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Gsxrnz

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  1. Never been a fan of Bum Gun. I'd say with co-ordinated aim and critical trigger pressures to consider , you'd have to be bit of Natural if you like them

    The trick is not to try and point it upwards, and especially not from the back - results in splashback and an unwanted enema.

    Instead lift your tackle out of the way and point the gun horizontally from the front (girly style) and let the water whizz across your date from front to rear as opposed to aiming for the bulls-eye.

    Don't give it a 10 second blast, but a series of short bursts beginning with only partial trigger until you get a feel for the water pressure. All done in 5 seconds and clean as a whistle with no splashback whatsoever.

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  2. 15k is a good monthly salary for a medium level office employee with a degree.

    15k goes a long way in Isaan.....unless the recipients of your generosity wish to sit on their arse all day (not bother working), consume copious quantities of alcohol, share their new found wealth with the extended family, have gambling debts, spend a fortune on the lottery, gamble at dominoes or cards, or want to buy a new Vigo and you're paying for it.

    OP - you do the math.

    EDIT: Or.....maybe your girl is a stunner and made 50k a month at the bar. So if they're accustomed to considerably more monthly cash from their daughter, then in a subjective comparison they could assume you're a Cheap Charlie if you're only coughing up 15k.

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  3. Maybe you should look at the overseas bank you are using.

    I send money by IMT from NZ (ANZ Bank) to Kasikorn Bank regularly. From the time I email the signed request to my bank in NZ to the time I get an SMS from KBank saying it's been deposited to my account is usually less than 8 hours if I time the email correctly and allow for the time differential.

    A few times it has been only 3 hours, but that was from a THB FCA account so maybe no need to convert currency made it quicker at the Thai end.

    It's nearly always the same day. Occasionally has been overnight due to the time differential.

  4. If you mark the filter in some way, how do you know they don't just replace it with a used (but unscratched) filter from another vehicle?

    Changing a filter and oil is so difficult it can be done by a chimp that's had a frontal lobotomy - buy the kit and do it yourself if you have a fear of being scammed.

  5. OP, I'm surprised that you are only seeing/hearing about this now. Up-country we call this village justice and it has been around I'm sure before people dressed up and pretended to be a police force.

    For me, the only downside of this is that it can go too far and end up with someone dying. Personally, I don't believe people have confidence in the police force, and believe in most cases, the penalty does not deter the crime.

    I am not sure that I would call it wrong, as I live here now and am not confused about what would happen in my country of origin.............................wink.png

    No confusion about how it's dealt in my country, as I am aware there are lot of places in the world that are also lawless.

    I was not aware it was the same here; I knew the police was corrupted and useless, I just did not realized to which level.

    Corruption is endemic in the police force, and the government. Evidenced by the current scandal with one of the top cops. As was stated in one of the the articles about this, every ministry in the south was involved in his web of corruption. The difference being, corruption is from top to bottom in the police force. But only at the upper levels in the government as they are the ones handling the funds. Sad, but true.

    With that being said, there are some good apples out there. And they do a great job. But quite a few bad ones also.

    P.S. A post with a rude comment has been removed from view.

    If anybody was to go in search of an honest cop or Jesus Christ reincarnated in Thailand, they would find JC first.

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  6. I was out last night and the BIB scooter checkpoints were going full force.

    Don't forget, high season also applies to the BIB. That's when they get a higher percentage of two-week millionaires riding around with no helmet and/or no license to extort their tea money from.

    In the rest of the year a higher proportion of the falang they stop are more likely to be residents with a license.

    But to be fair, I did note they were stopping everybody including Thais, and including the Pizza delivery dude who thought he was exempt but a BIB risked life and limb to jump in his way. This was at the underpass on 3rd Road.

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  7. I cut my drinking by 50% using similar logic. I used to drink JD/Coke at 120B a glass.

    Now I drink Sangsom/Coke at 60B a glass. whistling.gif

    Cut the coke and you can reduce your drink another 70% (in size).

    That's a rocking good idea, I'll give it a crack tonight. And after considering the OP I think I might try and cut down on my smoking as well. I'll smoke every second cigarette normally, but rather than suck on the alternate ones, I'll blow instead.

    With the huge saving in alcohol cost I can afford to light up twice as many cigarettes anyway. facepalm.gif

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