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22 minutes ago, 747man said:

During their relationship, the couple stayed together at the condo and the victim trusted her Iranian boyfriend and gave him the passwords to all the safe boxes in her room......

 

What a SILLY Woman......

It's more often farang men doing something (figuratively) similar with Thai women!

3 hours ago, steven100 said:

the story has more holes in it than swiss cheese.

who has 20 million at home in the Condo.

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?

6 hours ago, harleyclarkey said:

Dangerous guy....lots of us here ride, enjoy and love bikes. But the HA's are a different breed. 

 

I got stuck in a snow storm on my HD in North Platte, Nebraska a few years back...I unknowingly arrived into the Friend's of the Bandidos club house/motel. They took me under their wing as I did a 600 mile ride that day and they liked that. I have to say I had a ball with these guys but I sure wouldn't cross them 

 

The bulk on this guy, he must spend his day pumping iron.

Probably with some added 'chemical-assistance'?!

1 hour ago, Chongalulu said:

”No brains needed ”, as you have succinctly proved....

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.

5 hours ago, Gsxrnz said:

 

It pays to turn the headlights off and place your Singha T-shirt over the dashboard, thus eliminating interior reflective light and improving external vision through the tint. It also saves fuel and makes your battery last longer, so it's also good for the environment. 

Additionally, hang your amulets on the rear view mirror?! Will make you much less likely to have an accident!

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

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?

On 11/7/2023 at 12:33 PM, DrJack54 said:

Who cares re your KLM experience.

 

I fly almost monthly and many airlines require issue of boarding pass. 

The airline want to check eligibility to fly to destination. 

Hence want to view visa.

My most recent experience Bangkok to Saigon Oct 25 needed to obtain boarding pass.

Online check in not available as airline need to check visa.

 

Same for next flight Saigon to Melbourne...

Could not enter passport control until 3 hours prior to flight. 

 

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

41 minutes ago, Caldera said:

 

The fine for less than 24 hours overstay is only waived when flying out. When using a land border, you will always be fined.

For some nationalities that also applies to whether or not you get 15 or 30 days when entering Thailand across a land border. At one time I think it was only people on G7 country passports who got 30 days?

On 11/6/2023 at 11:15 AM, DrJack54 said:

There is a one day grace for the 500b fine however normally an overstay stamp/comment would be made..

Like many such things in Thailand these things are often applied inconsistently. I remember once at Swampy I was let through without the fine (just had a finger wagged at me). Another time at Nong Khai border post I was hit with the 500 Baht fine.

14 hours ago, ukrules said:

 

Yes, the whole thing is hilarious - it's almost like there's a bunch of inexperienced idiots running the show

 

2pm to 5pm I think. There were similar 'licensing laws' in the UK not that long ago.

I reckon it just depends on what kind of mood the IO is in. Many years ago I was let off with a finger-wagging, probably 12-14 hours after midnight, another time I was fined, so it's hard to say.

7 hours ago, Captain Monday said:

What is the definition of ”Living In”　？

Being physically present in a country. In the UK I think it's for more than 90 days per annum (for tax purposes).

Not in politics, but many years ago my girlfriend was a hotel receptionist, she said that her colleague was raped by the hotel manager.

1 hour ago, NextG said:

That does seem a lot if there is no air conditioning use included. 

Sounds like they're being diddled. I used to pay around 2,000 a month with a lot of a/c use. (around 800/month without).

26 minutes ago, GarryP said:

Where I am there are no bars, so at least it has that saving grace. However, there is no real western community either, so if you don't speak Thai here, it could get very lonely. This seems to be quite common among retirees in the North East, who do most of their drinking at home. I don't think they realized what they were getting into. Sad really. 

I spent my time living where lots of expats live in Bangkok. I did sometimes notice that when guys showed up from 'up-country' they tended to talk a lot. 

Something I saw that even if we speak Thai, conversation with Thai people might be limited, because we have different 'common-knowledge or references? 

A old friend has been retired in Bangkok for 15 years now, and he seems happy enough reading books and watching TV.  Personally, it became apparent that even if you have good TV channels, it's not going to be nearly enough for 16 hour days. 

2 hours ago, GarryP said:

For someone who has been working their whole life, retirement can be difficult regardless of where you live. My dad retired at 60 many years ago and within 1 year he was suffering terribly from boredom (there is only so much gardening and fishing you can do) so he ended up getting a part-time job just to give him something to do. For someone to hit retirement, up their sticks and move to Thailand, after a few months when the novelty wears off, they may start getting bored here too.    

In the last 3 years that I was in Thailand boredom became a big thing for me. And then you can end up in the bars every day, basically drinking yourself to death!😒

It was a factor in why I returned to the UK (in 2018) after 20 years in Thailand. Finances were probably the biggest thing, also that at 53 I needed to get a job. I returned to the UK with quite a lot of money, and I believe that made doing so much easier.

In the last 5 or 6 years that I lived in Thailand I pretty much never screwed around at all, although I had done so a lot in previous years. I became very 'cynical' about the bargirl blah blah blah stuff.

(I'll add that I loved Thailand as my home for 20 years, and always will, if I won the lottery I would retire there).

I suspect that when the death penalty was abolished in the UK, people were under the impression that the life sentence that replaced it would mean that someone would spend the rest of their life in prison, not 10-12 years, as is often the case.

(Before someone mentions it, I'm fully aware that when someone is released early they spend the rest of their life on-licence, I'm talking about the amount of time that people actually spend in prison).

On 10/27/2023 at 2:54 AM, proton said:

 

Another reason to hate dogs 😁

Some guys don't like cats, but at least cats don't tell the cops where your stash is!😀

2 hours ago, hotchilli said:

Personally I don't know, but I think I know a man who does.😏

Many years ago I was visiting a friend near Nong Khai. A few miles up river boats were criss-crossing the river from the Laos side with seemingly no checks at all. God only knows what comes into Thailand that way!? 

1 hour ago, brianthainess said:

Don't know about Germany but the UK have dogs that can smell cash. Here the RTP don't need dogs 

Don't know about Germany but the UK has people that can smell cash.😁

On 10/25/2023 at 3:22 AM, 2baht said:

 

    Apparently there is some flu going around! 😷😉

COVID23😁

4 hours ago, nobodysfriend said:

Never saw a masturbating dog ....

...but some of them will try to shag yer leg!😁