simon43 Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 (edited) Not really a serious post, (unless they start this as a full-time job) I've almost completed the build of a new guest-house in north Phuket, (my fourth successful project). This latest guest-house is set amongst the peace and nature of a rubber-tree plantation, and strategically located several hundred metres from my Issan ex-wife #2 and family. One plus point is the abundance of wildlife: Owls Snakes Huge black scorpions 3-inch beetles Bats Atlas moths Fireflies etc etc. Yesterday, a very large and attractive frog suddenly appeared in the ornamental pond that I've just built. Tonight, my family kids chanted 'Fa chai fa chai', and collected up dozens of small beetles to eat. The frog has mysteriously disappeared, and my suspicions were aroused after BIL said that it was good to eat..... (which it indeed is) At this rate, there will be no wildlife left My family are not starving - guay dio is available and tastier than crunchy beetle legs. How can I teach my Issan family to respect nature, not eat it!? Simon I Edited April 8, 2014 by simon43 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post kurnell Posted April 8, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted April 8, 2014 Leave some McDonalds leaflets lying around 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post balo Posted April 8, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted April 8, 2014 Next time tell your family that the frog is the ghost of your deceased brother and they will leave it alone . 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MB1 Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 Not really a serious post, (unless they start this as a full-time job) Thank the Lord for that..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ultimate weapon Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 guay dio is available and tastier than crunchy beetle legs. Kway diao is chinese food it's also known as chao guo tiao in mandarin reading fried noodles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thongkorn Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 Take them to Mac Donald, that will teach them , to eat wild life. sorry i know its cruel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DP25 Posted April 8, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted April 8, 2014 Explain that the wildlife is important for your business. And hence important for them. That farang love to see frogs and owls and other critters and eating them is taking money out of your pocket. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loles Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 Man, how much BST in your OP. We have to read your many BST cause You have to post your "successful project". Much better if you make a DVD and give free for every PKT expats to show them how much smart you are. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mancub Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 Man, how much BST in your OP. We have to read your many BST cause You have to post your "successful project". Much better if you make a DVD and give free for every PKT expats to show them how much smart you are. Just don't include the Krabi project eh? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post F4UCorsair Posted April 9, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted April 9, 2014 Man, how much BST in your OP. We have to read your many BST cause You have to post your "successful project". Much better if you make a DVD and give free for every PKT expats to show them how much smart you are. Why would you post something like that? There's an old saying If you can't say anything nice, so nothing at all. I like hearing of success people have, as do many people do, I'm sure. If you're not having any success yourself, you're more likely to post as you have. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ezzra Posted April 9, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted April 9, 2014 I will give them my full support if they will start feasting on the delectable and tasty Koel birds... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 You could send them here to freely harvest the local cicada population, I'll even setup an tent for them. Thousands of those little buggers and their loud and continuous singing is filling the air, especially in the evenings. I can hardly wait to get old and to loose the ability to hear them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemesis7 Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 Come on, you should be rather thankful to them. They are helping you instead. I wonder who the hell on earth would like to see bats or rats or snake next to their room while they are on vacation ( of course I may be wrong, I mean so many different kinds if people with not really normal taste) but as for general people I bet they will for sure wouldn't want to stay near by rats, bats or snake near their room.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post oneday Posted April 9, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted April 9, 2014 In all seriousness you are not going to stop years and years of tradition and culture. You shouldn't even try because it will only frustrate you to no end and it won't solve a thing by trying to educate one family when all the others are doing it everywhere. It will take decades for this country to rise up out of these types of habits. I love nature also, but one thing I've learned in this country is what you want to do is futile. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klauskunkel Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 You are living with red-necks, which is a good thing! You could start the Thai version of "Duck Dynasty". (there is a beard problem, though) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BudRight Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 Man, how much BST in your OP. We have to read your many BST cause You have to post your "successful project". Much better if you make a DVD and give free for every PKT expats to show them how much smart you are. Why would you post something like that? There's an old saying If you can't say anything nice, so nothing at all. I like hearing of success people have, as do many people do, I'm sure. If you're not having any success yourself, you're more likely to post as you have. I believe that saying comes from the same people who say things like 'Idle hands do the Devil's work' and 'Go home if you don't like it.' 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BudRight Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 Eat them first! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Showbags Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 If you cannot beat them...join them. Start bush tucker tours for the guests.....when the wildlife decreases....employ them to go farther afield to collect them and glue them in place for the guests to spot and retrieve before cooking. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
