nsimmons

Hi guys,

I too thought it was the SUV at fault. I can't speak or read Thai, so had it slowly

translated into English, and checked. Firstly the car going strait was not in a lane.

You cant see it on the vid, but that is the "break down pull over " "lane" and is painted

with yellow lines (we can't. The car driver has been charged and there is little doubt as to

blame.

NS

14 hours ago, canuckamuck said:

I am amazed that Canadians make up the largest group of foreigners in Thailand. I rarely ever meet another hoser here. I do see a lot of folks from Burma, Cambodia, Laos, China, Europe and Australia though

Agreed. I read recently that Aussies were the largest group. I remember coz, er, well, um some bloody reason......

On 1/6/2018 at 6:55 AM, observer90210 said:

Cannot generalize, but I have a few lady friends in Europe (in their early or late 30ies, properly educated, socially and physically ok etc.),  who only get turned on with guys that treat them like real shit. Something unexplainable in these women, turns them "On" at the start of the relationship, that naturally does not always last,  as the guy is a obvious jerk.

Female dynamics, guys....even Freud had to admit that he just could not understand the whole damm thing ...

 

 

I too noticed the "bad boy syndrome" when in High School. I saw the best looking, and sometimes nice girls, go with scumbags, 

that they knew were scumbags. Then when inevitably crying on my shoulder i sometimes said "well we all knew he is a scumbag?"

And they often, really could not see thei part in it!? One time I was led out of HS by the cops for "failing to stop when requested by Police" the night before, with three schoolgirl classmates in the car.

I was shocked how it made me quite popular to some, that had ignored me before!? ????

(17yo in March, I was one of five that drove to our last year of HS) 

The "My Good Old Days", so to speak i guess!

NS

Hi All,

I am from Aus, and there I have never bought a new car, coz if you do buy new, two weeks later

if u tried to sell it back,  you would get 30% less. I have never been willing to take such depreciation, just for "new car smell" ????

I tend to buy 2 year old cars and let the first owner take the BIG hit, and after I buy it, (often with very low mileage)

it depreciates at the usual rate.

So I thought the same would be true here. The gfriend then said there was little savings if buying used, but I dragged her to

the car sales district in BKK anyway. After half a day of comparing New and Used vehicles,  she was right.

I returned to Phuket ending up at my RC model pal's Honda Dealership, then to his brother's Mazda dealership,

then to their brother's Ford Dealership. There I saw a new 2014 Ford Escape 2.4L XLT. And as was mentioned, it is made here

so just over 1M Baht. I was going to pay cash, but they had a "0% Interest Loans Promotion" at the time. So I paid 70% and borrowed

300,000bht at 0% over 4 years. I recently paid it off and all went "easy peasy". I am on a Retirement Visa and all seemed very routine.

Cheers,

NS

PS Below is the car and gfriend now.

Just got fined 2,000Bht for missing a 90 Day report. Here is what i got so wont happen again ; (

15 hours ago, marcusarelus said:

What is an ex alcoholic?  I didn't know there was a cure.  I've been to 152 AA meetings in Pattaya and met fellows who had not had a drink in 40 years but they were still alcoholics.  I'm sure they would like to know how to become an ex alcoholic. 

Very good point, in the AA BiG Book, refers to "100 recovered alcoholics that wrote it. Most feel he meant "recovered from active drinking". So you are never "cured "IF you drink. But in AA the desire to drink is lifted,  and as long as you follow the suggestions, keep spiritually fit etc. For anything that matters ,you seem an ex-alcoholic. Which is a reasonable, if not perfectly accurate, statement to make, as it certainly seems that way. Not only that, Bill W said about being stingy when first come in,  and maybe don't donate for coffee etc. "They forget, people sober in AA have a higher earning capacity than other people". A very brave statement, and easy to disprove one would think. However,  in 21yrs I have observed that to be true.

Cheers,

NS

Hi All,

Very good advice from the first reply by "myfriendu" because www.NA.org  and www.AA.org have by far the best success rate wiorldwide. For being happy about not drinking, they are really the only game in town. AND they *never *fail,  if the person over drinking has a desire to stop, and  is able to have this attitude.. "I have tried  but I can't stay stopped myself, you tell me to jump, and I will say how high. I will do whatever it takes to get this monkey off my back". With that attitude I have never seen anybody not get sober in AA.  I guess because  AA people have DONE, what you are trying to DO. Nobody knows more about booze addiction than ex-alchies ...doh!

Best of luck to him and with AA/NA there is hope. If not, there is little. The US Military send those with any booze issue at all,  exclusively to AA,  because they have 70yrs of STATS as to what works best.

