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NoshowJones
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14 hours ago, sungod said:
David Beckham is one of the biggest role models for young kids/footballers there is, and such a decent person. Is he a mutton head, doesn't have a good job?
Any guy covered in tattoos is a muttonhead, but I suppose a little tattooing is not to bad. Is David Beckham actually covered in tattoos? Arms, legs, body?
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14 hours ago, HauptmannUK said:
I agree that tattoos on women are a big turn off. Seeing older women with blurred tattoos on saggy skin is gross. Tattoos on men are a useful indicator that the guy is a mutton-head and to be avoided. Guys with good jobs don't plaster themselves with tattoos.
When I was younger and being a good looking professional musician, I had no trouble attracting girls. But today?? Girls with tattoos are a complete turn off to me. How easy would it be now if I was younger, still good looking and wanting to find regular female company?
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2 hours ago, Scouse123 said:This is a contentious issue, so before all the poison pen letters commence, read with an open mind.
It has always been a bit of a bugbear to me in Isaarn households.
I can understand a dwelling, family home and local customs where the family sleeps, eats and moves around on the floor, much as though it is alien to me., scurrying around on the floor.
It is their house and their rules. That is OK.
I'll even go along with the reasoning about bringing dirt, dust and grime from outside as the reason. It makes sense, even though these houses are usually untidy and in complete disarray, except that small square of linoleum they insist must be kept clean.
I don't get it when it is a shop selling products, services and goods, why do they want me to take my shoes off entering a doctor's/dentist surgery or similar?
I don't take my shoes off entering Lotus or going to the shopping mall etc
They claim it's a hygiene thing.
Well, my sensibilities get offended and go on high alert when I see these families all huddled together inside AND outside the dwelling, on a dirty mat eating food in the grime, then one trots off to the Thai-style toilet and returns, throwing the water off their hands, and drying them on an old shirt in front of you, to sit and eat from a communal bowl again.
You know full well without asking, that they haven't thoroughly washed their hands after toilet use.
That is far more unhygienic than not removing one's shoes.
I have seen the inside of too many Thai toilets in homes where there is no soap, hand cleanser, paper towels or anything to clean one's hands after a person has used the facilities, only to sit down and munch away with their hands communally.
When you are using the family bathroom, they are usually untidy, not clean, with a cup with toothbrushes sticking out all over the place and old bits of soap, here, there and everywhere.
Disorganised, and I've seen this in many homes, including those that are allegedly middle class with government jobs.
No, I am not contradicting myself regarding the soap issue. There are either tiny pieces scattered around or none at all.
And then the dreaded dirty holding tank where the stagnant water lingers that they use to flush the toilet.
It's not like the Vietnamese way of eating, where anything taken from a communal plate involves the use of chopsticks, placed in your bowl, and then separate utensils used for eating, to avoid cross-contamination.
You are being very obtuse here. Have some respect.
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3 hours ago, Scouse123 said:
No, it won't, it will lead to unnecessary hardship on the wrong people.
I can afford to pay plenty more for an annual extension of stay, but why should I and what benefit is it?
I resent the present rules where you have to permanently leave 400K always in the bank and for five months at least, 800K in the bank.
It's daft, I have had separate health insurance for many years, those on the 65K method don't have to do this, so why should I?
And no, I don't want the faff and bother of proving the 65K a month method along with proof and paperwork continuously, nor do I want an illegal agent.
Can you name any of these illegal agents?
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3 hours ago, Scouse123 said:And how does that help weed out the bad apples?
It doesn't, it just inconveniences a great deal of pensioners who have done nothing wrong but are nearing the minimum limits to stay.
The real ones involved in organised crime wouldn't care if it was increased tenfold.
Crooks don't follow the rules or the law.
I have never followed all the rules of the law and I'm not a crook. Just because something is law does not always make it right.
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3 hours ago, blazes said:
So you never drive at 31mph in a 30 mph zone limit?
and always wear underpants.😄
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8 minutes ago, eisfeld said:
Which Central are you speaking about exactly?
