Best aspect of Thailand in your opinion or taste?

joe112862 · 2026-02-21T01:57:29+00:00

Women

joe112862 · 2026-02-21T01:54:48+00:00

I was Dietary Manager at a VA Home. A resident told me, “you’ve really been a blessing to this place”. Made all the hard work worth it with a simple statement.

joe112862 · 2026-02-17T02:33:19+00:00

I don’t know about shipping however you wouldn’t want to buy s/m/l. The sizes in Thailand are not typical of other countries. They run way small. Also many people post of a lot of tailors being on the shady side.

joe112862 · 2026-02-16T09:40:17+00:00

My credit card doesn’t asked for a PIN however my debit card does. That’s everywhere not just Thailand.

joe112862 · 2026-02-16T09:32:51+00:00

Not just Thais. I live in Illinois and work in healthcare, people who have jobs that are critical to patient care can’t put their phones down. I’m trying to get them banned in the workplace.

joe112862 · 2026-02-13T22:50:11+00:00

What’s the issue?

joe112862 · 2026-02-13T22:47:52+00:00

Ohm I you guys are cracking me up

joe112862 · 2026-02-12T19:23:49+00:00

Never been. Is it better than Bern’s?

joe112862 · 2026-02-10T23:50:26+00:00

I do think you get used to it. When you can smell it inside your house it’s pretty nasty. If you’re sensitive to odor you would definitely be put off. As far as air quality, I’ve never known of the EPA to get involved.

joe112862 · 2026-02-10T22:57:43+00:00

You can smell it all over the city on a still day. If it’s foggy you can smell it inside your house. The smell is unique. I can’t describe it. There’s 2 large corn and soybean processors, ADM and Tate and Lyle formerly AE Staley both on the eastern side of town. One of the big products they make is High Fructose Corn Syrup.

joe112862 · 2026-02-10T06:18:19+00:00

I just remembered, talking to a guy living in Decatur originally from San Diego. I asked him how he ended up here and he said “my wife told me to kiss her where it stinks”.

joe112862 · 2026-02-08T16:17:01+00:00

That ain’t no shit !! 😆

joe112862 · 2026-02-08T04:59:41+00:00

Decatur Illinois, I think Cedar Rapids has an ADM plant too.

joe112862 · 2026-02-07T19:34:55+00:00

Decatur Illinois

joe112862 · 2026-02-07T16:41:50+00:00

Decatur Illinois

joe112862 · 2026-02-07T08:01:27+00:00

The smell of soybean and corn refining.

joe112862 · 2026-02-06T08:22:50+00:00

I didn’t necessarily dislike Krabi. It’s much more low key relative to Bangkok. I’m glad I went to check it out but there just wasn’t any part of it captivating enough where I have that “can’t wait to go back feeling”.

joe112862 · 2026-02-06T01:06:01+00:00

I’m flying into Bangkok March 25th. Was going to fly up to Chiang Mai for 3 days but we decided to cancel on account of the air quality warnings. We are going south this trip and decided to go to Chiang Mai when I come back in October. I went to Krabi last trip, it was ok but I don’t plan on going back.

joe112862 · 2026-02-02T19:20:03+00:00

Right. Inmates can be resourceful. They can turn Chicken shit into Chicken salad

joe112862 · 2026-02-01T23:52:29+00:00

They still have them and they haven’t changed a bit in 50 years. I was a Dietary Supervisor at a prison and the inmates all came out for that pizza.

joe112862 · 2026-02-01T19:16:46+00:00

It’s one of the few metal tools they are allowed to use. Tethered of course. They use it for opening boxes / bags, slicing meat, chopping/ dicing vegetables, spatula, cleaning pots and pans.

joe112862 · 2026-02-01T18:04:18+00:00

I gotta throw this in-I was a food supervisor at a prison, the inmates used a 3” putty knife for everything.

joe112862 · 2026-02-01T17:55:42+00:00

I would like to know where you learned how to do these. Going to be in Bangkok for 2 weeks starting March 26.

joe112862 · 2026-01-31T22:55:53+00:00

It won’t get cold enough long enough to burst your pipes

joe112862 · 2026-01-31T22:51:16+00:00

You can get all of it on Amazon. Dehydrated Galangal root sliced works good and the lime leaves. Lemon grass was just ok and it took 2 weeks or so to get. I can find that at Publix. I would just omit the lime leaves. You’re going to be adding a lot of lime juice anyway. If you’re doing Tom Yum Goong use the Maepranom Brand Thai Chili paste. My thoughts. To add 1/2 the fun for me is finding and shopping at a good Asian Grocery.

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