Andrew65

Some years ago I was reading something by a man who had been in prison in the UK. Whilst there he got talking to a fellow inmate who was jailed for a well-publicised fraud/con. The man said that his theory was that if someone isn't greedy they can't be conned, greed is always the hook that will catch them.

....just waiting for someone to say that he's a Brit!😉

Smudgie bugglers😁

Not being into nudism myself, I have my own "Nudism test". Anyone can do it, but I am currently thinking of the UK version. On any day that you walk down the high street think to yourself "How many of my fellow shoppers would I like to see whilst they're nude." The answer that I come up with is always <1%. 😁

Indeed, fork murders and assaults are a really big issue, happening all the time?

Ban fireworks for sale to the general public. Allow them for organised displays only.

On my numerous visits to Cambodia on visa runs it struck me how at street-level, tuk tuk drivers, waitresses etc, the level of English proficiency was better than it is in Thailand. I wonder if UNESCO or some such body had got involved in education in Cambodia and this was one of the results?

Probably spent 20 years living in Walsall, which sent him 'off his trolley'!😁

The Thai Visa Detective Agency are investigating, and already have 'leads': 1. The perp was 'intoxicated'.🤪 2, He has tattoos.😫 3, He was causing problems. By their superior powers of deduction they have decided that he can only be British (possibly 'Irish'😊).

Parked-up taxi drivers are much more likely to not want to use the meter. Always hail a moving taxi.

When I'm paying $2 or $3 for a 2 or 3 km taxi ride I'm not gonna be trying to screw them down by 20,30,50 cents. Chump-change to me, but much more to them.

When I first visited Thailand in 1985 you haggled the price before getting into the taxi. (Traffic wasn't an issue then either!)😊 What I have to say now will be unpopular with some.🥺 In 1998 when I started living in Bangkok the flag-fall on the meter was 35 Baht, and I believe that it's the same today, 27 years later?? That should now be 80-100 Baht, allowing for inflation. (I think the price might have gone up by like 20 Satang/km?) I'm not at all surprised that many drivers don't want to use the meter. I used to use a taxi often, I would give 60 Baht for a 47 baht fare, and 100 Baht for a 69 Baht fare.

It sounds like a small percentage when just in the first 6 months of 2024, 485,093 British people travelled to Thailand and there were 100'ish incidents. By stating how few incidents there were you've proven what I originally said.

True, but keep it in context. Every year XXX,XXX (several hundred thousand) Brits visit Thailand, every week we hear of one or 2 causing problems. The vast majority of Brits cause no problems at all.

When we assume we make an ass of u & me.😄

If you refuse to pay a XX,XXX Baht 'fine' it can become a XXX,XXX 'fine'.

King George V of England had a tattoo on his forearm.

Is that near where brains are placed in left-luggage lockers?😊

In my whole lifetime I tried it 3 or 4 times. One positive thing that I will say about it is that it really helped me sleep.

A pleasant feeling, but a very unpleasant smell. Quite recently a colleague complained that his neighbours were smoking it in their garden and the smoke/smell was wafting into his garden.

Ever heard of the Mocro Mafia in the Netherlands?

That is generally true, but it should be noted that King George V had a tattoo on his forearm.

It was neat because it wasn't true🙃🙃 Billy Hayes was actually in a prison on an island, and after he made-good his escape he climbed into a rowing boat that was on the beach and rowed away to freedom. All of that stuff about the prison guard being about to rape him, and then using his uniform and keys to escape was untrue.

Loved that film when I was a kid, but the last 10 minutes or so is fabricated (not true). The true story is told in a documentary on Youtube. His (real) escape from prison was very different to how it is depicted in the flm.

Many people will to ANYTHING to remain in Thailand.