klubex99

It's men and women like this that wil bring the corruption house crashing down. He deserves all support.

I agree.

But he is starting at the wrong place.

You need to first start at the top, with the government and then the police.... But who do you run to when your life is threatened?

But then again, you would not get threatened, you would just disappear one day, or end up falling off a balcony or hanging yourself.

I read someone ask for this thread, so I thought I would oblige.

Probably better in General topics seeing as it is so widespread at the moment.

Here in Nakhon Ratchasima city it is flooding in many places.

Forecast says very heavy rain through the night and tomorrow until evening and light rain on Sunday.

There are 3 ways to get to my house, 2 are cut off completely to a normal car, and the last one looks on the verge of taking standing water. It took an 8KM drive to get to the shop around 700M away.

Feel free to add comments and pictures of your own area.

Some pictures from around here.

Here is a link to the TV flood news report.

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/669225-7-thai-provinces-lashed-by-major-floods/

Good luck with it wherever you are.

Nakhon Ratchasima this morning.

Well..... My mate pulled a Thai girl older than him, and she pestered him to send her money for months.

They don't need to be younger than the farang.

After pulling her, did he realise ?

Her met her on some random website... he knew and chatted with her for weeks before he went to Thailand, wanted to line something up (just in case I guess).

Ended up spending 3 weeks with her, really liked her too until after he went back to the UK... He dumped her when he got the sick buffalo story... Only there were no buffalos involved, it was a sick car in this case... I 1 year old car may I add

Well..... My mate pulled a Thai girl older than him, and she pestered him to send her money for months.

They don't need to be younger than the farang.

I don't remember seeing any of those quoted questions you mentioned.

I actually think this is one of the most useless questions I have seen here, to be honest.

I cant believe everyone wants Thailand to change that much - do you all want Thailand to look like Singapore or resemble the utterly characterless streets of KL - the banners , yep get rid of them, but the rest it is what Thailand is - i love all the food stalls, good hard working Thais producing some the worlds best food, day in day out, to the whole hearted appreciation of the Thai people from North to South - long may they stay in place - go to the UK or US and see the town centres, all ghost towns, all sterile carbon copies of themselves - give me the clogged soi's of Bangkok any day thanks.

+1 my sentiments exactly. Why is there always a cry for whipping these Thai's into shape and conforming to the way visitors experience things in their countries? I for one, enjoy the vast differences and thrive on the chaos in which things work, people go about their business and there is form in the madness.

That is one of the most enduring qualities of this beautiful country. It's different from what I know. I love it. It is what I may from time to time be exasperated with, but would not change. I have visited and lived here almost 20 years. I pine for the good old days when you could see across Sukhumvit view unconstructed by the Skytrain. I don' t mean the Skytrain is bad, it's fantastic and useful. It is just not the same. The same goes for all the old trucks and cars that used to ply the streets. They were cool. A huge honking Isuzu 2 1/2 ton truck with all the decorations of the owner onit. Also, all the old mercedes that used to cruise around, classic.

Anyways, my rant is done. Let them live as they please without our undue influence. Cheers.

In case you hadn't realized. This action is being taken by Thais against Thais, not as a result of a cry from foreigners.

I think you will find that many Thais will be happy with these decisions.

It just so happens that many farang also will enjoy this along with the Thais.

I am off to Nepal tomorrow to do a weeks trekking in the Himilayas.

I am flying direct to Kathmandu.

I have a Kasikorn account with quite a lot of money in it, and thought i would use this as a spend source. But am unsure if the ATM card will be accepted in Nepal.

I will take a few hundred USD cash just for the pocket, I know that is accepted there at a good rate. But don't like carrying too much cash money in a place until i have traveled it and know the score.

Anyone been to Nepal that can answer this for me?

Thanks in advance.

At the end of the day, it's a pavement and is there for people to walk down away from the dangerous road. It is NOT a free extension to a business provided by Municipal Hall. It is there to give customers access to businesses and other properties.

