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**DownloadMan** · 09-21-2012, 10:54 AM

I guess there might be a beggar here in town, but I have never seen one and if you stay away from tourist areas, you will probably not see any either.

But one time over in Vientaine while getting a visa reissue and old lady came up to my wife and I where we were setting waiting and offered us some tooth picks she had in bundles that were split bamboo, she was a nice old lady and so we gave her 100 baht and she handed my wife a bundle of the things, my wife tried to refuse and the old lady just insisted that she take them, she didn't want us to think she was a beggar and it appeared to hurt her feelings so I took them and she gave me a big smile and walked away.

But now Paul will call me a fool for paying for them when I could have cheated the old lady.

09-21-2012, 10:54 AM	#3
DownloadMan Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 633 Senior Member	I guess there might be a beggar here in town, but I have never seen one and if you stay away from tourist areas, you will probably not see any either. But one time over in Vientaine while getting a visa reissue and old lady came up to my wife and I where we were setting waiting and offered us some tooth picks she had in bundles that were split bamboo, she was a nice old lady and so we gave her 100 baht and she handed my wife a bundle of the things, my wife tried to refuse and the old lady just insisted that she take them, she didn't want us to think she was a beggar and it appeared to hurt her feelings so I took them and she gave me a big smile and walked away. But now Paul will call me a fool for paying for them when I could have cheated the old lady.
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