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Are you the same guy that broke the theater seat who's partner was gung ho to take on the management there too??????

Sounds like a great time to buy at a two for one pricing......

We were in Krabi two weeks ago and all the tour boats. beaches, and island stops were full....no place to park/beach the boats hardly....don't know if that translates to less vacancy at the hotels....the good places to eat were hoppin'

Not that I've found - closest thing to an auto "big" store is Dangs on the Soi by the Ricoh sign....they do repairs, welding, + parts/accessories with a good selection.....actually a big sized operation......

Anything else I've looked up and found is Mom and Pop type smaller operations.......

Could be a challenge - very few carpets here (not the munching kind) but the vaccums they like to sell would be better suited for carpets....no one seems to sell a decent bagless upright.......all 30 year old canister designs....

Elvis when he was good, friendly, and magnetic.....

Dire Straits - same set they had in Basel..... (catch it on Youtube)

Chicago twice & one time Chicago and Beach Boys.....

+ a concert I didn't really want to go to......sitting on the green and watching Elton John put on a 3 1/2 hour show - masterful

And Jimmy Buffet - just for the fun of it - a good fun time show and the girls start drinking 3-4 hours early and falling out of their coconut bras in the parking lot......

Nat King Cole & Roy Orbison (different shows) in a small intimate setting - Roy is little and with no effort just filled the atmosphere with notes only he could master.....

Ben Vereen before his accident was dynamic.....

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Then we would never hear from the sandman because his headlines are always letter/catch phrase perfecto......

Then we have to connect the dots with several of the numbers missing.......

I think i've read that the most expensive place to have them done was Phuket.........

You are so busy doing nothing and having fun you wonder how you ever had time to work before.......

Wear something that has jacket like pockets in it.....carry a few handfulls of table salt in the pockets......grab some and aim at their faces it will get in their eyes and stop them - they'll learn soon enough.......won't injure them but should give them fear.....

With balance and limited movement/motion this should work....anything mechanical it too hard to operate and maintain speed, balance, and a straight line.....

It's also not toxic so no consequences that way or legally........

You don't want to do anything to lose balance....wear something with side pockets like in a jacket......put a few handfulls of table salt in there...when they come at you throw the salt at their eyes....won't harm them and they will learn pretty quickly.......

Anything mechanical is too hard to pull off when you are constrained by movement or balance.......

You live the moment you want when you want....the schedule belongs to you.....

I think in defending yourself you cannot have the alpha weapon - like a gun drawing down on a knife.......that's how it was described to me - but by a farang not a Thai.....personally I think the baton is best.......

Sometimes a pocket full of salt - or insect/ant/bug/hornet spray would come in handy in some situations.....any of those in a face/eyes (person/dog) would work.....

We play baseball/softball here in CM......when it rains there are small pockets of water that form like a dimple in the field......I showed up to play and the Thai players were all over the field hunkered down and moving from place to place very busy.

I couldn't figure out what is was they were doing and first thought they were pulling weeds?????? I get out there and each one had a bucket or sawed off plastic container made from a bottle........and - each had a sponge and were dutifully sponging the water out of the dimples/pockets around the field and using the buckets to cart it off.......

On the flip side when there is a lively discussion during/about the game and whether a run should have scored or how many bases we all join in the fray - except for the Thai guys that gather together to watch......they just smile and shake their heads - farangs.......

Dragging the infield - Thai style......

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I agree, having a very good sense of humour is a must to enjoy life in Thailand.
You just can't sweat the small stuff.
A few weeks ago I went to my local restaurant and ordered breakfast No1, eggs any style they can manage and a cup of tea.
Ive been ordering the same breakfast for 8 years there.
The bosses wife took the order and gave me mixed vegetables with chicken.
It made a pleasant change!

The eggs were 'hatched' what's the problem?

Did you get the tea?

But now we still don't know what came first.........the chicken or the egg......

Been there - not a good place to go walking carrying food - bear attacks are not all that rare and there's some big 'uns there.......

In that water is crazy....when I lived in NorCal we lost a couple of guys fishing because they (one tumbled - one leak) had their chest waders fill up with icy water and legs went dead - dropped in the water and died of hypothermia/drowning......couldn't get back to shore a few feet away.....

If you shop there they used take an ice chest to keep the food insulated from the outside temps....maybe still do for the veggies - now I believe they just leave the cars running......

So - maybe robbed by wits could be an accurate headline.....

I suspect some of these types are moving to all areas of the country....seems to be a recent influx to CM area......

I would get copies of the estimates if possible - if it was a brand new car the lamp assembly could be modular - if led lamps in the assembly the car companies hold them for ransom......

Yes.....many women from Thailand and other countries have been successfully doing this for years.......

A great warm hearted country and people - you don't even have to look for it.

Evil spirited people can be found too if you decide to look/post about that.

I prefer to stay where I won't be swimming in the shark tank so I have found the people gracious, generally happy, and warm spirited.......

I'm sure some farang will correct me though.......

Most if not all accelerator pedals had been redesigned many years ago because of complaints with high heels.....l think that excuse will not work.....4AM seems to bring out an interesting crowd.....

I looked into this before - as I understand it there are laws in place against non-Thai's owning tuk-tuks + If I were to get one it stopped by the police it was a 600Baht fine (last year)......

One guy got hauled off to the police station as they thought he was operating one for profit.......

Get a golf cart maybe?????

Don't even try.....

I tried to bring one over as my retirement visa said I could. I was an 4x4 that I built from the ground up sparing no expense. I was going to give it to my Daughter as she loved it but unfortunately she died two months before I was to leave to come here. I went through all the steps and got the car here. I was told the paperwork had cleared and come and get it. I showed up and was told - sorry the final signature required wouldn't sign off because it was a 4x4 and it was not allowed to come into Thailand.....not counting shipping I spend 720,000 Baht chasing every avenue not including the 100k I carried looking for the right person to sign it legal - never got the vehicle - couldn't send it back due to difficulty going back getting through customs back in US, registering it so I could store it. I can only drive one and already have and SUV + a camper stored in the US.

I was told I could try and buy it back at auction but they wouldn't tell me the who, where, when of the auction - so I lost a car i truely loved.....

Somebody saw that vehicle and wanted it.....

I've been told by someone in the visa field for many years they had yet to hear of one successful vehicle being brought in.......

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As confusing as this appears to be.......If I were you I'd sit down and write all the facts as you know them to be.....Then number them by importance to what happened.......

Then plot a course of action with a secondary plan of action in case the first fails.......The lack of organized thoughts and random ramblings with counter attacks/comments to people that might wish to help make it difficult to give pertinent advice.

Not confusing at all, he bought his GF a truck and nicked it, and GF parents put charges on him, the cops arrested him took his pp and bailed him

Yeah - I got the basic outline too.....but in between there's a mixed jumble of thoughts, emotions, and time frames + attacks which makes it hard to sort out. If he truly wants help (seems to need it) he's going to have to sort it out and prioritize before he can make some progress......sounds to me like papa wants the truck......I have sympathy for the OP but all the leverage is going the other way - in this case I don't think logic or intelligence will prevail (out the window long ago just by the circumstances) - greed will - at the cost of the OP - now it's time to minimize the cost/damage as much as possible.....

As confusing as this appears to be.......If I were you I'd sit down and write all the facts as you know them to be.....Then number them by importance to what happened.......

Then plot a course of action with a secondary plan of action in case the first fails.......The lack of organized thoughts and random ramblings with counter attacks/comments to people that might wish to help make it difficult to give pertinent advice.