davidstipek

Is this the Boy who was linked to the Koh Tao murders?

The reduction in the Thai Government monies is caused by the Death of Thai Smokers! Smokers of Real "Big Business Thai Tobacco Industy".... Not by Smokers switchin to E-cigarettes!!!

What is the difference... If some members on Panel this Doctor Rebutts have a Vested Interest in E-cigarettes? Is it not also a proen fact that 100% of the Thai Cigarette Industry (Big Business, Thai Tobacco Industry)  has "Big" Ties to Thai Government, Hi-So's,? By making it offical to use in Thailand you would be taking money out of all these peoples pockets?

To say E-cigarettes are addictive? and bann them because of this fact? Cigarettes are also much more addictive but they are not Banned!!! Why? Oh because you would be taking an income source whether it be offically or by Bown Envelope method from Hi-So Thais!  This is a fact!!

You can Bet every dime in Government Couffer's that if just one Senator, Congressman/woman or even the P.M had any Vested interests here... The banning of this product would have never reached the table... This is also a Fact!

Another fact that even if it is ever proven Offically that E-cigarettes were in fact addictive or harmfull as their coharts Cigarettes are... It is a fact that there is no secondhand addiction!! This is a fact! Also I beg to differ again as any e-cigarette users getting Cancer from them? Flat... NO!!

11 hours ago, khwaibah said:

Day 1: 48 deaths (42 last year)
Day 2: 51 deaths (71 last year)
Day 3: 78 deaths (86 last year) 
Day 4: 69 deaths (81 last year)
Day 5: 71 deaths (87 last year)
Day 6: xx deaths (59 last year)
Day 7: xx deaths (52 last year)

Total so far: 317 deaths, 3,188 injuries in 3,056 reported accidents.

 

http://www.richardbarrow.com/2017/12/full-road-accident-statistics-for-new-year-2017-2018-in-thailand/

From

How many Deaths on Motorcycles? If majority of Accidents are from Motorcycles (72 - 84%) Why is every picture shown involving Car or Truck!! I have yet to see even just one picture of a Motorcycle!!  How many were cause by Motorcycle...? How many were caused by other Vehicles but involved Motorcycle??? Article saying that Motorcycles "HAD" 72-84% of the Accidents this New Years is wrong! Biased! Or just plain False!!

Now Thailand is going to promote the Income of every Thief here. Posting on my Vehicle that in Contains a Dashboard Cam of some sort is going to make it a high-end target! (Don't get me wrong, I have a Camera. I use it.) But letting the whole world know it, is totally stupid!

Who is going to pay for the increase in Cost of Insurance? I would rather worry about my drives to the Market and Embassy then to spend 24 hrs. worrying about who is targeting my vehicle to rip off our Camera! Day and night, yes! Am I going to require increased security be stationed at my vehicle, every time I park it? As Vehicles are broken into who is going to pay for the Damage to it?  Should this Idea require a subsidy paid for to our Insurance Companies paid for by the Government Office who passed this Law?

We have been here 15 years and the only accident has been from a Thai, driving a truck in the style of a Motorcycle... (In and Out of Traffic) Trying to get to his favorite Watering Hole, because he was thirsty! Not something we caused! Plus it was all caught on Camera! Even his trying to run over a Policeman trying to stop him! His wife came and tried to tell the Insurance Investigator or the scene, we were lieing and that he been with her all evening... Yes I do believe in Cameras!!! Just not the stupid Idea of telling everyone there is one onboard!! Its not a "Baby"  (Baby onboard sign's) If it's required.... People will know its there, why tell them!

Or better yet... "Drive like you've got some "Brains"...

Are we going to see a huge increase in the sales at the thousands of Street Markets, of Dash Cams across Thailand? Thus like weapons have their Serial Numbers quietly Filed off? Looks like someone with Deep Pockets in The Government has Invested heavily in the Dash-Cam Market. Thus is now wanting to boost their income percentage here. To prove this point those of us who already own one, install an internal Tracking device just in case it is stolen! Also make it mandatory that these trackers be installed in every new unit sold as of Jan. 1st 2018! Can be sustained just like the Battery installed in our Computers, rechargeable... But Lasts for years... and trying to remove such a device would render Camera inoperable.

