NoshowJones

On 7/9/2025 at 10:48 PM, geisha said:

I think they avoid me ! My neighbours are mostly Scandinavian who smoke and drink by the pool. They don’t speak. 

If you are from the UK you are not going to have much in common with guys from other countries. Personally I like the company of Americans as I do tend to have a lot in common with them having travelled over most parts of America.

On 7/11/2025 at 3:16 PM, Ralf001 said:

Which sport is that ?

Darts, Snooker????

On 7/12/2025 at 4:04 AM, Social Media said:

 

Farage Declares Channel Migrant Crisis a ‘Crime’ as He Watches Handover at Sea

 

As dawn broke over the English Channel, Nigel Farage stood aboard a fishing boat, freshly hooked mackerel in hand, when his attention turned from fishing to what he described as a “crime” unfolding on the waters between France and Britain. At 8am, a message crackled over the maritime radio from a French warship, not about a distress call, but a request for something unexpected: the return of 40 lifejackets it had distributed to migrants earlier that morning.

 

Farage, accompanied by The Times and the captain of the charter vessel Louise Jane II, Andy King, had been observing what he assumed would be a routine handover of migrants from French to British authorities. But the request for lifejackets signalled an unusual twist. The French warship had escorted a dinghy launched from Wissant beach, carrying 78 migrants, into British waters, where the UK Border Force ship Hurricane waited to take over. Before the transfer, the French deployed a rigid inflatable boat to collect the lifejackets — a first, according to King, who had never before witnessed the French reclaim equipment ahead of a handover.

 

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The handover itself was orderly. From no more than 300 metres away, Farage and others watched as migrants—mostly young African men, along with one woman and three children—climbed aboard Hurricane one by one. Border Force officers called instructions to prevent the dinghy from capsizing, then provided blankets and hot drinks inside the catamaran’s cabin. Once emptied, the dinghy was collected by MCS Taku, the Border Force vessel responsible for recovering the remnants of such crossings.

 

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“This is a crime and yet everyone seems happy: Border Force are happy, the French are happy,” said Farage through binoculars, visibly angry. The timing, just hours before a press conference between Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and President Emmanuel Macron unveiling a new "one in, one out" migrant return deal, could not have been more politically symbolic.

 

 

Farage used the moment to announce a new Reform UK policy calling for all migrants arriving via small boats to be held in decommissioned migrant camps until deportation. “Do what Trump does. Just fly them back,” he told The Times, proposing mass deportations—even to conflict zones such as Afghanistan and Eritrea—and urging the UK to follow the U.S. example in El Salvador. He insisted the Royal Navy should tow boats back to France if deportations fail. “Ultimately, the last solution would be for the Royal Marines to take them back to France. If it comes to that, it comes to that. But I don’t [think] it would need to.”

 

Farage believes he could end Channel crossings within weeks if elected Prime Minister. “It wouldn’t take us very long,” he said, outlining plans to declare a national emergency on day one and override the European Convention on Human Rights, eventually leading to a full withdrawal from the treaty.

 

That day, more than 200 migrants successfully crossed the Channel, with many more intercepted by French police. The crossings required full deployment of British assets: Hurricane, Taku, two fast ribs to establish a safety perimeter, and even a coastguard helicopter on standby. French authorities, meanwhile, warned Captain King to “alter your course now” as his boat neared the migrant dinghy.

 

For King, the migrant traffic is personal. He now earns his living ferrying swimmers across the Channel, a booming niche industry due to the collapse of fishing. “I’m booked up with swimmers until 2028,” he said, noting that he charges £3,800 per swimmer. But threats from the French ministry to suspend his licence during migrant surges could leave him out of work.

 

He also spoke of routine abuse from migrants as they pass: “They shout things like, ‘Fat English pigs! Dirty bastards!’ They throw the ‘w****r’ sign and flick the middle finger. I’ve also heard people shout, ‘Allahu Akbar’.”

 

By 11am, the boat turned back to Dover. As Farage cleaned mackerel on deck, he reflected on the day’s events with satisfaction. “I could not believe my luck,” he said, “at the timing of this trip.”

 

  Adapted by ASEAN Now from The Times  2025-07-12

 

 

"Farage believes he could end Channel crossings within weeks if elected Prime Minister."  That's great, but what about the ones that are already here? Will there be anything done to start deportations? 

21 hours ago, DezLez said:

Does anyone know if Lazada do some sort of folding stick I could carry in my pocket/belt.

Have looked but cannot find anything that looks sturdy enough!

When I go to the UK I carry a walking stick which folds in two and is very solid, I bought it ages ago in a charity shop for 2GBP. It is only for protection as there are many knife assaults in the UK, and a knife is only efficient when used close up.

19 hours ago, Regyai said:

Oh, one of those all you can beat buffets

I thought it was the Chinese that these "all you can eat" buffets were incompatible with.

21 hours ago, Dakhar said:

Looks like those tattoos didn't indicate much

What about a low IQ for starters?

