Flashermac Posted April 20, 2015 Report Share Posted April 20, 2015 I saw a fine example of Thainess last night along about 2 miles of Sukumwit Road going through Pattaya. After 9pm and Thainess was still going strong. The road was so wet I thought it must have rained, but it was just the water being thrown from the sidelines and by the folks on the war wagons. Half-dressed Thai men on motorbikes, wet t-shirt women on the war wagons, amazingly enough not a Farang was to be seen. Nor were there many people who appeared to be older than 20 or 21. The Khao Sarn Road backpackers would have been green with envy. It had to be the world's biggest water fight. I wonder how many thousands were involved in it. p.s. I was under the obviously false impression that Songkran had ended 4 days earlier on the 15th. And whatever happened to the days when the Songkran looniness stopped at sundown? Amazing Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jitagawn Posted April 20, 2015 Report Share Posted April 20, 2015 Well most Thai gentleman if they do something "inappropriate" its generally behind closed doors or curtains. No harm no foul- Such is Thainess" I like it. :hubbahubba: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coss Posted April 20, 2015 Report Share Posted April 20, 2015 " From the very little I know about Thai people I believe they are perceptive to such things " More so, than you would be happy to believe ...... Not a photo from your personal collection I hope, noone we know I trust? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavanami Posted April 21, 2015 Report Share Posted April 21, 2015 I saw a fine example of Thainess last night along about 2 miles of Sukumwit Road going through Pattaya. After 9pm and Thainess was still going strong. The road was so wet I thought it must have rained, but it was just the water being thrown from the sidelines and by the folks on the war wagons. Half-dressed Thai men on motorbikes, wet t-shirt women on the war wagons, amazingly enough not a Farang was to be seen. Nor were there many people who appeared to be older than 20 or 21. The Khao Sarn Road backpackers would have been green with envy. It had to be the world's biggest water fight. I wonder how many thousands were involved in it. p.s. I was under the obviously false impression that Songkran had ended 4 days earlier on the 15th. And whatever happened to the days when the Songkran looniness stopped at sundown? Amazing Thailand. Songkran goes on for two weeks in the Pattaya area...or so I heard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unit731 Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 This is all a trick by the US Government. Get the general public all worked up about "unions". Let them banter away about union activity. Unions. Unions. Unions. That IS what the government wants to read here and all over the country. But the facts are quite clear as stated in the posting below. Don't be fooled ! “Elite forces from all four branches of the military will take part in Jade Helm 15 across seven states between July 15 and Sept. 15 – one of the largest such exercises ever undertaken.†“Some of the theories involve Walmart, which recently closed five stores in California, Florida, Oklahoma, and Texas due to what the retailer described as plumbing problems. Employees accused Walmart of closing stores with a history of union activism – but the Internet conspiracy theorists suspect the government may use tunnels between the shuttered stores to transport troops.†www.rawstory.com/.../walmart-closings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jitagawn Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 " but the Internet conspiracy theorists suspect the government may use tunnels between the shuttered stores to transport troops.†I fo sure DO NOT trust the gubermint but.. this one sounds pretty far out... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waerth Posted April 23, 2015 Report Share Posted April 23, 2015 Why is the USA thread about Thainess all of a sudden? Ran out of things to complain about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavanami Posted April 23, 2015 Report Share Posted April 23, 2015 Nah, we be expanding our horizons... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waerth Posted April 23, 2015 Report Share Posted April 23, 2015 Ah I was afraid that everyone loved Obama, a good healthcare program and the Republicans and Tea party all of a sudden. Had me worried there. .... now back to my favorite entertainment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted April 26, 2015 Report Share Posted April 26, 2015 Kochs' acquisition of the Republican Party nearly complete The Koch brothers' takeover of the Republican Party is very nearly complete, and if they have their way, it will be by the end of 2016. They've anointed the five presidential candidates that are their finalists and they've got their plan in place for getting one of them elected, along with a Republican Senate. Politico got the documents and the interviews with the people who know. The documents detail plans to beef up the network's state-of-the-art data system, and pay hundreds of staff embedded in local communities across the country in preparation for get-out-the-vote efforts that are unprecedented from a third-party group. The plan comes with a $125 million 2015 budget for Americans for Prosperity, the most robust arm in the network of small-government advocacy groups helmed by the billionaire industrialist brothers Charles and David Koch. That’s the most the group has ever spent in a non-election year and the documents call the plan "beyond the biggest, boldest, broadest effort AFP has ever undertaken." It calls for the creation of new chapters in Alabama, Idaho, North Dakota and Utah—continuing a move by the group to invest in deep red states where it can focus on pushing aggressive reforms to scale back union power and government regulation, rather than winning or protecting GOP majorities. That they're moving into deep red states just demonstrates that they're ready to complete their acquisition of the Republican party. It's not enough to have allies among the GOP—the GOP must be assimilated wholly into the Kochs' machine. To that end, they are going to be using the bulk of their money against Democrats, again. Getting involved in the Republican primary isn't really necessary—they've already assured the fealty of the eventual nominee. The presidential race is not AFP's focus, said Phillips, the group's president. "We're focused on advancing a long-term shift at every level of government towards a culture of freedom. And we're not just fighting for the fun of it — we intend to win." In a letter to major donors accompanying the briefing document, Phillips boasted that "no group is as effective at organizing, educating, mobilizing, and rallying citizens as Americans for Prosperity." That includes the RNC, which if it isn't just a subsidiary of the Kochs, will be after 2016. So far, only Montana Republicans have been successful in standing together against the Kochs in any fight. Republicans might not recognize it at the moment, but they are in an existential fight with the Kochs, and they're losing. http://www.dailykos....-nbsp-complete# Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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