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8 minutes ago, mpyre said:

Try Allianz for travel insurance...cover up to at least age 70, and cover small bikes as long as you are license legal. 

Not if you live here, and must be expensive...

31 minutes ago, Happy enough said:

 and the rest of your post is actually wrong but . . . . 

Car/bike insurance here is supposed to be compulsory, and the 3rd party cover is 1 million on all of the companies I have had quotes from. So where am I wrong on that unless you don't get insured and drive illegally?

Tourist rental insurance might be different...

15 minutes ago, Happy enough said:

read the thread. looks like they were both foreigners and the guy in the car apparently(although i haven't seen it so cannot confirm) has dashcam footage that proves the motorbike was at fault. and the rest of your post is actually wrong but . . . . 

Sorry I hadn't been through 23 pages of posts, so I guess neither was insured (farang driver or otherwise) and the bike rider was at fault from what you say.

Crowd funding can be and often is a scam, maybe this guy deserves some help for his stupidity though?

Car/bike insurance here is supposed to be compulsory, and the 3rd party cover is 1 million on all of the companies I have had quotes from. So where am I wrong on that unless you don't get insured and drive illegally?

Thanks for the honest explanation.

You met online. Well, I know a few where that has been a scam of of one type or another.

I said "after 3 years you should know each other" in my post, but if you come as a tourist and stay together for a few weeks or so and you lash out the cash you need to be cautious of her ultimate goal if you come to live together in the land of two smiles...

Tread carefully, there could be quicksand you need to avoid in the future...

Can you afford to continue being so generous every day of the week on a living together basis for many years? Has she got an idea of your income and assets? She might be an accountant, but has the family got a sick buffalo, mother, grandmother or brother that needs an operation etc etc?

Best of luck. Living here is far, far different to a few weeks or months a year on holiday.

Hit from behind?

Is the driver that hit him not insured to seriously injure farangs?

The crowd funding should not be necessary unless he was hit by an uninsured driver... Minimum 1 million on most policies should get him to a better hospital.

On 3/17/2018 at 7:47 PM, vogie said:

Just tried my first can of Tapper, as a previous stated the head didappears in 2 seconds. Anything is better than the top three, but I think I'll stick with Cheers +

Cheers!

On 3/17/2018 at 6:56 PM, atyclb said:

 

in belgium fruit beer has been around for ages and is not at all a marketing strategy. many many people like it.

Oh Belgium, well I know that but it isn't beer to me.

Enjoy, horses for courses I suppose.

On 3/15/2018 at 3:50 PM, Kimber said:

 

There still some good ones around, but don't expect to find them among the hardened Bar girls. 

I met a real winner 3 years ago,  BKK Accountant who works for her uncle's business, she's 37 and I'm 65,  she speaks good English,  travelled and is intelligent and critical of the LoS .  

A "partial Buddhist", her comment about Thai people being, "only Buddhist when they need to be".

Never a problem with her sulking, if there's an issue needing sorting out she's always willing to talk it out.   I love the person she is. 

I would be interested to know how you met her and how the relationship progressed.

Three years is still a short time but you must have got to know her by now.

If you can split writing and reading why not split listening and speaking?

Most women I have known are fine at speaking but don't listen (not just Thai).

Even when you explain logically in detail and they tell you they understand, it is a pointless exercise unless you agree with them at the end of the conversation.

Speaking the language is an advantage, but it is no solution.

Ziggy husband and wife news.docx

16 hours ago, atyclb said:

 

Yuk...!

This should be part of every airline's rules, just like the weight of bags.

Disabled/injured/sick people or those with small children and babies have to declare if it affects their flight conditions in order it can be accommodated.

So persons of "above average size" should be required to do the same.

Don't call it discrimination, if carry on luggage doesn't fit it is rejected. If a passenger doesn't fit into the seats available the same rule should apply.

Makes sense for them, other passengers and for safety reasons.

(PC nuts need not reply)

Time the police "cleaned up at home" first.

