UncleJ

Outsiders as in Thai predators from other provinces.

The real estate agent advises you not go look at properties on your own?

Imagine that.

Where did the OP say that.....the agent advised him against motorcycle use in Pattaya.

I guess I read something between the lines.

The Estate Agent advises not to ride a motorbike to view properties because:

A. The Estate Agent genuinely cares for the OPs well being & not concerned about a lost sales commission.

B. The Agent doesn't want to lose a sale commission.

C. The Agent fears the OP is killed and lose the sale commission.

You can punch in all 3 bikes at the Ducati compare page.

http://www.ducati.com/compare/index.do?op=add&year1=21&year1_new_value=false&bikeFamily1=20&bikeFamily1_new_value=false&bikeModel1=88&bikeModel1_new_value=false

I like the black one.

Nearly 450,000bt. difference between the Hypermotard and the Hypermotard SP.

Compare here:

http://www.ducati.com/compare/index.do?op=add&year1=21&year1_new_value=false&bikeFamily1=20&bikeFamily1_new_value=false&bikeModel1=87&bikeModel1_new_value=false

Quite a few upcountry girls arriving for the high season just ahead of the crowds I notice.

Buyers market

Thai vendors rent the footpath from the litter police.

This is what Sukhumvit Rd looks like every morning.

Now if you are a farang, dropping a butt here you will be fined 2000bt.

Nice, eh?

Welcome to Thailand. Bend over.

The first day i arrived Thailand i was followed around a filthy market in BKK by a scruffy cop, i saw a heap of fag butts on the floor and threw my fag butt on top, i got whisked away to a booth with a sign saying littering 2000 bht fine in Thai. When i got there there was an American couple a European couple all arguing with them at this booth. If it is still there i am surprised no one has put it on you tube.

There are about 12 officers (predators) in the Sukhmvit Hotel zone stalking foreign smokers, full time.

Entrapment scam.

There was a comprehensive story on these guys in The Spectrum. Nothing was done.

In fact, more litter officers showed up.

How much do they earn a day?

12 officers nabbing 3 each per hour each?

36 smokers per hour X 2,000Bt.

72,000bt per hour X 8 hour day.

=576,000bt a day defrauded from tourists.

576,000bt X 365 days = 210,240,000bt.

Thats over 17 million for each officer per year.

Wow, 228 tourists getting caught dumping cigarette butts on the street in an eight hour day. What filthy animals us foreigners must be. If 228 get caught, just imagine how many are getting away with it. Maybe they should raise the fine to 3000 Bht

I wonder why these environmentally minded officers only target farangs & had the trash can removed?

Stand outside Times Square sometime.

Building occupants step outside to have a smoke...but there is no ash tray or trash can.

The officer lurks in the air conditioned lobby, ready to nab the offender. Farangs only of course.

Did the building maintenance man remove the ash tray to assist the litter officer?

They have a similar team at Siam Sq, Kow San Rd, Silom Rd....etc.

Real scum running an entrapment scheme of our visitors.

What is wrong with the Thais?

They should be grateful that people choose to spend their holiday here but no, they have to scam scam scam.

The first day i arrived Thailand i was followed around a filthy market in BKK by a scruffy cop, i saw a heap of fag butts on the floor and threw my fag butt on top, i got whisked away to a booth with a sign saying littering 2000 bht fine in Thai. When i got there there was an American couple a European couple all arguing with them at this booth. If it is still there i am surprised no one has put it on you tube.

There are about 12 officers (predators) in the Sukhmvit Hotel zone stalking foreign smokers, full time.

Entrapment scam.

There was a comprehensive story on these guys in The Spectrum. Nothing was done.

In fact, more litter officers showed up.

How much do they earn a day?

12 officers nabbing 3 each per hour each?

36 smokers per hour X 2,000Bt.

72,000bt per hour X 8 hour day.

=576,000bt a day defrauded from tourists.

576,000bt X 365 days = 210,240,000bt.

Thats over 17 million for each officer per year.

How the hell does that volume of trash find its way into the river system in the first place?

The old saying "don't <deleted> in your own nest" obviously doesn't translate too well.