This is just another Scam to Line the Pockets of some Hi-So's somewhere. Thinking Thai are Dumb enough to fall for this Stupid Idea! Again I have a Camera! I use it! But I am not going around the Country Advertising it!!! 

I just have simple question about air traffic around a US Naval Vessel How close can an unidentified aircraft fly? They all are equipped with Primary and Secondary Radar... Pluse whatever they have not disclosed

Reason I am asking is because there is proof of such an event, happening. be it from Utapao area or Phuket. so this would have been between 154 M and 500 M depending where ship was docked. Once I get an answer to correct distance, then I will continue with my course of conversation.

Any Intelligent answers, don't need any Trolls here. We already have IP addresses and locations... Sorry for sounding rude here, I have already been a Target to stop my questions. I died 3 times in surgery, spent 2 months in Intensive care, I will be on medicine the rest of my life because of this poison. I have seen Karma work here, so I don't fear anything that comes my way. There is massive security at my end. I just want the truth to be known... for just once! 

We have a similar situation here in Chiang Mai, I won't tell further location but I will explain oddity:

Dogs on main road will only attack, Bark at,  try to stop One certain Motorcycle. They not bother 99.999% of the walkers, Motorcycle Riders... Just this one! It make no difference what time of day or night they hear this motorcycle, maybe smell Human. but they know who he is!

Rider of Motorcycle is Thai man in his late 20's to middle 30"s. I found out why this was happening as I stopped him from Beating dog one evening. He said ever since I hit this dog with motorcycle, "I think I kill him", he always try to bite me......

I know when this happened as there are 2 Dogs, the other one came and got me to help his "Brother" as he laid in street, his left leg and paw where severely damaged and cut. We have a Vet who lives really close to us, he came out to witness what was happening. I carried this supposedly "Very Mean Dog" to his home office, never once did he or his friend try to bite or growl at me. His leg was broke and paw need thirty two stitches (He is not my Dog, I know some are going to make this comment!) I have a Inside dog and had 3 cats, one died. I would go down every day to in front of where dog lived and clean his paw. He would just after the first two times sit there and put his paw on my knee...

I would like to catch this rider some night and with a 8" 2x4 take a swing and knock him clear of his bike, to teach him a lesson! But I know it would be my luck that the Police would take me to either Jail or Immigration and be deported for trying to kill a Thai!! These 2 Dogs still roam our street... Everyone helps the old Lady who owns them, feed her boys! They both come down and visit all the fenced Dogs on our street. In case you are wondering I paid Our Neighbor, the Vet for his Emergency Services... He took the money and bought Old lady enough dog food for 6 months, the rest he has an account at his clinic for anything her "Boys (Dogs) need"!

What I am trying to say is that if truth be known, somewhere along the line a Farang tried to Hurt one or all of this pack, now they associate... Farang to getting hurt!

Did not Someone Make a Posting Internationally about the poor Condition of Wiring on Power Poles... Not long ago??

Could have been Bill Gates???

Government Laughed it off.... 

Now this happens!! Lunch is over Guys!!! Get back to work!

On 11/4/2007 at 10:04 AM, LaoPo said:

:D Stunning photos and no words to describe them !

Absolutely gorgeous

My sincere compliments

LaoPo

would not open??

I think that we should all realize that when it concerns a Death, here in Thailand. The only word Police know is :Suicide.... Somehow farang's seemed to have enabled  the Mastery of  the "Tied" hands behind the back syndrome, in this case apparently not. Could be with the time that would have expired while calling the cops, going out to find one to flag down, then when they do arrive they were able to get a few gasps for air... Military Police from Embassy came to pay her a Visit!!

Maybe she did the deed!

I would look for a head trauma,  maybe he was knocked out. Strangled and a rope tied around his neck and Wardrobe??? A Wardrobe is a dresser, with drawers. I would check the rope for DNA!!! Hers! Sorry, I know how violent Thai Women can be... Mine a few years back wanted to see an Email I was sending... Actually was to Bank Of  America... Requesting additional funds to buy her a Car for her Birthday... She broke window out of Computer room and Stabbed me with a knife! I left....

As GK10002000   said: "Having said that, and I don't fault the girl, what were the timeline details?  She found him.  Then called police, police took what, 10 minutes to arrive?  She went outside and flagged down a cop?  I don't really expect her to try and get the guy down, but a knife could be used to cut the rope. Did she yell for help? Sorry but my suspicious flag is raised"

I would agree... 