End of rant, nuff said!

NS

PS It is also much cheaper than rehab, which will tell you and take you to AA anyway. Try 6  local meetings first  ; )

Try here I find Lazada very good, COD and 5 other ways to pay, and is delivered quickly to your door.

http://ho.lazada.co.th/SHdX6I?url_key=shop-computers-laptops

Cheers,

NS

Hi All,

What is the story on the Tesco Points card. I have a "Tesco Card" on my keyring that I get scanned at checkout.
And as I buy TVs etc for my apartments, I must have a shitload of points, but can't make sense of what the info girl said at a Tesco.

Does anyone know how it all works?

Thanks,

NS

Hi All,

There u go ?

Second, during the search, you have the right to record the whole process as long as you do not interfere with it. With everyone carrying handheld video cameras in the form of their smartphones, this should be an easy thing to do. However, if the police find contraband, the video can be used as evidence against you.

http://www.khaosodenglish.com/opinion/2018/03/14/stopped-by-police-in-thailand-what-you-should-do/

On 3/27/2018 at 11:08 AM, geriatrickid said:

Decency , compassion and class are alien concepts to some.  You must be a real keeper.

You have obviously never faced a woman that WONT LEAVE, she is black mailing you, I tried to pay one out and she took everything!? Somehow here,  breaking up is like you insulted their mother.  Simply breaking up is SCORNING here and they WILL punish you if they can.

Pic turned out to be sociopath, never even had sex and she declared me hers!!?

NS

Hi All,

My pal Bill cured his skin cancer with Black Salve, details are at www.goo.gl/voSywf

Cheers,

NS

1 hour ago, Just Weird said:

That's what I suggested, so what was it that the victim did that was so lacking in wisdom?

He means the purpetrator/criminal/drugger!

NS

3 hours ago, simoh1490 said:

You wanna bet! They don't happen in the islands, they don't happen in Chiang Rai and Chiang Mai, they don't happen in Nakon Nowhere but they do happen almost daily in Pattaya.

Ahh, yes, The Holy City of Pattaya, fun, sun and fights by the sea!? Phuket is far better, one street of vice (Banglar rd) rather than many.

NS

2 hours ago, gandalf12 said:

Of what interest is it to you Dan as to how happy or rich any expat is in Thailand? Stick to posting drivel and less of the questions that you have no right to ask or know.

Does not one have a right to ask or know anything they desire? Only if you answer is optional.

N

In Perth Australia it is A$600 for talking on the phone while driving. Being made aware of that, I stopped on the breakdown lane between freeway and guardrails where everyone pulls over if they need to check engine or get something from the trunk/boot etc.Sitting there, engine off talking on phone a cop on a bike pulls up at my drivers window and makes me jump when he knocked on my window. I immediately rolled down the window and

said "er may I help you?", he said" I am booking you for using a mobile phone while in command of a vehicle".

I said "you have to be joking, I especially pulled over to avoid that!". He repeated himself and I said "hold on, I did the right thing, so I would not be doing what you say, this is crazy", he said "sir while the keys are in the vehicle, stopped or not, you are in command of a vehicle and on the phone". I said then (how the <deleted>) am I to take a call??

He said "best if you got out of the vehicle and stood at the rear while on a call, but if the keys were not in the ignition, I may not have fined you $600 and four points (you get 12points per 3 years) but as they are in the ignition,  I must uphold the law. I wanted desperately to tell (The Pig) that he would be better off working on real crime like stopping burglaries like had just happened to my elderly parents, they were robbed by having a window forced open while my late father was sleeping in the same room, that they stole my mother's jewellery from. When my mum reported it, they said we are too busy to attend, just claim on insurance and tell them it was reported to us. No fingerprints taken, no evidence gathered, no cop gave a shit But God help you if you break a traffic law. It is mega over policed coz speed cameras (set where safe to speed) and fining drivers brings in BIG REVENUE, finding those that pray on the elderly is hard. and there is no money in it for the Govt, so  even more ways to financially rape the Australian motorist are always being introduced.

When they asked Jeremy Clarkson "what did you think of Australia?" when he returned from the Melbourne F1 race there a few years ago, he said "Australia, more bloody speed trap cameras than people!"

To paraphrase The Don, "what a shit hole" country. I drive/drove the same way in Japan, America, Thailand,

Malaysia etc and *never* get fined, but in Perth I need 12 points a year (as do most) not per 3 years,  but again, no money in people keeping their license, only in them losing it ; (

Sorry link to Lazada should be Lazada.co.th

Special Discounts at Lazada Specials

Enjoy!

