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  1. Andrew65
    Many years ago it was rumoured that the rent on the Irish pub on the corner of Silom/Thaniya in BKK was a million Baht a month. I used to go in there on the rare occasions that I was down Silom way.
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    For most of the 20 years that I lived in Thailand I never had health insurance. Moved there when I was 33, left when I was 53. Never really had health issues that required it, luckily.
  3. Andrew65
    I know they're cheats, but one thing to remember is that the flag-fall on the meter is as it was 25 years ago, 35 Baht. It's an illustration of how people in Thailand are screwed money-wise. I reckon that that flag-fall anount should be 60-70 Baht today to reflect inflation. I'm pretty sure that when I first visited Thailand in 1985 meters had yet to be introduced, you always negotiated the price with the driver before travelling.
  4. Andrew65
    Sounds a bit steep, I recently paid 500 Baht from lower Sukhumvit to Swampy, and that was with a big tip.
  5. Andrew65
    Just take a look at places like San Francisco and Vancouver.
  6. Andrew65
    Smartphone in one hand, cigarette in the other. I gave up smoking about a year after returning to the UK from Thailand (after 44 years a smoker). By far the main motivation being the exhorbitant cost. To be a smoker in the UK would cost me £4,000-£5,000 per annum, which I just can't afford. I'm now 4 years an ex-smoker.
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    Poor worker training? More like p**s-poor management. Let's put the blame where it really lies, and not with the worker.
  8. Andrew65
    Yes, I'm fully aware of that🙂
  9. Andrew65
    With correct health & safety implemented no one should have been able to be in the area where that machine was operating. There should have been 'magic-eyes' etc that stopped the machine if anyone entered the danger zone. If such an accident happened in the UK there's a big chance that one of the bosses would be sent to prison.
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    When I worked in New Guinea we had a MiL-8 helicopter with a 9 man Russian crew, they were forever at the vodka. It was a 5-ton lift chopper only used for freight (up to 5 tons), so we never flew in it.
  11. Andrew65
    There's an old joke that goes: "All you need in the cockpit nowadays is a pilot and a Rottweiler. The pilot to feed the Rottweiler, and the Rottweiler to stop the pilot from touching anything!"☺️
  12. Andrew65
    I flew with RB years ao, they don't serve booze but you can drink from your own supply. Qatar, Gulf Air, Emirates, Etihad are all Islamic airlines that serve booze.
  13. Andrew65
    'Wait training', waiting a long time to be released.
  14. Andrew65
    Some years ago an official from the Nigerian Embassy stated that there were around 1,000 Nigerian nationals in prison in Thailand, the vast majority on drugs charges.
  15. Andrew65
    In other words, never marry a Thai lady lawyer!😁
  16. Andrew65
    Many years ago when I worked in Algeria one of our security guys had 'dealt with' and unruly passenger, I think on Virgin Atlantic, he was upgraded to business class on the return flight. He was ex-SBS, built like a brick ****house, but a really nice guy.
  17. Andrew65
    That would probably have involved dumping $XX,000 worth of fuel. Just a wild guess, but I suspect that the assailant had been drinking heavily before boarding the flight.
  18. Andrew65
    To lower class Brits it's the bogs or the Khazi😁
  19. Andrew65
    If you were to ask the average 17 or 18 year old they would describe 58 year olds as "like Methuselah!"😁. It's about 'perspective'!
  20. Andrew65
    Many years ago I used to fly on the 23:59 flight to Brisbane from Swampy. It was on a Thai B777, and we were bussed out to the plane, which I thought was a bit odd. More understandable if you're on a low-cost airline.
  21. Andrew65
    I never fabricated anything. And Yes, I do quite miss living in Thailand.
  22. Andrew65
    And they had to pass through immigration to do that.
  23. Andrew65
    I've been known to last up to 5 minutes, I'll have you know!😁
  24. Andrew65
    In the UK the immigration Dept is employing Indian nationals who are waving other Indians through Heathrow Airport and onto flights to Canada, where they claim asylum.
  25. Andrew65
    Sex in a public place. Only lasts 90 seconds. (I expect they were p**sed at the time also!). I'm suspecting that it could be a few of my British compatriots up to their shenanigans again!😆

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