Bangel72

Most hotels will not have a cannabis policy in place so you would just follow the normal smoking rules for that hotel. If its okay to smoke and someone complains about the smell, then its just like a noise complaint you apologize and work out a compromise. Some condo's ban smoking on balcony's, that's a condo decision an not a law, its usually in contract. Still some dispensaries on sukhumvit offering street level smoking areas, they cannot sell beer but there's a few with separating tables to the bar next door and you can then enjoy a beer with your smoke, multiple police were walking by on Saturday and no eyelids batted. Multiple bars also have areas for weed smoking, upstairs balcony for example, safer to ask the staff if its okay. This one may change quickly under new guidelines but its likely still related to general smoking in public laws and not cannabis ones. General smoking laws are rarely enforced unless someone complains, it may end up the same for cannabis. Soi 22 had some late night stop and search for drugs recently, carrying remains legal so could have been opportunistic tourist thing or they were looking for meth/yaba pills as there is a bit of a crack down in aftermath of the horrific events of last month. The people I know were not carrying either so not sure what would have happened either way. The problem with the stop and search is potentially vapes which are illegal but loads of people use and carry them, pattaya were fining people about a year ago but I have not heard of cases in bangkok.

Someone else mentioned this, but also curious to whether there is a legal age requirement for someone to be the primary owner of land. I've been told when I enquired before that my son was not old enough but curious to what the real situation is. On the Thai part, I'm fairly sure its a case of yes they are Thai and makes no difference if one of the parents is not.

Its halloween and you dress up as a monster, but not real monsters. Closeness to time and trauma play significant factors but its usually the media at fault and not the individual by changing the context by exposing it to an audience it was not intended. Lets say there was a school shooting perhaps 18 months ago and the shooter had some iconic features that would make for a highly recognisable costume. For anyone who lost anyone in that made up scenario most can see how it would be traumatic to see someone dressing up as that shooter and for sure doing it in that city or state, the horror. Perhaps you can think of things closer to home that you'd go yep too soon for that costume. Media here has taken something from a country far away and shown it in the places where Dahmer brutally killed a lot of people, those families will never forget and the media has now caused them trauma again as they did at the time, for them the idea of dressing up as this monster remains horrific and rightly so, at the time someone was publishing comics <deleted>. For others its distant, not within their world, in the past and perhaps even glorified by media and recent shows and there is no connection to the actual horror so in a far away place perhaps there's no harm to be seen, its "just" an iconic look of a monster for halloween and nothing more. Nothing to see here until the media and the stirrers come in.

They recently changed flight routes out of Bangkok, every 10 minutes or so the almost constant jet noise, guess the old flight route guys are happier.

Most smokers I have spoken with including first timers seem very sensible, they know it will potentially elevate their thinking to a higher level and are not sure how they will react so they aim to start in a safe environment, small doses with trusted friends. Others drugs including alcohol can diminish that sensibility so new users will get caught unware and often panic rather than have a wee sit down and a glass of water. A lot of hospital reports will likely fit this category. Then you have the rare cases where people may have a tendency towards schizophrenia but are not aware of it, this is in my view a bigger risk group as elevated thinking can potentially trigger and bring out dormant issues. The view seems to be it does not cause the issues but it can act as a catalyst where they already exist. FYI I am not a doctor or a scientist. On rare occasions when I mix and maybe over do I trip on my medical weed. I understand this is usually not the norm, I have always heavily lucid dreamed so fairly comfortable with an awareness some things are not real so if I'm tripping I'm usually aware and flow with the trip, time travel, feeling like we had the same conversation a 1000 times or just watching the person in front of you transmorph into someone else till you are second guessing who the original is. Perhaps I should get some mental tests. Either way I can understand why someone might be freaked out a bit by tripping in general but then it comes back to safe environment, being sensible and relaxing and going with the flow. If in doubt go for some mental health checks in advance, my view is its not a good mix for those with schizophrenia until further research on this is done. It could in fact be a great early sign, allowing treatment before deteriation.

