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Never really had a problem with the taxis. Having said that I do tend to tell them my destination in Thai which does help a lot. Trouble is anyone can be a taxi driver with no real knowledge of the city.

In the UK they drivers spend something like 5 years training before they get a full cabbie license. I am referring to the black cab taxis

1 hour ago, EnlightenedAtheist said:

Even on this topic Westerners cannot look at themselves in the mirror! WOW!

 

I don't take sugar in drinks and I don't drink the ones that have it so yes I can look at other countries. The USA and UK have a serious problem agreed but so does most of Europe. Definitely not a pretty sight.

8 hours ago, Pilotman said:

This made me laugh.  I have never known a country where the population put sugar in absolutely everything, bar nothing.   They even put sugar into drinks that are already high in the stuff, .like hot chocolate. Why they are mostly thin I have no idea. 

Try India, Pakistan and most of Greece

13 hours ago, amvet said:

The French person is referred to as she and he in the OP.  Is she a she or a he?

Maybe an 'it'

9 minutes ago, hobobo said:

I'd also change the oil and top up the battery! 555

Sounds good. Dont forget the windscreen wipers while you are at it

All straibs of Malaria can cause it. Get it checked asap.

Play a game on it like soliter. It is a quick way to see how fast (or slow) it is. If it is slow could be the hard disk on the way out but that can be replaced easily enough. Make a back up of the OS if you buy it as replacing the hard disk will require it to install the software.

Generally look at the overall condition and especially the screen if it has cracks or the color is not consistent across the screen. Otherwise should be ok. 

This sums up why there is so much crime in Thailand. 

I have 2 laptops and I read it and tried it by swapping the HDD from one machine to the other. It immediately recognised it was not the same machine as the one it had been originally installed on. Further investigation provided the answer in that it is the motherboard that is identified. Suggest all these people who don't believe look it up at www.tomshardware.com

12 hours ago, Thailaw said:

Previous post suggest that what you say is not correct, but that was a part of my original inquiry. It is not the case in the business setting, where a business buys a licence for "x" machines and can change the machines so long as the machines on which the software is used do not exceed the licence limit. Not sure about the home setting, but Pib's post suggest that the licence is transferable. At $12 for a installation key, it is probably worth the risk. 

That is what MS  and all the tech sites say so I don't care what one person says. The software must have been hacked and the key changed

The software license is only valid for the computer it was installed on. It checks the license against the motherboard. If the same no problem, if different then it says it is illegal

51 minutes ago, cmsally said:

if it's is engineers then it would be none other than the students from Pathumwan Technical College, having a quiet weekend away at the beach ! They have something of a reputation !!

Couldn't be engineers, Thailand doesn't have any. They only have people who call themselves engineers but have no idea what a real engineer is.

1 hour ago, ratcatcher said:

Yes Thailand   Pattaya a top class holiday destination......not

A bit like saying England is a lousy tourist destination because of places like Blackpool, Skegness and Ramsgate etc.

Blackpool is not bad out of season but point taken

3 hours ago, ezzra said:

According to Thai criminal laws, Deception by any means for the purpose

of obtaining monetary or property gains is a criminal offence punishable

by 5-10 in jail, and that that goes for ALL nationals... 

As long as it is not a Thai doing the deceiving then it is Baht 200 and forgotten

On 14/10/2017 at 12:39 PM, jaywalker said:

Sad to hear. Too bad you could not have run away (or stepped aside) yourself. Far too many double standards in Thailand. White boy, blame it on him!

 

It would be called racism anywhere else but the Land of Oz.

Whatever they call it, racism it certainly is

8 hours ago, BEVUP said:

I'll get the beers , so lets see if we can get a longer thread on bashing a Pom

Pom is actually spelt Pome which stands for Prisoner of Mother England. Just thought I would point that out

2 hours ago, Nip said:

Sadly he will soon discover that the Justice Ministry is in fact the Royal Thai Police and justice in Thailand is a myth.

Not actually true. Thai justice is protected by the unicorn

With some of the psycho's Thailand has they need to use it more often

Good idea. Now they just need to get a grip on the Thai's that think they are Dirty Harry

I have worked in Pakistan and we had armed guards with us everywhere we went

28 minutes ago, Artisi said:

That's because no Thai would do such a thing...

I suppose that would account for the halo's you see around every Thai's head

So really nothing to report just a photo op

On 10/10/2017 at 10:47 PM, LivinginKata said:

Bad foreign mafia people. Good Thai people - no mafia at all. Taxi/Tuk Tuk's good . BiB good. All Foreigners cause all the crime .... ho hum 

I thought extortion was a reserved occupation.

8 hours ago, cookieqw said:

my bug is the thais pay less for a " same same ' condo than a non thai, doesnt happen vice versa in UK

True but the UK is stupid. It should reciprocate the approach of the Thai's

6 hours ago, Jonah Tenner said:

Look at how well the helmet law works...

I think we all know it will be on a discriminatory basis. I have no illusions that it will be other wise but one can fantasize even for a short time.