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Some times photos on Thai visa take a crazy time to open, it took 8 minutes after clicking on this thread before I could see the pictures. The horrendous advertising is destroying this forum for those of us living in rural Thailand with slow internet.

Yes it looks like a viper, I have had a few in my garden the same as the photo. Very beautiful but scary, hope it moved away from your home. Be careful doing the weeding.

The last time I renewed my Thai licence I was made to watch a video. It involved a man who drove fast and was aggressive, pressing his horn all the time. At the end he pressed his horn at a man who then shot a gun at him. The video was in Thai with no subtitles. From what I understood of the video it was trying to make people drive with more respect to others, or face being shot.

If the UK embassy is trying to supply its citizens with a video that helps them when driving in Thailand, then that is not a bad idea.

The ghost of the pidgin can not be silenced so easily. The PM should worry, if a red snake is found it will spell doom.

Living in a rural area with slow internet at times TV is almost unusable, like the OP says it can take minuets to load a page. Clearly advertising has become more of a priority than the content of the forum.

I think fewer people post now than in the past for many reasons. Personally I enjoy the way some topics spiral into completely irrelevant abuse. The beliefs of some people are amazing, BBQ dogs or machine gunning them to underage sex.

I particularly like the way some posters believe their sole purpose in life is winding each other up. Having said that TV is still a good way of sharing valuable experiences.

Any news Shaemus? 

All my wast water goes onto the garden, never had a problem. The waste water from the washing machine seems particularly good possibly down to the powder. 

I use a sump and then pump it out onto the garden when needed. 

I know a American who was found guilty of under age sex with a 15 year old in Pattaya, he received a 14 year sentence for rape after refusing to pay 1,000,000 baht that would have seen him walk free.

The 15 year old's mother had pimped the girl out. It was only when the girl turned 19 she went to the police and told them her mother had forced her to have sex with many farangs, then reported them to the police and demanded cash.

The American was realised after 7 years and deported. It makes me wounder how many people pay to make the issue go away.

There must be thousands of farangs in the same position. I don't know this man despite living close to Lahan sai but in the last few years I have helped a few who have found them self in a bad way.

I know personally 2 Germans, 1 Australian , 1 New Zealander and 2 UK citizens within south buriram area who have needed the support of other farangs to get them back to there home country following medical problems. 

It is common practice for people to just have enough money to just get by. There are plenty of people I know from many different country paying for a dodgy visa extension, its OK until something bad happens then they are reliant on others to help. It won't be popular but maybe its time for immigration to enforce the rules and stop taking the hush money. Refuse people visa extension. 800,000 baht is a lot of money and could get this man back to the UK then he could live with a relative and register with a GP so he can get treatment.

47 minutes ago, missoura said:

Snake venom! For a white ass hole, and the Swiss approve of it. I all ways new the Swiss were dodgy with there little red knives.

I have had the same problem with True. The first month nothing, then I was getting up to 10 messages a day all taking 5 baht at a time. But thankfully after calling them and telling them to cancel the number its down to 2 or 3 a week.

A lot of posters seam to think the solution to stopping the spread of rabies is putting dog meat on the menu. 

In our village it is only in the last 5 years the dog meat man has stopped coming to the village and taking dogs. He used to give 20 baht or a plastic tub for each dog. Despite the low price for a dog the alcoholics in our village were very pleased when there dogs had puppy's as they would be able to sell the dogs and buy whiskey.

In the last five years the dog population has not risen but fallen in our village partly due to the increased number of cars on the road. When dogs were on the menu the dog population was rising.

I think There has been a big change in the way Thais think about dogs over the last 15 years, possibly due to the Tongdaeng story. Thais have more compassion for dogs and many now do vaccinate there dogs.

23 minutes ago, Gecko123 said:

Debate fuel:

Isn't sex education info widely available on the internet?

 

What's the point of enforcing financial responsibility for the father if he's only earning 200 baht a day?

You are correct, but most Thai teenagers are looking at Korean/Japanese porn to bother with info on condoms. I know this after looking at my daughters google history.

On enforcing financial responsibility you are correct. my neighbours ex-boyfriend was taken to court and ordered to pay 5000 baht/month maintenance, he went to live with relatives in Bangkok and paid nothing. She now is reliant on the generosity of my wife.

Once a year our local vet comes to our village and for a small fee offers to vaccinate all dogs, most people pay. 

The road seams to keep the dog population from growing in our village, for every dog born one gets killed on the road. Back in the day when the dog meat man came to the village I would end up buying dogs to save them. Thankfully he is no longer coming and I now have a more manageable pack of only five.

There is a total lack of sex education in Thailand. Our village has mothers as young as 13, many have left there kids with the grandparents and gone to pattaya. Inequality is not the only reason for teenage mothers, lake of education and the fact that the fathers can just walk away with no financial contribution to the mother.

As a farther of a teenage daughter it is worrying. I am the only person who has talked to my daughter about sex as no one else will. It is not easy to talk to your kids about sex but it is better than having to look after your grand kids so your kid can go back to school.