Central Plaza in Nakhon Sawan. It only opened a few weeks ago.
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On 3/15/2024 at 6:57 AM, 2baht said:
Wannabes Thai's!
What about Elvis? He had fair hair (not blonde) before he became famous. All his adult life he had dyed black hair, surely no one is going to say it didn't suit him. he had a very handsome face so would it have mattered if he never dyed his hair.
It could be the case that if he had lived into his sixties and seventies his dyed black hair would have made him look as ridiculous as these old Thai politicians, or in the case of the soldiers, would be politicians.
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21 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:
I don't blame you... I've had by bike scratched in those tight cr@ppy overcrowded scooter parking places.
A lot of people riding cheap motorbikes don't have any consideration or respect for other peoples properly... I've been in situations where I can't take my bike off the stand because another bike has parked so close I can't 'up right my 200kg bike' and I have to 'drag the sh!££y scooter' out just so I can access my bike...
Its the same in the UK in supermarkets - people just open their doors and ding your car (it seems to happen less so here).
As eisfield mentioned, there is very likely 'big bike' parking - and they don't allow the small scooters in to that area... usually the 'cut off' is engine size (i.e. 400cc etc).
What bike is yours ?? type / size ?
Anyway... IF there is bike parking and spaces and you take up a car parking space, some parking attendant is going to want to deal with that and stop you - thats the worst that will happen.
I went there again today, again the bike parking area's were full of small bikes, so again I parked in a car space. I was then approached by a pretty girl attendant who told me I cannot park there. I told her in a nice way that I am staying parked here unless she can get my a suitable parking place, she went on her radio, had a discussion with someone and then told me it's OK I could park there.
So there really is no spaces for bigger bikes there at all.
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5 hours ago, sandyf said:
Not really. I heard one time that there was a setting where you could have total price displayed but never did find it. I have found that sometimes prices displayed are the total and sometimes it is before the fees are added, you need to be careful.
Thanks Sandy. I booked a hotel and was pleased with the price and no add on's. I was really surprised to see it was Agoda. I had avoided them for years.
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3 hours ago, eisfeld said:
You are not entitled to anything on another (juristic) persons private property.
Private property?? It is not private during opening hours. If the place can provide parking for it's customers cars and small motorbikes then it can provide parking for bigger bikes and if a cars parking space is available then that will do me fine.
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22 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:
So it seems ok for now... you 'got away with it'...
But.. a parking attendant will see you at some point and then pull out the serious face and tell you 'no no - cannot' !!!...
So, you'll have to go looking for the 'big bike parking'... And as your bike is a larger maxi-scooter, on size alone you should be allowed into the big bike parking area... if they don't like that, I think you are justified in 'pushing it'.
There is no big bike parking area, I have ridden round the place looking for it. I am going there again tomorrow, we'll see if anything happens then.
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1 hour ago, eisfeld said:
Yes you mentioned that now four times. But it really shouldn't be so hard to find the big bike parking area. You can try to park in a car parking space. The attendant will likely approach you and tell you that you can't park there. That's probably a good opportunity to ask where to park the big bike then instead.
I parked in a car parking space the last two times.
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1 hour ago, richard_smith237 said:
I don't blame you... I've had by bike scratched in those tight cr@ppy overcrowded scooter parking places.
A lot of people riding cheap motorbikes don't have any consideration or respect for other peoples properly... I've been in situations where I can't take my bike off the stand because another bike has parked so close I can't 'up right my 200kg bike' and I have to 'drag the sh!££y scooter' out just so I can access my bike...
Its the same in the UK in supermarkets - people just open their doors and ding your car (it seems to happen less so here).
As eisfield mentioned, there is very likely 'big bike' parking - and they don't allow the small scooters in to that area... usually the 'cut off' is engine size (i.e. 400cc etc).
What bike is yours ?? type / size ?
Anyway... IF there is bike parking and spaces and you take up a car parking space, some parking attendant is going to want to deal with that and stop you - thats the worst that will happen.
