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little mary sunshine

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  1. 14 minutes ago, bendejo said:

    I used to stay at Dynasty Inn on Suk Soi 3 about 15 years ago.  There was a spot to the right of the entrance that always had a woman begging.  After a while I saw it was 2 women, one who worked daytime, the other evenings.  I saw they did pretty well, so they didn't need me.  The evening woman wore a ragged dress and made this facial expression like she had just been dragged from hell, did this thing with her mouth that made her look like she had only one tooth, and did a very deferential wye to every farang that passed her. Then one day around sunset I saw the evening woman as she was arriving for her shift, wearing decent clothes and her face not in the usual contortions.  She recognized me and saw that I sussed her out, and if looks could kill....

     

    Most of the people who beg on the streets in Asia have to pay off a Fagin-type person.

     

     

     

     

     

      I am certain, among the beggers, there are the scammers and con

    artists, as there are with all charitable organizations.  I also believe

    a lot of truly unfortunate people are in desperate need.  If you must

    give up Your dignity and self respect, especially in Thailand, where

    the lose of Face is so important, I feel this is out of necessity for

    most of these people, I help as often as I can...."There but for

    fortune......."

  2. 1 hour ago, Rob13 said:

     

    I like the coffee, way over priced though and I hate being in their  shops. like a school library with an annoying tape loop .

    McDonald's is usually a pretty safe bet for coffee, good not too expensive. Alot of Thai coffee has a bitter taste I don't like.

     

     

    I do Starbucks quite often.  I enjoy the stronger coffee,

    you get to read the paper, sit in a nice air conditioned

    place, never rushed and always clean, for the little

    additional cost, you get a lot more than just a cup

    of coffee

  3. 3 minutes ago, freebyrd said:

     

    I'm sure they were, but there have been cases where doctors have practised for decades and like some of us 'lesser beings', are not waht the seem, and have been found to be everything from incompetent to murderous. When I was a serving professional I was expected to practice what I preached. I didn't tell people to exercise and then sit on the sofa and watch TV as many of the medical profession do.

     

    You have great admiration for Doctors, I prefer to take each one on merit. We have differing opinions, so let's leave it at that.

     

     

    You can can always find the exception if you

    look hard enough!!

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