Walmart - In my opinion Tesco Lotus (British) simply got in first, like K - Mart and Target took the market before Walmart in Australia

Costco - they have Macro which operates the same way

Apple - I would say they felt re-sellers that are called and look like Apple stores in the biggest shopping centers were all they needed for sales ...Jungceylon and Central Festival

While Alpha Computers and Phuket My Mac takes good care of servicing

Amazon.com - they have Lazada, same as Amazon but for Thailand, but better, coz 6 ways to pay including COD!

I love Lazada, they deliver so fast and their site is a joy to use.

Cheers,

NS

If it is truly travel sickness, it was too late for me when doing pilots license,  but they say this is the best

https://nz.iherb.com/pr/Hyland-s-Motion-Sickness-50-Tablets/3868

NS

You can be certain that he bought the full face helmet himself.

When I was mad enough to rent scooters before I lived here,

once a year I would go to Pattaya for a convention from Japan

(where I rode a Honda Lead 250cc daily for ten years), and the

pathetic 300bht imitation helmets scared me, I would ride slowly to Big C, and

buy a full face helmet for about 1,500bht, but even that would not

pass scrutineering at any Aussie race track, but was a bit better

than the useless ones they give you. After 3 days I would try and sell it to the

scooter rental place saying "other Farangs will like it, 500bht ok?"

Most took it but I guess nothing will save you from

"colliding at speed with a lamppost in the early hours of Friday morning"

NS

Hi All,

Fourth floor!?? Way too risky, could easily end up just wishing you were dead, for goodness sake, won’t anyone read
Final Exit, painless and unselfish http://amzn.to/2kFhyVH

NS

Hi All,

What is not mentioned is that 95% of these women are unmarried/single mothers, and there are no child support laws.
Men can, and often do, "leave her holding the baby(s)”. And there is also no Govt welfare, so what options does the single girl with a baby or three have? The simple answer is this.

1) Sex education in schools. 2) Child support laws, “if you make half a baby sir, you pay half expenses of such baby" that are policed. 3) Enough taxation to allow welfare for single mothers, if the father is unable to pay, or find.

Already healthcare is almost free, paid for “by the King”, if the Thai person resides where they are registered (usually where born). But if in another place to earn their living, it is the usual price, and most girls in the sex trade come from rural areas and send money home to support their family.

NS

I miss kissing the most.

NS

URL Please ; o )

I have done some research on this topic and I heard an ex-fighter pilot give a talk in HK as to how critical it was to cry when appropriate. As an example he told of his daughter that put a gun in her mouth and pulled the trigger. He stopped on stage and had a small cry over it even years later. i took his advice and gave myself permission to cry when appropriate and have ruined a couple of wireless keyboards due to "water damage" so far and am a cry baby now, but I am more careful where the tears go coz an Apple keyboard like mine are 5,000BHt each. John Lennon said the two things he learned that were stupid, unhealthy and a waste of energy, were modifying your speech when in front of different people, so when about 35yo refused to speak differently to anyone so he swore etc as he usually spoke at all times,  so the BBC could not really interview him then as so many beeps, which he enjoyed as he said "they misquote me all the fukin time anyway!" And not crying when you had to really work at holding back tears, usually in grief, rarely due to pain which I have found to be the case with myself. All I have to do now is think of my beloved Grandfather who at Xmas time,  when I, his ten year old grandson,  would ruthlessly want to now about him fighting the Japanese in WWII, and he would shed tears after a few drinks and I could not understand why. It was explained to me later that he was very good at it,  and killed a lot of Japanese and came back the only one out of his pals that all went from Guildford in Perth, with scars down his back from barbed wire and Malaria etc, and my mother said he had screaming nightmares for ten years after the war. But his tears were about that he thought he was going to Hell "coz the Bible is pretty clear on thou shall not kill", and he wished he had refused to shoot anyone as my uncle Eric had done,  due to being a Plymouth Bretherin (a cult/religion), so they made him an ambulance driver/paramedic that dragged wounded back to the ambulance but did not have to shoot anyone and did not carry a rifle.  When I think of that I cry every time, (coz I feel it is so untrue and he did not deserve such pain) and after a while you realize that you cry coz you are supposed to,  and can feel it is more healthy than this macho BS that men don't,  or shouldn't cry.

And that the ex- fighter pilot guy in HK was right. Also, if you read Eddie Rickenbacker's

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Rickenbacker auto-biography, possibly the toughest man to ever live, he observed that the pilots that held in their tears and did not cry when a close pal was killed, were not as good in the air the next day as those that cried , so he suggested that there was no shame in crying when appropriate (privately of course as they were men and it was 1917 after all), but to cry all the same.

NS