kiwikeith

18 hours ago, nikmar said:

Although key officials including deputy prime minister Wissanu Krea-ngam deny the regime believes in hocus-pocus, anonymous Government House figures have been quoted saying they are unnerved by the perceived portents.

 

The regime may not say they believe but doesnt K. Prayuth wear a ton of amulets around his necK?

You could probably bet your house on it, all Thais are superstitious, most every race on earth has some form of superstition.

20 hours ago, z42 said:

Worse than a monk clouting an elderly foreign chap around the head, or families of Thais tossing their litter out of the window every 5 minutes. 

Some signs would help, but that way it would mean the Thais who sit with their legs across multiple seats would have to stop too, or is this just another op to bash the foreigners

Without a post there would be no post at all.

I see this all the time on trains, Thais do this, heaps of people do it but Facebook will always attract the do gooders

On ‎2‎/‎16‎/‎2018 at 1:37 AM, dddave said:

I'm also 74 and have to admire Mr. Smith's adventurous spirit.

One of the challenges of this age is maintaining independence while at the same time, recognizing the reality of one's own increased vulnerability.

I live alone by choice.  I am fortunate to have a number of friends who somehow find an excuse to get in touch with me pretty much on a daily basis, whether by text, call or meeting up somewhere.  We don't really acknowledge that they are checking up on me but we know, that's what it is.  I am appreciative of their concern and friendship and I try to reciprocate by always letting them know my plans, not disappearing on them without any notice.

This really doesn't stop me from doing whatever it is I want to do, whether it is spontaneously jumping a bus to Pattaya or wherever or shacking up for a night or two with an entertaining companion.

Yes, it is a bit of an infringement on my autonomous self-sufficiency but growing old and remaining active has it's cost like anything else.   If the day ever comes that I find my self lying on my floor, unable to get up or in some other precarious situation wherein I can not help myself, I will be most grateful when my wonderful friends come knocking.  

 

I hope Mr. Smith appreciates his friend's actions and doesn't take the view that he was "meddling" in his affairs.  

Very well said, best wishes to you.

On ‎2‎/‎11‎/‎2018 at 1:30 PM, cornishcarlos said:

I have a feeling it's gonna take more than "100s"...

"100s" they can accommodate in jail, "1000s" might be  tougher :)

There's a Bad Moon on The Rise.

15 hours ago, chippendale said:

Hope those Ugly Americans rot in a filthy Thai jail: the attacker for life, his thug buddies for at least 10 years.

I wonder the ethnic background of this American?

18 hours ago, Bluespunk said:

Yeah, right...sure, there’s no mafia. 

That is why the guy that tried to take me to a Taxi with no metre  and a big fare to Pratunam ,at the airport a few weeks ago was not a scammer.

Because if the big boss does not know of these things happening then it does not happen.

Didn't see it ,didn't do it.

16 hours ago, Darcula said:

 

Wow ! 300 milion - that's a helluva lot of financial issues for a salaried public servant.

The money returned via the banking system is then clean, or supposedly .

21 hours ago, simoh1490 said:

On the surface you'd side with the Ukranian, a poor innocent tourist who complained about late departure and chastised the boatman, the boatman should learn to manage criticism and to practise effective customer complaint management you'll perhaps say! My money, however, is on the boatman not being at fault, cultural gap, behaviours and attitudes, when in Rome and all that. I just don't think a tourist should come to Thailand and bark at the people as though he was in downtown Moscow or New York Time Square, this aint Kansas or Kiev.

Is Thailand out of control? yes.

Is this mentality wide spread? yes

Does this mentality come out in the driving habits? yes

Do Thais often murder each other over loss of face, girlfriends and stealing family property over gambling debts? yes

Do Falangs get murdered often over money and girlfriends because of this stupid mind set that they are bullet proof? yes.

Feel free to add more. Just another day in the LOS<

Watch your back girls and boys.

On ‎2‎/‎3‎/‎2018 at 8:55 PM, pokerface1 said:

where the hell did I put my Glasses!!

I think I would have ordered a few refills.

21 hours ago, tracker1 said:

Just another day in the Land of Stupid Drivers ! Disregard birth control Thailands approach to population control !

The ME FIRST MENTALITY, and disrespect four life is brain dead Thai drivers.

4 hours ago, simoh1490 said:

If only many Western countries had adopted a similar approach years ago!

When NZ catches a Thai over stayer they lock them up for a few days while processing papers and put them on a free flight to BK.

20 hours ago, halloween said:

Before the gloom and doom predictions, remember what happened when smoking was banned in pubs.

