JoeLing

Bugger, some geezer just run of with my steak ?

2 minutes ago, thequietman said:

Correct, it being a train and all, clearly would have been going faster.

 

Nearly fell out of my hospital bed reading this. ?

Well, as long the nurses don't fall of "the elephant" ?

8 hours ago, holy cow cm said:

He really got lucky. The girl looked a bit over weight as well. Probably could have devoured his whole face. 

Probably had an Indian too much ?

4 minutes ago, sanemax said:

The guy in the OP seems to be telling a joke or something .

I dont know though .

Could the OP clarify whether hes in hospital or not ?

Don't be silly, this is a serious issue.
Although I'm sure it could have been much worse,
if he fell off Thomas the Tank Engine

Considering the attention this Yogi Crap created worldwide, I am surprised,
no one reported on the fire that destroyed the roof of the Agama Shambhala
Hall in Sritanu last week

At least the kids in the nearby Primary School are happy to finally be able to
concentrate in class, instead of being disturbed by screaming, shouting, swearing,
drumming, Yogi-Freaks ?

16 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

 

Indeed... In the UK Possession of a Class B substance can get you up to 5 years in prison... but the Police may just issue an on the spot £90 fine... (which seems more common).  Over certain amounts (I'm not sure how much) and you could face up to 14 years in prison. 

 

However, in Thailand there is significant uncertainty and I suspect the prospect of prison time away from home much more frightening, but ultimately, it would 'appear' that the weed is handled fairly lightly and the 'foreigner' caught with such just has the frighteners put up them to separate them from as much money as possible.... 

 

It would appear that going through the system foreigners (and Thai's) are fined a relatively nominal amount. That said, fear plays a huge role, and there is perhaps a degree of uncertainty that the next case is different, someone will be made an example of etc and locked up for 2 years for possession of a joint etc... 

 

Suppose nothing wrong with scaremongering,
if it keeps people away from trouble, never mind how small or big ?

9 hours ago, Kim J said:

Yes as you correctly point out we all do silly things. But personally I would not class going abroad to a country where they have severe penalties and getting involved with illegal narcotics as such.

I would say that go's way beyond "silly".

Not quite sure where the punishment is more severe.
Got caught twice in my life for smoking Mariuhana.
In the UK I was fined 280 GBP by the court.
In Thailand it was 2500 THB fine imposed by the court.

Now I would not call that severe, just a slap on the hands
and don't do it again  ?

As it has been mentioned before, why going abroad when you can
get an extension of stay within the country?

I used to be on yearly Non-B from Penang with Work Permit.
Last year I stopped working, so went to a Visa Agent here
on the Island. All I had to show was my old Blue WP Book,
my Passport and my Savings Account with excess of 800'000 THB.

Cost me 40'000 THB and they got me an extension of stay,
multiple re-entry permit and do the 90 day reporting for me.
No need for me to visit Immigration, Embassies or Consulates.

I even leave my Passport with the Visa Agent so I would not
miss my 90 days deadline and only pick it up should I go away.

I'm sure the Russians just wanted to find out if Novichok could
be replaced with the much more potent Appenzeller Cheese. ?

1 minute ago, AboutThaim said:

 

Sorry man, you're quoting things I didn't say.
So maybe read again.

The OP said: "No other media has reported this so do you believe this ?"
All I said: it has been reported, I didn't say from which point of view.

(Specsavers could make a fortune on TVF ?)
 

6 minutes ago, chang1 said:

All depends on who you ask. The little guy wants money just as much as the government wants taxes from the big hotels and restaurants. Of course high spenders are welcome by everyone but that doesn't mean you should drive away the rest of the tourists as they are important as well. I was not criticizing Thailand, I was having a go at the people on here who discriminate and judge purely by a persons wealth.

Well me personally, . . . . . 
I prefere loads and loads of happy little spenders
than one snobby big spender. ?

20 hours ago, AsiaHand said:

No other media has reported this so do you believe this ?

Really? 
Maybe you should go to Specsavers and get a new set of glasses ?

So what's about:
https://www.sana.sy/en/?p=147083
https://www.wsj.com/articles/israel-strikes-iranian-arms-shipment-at-damascus-airport-1537092486

. . . . . . .

