Mrs Frolly said something that resonated with me last week.

After hearing a string of expletives from my end of the table, she asked me what was wrong. I told her about some items I was reading on thaivisa and how I disagreed with them.

“Why do your waste your time on there”,she said “But Mrs Frolly, I am not wasting my time, I have only made 180 posts!”

She looked at me with kindly pity; “Yes, they take you a long time. Too long I think.” And she turned and went back to ignoring me.

In her mind I had agreed with her, so that conversation was over.

It got me thinking. How much time do I spend on Thaivisa?

I came up with this simple formula. Like a good swiss cheese it has some holes, but as a rule of thumb it is accurate.

For every post I make it is made up of a sum of parts; I browse topics, read replies, involuntarily spit out coffee on my keyboard, throw things against the wall, and maybe write a reply. For every reply/post I make, there has been some ground work. I would struggle to post more than 4 replies an hour with all the parts I mention.

I can conclude each post I have made represents 15 minutes of my time (or the time Mrs Frolly would otherwise have planned for me.)

I have about 180 posts in 4 months. Therefore I have spent 180x15minutes = 2700 minutes. Or 45 hours on Thaivisa, in 4 months.

What of other members?

Here is a hypothetical example. Not based on any actual member, Not singling any one out in particular.

Dec 2010. Member joins

10,000 posts since

10,000 x 15 minutes = 150,000 minutes = 2,500 hours!

Assuming you have to sleep, then that translates to 208 days on Thaivisa in 4 years!!! (12 hour days)

I was gob smacked at my study results and dashed to show Mrs Frolly. She didn’t care at all.

Back when work was busy and the frollettes were young I could never have justified that time usage. Mrs Frolly would have chopped my balls off. Maybe now, semi-retired, I could?

Is that a good use of time or are we wasting ‘precious’ time on Thaivisa?

Mrs eeeya would totally agree.

total waste of time on the general section and anything past the news and into the comments..

specialized sections are very handy thought..

This reply. Total time spent including reading op. 30 seconds.

Answer: up to you Frolly wolly.

OP, please don't look and calculate time spend on TVF.

Just think of the pleasure you get by writing something, answering a post or just reading other posts.

I know, not everything is to your, or mine satisfaction but I believe you get a kick also from participating here.

I've read your posts and I can see you enjoy it.

So keep it up and I hope soon we will be hearing more from you.

I think your still stressing from that 300 baht tip you had to leave to bail your mate out..

Walk towards the light, frollywolly, walk towards the light.

Total waste!
Your chance of winning the Thaivisa Poster of the Year award is nada.

Interesting OP.

I once watched a friend become obsessed with arguing on a forum. He was retired, had too much time, etc. Honestly, it seemed odd to me.

For me, the criteria would be, "Is this worth my time? Am I gaining knowledge, insight, or entertainment from being on this forum? Am I able to help anyone? Or is this just stressing me out and making me angry?"

By your calculation I've spent about ten hours here, so what would I know?

Seriously, if you're getting stressed out about a bunch of junk on a web forum, take a break. Come back later. Don't worry about it.

surrender to the force, frollywolly, resistance is futile.

What's your time worth? You have to do something, and this is free...

Frolly who?

I am writing a novel about contemporary popinjays and wagpasties. Thai Visa is an invaluable resource.

OP, I start reading your post, but before I even reached the first paragraph, I heard a loud explosion in the kitchen.

It was the squid I had placed in the microwave, right before starting to read your post and which I couldn't monitor since I was reading your seemingly interesting OP, that had exploded. The explosion took the cover lid off the plate it was on. I needed 20 minutes to clean up the inside of the microwave from the squid particles.

So to answer you, yes your posts on this forum are a waste of time, MY TIME.

My wife definitely would agree with your wife....many subtle remarks have found their way in my direction.....one time she brought dinner to the table named "Thai Visa" .....I asked why - take long time.....

Up to you

I was gob smacked at my study results and dashed to show Mrs Frolly. She didn’t care at all.

Smart lady...

Whatever medication you are on.....isnt working !

OP, I start reading your post, but before I even reached the first paragraph, I heard a loud explosion in the kitchen.

