Mekong

The arrogance of man, Elephants evolved well before apes did, we are on their territory not the other way around

It must be over 10 years since I have socialised around Farang tourist or KSR types, so I can’t comment on the current generation but it sounds like I have dodged the bullet on this one. The internet is supposed to make people more intelligent,,where as in fact in it has made people stupider. An idiot post an opinion online, someone buys it hook line and sinker and posts something even stupider and the downward spiral continues. And I can bet you a pound to a pinch of shit that they are not getting their info from travel websites and other knowledgeable places, oh no they go to the font of all knowledge Facebook, Instagram and Twitter claiming “it is true, I read it on the interweb thingy”

Partly, I think deeps down inside one realise that you used to be a know it all twat as well in ‘The Early Day” or think to oneself was I this stupid. / annoying Even though I find these types entertaining in small doses, I absolutely refrain from being engaged in conversation with them, after all you do not try and have meaningful conversations with the exhibits when you visit the zoo

Rico posted that on here, but didn’t post very much on this one. He and I plus about another 10 guys used to have a place on the original MSN Forums around the turn of the millennium , a couple of us Bangkok and the others in UK or USA, used to meet up when members were in town and for Football WC 2002, which was in Japan and Korea, all of us were in Pattaya for a month. Oh happy days !

Found it An observant post from over 20 years ago by a guy I used to know from another board KSR Backpacker World Records Funny read and describes what you complain about

Lies, Lies and more Lies, MFP did not promise to amend the majeste law, they stated that they would discuss it. Any decent opposition party has a manifesto . MFP didn’t have the power to unilaterally amend the lese majeste law. I can’t say that I am surprised in the slightest, I predicted as much this would happen over 6 moths ago

No time is enough time, many years ago in the late 90’s I used to frequent Hogs Breath in Nana Plaza of a late afternoon / early evening, even though it was a Gogo by night, daytime it served as the unofficial Bangkok social headquarters of Bechtel Engineering and employees from all over the world on R’n’R in Thailand would pop in for a beer and a chat, Bob (rest his soul) the owner was ex-Bechtel. It must have been 20 years later when the daytime mamasan of Hogs Breath saw me somewhere far away from the bar areas and started calling my name, lucky for me I was solo at that moment and in typical British fashion lowered my eyes and scuttled off in the opposite direction. It can happen anytime or anywhere. KSR is OK for a once off visit now and again, great place for “People Watching” but I prefer Thanon Rambutri which runs parallel with KSR , there was a place there did Kung Yang to die for. Ramnutri also extends the other side of Chakrabongse Road (KSR Police Station End) and some very relaxing chilled out places on that side.

Playing the devils advocate here, but what about decorum on your behalf? Is it deemed polite and acceptable behavior to take your wife to areas in Bangkok which are known for women of lower morals than your average Thai female, an area where you in the past may have frequented and associated with such women. Even though I have been out of “The scene” for many a year now, I wouldn’t consider taking my wife to “Ground Zero” on the off chance that someone may recognise me and similar situation transpiring. After all Bangkok is quire a large metropolis with literally 1000’s of other places to go to, why would one chose to take your wife to that area. I am not being judgmental, of course you are free to take your wife wherever you wish too, but I am questioning your rationale of exposing yourself and your wife to the chance of this happening and then blaming the third party. Maybe you are just getting used to this married life lark😂

As I said my old 4th Generation 2013 iPad only stopped updating once iOS hit version 17, you have another 5 years life in yours yet. I am not even sure if it slowed down that much despite its age, yes the 10th Generation is faster as it should be with A16 chip compared to the A6X but I don’t use an iPad for processor intensive activities so can’t say I notice much except a couple of games open slightly quicker. We seem to have the same opinion of the iPad V iPad Pro, as I stated in OP I couldn’t see the point in spending 40% more just for OLED display, and M2 processor, plus the Pro weights 480g compared to 280g. At nearly half a kilo a tablet stops being a tablet IMHO I must admit I was impressed with the Apple Auto set up, seamless transfer of all data no problem at all, I was surprise my old iPad supported such but any device with iOS 12.4 or above is supported. Fucking EU forcing Apple to use USB C port, My iPhone 13, AirPods , old iPad, the wife’s iPhone and iPad all use Lightning connector and I have USB A to lightning leads so now I have to buy another fucking lead USB A to USB C or an adapter, I prefer leads. iTunes can connect to a device via WiFi as long has the device has already been connected to the host computer so I need a lead to use it without a lead, which genius came up with that idea. I should send the EU an invoice

Mental arithmetic error I meant 43,800 hours, somehow moved the decimal point two places to the right in my head , I am not THAT old just yet.

