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16 hours ago, Dexlowe said:

I've been slapped like that three times by Thai males. The first was by a motorcycle taxi guy near Soi Ngam Duphli - he rode past on the footpath with a passenger and just whacked me yelling "You farang!". The second was a baht bus driver in Pattaya who just wanted to show he was THE MAN (he nearly broke my glasses). The third was senior schoolkids in a shopping mall while I was walking with my little daughter. No cause - that is,, no previous interaction, nothing. Just out of the blue

Are they still alive? If so, why?

If you get approached by an unknown farang in Thailand, you should know it's a scam. Met a lady outside Kad Sun Khaeo (sp?) who wanted to change US 100 dollar bills to baht. Told her that there are several banks inside the mall. Should have called the police,but didn't bother. Counterfeit money obviously. Scum!

Wow; what a name...

20 hours ago, Justgrazing said:

The road racing yoof turned their hand to push bikes after the latest crackdown ..

Maniac!

11 hours ago, DicksonPhisthur said:

Wow, fines of $3.12. That will teach them for sure.

They can't fine them more than 100 baht, that's what the law says.

He was lucky to survive this. Needs a new pickup though.

1 minute ago, Ban Phe Dezza said:

Lets not forget the 90 day report trips as well I wish I was one of those that bar fine and sit on a stool  Still I get your Meaning and thanks for Comment 

 

I use the post office for the 90 day stuff.

2 minutes ago, Ban Phe Dezza said:

Actually it can and does cost more.

in my case around 8000 Baht.

yes and I mean doing it Legally.

for starters  approx 1600 For Stat declaration

allow 2000 Baht for application 

cost of trip to Consulate around 3,00 Baht

of course one can catch Various buses and so on.

I will be 80 by the time my next so long hours on a bus, Baht bus or Tuk Tuk in Bangkok, are not a viable option for me, 

then cost of trip to Immigration  office as well

 two days spent on  travel 1 day to Consulate plus basically one day at I/O  

Pretty close to my Estimate at least that is the amount I have budgeted for this year,

No doubt I am going to be flamed and told I could do it Much cheaper   

 

Well, 8000 in one year is still peanuts. I'm sure some  members are spending this amount in one night at their favourite barstool (barfine included).

3 minutes ago, markaoffy said:

They own the sidewalks unless "the law" removes them temporarily. then they return. If a "member of the public" push any of their "fake Junk or poisoned food stand' to get by, then you could be subject to verbal or physical abuse.You'll never change attitude here in a million years

OP is not talking about sidewalks. It's about a public road which he pays tax for to use.

Just now, Grumpy Old Man said:

 

Don't leave home without it. 

1 minute ago, possum1931 said:

A lady using boltcutters to cut a chain?

No power involved.

56 minutes ago, missoura said:

I am guessing he may have a family, a house and the whole nine yards. Part of me feels sympathy for the man, but he has no one to blame but himself. Sad really.

I agree. The cost for an extension would have been 1900 baht/year.

What's the obsession with people to not bring their passports when they're travelling?

25 minutes ago, Denim said:

Police should have hung back until she made the drop to Mr Mai.

Instead they caught a minnow and let a shark escape.

Wouldn't the "shark" be this 'Peter' person?

1 minute ago, mok199 said:

I didn't see the type of transmission in the article,what I do know about these vans is ''in many,the shifter is mounted on the dashboard,not on the floor''.....

Very many of the commercial vans use manual transmissions

2 minutes ago, markaoffy said:

Gotta love tip offs against criminals! I do it all the time! Got the cell number of a detective


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B5?

15 hours ago, mok199 said:

I was under the empresion the van was running at the time...and it jumped into a gear..pinning him

A manual tranny can't jump into gear without some 'help'.

16 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

There was no CCTV in the area to help police determine what happened. They found the gear in neutral

He probably forget to engage the handbrake.

8 minutes ago, stevenl said:

Why would they care? There was no warning, all boats just went about doing their business as they always do.

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Prawit sad the boat left the journeyed from Phuket's shore to the satellite island of Koh Racha despite a weather warning and a ban on boats leaving the dock by the Meteorological Department.

1 minute ago, huuwi said:

and what about the other 100 boats that where out that day?

 

Nobody (the media) cares about them as they didn't have any accidents/casualties.