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You did the right thing. She was trying to take advantage of you in a very disrespectful way. Just one point, though. When she started to order extras, I would have told her that I was only paying for the cake.

Don't worry! By tomorrow we'll have more news about an unruly or drunk British man. We have to maintain our reputation, you know.

I think that an ordinary Thai jail is bad enough. The Immigration Detention Centre would probably make a Tren de Aragua thug cry in despair.

Actually, I think he's quite thin for an American.

All he had to do was to wait until after 8 a.m. and then go to a temple for food. Now he's going to be fed terrible rations in a jail cell. Maybe also : "Goodbye visa!"

Surely you've been following the news over the last 4+ years? The Democrat-Marxists' Radical Far Left love to burn down and destroy. It used to be city centres, statues, etc. Now it's Tesla cars and showrooms.

If she goes to a private hospital on Koh Samui to have it repaired, she will have to pay the "Foreigner Not on a Longterm Visa" charge, which might be anything from 500,000 to 700,000 Baht for the repair.

"Protestors will continue to be shot until you say you love Hamas!"

Beijing has ordered a cover-up.

This will upset all the expat anti-Trumpers on this and other Forums who believe the propaganda of the legacy media that Trump is an evil Nazi dictator who is stealing the nation's money and ending Democracy while the Democrat-Marxist party is perfect. Newsom will now be cancelled by the Radical Left and all sorts of charges will be laid against him. How dare he step out of line!

One day that may well be possible too.

The people in Thailand who will suffer the most when WW3 comes (and it will) will be city people because all the shops will empty on Day One and close, and the markets will either stop or the prices will be very high. Rural people will take advantage of the situation, for sure.

Being a private hospital I expect that the Russian will have to pay a massive foreigner's charge for treatment. In view of his injuries and the "Foreigner's Charges", his bill may well be between 500,000 - 1,000,000 Baht. I wish him a speedy recovery and a happy bill payment day.

Trump's tariff is 25%. Accept it. Either accept it or invest in a car plant in the USA. Can you sell more cars in Thailand? I see the prices of cars rise each year. 4-door pick-up trucks cost a fortune now. They are also made with flimsy metal or whatever the material is nowadays. If you crash, you're either dead or severely injured. My Isuzu Spacecab is 25 years old. It's made of heavy steel. Lifting up the bonnet is a strong man's job. I'll drive it until it's 30 years old because I feel safe in it. Then I'll buy an old car, I expect, because in 5 years cars will probably be made of plastic or thin aluminium.

Realistically, nothing will change there until (Heaven forbid!) the children of the state governor, mayors, and their cronies are raped, murdered, etc. Then the penny will drop. In any case Trump is going to get rid of sanctuary states and cities soon, which will infuriate the Democrat-Marxists and their supporters. "Poor rapists! We must be kind to them!"

Prison must be awful from March-May when it gets so hot. His friends probably told him he'd have no problems smuggling the drugs and he believed them. Who will tell his family where he is, I wonder?

Pattaya isn't a safe place to be after dark. If there is no programme to stop the violence, thefts, and robberies carried out on foreigners, Pattaya will be finished as a tourist resort.

Sadly, I think you're right. I left the UK in 1984 and I wouldn't want to live there again.

My wife and I moved from Thung Kru, Samuthprakarn 6 or 7 years ago. The tell-tale signs of future flooding were already clear back then. By a stroke of luck, we managed to sell our house to a neighbour who wanted to extend her living area. Now that same neighbour is trying to sell her house, but word has got out about what is coming. The housing estate already gets flooded from the sea via a canal quite often.

Like in the case of Pattaya, entertainment areas are risky places to go to after dark.

Pattaya is probably safe enough as long as you don't go out after dark ... which is when the city comes alive, of course.

The left-activist judges are simply making more people turn away from the Democrat-Marxist Party.

I see that some posters want vaping to be allowed. Here are some facts about vaping harms: Vaping can cause lung damage. Research shows that vaping allows tiny particles to be inhaled deep into the lungs. ... Vapes contain toxic chemicals. ... Nicotine in vapes is addictive. ... Vaping causes breathlessness. ... Vapes contain cancer-causing chemicals. ... Vapes can burn you. ... Vaping can cause nicotine poisoning. Asthma. Vaping can make you more likely to get asthma and other lung conditions. Lung scarring. Organ damage. Etc.

Twice I have had to sit next to an "Incredible Hulk". It's an awful experience. On each occasion, I was pinned against the windows. On one occasion I was able to move seats, thankfully, as the man stank to high heaven. The other time I just had to tolerate his obesity. He was unaware of the discomfort he was causing and there was nothing he could do about his size. I can't understand why people let themselves become so fat.

As usual, the posters here have yet to discover empathy and compassion. I ask you to imagine you had experienced this ordeal and then you read the comments posted here. How would you feel? You'd be horrified. Firstly, we know the Police will demand a lot of money to free a tourist while taking money from the Thai(s) involved to "take care of the matter" as well. Secondly, if you get into such an unjust situation with the Police you take their names and tell them that you will see them on the Channel 3 programme โหนกระแส (Hone-Krasae) in the next few days. If they are being corrupt, they'll let you go because they know they could be kicked out of the Civil Service and even jailed. Thirdly, to tourists and all foreigners, if you take drugs and you're caught, expect the most horrendous worst.