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Billionaire giving away fake watches.. To policy makers,, sure

Exactly. It wasn't until they got found out by the chap who recognised it as a genuine Rolex and got scared of the possible publicity that they took any action.

And would a politician really want to be seen wearing a fake watch?

A fake Rolex (even a top of the line fake) is easily discernible from the real thing.

According to the infamous T-shirt, there are no good guys in Pattaya. The question is therefore superfluous.

Watch out, this quote is from the bottom of the AsiaOne report:

He also urged the Thai public to watch out for foreigners without apparent job and alert the Immigration Police Hotline 1178 around the clock if they noticed anything suspicious - See more at: http://news.asiaone.com/news/asia/passport-forger-arrested-thailand#sthash.qOTcglSC.om2yBFsF.dpuf

Judging by is speech, he's almost calling for a second French Revolution.

Stopped at a Shell gas station last time I needed some fuel, and they had a nice air pressure unit. You can set the pressure you need on the unit digitally, and push the start button and it stops automatically when reaching the desired pressure.

And was the pressure accurate................

You know the answer Trans.

They may be accurate on the day of installation but it's all down hill from there. Although they're more "reliable" than the cheap old fashioned handpiece with a rotary gauge from years ago.

I always set them to 10psi more than what I want, then let out enough air based on my gauge reading. Occasionally I have to add a bit more as some of them are dreadfully inaccurate.

The trick is to buy TWO gauges......All becomes clear...

Trans, I have tables and tables of cold pressure, hot pressure, ambient temperature, track temperature, bike tyre temperature left/rightcentre front/rear, dry weather, wet weather,by brand, by track, by bike, by suspension settings, by laps raced and tyre wear for over 40 bikes and 15 different tracks I've raced at over the years.

Believe me that when I say I trust my tyre gauge, it's the one I used at the time, knowing it was accurate to within 3/8 of bugger all. We had the gauges and the thermometers regularly calibrated and found that the temp sensors were more prone to deviation than the pressure gauges. A quality gauge that wasn't mistreated would often last for years before it even lost less than half a pound.

Back home I've got an old pencil gauge that my old man gave me as a kid, so it's over 40 years old. It was my garage hack tool that I always used for anything from kids pushbikes to wheelbarrow tyres. Occasionally in later life I'd get it checked along with the others at the start of a season. Last checked it about 8 years ago and it was only under reading by a bit over 1psi, hardly discernible on the shaft despite the fact that the chrome had worn off and the entire shaft was back to brass. They made 'em to last back in those days.

Not gonna go to that much trouble for my Vigo or my Click here in Thailand - give or take a few psi's they both drive like pigs anyway.

Stopped at a Shell gas station last time I needed some fuel, and they had a nice air pressure unit. You can set the pressure you need on the unit digitally, and push the start button and it stops automatically when reaching the desired pressure.

And was the pressure accurate................

You know the answer Trans.

They may be accurate on the day of installation but it's all down hill from there. Although they're more "reliable" than the cheap old fashioned handpiece with a rotary gauge from years ago.

I always set them to 10psi more than what I want, then let out enough air based on my gauge reading. Occasionally I have to add a bit more as some of them are dreadfully inaccurate.

The worse experience is when you know the tyre/s are low based on feel and look, and then the electronic meter tells you you're 2psi over before you start.

My Click from late sept last year, just adjusted down a few psi after a week or so. Bought a gauge so I could check myself from time to time. After that I just topped up 2-3 psi last week. So after 4 months or so with almost daily use of the bike my tires have a very stable air pressure.

Similar experience. Bought a click almost a year ago. Checked the pressure immediately because it was riding extremely hard, had to drop from (wait for it) 52 psi in the front and 48 psi in the front. And that was from the dealer!!!

I have my own gauge and know it is accurate - besides, ridden and raced proper bikes all my life so I can feel a few pounds differential.

The tyres are tubeless and the originals, so now a year later I've had cause to put air in on 3 occasions, and the pressures were only down 4 4psi each time.

If anybody just trusts what the numptie at the bike repair shop on the side of the road gives you, you're asking for trouble. They will over inflate it for sure. The bike will ride hard, handle like a pig, reduce your braking efficiency and induce front wheel lock-up and slide, and reduce grip efficiency - particularly in the wet.

