What do you know about Thailand?

[kannot]

They have never been colonised.

Ants!!!

[somchaismith]

There's loads of gold buried somewhere.

Edited June 21, 2014 by somchaismith

[Somsrisonphimai]

There's loads of gold buried somewhere.

Yeah and do you know Thai people like gold?

[Somsrisonphimai]

I know everything. Ask me.

Why the elderly Thai ladies chew betel nut?

It is a drug. Have you tried it? My mate was into them for a while.

No I have not nor I have a desire to try one, but they think it is cool to chew betel nuts.

[AYJAYDEE]

I know everything. Ask me.

Why the elderly Thai ladies chew betel nut?

It is a drug. Have you tried it? My mate was into them for a while.

No I have not nor I have a desire to try one, but they think it is cool to chew betel nuts.

who thinks its cool?

[Somsrisonphimai]

My grandma

[Somsrisonphimai]

My grandma

It is almost expected for Thais the chew betel nuts once they pass their 50th.

[AYJAYDEE]

My grandma

It is almost expected for Thais the chew betel nuts once they pass their 50th.

not in our village

[kurnell]

I know everything. Ask me.

Why the elderly Thai ladies chew betel nut?

It is a drug. Have you tried it? My mate was into them for a while.

No I have not nor I have a desire to try one, but they think it is cool to chew betel nuts.

They just like the resultant red teeth. It attracts the discerning Thai men

[sirineou]

I don't understand this thread, What do I really know about Thailand?What does the OP mean by "What do I really know about Thailand"

Does this imply that what we know is not really true?

I know some things about Thailand, and many others I don't,

same as every one else.

I am learning more every day. and one day I will die and stop learning,

same as everyone else.

Oh wait, I know that dogs in Thailand don't bark Woof Woof, but they bark Khoon Khoon ,

It is very simple question but it is difficult to answer and you don't know how to answer it .

Where I come from, when some one asks " what do you really know about something" the implication is that you really don't know anything

There are many things I really know about Thailand,

the list is too long to post, I am sure there are many others that know even more than me.

and there are many things I don't know. Some of which I hope to learn, others I probably never will.

I still don't understand the OP, should I list all the things I really know about Thailand.............

Is it like a quiz?

[4evermaat]

I know a little bit about Chumphon....enough toget settled from scratch if you wanted

[Somsrisonphimai]

I don't understand this thread, What do I really know about Thailand?What does the OP mean by "What do I really know about Thailand"

Does this imply that what we know is not really true?

I know some things about Thailand, and many others I don't,

same as every one else.

I am learning more every day. and one day I will die and stop learning,

same as everyone else.

Oh wait, I know that dogs in Thailand don't bark Woof Woof, but they bark Khoon Khoon ,

It is very simple question but it is difficult to answer and you don't know how to answer it .

Where I come from, when some one asks " what do you really know about something" the implication is that you really don't know anything

There are many things I really know about Thailand,

the list is too long to post, I am sure there are many others that know even more than me.

and there are many things I don't know. Some of which I hope to learn, others I probably never will.

I still don't understand the OP, should I list all the things I really know about Thailand.............

Is it like a quiz?

No, you don't need to list them. You can summarize them in one sentence.

[AYJAYDEE]

I don't understand this thread, What do I really know about Thailand?What does the OP mean by "What do I really know about Thailand"

Does this imply that what we know is not really true?

I know some things about Thailand, and many others I don't,

same as every one else.

I am learning more every day. and one day I will die and stop learning,

same as everyone else.

Oh wait, I know that dogs in Thailand don't bark Woof Woof, but they bark Khoon Khoon ,

It is very simple question but it is difficult to answer and you don't know how to answer it .

Where I come from, when some one asks " what do you really know about something" the implication is that you really don't know anything

There are many things I really know about Thailand,

the list is too long to post, I am sure there are many others that know even more than me.

and there are many things I don't know. Some of which I hope to learn, others I probably never will.

I still don't understand the OP, should I list all the things I really know about Thailand.............

Is it like a quiz?

No, you don't need to list them. You can summarize them in one sentence.

can you?

[Somsrisonphimai]

I don't understand this thread, What do I really know about Thailand?What does the OP mean by "What do I really know about Thailand"

Does this imply that what we know is not really true?

I know some things about Thailand, and many others I don't,

same as every one else.

I am learning more every day. and one day I will die and stop learning,

same as everyone else.

Oh wait, I know that dogs in Thailand don't bark Woof Woof, but they bark Khoon Khoon ,

It is very simple question but it is difficult to answer and you don't know how to answer it .

Where I come from, when some one asks " what do you really know about something" the implication is that you really don't know anything

There are many things I really know about Thailand,

the list is too long to post, I am sure there are many others that know even more than me.

and there are many things I don't know. Some of which I hope to learn, others I probably never will.

I still don't understand the OP, should I list all the things I really know about Thailand.............