I do not mind the food vendors as long as they don't put out tables and chairs in front of their stall.. in fact, they could just set a law that there must be a clear 1.5 M clearance at all times, anything found to decrease that amount of space, the perpetrator is given a huge fine.... 10,000 baht and up.

Give a 3 day amnesty, then give the police some tape measures and I guarantee, everything will be as it should be. They should make this a nationwide thing, because it can be really bad in Korat also.

Do you know how much only crap they throw in the drains all of which blocks v drains and end up in the gulf of Thailand?

If you stop to really think about it, and if one cared about ecology, one would never buy street food. It is probably one of the single largest pollutants particularly in Bangkok. All street drains lead to the river.....

I don't eat from street vendors, mostly because of lack of hygiene and quality.

I certainly don't swim in the gulf because I do see what floats down the rivers straight to it.

I don't have an issue with street vendors because there is a huge positive drawn from the fact, people gain a livelihood.

But if they implemented the law, as I stated above, that is a start, and would be successful with almost immediate effect.

Then the powers that be can move on to the issue of vendors discarding their waste into the drains as a separate issue.

One step at a time, they could make a huge difference to the quality of life for everyone.

At the end of the day, it's a pavement and is there for people to walk down away from the dangerous road. It is NOT a free extension to a business provided by Municipal Hall. It is there to give customers access to businesses and other properties.

I do not mind the food vendors as long as they don't put out tables and chairs in front of their stall.. in fact, they could just set a law that there must be a clear 1.5 M clearance at all times, anything found to decrease that amount of space, the perpetrator is given a huge fine.... 10,000 baht and up.

Give a 3 day amnesty, then give the police some tape measures and I guarantee, everything will be as it should be. They should make this a nationwide thing, because it can be really bad in Korat also.

Well they aren't messing around.

About 100 cops, some massive trucks and a load of cleaning people hit Khoa San Road this afternoon... removed ALL the roadside stalls - I've never seen khao san like that (as opposed to normal monday afternoon cleanups)

I've never actually been able to see the road/footpath or the shophouse entries on Khoa San before!

I'm in BKK today. I am going to go down Khao San tonight to see how long it lasted.

Easy answer to this question where was the partnership agreement signed ? in Thailand under thai law ?...if so then yes the partner could "do something" in Thailand , if partnership agreement was signed under another countries laws, then nothing to do with the thai legal system

The OP already said that there is no contract, but an 'informal agreement'. He also stated that the partner is 'taking over' (stealing OP's idea) and the money he stumped up.

So it confuses me when the partner is the one walking into a lawyer's office. What possible reason could the partner have for wanting to detain someone he has stolen from??

But anyway, like I said earlier. There is no intellectual property rights on a website concept.

In most countries there is, in many subject areas, no need for a contract document. British and Australian law for example, which probably also means Canada, USA, NZ, and perhaps many Commonwealth countries.

In jurisdictions where this applies a verbal agreement can be binding in many subject areas.

Not sure if this is true in Thailand.

I already had this one over in the UK with an investments website, my partner actually held the funds in his name in e-currency accounts, while I held the domain registration and hosting account. After a dispute between us, he froze the financial assets, and retired himself from the business.

There was no written up agreement between us, and I called for advice from a lawyer, who told me that so long as the accounts were in his name, even though they passed through the website API they were his funds and unless there was a signed agreement, the funds were 100% his. This was over $300,000.

This for me started as a casual arrangement, and neither of us had any idea that the site would instantly boom the way it did. But it did, and as soon as he saw the money, he changed and of course because he had full focus on the cash.

Anyway, because the poop hit the fan, and I had zero protection by law, I was forced to use (let's say) a more vigilante approach. After a visit from some pretty horrible people to his home in Sheffield, he seemed to have a drastic change of heart and all funds were converted over to my possession within hours.

I took that site to over a million USD in 6 months. He ended up with nothing.

Sometimes, you have to use 'other' methods if you catch my drift.