What does Sign displayed on front of Counter say... ???? In above picture...

Does this tell us, that afterhours they will charge "Tea Money" ???

Sign says:

"No other Fees charged in passing this Border"

>>>>>>>>>(During Office Hours)<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Why is everyone just plain skirting the real answer...

Climate of Earth is a direct correlation with the Sun. Sunspots have always directed the path of our Weather. Sunspots, are caused by a presence of an object, Magnetically and Electrically in our Solar System. The closer it is to the Sun... The higher rate of the reaction!

Proven Fact!

So to say that the massive Ice melts are cause by Solar Green House Gases is like blaming the manure in the yard on the Chickens... When there is three Cows munching on the grass! Besides Cow Pies come from Cows  not any Fowl that I am aware of... Not to say it has a small effect, but not enough to cause damages to the Earths Ozone layer, or 95% of what Politics are stating. Ozone reacts to Solar radiation in return letting Solar Winds warm up Items that forms over 70% of the Earths surface... "Water". Warm waters and Air at the Equator follow  the Gulf streams, as they migrate North and South... Melting our Ice, which is fresh water. In turn fresh water slows the Gulf and Jet Streams down . We are still forming massive layers of Ice in both Polar regions, at alarming rates. Very quickly as being reported, and efforts are being made to hide this Fact! 

How many Polar Projects have just been canceled because Ice breakers have been Unable to lead these Scientific Research Teams to their destinations, not even being able to get anywhere close!

But not enough to stabilize the Weather.

It is a proven fact the you can fool some of the people... Sometimes! But Not all the People... All the time! What causes the most anger in Humans? The loss of an Income that they seemed to acquire with very little effort.

Look at the global stage, look closely at who is causing the highest amount of resistance to the truth.

Are people entering the age of deception... Already understanding the Truth?

Regardless, what Biblical Scholars have said the Prophesier's state. Stand back and look at what is really happening. (I know there will be a few miss spelled words...Sorry) With what is happening to the Global economy we don't have to look at who is raking in huge amounts of cash... Who is reaping the Massive profits, it Certainly is not The Earth. They are stating "Oh we have a Fix", then later state... "Whoops, we missed it!" 

How many times are we going to let them try to scam us? Third time is our Flat Refusal to Listen! The Powers to be will fight our stand, arresting the cause of the rebellion. (They already have massive FEMA Camps set up to hold Them)

When "Marshall Law" Happens will will be to stop the spread of their Failures...

No other reason!! Remember that...

31 minutes ago, PETERTHEEATER said:

LCD display boards like that were not even thought of in 1955 yet alone computers! The date is obviously incorrect.

You totally missed the Boat... Date is referring to Thai calendar... 2055! Board is in Thai Bank, In Thailand they do not use, so not to confuse Thai Customers the Western Calendar... But it still apparently Confused you!

Any Chief need help here. Contact me! Private Message

David (American)

3 minutes ago, davidstipek said:

American Pricing is not the issue. It is what you pay to actually get Bike to your Doorstep!! This is nothing to do with Harley Davidson, it is Customs Officers here in Thailand. It is Deeply an issue from   what is paid to get Bike released, what amount goes into Cash Register and hat goes into Officials pocket. I have seen money counted out and XX amount being separated in his hand. Through slight of hand this separated amount is dropped into desk drawer... I witnessed this when I before leaving desk and asked for Cash back, because I made up excuse I wanted to pay by a different source. (Credit Card, USD etc.) He did not want to but I complained to I guess was Highest Ranking Officer. Telling him I needed to use Baht to get Bike to Chiang Mai... For Expenses etc.. After we walked away from counter as he had totally emptied cash (had to take from second cashiers drawer... he did not have enough!!) draw took picture of him taking cash from Desk and counting it out into cashiers drawer!!! (I bet the algebra math was burning out a hole in his head to get his drawer balanced!!)

I thinking back, I should have used Credit Card! I am absolutely Proof Positive total Taxes here would have been much less as no way to pocket anything!! Then if there was an issue with what was paid, when I went to Chiang Mai Customs Office. I would have had redit Card receipt and Bangkok Customs Receipt!!

21 hours ago, Moonmoon said:

Gibson parts are made in china but the prices of Gibson USA and epiphones are still as high if not more expensive than what it used to be. 

