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Showering over your head and whole body removes negative vibes and reset your aura…. Not just physical health.

Thailand should move with the times and get rid of these obscure and archaic laws. No other country I know uses it.

Confiscated in name only as steel products were isolated at site for repurposing( sold for less demanding construction) . They are too heavy and bulky to actually moved. authority wanted to verify whether these faulty steel were sold to unsuspecting buyers or not.

Poor fella whose car she crashed into. No fault of his too.

Let the locals dealt street justice if perpetrators got caught in action.

I always stay in phisanulok, tak or petchabun town on the way north to Chiangmai or chiangrai. Pichit is too backwater for my taste. Moreover after watching too many American horror movies on backwater towns , I resist staying in unknown lodging in some town in the sticks.

Driving along that stretch of road seems like running the gauntlet where your life may terminate anytime. This driver will rue the day when a fortune teller cautioned him not to drive that stretch of road on that particular day as calamity will come onto him from the sky. A crane will drop by uninvited. Researching google, he thought to himself “what could a large bird do to him except maybe give him a fright of his life ?”

Seriously, pattaya should build public toilets every couple of hundred meters along the popular beach front for convenience.

Ya… the wild wild East where it bring out the uncouth in you. Where the dregs of society got attracted to. Having said that, I do frequent pattaya on and off every trip to Thailand on the way to klaeng or rayong. Patrick’s western restaurant is really good food.

Frolicking in the cesspool? Like attract like.

Auction plates if I am not mistaken are those car plates with temporary usage once the car is possessed from auctions but not yet registered to drive onto road.

Invest in a good water filter system. They don’t cost much and water is the lowest denominator of good health. I read the RO water is acidic after filtration and cancer thrives in an acidic environment.

Not every farang is rich and supportive of local economy. If a Thai ask you to leave if you do not like it here, take it up to his/her superior. Make money work for you. thais generally equate money to power and power to subservience. It is in their patriarchal patronage culture. If you stayed in an upscale community or hotel, you get respect and good service from all walks of life. It is what it is. If Thais treat you lesser than you think you deserved, then if their eyes, you matter not much in their sphere of existence.

The sole casualty I see here is his son . Children see, children heard and children form their own conclusion. Not always correct but there lies the problem.

long after the party is gone, the memories lingers forever. That is my point .

As some poster mentioned. There are better ways to resolve this situation. You cannot damage control the power of rumors especially in a close knit community . Spare a thought for your spouse and son . It does not help to expound the notion of a tight fisted farang for either parties. A 900tb is a small price to pay for the privilege.

900 tb is a small price to pay for not losing face for both the parent and his son as rumors travel far and wide in Thailand regardless true or not.

Mirror crack can may be fixed with car windscreen repair fluid.

Tourists coming to Thailand , see locals riding with low safety standards, come away with the idea that if it is good enough for them then it is good enough for the tourists too. They forgot that life is cheap in Thailand and the locals had their community support and family connections if things go south.

Samui has huge number of bike accidents because of illegal unqualified tourists bikers. Maybe samui authority can learn from vietnam Danang bike rental shop that also rent electric bikes for those unlicensed bikers as it is slower (maximum speed is only 50 Kms) .

Rental crash helmets smell bad and dirty too. Missus used to buy own helmet when renting bikes in vietnam. Many helmets were barely usable with many lacking sturdy snap ons straps. Many rental bikers are not used to wearing helmets too. It is uncomfortable and messes up their hair.

Pattaya , by its nature, attract the type of people who are not there for cultural immersion. These types of tourists would typically be the dregs of their society.

A famous mma fighter once commented that when faced with an assailant armed with a knife, the best solution is to run away fast because it does not work like in the movies. An armed assailant is unpredictable and your arms or legs is no match for a knife attack.

MMA skills do not work against a gun and in Thailand, you can get shot over lesser altercations.

This is Thailand. No need to escalate the altercation. The Indians knew where he lived and can at any time give him a payback. Given that life is cheap and any loss of face can have fatal repercussion, just live and let live.