Its good now no more filthy fumes to breathe as for the beech's good job filthy butts all over the place, go and stand on the footpath if you want to smoke that desperate.

1 hour ago, catman20 said:

they were determining to get there victim thats for sure.

yes your right, but the well planned operation theory goes out the window, plenty of time to think now for them in the Hilton.

16 hours ago, isaanbanhou said:

 As was mine

but the OP got kiwikeith believing ,  be careful not everyone understands sarcasm

I don't believe for one minute . However the forensic investigators and police put so many cases down to suicide that it is beyond a joke. Just about every expat in LOS says suicide when they hear of a new case.

On ‎1‎/‎20‎/‎2018 at 3:31 PM, Aussieroaming said:

He deserves to be executed, regardless of whether she lives

Quite right, a man of his age taking ecstacy  and LSD is overgrown teenage nutcase.

He deserves the death penalty.

15 hours ago, Birdbrain said:

He will get plenty of sleep at the Bangkok Hilton...

Never a dull moment in LOS, the country gets weirdo's from all over the world.

Big fine and psychiatric report, then deport him, he is a danger to society.

14 hours ago, bheard said:

Americans and Russians working together all over these days apparently . . .

Sent from my F3116 using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile app
 

He looks more like a Russian than an American, very stupid to get involved in drug dealing in LOS Thais even top Thais so what chance does a Falung have.

On 1/15/2018 at 7:25 AM, dinsdale said:

There's plenty to say on this article but I like this one. Very difficult if the resources do not exist. Sometimes I'll go into a blackboard classroom and there isn't even chalk.

Kids these days just want to play games on phones the same as adults do.  On the underground today in BK it was almost 100% people playing with phones and selfies.  My kid went to school here and even though private , he learnt nothing.

Now I commute back and forth to NZ to save his education.  Kids all over the world now just want a phone to play games on, very sad state of affairs.

On ‎1‎/‎14‎/‎2018 at 9:38 PM, toughlove said:

That's what happens when you don't have no smoking signs in Chinese.

Exactly, what I first thought of, then I used to work on speed boats years ago in Aussie and they had a bilge fan and sniffer sensor that would not allow the engine to start if fumes were in the bilge, otherwise the boat goes BANG, when you hit the starter.

On ‎1‎/‎14‎/‎2018 at 2:33 PM, AGareth2 said:

the police

he is on a drugs charge

needs bail money

I had a friend who disappeared and was found 2 years later in the Hilton BK after a social worker talked to him and got a message out to his mother in NZ.

He was a bad boy who was told to stay away from his Thai GF who was only 17 at the time and he would not listen.

The GF's father was the local headman and he got warned twice , 3rd time looked up in BK and key thrown away.

4 hours ago, Samui Bodoh said:

 

What a stupid question!

 

It isn't hard to know where Yingluck has been for the last several months, I have read it in the newspaper! And if I can read where she is "hiding" in the Nation and/or the Newspaper that shall not be named, then it ain't hiding.

 

Do they want her back? No.

 

She was put on trial by the military regime that supplanted her government; no right thinking person on the planet would claim that she got a fair trial (regardless of whether you think she was innocent or guilty).

 

If the Junta believed that she was treated fairly, they would try to extradite her. And no country on the planet would ever extradite a former PM to the coup-makers who supplanted her. It just ain't done. Don't believe me? Let me ask; why hasn't there been an extradition request made for Thaksin? Its not like no one knows where he is? It wouldn't be honoured- that is why it doesn't happen. 

 

And it would be the same for Yingluck- no government would ever extradite her back to the Junta.

 

If Yingluck ever comes back, it'll be because she chose to do so and for no other reason.

The status quo will prevail, the Red Bull Brat rules, if Thaksin came back and was jailed or Ying luck there may well be riots.

Many people especially the North east people love them.

I never speak of them to Thai people.

If the government was serious they would go after the Bull Brat and Ying Luck /Thaksin, however high so rules the roost, corruption is rife and healthy amongst whoever rules, the argument is over I suspect who cuts the cake up.

And if the Jaunta had a conscience they would release the B2, the most disgusting scape goat cover up ever seen in LOS.

11 hours ago, martin.agren said:

He was 39 years old, not 56. Google his name and a photo of his passport shows up (at least on Thai language pages on Facebook), and I've also seen the passport first hand. Was on the scene when two other guys found him dead. The passport was by the bag in the stairs.

The key to this is ,was the wallet full or empty?? if empty then a murder is highly likely. Police have not said.