George FmplesdaCosteedback Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 A good friend once said to me several years ago after he had lived here for about 30 years: "The only thing that still surprises me about Thailand is, the fact I am still surprised!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgemandm Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 1 minute ago, George FmplesdaCosteedback said: A good friend once said to me several years ago after he had lived here for about 30 years: "The only thing that still surprises me about Thailand is, the fact I am still surprised!" Yes just had a great laugh about your good friend 5555555555 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George FmplesdaCosteedback Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 1 hour ago, georgemandm said: Every day in thailand I just about see things that throw a spanner in the works , that is thailand. That is why I could never ever live here full time , ok to come And see the Thais family and some of my friends but to live here full time in thailand with all the rubbish You have to put up with try to stay here is a joke . But that is me and if you are happy to live with all the rubbish that go's on here good on you . But what I can't stand about man from my country Australia is them baggy my country to make a excuse to come and live in thailand just all fools. You lost me in the last paragraph. If you are an Aussie you need to brush up on your English... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgemandm Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 1 minute ago, George FmplesdaCosteedback said: You lost me in the last paragraph. If you are an Aussie you need to brush up on your English... I think it is ok I don't need to do one thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George FmplesdaCosteedback Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 18 minutes ago, georgemandm said: I think it is ok I don't need to do one thing If you want to be understood you do. Can you explain the last paragraph please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgemandm Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 1 minute ago, George FmplesdaCosteedback said: If you want to be understood you do. Can you explain the last paragraph please? He you go I can't live in thailand ok because of all the rubbish with the visa . it is a joke the immigration here . thai people are great most of them . i was saying if western man went to put up with the visa side of it to try and live here ,good on them but not me . I can't stand Aussie who come here and put Australia down just to give them a Excuse to live in thailand, you want to live here good on you but not put Australia down , that is what I am saying sorry not to put it clearer . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George FmplesdaCosteedback Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 2 hours ago, georgemandm said: He you go I can't live in thailand ok because of all the rubbish with the visa . it is a joke the immigration here . thai people are great most of them . i was saying if western man went to put up with the visa side of it to try and live here ,good on them but not me . I can't stand Aussie who come here and put Australia down just to give them a Excuse to live in thailand, you want to live here good on you but not put Australia down , that is what I am saying sorry not to put it clearer . Okay, thanks. Visas for any country can sometimes be difficult. Depends on your personal circumstances usually. It seems you don't want to live here anyway and you love Australia. I have no beef (and that is not a rap word, it has been used in English English forever with that meaning) with Aussies, my son lives there. Enjoy, maybe just come to see the family once in a while, or get them visas for Australia so they can visit you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaiwrath Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 When somebody asks about the price of something in Thailand, e.g. an hotel room, an internal flight etc, and all the replies are quoted in dollars ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damrongsak Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 13 hours ago, Peterw42 said: I think its basically an exercise in Buddhism, accept there are thing you will never understand and cannot change, and you are on your way to enlightenment. I once said to a Thai monk that I thought life was like a pendulum. Things swinging from good to bad and they tended to average out. He was quick to point out that life is suffering and it sucks. Get used to it or get off the bus. There are ways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damrongsak Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 18 minutes ago, Thaiwrath said: When somebody asks about the price of something in Thailand, e.g. an hotel room, an internal flight etc, and all the replies are quoted in dollars ! Not sure about stuff like a hotel room or flight, but up-country, I could probably get you a good deal on vegetables, manure for your garden and similar things. I used to get good deals on scrap metal and the like from the local junkyards. But you got to like that stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geronimo Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 One of the first things you need to nail when living here is the elimination of the word "why". It matters not. It just is. The vexing you talk of is of your own creation, the Immigration official doesn't feel it, the farang with a big pick up doesn't feel it, and neither does the girl who works in 7 11. In the event you are not able to stop this "why" word popping up, the answer is always the same ....."Because they do" Once you've got this one squared away, your life will be so much nicer and you can say goodbye to vexing forever! