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They do have some of your passport details as I think, as like the Thai driving license, the number on your pink ID card is your passport number as they use this in place of the Thai ID card number which they would use if you were Thai...

12 minutes ago, kekalot said:

 

I need to play Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen so much, how do you feel about it? I bought it a long time ago but I got too many games.. (literally)

I've had it for years too, only started playing it a few months ago, It's good, the initial bit where you fight the dragon is only the prologue...

Dishonored 2, Fishing planet, GTA 5, Fallout 4, Skyrim, dragons dogma & Everspace...

35 minutes ago, Artisi said:

If you really believe there are very few Thai's who can read English, you certainly must be leading a very sheltered life somewhere other than Thailand. 

I live in Isaan, where most Thais live BTW & here, there are very few Thais who can read English...

So these new online systems are going to link up all their updated from XP to Pirated windows 7 PC's across all their departments then???

^^^ Hopefully we're ok because very few Thais can read English^^^

I'm sure if this was Thai language it would have been shut down years ago & quite a few of us would have had to leave the country....

Agreed, sadly missed, a real character, & he liked the stranglers too, my favourite teenaged punk band....

30 minutes ago, Briggsy said:

Juxtapose that with the hospital director's residence(s).

And car(s)

33 minutes ago, klauskunkel said:

something I compiled a while ago:

 

Thai politics has been the unwitting host of an unforgettable cast of characters

this is a (not so) comprehensive ranking list of memorable, extraordinary (Ex-) Thai Cabinet Members, each a mental giant and paragon of virtue, leaders by example who all should be declared National Treasures, feel free to comment, amend, disagree, or make your own...

 

1) Chalerm Yubamrung: butt-grabber, earache medicine over-indulger, pink Bentley driver, doting father to murderous son, drunk lawyer and ex-police captain, 7-day problem solver. Health Minister, Interior Minister, Justice Minister, Deputy Prime Minister, Labor Minister, a true over-achiever by self-proclamation - he is, and always will be number 1

 

2) Plodprasop Suraswadi: "push the river with a thousand boats" (make sure they all face upriver!), 'nuff said - 2nd place goes to this Minister of Science and Technology for his brilliance worthy a Nobel Prize in Physics

 

3) Kobkarn Wattanavrangkul: maverick promoter of Destination Thailand, creator of such irresistible attractions as "find the Doraimon on your smart-phone and get killed by accident"and Durian KitKat yummy!, Pattaya face lifter, dextrous slinger of slogans and numbers, a trend-setter who made Botox unnecessary just by the sheer force of pulling her hair back. Minister for Tourism and Sports - a shared 2nd place with "The Plod" (may they meet and have offspring for the future of Thailand)

 

4) Yingluck Shinawatra: naivite incorporate (she is actually a natural blonde), likes rice and mushrooms, shopper par excellence, cries a lot and thanks three times, Master's Degree in Administration from Kentucky State University with unrivaled English language skills. Prime Minister by cloning - she gets the Bronze medal (may it not weigh her down)

 

5) Taksin Shinawatra: killer of drug addicts, billionaire, doctorate in cloning, resident of Dubai and citizen of Thailand/Nicaragua/Montengro/Uganda/Congo and Mars, fan of the Olympics, Ex-police Lt Col, unrivaled artist of twisting, bending, torquing, breaking a country's laws to benefit his bank accounts. Prime Minister by vote-buying - he is on 4th place because he is old news

 

6) Suthep Thaugsuban: demagogue, used-car-salesman, monk. Deputy Prime Minister - 5th place and don't come back for more

 

7) Abhisit Vejjajiva: lukewarm has-been pretty boy, bland, boring, predictable, weak. Prime Minister - also ran but did not place 

Agree with the list although you've left a few out, not so sure about the order though....

23 minutes ago, BEVUP said:

I would be questioning the care a bit more about this person

Maybe she brags about looking after a Falang at such & such a location 

I wouldn't worry about that too much, if it wasn't her it would have been someone else, nothing is secret in a Isaan village, everyone knows everything that you do, I lived in one for five years, & the bush telegraph is the most efficient thing in the whole village...

Obviously never, only the poor pay tax, the same to a certain extent the world over, but needless to say much worse here....

Nice one Chris, looks like a great trip, Thanks for putting all the time and effort to post,  I'm curious why you decided to do it in the middle of the rainy season though...

While it's obviously disgraceful behavior, if that was a man, not a Tom doing the beating it would be a Wai & a five hundred Baht fine, ( & before someone starts, I'm not saying that's ok) where does 10 years in prison come from? huge sexism at work here...

I've bought a couple of games from steam with mine in the last week with no problems, maybe something to do with your internet connection being too slow?

22 hours ago, dictater said:

So good bye to any of the pristine natural spots still left in national parks that aren't already restricted to VIP and tour companies with <deleted> loads of money to bribe rangers and officials. All caves to be lit up like birthday cakes, every mountain will have metal stairs, all waterfalls shall be paved so BKK pretty people don't get their feet soiled as they attempt to take selfies.  

No worries, that would cost lots of money, not gonna happen....

^^^ but it would be highly unusual if that happened in this case given who the likely purps are...

I think that someone else on this forum puts it perfectly:- They are a bunch of cheating cheaters who cheat.....

Great news, well done...

Great news, well done...