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6 hours ago, SCOTT FITZGERSLD said:

WOW now that is unusual.

usually all ex-military leaders will tell how the army needs more budget

and more weapons and more and more and more...even if only to

defend their friends in the army. 

salut, Mr. Genenral Prayuth !

Not so, he needs less people that might oppose his "Loyal" army....... Remember this guy lives on an army base and i can bet my bottom dollar that none of that base or its security will be reduced..... He's just cutting down the capability of another take over bid.......

"Caught on the job"  Grassed up by the hotel....... 

5 hours ago, DannyCarlton said:

Disgraceful. Makes me ashamed to be British. Big guy like him can't see off 3 weedy Thais? Must be a Southerner.

Shandy drinking Southern fairy !

Three days adrift and at least two sunsets and sunrises giving you East and West, considering he was off Phuket the worst he could do with three days drift is either hit Bangladesh or Singapore.....  Nah the old bloke was incapacitated, couldn't set sail, wind's with him as well..... West to east..... Should of done a Slocum and gone down with his vessel.......I'd love to hear the full story though....

1 minute ago, Docno said:

Poster on p1 has a link to the fellow's website. Seems that he's been sailing that particular boat around SE Asia since 2011. Presumably his sailing experience goes back further than that. Must be something we're missing...

I would probably think either an injury or maybe at his age a stroke or something......   Mind you i'm surprised the Thai Navy went out that far......  Brave sea dogs...... 

Oooh, "The Thai Navy (Including nice shot of flag) saves British man".......... If the silly pratt couldn't hoist sail and get back to land then they should of left him out there until he learned........  "The sea and sky don't tolerate fools"..........  Me thinks there's more to the story though, most sailors have plenty of nouse, unless he'd just wondered out of a bar and "Set sail"........or his case, "Started motor".......... This article seems to be in a similar vein as "Honest Thai taxi driver hands back millions to farang tourist"........ What would Francis Chichester say ? 

2 hours ago, 248900_1469958220 said:

I agree however, that has been the case in many other countries in the past. Take a look at the people of Hong Kong, getting the <deleted> beaten out of them....and coming back for more.....a different breed perhaps?

Yeah true, but remember HK people tasted democracy and they don't like the thought of that being taken off them...... Worth fighting for......... 

 Army spokesman Colonel Win Thai Suvaree confirmed that the helicopter did not belong to any of the three armed forces, because military choppers do not normally fly at night.

Yeah there's a good reason for that, last time the armed forces tried to fly at night they lost too many....... Velly Expensy !    

It seems as though this virus came at the right time for the powers that be, a very handy scapegoat, otherwise they'd have to blame themselves for destroying tourism in Thailand by the insane immigration restrictions........  I'm one of those that can remember Thailand when it was packed out with tourists, mostly westerners and mostly travelers and back packers.......... But that was in the day when immigration just waved you through without todays gestapo interview.......  It's changing though, i think the penny's finally dropped .........  

Good news, looks as though immigration's trying........maybe try bringing back unlimited tourist visas for westerners, that would be a great help, also bring in a bit of well needed tea money..... Afterall, 1900 bht for two months, them another 1900 bht for the month extension.......  Double bubble, high fives all round.... 

Suck it up boys.....Well deserved...... let's just hope when the April heat comes on the locals will eventually grow the nads to boot out the chancers in green.....

55 minutes ago, madmen said:

I agree with the rest of the Zimmer frame apologist 

 

IO Should write in his passport.. Falang wit Zimmer frame no need visa can overstay long as he want and when hab stroke and heart attack thai people pay hospital... 

 

There you go all sorted! 

Thai people pay for what ?  My bird in ten years never even bought me a drink, even when i gave her the money........ It's just not in them.......  mind you her mate once bought me a drink, but that's because she was seeing the end of our marriage and she was just casting her bread on the water so to speak........ Tidy bit as well..... Next !  

Pathetic....... I wonder if they had to chase him with the BMs and shoot his frame from under him.......Looks like a real Dillinger character.........  

16 minutes ago, emptypockets said:

That's all part of the cost of living in a foreign country by choice.

Easily avoided by making a different choice.

Nope, moved to Malaysia, don't get anything from immigration, only "Welcome Sir"......... When i first came to Thailand if you had a pulse they used to welcome you, mind you that was when they were broke...... Bit like a bug eating bargirl one minute, then she won't eat nothing but the best steak money can buy the next....... Both the Bargirl and Thailand has forgotten where they came from.......... 

Pathetic....... That's the only word for this whole pitiful story...... 

9 minutes ago, Mavideol said:

know somebody with similar trouble and he didn't went straight to the ariport but instead he DROVE as fast as he could to the nearest land border and then flew straight home, never looked back

Golden rule when i used to work and drive here, if you kill someone or if someone's killed on the job, nearest airport and leg it quick........  We'll sort it out later...... 

Bit like Saudi really, not your fault but you're guilty because you're here and you're paying the bill....... Kop khun maak ....... The land of smiles and insanity..... 

Typically Thai, you build one massage shop and within the month there's ten on the same street..... One kracker with a weapon and out come the fruit cakes...... Getting like a bad day in Beirut around here..... 

Yeah ok, that's if there's any water left...... Sweet Jesus, it's as sad as watching an orphanage burn down....