On 7/12/2025 at 10:39 AM, wasabi said:

Thailand is slowly devolving back into a Third World country.

I thought it already was. 

2 minutes ago, kwilco said:

Actually wrong in both cases.

Byyyyyyyyyyyeeeeeeeeeeee.

1 hour ago, cowellandrew said:

Typical yank base ball cap, wife beater vest, tattoos!

Big mouth!

😂😂😂

I'm not a Yank, but if I was I would strongly object to this post. I have met lots of Americans, and none have that look.

Apart from my own country's people, the Americans would be my first choice of people for company.

2 minutes ago, fredwiggy said:

And I lived in the US 62 years and saw some of what you did, police doing their jobs, along with some who used uncalled for force, just like everywhere else. A person can live in NYC 30 years and never see any real violence , then the next day can see a mass murder happen.

 

The crime that happens here, daily, is only seen by those in that right place, right time. People on the next street don't see it, but see it on the news the next day. I worked in NYC for years, lived near it for 30, and rarely saw anything happen besides fist fights. Crime happens all day, every day, everywhere, but most never see it. America has millions more people, and with that comes more crimes, but Thailand's not near immune, as we see it daily on the news, and that's just a fraction of what happens.

Excellent post, but I still say that Thailand is a much safer country than America, but unfortunately that does not apply to Thailand's dreadful road behavior. The Americans are way ahead there.

22 minutes ago, NoshowJones said:

Going by all that deliberate disfigurement of his own body it is obvious the Yank has a very low IQ.

Going by that thumbs down emo, it seems the Yank has company.

15 hours ago, Quentin Zen said:

Show them your tats.  Make it seem like this gives you a real "Asian understanding".    Kobe jersey makes it seem as you can can blend the East with the West.

 

Influencer, 100.  no cap

Going by all that deliberate disfigurement of his own body it is obvious the Yank has a very low IQ.

Just now, kwilco said:

THat's how in=mmigrants are regarded and you are an immigrant.

As Like other expats I contribute to the Thai economy, the boat people are illegals who do not contribute to the UK economy. This debate is now over, so run along. 

1 minute ago, kwilco said:

so as an immigrant you are complaining about immigrants in your home country living 5, 6 ,7 rto a room in  <deleted>ty "hotel" - of course th owners think its Christmas, just as your landlords would.

What absolute garbage. 

12 minutes ago, kwilco said:

How many to a room would you accept in your hotel?

Only two, myself and my wife.

3 minutes ago, kwilco said:

Would you like to live in a hotel room instead?

If I was in the UK and not an OAP then Yes! and with all the extra's. As long as I was nowhere near these illegals of a certain faith.

On 7/8/2025 at 3:36 PM, CanadaSam said:

Wow!   Thank you for the info about no duty on laptops, I've been getting ads from a company in the states called NewEgg.com with ridiculously low prices for laptops!  I'll now look seriously into ordering one!

Beware of buying anything from the US to get sent to Thailand. I am still waiting for something I ordered three weeks ago.

19 hours ago, ujayujay said:

So in your country every foreigner can live without a visa for an unlimited time.....great🥳

In my country all they have to do is turn up on the beach in a dinghy and they will be rewarded with hotel rooms, funds etc, etc.

3 hours ago, 1FinickyOne said:

Jimmy Durante? good night Mrs. calabash?

 

you gotta love Jimmy Durante

Who?

On 7/8/2025 at 12:15 PM, CharlieH said:

 

Do you apply the same logic to men? If a guy has had more than 50, is he damaged? or is he a lucky git, 

 

Maybe part of it depends on what he does or did for a living, if he was in the entertainment industry like me, or sports industry and was reasonably good looking, it is more than likely he would have more than 50 unless he was in a successful marriage for most of his life I don't feel I'm damaged in any way, and have been with my Thai wife for 20 years now.

May I also point out that among all the musicians I have played with, to my knowledge there has only been one who was with the same lady, his wife, and never ever been with anyone else during his marriage.

On 7/8/2025 at 11:48 AM, spidermike007 said:

I find it interesting that of all the guys that I know that have gotten together with bar girls, only one freely admits it. When someone asks where did you meet your wife, he says oh she was working in a bar and I picked her up and fell in love with her. I really admire him for that. 

 

I know other guys that make up all kinds of stories about the university degrees and all kinds of crazy fake background, but you can smell nonsense when you hear it 

I met my wife through an agency, we never married until we had been together for five years. She has not admitted to having university degrees although there are a few trophies in the cabinet. I don't think there are universities up country outside of the big cities, but plenty of colleges, I do know for a fact that she was in fulltime education up until she was 23, so is there any difference to university degree's and college degree's if you live upcountry?

On 7/8/2025 at 10:56 AM, gargamon said:

Low IQ.

Are the lowest IQ's not confined to those with tattoo's?

10 hours ago, geisha said:

No it’s not. 

Yes it is!!!!