animatic Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 (edited) Explain that the wildlife is important for your business. And hence important for them. That farang love to see frogs and owls and other critters and eating them is taking money out of your pocket. Taking money out of the FAMILIES pocket. On the other hand... I very much doubt they will deplete the stock of wild life in Thailand or northern Phuket. They and their ancestors have been taking these meals of opportunity long before you dreamed of coming to Thailand or even heard of it. It is part of their cultural diet. And contrary to a contrarian above, I am also happy to hear of someone having successes here. If eating the local frogs is the worst thing in 4 projects, feel blessed. Edited April 9, 2014 by animatic 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlphMichaels Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 Why would you think that, after centuries of entomological, reptilian and amphibian consumption by generations prior within your "family", you're going to somehow be participatory in an extinction level event?? Let them dine!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nephilum Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 BudRight is so correct! If you cannot say something positive, Say nothing at all. In regards to the OP post about living with Rednecks, I can assure you the rednecks he refers to are living much better than he ever dreamed of and do not have a pencil thin perspective on life. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatdrunkandstupid Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 Tell them more farangs will come to the hotel if it has wildlife. And more guests means more money. $$$ are the ONLY thing that will motivate an Isaan Thai. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uptheos Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 Tell them more farangs will come to the hotel if it has wildlife. And more guests means more money. $$$ are the ONLY thing that will motivate an Isaan Thai. Yeah you'll be packed to the rafters if you advertise an abundance of snakes, huge black scorpions, 3-inch beetles and bats. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fabphil Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 just tell them to concentrate on the snakes, scorpians and centipedes, That will keep them happy and ur prospective tourists... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatdrunkandstupid Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 Tell them more farangs will come to the hotel if it has wildlife. And more guests means more money. $$$ are the ONLY thing that will motivate an Isaan Thai. Yeah you'll be packed to the rafters if you advertise an abundance of snakes, huge black scorpions, 3-inch beetles and bats. No Simon can just lie about the type of wildlife at his hotel and post photos downloaded from the internet. Works for the TAT....why shouldn't it work for Simon... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wonderboy Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 Why would you think that, after centuries of entomological, reptilian and amphibian consumption by generations prior within your "family", you're going to somehow be participatory in an extinction level event?? Let them dine!!! All species existing today have existed for milleniums and longer. That does not stop them from getting extinct at an alarming rate. If not globally, at least locally... Anyway, the action of a single family does not change much, but it all starts somewhere. I guess you don't vote either, as a single vote does not do any difference... WB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuckamuck Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 I could add to your list, Civets, asst birds of prey, leopards, multiple types of squirrels including 'flying giant', and our last 3 pet dogs. It seems my father in-law has only one goal in life: to eat everything that moves. Sleeps all day, hunts all night. Fortunately he hasn't eaten any of our children yet. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuananddon Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 WILDLIFE? Is that the kind of critters you city folk call wildlife. I'm near 70 years old and I've been hunting and fishing nearly all those years and what I catch or kill I eat. With reasonable conservation laws there will be animals to watch and to eat for eternity. There's an old American Indian that once said. "A vegetarian is just another word for poor hunter" 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uptheos Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 Tell them more farangs will come to the hotel if it has wildlife. And more guests means more money. $$$ are the ONLY thing that will motivate an Isaan Thai. Yeah you'll be packed to the rafters if you advertise an abundance of snakes, huge black scorpions, 3-inch beetles and bats. No Simon can just lie about the type of wildlife at his hotel and post photos downloaded from the internet. Works for the TAT....why shouldn't it work for Simon... His words not mine so why would he need to lie? "One plus point is the abundance of wildlife:" Owls Snakes Huge black scorpions 3-inch beetles Bats Atlas moths Fireflies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I Like Thai Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 Why would you think that, after centuries of entomological, reptilian and amphibian consumption by generations prior within your "family", you're going to somehow be participatory in an extinction level event?? Let them dine!!! He suffers from Tarzanitis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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