planetdweller

May not turn out to be the panacea they envision. Better to move to Thailand with a solid source of income , period. Thailand is not the land of economic opportunity for the incoming farang.

May not turn out to be the panacea they envision. Better to move to Thailand with a solid source of income , period. Thailand is not the land of opportunity for the incoming farang.

Once the payoff to the BiB is made and some serious restitution to Khun Siriporn , the old chap will likely be seen on Soi Cowboy looking for a good price on a cold on at one of the entertainment venues. Case closed.

I was admiring the dress code of the police pictured here. They decided matching T-shirts were out of the question as that seemed to fall outside the law enforcement uniform budget. This allowed the 3 officers to express themselves free-style.

There is one rule that any ATM user must adhere to so as to minimise "Skimming". For the hundreth time please note:- "Cover the key pad when entering your PIN number" (

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Good suggestion , take every precaution these days. The hackiverse is getting more and more sophisticated in their ability to track and use pins , etc. No doubt there is someone spying on probably the majority of BKK ( and other ) ATM keypads with powerful equipment.

All bikies have issues with feeling left out of society, need emotional support from each other to gain the mass macho effect.

Singularly they are quite weak minded individuals.

You sure that statement isn't kind of a sweeping generalization about "bikies" ?

This is the dumbest thread I've seen in a long time.

What's dumb about it ? It's light hearted humor. Perhaps your razor sharp wit will floor us in future posts , can't wait to see them.

No , but I've seen some pretty sexy farang ladies hooking up with some hot thai lesbians , very likely P4P , but you never know, Often on sky train or out shopping together. Maybe the faranick chick came single and immediately found a thai lesbian at starbucks or something.

one more ….. have a nice fright

Tomorrow Have to go my house and make erection.

(Have to go and vote)

lmao !!

Eat at the Basil in the Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit and then head to the Living Room , adjacent to it , afterwards for drinks and maybe some jazz. Randy Cannon's pretty good, he's usually playing. Then walk across the sky train walkway that leads out of the hotel and come down by the corner of Asoke and Sukhumvit. You're then close to the entrance to Soi Cowboy. Take a stroll through there just for the visual extravaganza that it is. From there, grab a taxi and head to the bar at the Grand Erawan. It's somewhere down near Chit Lom. The possibilities are endless.

Report from Cebu:

9.00 am visibility 300-500 meters.

9.30 am lost electricity, lucky to have generator.

10.00 am lost TV signal.

10.30 am very strong wind gusts now. Visibility 100-200 meters only.

http://www.sunstar.com.ph/breaking-news/2013/11/08/typhoon-yolanda-makes-4th-landfall-312742

http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2013/11/08/1254412/us-experts-catastrophic-damage-seen-yolanda-packing-314-kph-winds

1st fatality reported.

http://www.philstar.com/nation/2013/11/08/1254422/monster-typhoons-1st-fatality-reported-surigao

Asia2000

Cebu

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asia2000 , best of luck weathering the storm. You're in our hopes and prayers from here in the US. I hope it turns OK for you. Steve

Please keep the "no have" though - I love it when Thais say this.

It is cute and they use it for everything.

Also "can" and "cannot"

"Would you like to go to dinner now , Toy?"

Answer= "can"

"There are supposed to be some ghosts ( pi ) inside that Temple House , Nok. Want to go in and look around?"

Answer= "cannot"

Also "power" and "shuwah" , which is how "sure" is pronounced.

Toy : "Hab power now you , we can go to loom?"

Me: Uh, OK. Do you want me to buy some pawk and rye ( for rice ) with fish sauce and some dink to take to the Loom?

Toy: Shuwah Ka.

Let's show a little respect for the deceased and their families.

I have been on lots of these ferries and I'm afraid to say they are all the same. Over crowded.

More people per journey equals more money, and as we know, money pays bills but safety doesn't. It's awful but that's the way it works here. Still sad to read about it every day. Worst thing is that nothing will change.

RIP to everyone who lost their lives, wherever they come from.

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I completely agree Andy. Well-stated.

It looks like a scene out of the movie Donnie Brasco. A gaggle of two bit gangsters standing around on a pier waiting for the corpse to sink.

These fact finding missions usuallly end up with a trophy night.

Thai's slapping each other on the back and giving out awards for business and tourism acumen.

Why is Yingluck smiling ?..........bubble brain.

LMFAO !!

Why do men get addicted to Thailand?

Women and Booze

You said it all right there. 99 times out 100 , those are the reasons. And both of them will sink your ship a great deal of the time , before all is said and done. I've certainly partaken of both. Have since stopped drinking and cut back on women chasing in the Kingdom. This has been very very very difficult. I miss having several cold ones 3 or 4 times a week in the worst way and my affinity for pretty Asians will never leave me.

"I'm talking to YOU"

The competition for hysterical post of the year is getting tighter!

Agreed , this entire topic seems to be bringing out the best in me ! Not much meat left on the bone , the carcass of this thread has been savagely devoured !!

Dude better hit up the Ayatollah Whats-His-Name for some serious cash to buy his way out or else he's gonna be competing for a small space on a concrete floor in a hot ass hellhole , come bedtime every night.

You paid with paypal , you are 100% covered

It's just going to frustrate the Thais in the hospitality industry ,as the Chinese are not noted for being good tippers. This is the general consensus from what I have heard.

Condescending and holier-than-thou response to my post , in fact , offensive. You have just proven why genuine friendship is hard to come by. Because there are with personalities as yourself propping themselves up as know-it-alls on message boards

and probably out making the world a worse place to live , rather than a better one.

It's probably much harder to make friends if you take offence so easily.

Lighten up a bit, and live a happier life.

When you quote me , be sure and quote the entire thread , including your post that preceded it.

Your general tone , from your replies to my post and other posts that I have seen you reply to in this topic , is talking down to people.

Everyone I know and have ever known finds that personality trait to be among the most abrasive.

Please don't offer any further advice to others about the topic of friendship , it is not one of your strengths.