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have you tried three or four girls at the same time yet?

not yet.. but I still love it when you talk normal !!

I'd say, you certainly have the option to change your account with SCB to be the regular debit card, without the PLUS package. Doing that shouldn't mess up your underlying savings account.

Probably take some paperwork at your home branch. I doubt they'll refund the annual fee you just paid, although they might. And they probably will charge you the normal issuance fee of 200 baht or so for the new "regular" debit card.

But more broadly, in the banking world, I'm always a big fan of KNOWING what you sign up for, before you sign up, and likewise being aware of whatever fees are involved and what you're paying them for...

You are probably right, and actually I forgot they would still want the 200 baht normal annual fee. 399 Baht for a year of insurance cover isn't so bad, i'll just make sure next year I opt out in time before they actually automatically take the fee.

In the UK i'm the same as you, I read all the small print and try to not get caught out but in this case I overlooked it

mattk1 I pay 599 a year on my scb card and I get interest on my money,have you seen interest on your account..

There is no reason you should give anything, but I think the 500 baht in the baby's hands is a good idea. Personally I would give a toy for the baby to play with.

The standard response to comments about the impressive size of one's todger is to say "I never had any toys when I was young'. An alternative would be "My mother lifted me out of my cot by it'.

so you have had a big nose from birth then, I know blame it on the parents sorry but at least it took me 30 mins to resist to replying must be getting old and slow..

I suggest that Phil Robertson from whatever self proclaimed "Human Rights" rag-tag bag of clowns he belongs, should mind his own business.

Who is he to try and tell Singapore what to do with Graffiti-spraying Scum? The guy in question defaced a War Memorial and as far as I'm concerned, he got off light.

Some years ago in Singapore they caned a Teenage Vandal, an American who was the son of some reasonably high profile ex-pat. The kid had plastered his Graffiti crap over a car, maybe a couple of cars. There was much screaming from the likes of this Phil Robertson character at the time, but do you know what?

As far as I'm aware, the Culprit never offended again. Yes, bring it on in Australia, New Zealand, America, the UK or any other place where these Scum Bags are defacing people's property and getting away with it at the moment.

Top Marks to Singapore and I hope this clown will also be left with a few Cane Marks on his backside to help him remember to behave in future.

Perhaps the so-called "Human Rights" Gentleman should be calling for the Rights of people to NOT have to put up with this sort of behavior.

This is the trouble when you hear half stories and then make a bit up yourself to sensationalise it. Let me explain what actually happened.

The boy in question was Michael Fay. His father worked for Fed Ex.

There was another kid Michael knew called Shiu Chi Ho, a Hong Kong National. Shiu Chi got caught driving his parents car around town and was taken to the police station as a result. When he was there the police started asking him questions about the recent spates of vandalism that had been happening. So to get himself off the hook he wrote down a list of peoples names. 5 names in total including Michaels.

The police then went to the Singapore American school and arrested the five boys.

Michael had stolen a few construction signs which the police found, which he immediately admitted to.

Michael was then interrogated for 9 days without bail before finally signing a forced confession that he was responsible for the vandalism.

He spent over 80 days in jail in total and received four strokes of the cane.

So lets sum up the FACTS.

Firstly he was never caught vandalising anything. Secondly the only witness to put him in the frame was a kid who had been caught driving his parents car around Singapore at 3am and was looking for leverage to get out of the current trouble he was in. The police found no evidence of Michael causing vandalism. The police kept him in jail for 9 days before forcing a confession out of him as he could not take any more and according him him they were threatening physical violence if he didnt confess.

Now I'm not saying stealing a few road signs doesnt deserve to go unpunished (even when you are just a teenager), but to lock a boy up for over a week without charge or evidence to the crime they forced him to confess to on the sole account of a juvenile that was being held for another charge and then be sentenced to physical punishment and another 4 months in jail is barbaric. Its the very reason that we have democracy so the state can be held accountable when they overstep the boundaries of acceptable moral behaviour, policing methods, judicial boundaries and over the top punishment.

Everyone who has actually researched this case properly has automatically drawn the only logical conclusion that as they had not caught the real culprit they used Michael as a warning to them what would happen if they continued and got caught.

So lets sum up the FACTS quote you Shiu Chi got caught driving his parents car around town

1st question why have you not said his age you say kid ?

2nd question you have not said Shiu Chi Ho age

all you say is kid

also quote "Michael had stolen a few construction signs which the police found, which he immediately admitted to" end quote

"Now I'm not saying stealing a few road signs doesnt deserve to go unpunished (even when you are just a teenager)"

He's a spoilt thief no more said..

monkey had this 2 month's ago with next door dropping one, wife said have to give gift (me thinks here we go 5k) I say's how much darlink she said only 400 to 500 happy days I would say don't go over 500 baht ..

Only yesterday there was a cameraman found handcuffed and robbed by fake coppers in Pattaya. I doubt he dressed up for any other reason than to line his pockets.

nice one minikev I have been waiting for someone to spot the obvious con he could have pulled on some farang who doesn't know the uniform 10 out of 10

truth is i,m a little confused who is who or what happened, i cant even work out who was the fake one....are they saying that they caught a cop in a fake uniform trying to impersonate fake cops?

thingtong it's the 5th on the left or is the 6th on the right you got me confused now..

