I wish to thank Martin R (Postbag, Jan 1) for proving Steve Gordon's point (Postbag, Dec 30) that my critics have to resort to personal attacks and nastiness to compensate for the fact that they have absolutely no intellect.
The fact that Martin has to constantly stoop to this level to get his letters published indicates that he's the one who craves attention and is willing to make a fool out of himself in order to get it.
On more than one occasion I've been asked if I pay my critics to write these letters since their letters make me look so smart. No dear readers, my critics really are this stupid and no one has to bribe them to share their ignorance with us.
ERIC BAHRT
Not too sweet on sugar
Re: ''Annoying Eric's award'' (Postbag, Jan 1). Please let me tell this Roger Crutchley British-type person a thing or two about Thailand.
For years now I have been arguing with coffee street vendors in Thailand who simply will not serve my iced coffee with milk and no sugar. As soon as I politely explain ''Only coffee and milk and lots of ice'', the vendor inevitably says ''No, no, you can't have iced coffee that way'' _ and I have had the same experience in tourist cafes in Thailand.
What, no sugar?! No, no!
Speaking of tourist cafes, I was sitting outside one in the afternoon after having ordered black, hot coffee and a shot of Baileys Irish Cream. They arrived and when I began pouring the Baileys into the coffee, the Thai waitress rushed to the table and bluntly told me that was not allowed. Only after a lengthy explanation from my Thai friend that farang sometimes put alcohol in their coffee did the waitress begrudgingly back off and watch me have my coffee the way I wanted it _ although she scowled at me the entire time.
Could you imagine, RC, how hard it would be for me to get a shot of Baileys in my iced coffee, with no sugar, under such conditions?
Speaking of ice, there are people in Thailand who use all the ice cubes from the bags in the freezer compartment but leave the empty ice cube bags, making it look like there are still ice cubes there, when actually there are only four or five empty plastic ice cube bags! Do you see what I mean, RC?
GUY BAKER
Fools to believe govt
Re: The headline and the story that follows in the Bangkok Post, ''Inflation quickens to a 13-month high'', as reported by the Bloomberg Agency.
''Thailand's inflation accelerated to a 13-month high in December, exceeding economists' estimations, as state subsidies failed to counter rising food prices,'' it said.
Is there any fool out there who doubted this would happen? This Pheu Thai administration cannot control a thing. They know it, and we know it. So why their pretence at claiming to be doing such a great job. The public who approved of PM Yingluck's performance this past year must be either rich enough not to be bothered by inflation, or simply uninterested and/or uninformed. I have a feeling it is a combination of both assessments. Former deputy PM Suthep was correct in saying that if Yingluck does not shape up, she'll be thrown out by the people and forced to live in exile with her brother someplace. They could well afford it all. The rest of us cannot.
SERELEH
TV ray of hope dashed
I read with interest the letter from Truevisions' marketing department regarding a ray of hope for those of us inconvenienced by the demise of its old TV schedule magazine. Eagerly, I phoned the Customer Service centre, as instructed, to ask for my copy of the ''separate listing of detailed schedules'' which they claim they would be happy to provide. The chap I spoke to commiserated with me but was adamant that Truevisions did not publish such a listing, and did not have any intention of doing so in the near future. Back in your court, Truevisions...
T G KENT
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