You are better to be 3psi under than 10psi over. If you just got your tyres inflated at the road side, they will be at 20psi over.

Thai girls (as a rule) don't work on the theory of "it's the thought that counts".

She'll think you're a total loon if you spend that sort of money on roses.

Send her a picture of a bunch of roses on FB or Line or whatever - cheap as chips and just as effective (or non effective) as the real thing.

Why not have a whole row of these kiosks? Like terraced houses, where you can go and dispute all the other rackets that go on?

Sshhhhhh!!! These booths are just the pilot for a whole range of dispute franchises being set up under the new regime.

I'm in negotiations now to secure a franchise for the Phuket Tuk-Tuk Dispute Resolution Franchise.

I've got them down to 20 million, but don't think they'll take any less. Don't tell anybody, it's all secret squirrel.

You know you're in Pattaya when every other bloke in the bar is on R&R from the Thailand boonies (sans wife) and gives you a monologue about how bored he is up there, and thank god for Pattaya.

50% of the Farang Isaan-Dwellers will not agree with above comment. But the other 50 % will.

Cheers.

Yep you could be right.

Funny thing is, half of them say they love it up there but just have to get away from the boredom and love come to Pattaya - telling me while they have their arm around a bar girl after having bought them a drink.

The other half tell me they dislike Pattaya, love the boonies, and only come to distasteful Patters when they really have to but they don't like it one little bit - telling me while they have their arm around a bar girl after having bought them a drink.

As my dear old Yorkshire Mum would say "there's nowt as queer as folk."

The driving test is a joke. It consists of driving around a little circuit, parking, and that's about it.

If you don't run the inspector over in the process of doing the test, you will pass.

They should just give away licenses with a packet of cornflakes. It takes more skill to open the packet than it does to pass the driving test.

I'm guessing Dionigi doesn't know his curds from his whey. Bet he can't make a nice Norwegian blue.

Squeeze a Norwegian's balls very tight and he will go blue. Don't ask me how I know.

You know you're in Pattaya when every other bloke in the bar is on R&R from the Thailand boonies (sans wife) and gives you a monologue about how bored he is up there, and thank god for Pattaya.

All these urban legends about automatically being the Farang's fault blah blah blah. I've had three accidents, no dramas, fully paid insurance, exonerated of any blame in all cases.

In one instance I'd cleared my totalled truck of my possessions, being a pool cue, and the cop asks if he can have a look at it. He screws it together and plays a few dummy shots across his desk. Nice bloke, even gave me a ride to the closest taxi stand.

Back on topic - if the Russian was on his side of the road he should have nothing to worry about.

I feel sorry for the bloke that died, but no helmet is a definite no win situation in any incident. I'm speechless when I see Thais and non-Thais riding bikes or scooters at any speed without a helmet. Lunacy in motion.

I'm 1,327,458th in line for the British throne.

So your next in line after me then?

How's the health lately - still got that rash?

Yeah very strong winds today, strongest I've experienced in Jomtien.

Somebody was killed on Beach Road a few years ago from a pole/sign being blown down in the wind.

I've also observed these last few days that Thais are not used to riding scooters with a cross wind. Seen many on 2nd road get blown across the three lanes. One girl got blown sideways and actually made contact with a passing bus - she was lucky to stay upright.

Be careful out there.

No. check the valves, probably need to be tightened or changed. Or if the rim is damaged and not sealing properly you can get a sealant applied that will effect a better seal on the rim - see your dealer, don't trust a side of the road numptie.

If it's not tubeless, you may have a pinhole leak in the tube.

Anyway, tighten or change the valves first.

This thread reminds me of the elderly hard working and worn out wealthy western businessman. On holiday in a tropical paradise for the first time in years with his wife. His kids never knew him, he was always working too hard.

Anyway, he's sitting on the beach every day for a week and observes a local native fisherman. Every morning at 10am the fisherman strolls onto the beach from his small hut where he lives with his wife and kids, pushes his boat out and goes fishing. Comes back at 2pm and sells his catch to the market vendors.

His wife cooks lunch and the family eat together, then go for a swim and lounge around on the beach playing with his kids, talking with friends, having a few drinks.

The western businessman, being a forward thinker, approaches the fisherman one day as he's playing with his kids and building sand castles.