Is it like a quiz?

No, you don't need to list them. You can summarize them in one sentence.

can you?

I know that Thailand is like every place in this world, without money, education, and basic healthcare, life will be a struggle.

[Somsrisonphimai]

I know not to buy a truck and put it in my girlfriends name

Yeah, I don't get why you guys do that. In your country do you buy your girlfriend a car, house and everything else?

I understand you are a thai woman, but I understand too that you don't know thai women ( maybe you have plenty of money )

I wish I have plenty of money so that I don't have to get up and go to work.

I can understand if they are married, but even then, I don't think the men would put a house or a car only in his wife name in their country. I guess it is must be love.

[Somsrisonphimai]

These are always funny questions. What do we have to know? What is there to know? By the way, what does a Thai know about Thailand???

Some of them not much, and I am sure of it that the members here know more about Thailand then them.

[sdanielmcev]

I know not to buy a truck and put it in my girlfriends name

Yeah, I don't get why you guys do that. In your country do you buy your girlfriend a car, house and everything else?

Yes, they do. Going to Thailand doesn't make them any smarter, or dumber.

[ravip]

I know Thailand gives me a lot more freedom here to live my life as I choose to, not by lists of rules regulations licences and permits.

I am not pursued and hounded to pay taxes at every opportunity by regulation or stealth.

The quality and standard of life here in Thailand, with all its many issues is far superior in my opinion to my "western" origins.

But why are there so many bashings?

Somewhere something seems to be wrong, isn't it?

Maybe a misunderstanding?

Or Cultural Differences?

Or Superiority complex?

Or just human weakness?

[GuestHouse]

Its more what I don't know that counts.

In Thailand, unless I have verifiable first hand knowledge of someone I meet or communicate with, then I can never be sure they are what they present themselves to be.

That goes for Thailand and very much so for Thaivisa.

[GuestHouse]

Foreigners buying trucks, or indeed property in the name of spouses and girlfriends dumb?

I suspect that in many cases the foreigner is excluded from obtaining credit to purchase a vehicle via bank loans/hire purchase in Thailand and therefore places the credit contract in the name of a girlfriend or his wife.

Its easy to point the finger at the foreigner and call him dumb, but he may have had no other viable option and he may have been acting in what he thought where the best interests of himself and a person he trusts.

If we criticise the individual, then we might also criticise a legal system which allows a foreigner to guarantee a loan, allows a foreigner to provide the payments to the loan but provides little if any recourse to recover money in the event of a breakdown of the relationship.

Edited June 23, 2014 by GuestHouse

[Somsrisonphimai]

Foreigners buying trucks, or indeed property in the name of spouses and girlfriends dumb?

I suspect that in many cases the foreigner is excluded from obtaining credit to purchase a vehicle via bank loans/hire purchase in Thailand and therefore places the credit contract in the name of a girlfriend or his wife.

Its easy to point the finger at the foreigner and call him dumb, but he may have had no other viable option and he may have been acting in what he thought where the best interests of himself and a person he trusts.

If we criticise the individual, then we might also criticise a legal system which allows a foreigner to guarantee a loan, allows a foreigner to provide the payments to the loan but provides little if any recourse to recover money in the event of a breakdown of the relationship.

You made great points. I have never thought of these before and your right about the legal system.

[Somsrisonphimai]

I know Thailand gives me a lot more freedom here to live my life as I choose to, not by lists of rules regulations licences and permits.

I am not pursued and hounded to pay taxes at every opportunity by regulation or stealth.

The quality and standard of life here in Thailand, with all its many issues is far superior in my opinion to my "western" origins.

But why are there so many bashings?

Somewhere something seems to be wrong, isn't it?

Maybe a misunderstanding?

Or Cultural Differences?

Or Superiority complex?

Or just human weakness?

I say all of the above.

[Pattszero]

Foreigners buying trucks, or indeed property in the name of spouses and girlfriends dumb?

I suspect that in many cases the foreigner is excluded from obtaining credit to purchase a vehicle via bank loans/hire purchase in Thailand and therefore places the credit contract in the name of a girlfriend or his wife.

Its easy to point the finger at the foreigner and call him dumb, but he may have had no other viable option and he may have been acting in what he thought where the best interests of himself and a person he trusts.

If we criticise the individual, then we might also criticise a legal system which allows a foreigner to guarantee a loan, allows a foreigner to provide the payments to the loan but provides little if any recourse to recover money in the event of a breakdown of the relationship.

There's nothing wrong with the legal system.

It makes it clear that the foreigner has no place in the transaction. I sometimes wonder if some people are so thick that they cannot see that the Thai legal system is very fair to foreigners. It tells them in no uncertain terms, don't buy stuff you can't own in your own name.

Oh? you thought you'd be a smart-ass and try to wheedle round the law? So sad, too bad - who's the <deleted> now?

It's time farangs started to understand their place here, and stop whining like stuck pigs when they get it wrong.

