foxboy

It's all about the food for me..

I don't have to get in my car, drive to the supermarket, walk down aisles full of fat depressed people, load my trolley up with expensive tasteless unhealthy food, take it home, cook it, dine on the afore mentioned filth, and then complete the whole miserable process by washing up.

I simply walk 10 yards in any direction as soon as I feel hungry, and buy some delicious local cuisine for a £1.

God bless you Thailand!

It just seems so unnecessary

no security guard has the right to club the guy on the head....

no passenger has the right to disobey rules and barge his way through a security check point. The 'clubbing' on the head was a result of his own belligerence in my eyes.

This would never happen to me or anyone else who observes life's rules and regulations, regardless of where they might be in the world.

Another example of a Farang with a superiority complex in Thailand.

It doesn't matter what the rules or laws are, or how ridiculous they may seem.. you are not exempt just because you perceive yourself to be more intelligent, more wealthy or of a higher social status.

A week in jail would serve as a quick reminder what your social status is if you break the rules!

What are you talking about? the victim of this assualt wasnt arrogantly thinking that he can break the rules, he was arguing about his daughters balloons, verbally, and then got violently assualted. everything after that was an instinctual reaction, which was remarkably restrained considering.

so he wasn't "arrogantly thinking that he can break the rules" he was merely "arguing about his daughters balloons" and what was the nature of this argument? Was it perhaps that he wanted to carry them on the sky train when he had clearly been told they are prohibited?

Are you quite sure he wasn't trying to break the rules? Or maybe these rules don't apply to Westerners?

Another example of a Farang with a superiority complex in Thailand.

It doesn't matter what the rules or laws are, or how ridiculous they may seem.. you are not exempt just because you perceive yourself to be more intelligent, more wealthy or of a higher social status.

A week in jail would serve as a quick reminder what your social status is if you break the rules!

Always two sides to every story.

I think he sounds like an interesting bloke.. personally, I would love to have a beer with him!

western puritanical superiority complexes

I love this phraseology - spot on!

Just do some exercise then you can eat whatever you want. Seriously, if you have a little jog 3-4 times a week you'll have those 3kg off in a month, with your diet remaining the same. Up-2-you!

Mate the 'problem' of which you talk about lies with you my friend. It is YOUR reaction to the sideways glances and comments that is giving you anxiety. Buddhists preach - if you spit saliva into the sky it will land in your own face - because the sky doesn't accept it. If you ignore the comments and funny looks from people, they can't affect you. It is those people with their own prejudices and misconceptions that have the 'problem', not you.. unless of course YOU allow it to be your problem.

Staff at the hospital did not know what caused the fall.

The usual practice here seems to be to suggest that Thais were responsible (yawn!) 'I bet it was the Thai mafia, or his girlfriend that threw him off'

As he was staying with his family, I guess they get a reprieve this time. Thank goodness.

If they have a t-shirt available for purchase I would love to have one

I'm sure you can find someone to make one for you. If you do, ask them to do me one with '5½ inches on a good day!'

Once again the hypocricy of that culture is shown. No drinking and few available women in their home county, but they are quick to spread their wings once they hit Thailand. From memory, the 9/11 hijackers did the same thing in the US prior to their act of terrorism.

Exactly what I was thinking! The hypocrisy of it all shows the true worth of their religious aberrations - completely baseless!

I really get fed up with the naivity of these people trafficking stories. Why is it in Chiang Mai the low class brothels are filled with Tai Yai and hilltribe girls? The answer is that the Thai girls have better pastures to go to. Pattaya is a life far more lucrative and even more lucrative than that is getting abroad. So many of these old wise girls in the likes of that beer bar on soi 5 sukkumvit try to use (what's the name, jockeys??) to get them a visa into the lucrative European cities where they make a fortune lying on their backs for 30 minute stints. Those who are not so independent minded have to rely on someone else who "knows the score". In reality Thais are not the downtrodden third world people that some people who have no experience of this country seem to imagine. Have a look at all the building work in Chiang Mai. They all look like Thais to tourists, but the vast majority are from Burma. The Thais are doing better stuff than that. And if you are a Thai hooker, the real big money is going to the big cities like London or Sydney. I knew of one girl (I knew her quite well) who went to England with her husband and usual story of betrayal. Then she gets into this "human trafficking" business with her cousin. But the story on the ground was quite different than the press liked to portray it. All her girls that came from her province in Isaan and they all knew her. Once they were in England they all sat and ate somtam together and did the usual Thai gossiping and bitching. No one was controlling anyone and the only worry the girls had was their visa. The News of The World got a hold of this story and it exposed up on the front page. It was a joke to read it when you knew the real story. These girls were all pissed about the News of the World's exposure to "save" them. I am not saying that all cases are like this, but I really do believe the vast majority are. What I am saying is that in the vast majority of cases this, this is all nothing less than a lifestyle choice and who has the right over anyone's personal decision in life? Many of these NGO's would be happy to see these girls saved, but for what? A life on a rice farm or doing some needlework?