He says "I've watched you do what you do everyday and believe I can help you. You should work harder, catch more fish and save some money. Then you can buy another boat and employ somebody to run it, and catch even more fish. If you work very hard, you could have a whole fleet of fishing boats and become very wealthy just like me."

The fisherman gives the businessman a quizzical look and asks "but why would I want to do that?"

The business man gives him a beaming smile and replies "I would have thought that was obvious. If you work hard and get rich, you can have a holiday in a tropical paradise like this and play on the beach all day."

Except to a fisherman the beach he is on every day is not a tropical paradise.

His dream is probably to go (or) live somewhere else.

Grass is ALWAYS greener........

I think you missed the moral of the story. The moral is nothing to do with the beach or the tropical paradise.

This thread reminds me of the elderly hard working and worn out wealthy western businessman. On holiday in a tropical paradise for the first time in years with his wife. His kids never knew him, he was always working too hard.

Anyway, he's sitting on the beach every day for a week and observes a local native fisherman. Every morning at 10am the fisherman strolls onto the beach from his small hut where he lives with his wife and kids, pushes his boat out and goes fishing. Comes back at 2pm and sells his catch to the market vendors.

His wife cooks lunch and the family eat together, then go for a swim and lounge around on the beach playing with his kids, talking with friends, having a few drinks.

The western businessman, being a forward thinker, approaches the fisherman one day as he's playing with his kids and building sand castles.

He says "I've watched you do what you do everyday and believe I can help you. You should work harder, catch more fish and save some money. Then you can buy another boat and employ somebody to run it, and catch even more fish. If you work very hard, you could have a whole fleet of fishing boats and become very wealthy just like me."

The fisherman gives the businessman a quizzical look and asks "but why would I want to do that?"

The business man gives him a beaming smile and replies "I would have thought that was obvious. If you work hard and get rich, you can have a holiday in a tropical paradise like this and play on the beach all day."

It doesn't matter...

Mrs.Trans Thai lady friend is about 40, her Thai husband, a retired teacher, is in his 70's...So regardless of nationality, cash flow is what matters..

Dead right. And that extends more so to the mia-noi/s

If you pay attention while strolling around Central Festival mall in the weekend, you'll realise that the myriad of middle aged (and older) Thai males are not taking their 20 something daughters (or grand daughters) out for shopping and lunch.

A motorbike, because T-shirts don't have doors.

19-member committee

I bet 18 of them are family and friends of the head honcho...

We jest but I wouldn't be at all surprised if this was true!

Yeah we jest, but the irony is that there is a high probability that at least one will be a close (but worthy ) relation of some senior official or politician.

And they will just fail to see the irony in being nepotistic in appointing a relation to an anti-nepotism committee.

They'll probably point out in justification that the person who selected the appointee is neither a relation of the appointee, or the appointees Father, General Somchai Soandso, the Minister of XXXXXXXX.

Thais aren't big on irony. It would be far too embarrassing if the irony in 98% of governmental decisions and communications was actually highlighted. Lose'em big face Kimosabe.

On the bright side, ay least they've published the fact that they want to stamp it out.

Personally I'd give the Thailand Space Agency's manned mars landing attempt a better chance of succeeding.

I'm 1,327,458th in line for the British throne.

Just park at Central Festival like everybody else does and get a baht bus - saves all the dramas.

And on a similar note, a huge proportion of motorcycle punctures in Pattaya are caused by a stapler - the staple kindly punched into your tyre by the bar or shop owner when you park in front of their business and don't use their services. Many don't realise it because the staple doesn't actually pierce the tube until you hit a bump at the right moment, maybe 200 metres from where you parked.

Next time you get a puncture, examine it for a staple.

Better still, if you park somewhere and get the evils from a shop or bar staff, have a look at your tyre before you move, pick it out, and smile nicely at them. It's become second nature for me when I finally figured out why I got 5 punctures over 7 days a few years back.

The bar concerned had a nasty smell for a long time, courtesy of a fish discreetly thrown into the open cavity behind the top fascia of their beer fridge when they weren't looking.

Edit: For clarity, the fish was a huge sucker and the bar had a fishy whiff for a month. I thought it would be a dead giveaway for the first week when the staff were constantly shooing cats out of the bar, but the staff just couldn't equate the fishy smell with the cats making a beeline for their fridge. I had hours of entertainment watching from the bar next door.