Surely you have witnessed the Thai's dumping their daily rubbish in the rivers and on the streets. Anywhere but on their own land, but they pollute those areas as well with slash and burn. What's astounding is that they have an annual Budhist celebration, to thank the rivers for irrigation, pushing out little decorated boats.

....boats made from styrofoam.....

Agreed.

Connections need some maintenance. Does the connection lube do anything I wonder?

AC Polarity.

One valuable tweak that is usually overlooked is the AC polarity.

Simple to check and easy to fix with a cheap volt meter.

www.gcaudio.com/resources/howtos/acpolarity.html

I sat on the Honda SH250i and the seat was designed for people under 6 foot tall it seemed.

Can't slide back far enough. The hump scrunched me too forward.

Nice bike though

The Van Den Hul Royal Jade speaker cables have arrows printed on the insulation so you get the electrons flowing in the correct direction.

A guy told me with a straight face, they sound better in reverse!

A respected engineer at Mcintosh explains speaker cables here:

http://www.roger-russell.com/wire.htm

With all the publicity, the scam has become a tourist attraction.

I met a couple from Australia one afternoon while 2 scams were happening at the same time.

"Wow" the lady exclaimed. "We saw this on television last week. It's worse than they said."

Another afternoon while sitting on the steps at Mikes Mall, a fellow asks me if I "was there to watch the show?"

The police can get away with almost anything in Thailand so it's much too dangerous to stop it.

I took my nephews on a boat ride in Phuket and landed on a quiet small beach for some fishing.

A Thai man that had a small drink concession there, walked around his patch of beach picking up bottles that "the farang" left behind.

He then did the right thing and threw them in the bushes a few meters away...onto the heap of other trash he left there.

The popular Youtube film, CAUGHT ON VIDEO: Thailand jet ski scam exposed!! has close to 1 million views.

Proof, you can't let these situations fester in the internet age.

Imagine the cost to the local economy.

1 million saved.

Well done, Youtube member - Thailand Undercover.

http://youtu.be/zsPuoaktoAw

I recently went to Paris for some family matters and the people I met that had been to Thailand were not recommending the place to their friends. Filth, scams, overcharging were the impressions they brought home.

Needless to say, their friends and acquaintances are not booking their holidays to Thailand.

I does seem the western tourists are headed elsewhere and are being replaced by, Russians, Chinese, Indians, Arabs.

Soon, they will stop coming too.

To be honest, I can't recommend the place any longer.

I prefer a taxi over a bus.

Why can't they provide a non scamming taxi service?

If the bus had been successful we probably would be reading about the gangs that attacked the bus.

As said above, all going according to plan.

When it comes to scams, the Thais put their thinking caps on

Some take it to extremes.

I know a guy who gets off listening to his power cords, interconnects and even his cryogenically treated, hospital grade wall plugs.

Then spends hours trying to impress others on the audio forums on what fuse sounds better with his amp......

How the hell does that volume of trash find its way into the river system in the first place?

The old saying "don't <deleted> in your own nest" obviously doesn't translate too well.

Who wants to pay to throw away garbage when you can just dump it on, nearby empty land, a river, ocean or over the wall onto the neighbors.

The real estate agent advises you not go look at properties on your own?

Imagine that.

They throw these up in a few days and it takes months to get them down, if ever.

It least it's not Surin. The structures there will be up for a long time to come. This is why it's so important to call these businesses on it when they first make the grab. They're going to steal as much of the beach as they can at every opportunity. Why not? With the local government so inept on getting these structures removed, steal while the gettings good.

You can be sure they have been paying rent to someone. City officials, police etc.

It is clear, the city manager doesn't have a clue.

1990 HONDA GB500 TT CLUBMAN CAFE RACER

My beautiful & legal Cafe Racer is up for sale.

The bike is in showroom condition with new Pirellis, fresh oil/filters service. Only 25,000 Kilometers.
Never let me down. Can be ridden cross country today.

This "Thumper" has a fantastic sound.

PRICE: 175,000Bt.
(With Green Book, Plate, Registration and Insurance until August 2014)