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  1. Andrew65
    Where I lived in Bangkok Thais were regularly peeing in the Khlong, along a busy street. You knew where they did so because the bars alongside the Khlong were rusty from being pee'd on.
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    Too sweet to be curry?
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    I worked with very many Indians overseas for many years, always very laid-back & friendly people, never had a problem with any of them.
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    Looks like Sergeant Somchai is smiling or laughing
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    Depends what kind of country it is. American-style policing would probably work well in Latin America, Honduras, Brazil etc, but probably not in many European countries.
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    Maybe I just struck-lucky with my quick in & out? (About 7 years ago).
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    It might well be handled in a similar way in the UK, trying not to 'escalate'. Also, it looks like/seems obvious that he's not carrying any knives or firearms etc. I do actually understand why policing in the US has to be as it is though.
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    I once did a visa extension in about 15 minutes at Jomtien, brilliant. Chaeng Wattana in BKK however, you could be there for up to 2 hours some days.
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    We only have 'Gammon's' in Britain!? Not sure if that term is in use abroad?!
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    The UK has around 10 million foreign-born people living there. Does that mean that it has also been 'colonised'? I doubt that Thailand has anything like that number of falang (white people) living there? If there are many foreigners living in Thailand I suspect that most of them would be from neighbouring countries?
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    As both you, and an old Ozzie friend mentioned, Pattaya does tend to attract certain types, but also some good people.
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    He's probably one of those guy who turns into the world's biggest a-----e when he drinks.
  13. Andrew65
    What's the betting that loan-sharking was his 'business' back home?
  14. Andrew65
    I lived for 20 years in Thailand, and besides a year or 2 of company-related insurance, I never had health insurance. It was the luck of the draw that I never got seriously ill. I do have an pre-existing condition, which would make it more expensive. I believe that once we reach 70 years old premiums can become prohibitively expensive.
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    You don't need to be chatting anyone up. The thing with a gold necklace is that it's visible from quite a distance, and someone walking towards you just needs to snatch it from your neck, and run, in the bilnk of an eye, it would be gone before you realise what's happened!
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    This will please an old friend from Vancouver (he worked on the docks there). `In his younger years he was a bit 'wild', and he suspected that the police in the US might want him for a 'misdemeanour' there a long time ago. That meant that flying through Seattle wasn't on for him. He had often said that he wished that they had direct flights to Thailand.
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    When I worked in Africa, a few times I saw guys doing a kangaroo-impression on the side of the road
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    It's more often farang men doing something (figuratively) similar with Thai women!
  19. Andrew65
    Did you read about that top-cop some years ago whose home was found to contain 10's or 100's of millions of Baht, and an Aladdin's-cave of other goodies?
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    Probably with some added 'chemical-assistance'?!
  21. Andrew65
    In my 20 years there, I got the impression that loads of expats drink & drive in Thailand, and not just Brits. This guy was just unlucky to get caught.
  22. Andrew65
    Additionally, hang your amulets on the rear view mirror?! Will make you much less likely to have an accident!
  23. Andrew65
    This sounds exactly like what happened to an old friend in Khon Kaen about 8 years ago. Ran out of money, not getting on with his Thai wife, hanged himself. The same kind of circumstances. RIP
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    Cigrettes/tobacco are a big tax/revenue earner for the Thai government. Just thinking about why they would ban something that means that people smoke less?
  25. Andrew65
    Many years ago I arrived by taxi at Saigon (aka HCM City) Airport 4 hours pre-departure hoping to check in early and avoid crowds (and to have a look around duty-free and have a few beers), to be informed that the check-in didn't open until 3 hours pre-flight... I did then get caught in the ensuing melee at check-in etc

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