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Thailand’s liquor vendors want 2-5pm alcohol sales ban revoked
pedro01 replied to snoop1130's topic in Thailand News
It was Purachai that ended the all nighters and started enforcing the afternoon breaks. He did that in 2002. -
It's sad but this is why we have insurance. There is no stage 5 cancer. I always thought 4 was the end of the road. My wifes step father had cancer, treated at a local hospital on the 30 Baht scheme. He was written off, my daughter and wife went to see hin as he'd stopped eating. He was emaciated. While they were there I said to the wife "can we get a 2nd opinion". 30k baht later he was fit as a fiddle. 3 years on he is active and healthy and getting by on 6 monthly visits. Its kept in check with some sort of hormone treatment but itll get him in the end. Life is cheap here. I hope the guy recovers.
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Leaving the car in Thailand for 6 months.
pedro01 replied to sirineou's topic in Thailand Motor Discussion
Rats might be an issue. Craxy things love chewing on cables. -
I had an Ikea van hit me. after hitting a motorbike, he skidded into me with the bike under the van. Their insurance claimed my fault because although i was stationary, my wheel was over the centre line. I showed the cops the pics which showed the ikea van was moving diagonally and would have hit me anyway. The outcome... ikea driver at fault, me and a cop laughing as i paid the 300 baht fine for being over the line. It just needed to be done to square things and avoid court, i guess.
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Which is total nonsense. First day of covid, this care package came, free of charge. Kit, drugs, alcohol, food. I stayed at home, got a call each day, had to send pics of my thermomitor and o2 meter readings. Offer of being picked up was there but I was left to self quarantine. Total cost $0. Food kept coming for 10 days. There are options. If expats dont educate themselves, they cannot expect the best outcome
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Can Thailand really afford to stop exporting to Russia?
pedro01 replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
Not Thailand's fight. They should just carry on. -
Family of South African jailed in Thailand remain hopeful
pedro01 replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
You are kidding, right? They get paid ok - but most are 100k/mo with some up to 200k My first job here in '98 paid 3x that. Expat-wise, teachers are bottom rung. Not the best skill here. -
Family of South African jailed in Thailand remain hopeful
pedro01 replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
You are naive thinking a party girl could hook up with a low level dealer and not know. -
Family of South African jailed in Thailand remain hopeful
pedro01 replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
Get real. He was a low level dealer, selling to expats. She was a party girl who liked to partake. He was a big fish in a small pond. He only makes money if people know he's the man. The idea that she didnt know is ridiculous. Chicks think guys like this are cool. -
Family of South African jailed in Thailand remain hopeful
pedro01 replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
Right and wrong are subjective. The law simply lays out rules along the lines of one version of right and wrong. The law should not be confused with right and wrong. -
Family of South African jailed in Thailand remain hopeful
pedro01 replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
It is nothing to do with right and wrong. -
Family of South African jailed in Thailand remain hopeful
pedro01 replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
We are on a rock, travelling at 1000mph through an expanding universe. The idea that another human can tell you what to do, what to putin your body or where to locate yourself is ludicrous. Still, society is what it is. -
Family of South African jailed in Thailand remain hopeful
pedro01 replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
How could she NOT know he was dealing? Drug dealers at his level are always hustling for customers.