kiwikeith

13 hours ago, ukrules said:

 

The accident investigation should reveal who was at fault, if anyone. I doubt it would take an expert very long to determine if anyone is at blame here.

 

They can argue about liability in the courts later.

 

The driver was obviously taught at the red bull driving academy, dragging the guy down the road  = he was not aware he even hit the bike, was he breathalysed or blood tested, where's the log books the great one promised  about 6 months or more ago to stop these maniacs driving on speed and red bull.

The poor guy was lucky to survive, insurance or not he is another victim of Thai mad driver.

4 hours ago, cornishcarlos said:

Yet again, driver survives and does a runner !!!

I really wish they would put a mandatory jail sentence on anyone fleeing the scene of an accident.

If he gets beaten up by the crowd while he waits, unlucky...

Don,t worry he will come back after he sobers up or gets a good nights sleep, probably driving to long and fell asleep or the other.

19 hours ago, Thechook said:

Ah, Pattaya the world class family "Resort"

I know a Swiss man who manages a resort there, he describes it as a Children's Playground, for me I m over it in 3 to 4 days that is all I can handle, if I was younger maybe longer but the place is getting worse now al the time.

15 hours ago, YetAnother said:

and their arrogant assumption that all of us, including the thais who can and want to think, are so gullible; which is it ? just purely insulting Or an incredible stupidity on their side ?

I think they call this Thainess--

16 hours ago, PatOngo said:

25 expensive watches.....No problem.

1 dartboard.......................No way!

Is this a bullseye or BS

17 hours ago, Jip99 said:

Have to feel sorry for the song thaew driver - although no excuse for not stopping.

Not to mention the kid was driving underage, with no license this is irresponsible.

I have seen kids riding to school on bikes and the have to run beside the bike then jump on as to short yet to start of standing start.

Then you see three youngsters on a bike with a ten or nine yr old driving..

No excuse for the person who pulled out and the guy who did not stop, but this would not happen to a ten yr old if they were not allowed to ride bikes by their parents , and the police tighten up on this and bring in some school busses.

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 . . .

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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.