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1 hour ago, BuaBS said:
It's one of my biggest worries . You want your possessions not to fall in the wrong hands .
I understand what you are saying BUT this is a third world country where the rule of law seems easily subverted
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Your dead - why worry?
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" So what are my options now? Can my embassy help me, I need about 3-6 months." Only your Embassy can answer that - try asking them. It would be a start.
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15 hours ago, sipi said:
I had a lady who tried to take advantage of me but I managed to fight her off.
Yup, happened to me also a number of times. Probably took 2 hrs - 3 hrs to fight them off and I was really stuffed doing it. But I lived to fight another day.
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On 3/12/2016 at 3:39 PM, Dexlowe said:
Then reality strikes.
The bill arrives.
Aaaarghhhh -- I'm having a heart attack.....
(Bangkok Pattaya Hospital -- 2,300 baht to have my ears clean out -- twice as much as back home)
Back home my medical practice has no charge for that.
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47 minutes ago, Anthony5 said:
I have such a couple as direct door neighbours. Very nice people, and not the Tom isn't horrible.
Not so long ago I helped them with an issue they had with their pool pump.
After I finished they asked how much they owed me. I answered them that I didn't charge anything for neighbours, but when they insisted I said OK I wanna watch
The week after my doorbell rang, and when I opened the door, there was the Tom and his GF standing with a nice Tag Heuer for me.
Love your lateral thinking. More than one way to skin a cat, as the saying goes.
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Give her the flick!
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5 hours ago, lungnorm said:
You speak like a Quaker
Got your attention.
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16 hours ago, Rsquared said:
Great idea and good luck.
When my wife and I moved over here from Australia, we brought a box full of the green "Woolies" bags and have used them until they passed their use-by date.
At first we got unusual looks and stares, but now around our local village we don't get a second glance when we refuse a plastic bag and just show our "brought from home " bag ready and willing.
Has it made an impact on other people in our village to do the same?......I don't think so.....we need to educate the kids, adults are too set in their ways.
Cheers.
Good on you. But thinking of the old adage: You can lead a horse to water but you cannot make it drink.
These issues need to have laws and enforcement to make them work. And when you think of the numerous laws in Thailand that are not rigorously enforced, then I can only wish you good luck. A country sometimes much beloved of talking but little action sadly.
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"Thailand has great potential, but highly placed, influential people are holding it back." Ain't that the truth!
The corrupt and control freaks are the highly place influential people?
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On 10/16/2016 at 1:39 AM, tx22cb said:
1) Gardens by the Bay
2) Singapore Zoo
3) Marina Bay - Boat Quay - Clarke Quay area
4) sample some Singapore Chicken-Rice/Bak Ku Teh/Black Pepper Crab
Personally, I do not find Singapore to be that extraordinarily expensive.
A pint of beer at Raffles Hotel Courtyard Bar for $19 - maybe not "extraordinarily expensive" but not cheap either. Savoured on a hot day in June this year.
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On 9/21/2016 at 0:31 PM, Hedghog said:
Maybe they should dress as if on holiday in their own country.
Hey, no selfies please. Hehe..............
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12 hours ago, sandgroper2 said:
In all my years in LOS and Indo, never bought water, unless out. Boil the tap water. Never been crook.
For at least 2 mins (not just until the jug turns itself off) mainly to kill off any cryptosporidium cysts that may be present.
A good read here: http://www.cdc.gov/healthywater/drinking/travel/emergency_disinfection.html
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17 hours ago, Kabula said:
I've used Brita filters for years. I like the water pitcher with the filter inside that fits nicely in the refrigerator. The water tastes great and the filter captures most heavy metals and more.
Really? About all they do is reduced a bad taste and smell to drinking water. And you can do that by exposing the water to air for a few hours. Chlorine will dissipate. Sorry to say, but that filter jug is about as useless as t*ts on a bull.
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7 hours ago, ricktak said:
OK but all my money is tied up by K bank ,over 35 million baht and to release it I have to pay 1 million baht, so if you send me one million baht I will split the 35 million with you and also send you the pendants, what do you say???
I say you from Nigeria?
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When in Rome do as the Romans do!
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There are mixed reports about needing a ticket out of the country. Best to contact an agent to find out what they can do.
If you need one you could get a one way ticket to a nearby country to meet the requirement.
About 4000 baht Phuket to Kuala Lumpur. Not a big loss if you do not use it.
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Does anyone know if there are ever any reports of tiger attracts on hikers exploring the national parks. I would love to go hiking but am a little worried about that possibility.
the chances are miniscule.
Always remember if you are with a friend - you only have to run slightly faster than them!
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"tigers" isn't that a Thai Army group (or Battalion)?
Yes they are on the rise.
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Remember that Thai are very very money orientated. If there is money in water, then splashing is good!
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just don't try.
thais had their own bit of trouble with the vietnam incident.
ww2 happened 80 years ago, time to let go and focus on stuff happening today.
for you and me - involved or directly related to people involved, this might be different.
but why would a 35 year old thai be interested in adolf, winston and josef?
"but why would a 35 year old thai be interested in adolf, winston and josef?" They cannot or do not want to deal with their own political problems. Still very much a "medieval" society. Their education system apparently does not teach them to question or to enquire. It seems that many citizens have blinkers (as used on horses) on. Corruption and cronyism is their way of life, followed closely by mai pen rai. Sad really
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Great photos of a great snake, quite clearly some kind of Python.
Best you grab a bottle or two and join steffi and steven100
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Joe1983: The ultimate decision must, of course, be yours. But ask yourself this - can I afford to lose all of my investment? There are many TV readers who have experience of "working/business" in Thailand, just heed their advice/warnings.
On a lighter note - Noah was the worlds greatest financier, he floated company when the rest of the world was in liquidation! There is your precedent?
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Simple really, if you feel you are being "robbed", dont go there !
Mmmm............ interesting concept.
How to know if you're being robbed or feel being robbed if you don't go there?
How can newbies to Thailand avoid paying farang prices?
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Do your bargaining in the mornings - vendor is not always sure how business will go for the day and is willing to get sales early on. Later in day, if vendor has had a successful day then there is NO bargaining.