If you pay direct into the hospital bank account its more likely to be legit. This is often harder than it sounds, my kids school fees for example do not go into an official school account for some reason. Lying and making up stories to get money from farang is a bit of a game for some, they do not see it as wrong in any way as farang can afford it. Downside is when some emergency does actually happen they have cried wolf too many times, hope that's not the case here.

Read up on the effects before you try and try in the company of a friend. For first timers it can be a new unknown experience that their body and mind is not used to, you see a couple of hospital panic cases when this happens and maybe some of those just need a drink of water and a wee lie down. Do the research first though so you can tell the difference. Cookies are available online but best to get a first hand trusted review first. Smoke for me does ease joint and muscle pain, cookies more for fun though.

As far as I can tell, they only stop if someone is already crossing the road. No stopping for people standing at the side waiting for them to stop.

Could also do with an explanation on the aircon comments above? Is that just in the grow tent the airflow and filter? Or are we talking about general room aircon aswell, the latter would be a blocker due to cost?

As word of caution. I went cheap on the lights 1k and ended up with skinny tall mf that I don't expect to survive or yield anything. Also should have found blue light for seeding stage to make them a bit stronger. Then I learned about something called lumins and my 1k light is has about 7k lumins up fairly close, likely too low for veg state. I've enjoyed the learning process but I also could have done with and could still do with someone recommending an entry level set up that will yield decent flower. On lazada every product has stuck a sticker on themselves and started selling as cannabis product and they are not suitable at all. Mine will likely move to balcony as soon I think they strong enough, local seeds so okay for this experiment and learning phase.

To grab a random stranger if that was the case is pretty wrong either way, seems a bit odd though, guess no idea of details and without those hard to judge if it just needs a slap or more serious than that. Its fairly common for the guys to be grabbed randomly and sometimes drunken people are really stupid and think everyone is in on that game, potentially an idiot who will learn a lesson and not an evil molester as some suggesting. If in a red light district every gentle slap of the <deleted> was prosecuted, guessing the police would be fairly busy but it also risks it becoming the next big scam and also potentially putting a lot of business models in the red light districts out of action at the same time so lose lose. If this was a malignant aggressive assault then absolutely no defending that, touching random people is also not cool and in no way am I suggesting otherwise by suggesting perspective. A drunken idiot in a red light district getting charged with sexual assault and the harm that could cause him if it was in his head just a playful action could do more harm than good despite the rights and wrongs of the case. This for me is why names have not been published but likely fees being agreed.

I believe most hospitals hold regular sessions, not quite AA but they usually have some meetup groups. I made the mistake of pushing someone to go before, sort of get help or get out scenario, that bypassed their desire to stop and willpower to do so, so the sessions did not work for them and they have now gone but still no doubt drink. They may even prescribe pills that make him feel really bad when he takes alcohol but that too is a choice. If you have a dependent addict it impacts you and everyone around you, its not nice but sometimes you need to cut loose.

Its being very openly sold every couple of hundred meters on Sukhumvit and making very brisk trade. Never seen police randomly stop and search anyone unless they are acting a bit doolally, which may have been the case here.

My first hand take, Saw massive uptake on this during covid, had flyers all over the place even some being dropped off at expat pubs of all places, this coupled with the line loan apps has meant its way out of control. Saw a number of people around my soi having to do a runner and still found their online presence and any remaining family abused. Dual loans were common, i,e on desperate Thai pairs up with an equally desperate thai and co-sign on a loan, one does a runner leaving the other fecked. Once completely fecked and can no longer pay the interest, the constant hassling goes up a notch (this is often worse than physical violence), they borrow somewhere else or worse borrow and gamble as they see that as only viable way out and dig themselves deeper. Some run and some get into the Friday night vans to Cambodia or Vietnam casino's and call centers to work off but never quite pay off their debt. The article suggests contacting police, that trust unfortunately is often not there. It needs an independent group specifically for dealing with loan shark debts.