Yes ,our son was educated in a British school from 7 to 12 years old and speaks with our local accent ,when he was in school here he represented the school in Bangkok, reciting an essay in English from memory that he had written,he was in the top 20 in the country. he is now in his second year in uni and has already been offered a job with a large company

Claudius the proud Dad

He seems destined for great things.

You really don't know the answer? Come on. Did you go to school in Thailand? What is your real question?

Confused.com

No I went to school in the UK. Your reply makes zero sense, are you drunk perhaps?

Nope, you are probably just a twisted troll who doesn't have the spare change to go out and dribble into a beer glass, so comes on here to cause trouble before your internet connection gets cut for non-payment.

All your answers are here.

http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/best-free-photo-slideshow-software.htm

One question that has always sort of sat on the back of my mind.

Do your Thai kids speak better English than their Thai English teachers?

I mean.... I wonder what goes through a Thai English teacher's mind when they see a half farang kid sat in their English class. Do they think 'dam_n, I bet this kid speaks better English than me'.

Or have your kids ever came home and told you that their English teacher is wrong about some things?

Maybe the teacher keeps turning to your kid to confirm something is correct?

Just seems to me, that there must be some cases of the tail wagging the dog

Sure we will.

What's on your mind?

Easy answer to this question where was the partnership agreement signed ? in Thailand under thai law ?...if so then yes the partner could "do something" in Thailand , if partnership agreement was signed under another countries laws, then nothing to do with the thai legal system

The OP already said that there is no contract, but an 'informal agreement'. He also stated that the partner is 'taking over' (stealing OP's idea) and the money he stumped up.

So it confuses me when the partner is the one walking into a lawyer's office. What possible reason could the partner have for wanting to detain someone he has stolen from??

But anyway, like I said earlier. There is no intellectual property rights on a website concept.

You said that the website made no money. This is very common, 99% of people who start up websites, make zilch and when they realize that it is very difficult to get traffic, and even harder to get them to part with any money.

But if your idea is worth fighting over, then why don't you just do it yourself under a different domain?

You can PM me the domain name, and I will look at the website, I may be able to get the site files for you, so you can host it on a different domain on a different server and set up in competition.

If you need any marketing or technical advice, I am happy to help.

I think you may find that the actual hot spot is Phuket.

http://farangdeath.tumblr.com/

Probably because it has the highest concentration of foreigners, but I doubt it goes anywhere near competing with the rest of Thailand put together.

Samui, Phuket, CM and BKK added together probably outstrips Pattaya by some way.

I see what you're saying, about everything, including the IP/the hosting (he registered it though I paid for half of it, and the name was mine, etc) although I think I still have rights about my content, etc being used for a site without my permission to create profit. At least I certainly hope so! But that is all what I was planning on looking into in our home country. Before I had a chance to research my rights, I find out he is threatening to take me to court in Thailand!

I'm happy to hear that this is most likely an empty threat, and considering he is now in possession of my content, my money, my ideas, I certainly don't mind if he wastes his money trying to get a lawyer to take this to court.

Appreciate your help!

Is the domain name in your name or his?

Because if you let him register it on behalf of both of you, yet it is registered to his name only, then I am afraid, he owns it, and also the hosting account and the website content. There is nothing you can do. But if you have the domain name, or access to the domain registration account, then you can do something.

Yes. Last year the government paid people to purchase their first car. As a result you have hundreds of thousands of middle age Thais driving high powered sedans and pick ups with no driver training whatsoever and no previous experience. Thus the Thai government has developed a significant and lethal risk to road users in this country.

given that the incentive only applied to "eco cars" with tiny engines i suspect you may be misinformed.

Up to 1600 CC qualified, and even an 1100CC can kill just as easily as a 3.5 Litre Merc. Eco cars with tiny engines? I suggest that you have in fact been misinformed.

No.

Nothing that has changed the world anyway.

They are just not that sort of culture. They are a culture of copiers, not original thinkers.