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George FmplesdaCosteedback Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 3 minutes ago, geronimo said: One of the first things you need to nail when living here is the elimination of the word "why". It matters not. It just is. The vexing you talk of is of your own creation, the Immigration official doesn't feel it, the farang with a big pick up doesn't feel it, and neither does the girl who works in 7 11. In the event you are not able to stop this "why" word popping up, the answer is always the same ....."Because they do" Once you've got this one squared away, your life will be so much nicer and you can say goodbye to vexing forever! Interesting point. What gets up the nose is the inconsistency. You can never get a definitive answer. It is always what suits whoever you are dealing with at the time, even when you think it is in black and white print. If you can cope with that you should be the next Dalai Lama. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saastrajaa Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 Grown Western men who wear shorts in public in a major city. Shorts are for little boys. Learn to dress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaiwrath Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 1 hour ago, Damrongsak said: Not sure about stuff like a hotel room or flight, but up-country, I could probably get you a good deal on vegetables, manure for your garden and similar things. I used to get good deals on scrap metal and the like from the local junkyards. But you got to like that stuff. Keep taking the tablets, now, there's a good boy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Real Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 5 hours ago, georgemandm said: He you go I can't live in thailand ok because of all the rubbish with the visa . it is a joke the immigration here . thai people are great most of them . i was saying if western man went to put up with the visa side of it to try and live here ,good on them but not me . I can't stand Aussie who come here and put Australia down just to give them a Excuse to live in thailand, you want to live here good on you but not put Australia down , that is what I am saying sorry not to put it clearer . I wondered when the real facts would come. Everything was just like Thailand sucks and very much complaining. How ever you don´t accept people complaining about Australia. There you unfortunately found yourself the perfect excuse for stopping to complain about Thailand so much. Like simple. If you don´t like it, don´t do it. And then came the real problem about visa. Just because there are rules here that may of may not allow you to stay, is that a reason for complaining and finding all the wrongs you can? It´s just to understand that if you want to stay here, you just have to be able to show the right documentation and what ever more it might be. Some people can stay and live happy. Other people can´t stay more than on a tourist visa. Is it really there the big problem exists? But, on the other hand you just say that you don´t want to stay in Thailand. Just wonder one last thing. How can you have such a great knowledge of Thailand without being a person that stays or want to stay here, so you can put the country down this much. As before you don´t like it when others do that about Australia. Why do you think that people will accept and like you point of view regarding complaints about Thailand? I wish you happiness in Australia anyway. It´s also a very beautiful counrty with a lot of good things. More I don´t know, because I have only been there as a tourist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Mega Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 5 hours ago, georgemandm said: He you go I can't live in thailand ok because of all the rubbish with the visa . it is a joke the immigration here . thai people are great most of them . i was saying if western man went to put up with the visa side of it to try and live here ,good on them but not me . I can't stand Aussie who come here and put Australia down just to give them a Excuse to live in thailand, you want to live here good on you but not put Australia down , that is what I am saying sorry not to put it clearer . Sorry to hear you cannot get a visa, not all of us have that issue though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metisdead Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 A post containing derogatory generalization toward Thais has been removed as well as the replies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wprime Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 Why all the retired CIA and FBI agents at Nana can't afford their own drinks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitkof Island Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 2 hours ago, Saastrajaa said: Grown Western men who wear shorts in public in a major city. Shorts are for little boys. Learn to dress. The foreigners in Thailand are the worlds worst when it comes to clothes. You look like pigs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Mega Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 7 minutes ago, Mitkof Island said: The foreigners in Thailand are the worlds worst when it comes to clothes. You look like pigs. So are you Thai or are you a pig ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kannot Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 13 hours ago, Mitkof Island said: Things I Don,t Understand: (1) Foreigners that move here and do little or no research . (2) Foreigners that date and marry Thai hookers. (3) Foreigners that move to Thailand and complain non- stop because it's not like home. (4) Foreigners that move here and never learn to speak a word of Thai, walk