Out of curiosity, are there any tangible benefits of doing this?

Weak weed laced with tcp to give effect of a stronger hit more common in illegal weed markets. Here hallucinations and danger are higher. legalisation should hopefully reduce this practice provided sellers are selling at reasonable prices. Curious if the did some analysis on his leaves to see what he was actually taking.

noting these people had to go to the press rather than the police it seems a risk that a lot of loan sharks have police connections. The madness of chasing an impossible debt by borrowing more and gambling has got sucked into a lot of borrowers mentality, ripe for crypto or other online 30% profit a month scams. Right now thailand would benefit from a full on purge of loan sharks by an independent group. The debts are often written in a way that hides the 20% interest a month or 10% a day in some cases, that could explain the differences in the lender/borrower money numbers. desperate people borrow, addicts borrow, leaches prey on them

No idea what the actual laws are these days, kits and supplies can be bought locally. Along every street and almost every bar I see someone vaping at any given time. It has been key for me to give up smoking but I also see a risk for the 15 year olds starting on these when maybe they would never have touched a cigarette. Usual blanket ban rather than deal with risk. Guess all it takes is to find a way for one small group of people to abuse coffee, bubble tea or mango and they will get banned to.

I was happy without kids, my son makes me happier with a bit more sense of purpose in general. It's quite a bit of responsibility though but for me a reasonable trade off, main downside is it sort of tied in some level of responsibility for his mother. Do I want more, nope.

Loan sharks and gambling debt collection thrive in this environment as the victims have nowhere to turn to. I've seen quite a few from nearby streets have to do runners as they do not feel safe enough to go to the police, and even then they get worried that it will be police who track them down and pass on details to loan sharks. The needs to be some independent help access for victims in this situation.

I would not recommend the pretend marriage route, it will come back and haunt you later. Why is the name change important at this point? Let the kid grow up a bit and let it be their choice regarding taking your name, bit unfair forcing name change on a kid at this point without good reason the benefits the kid.

The following is my layman understanding. Generally for many countries if your name is on the birth certificate and you agree the mother can apply for a child passport in your country. My son has UK passport, note the mother had to apply and not me. I do not believe the child can take your name on birth certificate but Thais change there names all the time just for luck. Recommend you also register birth with your embassy before going for passport. If not married you are not the initially the legal parent in Thailand, this impacts parental responsibilities and things like legal child benefit which you will likely not be liable to unless the parenthood is legitimized. International law and your own countries laws on this may differ. This also impacts travelling outside the country with your kid if the mother does not join you, this needs the mothers permission, some say a signed letter will suffice. Get married and you become guardian, not sure if divorce takes that away???? You can register for legal parent status but I have seen mixed views on this, in some case I heard the child needs to be old enough to confirm in court but others seem to have done this earlier. You can also likely have consensual agreement on payments that can be registered at district office that can become enforceable later, that might be what she is looking for.

I appreciated the humor and felt there a certain kindness in you providing real men with sex for free????

I know a few people who have no smoking on balcony written into their contract so on your next place have a look for those options, I doubt you would be restricting your options too much. I would not buy or move into one of those places for example so you'd be free of my smoking. I stay somewhere where I can smoke on the balcony, it brings me joy and if someone complains I'd probably even buy them a fan. Bad enough some places stopped having designated smoking areas at open space outdoor areas like around swimming pools, now want to stop someone smoking on their own private balcony, what will be next?

Some bars on soi 4 testing now aswell, got the view if positive they just send you home to self isolate, no hidden ambulances on hand and no personal details taken. They said test valid for 72 hours and some people were just showing their own tests. Makes sense to test before you go out and take that with you, whether they will all trust or not is a different story but that approach seems fairly reasonable. However for me if they are doing this then just open the areas that require tests fully and normal hours, if you are testing everyone to be covid free on entry what sense does it make to close early.