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So then, if a poor Thai manages to get an education through the use of government loans, which are available to bright students, do they become the elite?

I wonder why the educated are considered the "elite".

Just watch Are you Smarter Than a 5th Grader and you will see lots of supposedly intelligent people who don't know basics. I remember one woman who had a 4.0 GPA and didn't know that the Danube was in Europe. That is only one example.

Many doctors take the advice -"Physician heal thyself" too literally. When I was doing home care the worst patient I had to care for was a physician who would not follow his doctor's orders. He said, "I am a doctor." I told him that is is said that "a man who acts as his own lawyer has a fool for a client" and the same applies to physicians. I didn't score any points with him, but his wife and son told him to listen to what I had said.

My philosophy is getting older sure beats the alternative.

Target and K Mart sell similar products.

It was sent to me by a Malaysian friend.

When I was in college, my psychology professor said he went into the field because he had issues to deal with himself and he didn't know of any other therapist who went into the field for any other reason.

Travel, for one. (Within the world)

Even if the father isn't actively pushing the kid, he is allowing the kid to do it. Just because the kid wants to be like daddy, doesn't me he should be allowed to lift weight at such a young age. I think it can cause harm to a developing body to put that much stress on it. Hell, even kids in ballet classes aren't allowed to go en pointe until they are 5-6 years old.

My understand is Cambodia and Laos also have Songkran. I am not sure if it is as crazy as in Pattaya. I usually go to Vietnam or Malaysia. Even in KL there was a bar having a Songkran party. There was a big sign saying if you entered you should plan on getting wet. I walked on past it.

ONLY THE BRITISHERS COULD HAVE INVENTED THIS LANGUAGE We'll begin with a box, and the plural is boxes, But the plural of ox becomes oxen, not oxes. One fowl is a goose, but two are called geese, Yet the plural of moose should never be meese. You may find a lone mouse or a nest full of mice, Yet the plural of house is houses, not hice. If the plural of man is always called men, Then shouldn't the plural of pan be called pen? If I speak of my foot and show you my feet, And I give you a boot, would a pair be called beet? If one is a tooth and a whole set are teeth, Why shouldn't the plural of booth be called beeth? Then one may be that, and three would be those, Yet hat in the plural would never be hose, And the plural of cat is cats, not cose. We speak of a brother and also of brethren, But though we say mother, we never say methren. Then the masculine pronouns are he, his and him, But imagine the feminine: she, shis and shim! Let's face it - English is a crazy language. There is no egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple. English muffins weren't invented in England .. We take English for granted, but if we explore its paradoxes, we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square, and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig. And why is it that writers write but fingers don't fing, grocers don't groce and hammers don't ham? Doesn't it seem crazy that you can make amends but not one amend. If you have a bunch of odds and ends and get rid of all but one of them, what do you call it? If teachers taught, why didn't preachers praught? If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat? Sometimes I think all the folks who grew up speaking English should be committed to an asylum for the verbally insane. In what other language do people recite at a play and play at a recital? We ship by truck but send cargo by ship. We have noses that run and feet that smell. We park in a driveway and drive in a parkway. And how can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites? You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language in which your house can burn up as it burns down, in which you fill in a form by filling it out, and in which an alarm goes off by going on. And, in closing, if Father is Pop, how come Mother's not Mop? I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT IF PEOPLE FROM POLAND ARE CALLED POLES THEN PEOPLE FROM HOLLAND SHOULD BE HOLES AND THE GERMANS GERMS!!!

Forcing overweight people to buy 2 seats or business won't do well in the US. The courts would be full of protesters.

Of course, the father is going to say that.

I certainly can think of other ways to spend money.

The problem for me is I live in Pattaya.

I am not so sure the educated Thais would agree with your assessment.

It almost borders on child abuse to me. I am sure the parents have pushed him. A two year old would never think of it by himself.

I suspect - food. he he he

I think I will pass on waxing, Thank You!

Why is turning 40 such a big deal? I can barely remember it.

Just her comment about the insurance money would be enough for me to dump her ass fast.

I, for one, love Seinfeld and still watch the reruns all the time. Of course, the characters are annoying, but that's the point of the show, much like Archie Bunker.

I don't agree that they sell low quality products. They sell the same name brands as other stores, but for a lower price than most.

What does shopping at Wal-Mart have to do with Fox? The comparison escapes me.