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On 9/15/2018 at 10:53 AM, ravip said:

worried about his profits dropping,

Any business would be worried about its profits dropping anywhere in the world.

Never heard of a business that wants to run at a loss intentionally...

Governments? Crown corporations?

On 9/15/2018 at 11:26 AM, CGW said:

So true, kids are indoctrinated by cartoons showing them how acceptable violence is! I would imagine the video games give the same message? (never viewed one!) 

I watch the students playing video games at times. Nothing but blood and guts. Funny how the powers that be seem to think The Roadrunner is too violent these days. 

27 minutes ago, Spidey said:

The "flotsam" was various wing parts, found by different people in widely different locations an identified by different sources.

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-37820122

 

Conspiracy theorists are floating on incredibly thin ice (as usual).

Intriguing, but I remain less than 100% convinced.

On 9/14/2018 at 2:32 PM, Spidey said:

It's been proven beyond doubt that MH370 crashed into the Southern Ocean, information available suggests it ran out of fuel. Highly likely  a suicide pilot.

 

Guy in the OP is a publicity seeking nut job. Very cruel to callously give relatives false hope.

I haven't seen any proven beyond a doubt material regarding where MH370 crashed. There was flotsam that has been retrieved which was said to have matching serial numbers but that stuff can be duplicated. As of now, I don't believe any of the official narrative. I don't think anyone is absolutely certain of anything.

20 hours ago, thaiguzzi said:

Jeez, and I thought the rush hour traffic in Vientienne was bad...

That city certainly ain't the quiet sleepy capital I first visited  15 years ago...

Still love it though...

Yer absolutely correct there. I moved here in 2006 and there were elephants walking around downtown. There's plenty of traffic here now but it's dead as a doornail compared to Bangkok. I am 100% content with that!

I believe her story, especially knowing the corruption that goes on down there. Big Joke won't believe her. It's bad for Thai tourism. 

Of he tries to enforce some law forcing her to return to Thailand to face trial, there's no way the British government is gonna let that happen.

This is the number one reason why I would never buy a condo. I'd really like the comforts of not having yard work and potentially a swimming pool and gym in the building, but the downside is the OP's story. And that is far too common for my liking. I built my wife and I a house, my neighbours are not a problem.

2 minutes ago, BestB said:

What does left out mean for you?

 

$200 sounds big but not so big if someone fancied her or it’s a tip for 20-30 day stay

 

i do not know where he left money, only going but what is written and left out to me means out in the open .

 

an 18 year old may well believe it was a tip 

Who said left out? The maid? The Russian? The cops? The article? Is it a mistranslation? Enquiring minds want to know.

Regarding any of the above, what does left out mean to them? Who stays at a Pattaya guesthouse for 20-30 days? Even then that would be a very sizable tip. 20 days = $10 day. Do you leave that big a tip for a hotel maid? 30 days = $7.50 day. Do you leave that big a tip for a hotel maid? In Pattaya?

There is information that needs to be clarified here. Not unlike virtually every story written anywhere.

38 minutes ago, BestB said:

A dishonest Pattaya hotel maid gave the excuse that she thought the money a Russian tourist left out in his Jomtien beach hotel room was a tip intended for her.

 

left out I am assuming means out in the open either desk or the bed 

That's a rather significant assumption. Unless the Russian said he left it on the desktop or bedside table: ie. out in the open. I have my doubts that was the case. No proof, however, but I have my doubts. I've done a ton of traveling and stayed in too many hotels to count and have no memory of ever doing anything like that. I have left money out in the open as a tip for the maids regularly, but it's an expected amount ($1 - $2) and left it on the pillow. Leaving $200 lying around? I doubt it.

High on drugs (quite likely yabba)....the scourge of society. Can't recall ever reading a story about a person who smoked some weed and then went out and robbed someone, stabbed someone, broke into a house to steal something...

How does a country put an end to this? Clearly the war on drugs as in the USA's case has been a total failure. Perhaps the idea is simply to totally legalize everything and let the government control the sale.

I didn't read anywhere that he left the money lying around. To me. lying around, implies clearly out in the open, which could easily be considered a tip by a young hotel maid who possibly hasn't had a great deal of schooling. That's just an assumption and could be wrong, I know, but aren't most 18 year olds still in high school or on their way to tertiary education?

I like tattoos and have 5. None are visible unless I'm at the beach. They're personal and every one has a special meaning to me. Including the one that says "Harmony" in Japanese. However, I took a Japanese friend with me when I got it, so I knew I what I was getting. That's important!

Tattoo artists should be held legally responsible for mistakes like that. They should be forced to carry malpractice insurance like doctors.

Thai Immigration could help put a damper on this simply by demanding tourists entering the Kingdom show a minimum amount of money per day in cash. $100/day for example. You want a 30 day visa? Show me $3000 cash. Traveler's cheques will suffice as well. Bhutan does it. They don't get a lot of tourists but they do get quality ones.

Of course, this would probably eliminate a ton of tourists from the LOS. Of course, they'd all pretty much be the type of tourists who don't spend anything anyway.

There no proof this guy is a begpacker. People I personally find deplorable lowlife scum by the way. He could simply be  hitch-hiking, an activity that took my generation from coast to coast back in Worgeordie's day!

On 9/5/2018 at 9:24 AM, Orton Rd said:

we have a kid named captain near us, his brother is named google and there is also baby you tube and iPhone in the family, I kid you not

That's good! My neighbours are: Mooey, Pooey, Tap & Tooey

Silly Russkie, doesn't he know salt comes in shakers? No need for the ocean to season your chicken.

My favourite part of the video is the announcers "ooooooo weeeeee" at around 30 seconds.

Tragic, but I find this part a little unbelievable: the girl's boyfriend had left Thursday night to go with friends to work on a school report and came back at 6am Friday.

That would set alarm bells off in my head if I were an investigating cop at that crime scene.

1) Who buggers off and stays out all night working on school stuff? Especially in Thailand?

2) Were the boyfriend and girlfriend fighting?

3) Had she threatened to break up with him?

4) Check the bank account of the step-father - any large deposits recently that can't be accounted for?

5) Who was the boyfriend with? Females? Any romantic links between him and another girl?

6) Did the boyfriend want to break up with the girlfriend but couldn't find a way out without losing face?

I hope none of these are the case, but if I was a detective I'd sure as heck be asking these questions.

56 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

 

I would put it a different way, as in....

 

I didn't know that the Thai AF has any "top guns".

 

Compared to the Laos Air Force they're doing grrrrrrreat!