 

I dont see a quality drop in Gibson USA but as for epiphones that are MIC compared to previous Japan and Korean models are shit... lol

 

Anyways I dont think Harleys will be dropping their prices just because it is made in Thailand. 

American Pricing is not the issue. It is what you pay to actually get Bike to your Doorstep!! This is nothing to do with Harley Davidson, it is Customs Officers here in Thailand. It is Deeply an issue from   what is paid to get Bike released, what amount goes into Cash Register and hat goes into Officials pocket. I have seen money counted out and XX amount being separated in his hand. Through slight of hand this separated amount is dropped into desk drawer... I witnessed this when I before leaving desk and asked for Cash back, because I made up excuse I wanted to pay by a different source. (Credit Card, USD etc.) He did not want to but I complained to I guess was Highest Ranking Officer. Telling him I needed to use Baht to get Bike to Chiang Mai... For Expenses etc.. After we walked away from counter as he had totally emptied cash (had to take from second cashiers drawer... he did not have enough!!) draw took picture of him taking cash from Desk and counting it out into cashiers drawer!!! (I bet the algebra math was burning out a hole in his head to get his drawer balanced!!)

9 minutes ago, davidstipek said:

I don't think this has anything to do with Labor... Has to do with Taxes/Fee's and Price gouging here now!

 

Have you ever tried to Import your own Harley here?? Tried to buy a new one and be swamped several ways unfairly??

 

At the discretion of the Thai Government Import taxes can be as high as 300% of original price or what The Thai Customs Police, collecting taxes and fee's at port of entry, deem the Value of Bike! (You might have paid $5,000 in America. But if they put Value at $10,000-$5,000 USD. This is what your taxes and entry fee's would be based on. Even this Purchase Receipt and State Licensing paperwork!)

 

Result.... Even owning over the required 5 years to get these tariff's relaxed, You still have Shipping. Either by Container (Ship) or Aircraft.

 

Harley.... setting in place  a factory to Build here, removes all of this. Harley Corporate understands this. Thus took the simplest root to "Boost" Sales in Asia. Very smart move! Eliminating the Tariffs and Middlemen, they have squarely put the Harley Band back to an affordable Price! Not leaving Owners with something so highly priced even a second or third owner could not afford. Also service and parts can now be readily available without disappearing as they went thru Customs!!

 

Smart Move!! Harley Davidson.... All of Asia and even into Europe, will Benefit! Now fairly priced Bikes equating to prices in U.S.A.

 

(P.S.   Harley is not a loud Screaming Bike! Yes can be made to be a Thumper.... Nothing even close to the 2 Cycle bikes we have had for years.....)

 

 

Just a note further... I have seen Items like Motorcycles and Cars be shipped here with everything including Import Taxes. Get hit again here for more Taxes... Because Customs Officer refuses to accept accompanied Thai Paperwork from America. Owner refuses to pay, Bike is labeled to be shipped back to sender.... Disappears! Never gets back to America, ends up in some related Thai's garage or some Hi-So riding it. This happened to a friend of mine with a Orange County Chopper, Blue/White Trans Am Style. He Found it and Rider was arrested. He got his Bike with no extra fees!!

I don't think this has anything to do with Labor... Has to do with Taxes/Fee's and Price gouging here now!

Have you ever tried to Import your own Harley here?? Tried to buy a new one and be swamped several ways unfairly??

At the discretion of the Thai Government Import taxes can be as high as 300% of original price or what The Thai Customs Police, collecting taxes and fee's at port of entry, deem the Value of Bike! (You might have paid $5,000 in America. But if they put Value at $10,000-$5,000 USD. This is what your taxes and entry fee's would be based on. Even this Purchase Receipt and State Licensing paperwork!)

Result.... Even owning over the required 5 years to get these tariff's relaxed, You still have Shipping. Either by Container (Ship) or Aircraft.

Harley.... setting in place  a factory to Build here, removes all of this. Harley Corporate understands this. Thus took the simplest root to "Boost" Sales in Asia. Very smart move! Eliminating the Tariffs and Middlemen, they have squarely put the Harley Band back to an affordable Price! Not leaving Owners with something so highly priced even a second or third owner could not afford. Also service and parts can now be readily available without disappearing as they went thru Customs!!