But his name is Old Hippie and your passport states BuBi

There I was just the other day and I received the software update alert on my iPad. I tried to run the update and was told my device was too old to update. Imagine my surprise when I checked my model number and realised I purchased that iPad over ten years ago. It’s something I never thought of, give it heavy use for Internet Browsing, emails, YouTube viewing, Netflix on the go (or when Mr’s watching Thai TV) Mobile gaming and so on. When at work I also use it as remote document viewer for Docs I have on the Cloud (Dropbox for me). Whilst I have basically been bed bound for the past 4 years or so I have basically been using it every waking hour, a conservative estimate would be around 4.5 Million hours of usage over its lifetime, probably more so and it never once let me down. OK recently I have had to give it a Restart every 3-4 days but apart from that it has been fine. So an update was required, no way I was going to get the latest “Bells and Whistles” version sod that, if the old one was good for 10 years then an model released 18 months ago will do the job for half the price. So a 256 GB iPad 10 was selected 25,000 THB not bad I thought. When I went to pay for it more of a surprise, hen I was working in Viet. Nam I paid the hotel bill on my credit card and claimed the money back on expenses, well over the years that adds up to CC use and SCB have a rewards scheme which offers discounts based on card usage, don’t ask me the ins and outs, it’s Thai thing the Mr’s deals with all that, the bottom line was I got 13,000 THB cash back so the replacement iPad only cost me 12,000 THB so happy days First time I have ever had. a device reach obsolete whilst I have owned it, usually use or break then before they reach that stage.

OH, I don’t understand how you had “similar issues” you are married, just take Kor Ror 2 (Marriage Registration) and Kor Ror 3 (Marriage Certificate) to the bank with you and that’s it.

I said stupider not moronic senseless imbeciles Always reminded of the late great George Carlin when discussing stupidity Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.

Your average Brit is stupider than you first thought

Australian culture Acca Dacca, Neighbours and Mark “Chopper” Reid. (Not Vegemite, cheap copy of Marmite) You say “Woke” I say “anti-woke” if minorities can claim sexism and racism so can majorities, play the Paki Bitch at her own game.

But he is not Australian

So let’s get this straight, according to your way of thinking If, in the West, a Christian verbally assaults a Muslim or a Jew that is a hate crime, but if a Muslim or a Jew verbally assaults a Christian then that is OK since Muslims and Jews are the Minority in the West If a Heterosexual verbally assaults a Trams or Gay person that is a hate crime, but if a Trans ot Gay person verbally assaults a Heterosexual person then that is OK since Trans and Gays are a Minority How about a White guy rapes a Black woman, that is rape yes, but if the other way around and a Black guy rapes a White woman then that is OK since he is in the minority so laws don’t apply to him. Maybe laws should not apply to people over 65 since less than 20% of the population therefore a minority or maybe lays shouldn’t apply to men since only 49% of population therefore a minority. How about people with GreenEyes (22%) or Left Handed People (10%) they are also minority Sorry your “Minority” rule makes no sense at all

So you are saying that rules only apply to a section of society? Racial slurs is only a one way street? If the rules don’t apply for a racial slur on a white person isn’t that itself racial discrimination?

5555. I doubt if most people in the UK have even heard of her until this made the headlines, women’s football is on par with Snooker and Darts and hardly anyone would recognise a player if they walked past them in the street. Try calling an aboriginal copper a black cunt in Sydney and let me know how you get on

UK Crime and Disorder Act 1998:Section 28 28Meaning of “racially aggravated”. (1)An offence is racially aggravated for the purposes of sections 29 to 32 below if— (a)at the time of committing the offence, or immediately before or after doing so, the offender demonstrates towards the victim of the offence hostility based on the victim’s membership (or presumed membership) of a racial group; or (b)the offence is motivated (wholly or partly) by hostility towards members of a racial group based on their membership of that group. (2)In subsection (1)(a) above— “membership”, in relation to a racial group, includes association with members of that group; “presumed” means presumed by the offender. (3)It is immaterial for the purposes of paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection (1) above whether or not the offender’s hostility is also based, to any extent, on— (a)the fact or presumption that any person or group of persons belongs to any religious group; or (b)any other factor not mentioned in that paragraph. (4)In this section “racial group” means a group of persons defined by reference to race, colour, nationality (including citizenship) or ethnic or national origins. Note there is nothing stated above that these rules only apply to so called minorities Section (4) Colour it does not exclude white as a colour for this act, yet many people seem to think that colour only applies to Black, Brown and Yellow but not White So the CPS is quite right to prosecute under Section 28 (4) of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 and should do so more often

She is of Indian heritage, if a Brit was to refer to her as a Dothead a Paki Bastard or a Black Cunt you can bet your bottom dollar she would be the first to complain. You can’t have it both ways. Its about bloody tie too, every race, religion, creed and sexually seems to be protected by various xxxIsm laws except Hetro White Male. MoBO Music of Black Origin, try having for white it’s racist Black Police Federation, try having a White one Black Businessman of the Year. … See Police Black History Month Why? Women in Engineering, Having awards for Men is Sexist Pride Month Trans Rights and so on, where is my Hetro Month, where are my Hetro rights