hobobo

8 hours ago, Rc2702 said:

Yh I'd rather stick with my Honda wave those Harley's are too loud and too big. Defeats all purposes of a bike for me. Put it this way if you offered me a swap deal for the Harley I'd take it sell it and buy another wave.

Me too!

4 hours ago, connda said:

What I actually like about the West is that you usually can't buy your way out of a crime.  Prosecutor's prosecute based on the 'criminal' code that was violated and has nothing to do with a civil settlement.  He still committed a crime and it's the prosecutor's job to sanction crimes in the name of the public in order to deter such crimes.  Well, silly me, not here.

This simply sets the height of the bar.  If I am 'in a mood' and feel like slapping restaurant employees who are doing their job, then I know what it will take to be able to step away from criminal prosecution.  In this case, 40,000 THB was the magic number. 

I so agree with your first paragraph. In the early, maybe mid-1970s I remember a young Prince of Wales being stopped on M1 for speeding. He didn't yell "Don't you know who I am?" at a very embarrassed officer (who just realized whom he had trapped), but accepted the ticket and got a member of his staff to pay the fine of £100 (rather high for those days) the following day.

7 hours ago, colinneil said:

Wow 40.000 just for a slap !!

I have just come up with a way that i can make money, anybody want to come and slap my backside and pay me 40.000 baht, no problem for me as i have no feeling there.

My slapper says I should give her 40,000 for each session!

5 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

Fortunately, for all of us, this type of event is rare here. I just do not hear about alot of violent crimes against foreigners, like in many other countries, such as the PI, and Cambodia. Hopefully, it will stay that way. 

 

Hope they catch the goons who did this. And hope they are able to find a judge willing to lock them up. Not an easy thing to find. 

He was the only goon in this saga. I hope they fine him heavily for wasting police time.

6 hours ago, BritManToo said:

All the students have the helmets in their front baskets, and pull them off/on as they leave/enter the uni gates.

I expect you have proof of that, like a hidden-camera video?

5 hours ago, hobz said:

10000 is nothing in Phuket. 

One lousy taxi ride cost more (iPhone) 

4 hours ago, Longcut said:

What motivates people to do such stupid things?

Excess of alcohol

6 hours ago, jacko45k said:

Left U-Turn? 

 

If I was elkskiing I'd be confused too!

6 hours ago, giddyup said:

That gofundme page is getting a serious workout from tourists who can't be bothered with insurance.

They all think why bother with insurance, gofundme is free and often exceeds its target. Shame.

On ‎11‎/‎22‎/‎2018 at 6:59 PM, colinneil said:

Naughty boy, off to Siberia with him.

No, not cold enough due to global warming. How about somewhere really hot, like Hell?

10 hours ago, webfact said:

Both were charged with theft and fencing stolen property

...and will be out on bail as soon as the TV is sold...

1 hour ago, yougivemebaby said:

She could have cried (moaned) out could mean other things. It doesn’t mean he attacked the daughter.

FO means Foreign Office and.... I forgot...

11 hours ago, smedly said:

I understand what some have said here already but whether or not this death was justified depends entirely on the threat posed by the intruder, the father must justify his actions in the situation presented to him, for example - if the intruder was standing there defenceless with his hands in the air surrendering then shooting him dead was hardly the right course of action - calling the police might have been

 

Just saying 

Sometimes there's no need to "just say"

1 minute ago, BritManToo said:

My 20-year-old Thai daughter (2nd year uni) is already talking about sharing her wage with me.

I don't need her money, but I wouldn't mind a bit of looking after as I get older.

She's obviously the kind of offspring one hopes to get: not to exploit her ever, but appreciating that SHE appreciates what went on for the last 20 years. Well done, BritManToo!

Just now, hobobo said:

Blah blah, yawn yawn

Forgot to add, no one expected anything else....

Blah blah, yawn yawn

24 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

23 and 25, both finished with education, living elsewhere and employed.

According to the Thai "bible", they should be supporting you till your last breath....

16 hours ago, ezzra said:

And they give someone like him a gun... who draws and shoot just to prove he's cool...

That's the kind of guys that the RTP version of Uncle Sam recruitment wants! Enlist boys, bullets are cheap!

Dear webfact,

I love oranges. I love them so much that I'm now on the "orange only" diet. I eat 2 kg a day, which could be 20 oranges, if/when they are smaller. Should I be worried?

Sincerely,

A worrier  x

On ‎11‎/‎18‎/‎2018 at 3:31 PM, BritManToo said:

I'd like my son to have the chance to own his own home without slaving away all his life, and losing said home to a woman he mistakenly thinks loves him. So that country will be Thailand and not the UK.

 

My kids back in the UK don't seem to be having much fun or success, a couple of them are over 30 and own nothing but debt.

What age did you abandon them?

16 minutes ago, Nyezhov said:

Whats a Donny boy? I dont understand French slang  ????

 

You mentioned Alaska. That's where most of Donald's support seems to come from.

5 hours ago, connda said:

When I was a kid, other kids would mix aspirin and coca cola and drink that mixture.  Probably explains why you can hardly find aspirin in Thailand. 
I love the rational - if somebody can abuse a drug, make it almost impossible for those who use it legitimately to obtain it.  But using the same rational, why isn't alcohol only sold in pharmacies, and pharmacies limited to having only 83.3 six-packs in stock, and buyers limited to buying two six-packs which they have to sign their name to get.  What is the more abused drug here?  Tramadol or alcohol? 
I'm surprised they haven't banned raw papaya here. 

Get it off your chest, I agree! 

On ‎11‎/‎16‎/‎2018 at 6:07 PM, Nyezhov said:

Not a good day. Ill go to Spasso.

Better still, back to Alaska! Thailand's too tough for you Donny boys!

13 hours ago, JTXR said:

obligated

That's when I burst out laughing!