Daily Moan

[jabir]

...Btw, once you have the product the way you want it, take a photo of it all sliced and bagged, then next time just show them the photo on your phone. A picture paints a thousand commands and instructions.

Lulu for President!

[jabir]

Ahh yes, been there done that - great story Jabir green owed.

Communications: What I said, what I meant, what she heard, what she thought I wanted, what I should have wanted as modified by the boss lady - what I got...

Now, the good side of foreign marriages - neither of use knows the others language good enough for a real argument, my missus is a master of the silent treatment and, of course, doing what she damn well pleases irregardless of the many, many times my good intentioned advisement of the negative consequences of her proposed actions have proven to be true. And, yes, occasionally the shoe is on the other foot - bite tongue and curse - not necessarily under my breath - jai yen yen, jai yen yen

The many joys of foreign marriages and expatriation...

Blimey thanks for that, no more pining that I got an odd one.

[jabir]

Good moaning folks, I've got to go back today. Wife gets to stay a couple of months longer.

Jabir's been out here too long...cutting loaves into quarters, no wonder they give him a strange look.

Hey it's a 2kg brick, could kill someone with it.

[Luigi]

Hey it's a 2kg brick, could kill someone with it.

I dare say you might if they cut it into thirds.

[Pragmatic]

My moan for today is that the missus got a letter from our local Amphur to report there to collect a photo of the king along side of his wife. All households in the village also received the letter. My missus actually forgot to go collect the photo. The Amphur hand delivered all photo's that weren't personally collected. Those who collected their photo in person were made to wai the pic before taking it and be offered a frame for 100 Baht. Sounds like a scam to me.
My missus is now running around to try to find a place to hang it. If it weren't for the Amphur I doubt anyone would have bothered.

[ootai]

My moan for today is that the missus got a letter from our local Amphur to report there to collect a photo of the king along side of his wife. All households in the village also received the letter. My missus actually forgot to go collect the photo. The Amphur hand delivered all photo's that weren't personally collected. Those who collected their photo in person were made to wai the pic before taking it and be offered a frame for 100 Baht. Sounds like a scam to me.
My missus is now running around to try to find a place to hang it. If it weren't for the Amphur I doubt anyone would have bothered.

My Missus went and got hers yesterday, the frame came with the picture no charge.
She told me I wouldn't have got one because to receive it required a bit of waiing and bowing etc. which she knows I wouldn't do.

[panama hat]

There's nothing like true and unforced devotion

[jabir]

My moan for today is that the missus got a letter from our local Amphur to report there to collect a photo of the king along side of his wife. All households in the village also received the letter. My missus actually forgot to go collect the photo. The Amphur hand delivered all photo's that weren't personally collected. Those who collected their photo in person were made to wai the pic before taking it and be offered a frame for 100 Baht. Sounds like a scam to me.
My missus is now running around to try to find a place to hang it. If it weren't for the Amphur I doubt anyone would have bothered.

Everyone knows it's a criminal offence to damage or deface an image of HM or other royals.

Curious and wondering out loud, what happens with c50 million calendars and billions of photos, newspapers, news sheets and other handouts portraying the Royals each year as they become obsolete, or as they decay over time or are damaged by accident?

I remember years back at the village, a large box almost full of these things, I think (?) communal with a couple of neighbours, but didn't get around to investigating what happened to it or will happen when it's full.

[HuangLao]

My moan for today is that the missus got a letter from our local Amphur to report there to collect a photo of the king along side of his wife. All households in the village also received the letter. My missus actually forgot to go collect the photo. The Amphur hand delivered all photo's that weren't personally collected. Those who collected their photo in person were made to wai the pic before taking it and be offered a frame for 100 Baht. Sounds like a scam to me.
My missus is now running around to try to find a place to hang it. If it weren't for the Amphur I doubt anyone would have bothered.

So....what becomes of the standard framed photos of the more preferred/commonplace images of King Chulalongkorn?

[Cujo]

My missus is now running around to try to find a place to hang it.

The kazi?

[NamPikToot]

Why the need to go to the trouble hand them out, every year all the banks hand them out to their customers as calendars.

[Pragmatic]

So....what becomes of the standard framed photos of the more preferred/commonplace images of King Chulalongkorn?

That's still on display.

all the banks hand them out to their customers as calendars.

May be the Amphur is assuming not every household has a bank account?

[nidhogg]

Why the need to go to the trouble hand them out, every year all the banks hand them out to their customers as calendars.

Same reason that pretty much everything is done in Thailand. Someone is making money off the project.

And this one is golden. Nobody can question a single aspect of the project. Not the budget, not the cost per copy - nothing.

[Luigi]

I wonder who owns the printing contract and printing company.

[Neverna]

Same reason that pretty much everything is done in Thailand. Someone is making money off the project.

And this one is golden. Nobody can question a single aspect of the project. Not the budget, not the cost per copy - nothing.

One person can.

[klong toey]

[klong toey]

Fecking BBQ Plaza.

[Mendip]

Careful what you wish for...

It's a 40 minute drive home from school and today the daughter was complaining about how much homework she had. I said why not do some in the car to get it out of the way.

She decided to do her music homework. I had Three Blind Mice on the bladdy recorder all the way home.

[Bettyboo]

^ she has to put up with your walks up hills and tours of pubs, so it's the least you can do. Did you whistle along with her?

^^ KT, gin ali, gin ali, gin ali kon gin MK mai?
(looks nice)

[Luigi]

Lulu for President!

Why thank you very much.

If I may be a bit more condescending for a while longer.


If it were us we'd probably have a nice friendly chat with the bakery manager, explain that we live here and will pop in every week or so, explain what we want with pictures. Get their name and number or bakery number. Ask if it's okay to contact them and have it set up for collection the following day.

Then pass them a small gift from time to time for their great service. New year, xmas, etc.


A small bit of greasing the wheels and clarifying what you want with visuals (no need for a standing flip-pad with diagrams)with one higher-up, as opposed to different nose-picking window-lickers every week, goes a long way to making such services easier here.



Okay, condescending level, dialed back down to 'mildly annoying'

[Mendip]

^ she has to put up with your walks up hills and tours of pubs, so it's the least you can do. Did you whistle along with her?

^^ KT, gin ali, gin ali, gin ali kon gin MK mai?
(looks nice)

Well there's another moan right there...

I taught my daughter to whistle a long time ago and she's pretty good... but every time she walks around the house whistling the wife tells her to stop. She says that girls shouldn't whistle in Thailand... it doesn't look good.

Has anyone else come across this strange belief?

[cyrille]

Of things not suitable for females to do?

The list is endless in Asia.

Best ignored, obviously.

[jabir]

Well there's another moan right there...

I taught my daughter to whistle a long time ago and she's pretty good... but every time she walks around the house whistling the wife tells her to stop. She says that girls shouldn't whistle in Thailand... it doesn't look good.

Has anyone else come across this strange belief?

Thais consider it bad luck to whistle esp after dark, as it summons evil spirits.

[Mendip]

^ Strange, I'd never heard that one before.

It's also considered bad luck to whistle on a boat... the sailors reckon it will whistle up a storm.

I must check if Spotify has any Roger Whittaker albums, for the next time the wife pisses me off.

[ootai]

That's still on display.



May be the Amphur is assuming not every household has a bank account?

Pragmatic
Don't be silly of course every house has a bank account how else do you think they get the govt handouts.
No bank account no money!