His girlfriend's possibly still sprawled on the bed in nervous anticipation, candles lit, waiting to be cuffed and wondering why the heck he never made it home like he promised.

she's prob still cuffed to the bed waiting for S.W.A.T to cum rushing in

My GF likes to dress up in this leather police outfit; guess I had better tell her not to loiter around petrol stations in that outfit;-)

Pics, or it didn't happen. :-)

come on a picture says a thousand words..

Its quite obvious that the real policeman in the picture, is the one that looks intelligent....

now your making hard work of this post.. but still like what you say

Did this man actually do anything wrong ??? If he used the uniform to con the general public, as a disguise to cover up his identity because he was a wanted man, I cannot see what is wrong with this it was a private thing.

Many people dress wrongly in public, Ha Ha look at some of the foreigners here, I get into hysterics looking at them. Young adults looking like ghostbusters, boys acting like ladies, kids mugging, knifing shooting.

This guy could say " I'm just going to a fancy dress party" so what.

Similar to being in government and swearing not to speak about what happens around you, it's not an offense to know but becomes an offense to act upon it.

impersonating a lawfully appointed government mugger .. will be the charge me thinks

In the photo...spot the criminal ?

ahh on it now the one's not in black well spotted soutpeel

I've heard about dressing up as a nurse but.........................................

I prefer the french maid myself

what size are you uty as I have outgrown mine..

Those are not Women in the photograph. Someone is pulliing some ones "Bullion" or whatever but they are not women, never were, but could be at some time in the future for a few bars of gold.

or a few leos me thinks

This is one of the reasons i have now stopped buying gold in any form,, i will keep the few pieces i have and get rid of the rest, they did well to re-melt the gold, intuition i suppose but it just goes to show, we get ripped off no matter where we are all over the world, the moral to my story,, stop put the money in the bank (offshore) where no one knows but you,, keep it secret as,,, (darling i have no money) and spend happily forever,, good luck everyone.

darling tank u 4 tell me wher OUR money is slep tight 2nigt

just kidding mate.. but you never knoe sorry bout me thi spell

In a country full of fakes, even fake women no less, this raises not one of my eyebrows.

I buy my gold from the Royal Mint

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and I buy mine by the ton from the gold mines in Africa

I only buy gold for my wife , not that often only when i upset her . and when i not have the money to buy it i go goldpanning in the klong , so she knows i put some effort in making up

Kuiburi you must be hard work to live with.. to upset a thai wife well I never..

Where's the picture of the suspects with the 10 arresting officers?

Ohhhhhhhh I thought the photo was the two sisters, but did query it a bit as they looked older and more manly, but you never know.

that is the sisters aint it BIB not pointing probably because they are more manly looking than them..

blame it on the muslims

oh a my budda what have they done now

proof men are smarter than monkeys......

what country are you in ??

I think there must be something lost in translation according to the term "involved."

If no official was involved, who the heck is in charge to keep these visa lables under thight wraps, and make sure only authorised persons get their hands on them, the Nigarian cleaning woman?

You could have made your point without sounding like a racist bigot. The embassy is staffed by Thai and Malaysian nationals. No Nigarian working there in any capacity.

Nigarian as in nigga or Nigerian, you are still out of line.

always have some one here spoil the thread..

I'm going back to the States next month so I can wash my clothes in a Maytag, with hot-water.

that's nice to know

If you rent and need to return home for 6+ months, what do you do with all your stuff while you are not there?

If you rent, are you able to easily upgrade appliances such as refrigerator, clothes washer, TV, etc. ?

I just ask because I am curious. It seems to me, if you owned, you would always have a place to keep your stuff. You could customize your place any way you would like. With renting it seems like you are locked into stuff that you may not want or need. I have no experience in renting a place. Does the owner let you make changes if you sign a long lease?

I rent but if I went away I would still pay the rent as it would be cheaper than stroreing

I’m very glad to switch from Thai beer into wine; [sA} Thai beers’ was semi good until 2 years ago, why goggle it, is the most awful beer you can drink. Even Thai my friends like it.

and what has this got to do with this post.

and where is your bar in pattaya and why are you having a big party, not being funny but if you want us to turn up giving us a clue would be nice, unless it's a secret

All great responses, thanks very much. I have checked out the links, and done more reading on Trip Adv, Agoda, etc.

Funny, I remember a mate of mine stayed on a river years ago and mentioned loud disco/party boats at night. Read similar comments today on Trip Advisor, seems the U hotel is within the disco boat zone but overall, the reviews are good.

We'll book in there for the first day or two and see how things go.

Galoubet, thanks for your post, very happy to read resident's info/perspective. GPS coors great too. We'll be driving down & over from Korat, will jot them down, thanks again.

B/R All,

J

trip advisor they got a bad time from some agency 3/4 years ago about they was fixing good reviews for company's paying for advertising