailspin Posted August 20, 2012 Popular Post Share Posted August 20, 2012 Reminded of that old saying,.... Take only pictures, steal only time, leave only footprints 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naam Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 When your Thai family gather round your wooden box... what Thai family? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiangmaikelly Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 I was a teacher here in 1968. When a student would correctly answer a question I would throw them a ping pong ball. At the end of the class the student with the most ping pong balls got a prize. This is why Thais react with such frenzy when anyone throws them a ping pong ball today. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StreetCowboy Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 When your Thai family gather round your wooden box... what Thai family? When your Thai family gather round your wooden box... what Thai family? Sssshh... least said, soonest mended. SC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trainman34014 Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 I was a teacher here in 1968. When a student would correctly answer a question I would throw them a ping pong ball. At the end of the class the student with the most ping pong balls got a prize. This is why Thais react with such frenzy when anyone throws them a ping pong ball today. Didn't do them a lot of good at the Olympics though did it ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiangmaikelly Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 I was a teacher here in 1968. When a student would correctly answer a question I would throw them a ping pong ball. At the end of the class the student with the most ping pong balls got a prize. This is why Thais react with such frenzy when anyone throws them a ping pong ball today. Didn't do them a lot of good at the Olympics though did it ! I don't think they have an event for ping pong ball catching at the Olympics. If they did I know I could put a team together and I know where to look for the members. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whistleblower Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 I was a teacher here in 1968. When a student would correctly answer a question I would throw them a ping pong ball. At the end of the class the student with the most ping pong balls got a prize. This is why Thais react with such frenzy when anyone throws them a ping pong ball today. Didn't do them a lot of good at the Olympics though did it ! I don't think they have an event for ping pong ball catching at the Olympics. If they did I know I could put a team together and I know where to look for the members. I dont care what i leave/dont leave behind. I will be dead. why should i care?? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StreetCowboy Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 .... I know where to look for the members. Steady! there's no call for talk like that in a family forum SC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naboo Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 "I want no epitaphs of profound history and all that type of thing. I contributed - I would hope they would say that, and I would hope somebody liked me" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huayrat Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 Me myself will have done absolutely zilch... Layed back av a lazy life and who cares Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transam Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 When your Thai family gather round your wooden box... what Thai family? Yeh, rock on.AND don't pour that coconut milk on my head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dancealot Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 .... I know where to look for the members. Steady! there's no call for talk like that in a family forum SC He who speak does not know; he who knows does not speak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StreetCowboy Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 .... I know where to look for the members. Steady! there's no call for talk like that in a family forum SC He who speak does not know; he who knows does not speak. .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StreetCowboy Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 Y'know, David, you've struck a bit of a raw nerve, and we've lost our ancestral home, that we've had for almost a generation, back in the Old Country, due in part to a lack of attention to our heritage and our obligations to our antecescedents and descendents. I can see us being lost like the tribes of Israel, wandering the world... WellyecanfokoffifyethinkyergaunaesettleinTannadice. FokkinPalestine,Lebanon,Gaza.... JistfokkoffSouthaetheTay, Awright? Imam, I can't believe you, of all people, would be swayed by the harsh oppression of Semitism. I know I wasn't born there, and nor were my children, nor my father, but surely we have a right to settle in our homeland? SC 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travelmann Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 I told them to nail me to a tree and let the crows eat me................should generate some good ghost stories for later about the wailing Farang.................although theyll say we didnt notice any difference when he was alive!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StreetCowboy Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 I told them to nail me to a tree and let the crows eat me................should generate some good ghost stories for later about the wailing Farang.................although theyll say we didnt notice any difference when he was alive!! You should've added the caveat "...when I'm dead". It's always worth getting things checked oer by a good lawyer.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dancealot Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 Y'know, David, you've struck a bit of a raw nerve, and we've lost our ancestral home, that we've had for almost a generation, back in the Old Country, due in part to a lack of attention to our heritage and our obligations to our antecescedents and descendents. I can see us being lost like the tribes of Israel, wandering the world... WellyecanfokoffifyethinkyergaunaesettleinTannadice. FokkinPalestine,Lebanon,Gaza.... JistfokkoffSouthaetheTay, Awright? Imam, I can't believe you, of all people, would be swayed by the harsh oppression of Semitism. I know I wasn't born there, and nor were my children, nor my father, but surely we have a right to settle in our homeland? SC Everyone has the right to settle anywhere. But I think you have to adapt to your surroundings and respect the ways of your host country. If this means implementing Buddhism into catholicism, why not? If this mean creating the ability to adapt, why not? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyBobThai Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 Whe all is said and done, I think my wife and her 2 children will be in a better position to take on the rest of their life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David48 Posted August 20, 2012 Author Share Posted August 20, 2012 As for me ... I'm not hoping to leave a profound Legacy ... but I do wish that I have had an influence on those around me. The gf's parents are Fish and Shrimp/Prawn Farmers and some of their works practices are archaic. Some are designed to reduce the costs of inputs, hence the profitability of the Farm. I would hope that, over the next 10 - 15 years, which approximates close to useful working life of the Farm Farther that I will be able to introduce some cost-effective Farming methods which will both increase the yield and the overall return for the Farm produce. So, if I can give that one Legacy ... I'll be happy. It's difficult to change the Thai way of thinking ... sometimes it takes the subtly of a Diplomat to suggest a subtle change to Thai person, let them think that it's their idea and then, when that 'idea of his (or hers) works', let them bask in their glory ... without muttering the words ... I told you so. What positive Legacy do you wish to leave to Thailand? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuestHouse Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 I'll satisfy myself with not leaving anyone with a habit of dependency on cash hand-outs and the thought that I might just have helped a few people along the way of their own education and training. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mca Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 .... I know where to look for the members. Steady! there's no call for talk like that in a family forum SC He who speak does not know; he who knows does not speak. And Confucius say man who go to bed with stiff problem wake up with answer in palm of hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAJIC Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 (edited) David48 I understand your sentiments,but really why should we leave a legacy to a Country that looks on farangs as: non People/Aliens,who have no say or vote,or input in the Country whatsoever. Are you not worrying about something the Thais would not give a second thought to???? Enjoy your life in Thailand,but don't think you owe them anything,you pay for what you get / take. Edited August 20, 2012 by MAJIC 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JurgenG Posted August 20, 2012 Popular Post Share Posted August 20, 2012 If when I die people say I was a good guy that made every effort to get along with his adopted country and made them realize that foreigners could be decent human being too, that would be good enough for me. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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