around in a bubble totally lost, disoriented , and angry. (5) Foreigners that move half away around the world and spend their entire time hanging with other often very questionable foreigners you would not touch with a ten foot pole back home. (6) Foreigners that spend the majority of their days drunk and out of it causing themselves and the locals constant problems. (7) Foreigners that move to a foreign country and make zero effort to understand and learn the local culture and customs. (8) Foreigners that can only eat the very food they left behind and make zero effort to eat ANY Thai food. (9) Foreigners that believe they are superior to the Thais and therefore should be allowed to treat the locals like crap. (10) Foreigners that dress like total slobs. if you dress like that at home you would be laughed at and likely told you are not allowed to enter any public places. (11) Foreigners that believe that they should be able to grab at any Thai woman because they believe ALL Thai women are hookers. (12) Foreigners dumb enough to buy their Thai hooker a new motorbike, home, gold etc, etc, etc, and until their bank accounts run dry on the average of about two years. (13) Foreigners that live in a walled off fortress like in Ban Huay Yang afraid the locals might attack at night and perhaps eat their dogs afterwards. Has to be one of the creepiest places i have ever been to in Southeast Asia. (14) Foreigners that travel and move here with zero common sense and as dumb as a rock. Below Typical foreigner in Thailand- Typical walled off fortress Ban Huay Yang. that fortress looks jolly nice to me, perhaps they dont like shitty dogs , burning rubbish, loud tvs and the normal things normal people would find offensive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kannot Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 7 minutes ago, Don Mega said: So are you Thai or are you a pig ? foreigners who use pornstars as their avatars.............yeah i dislike them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kannot Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 9 hours ago, SoiBiker said: People that stay somewhere that makes them unhappy. People that leave a place that made them unhappy, but then spend their spare time talking about it on a forum. people that feel the need to be permanently happy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catman20 Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 18 hours ago, optad said: Whinging farangs can set me off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgemandm Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 5 hours ago, George FmplesdaCosteedback said: Okay, thanks. Visas for any country can sometimes be difficult. Depends on your personal circumstances usually. It seems you don't want to live here anyway and you love Australia. I have no beef (and that is not a rap word, it has been used in English English forever with that meaning) with Aussies, my son lives there. Enjoy, maybe just come to see the family once in a while, or get them visas for Australia so they can visit you. Thanks for that but the visas here are a joke sorry to say . The visa in to Australia is hard to get yes because every man and his dog want to live there . But when you are lucky enough to get to live there you are entitled to everything like we are . own land work and all of that not like here in thailand. Yes I will come and see the family here for sure and my friends and thailand is a good country not great but good and I think most Thais are good people but the government needs to get it right to help them out with lots of things . Yes I love Australia very much because it give me the chance in my life now to have a great retirement . My lovely mother god rest her sol would always tell me how hard her life was back in Greece with the war and being poor and no food to eat ,so that is why I love my country so much I am very lucky to be an Australian . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirasan Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 How they can fortel your relationships future by looking at chicken bones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geronimo Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 Just now, akirasan said: How they can fortel your relationships future by looking at chicken bones And try as I might, I just can't see those numbers on that tree bark!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geronimo Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 Sometimes I will stop a lottery seller and just snatch one ticket without looking at it, and the look of horror! "You are buying a ticket, and you don't know the number"? she gasps. I nod and smile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgemandm Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 4 hours ago, Saastrajaa said: Grown Western men who wear shorts in public in a major city. Shorts are for little boys. Learn to dress. Are you joking on that statement or are you trying to be smart. I wear them all the time here and back home and you are try to say I am a little boy give me a brake will not say what I think of you or I will get band from here again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geronimo Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 One of my favourites, although I can't do it if wifey is with me, in Big C, I will saunter around the electrical appliances until one of the staff comes over. I will then ask, in Thai, all about the appliance. It is unusual to find someone who can do this, so ... I turn it around and spend 20 minutes showing them how it works and explaining the dos and don'ts, to the utter amazement of everyone. Fluency allows you to do this btw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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