Lancashireman

Easy error to make when you’re awash with Yaba...

On 10/28/2020 at 3:15 PM, 3MagicBeers said:

I'm a hotel owner in Laos. 90% of tourist arrivals into Laos come via Thailand (mainly Suvarnaphoum) as its transit hub, so this decision is a further blow to the 1,000s of hotels, guesthouses, restaurants and all their employees that have lost their jobs since March. In all honesty, I believe Laos will turn its back to TH and start looking towards Viet Nam as a transit hub. Its important to know that decisions made by TH also severely and directly affect all regional neighbours. Fingers crossed.

3 hours ago, ezzra said:

Evert time i read the word "mull" i think of Paul McCartney song "mull of kintyre".. not sure why...

...oh that mist rolling in from...

6 hours ago, Matzzon said:

Have you interrogated it? When are you submitting your evidence to the court?

9 out of 10 sea cucumbers who expressed a preference said they enjoyed it...

7 hours ago, Starmocihc said:

It probably has more to do with the Chinese relationship than anything else. ????

Yes, I agree. Also, the impressive ‘figures’ produced will be scrutinised along with a bit of diplomatic gamesmanship. That aside...it is a surprise to the ruling class here.

17 hours ago, Antiparovian said:

I don't normally do any"tugging" while buying alcohol. That is reserved for when I'm alone in the privacy of my own home....

Tug fest, aisle 7...all-comers welcome! Every little helps...

Just punish the wrongdoers...heavily!

5 hours ago, Psimbo said:

You have clearly never used this facility which is happening at more and more offices. Very efficient and very little delay. No documentation other than current 90 day report and passport.

 

The fries comment was lame 12 months ago when these improvements were initiated. i suggest you use your time at home to come up with more original material.

Never going to happen, never going happen...

https://www.khaosodenglish.com/news/crimecourtscalamity/2020/04/02/more-papers-required-for-visa-extensions-due-to-national-security/
 

Be it so, but if the FBI or similar agency wanted to track you on a security basis, you would even know it.

Keep safe...you ain’t seen me, right.

7 hours ago, RJRS1301 said:

Surely immigration knows where these passengers went to from their arivals cards,. Why do they not contact trace them and test them, with repeat testing done to confirm any negative results, along with self quarantine.

Yes, you’d expect a level of common sense. Assume they landed and stayed in Thailand, should be straightforward.

5 hours ago, Chemikaze said:

Luckily most farangs only have sex with locals.  "American Red Dick and Hungary Kata" were purely show names.  Real names were actually Billy Bob Black & Pattaraporn Natthakonlanon. 

Leave my girlfriend out of this thread...thanks. She’s in enough trouble as it is!

14 hours ago, NetJunkie said:

 

He is the guy that decides if you get your visa. Endex. Shape up or ship out.

They like to think so. But if you challenge them, firmly and politely, they back down.

Shape up or ship out is for cowards. Enjoy your dream.

3 hours ago, Badrabbit said:

Go to a golf shop, quality umbrellas!

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Definitely. 500฿ in Taniya golf mall!

She's already miles ahead of you. She knows you have money.

Lamb to slaughter...............

Can I just get this right - no Thai woman has ever NOT ripped off a foreign husband right ?

Bit rhetorical, but interesting argument?

I want to share a reverse story and perhaps it has value. I met a thai girl while living in Dubai. She flew for EK Airlines. I made great money. We dated and pretty much lived together for about a year before we went to BKK together. Whenever checks, or dates, or bills she would variously offer to pay, or I would insist telling her "when the day comes I do not have the money I will then ask you to pay, for now I got it." I tended to say this a lot; a typical western man.

