NoshowJones

I am sure there are ways of wording something so that you can name the place without having to worry about Thailand's defamation laws, ie if you named the place and mentioned the price increase of 300% without being derogatory about it, how can it be defamation?

Typical capitalist thinking on his part.

Very true, but greed and excessive wealth certainly do with these capitalist money grabbers.

Yes, but some have 2 acronym's ie IO Immigration Officer or Office.

I have already asked that, just waiting for an answer.

It is not a coincidence that most really evil people have some kind of facial hair.

What is TLAs?

I have been away from the UK for 15 years now, but there were reports of it in the Glasgow area then which would not be read in England.

I carried a hammer under my car seat back in the UK, no I never had to use it, but I always felt safe. There were always reports of people in cars regularly being attacked. I also kept a pick shaft handle beside my front door, again never had to use it, but again it made me feel safe.

I lived with my wife for 5 years before we got married. Have now been together for 15 years.

That's the way it is, I have to go and get my tyre tomorrow.

A soldiers government being responsible?????? Only if plenty of money was coming their way.

The insurance companies have gotten wise to them. The Indians that is.

There are no motorbike tyre shops where I live so the Honda dealer in the next town has to order one for me.

Just imagine it, the unelected PM and his sleeping partner up against each other. I wonder who has the most soldiers, guns and tanks? ???? ????

If foreigners are really wealthy, they are not going to be coming to The Banana Republic Thailand, run by a bunch of tinpot soldiers.

True Rob. Henrik Larsson is Swedish right? ????

and girls working in a bar is not their normal alternative occupation?

If he was throwing bottles at the police and hit any of them on the head, it could have killed, so how is it heavy handed?

"Overstay is a serious problem in any country." Even in the UK?? Jump on a dinghy, arrive in the UK, get a hotel room, pocket money, and 3 meals a day, all at the taxpayers expense. People in most cases, do not need to worry about overstaying.

What has rice farmers got to do with bargirls??

Yes it may be easy money for the bar girls, but when you see the state of a lot of the old and even the not so old guys, very overweight etc, the money is not really that easy for them, is it?

I am the only white guy in my surrounding area, when I first came here 15 years ago there were loads of them, some have left the country, the rest have died, I cannot remember the last time any new farangs came into my area. If I was starting off in retirement now I would spend a few months in Thailand and a few months in Cambodia before I decided. The only really good thing about Thailand now is the safety of being able to walk the streets after dark, but again I do not drink or frequent bars. The good also still outweighs the bad compared to the UK.

Thanks a lot. That was very helpful, but it means now I could run into problems if I was out on one of my road trips and needed a tyre I could hit problems. How do other people on a bigger bike cope with this on road trips? I have had this bike for 7 years now, 46000Ks and this is the first time I have needed a new tyre because of some sort of damage.

Will look into it. Thanks.