Some people won't refer to my bike as a big bike, it is a Honda Forza 300, but it is twice of a Click or Wave, then there is the saddlebags. If any parking attendant try's to stop me then he is going to need to find me a suitable parking place, I am not the kind who just takes orders from anyone, I am entitle to a suitable parking place.
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1 minute ago, eisfeld said:
Then I would ask another guy or just drive around and look for it. They are always marked with signs.
I have already done that, and I am not putting my bike alongside all the small ones. I will just use one of the big car parking lots.
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25 minutes ago, eisfeld said:
It should be a dedicated big bike parking area. You should specifically ask for that.
I did, I was sitting on the bike, he could see it, there were two other motorbike parking lots but there were a lot of small bikes there and many others coming in, I wasn't parking my bike alongside these.
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48 minutes ago, eisfeld said:
Every Central in Thailand that I've been to had dedicated big bike parking. Ask the parking attendents for the directions, sometimes it's not easy to spot.
I tried that and I am not prepared to put my bike in amongst the small bikes the attendant wanted me to use, the place was filling up with only small bikes so I was not leaving my bike there.
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I ride a big motorbike with saddlebags on it, I could not park it beside all the smaller Waves and Clicks for obvious reasons, so when I park my bike in the new mall, I need to use a car parking space, am I wrong for doing this?
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I know that when you take money from your Thai bank account in another province you get charged for it. But what about when you deposit money into your bank account in another province? Do all banks in Thailand charge you for this also?
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6 hours ago, hotchilli said:
If only he was in the majority.
True, but if anyone really wants to find out the honesty of taxi drivers in Thailand ie the fare from Pattaya to the Mochit bus terminal is 1,300Bt, so it should be the same for the return journey. So ask a taxi driver at Mochit bus terminal for a fixed price to Pattaya and I would bet that 99.9% will ask for more than that. I did that and there were various prices from 1,600Bt to 2000Bt, Not one quoted the proper price of 1,300 Bt. I did eventually get one for 1,300Bt, but I negotiated down from 1,600Bt. That proves to me just how honest Thai Taxi drivers really are. They obviously thought I was a tourist.
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6 hours ago, milesinnz said:Please keep them in prison in Thailand.. we don't want this sort of sick trash back in New Zealand...
Be careful here, I may be wrong, but I strongly suspect there was self defense involved here by the two guys from New Zealand.
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On 3/16/2024 at 8:29 PM, Keeps said:
Totally agree. Have made well over 200 bookings with Agoda and not once experienced a problem.
I have had hotels recommend going via Agoda when trying to extend a stay as they are not prepared/able to match the price.
Also, I have a regular apartment I stay at in Chiang Mai who will always do me a 'tickle' beneath the Agoda price despite it being less than half the standard price quoted on their own website.
The other plus point with Agoda is I accumulate cash to redeem and get VIP prices and upgrades.
i used to always avoid Agoda because of their small print tax add on's of 17%. But last week I booked with Agoda by mistake and found their were none of this small print nonsense and everything went through just fine. Would I be right in saying that Agoda is now upfront with their hotel room prices?
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On 3/16/2024 at 9:49 PM, NorthernRyland said:
Sorry I had laugh at the first paragraph. Drugs are a victimless crime. Domestic violence, not so much. Very serious if you ask me.
Anyone being involved with drugs in any way is not a victimless crime???? How many people have suffered or even died because of the actions of drug addicts? Dealers are also every bit as bad.
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On 3/16/2024 at 5:46 PM, frank83628 said:
you are a..... . you don't have any idea of the actual situation. remember that old saying if you have nothing nice to say!!
There is nothing nice about anyone using any kind of violence on a woman. If I ever found out that any friend of mine ever lifted his hand to a woman, he would not be a friend anymore.
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Checking into a Hotel without my Passport
in Pattaya
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The Nana Hotel in Bangkok will not accept DL, only passport. There is the very odd hotel where only a passport will do.