We took a taxi to her home, got out, she paid the taxi while I got bags. I then looked up and the building and asked which floor was her family's? All of them, silly. The building was surrounded by a solid steal fence with cameras. As we approached the gate it opened automatically. There were 9 late model cars in the driveway yet the place seemed dead- it was sunday. We entered on the first floor and this appeared to be the business. I asked incredulously, "this is all one business?" No silly, and she pulled a wooden board from the desk which listed 47 different real estate companies. The family was filthy rich. Each person had their own floor; Gma/gpa, sister, brother, mom dad, her. etc. House in back for staff, cook, driver, etc. I had presumed over the past year of falling in love with this woman that I was perhaps the best thing for her, and immaturely took a degree of pride in finding someone I loved, and could whisk away on my western white horse. In the end, it could not work and when confronted with the final, unassailable reason why, I was shocked- "How could you ever pay enough sinsod to my parents?" she said "How would you explain to my father how you could care for me the way he had?" All true, but brutally painful. This is how a 2+ year love affair ended, with the money being the distinguishing characteristic of a possible future.

She never told me about her money because it was simply none of my business, I suppose. I am glad I did not know. Before it was over, when her grandpa died, all the g kids were given one million USD and the 5 aunts and uncles split a fortune, a really big fortune with her dad getting the most because he ran the business. I realized then that changed everything. I would forever feel her money behind my thoughts and hopes for the future and while her later explanation of sinsod hurt, it was the realization she had so much money that choked me to death realizing my i could never meet that expectation.

Do not tell her about your money unless directly asked; if directly asked, you had better appraise the context and reason. Its just not necessary. In your case,, everything above is reversed and the same societal pressures opposite. But do you really need to tell her? I did not know and in retrospect am happy I did not know.

Thank you. Very interesting story.

....I seriously doubt that ......ANYONE.....' jogs on the beach at night '....

....and not in canvas shoes....

...and 1000 baht seems a little meagre....

Heartfelt condolences to this man's family.

Please let him rest in peace.

Cheers guy's.

When I was 7, my family lived in a fairly large house in Liverpool (yes, it does have those). There was a spare bedroom my parents rented out to a copper (policeman) who had a bowl in his room full of threepenny-bits, sixpences, and pennies. I was 7, and had not yet understood that I had no right to take, but at the same time I knew I was doing wrong.... instinctively. I still took three pence a day to go to the shop and buy either a Caramel or a Topic bar. I got caught out when one day he hid in the wardrobe. I shat myself.. and cried. Did he tie me to a pole? Did he hit me? No! He sat me down and talked. I never stole again (until video players (VHS weights) and the Scouse 400m Olympics was introduced, running with one under each arm was invented, of course ).

Chastising without explanation is useless. It's almost like hitting a dog for shitting in the house 1 hour after finding the turd. It means nothing to the dog. To tie a boy to a pole and let him muster over why he is there when he may not have even recognised his error is despicable.

You might have nicked my VCR? It's ok it was Betamax, I realise reading was difficult back 'in dem da days!'

.. limit the possible sentence to 5 to 7 years.

This comment seems quite bizarre seeing as the o/p states "Police plan to summon and interview B after receiving the forensic report on the babys cause of death."

* how do you come up with such a sentence? Are you qualified to pronounce such in some way or other?

Notwithstanding the 'reporting' accuracy etc. this is a tragic story in any event.

Let's not pass judgement on one or two reported versions. It's a life, a death, but certainly a continuance of cultural divergence; I don't enjoy the scope of the interpretation on this one...tragic for all.

Fully justifying Thailand's well documented reputation as being one of the most dangerous destinations for tourists in the world.

Seen the Daily Mail today?

No because it is blocked in Thailand www.dailymail.co.uk

and that is the BOMB squad ?

A couple old tires and a bag or 2 of ????

since they are in green uniforms are they Army ?

Scary to think these are the guys who will protect us if there is a terror attack

Green? I think you need to calibrate your graphics card. And what do you think an EOD squad is going to use to contain damage from a device they're working on, in case it blows up and kills them? You think they're going to lug one of those special trucks up the stairs? Normally it is not a good idea to move a suspicious object around very much, so a couple of sandbags and a couple of old tires work quite well. Also, it couldn't have been very large, so you wouldn't actually have to build a wall of sandbags around it.

Nothing new, just cyclic news from old...