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Despite all the promises of the Thai government, the average Thai (unless you are a good looking lady or Lady boy) have a no future in their life. The average wages minus the cost of living and the care of the elders leave nothing to live for. And Thailand has no social safety net for the people who become too sick or too old to work despite the millions Thailand makes our of tourism. I live here already 23 years and see every day people struggling to make a decent living. Poverty goes from the old to the young. A dreadful circle.

A friend of me broke his upper leg in a scout accident. He died on the way to the hospital. A broken or hurt leg can be fatal despite all first aid care.

As soon as I read Tik-Tok, YouTube, Influencer, etc. in the heading, I go on to the next story. That whole Social Media act, where everybody has become a "Specialist" on any subject and tells everybody what they should stop eating/stop drinking/stop doing because X/Y/Z has reached for me the point of ignore this whole thing. I see daily on Facebook/Instagram literally tens of people with a story about something we eat/drink daily and showing a clip with worms warning that the consumption of that food/drink is bad to our health. Social Media has reached the point where "False News" for the sake of reaching viewers has becoming over the top and is slowly killing itself now. Not that I regret to see the the death of Social Media ...

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I would not recommend to use WISE for any transaction to anybody. Use bank transferts. I send WISE an email a few days ago, asking a simple question about money transferts, and they could not give me a response to it.

Take care when sending large amounts by SWIFT. All the banking transferts between European countries and Thailand are done at the Thai side by DEUTSCHE BANK and they have the rule that transferts less/equal than 50,000 Euro will be converted automaticly to Thai Baht. This happened to me despite that I mentionned very clearly that the 50,000 EUR should not be converted. Luckely I was able to get the 50,000 EUR without convertion at my Thai Bank, Foreign Devices Account.

Sad to see the lifes of 13 yound woman ruined because of the greed of the driver. Hope that others will get lesson out of this.

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Yes, there is no much choice in Thailand. But are they allowed to drag a girl on their lap in a wheelchair and driving like Niki Lauda? I saw several of these "Tri-Cycles" with 2 people on it. And this apparently is not limited to Pattaya.

On my 1st accident in Thailand, I hit a pedesstrian (on a Sunday) who was crossing a 6 + 4 lane and stoned drunk. I had no camera at that time and the cameras on the street was out of service. The pedestrian flew about 20 meters away and broke his leg. As this was happening at a crossing with a police booth, police was very quick to handle the case. After the police took notices, I was told to go home and to present myself at the police station the next day. The next day, I went to the police station and the whole family + extended family of the pedestrian was there. The sister, who used to work in Pattaya and spoke some English, asked 300,000 Baht for damages to her brother. The police officer who was handling the case advised me to get a lawyer and let handle the case. Which I did. The lawyer send one of his "female" servants to visit the pedestrian in the hospital and recorded the meeting. He told her that "he was stone drunk and didn't see me". "He was also too drunk to do the stairs of the pedestrian bridge." 2 days later the case was handled at the police station and my insurance agreed to pay 25,000 baht if they dropped the charges. Everybody accepted and the case was closed. The lawyer charged me 15,000 baht for his services. That was the lesson when dealing with the Thai authorities. Get a lawyer and let him handle the case.

I was last week a few days in Pattaya and watched these "vehicles" driving on public roads (the side walks were all occupied by parked motorcycles or selling stands) and many of them were developping a decent speed. My question: is a Driving License required for these vehicles and why/why not? Why is a driving license required for vehicle "A" and not for vehicle "B"?

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I read many times stories about all countries opting for the Digital Currency and how this will give the ruling parties a complete control over the citizens. Read many times horror stories about China, where such policy is already implemented and people could find themselves in a situation of poverty just because they spend money on something not acceptable to the ruling party. But that was China, far from my bed. Until I found yesterday this leaflet in my letter box, inviting all citizens of Johoi to "register" for a Digital Health Card (QR-Code). But registering is only possible WITH A PHONE. Seems that citizens are really like Cattle being led to the slaughter house Translated copy of the leaflet:

Forget all the 3rd party applications or paying to youTube (= META). If you have a Tablet, PC or Notebook simply go to the link on top and delete "Ube". The result should be "Yout.com/xxxxxxxxxxx" and brings up a meny to download the file in different formats.

To be fair, I did many times follow the instructions on my Garmin GPS and Google Maps on my phone and if it was not a littlte bit of common sense I would be send on a road to nowhere. Recently, I wanted to visit the main Buddhist center in Korat, but noticed that it was located in the Military domain (although accessible from the main road). The Garmin GPS showed a blank field without roads in the Military zone. Google Maps wanted me to drive around the military zone, but I could nowhere enter the MZ. I used my own common sense and entered the road the Buddhist center easily WITHOUT and GPS.

Criminals who are given the death penalty should be listed as "volunteer" to donate their organs as well. Serving the community.

I am not for the dealth penalty, but in such cases I prefer to carry the Chinese penalty on. Dismember him while still being alive and sell the body parts.

Any tech-savy mobile phone shop is able to take the memory chip out of your phone and read the contents of the memory chip (there are programs to do that). Fingerprint, facial scan, etc. are not a guarantee that your information would be safe. And surely not nowadays where that information could be easily faked with AI. https://flashfixers.com/recover-data-dead-phone-chip-off-data-recovery/ I "cracked" the memory of the mobile from someone and you would be astonished if you know what was in there. Even files which had been deleted a years ago were easy to access. The only way to protect yourself is to go ASAP to your bank and cancel your bank account if your phone is stolen. Second, avoid storing any information on your phone that could be used against you. If possible, use a "phone wipe" utility to reset your phone's memory (Google). Don't forget that your phone is linked to your accounts (Mail, Google, Microsoft, etc.) and it is very easy for a hacker to access this information once your phone gets stolen (saved passwords).

The same goes for a lot of other breeds (Doberman) and owners of a Lion as a pet. The animal is only serving as an extension of their dick (status)

If you are talking about my PA insurance, the premium increase was only the Age increase as listed in their insurance. No other increase. I have no burglar insurance on the house I rent, but I have a fire insurance and an Insurance for my belongings by flood or a fire.

In most countries, one can only get a firearm AFTER PROOFING that he/she is capable of handling the firearm. In most countries, one can only get a drivers license AFTER PROOFING that he/she is capable of handling a vehicle. In most countries, one can only operate a machine AFTER PROOFING that he/she has learned all the safety rules to operate that machine. It would not be that difficult to allow the ownership of an animal AFTER PROOFING that he/she has learned how to handle the animal and eventually pass an annual test.

Almost every car/motorbike insurer let you bend the insurance to your needs. I have Viriyah for my car insurance and I adjusted the hospital claim from the standard 200K baht to 500K baht. The difference in price is worth the hassle when it comes to an accident. I have also a PA policy with MTL and I am glad I took it almost 10 years ago. Had a few accidents in all these years (not car/motorbike accidents but dog attacks and house accidents) and the footed the bill without discussion.

It would be far easier to put down anti-social nobheads like him and let the dogs grow up in a peaceful and loving family. Why some people in this group always put the blame on the dogs is way beyong belief.

The "Perpetrator" is a member of the RTP. Everything will be swept under the carpet after a week, the boy and his mother will be get the message that they better keep quit about the matter and life goes on the beautiful Land of Smiles. Just my 2 cents input in this thread ....

Thai people does care when something like this happens. But they have a different approach to it. Wish the "Ped" bad luck will backfire on you and Karma will send back luck to you in double. That's why Thai people will never wish you bad luck. They let Karma get the guy.