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Had the same problem in my area last year. I sprayed 2 savage dogs with pepper spray. It really worked and they avoid me like the plague now. Didn't kill them but it gave them a painful lesson and I've had no further problems with them chasing me.

Nothing like a ex Thai boyfriend loosing face. Note to self, careful the ex may not think the relationship is over.

RIP, too young to die, but sounds like you lived a lot of life.

Stay one more month if you can bare it without paying. When you leave tell them they can keep the deposit. Then you lose little to no money.

These tiny bugs sound like bed bugs. These are notoriously hard to remove and expensive as smoke treatment is required as they can hide in grains of wood without detection. When you leave they can hang on to your property then begin breeding again in your new place. I have experience. BEWARE!!

Goodluck.

Rubbish they are bed bugs, bed bugs do not consume food and don't lay on wooden surfaces. You have a tiny sugar ant my friend and they are in the internal seems of the building and ant sand or ant traps will get rid of them. Bed bugs stay under creases in bed and if you had them you would be covered in the aftermath by now.

People say and write some stupid things here, they are not bed bugs.

What the hell was the air pistol for ??? take out pigeons ??

Casual un monitored phone call while in custody and facing serious charges.

All well and good but what happens to those arriving on 13/01 or shortly thereafter? Getting on the airport link will be extremely difficult, given that there is a limited number of sets. Getting onto the BTS will be even more difficult given the likely high usage. Getting from the BTS/MRT to a hotel will be nearly impossible. Not of any concern to Mr Suthep but a big worry for tourists and those Thais whose jobs rely on tourism

6 million people plus think its worth it, the holiday of a few thousand tourist is small compared to the issues they are fighting for.

Here we go again, the TV FBI, 500 k is 15,000 USD. So he maybe staying a few months. Big deal why do people doubt

that he's a regular tourist?

Next month I'm bring in 1 million baht in cash, is that ok with the TV FBI???

The real Thailand again, learn the rules. You will never get a one on one ever. Thai's don't even get a one on one with each other.

Sorry to hear of your injury and your a brave person to get involved it almost cost you your life.

Avoid all confrontation with Thai men as they are little men with big ego's they see farangs as a target that will never seek revenge unlike

most thai men.

Thai guys in my family have told me never get into a fight unless you have back up and that back up has the upper hand if needed i.e. (weapons)

The real Thailand is surfacing for the world to see.

...but considering the quality of the average farang in Pattaya, more likely he was using a stolen or forged card and the machine confiscated it and he got pissed as the jig was up.

So you think a guy who uses a cloned atm card, draws attention to himself, by slamming and kicking the ATM, after the machine doesn't return the cloned, or stolen card? You don't really believe that, do you?

Why are you defending these 7 men, who were using steel bars to severely beat up an unarmed tourist?

You are not this dumb, I KNOW you aren't.

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At last somebody with intelligence understands how things actually go down.

The transport thugs are in on the bank business too? Seriously, why would they CARE about an ATM machine?

Perhaps they had a scanner on it and concerned he may break it. alt=biggrin.png pagespeed_url_hash=14303579 width=20 height=20>

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/691075-beware-christmas-skimmers/

Yes,.. that sounds more plausible.

Why would 7 taxi drivers be so motivated to beat up a crazy farang who was attacking an ATM unless they had some vested interest?

4am,... and 7 taxi bike drivers all happen to be watching over an ATM and could care less that a farang was attacking the ATM. ?

Perhaps they were more concerned that his "attack" attempts would dislodge their "property" (ie. card scanner/capture device)?

I've heard it all now, the moti taxi guys are skimming cards and rebirthing them between doing 20 baht jobs. Seriously the Thai visa FBI branch has worked over time on this one. Move over, Bulgarians , Russians and Malay international skimming syndicates the soi 4 taxi boys are moving into your business. I can see it now som chai reads your cards with a pay and wave catcher when you get your ass and wallet on his seat when he's dropping you at Tops. Do people actually think before they post stuff like the above.

Once again, know the rules of Thailand, don't ever expect a 1 on 1 fight. Actually in most of Asia you'll never get a 1 on 1 fight. Mr Maltese was being a firkwit, got warned and copped it. Tells the cops he fought of 7 with bars a bottles. Ask the taxi boys at bottom of soi 4 beach end who are usually older blokes and not a big rank as its not that busy, anyway and I think you'll hear another story from them. Don't expect arrests for this one. Think somebody got their ass handed to them and deserved it.

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Seriously who attacks an ATM machine.

Who hasn't KICKED a vending machine? Or two. kicking_the_vending_machine_by_kida_kun-d3ko904.jpg

Everyone...and nobody standing around gives a flying <deleted>. That's why there's allot more to the story then what we've been told.

When are you going to get it into your thick head that it doesnt matter what the real story is .

Stop making apologies for a pack of rabid dogs that would be locked up in most countries for a very long time for this sort of behaviour.

The only good thing to come out of this story was that the Maltese guy didnt die.

And dont think it cant happen to you because you are polite and a good guy.

Where there are no repercussions for random acts of violence against foreigners all of us are at risk no matter how well we think we understand thai ways.

This is just a newspapers version of events, want to know what really happened, read the police report or get both sides of the story.

I'd say Mr Maltese was being a total firkwit and got a touch up.

No they are sick of foolish foreigners acting like goats in there country. The verbal warning was to stop smashing up a machine and to behave. His response was to act like a pratt in public. Actually good to see, This is Thailand, know the rules and play by them or go back to where you come from. Seriously who attacks an ATM machine.

BANGKOK: -- THE NUMBER of passengers using the BTS Skytrain yesterday was so great that operators at BTS stations such as Mo Chit, Siam, Asok, Sala Daeng, Chidlom had to open the gates and allow travellers to pass through without buying a ticket.

That would of killed them worse than any bomb. Public safety comes a distant last to the baht, never forget that in Thailand.

They would of been going mental, thinking of all those lost fares.

I had two done 30 years ago, now I'm having them removed as every low life toe rag seems to be covered in them so I've forgone my membership.

This will do me, Thailand is run and always will be run by complete firkwits.

This could only happen in Thailand, the place is as crazy as a shit house rat.

I'll say this Udon Thani's UD town smashes most western cities for the great decorations. 10 out of 10 UD town.

The police should also include in their investigation if there was really a birthday where the lady came from.

Otherwise the lady is fabricating words.

You understand what I mean, the lady might have come from other else.

But wherever the lady come from, those Russian (fish) should not harm anybody because of she is .

Or it is just Russians nature to be bad-mannered.

On the other side, the Russian may have identified the lady had victimized/cheated them before.

Complete nut case, a person who fabricates a story or origin that has history of cheating and stealing then self reports a crime against herself.

Idiot

This is the type of tourists we don't want. They seem to assume that all Thai women walking along Walking Street are prostitutes.

I don't consider m myself a tourist, but I'd assume that most Thai girl/women in this area are prostitutes.Or are we talking about a different walking street in another country now?

So, prostitute or not. Hitting anybody in public let alone a single small woman should of resulted in a swarm of Thai guys smashing the crap out of our Russian friends.

Many normal Thai woman work in the restaurants and hotels in that strip also. So would you like to be refered to as a pedophile as your foriegn male and in Thailand. Respect for all woman as many are not selling themselves.

RU may offer a hope to poor families for its low fees and open door policy, but the author seems to forget it also offers hope to rich families with dull kids, who despite the virtual "no fail" policy, still feel it necessary to cheat in their exams. One Nong Oak, for example.

Completely of track and untrue.

You attended Uni here ? No I bet not