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I have a falang friend here who has a lot of money and has a bank account just in his name. He also has joint accounts and business accounts. His wife of many years is Lao and spends his money like it was lottery winnings. Hence the account only in his name, to protect at least some money.
Anyway, he was telling me recently he went to the bank several months ago to check on his own account and found it was short by about $100,000. He stormed into the bank manager's office demanding to know what was up and was told his wife came in to the bank and told them that he had given her the okay to withdraw money. So, they let her!
So, throw Laos into the mix of corrupt as heck places too.
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5 hours ago, Tchooptip said:
However, it does not seem to trouble the Thai authorities too much
Nor any other country that requires oil. Sadly.....
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"The requirements for opening a Bangkok in Thailand are likely to be the same for most foreign nationals,..."
I have no idea how difficult transferring money from the UK to Thailand will be or proving you have the funds. However, I am willing to bet opening a Bangkok in Thailand will be infinitely more challenging!
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I often find myself amazed that fairly minor bashes turn into fatal ones.
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Don't worry. Canadians will apologize and everything will be better instantly.
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Why was the MIL scolding him? I mean, it was her daughter who ran off with another man leaving the husband and 2 kids behind. You'd think she'd be scolding the daughter.
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There's a little girl who will grow up and probably be tortured her entire life because her irresponsibility led directly to her father's death.
How sad.
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Perhaps it's just me, but handing someone anything other than a massive check when they've lost an arm through no fault of their own is simply uncaring and rude.
I cannot imagine how devastated I would be to lose a limb. Psychologically, I would probably never get over it.
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"It's not my fault, I'm a victim of circumstance." said any Thai anytime there's any issue where any amount of blame may fall upon his or her shoulders.
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23 hours ago, dcsw53 said:
Another tragic instance of someone who would seem to have had mental health issues.
The government needs to invest in providing support to vulnerable people, so we can slow this almost daily reporting of someone doing a vicious act because of a deranged mental state. There are too many unbalanced people here grabbing guns or knives seeking revenge for the most trivial of matters. Road rage, feeling disrespected, marital issues, grab a weapon and let's get even.Who knows it could eventually be safe to live here.
Agreed. It's called FTMES
Fragile Thai Male Ego Syndrome
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This is just one of the reasons I always leave a light on in the house at night. I always lift the toilet seat up to for a quick check before sitting down, just to make sure there aren't any nasty spiders clinging underneath.
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23 hours ago, bluesofa said:
Hmm, it's one thing to call them (include me in that) smart-<deleted>, but most of us foreigners recognise cause and effect, and have been brought up to use critical thinking - something which is not common here.
That may well go down as the understatement of 2018.
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Nice body, shame about the face.
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6 hours ago, ronrat said:
The "historic" hunting of whales by the Japanese is largely BS. They began eating them after WW11 because they could not get protein easily from other sources. The Australian and Kiwis were not going to send beef to Japan when Britain was crying out for it.
Scandanavia aside much of thw whaling done in previous centuries was done for the oil for lamps. Some smaller nations like those in the pacific would kill maybe one whale a year which became a feast for the whole village and the whales teeth became a status symbol.
If it constitutes 0.1 percent of their meat products it can easily be replaced.
I took some Japanese students who were staying with my parents as part of Lions International whale watching off Hervey Bay in Australia. A deckhand was part time Greenpeace warrior and spoke Japanese. When he explained to them that some may be harpooned by the Japanese as a bogus research plan to eat them they were in shock. They signed up on the spot and in Japanese told the deckie they would go back to Japan and tell everyone they could.
The Japanese can have the ones beached and that should satisfy whoever it is that are still eating them.
WW11....man, how long have I been asleep?
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On 12/22/2018 at 6:27 PM, Different said:
How would he got that expensive motorbike if he wasn't corrupt cop, I feel sorry for the ruined Harley.
He wasn't a cop, he was in the navy. Nonetheless, he was speeding wicked fast and ran a red light. Dead!
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You need a hammer drill which are not expensive and easy to find at Home Pro. Buy a couple of masonry drill bits and some anchors and screws, these can be bought in packages, and you're good to go.
I bought a Black and Decker drill with a toggle switch for regular / hammer for something like 1200 baht.
How difficult is that?
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17 hours ago, lordblackader said:
You need to make sure you have a car passport which you can ONLY get in the car in unencumbered - that is, it's owned outright without any finance.
T on the back and you are required to buy insurance on the Laos side to drive though. Not that hard once you have your paperwork in order.
This. I live in Laos with my wife and we have our car paperwork in order to drive over to Thailand. The car needs to have insurance to drive on the Thai side of the border. It's a little time consuming to get (what isn't?) but it's not difficult.
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Pertinent to the discussion but should really not be, what did you dress like? Have you got visible tattoos, facial piercings etc.? What is your hair style?
I know logically these things shouldn't count, but they do and we all know they do.
My personal rule is, when crossing an international border, or taking an international flight, look decent.
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This shows a clear lack of critical thinking on the part of those students and any other student who balks at learning English. As mentioned, it is the sole lingua franca now and the global language of air, sea and the U.N.
I learned French and German in school and there was no under the table envelopes being passed or cheating being accepted in those days.
Knowing 2 languages is better than knowing 1...knowing 3 is better than knowing 2...and on and on.
Anyone who cannot see the basic logic of that is destined for the lunch pail crowd.
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I would be interested in knowing what they were drinking. If it's that horrific concoction they ignorantly refer to as whiskey it really does destroy your brain and can cause legitimate damage. No excuse mind you, but brain damaged people can't be expected to act normally.
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I'd already used my two exemptions and had to buy the one time visa for 1000 baht at the Thai embassy here in Vientiane last month. I met an older Brit bloke who has been living in Thailand on tourist visas for 18 years. They are the people causing law abiding citizens all the visa hassles.
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I thought eating street food (temple food) in India and diarrhea went hand in hand.
I agree with Pedrogaz above. In fact I've turned down 2 all expense paid trips to India. No desire to see it in the slightest.
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That is a lot of drugs, man. Someone is gonna go away for life.
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Actually, I have met many Hells Angels. They had a clubhouse very close to where I lived in Canada and I met many during my days as a flight attendant. My personal experience was that if you were polite to them they were polite to you. They do not go out of their way to hassle "citizens".
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Video: Irate netizens slam seafood restaurant for inappropriate crotch show with child
in Thailand News
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That may be the most revolting thing I see this year and we're only 7 days into it. Not to mention the Creepy as hell Regan from the Exorcist spider walk.
If you haven't seen it you can find it on the internet. It was so freaking scary they cut it out of the film's original release I think.