Smart Move!! Harley Davidson.... All of Asia and even into Europe, will Benefit! Now fairly priced Bikes equating to prices in U.S.A.

(P.S.   Harley is not a loud Screaming Bike! Yes can be made to be a Thumper.... Nothing even close to the 2 Cycle bikes we have had for years.....)

On 3/2/2017 at 9:35 AM, Marvo said:

That's a real nugget of a story there FXE!

Was   Pol Lt-Gen Panya Mamen the guy who was swiftly taken off the case?

Yes! and never explained fully why he was....!!!

Quoting:http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/one-tourist-murder-suspect-now-arrested-another-run/

""The police have arrested a suspect in the murder of two British tourists in Koh Tao and are still hunting for a second suspect who has escaped into Bangkok.

Eighth Region Police Command commissioner Pol Lt-Gen Panya Mamen identified the first suspect as Mon.

He is the brother of a village headman in Koh Tao.

He was arrested after evidence which police collected were examined and proved he was involved, he said.

He also said another suspect is also a son of that village headman. But he has already to Bangkok.

He said both suspects were captured by CCTV cameras and the police have gathered enough evidence to implicate them in the murders.

He said the southern police were coordinating with the metropolitan police to hunt him down, and expected to apprehend him today.

The southern police chief also assured the public that there was no arrest of scapegoats in this murder case as it now is a focal attention of the world.

He also dismissed any suggestion of local mafias or influential people that could twist the investigation with promise that local influence would pose no obstacle to the police investigation.

Instead the police will eliminate all these mafias, he said.

Meanwhile a police source said  the police are also looking into the cooperation of those who helped to arrange the suspect to escape. They also will be arrested.

8 hours ago, NextStationBangkok said:

R.I.P.

 

Sad to see his life ended. 80,000 Baht is almost $2300 a month.

 

I am sure he lived like a king for this money in Thailand, I am not sure why it is not enough in US for a retired life ?

 

Actually for a very simple life, and to interact with normal people, we don't need lot of money. We need true love and friendship.

 

$1,400 for Obama care, Minimum $900-$1,000 for rent Plus utilities and food.... can't do it! (In America)

Don't worry about hydroplaning on fat tires on bikes/motorcycles... That is why the specialized tread patterns and wet/dry race proven tire compounds! Extremely safer today then say 1965 era tires on wet pavement or uneven road surfaces. Yes the comment on disc brakes is correct, they react and function extremely better with the fat tires!

Also a Fat tire, has a special tread either for wet pavement to shed water quicker between road surface and tire rubber... Or is used like Corvette's tires and stick to road because of Tire compounds. What I am referring to here is the use on Motorcycles or any motorized 2/3 wheeler.

But Surasi Maawai said: "Sure I hate those wires. But there are not many power cuts. And people in Thailand don't steal electricity as he says. Don't look down at the Thai people."

Others just poked fun at the American billionaire saying that the Thai electrical systems worked as well as their pirated version of Windows 10 operating system.

There, fixed it...

Pirated Version of Windows 10?????

You have said it all....

Only Thailand, right? When Windows 10 was FREE!!!!! (Or does it spell a Thai thing... "To Pirate"!)

Bill

As far as Internet...

Why not educate Thailand on the use of WiMAX....

They could then hang WiMAX Transmitters / Receivers with Cell Towers! Have extremely large Transmission Areas. Save on cost of installing WiFi Routers every 2 Power Poles. Better (HIGHER) Signal Transmission, you would actually receive what you are paying for. (Example: If you are paying for 10Gb, you would actually receive a constant 8-10 Gb download and faster Uploads!!!

In Seattle this worked for us, both at home and work. Things got done I would say in 1/20th the time it takes here!

This would eliminate Cable Companies from having to stock / sell cable / Wifi boxes. Routers could be used to set up with personal servers and create secure Envirements. People would have WiFi everywhere (Internet) even on superhiways while on Buses.

Well it would be extremely easy to find where it came from... All medicines are labled with a LOT CODE/EXPIRE DATE!!! From this information it is known

Manufacturer

Distributor

Supplier

Wholesaler

Seller

Those who do not understand... Have much to learn! 20 minutes with correct information you will know when Manufactured, by who and up to when sold. If recall for problems in a Batch... This is how everything is located!