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2 minutes ago, Almer said:
It is the lack of common sence regarding who fitted it.
Assuming it was a plastic door I would have thought a bit of kicking and pulling if she was strong eneough would have got a positive result, anyway she is out but will she get the lock changed!!!!!
If it was a plastic door, why would the cops need bolt cutters to get in?
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5 hours ago, 4MyEgo said:
Funny thing is she lived alone, the poor darling, why would she need a lock on her bathroom door.
I live in a house with 6 family members, when I use the bathroom, I lock the bedroom door, and leave the bathroom door open.
Six family members, oooh lucky you! No offense but it sounds almost like a Filipina's house.
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You've shown class by not getting defensive and upset and instead analyzing.
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9 hours ago, Mac Mickmanus said:
Surely if guys are horny enough , they will jump through the hoops and get a Thai pass ?
Guys who haven't had sex since before Covid should be very eager to jump through the hoops
Gross. Men can find whores anywhere, even in Saudi Arabia.
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I'd say in the context of East Asia, don't marry a Japanese or Korean. The cultural differences are too great. It would take a long article for me to explain everything, but suffice it to say I recommend Chinese women (not from Malaysia, though) and do not recommend Japanese or Koreans. Yes, Japanese women are beautiful, but so are all the others, but living together, the two cultures clash too much.
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"Ironically the Thais still call Bejing - Peking." No, they don't. Native speakers of English say Beijing and Guangzhou, not Peking and Canton.
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9 hours ago, thaibook said:
So does anyone who speaks English. Just like the Englia=sh say Moscow, not Moscova, or as French speakers say Anvers while Flemish speakers say Antwerpen. Just because the Chinese Communist Party wants something and the BBC is too craven to left wing ideologues to do anything but bow, there is no need to follow.
Well, nobody says Peking or Canton anymore. Those are the old names. Everybody says Beijing and Guangzhou, as they should. What you're talking about is current names with their English translations. For example, nobody says "Oh, I took the train from Roma to München."
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13 hours ago, Caldera said:
What's the point? Thais already call the city Krung Thep anyway, and foreigners will continue to call it Bangkok anyway.
In emails and messages, everyone calls it "BKK."
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13 hours ago, TheScience said:
They all do...Pah-ma.
But tbh the Myanmarese (?) Call it Myanmar as well.
Burmese is the predominant language. Dozens more.
The American insistence to call it Burma is just stupid. The name was changed decades ago. There are dozens of ethnicities the nation hardly just belongs to the Burmese.
U.S. news outlets call it Myanmar. Having worked in East Asia and the Middle East with all the Commonwealth nationalities in addition to Americans, it was obvious to me that while everyone knows it's Myanmar, Burma and Myanmar are used more or less interchangeably, because of the country's vivid history especially in the context of WWII.
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13 hours ago, coops said:
The transliteration 'Thep' is the correct one....
The typical transliteration systems all use the 'h' to denote a hard consonant - so 'ph' is a hard p sound as in 'paste' or indeed Phuket. And also 'kh' is the transliteration for a hard 'k' sound like the C in 'cake' - whereas 'k' on its own is a 'g' sound like the g in 'game' - and that does mean Phuket is properly pronounced with a 'g' sound not the wrong hard k sound... mind you it would be better transliterated as Phuuket to indicate the long initial vowel sound.
And similarly, 'th' is a hard t sound like t in 'taste'.
Transliteration systems all have to deal with the problem of the Western alphabet only having 26 symbols... whereas Thai has many, many as it is phonetic.
True, only 26 letters, but within the 5/6 vowels are about 24 or so vowel *sounds*.
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5 hours ago, Prometheus33 said:Wrong ... "Saigon " is long dead and forgotten . MOST people are now familiar with the name Ho Chi Minh City and the shortened ... HCM
Have you ever been to the city? It's perfectly acceptable to refer to the city as Saigon when you're in Saigon. I know because I visited a gf there often. I also knew students from Saigon in the U.S. They called it Saigon even though as international people we all knew it's officially Ho Chi Minh City.
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16 hours ago, internationalism said:
bangkok is a name taken from thai language - means village of olive tree.
Krung thep is pali language, now only used by budhist monks (actually, most of monks don't understand meaning of recited words). Means in pali city of angels.
This language is much more extinct than Latin. All south european languages are based on latin and are close to each other, so for example italians are able understand some basic from partugese etc.
But pali based languages in India are so far apart, that they can comprehend each other. In the south india alone there are 720 different languages used by tribal populations
English has lots of etymological connections to Latin as well. That's one reason Latin used to be required in schools.
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44 minutes ago, Jingthing said:
That's misleading. Middle Eastern not Arab.Turkey is in Europe and Asia. Middle East is a GEOPOLITICAL term. Purely geographically, Israel is in ASIA without any doubt.
That's what I said-- "for geopolitical purposes."
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10 hours ago, ChC1 said:
None of the countries should be in normal retirees' mind unless you are ready to form a family locally. For single retirees there are much better place to live, Florida, Spain or Malta. For family retirees, the world is your oyster, while many would favour closer to grandchildren.
Thailand is a special case, we can debate for years but everyone here love Thailand for special reasons, that including the shameful word and more ordinarily, family ties. Any ordinary western retirees (***definition: does not have family ties to Asia and not prepared to have relationship with locals and does not like Asian culture and/or food, and not adventurous enough to move to a different culture***) who wants to retire in Asia needs their heads examined.
So, other Asian countries can not simply copy Thailand's offering. And many people who would accept Thailand's offering are unlikely to choose other countries. It is really not a choice for many people. It is either Thailand or closer to home.
