44 minutes ago, villagefarang said:

In my experience, heading into the darkness only makes things darker and helps nothing.

Without passion, one cannot dream. You may be ruled by illusion without realizing it. Do not let it disrupt the growth of your myth. Where there is suffering, purpose cannot thrive.

5 minutes ago, villagefarang said:

In my experience, heading into the darkness only makes things darker and helps nothing.

Choice is the driver of karma.

To engage with the mission is to become one with it. We live, we believe, we are reborn.

By evolving, we believe.

37 minutes ago, HooHaa said:

Without passion, one cannot dream. You may be ruled by illusion without realizing it. Do not let it disrupt the growth of your myth. Where there is suffering, purpose cannot thrive.

Oi! Don't give away the tricks of the trade!

I prefer original content but if you prefer copy and paste, that is no doubt a common practice and most people will not know the difference.

21 minutes ago, baboon said:

Choice is the driver of karma.

To engage with the mission is to become one with it. We live, we believe, we are reborn.

By evolving, we believe.

 

Oi! Your karma just ran over my dogma!

Perhaps this question should be asked to all the candidates,

"If you could only give a foreigner one piece of advice about living in Thailand, what would it be?"

14 minutes ago, geronimo said:

Perhaps this question should be asked to all the candidates,

"If you could only give a foreigner one piece of advice about living in Thailand, what would it be?"

Clearly that would depend on who the foreigner was.  There is no one size fits all and much depends on how old you are, your finances, marital status or sexual orientation, interests and aptitudes, education and language ability, and a host of other factors.  Generally I try to stick with encouragement and steer clear of proclamations about what people should or should not do.

14 minutes ago, geronimo said:

Perhaps this question should be asked to all the candidates,

"If you could only give a foreigner one piece of advice about living in Thailand, what would it be?"

Dont believe everything your read on Thailand related websites as most who hand out "advice" dont even live in Thailand ?

15 minutes ago, geronimo said:

Perhaps this question should be asked to all the candidates,

"If you could only give a foreigner one piece of advice about living in Thailand, what would it be?"

'Never give advice. The clever (wo)man doesn't need it and the foolish (wo)man won't take it'.

I trust I can rely on your vote?

11 minutes ago, baboon said:

'Never give advice. The clever (wo)man doesn't need it and the foolish (wo)man won't take it'.

I trust I can rely on your vote?

An impressive reply I must say!

41 minutes ago, geronimo said:

Perhaps this question should be asked to all the candidates,

"If you could only give a foreigner one piece of advice about living in Thailand, what would it be?"

I say, marry the first girl that will have you and then invest everything into that relationship.  Repeat when necessary.

1 minute ago, canuckamuck said:

I say, marry the first girl that will have you and then invest everything into that relationship.  Repeat when necessary.

The last sentence is probably the most important.

On 14/12/2016 at 3:48 AM, NongKhaiKid said:

Maybe the election isn't rigged but as was once said about Chinese elections they do like to know the outcome in advance.   

 

Q.  Who amongst you will cast the first stone ?

A.  They're lining up !

 

My old man did some part time work at Happy Valley racecourse in Hong Kong in 1953. The visiting Princess Margaret was introduced to the winning jockey BEFORE the race!

2 hours ago, geronimo said:

Perhaps this question should be asked to all the candidates,

"If you could only give a foreigner one piece of advice about living in Thailand, what would it be?"

Instead of giving a Thai family money for the right to marry their daughter, give a Thai family money for the right NOT to have to marry their daughter.

2 hours ago, geronimo said:

Perhaps this question should be asked to all the candidates,

"If you could only give a foreigner one piece of advice about living in Thailand, what would it be?"

To each their own within the law.

2 minutes ago, JLCrab said:

Instead of giving a Thai family money for the right to marry their daughter, give a Thai family money for the right NOT to have to marry their daughter.

We can always rely on JLC for the alternative view.

What will happen if 'None of These' wins?

 

He must be of Middle East origin with a name like that.

3 hours ago, HooHaa said:

Without passion, one cannot dream. You may be ruled by illusion without realizing it. Do not let it disrupt the growth of your myth. Where there is suffering, purpose cannot thrive.

 

why delete the attribution?  the quote was created by a new age bullshit generator - id rather the whole post be deleted then be thought to sincerely spout such twaddle.

Well it turns out I was spot on about Craig. 

 

I have a question for the candidates but I think it can wait till they are whittled down to five!

1 minute ago, smokie36 said:

Well it turns out I was spot on about Craig. 

 

I have a question for the candidates but I think it can wait till they are whittled down to five!

Go CRAIG!!!!

 

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On 14/12/2016 at 7:23 PM, villagefarang said:

Has anyone notice the new addition on our profile pages?  It shows the number of days you had the most liked content. Not being very familiar with some of the top contenders, I had a look at their profile pages and was surprised by some of what I found.  That is how I discovered this new addition.

 

One thing I find missing with some popular posters is Topics.  They produce popular one liners but never start topics.  Why is that?

 

 

Fair point but some of us are restricted by time as not all of us are retired. I've been a member 6 months less than you and haven't reached 1.000 posts yet. I do enjoy the forum but holding down a full time job do find that all too often work gets in the way .

11 minutes ago, geronimo said:

We can always rely on JLC for the alternative view.

 That's what makes for horse racing!  (cut and paste)

1 minute ago, freebyrd said:

 

Fair point but some of us are restricted by time as not all of us are retired. I've been a member 6 months less than you and haven't reached 1.000 posts yet. I do enjoy the forum but holding down a full time job do find that all too often work gets in the way .

Thanks for your honest response.  I can imagine work would get in the way. I was referring more to those who clearly have the time to run up a huge post count but never take the time to start a topic or contribute new material. 

1 minute ago, villagefarang said:

Thanks for your honest response.  I can imagine work would get in the way. I was referring more to those who clearly have the time to run up a huge post count but never take the time to start a topic or contribute new material. 

A sensible reply as always. Thanks. Now I had best get back to the coalface .

1 minute ago, freebyrd said:

A sensible reply as always. Thanks. Now I had best get back to the coalface .

I didn't know farang were allowed to mine for coal in Thailand. You learn something everyday on this forum.

Just now, geronimo said:

I didn't know farang were allowed to mine for coal in Thailand. You learn something everyday on this forum.

 

It's OK, I'm in Cambodia, but don't tell anyone - sshhhh.....

8 hours ago, Ron19 said:

LEADER BOARD 115       Members have voted 422       Votes cast 3,237    Views 199       Replies __________________________________________   16/12/2016 transam 28 5.35am NongKhaiKid 25   villagefarang 24   Naam 22   craigt3365 21   GuestHouse 14   ratcatcher 14   geriatrickid 12   elgordo38 12   NeverSure 11   worgeordie 11   pgrahmm 11

and the wooden spoon race. who is leading that?

It's a shame we can't have a live debate, like they do in the west. I could imagine Transam and Worgordie asking None of these about the current economic climate.

I'm not sure if NeverSure is going to make the cut.

Early voting signifies a strong opinion that can't be shaken, however, there is a while to go yet, and most of the canny voters are hedging their bets until the dirt gets dished.