But there many posing as "tourists" that deserve to get busted.

Enjoy it while it lasts....

On 3/14/2018 at 2:43 PM, Italian guy said:

Well, they might as well ban all the cocks (the animals I mean ) from the country, since cock fighting and gambling seems to be one of the main pastimes for Thai farmers all over Thailand. Not to mention muay Thai... 

Shussh! Don't tell anyone about the betting on Muay Thai and cock fights.

Were they "smoking" though?

19 hours ago, lamyai3 said:

The fire location was soi 16, pretty close to 2nd road, so no access problems in this instance.  

Thanks for the info.

Hang on a minute, can't he be tried in absentia now?

Same old Thai logic story: authorities clamp down on trivial misdemeanors and ignore the road carnage, huge corruption problem and the rich committing murder, fraud and fleeing the country.

On 3/12/2018 at 10:04 PM, OneZero said:

Yup, a nickel a tical (tcs).  Guess that dates me too.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Tical is an archaic unit of mass and currency which may refer to:

• The Thai baht, formerly known to foreigners as the tical
• The baht as a unit of mass; see Thai units of measurement

Update:

Very confusing. Depends what you read.

Some say it was slang for Asian money, others say it was changed to satang in 1928.

If you find some thing definitive please let me know.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Thai_money

On 3/12/2018 at 8:56 AM, johng said:

 

 

This looks familiar to me !  I remember the TV for rent shop they also had  VCR's and a small selection of films.

 

 

https://www.google.co.th/maps/uv?gl=th&authuser=0&pb=!1s0x30e29eeea5dc79bd%3A0x1d1f3a90d3b96901&hl=en&imagekey=!1e10!2sAF1QipMudws9dTCwvOeYz1aPtwXM2SJAjjQGuTXJNcNi

This looks like the front of Mansions and you walk through to Villa.

I can read the sign on the other picture, but it is a strange angle unless they knocked something down recently.

On 3/12/2018 at 8:44 AM, johng said:

does this look familiar ?  is that the Mansions next door to the residence ?

https://www.google.co.th/maps/place/Miami+Apartment,+Khwaeng+Makkasan,+Khet+Ratchathewi,+Krung+Thep+Maha+Nakhon+10400/@13.7511233,100.558821,3a,71.8y,174.13h,103.77t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sBTTh_inEGNPS_poLlxA6Jg!2e0!4m2!3m1!1s0x30e29eeea6743751:0xa53b330123ba709a?gl=th

 

This picture is either an odd angle or not of the same place. Miami Apartments is at the front at the end of a little alleyway. The newer buildings (Mansions and Villa) are behind with a few other (old) apartment buildings.

The next pictures are the front of Miami Mansions see below.

On 3/12/2018 at 10:04 PM, OneZero said:

Yup, a nickel a tical (tcs).  Guess that dates me too.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Tical is an archaic unit of mass and currency which may refer to:

• The Thai baht, formerly known to foreigners as the tical
• The baht as a unit of mass; see Thai units of measurement

Must date you quite a bit. If I'm not mistaken the name of Thailand (from Siam) and its money's name changed in 1932 or thereabouts, after the Monarchy changed to constitutional and "democracy" was introduced....

I expect people still called it the Tical for a while though, and books from or about that time call it that.

Of course "Tickle" is a euphemism for a bribe in English slang, so maybe they still use it?

On 3/11/2018 at 10:36 AM, thedemon said:

 

Yes. It was on Petchaburi Rd, down a short drive way on the northern side. I think it was on the stretch between Asoke and Thonglor, not too far from the Siam Hotel.

 

Funny, I haven't given that place a thought for probably 20 years. I assume it is long gone.

Not so far up sorry. It was and still is about 300m from Nana Nua (soi 3) towards Asoke on the north side. It's down a small alleyway.

I am guessing but I suppose all the signs that the police said were obstructing access to Walking Street for The Fire Brigade appliances have been moved or taken down???