In Search of Space

Sorry been off grid for a bit, not good for an OP, apology WS. Also alot of good stuff & advice.

Ok, wife & sister often argue & don't speak until sister wants something, so wife not bothered if I lose my rag with sister. Once again, she lived in Switzerland for 20 years, so as far as I am concerned she understands ferang land.

So, jet wash returned, money for service paid & key to house returned & I have banned sister from house.

This will be until she wants something again !

Your wife's mother probably told the sister it was ok... No ploblem... jing jing, khun farang jai dee...

The MIL died 10 years ago, but may have given blessing from her death bed or telepathically, or both, who knows ?

Yo would say I agree with you all, only to be expected. In my defence I did not know that the wife had left the car at her sisters as she left after me. When she told me, I knida knew what would happen, but I thought 25,000 km was a little excessive. If the jet-wash was isolated, I would have let it go.

BTW sister lived in Switzerland for 20 years, so has plenty of cash, plus she has her own car

Not sure if 25,000 km is excessive, but at least she looked after it for you. Better than leaving it on the street for 5 months and coming back to no car at all.

Know what you mean, but it has always been left locked up, behind locked gates, with security at the entrance, never any problems. My wife is pissed about it too, although won't say anything, but she should have known when her sister suggested that the car be left with her for safety !

I don't mind people borrowing the car and I have a few friends in Pattaya (Thai) who I have let borrow the car before, but they call and ask if they need it. They have also lent me their cars in the past, so I have no trouble with them borrowing mine.

Quick background, been coming to Thailand for 30 years, married 27 and been coming regularly for vacations, length increasing and possible retirement sometime this year. I did work in Bangkok for two years, the point of this is I know a little of the country and its people.

We just arrived in Thailand after five months away and for the first time my wife left our car at her sisters home in North Bangkok. We arrived, picked up the car and after a mile or two, I noticed that the mileometer was reading 25,000 km more than when we left.

Got home and wanted to jet-wash the yard, plus some other jobs, where's the jet-wash ?, sister has it, using it for her new "construction" business, so it's probably knackered.

Told the wife to inform sister,

Pay for service, plus half cost of new brake pads
Return jet-wash immediately, today, or I buy a new one and she pays the cost

Wife says she needs it for her job ! Plus she would have to drive from Nong Jok to Pattaya (5 hour round trip).

Her sister has always taken the piss, but now she has surpassed herself, am I being unreasonable ?

Those who move here full-time but don't get stuck here (by building a house, etc) usually end up going back home eventually. That's why you see so many TV members disappearing from the forum on an ongoing basis. That and Mr Toad annoys them.

Then there are those who stay. They are stuck here, or they have nothing to go home to. Then there are the few who fit in with Thais, like it here, and stay here until they die.

By the way, pay no attention to MrToad. He's a meany.

I'm in a mean mood today

Is that a mean mood or a meany mood Mr Toad ?

One way to avoid a scam like this is to NOT rent a Jet Ski

The second way is to take photos of the Jet Ski before riding it

and getting the renty to agree about what is or is not wrong with the Jet Ski

This should help a bit

Or just lock up the Jet Ski Rental guys

Just lock them up

Zebra statues are a common sight at locations where road fatalities occur under the belief that their stripes -- which remind people of pedestrian crossings -- will fend off the ghosts that many believe cause crashes.

Which remind people of pedestrian crossings that they rarely, if ever stop at?!

Perhaps real zebras would be the answer

sois 6,7,and 8

They are quite social, from what I have been told

PM canarysun his total expenses per month including accommodation are only 6k per month.

Maybe he'd like a bunk mate.

Unfortunatly he has now starved to death

He'll be along to offer low cost travel advice, don't worry

Trust her completely with respect to other chaps, mind you, might be nice if she had a girlfriend & I joined the tag-team

After pushing the button at one of Pattaya's pedestrian controlled panda crossings do not expect it to work. None do, they are all broken or have been switched off. A totally corrupt local administration that spent millions in installing these state if the art crossings only to never use them.

But they got their cut from the installation cost, so "job done", sadly there's no money in the maintenance

What a freakin disappointment...

There was not one scantly clad young Thai woman stinking up the MC seats...

I don't think any of the scantily clad ladies are real, certainly not last year

They have heard a few good luck stories and expect it as standard

I guess that you have alot of different factors coming in. Firstly GPS can mis-calculate positions and dont forget that your phone, or SatNav does not have precision-grade GPS receivers, so the signal can be affected by the environment.

Secondly the map data is usually acquired from different sources throughout the world, so different standards and accuracies. An urban, western environment will have far more data available than rural, remote parts of the world.

Regarding planning of routes. The systems will be giving different routes and timings due to the data and software and the parameters you set. If the data is not structured properly, then the links and nodes joining the data will give different routes and timings.

The LAW in Thailand as in most countries states that if walking on the road you must walk against the Oncoming Traffic. Any person who doesn't do this is an idiot.

Safe practice but not the "LAW".

I am from rural England, lots narrow, winding roads. Walking against traffic is best, but sometimes you need to use your loaf & change sides in sharp bends where a car cannot see you head on. All about common sense.

I previously worked with several Thai chaps in Bangkok who had all been western university educated. They certainly wanted to see laws enforced and a Thailand where government was less corrupt etc

The MILFs are coming! The MILFs are coming!

Is it on DVD ?

Most life plans are based on winning the lottery

It's always my fault

"Former top investigator may surrender, police say"

Well how jolly, jolly nice of him. What a decent fellow he is.

Perhaps he may later deign to attend his trial on the days when interesting evidence is being given.

If found guilty he could set up a schedule for those days he can spend in gaol, say one or two days a month when he's not busy, on holiday or otherwise occupied.

Well, that's my dose of sarcasm for the day ! Thanks BP.

Come on, he's a busy chap and in the grand scheme of things all he forgot to do was pay off the right person, we all screw up on occasion

My sister came to Thailand in 1988 and being blonde, many stared & some girls wanted to touch. I think it was just the blonde thing & looking different. Not saying that the OP is blonde, she may be or may not be

The Red Moth by Sam Eastland

Set in 1930's Soviet Union, a different environment for crime thrillers

If she wasn't before, she is now

Alas poor Costas2008 I knew him well.

I've been there