NoshowJones

Me. ????

I am never on Beach Road or anywhere else when I am in Pattaya after about 10pm, I never carry more than 2000Bt tucked into my sock. But I will say this, and I mean it. If I ever even have as much as an attempt by anyone trying to pick pocket me I will put an old wallet with 3 20Bt notes and some fishing hooks stuck in them in my pocket the next night I go out.

I bought a Xiaomi Readme note 9 smartphone about 3 years ago, yes it still works, but the torch keeps coming on without warning, and when I leave it on the table with the timing at "never", most times it just moves to somewhere else. Nearly every time I try to change to another feature, the camera comes on. I paid about 10.000 Bt for this phone because it had the best reports of all the smartphones at that time. What a mistake.

I bought a small bedside clock from Mr DIV 3 months ago. Guess what? It still works.

or me.

I have recently bought two items from Mr DIY and can't even turn them on, if the Chinese are not sh!tting on the kerbside, peeing on the airport train, sh!tting in the back of taxis, disgraceful behavior at "all you can eat" buffets, they are selling you top class junk.

As far as I'm aware, only police above a certain rank can ask to see your passport, not sure which rank though.

I understand what you are saying, it's just like my hatred for Lazada and their cheating sellers, I have had a dreadful time with them and their products, even now it is a song and dance just to sign in, but other people have been happy with them.

If you find it ie, on the sidewalk and no ID, then keep it, but as I said, if it was a real lot of money, ie 50.000Bt or more, I would take my wife's advice.

"I'd hand it in". You mean you would give it to the taxi driver????

I found a $20 note on the sidewalk in Texas. US. Of course I kept it.

When I saw that case it looked like it was only a matter of time before it was hit and everything in it destroyed. I thought I would do a good turn for somebody and rescue it. 99.9% chance it had nothing to do with criminality.

The food was never outside the freezer, the lid was left up only for a short time.

From my experience the most honest is the ordinary Thai's, ie the ones who have done all the electrical and building work around my house, also the traders in my local markets.

Yes, it is a capitalist world. That is why there are so many poor people.

Oh! I forgot, the unelected PM and his soldiers. ????

I would have handed the case in to the police, but not any money, when it comes to theft, is they're anyone worse than the police?

Sorry I didn't see it, it had only just happened to me. This was some coincidence, maybe a mod can sort it out as the two topics are very similar.

But surely you would want to return it to the owner.

Even to the police? I would be very wary of that, but I would go by what my wife says.

Even if there was no ID you would just take someone's word that it was their money??

Yes, that is what I would have done if I had not found the owner. But I would not hand over any money to the police. My plan was to search it for ID, if there was a very lot of money I would go by what the wife says.

The food has been refreezed again so if it is cooked say in a slow cooker, it should be OK? the food is less than 1000Bt worth but I would need to travel to the nearest Makro to replace it which is about 60 Ks away.

I have since found out that the wife's daughter had defrosted the freezer, but the food was completely thawed, so if I cook it then smell it and it is OK then it is safe to eat it? My wife says it will be fine to eat.

Yesterday I was riding home on the hard shoulder up the 117 highway when I saw this case lying on the 1st lane with the traffic driving round it. I stopped, picked it up, it was heavy, so I strapped it up on the back seat and continued on my journey. I was thinking about what to do with it when I got home, obviously opening it up and seeing if there was any sort of ID so I could get it returned to the owner. A few Ks up the road I saw a truck sitting there with the hazzard lights on, and a girl with a baby looking at the traffic. I stopped and she saw the case on my bike and I knew it was hers. What would you have done if that girl with the truck wasn't there? What if there was a fair amount of money in it? I know I would not have taken it to the police with the money in it for obvious reasons, so what would you have done? I have found money in the past and handed it in at the police station back in the UK, I even found a credit card the last time I was in the UK and took it to the bank. If you found a large amount of money with no ID on it while in a taxi or a bus, or even lying on the pavement. Would you take it to the police here in Thailand, or handed it to the taxi or bus driver?