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All in a rush? No. I can see why you think that but not all. I think "extreme" would be better description of what you have noticed but that's still a gross generalisation. Either extremely in a rush and just can't stand still or stop at a red light. Extremely fast. Driving annoyingly extremely slow. Extreme reactions to minor things. Extremely apathetic. Extremely overboard with rules, regulations, admin. Extremely rude. Extremely polite. Extremely greedy. Like every population there's different types of people.

I managed to find the transcript: "Excuse me kind sir. It seems that your driving almost caused an accident. No biggy, I just walked over to check everything is ok and find out why you braked so suddenly"?

They just have no idea these people. So weird. Next they will be rolling tanks down the road

Did you offer them a cheeseburger too? Pay your rent

You're supposed to have a will in any country where you hold significant assets in that country. A person can have multiple wills in multiple countries but this should be noted in your assistance will at least. As someone mentioned you can nominate the beneficiary direct with super. However from memory of you already have a will the line that you need to put in there is 100% to "legal personal representative". This means that the super will be distributed according to your will. Annoyingly this automatically lapses every 3 or 4 years and you have to resubmit it to keep it up to date. For me personally it's a huge ballache as my large Thai address doesn't fit in the form and they reject it more often than not. My provider insists it must be done by mail. Also consider that if you're paying hundreds in insurance on your super that you're unlikely to be actually covered by that insurance living overseas. I cancelled mine.

I would like to purchase one of your 8 legged horses for my 2 horsepower brewery start up

Have you tried switching to buffalo power

Anyone know where i can buy a horse for my beer company

This is only part of the story. Reported elsewhere that the cat replied "cheers bro, I'll just chill here".

Orange boys are getting phased out. Just delaying the inevitable. All these orange guys will just become bolt anyway the only difference for them is they will become accountable for their actions. Boo hoo

I've always thought Satthahips military airport was quite secure WHEN I WALK THROUGH IT

I rode past one of these overturned utes in thalang a couple of months ago. Perfectly straight road. Perfect sunny weather. Speed limit of 100. Confused looking guys standing nearby. No reason in the universe for being able to flip a vehicle onto its roof. You really gotta be a special person to pull this off.

And the outcome of the electoral commissions findings. The same electoral commission in the news a day or 2 ago for allegedly rigging chonburi or satthahips results.

How to deal with scam callers in Thailand... Scam caller= Wadee kaa bla bla bla bla bla bla bla Me= huh? What r u talking about. Scam caller= mung bla bla bla "Click" 555

The thing about phuea thai is they were only doing well because they were the original first and only populous party. Then these guys came along with the better, clearer policies and new ideas. I really hope they pull it off. Winning this is half the battle. Next they have to run over a minefield avoiding everything the military and royalists throw at them. To get to his chair. Then they have to put their money where their mouth is and do what they promised. I don't imagine they can do much worse than the previous junta though. Future is bright.

Thanks i guess that may be the reason. As in other countries or mine at least you typically don't have hundreds of 125cc bikes in underpasses. Logic has been found

I completely agree and i normally preach the same. If you try to understand things you will go crazy. Best not to bother. However, after living here ten years the temptation to find the logic in these things has been bugging me. As it may be me that is missing something that is plain to see

point of the year so far for me

2 things Firstly - Underpasses. For example the ones on the big bypass road running all down the center of Phuket. No motorbikes allowed. No No No! Very bad! Cannot! What do people think about this? Anyone have a rational explanation of why in other countries it is fine to ride a bike through an underpass but in Thailand it is illegal. I used to ignore it sometimes to avoid the 3 minute red lights above and because I can't see any reason in my brain whatsoever. I got pulled up about 6 months ago. Copper waiting at the exit of one of them. He was saying in Thai "many many people die" riding through underpasses. Even hearing the words come out of his mouth I just cannot imagine many many people dying all the time in them or them being significantly more dangerous than the already ultra dangerous roads everywhere else. Anybody have the solution to this puzzle? For me the biggest thing going through my mind with underpasses is don't overtake and be extra careful and maybe the thing will collapse on my head. Second - The distinction everywhere between "big bikes" and the rest. I can understand how for licencing this can be relevant as they have more power and take more skill to ride. The separate car parking. I think comes down to the hierarchical culture in Thailand where every part of society there needs to be an option for "I'm better than you". Think the VIP area in buses, boats, banks, cinemas, pi + nong, parking, seating. The list goes on. I'm kind of answering my own question here but would like to hear peoples thoughts and opinions. There is a road near my workplace that cars are allowed to drive down. Scooters are not allowed. However, if you're on a crappy CBR 250 then you're allowed to pass. Is there any logic to be found here?

Totally agree. It's pretty simple. "Oh the poor motorbike rental lady" tough s**t. Sell pad thai or something. Realistically the motorbike rental market would shrink by about 80% if they only rented to tourists with motorbike licenses. The taxis would have a field day. Another thing is the condition of the bikes being rented. Often bald tyres or dodgy engine or brakes. Really though as someone else said people need to take responsibility for themselves.

A "system" like police doing their job enforcing road law would really help. It's a strange concept but whenever I've rented vehicles in Australia they ask for a licence.

The vests cost around 35-40,000 baht. Saw one for sale online once.

When will the phasing out of these neanderthals be complete? During covid they were crying poor us. I really hoped they might learn from it. Here we are again though with the same issues. The fact that they can sit on an armchair all day on the street doing nothing and be financially ok means nothing will ever change. They just need to do 1 or 2 overpriced fares per day and they have already made the minimum thai wage. No skills or any kind of real work needs to be done. Just sit around ripping people off and making the country look bad. I give it 10 years max and the apps will have phased them out

I don't disagree and experience the same things everyday. However I find their riding habits much more predictable than a shirtless tourist with no helmet and sunnies who looks like he's just got on a ride at the show. I feel overtaking them is a risk as they are completely oblivious to what's going on around them half the time.