21 hours ago, NCC1701A said:

are you serious? I'm 63 and look 50 and you can't believe the month long sex orgy I'm having right now for my birthday. I am dating three women who are 37, 26 and 25 years old and are very beautiful. My maid is 35 and hot as hell. I ride my motorcycle all over exploring Thailand. I mean EVERYWHERE. Three months ago I hooked up with the most incredibly beautiful woman in Surin. You would die if I posted her photo. Sorry to come down on you like this but 63 is very young if you don't smoke or drink and eat right and exercise. It is Saturday night at 10:30 PM and I am waiting for the disco to open at midnight. I won't get home until 4AM. Before anybody call BS on this post I want to say it is completely true. 

Even with smoke, drink and no exercise, the 1956 batch is just about mature enough to start living ?

3 hours ago, fforest1 said:

What jobs are available for the VAST MAJORITY of Nigerians in Thailand?.....Teach English? Nope ,Nigerian restaurants? Nope,Nigerian tour guides? Nope, How many Nigerian beer bar owners have you seen?

They can not take Thai jobs like operating food carts so thats out..

Do they all work in the computer field? Are they all independently wealthy?......... 

 

Please tell us exactly how they support themselves..

You hit the nail on the head. Thay are all independently, incredibly wealthy.
According to the e-mails I've got over the last 20 years, they have millions,
billions and even brazilliens to give away. ?

18 minutes ago, RickTik said:

The truth will come out on this and that benefits everyone.

Which one?

Should've Gone to Specsavers! 

Live on the new Jerry Springer Show:
"Big Joke. Interview with a teen who claimed rape"
Free tickets for TVF members ?

23 hours ago, mogandave said:

 

You have a friend that married a woman to get free healthcare? Does it include psychiatric care?

 

Nothing wrong with that ?

I married a doctor in the UK,
got free treatment for cancer and now, 20 years later,
I get half her pension and live happily ever after ?

As for health insurance, that's soo old fashion.
Today we use crowdfunding ?

11 hours ago, Throatwobbler said:

This site is the most negative site in the world. Most posters on here are sad old people who hate everything about the country they live in. This is why the number of users on this site is going down day by day. This website has been allowed to turn from what was once a very useful site into what it is now.. In a couple of more years you may as well have a Thaivisa meeting at a funeral as the last couple of users will be saying goodbye to one of their last friends.

Well, there are some pretty Happy Old Folks here too
and be critical of the place they live in, doesn't mean they hate it.
Although you're right, they might just not post too often. ?

Nothing wrong with hitch-hiking or living on a budget. Hitching
a ride is probably as old as human migration. Living on a budget,
who isn't?

Hitch-hiked back in the 70' for nearly 9 years, all around SE-Asia.
Never had a clue where I went and been to places I never would
have expected to go to. Meet and stayed with people I wouldn't
have expected to stay with, from all different social classes.

Been invited to weddings, funerals and parties. Learned to
speak Thai, got very close insight in Thai culture and eventually
settled here.

I had a couple of times an issue with this "180 days" rule
whilst on METV or NON-O several years back at the land
border in Sadao. Not on entring the country but on leaving. 
I was supposed to have some kind of Tax Clearing Form and
was sent back to Surat Thani.

Both times that happen to me, I just waited a couple of hours
in a restaurant in Sadao, then went again without problems.

Never a problem when entering the country.

7 minutes ago, DM07 said:

Yeeeees...it's all a mysterious chain of totally unrelated, yet eerie similar events.

Date rape drugs, other drugs, rapes, murder, attempted rapes...and OF COURSE all the dirty filthy farang are lying and are just trying to smear the snowywhite reputation of Koh Tao, it's upstanding citizens and the great work of the RTP, who are always on the point and absolutely accurate in their work.

 

Ok...enough of the sarcasm: you know the case of the B2, don't you?!

The Hannah Witheridge - murder?!

- CCTV- cameras didn't wort (at least not in the places or at times, when and where it mattered)

- the crime scene was tempered with

- evidence disappeared, was not taken into account or was "used" up

- witnesses and suspects were either beat into confession or not even considered suspects, after the main investigator was transferred to another place

- evidence was stored on the property of suspects etc pp

 

And that was only ONE case, that was handled abysmal by all concerned and mostly by the RTP!

So...this is not the first accusation of rape on Koh Tao (probably in connection with date rape drugs) and it was also not the first time the RTP handled the case questionable.

 

If it walks like a duck and it quacks like a duck and it mishandles cases like a duck... 

... it must be a pregnant woman. ?

I was expecting the elections to be held on the 30st February.