Andrew65

Many years ago my sister fostered kids who came from situations where children had been sexually abused. One rule was that.no male was supposed to be alone with those kids at any time. That was as much for our protection as it was for theirs.

Many years ago people I worked with put it around behind my back that I'm a child molester, I lost my job because of it. I've never had any interest in any way whatsoever in children.

Don't know about in Thailand, but I wouldn't in the UK, because I would be the one most likely to end up in trouble with the law. I also wouldn't try and help a kid in trouble/distress, for the same reason.

I've known some relatively normal farang in Thailand, but as you say, it has more than it's fair share of nut-jobs/crims. We have to bear in mind that many of the normal people we see will be "holidaymakers" rather than wizzened old expats. Some men even bring their farang-wives on holiday to Thailand!???? "If The Devil were to cast his net in Thailand"

1998 taxi flag-fall = 35 Baht 2018 taxi flag fall = 35 Baht I used to use a taxi most days when I lived in BKK, and reckoned that the flag fall sould have been 50-60 Baht by now. (My one regular trip cost 47 Baht on the meter, I always used to give the driver 60).

Isn't "methodology" a thing here? Who knows whether it's true or not if road deaths are only counted if the victim expires at the scene of the accident. If that were true Thailand would be number 1 in the world for road deaths (after Libya?). Is that true or is it one of the many "urban myths" that are so prevalent in Thailand?

Yes, understood. The issue that I pointed out to my old friend was that he was insured whilst travelling, or on holiday, but not when the holiday deatination became his home, full-time.

Only for those who obsess about it?????

(Nit-picking) I'm pretty sure that we (falang) can drive on our home country licences in Thailand for the first 3 months after arrival, after which we need an intl or Thai driving licence. I would think that how comprehensive your insurance is is dependent on the cover/how much you paid for it, might be a factor. I'm not surprised if injuries resulting from Skiing (unlikely in Thailand), Jet-skiing (water-sports), bungee-jumping etc etc wouldn't be covered by insurance. As others have pointed out, it's easy to examine a policy small print to check before buying it.

It's probably the NHS mentality, because medical costs aren't soemthing that Brits have to worry about, or know about. Also, this issue was exactly the same when the UK was an EU member state, and the UK is still as much part of the rest of the world as it always was. Then again, I've got used to people mentioning Brexit with reagrd to things that have absolutley nothing to do with it.

There's a big difference between an 'illness' and an 'accident' in such things (maybe obviously?). An old Scottish friend came down with meningitis shortly after arriving in Thailand. He spent a month in B'grad hospital and nearly died, He was then flown back to the UK in business class with a doctor & nurse whom the insurance company had flown over. I reckoned the cost was £70,000 (+).He had no complaints at all about his travel insurance. The only thing being, subsequent travel insurance would have been prohibitively expensive, so he never again visited Thailand. Another old friend, Bob from Manchester, was 89 years old, and did mention the 'extortionate' amount of money that he had to pay for travel insurance (he had some 'pre-existing' conditions).

There's the fact that his Mastercard bill/statement was sent to his home address which was now in Thailand rather than Ireland, he was probably covered when holdaying in Thailand, as he originally did.

Many years ago an old friend who still lives in Thailand reckoned that the 'travel insurance' that came with his gold Mastercard would cover any medical expenses whilst living in Thailand. I expressed strong doubts that this would be the case! (He subsequently had an operation that cost 1 million Baht+, for which I think he just stumped-up for, quite a wealthy man).

At a guess, things that they could refuse to payout on related to motorbike accidents: No helmet. Intoxicated (had been drinking or high) at the time of the accident (according to a medic). Riding a motorcycle for which you're not licenced (Riding a 750cc or 1,000cc bike when your licence only covers you up to 125cc). In my many years in Thailand I almost always managed to avoid riding on motorbikes anyway, too risky.

It can sometimes be hard to know how old Thai people are, men or women. I think more so than falang people.

It was, no one takes any notice of it. Another thing being, I once knew a girl in BKK who looked 14'ish, when according to her I'D card she was 31.

The D M is more targetted at a female readership, but has really always been a right-wing publication.. If you want woke you read The Inedependent, which hasn't been 'independent' for a very long time.

I remember going in girlie bars in Soi Cowboy where a sign at the door said "No Guns, No drugs, No one under 20 years old".

Likewise, and I lived there for 20 years.

I suspect he gets all aroused when she dresses up as a schoolboy.

Take the last 3 letters of human, and the last 3 letters of nature, put them together, what do you get?

... is nonsensical????

Your comment in nonsensical????

Or the UK. It's much easier for Thailand (and Australia) to deport these people cos they aren't signed up to the ECHR. Their governments never signed away their sovereignty.

From what I have read no name is given?