OneMoreFarang

555 I don't know if they still do this, but I remember the Coyote girls from Tilac and other bars. Normal girls: Bikinis and shuffling around. Coyote girls: A lot more clothes and a little better shuffling around. I never understood the attraction of those Coyote girls.

I have a friend who was about 70 years old when he was randomly attacked by a drug addict on the street near Sukhumvit Soi 29 in Bangkok. The drug addict obviously wanted money and he obviously wasn't thinking much. He just stabbed my friend many times with a knife. My friend doesn't look rich, he had no expensive clothes or anything like that, just an ordinary guy walking a kilometer back to his apartment at night. Could he have done anything to prevent this happening once it started? I have my doubts. After that, and maybe a week in ICU, he always took a taxi home at night - even for a few hundred meters. I guess that is the best anybody can do to prevent an attack.

And do you think she cares or even understands what that means?

How should a pawn shop see who owns the gold?

Many of us heard from girls the sentence: He has too much money. Obviously nobody should ever steal anything from anybody else. But then some "rich" people should also think twice about showing others how rich they are. Because those others might get the impression that they could easily live without a couple of gold chains and rings because they obviously have too much money. Many people dream about having a lot of money and I guess they go for easy targets. Not good, but in a way understandable.

To all the people here who blame the Thai guy: How long are you in Thailand and how often did any Thai person beat you or even try to beat you? Personally, I am here since 25 years and it never happened. So it seems this is not typical behavior. On the other hand, I saw more than once that someone was beat up because he opened his mouth far too much. Som nam na.

Really? How many managers and company directors do you see regularly and how many bar girls? When I came to Thailand I went to a university to learn about Thailand. One business guy played part time teacher and he answered his mobile phone all the time. I even remember that we, the students, never heard a ring tone and we had no idea that there was something like a vibration alarm - we all didn't have mobile phones.

The only little problem is of course if you have no experience how will you find an experienced specialist and be able to judge if that is really an experienced specialist?

So it seems you think that nobody ever is refused entry using visa exempt, correct?

But that still does not guarantee that everybody under all circumstances can just come in. And that is what this thread is about. What's the point of arriving at the airport and thinking you get 45 or 60 days and then the immigration officers tell you: Sorry sir, no entry for you. And maybe they explain why.

And obviously Thailand should arrest all criminals...

Because Thailand does not guarantee that everybody who wants to enter can enter. So instead of booking a flight and finding out on arrival in Thailand that for whatever reason they don't let him in he can apply for a visa back home. If he gets that visa, fine. And if not then he didn't waste money on a flight.

Why don't you apply for a visa before you come to Thailand? That obviously doesn't guarantee that you will be able to come to Thailand, but if you don't get a visa then you don't have to try to fly to Thailand. And if you get the visa only with problems then that should also give you a better idea about your situation.

I like to buy a couple of meters of thick electrical wire. Up to 4 sqmm or maybe 6 sqmm is available in the usual stores. But thicker wire, and maybe in color, is maybe available at Lazada, but not easy to find. I just tried to find 10 sqmm like this (or with fewer strands), but I can't find it. Some suppliers show what looks like copper cable but in the description it's aluminium. Other supplier offer also fashion, etc. I would like to get a link to a shop (their own website or i.e. a shop in Lazada) which offers a variety of wires, different colors, maybe just a few meters or a roll, etc. Any suggestions? A real-life shop anywhere in Bangkok would also be fine. Thanks The last picture is from an online shop in China. I don't think it should be necessary to import wires from there and wait 10 days.

What kind of anchors are best for perforated bricks? (I don't know if that is the correct term for these bricks.) If I use "normal" anchors like below (from HomePro) this works in part. But maybe half the anchor is in the hole of the brick. Not good. Are there special anchors for these bricks? How are they called? Do you have a link from a shop in Thailand? Thanks The bricks for which I need anchors: I used these. They are just about good enough to hang a picture or something similar. But definitely not good for heavy load. This is a general question. I might want to hang a picture on the wall or maybe something heavy. Thanks

I like to use cable trays under the ceiling in my new condominium to make cabling and cable maintenance easy. It seems most of the time this is only used in industry and maybe offices. What do you think about this? Here is some more information: I am renovating my condominium from scratch. All the old wiring is already removed. I plan to install lots of LED lights, sensors, home automation, etc. Most of this I will do myself with HomeAssistant, NSPanels, etc. Some will be installed right away but likely I will add things later on. A long time ago when I was young I worked a couple of months for an electrical installation company. I helped them with electrical installations in houses and industry. I think the way things are done in industry (including offices) if a lot better to work on and maintain than the typical house wiring. This is why I want to use cable trays instead of the usual pipes along the ceiling. I plan to use cable trays separated for high voltage (220V) and low voltage (24V for LEDs, LAN, PoE (48V), etc.) I plan to install the cable trays between the concrete ceiling and ceiling tiles. That will make it very easy to access it. This is an example of such cable tray. The picture does not show ceiling panels (like I plan to use). I plan to use maybe something like this, not sure yet: https://th.rs-online.com/web/p/cable-trays/7707058 For the record: A qualified Thai electrical engineer will make sure that all is according to the regulations.

I want to buy some electric power tools. They should have good quality and service in Thailand. I checked a couple of websites of brands like Bosch, DeWalt, Makita and it seems all of them have just a small part of the products in Thailand compared to the USA or Europe. Which brands do you use and do you have any experience with the service in Thailand? In the moment this is a general question not specific to one tool. I think also about battery powered tools and for them it makes a lot of sense to have everything from the same brand with the same battery packs.