Yes, spot on! I know of a similar 'major bust' in UK, were they decided that these poor Brazilian girls had been trafficked to England on the assumption that they would be working in a 'health club' - what absolute nonsense, I knew everyone involved and the stories that went to court were concocted by the police to secure a conviction. The girls were prompted to say they were held against their will. Complete B.S. they all used to party together with the Madam who was and had been friends with them all for years. The girls were offered incentives (flats paid for, benefits paid, cash returned to them that the police had seized and indefinite stay in UK) to coax them back from Brazil to give evidence.. after they had initially deported them by the way!!

These trafficking stories are rarely as we've seen depicted in TV dramas.

This story is about a burglar, he could be from any country in the world, but happens to be Russian. This alone doesn't make all Russians bad people.

There are things about Russians I don't like, but they've never harmed me personally. Maybe there are many things they don't like about us too?

Nobody is perfect, live and let live.

Several posters have declared how many possible combinations there are of 4 numbers - none of which were correct, or even close to correct. Furthermore, those errors don't appear to have registered with anyone reading the posts. So much for the superior education ferangs supposedly enjoy ....

Great Post

Pity you couldn't take the time to offer the correct solution.

There are 24 permutations of four known but different numbers.

There are 12 permutations when two of the numbers are the same.

There are 4 permutations when three of the numbers are the same

There is obviously only one permutation when all the numbers are the same.

And there is only one combination of four known but different numbers.

at last, someone has it right!

However, even this is not necessary.. I could be in a room 'safe' in less than a minute without knowing any numbers.. if I can, many other people can too!

wow, that clip clarifies everything.. the guy is just a first class bellend!

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=k2u9LOEEE_g

Som nam na

First mistake is to rent anything from a Thai person in Pattaya. Pattaya Police are rumored to pay for their job in Pattaya because of this kind of thing involving payoffs to the police. The BIB here will take money from you for not wearing a helmet on your motorcycle, and then drive away on their motorcycle without a helmet on. A badge in this place is just a license to steal. I live 2 "villages" north, about 20 kilometers, and the police are actually helpful, considerate, and lead by example most of the time.

In UK police will fine you for not wearing a seatbelt then drive off not wearing one. I don't care, we know the rules so it's up to us to comply or pay the fines. At least here in Pattaya they fine you with a smile on their face

I had a problem at the ATM at Clark airport, couldn't get any pesos out, so I took a cab to the hotel and borrowed the fare (400 pesos I think) from reception until the next day, which they were more than happy to do.

I've just booked the trip from Pattaya to Hua Hin in a minibus - missed the 10am bus so I'm booked on the 2pm bus. Need to be at the office on south pattaya tai rd near soi 10 by 1.30pm. Only 50bht away on a motorbike taxi from my hotel.

Pattaya Office 088 709 2365

Hua Hin Office 088 709 2364

Cha Am Office 089 254 1399

The other option would be the big yellow bus from the bus station on north pattaya nua rd, which is a bit cheaper at I think 280bht but only leaves at 6pm.

2 more young guys with a damaged future

Not as damaged as the addicts or soon to be addicts these scum were supplying.

I've never tried yaba and I have no intention of trying it either, but if I was a young Thai man with no real prospects in life I think I might be tempted to try something that offered me some temporary euphoric bliss. Let's not be too quick to judge them as 'addicts' or indeed judge the suppliers as 'scum'. What have they done to deserve the label 'scum' anyway? The way I see it, it is supply and demand being satisfied.

I agree with Mobi, it's high time something was done and prosecutions were made. A car passed me on my bike on soi siam country club heading towards maprachan, swerving all over the place and travelling at a crazy speed. He just missed me but hit a Thai guy in front of me. Luckily he only glanced him. He was battered and bruised and very shaken up, but luckily nothing too serious. If he'd have caught him square he would have died for sure. Naturally the driver of the car didn't stop. If he had I would have administered some instant justice! Driving a car pissed out of your mind is no joke, you are playing with innocent people's lives. Get a taxi or don't drink. Simple.

I'm quite sure the decision not to accept people from these two groups wasn't based on racism but purely previous experience. I've heard some horrible stories from bar girls relating to Arab men. Surely this gives the girls the right to refuse their custom for the same reason. I admire the Thai people for not being afraid to take proactive measures, and they will do so equally with their own people - I've seen plenty of signs banning lady boys from hotels as well.<br>