It was the squid I had placed in the microwave, right before starting to read your post and which I couldn't monitor since I was reading your seemingly interesting OP, that had exploded. The explosion took the cover lid off the plate it was on. I needed 20 minutes to clean up the inside of the microwave from the squid particles.

So to answer you, yes your posts on this forum are a waste of time, MY TIME.

Not very many people have pet squids. Sorry for your loss.

your time is not precious, frollywolly. who on earth put that silly idea in your head?

15 minutes a post? You must be new. Give it time and you will learn to skim in and out of most threads in less than a minute. There are some good threads that will slow you down considerably, but the majority are reruns and most threads are on life support by the third page.

Fifteen minutes per day is my max, often less.

But if you do leave us, Frolly, can I have your avatar?

well, you convinced me to take the evening off.

Whatever medication you are on.....isnt working !

Dr. Charlie,

Each time my gaze falls upon the sublime Mrs Frolly the drug of Love courses through my veins. I need no other medication.

People like in your example must have an addiction. Nobody want to look at a computer screen for that long.

I'm amazed the number of member who say they can't speak Thai yet post 1000s and none in the Thai language forum.

There's a pinned thread learn one word a day, which is very useful. The words soon add up.

This reply. Total time spent including reading op. 30 seconds.

Answer: up to you Frolly wolly.

Reading Sandman slows me down though.

He makes my brain hurt ... ... funny though sometimes.

frollywolly though is light and easy reading, bit like the Daily Mail ... even has the pictures.

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This reply. Total time spent including reading op. 30 seconds.

Answer: up to you Frolly wolly.

Reading Sandman slows me down though.

He makes my brain hurt ... ... funny though sometimes.

frollywolly though is light and easy reading, bit like the Daily Mail ... even has the pictures.

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You do seem like a Daily Mail reader. Good to know

Here are some statistics for you chum!

David48

April 2010. Member joins

16,000 posts since

16,000 x 15 minutes = 240,000 minutes = 4,000 hours!

Assuming you have to sleep, then that translates to 333 days spent on Thaivisa in 4.5 years!!! (12 hour days)

Well done old bean, you have spent 1 year of your time here!!

This reply. Total time spent including reading op. 30 seconds.

Answer: up to you Frolly wolly.

Reading Sandman slows me down though.

He makes my brain hurt ... ... funny though sometimes.

frollywolly though is light and easy reading, bit like the Daily Mail ... even has the pictures.

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You do seem like a Daily Mail reader. Good to know

Here are some statistics for you chum!

David48

April 2010. Member joins

16,000 posts since

16,000 x 15 minutes = 240,000 minutes = 4,000 hours!

Assuming you have to sleep, then that translates to 333 days spent on Thaivisa in 4.5 years!!! (12 hour days)

Well done old bean, you have spent 1 year of your time here!!

I wonder how many hours a day he reads the Daily Mail? Must get all his meals delivered.

Waste of time ? Maybe some ..... but I use to read the Bangkok Post everyday for 30 minutes to an hour but have now been reading TV for my Thai news. On TV I can give my two cents worth if I wish and see it in print in seconds, something that I couldn't or wouldn't do reading BP.

Days that I am totally bored I might spend a few hours following topics of interest. It relaxes me, gets me upset a little, lets me vent, gives me a laugh and sometimes drives my gf crazy.

I have bought a car that I saw on TV. I have received some very helpful information from members on topics that I have posted and have found other members topics very interesting and useful....

Waste of time, No more than watching Television or reading the news paper.

Whatever medication you are on.....isnt working !

Dr. Charlie,

Each time my gaze falls upon the sublime Mrs Frolly the drug of Love courses through my veins. I need no other medication.

Well, perhaps you should spend 15 minutes making love to Mrs Frolly each time you feel the urge coursing through your veins, rather than spending countless hours making non productive posts on forums.

Also it seems many posters wives are not satisfying their husbands judging by the amount of niggled whingers, moaners and forever complainers about anything and everything on these threads.

Perhaps if all the wives were as understanding and accommodating as Mrs Frolly and the guys able to get all their pent up frustrations out of their systems, these guys would enjoy Thailand and their lives more.