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  1. Andrew65
    Being a married man means that you're less likely to be out 'gallivanting' at 01:35 in the morning? (Maybe/maybe not). This attack seems to be very 'random', and being attacked for no reason seems incredibly rare there, but it's best not to speculate, although I agree with what you say, he's probably p-----d someone off.
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    People who get busted for drugs in Thailand are probably involved in drugs/have drugs convictions in their home countries.
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    Many years ago a friend was busted when his cannabis stash was discovered at a hotel in Bangkok. We suspected that his lady friends dobbed him in. He got 18 months probation. Luckily his wealthy friend was around (on holiday from the UK), to stump-up the 100,000 Baht needed.
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    ...not to be sniffed-at!😁
  5. Andrew65
    Hansum man🙂
  6. Andrew65
    When I worked in Saudi I had a digital thermometer that showed inside and outside temperature, it was often: Inside: 21.0C Outside: 47.6C (The outside sensor was positioned in the shade). I've seen temps reported as high as 54C for Kuwait.
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    Not saying that it happened here, but a 'golden-rule' that I learnt in Thailand was that you should never take 2 girls from the same bar (on separate occasions!). Who were once best friends will become sworn enemies.
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    About the same price as the UK. I just paid £4.50 for 12 XL eggs.
  9. Andrew65
    I remember the yellow intl phone boxes in Bangkok. I think a 500 Baht card got me 2 shortish calls home to the UK.
  10. Andrew65
    I was 20 when I made 3 visits to Thailand in 1985/86, and I had to work lots of overtime to fund those trips. When I started working in the oil industry in 1997 I was able to subsequently spend 20 year living there.
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    I live in Thailand for 20 years. After mum died I spent 5 years never setting foot in the UK, 2011-2016.
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    I remember that during my first visit to BKK in 85/86 traffic wasn't really an issue there, 24/7/365 (and you haggled before getting into a taxi, no meters).
  13. Andrew65
    ...lucky that you got your leg over in Dubai then?!☺️ Bahrain is a similar kinda place, many Saudis wipe themselves out in car accidents on the way to/from Bahrain.
  14. Andrew65
    A very different thing for someone who is there on holiday for a few weeks compared to a long term expat.
  15. Andrew65
    I used to talk to an old Thai taxi driver at the hotel where I lived. He said that when he was a kid (probably the 1950's), Songkhran lasted for 1 day, and it was just sprinkling water on people, not buckets and water cannon. I expect that mass tourism has made it what it is today.

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