For me, the choice is either USA or Australia. I can not live without Costco, good coffee shops and English speaking environment (so to make like minded friends easily and to communicate in equal terms). Thailand is a good place to relax for fortnight, but it gets boring and repetitious easily. I value safety, simplicity, privacy, communication and avoid stupidity.
For anyone who have never lived in Asia before, or do not have or intend to have family ties, and have little tolerance for stupidity, stay out.
And nice things in the U.S. that even Europe doesn't have, like 24-hour supermarkets with far greater choices of goods and cheaper prices.
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17 hours ago, PhineusFreek said:
Have you even been there? I doubt it
Oh, I have. Several times. Had a gf there. Apparently you missed the sidewalks that are unwalkable and the 50+ motorbikes at every street corner, and the fact that it takes a car 45 minutes to travel about 10 or 12 km from the center market area). Also been to Hanoi; I remember it being much easier to walk around there; in fact I'm sure of that.
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18 hours ago, Capella said:
Agreed Philippine food is probably the worst in the region. Most of it is vile. It's why you see hardly any Philippine restaurants anywhere else.
It's probably the reason so many young women have flabby bellies there despite the fact that they don't get much to eat.
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19 hours ago, jacko45k said:
I believe it is simply more accurate to say a muslim woman cannot marry a non muslim man. A man is restricted to muslim, Jew or Christian women....Saudi women can only marry Saudis I believe.
Not sure how strict that is worldwide, but it is 'traditional'...
NO--a non-Muslim of either gender marrying a Muslim must normally convert to Islam both by government law and family honor. I know this from 19 years in the Middle East and two years in Malaysia.
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22 hours ago, blazes said:
Too many drunk Ingerlish on Ibiza!!
I have a British friend who's retired in the Algarve region of Portugal (southeastern coast). It looks like the ideal place in Europe to me.
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22 hours ago, Burma Bill said:
Yes indeed, and one of the reasons why I left bureaucratic Thailand after 20 years to settle happily "next door" (2 years to date). One does not deal with an Immigration Office for starters, only an official local agent who checks your application form, collects your passport and 300 US$ (or thereabouts) for an annual retirement visa and sends to Phnom Penh Immigration Office for processing. No proof of income, no large sum of money in the bank, in fact no bank account at all and no insurance requirements. Once in possession of your annual retirement visa that is it until renewing it 12 months later. NO 90-day reports, no TM30's etc. What you must check is that you are registered on FPCS (Foreigners Present in Cambodia System) which is the duty of your hotel, landlord, house owner etc. and NOT YOU. So easy and totally hassle free!
Sounds great--no need for a local bank account as long as you can access cash with your home country's ATM card. Keep a home-country address in order to continue online banking. And the women are, of course, amazing.
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22 hours ago, AsiaCheese said:
Who wrote this no-research, no-reality "article"? There are a whole list of non-gems that should be mentioned for various of the listed countries... Not wanting to be negative, but solid information before you decide to move to a country is what it takes, not a page filler.
I've seen a lot of these shallow world-retirement rankings published in the States. Mostly all they figure into it is the cost of living. Hey--let's go retire in Islamabad, the cheapest major city in the world.
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On 2/13/2022 at 7:54 PM, Guderian said:
I've been mulling this over lately as the pandemic draws to a close. Do I want to stay in Thailand forever more or would it be better to move elsewhere? I'm happy in Thailand and have been living here for almost 18 years now, but the lack of an official retirement programme worries me more and more as I get older. Specifically, I'm concerned that they might suddenly come up with, for example, full medical insurance requirements in order to extend a Non-Imm O visa for a year, as has happened with the OA visas. If you have any kind of a complicated medical history, even if you're 100% fit today, the insurance policy exclusions often mean that it's not possible to get full cover and, indeed, it can be unclear what exactly is covered by it until you need to make a claim against the policy and it's denied. And then, once you get into your late 70's or 80's, the annual premium can become similar to buying a small car every year, simply impractical. It's not only medical insurance, of course, they could change the rules in a number of other ways that might make life much more expensive and less pleasant here. At least in Malaysia they have a formal retirement programme, though the financial requirements might be too much for a lot of people, so you have certain legal rights which you do not have in Thailand, and never will have as far as I can see. All most of us have here is the right to beg for a new extension every year, which is usually granted without any issues, but my concern is that this may not always remain the case. As you get older, good quality hospitals and medical care are a must, which basically reduces the candidates to just Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore. Forget the island state, it's not a good choice for most, and to my mind it leaves Thailand and Malaysia looking similar on most fronts that matter, but Malaysia offers greater security in your retirement (if you can afford it) with its formal programme for retirees.
Malaysia also offers an arrogant Muslim mindset and ill-mannered Chinese Malaysians.
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On 2/13/2022 at 7:13 PM, welshissan said:Israel is in Asia !!
For geopolitical purposes, the entire Arab world + Israel is referred to as the Middle East, regardless of what the atlas says.
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On 2/13/2022 at 4:21 PM, 10baht said:
Except for typhoons, yes. How about Okinawa?
Guam or Saipan
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I am shocked--shocked to discover there are ladyboys in Thailand.
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Most of Thailand’s foreign arrivals in July were Malaysian tourists
in Thailand News
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Ah yes, if you're from the UK. The #8 in arrivals, Americans, have plenty of gas at home. Half of it comes from Donald Trump's mouth, but that's more than enough to keep our heating bills low. And if not, we head to points south like Miami or--Better Call Saul!--southern New Mexico.