[marstons]

I know all about Thailand (Siam) -- I saw The You-Know-Who & I as a kid:

naughty still banned, maybe released as part of happiness campaign to use up free cinema tickets.

[simple1]

I know not to buy a truck and put it in my girlfriends name

Yeah, I don't get why you guys do that. In your country do you buy your girlfriend a car, house and everything else?

I understand you are a thai woman, but I understand too that you don't know thai women ( maybe you have plenty of money )

I wish I have plenty of money so that I don't have to get up and go to work.

I can understand if they are married, but even then, I don't think the men would put a house or a car only in his wife name in their country. I guess it is must be love.

I put the family house in my wifes' name in my home country. At the end of the day, doesn't really that much difference in whose name. If there is a dispute on division of assets / money is adjudicated by Court ruling that is enforced.

Edited June 23, 2014 by simple1

[GuestHouse]

Foreigners buying trucks, or indeed property in the name of spouses and girlfriends dumb?

I suspect that in many cases the foreigner is excluded from obtaining credit to purchase a vehicle via bank loans/hire purchase in Thailand and therefore places the credit contract in the name of a girlfriend or his wife.

Its easy to point the finger at the foreigner and call him dumb, but he may have had no other viable option and he may have been acting in what he thought where the best interests of himself and a person he trusts.

If we criticise the individual, then we might also criticise a legal system which allows a foreigner to guarantee a loan, allows a foreigner to provide the payments to the loan but provides little if any recourse to recover money in the event of a breakdown of the relationship.

There's nothing wrong with the legal system.

It makes it clear that the foreigner has no place in the transaction. I sometimes wonder if some people are so thick that they cannot see that the Thai legal system is very fair to foreigners. It tells them in no uncertain terms, don't buy stuff you can't own in your own name.

Oh? you thought you'd be a smart-ass and try to wheedle round the law? So sad, too bad - who's the <deleted> now?

It's time farangs started to understand their place here, and stop whining like stuck pigs when they get it wrong.

Here we go: Just like a Turkey celebrating Christmas.

Let's throw a common reality into the discussion and see if you can work out where your arguments start to fall apart.

A foreigner marries a Thai woman and they start a family.

Like most people he wants to provide a secure environment for his family, so he he guarantees a mortgage in his wife's name to buy a home, he does so in full knowledge of the law and places - the loan he is guaranteeing, the final property exchange are in the name of his wife.

Now things go sour.

Was he a smart ass? Or was he a husband taking care of his family?

[JLCrab]

I know all about Thailand (Siam) -- I saw The You-Know-Who & I as a kid:

naughty still banned, maybe released as part of happiness campaign to use up free cinema tickets.

Well then --

[JohnnyJazz]

These are always funny questions. What do we have to know? What is there to know? By the way, what does a Thai know about Thailand???

Surprisingly very little. I don't think history is taught at school. Someone told me they study mythology but not history. Could someone more familiar with Thai school program please confirm (or not) ?

[Pattszero]

Foreigners buying trucks, or indeed property in the name of spouses and girlfriends dumb?

I suspect that in many cases the foreigner is excluded from obtaining credit to purchase a vehicle via bank loans/hire purchase in Thailand and therefore places the credit contract in the name of a girlfriend or his wife.

Its easy to point the finger at the foreigner and call him dumb, but he may have had no other viable option and he may have been acting in what he thought where the best interests of himself and a person he trusts.

If we criticise the individual, then we might also criticise a legal system which allows a foreigner to guarantee a loan, allows a foreigner to provide the payments to the loan but provides little if any recourse to recover money in the event of a breakdown of the relationship.

There's nothing wrong with the legal system.

It makes it clear that the foreigner has no place in the transaction. I sometimes wonder if some people are so thick that they cannot see that the Thai legal system is very fair to foreigners. It tells them in no uncertain terms, don't buy stuff you can't own in your own name.

Oh? you thought you'd be a smart-ass and try to wheedle round the law? So sad, too bad - who's the <deleted> now?

It's time farangs started to understand their place here, and stop whining like stuck pigs when they get it wrong.

Here we go: Just like a Turkey celebrating Christmas.

Let's throw a common reality into the discussion and see if you can work out where your arguments start to fall apart.

A foreigner marries a Thai woman and they start a family.

Like most people he wants to provide a secure environment for his family, so he he guarantees a mortgage in his wife's name to buy a home, he does so in full knowledge of the law and places - the loan he is guaranteeing, the final property exchange are in the name of his wife.

Now things go sour.

Was he a smart ass? Or was he a husband taking care of his family?

You just blew your own argument apart.

He was a smart-ass that thought he could wheedle his way around the laws and hey, wow, epic fail.

[robertthebruce]

I have to admit I don't know much, been here 4 years and love it, but I am not the brightest when it comes to stuff like that, even with my home country I am a bit clueless..

But that's me and my charm....