off road pat

14 hours ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

If he stopped disposing garbage in front of the neighbors house he'd still be alive. 

 

Seems like a 'No Brainer' to me, don't antagonize your neighbors. 

 

I'd be angry to if the Italian did that to me

 

 

Hm,..Yes, but the Italian is not there anymore to defend himself,...so the Thai man can say whatever he wants....!?

Hm,..I remember years ago, In Chiang Mai, I saw a Frenchman beat a Japanese tourist that walked out of Loy Kroh road loaded with bags of stuff he bought in the Night bazar. The Frenchman was high on something and visibly knew Muai Thai  and kept beating the poor Japanese guy who could not defend himself. He just managed to get in a Tuk Tuk while still been beaten and drove away,...I learned the next day that this Japanese man had died of internal bleeding !

I heard that the Frenchman was caught by the police,... and released a couple of days/weeks later,....!?!? Apparently, He flew away without a problem,...

On 11/30/2023 at 9:11 AM, CMBob said:

 Was told there will be a small building on the old train station side which will provide an underground passage to the new station (or, hopefully, to

an elevator and/or escalator to scale the height).  I was sent a depiction of it (attached) but it makes no sense to me as the street that's depicted there

doesn't currently exist in that configuration.

Not everything has to make sense in Thailand,..TIT

On 11/30/2023 at 6:55 AM, CMBob said:

The station and the king's carriage house are indeed rather quaint.  What the above photo doesn't show is the brand new station

located across the lower tracks and which supposedly will be operational in a week.  I don't quite understand why the new station

is so huge.......

There are several new stations just like this one on the way down south,...they are all far to big for the towns/villages they are at. Somebody had to make a huge amount of money on this,... TIT

10 hours ago, quake said:

Oh, I thought he had already gone home for Christmas.

 

 

He probably is,...

1 hour ago, Andrew65 said:

In my 20 years there, I got the impression that loads of expats drink & drive in Thailand, and not just Brits. This guy was just unlucky to get caught.

Well deserved to get caught, I hope the bleed him dry !

Not the slightest sympathy for drunk drives.

8 hours ago, bob smith said:

500 baht fine and a wai is the going rate innit?

Hm,...Not if you are drunk and destroy state property !! Light poles or electric poles are expensive !!!

He will know ! It's going to cost him !! and I hope a lot !

I have no sympathy for drunk drivers !!

On 11/30/2023 at 9:06 AM, connda said:

The world economies most of which are fueled on debt are all on the cusp of "Economic Crisis."

When i first arrived here, the price of gold was 12K THB / baht-weight.  It will be 36K (if not more) by the end of 2024 (maybe the end of March 2024).  Current value of 23 karat Thai gold per baht-weight is 33.5K THB which is up 1000 THB over the last month.  Gold is up from 29.2K THB over the last year.
Does this mean that the value of gold has tripled?  Nope.  It means the value of Thailand fiat money has been discounted by 65+% relative to gold, and you CAN see this in the inflation of prices over the last 15 years.  The value of gold move inversely to the value of debased national fiat currencies.  Governments lie about the real value of their debased currencies and real inflation.  The value of gold relative to currencies does not lie.

The debt bubble will blow - not "If" but "When."  Highly leveraged and indebted nations will fall.  Read history.  The Depression, and its effect on the global economy.  And when the banks and the economy collapse?  Well, read up on one of the most recent collapses in Argentina 1998 to 2001.  Find some first hand accounts.  It's not pretty, especially when a nation and a people are forced down to the bottom of the Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs.

What's at the end of the line?  World War, imho, that will support Neo-Totalitarianism in most countries and the rise of Neo-Fascism in many of what are currently referred to as "liberal democracies." 

Excellent piece, thx for the information !

4 hours ago, mokwit said:

Ah yes, Thaksin who in an interview in Hong Kong after his ouster repeatedly said "You have to have rule of law". He obviously meant only when it suited him.

Yes, Indeed. The Thai Government and justice system Lost all credibility, that is , if they had any,....??

But they don't care. They will continue to get away with everything. As long as there's no strong powerful opposition around.

6 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

Such silliness. Alot of this fake purity likely originates from the government. The goons in charge are focusing their efforts in all the wrong areas. They are trying to make Thailand a Quaker State. A land of purity. Total BS. Nonsense. Misplaced priorities, and wasted efforts. And likely completely fake and hypocritical. No doubt these terribly misguided fools are trying to rid Thailand of one of its most popular attractions. The nightlife. 

 

People love sexy. You cannot deny that. Making a big deal over something like this is just churlish and silly.

Don't worry, last time I was in The south, Songkla and Had Yai were full of Malaysians in the weekends,...al hotels were full booked. Thai Nightlife is still a whole lot more attractive than the Malaysian one

On 11/28/2023 at 12:47 AM, hotchilli said:

How naive can people be?

[rhetorical] 

“There’s a sucker born every minute,”  Phineas Taylor Barnum (1810-1891)

22 hours ago, Thailand said:

Perhaps they should resurrect the 10 year old "Lost in Thailand" movie?

Yes,...That was a good movie. And sadly the start of massive Chinese tourism in Thailand !!!

51 minutes ago, HappyExpat57 said:

Wow! Make it easy for tourists and they will come spend money? WHAT a NOVEL CONCEPT!

Hm,....Some tourists,...but not for the western tourists,....which are bigger spenders,...strange Concept indeed !!!!

..."They were allegedly involved in visa fraud, offering a Schengen visa application process that cost €7,000, translating to roughly 267,000 baht.",... How these guys get those Schengen visas ??? they need accomplices in a European Embassy !!!

8 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

Elephants never forget anything.

 

This kindness of humans towards elephants will not go unforgotten.

 

 

If the mother did not return !?, something has happened to her !,...Elephant mothers never leave there little ones wonder of,...

On 11/10/2023 at 8:01 AM, khunPer said:

4,200 baht in bar fine, he must be a quality tourist...
"The tourist told police through a translation application that he had gone to a beer bar in Soi 6 and paid a 4,200 baht bar fine to take the woman to his hotel."

Hm,..."paid a 4,200 baht bar fine to take the woman to his hotel.",...Impossible !!!, everybody knows that there is no prostitution in Pattaya !!!?

7 hours ago, stix40 said:

Big Pockets Obviously! 

 

Yes, Big pockets and non functioning brain. Going out in the nightlife anywhere on earth with the equivalent of 60.000 Bht. is very stupid.

8 hours ago, 10baht said:

One hell of a thick wallet. With the largest Thai bill = 1000 THB he had to have had at minimum 40 bills in Thai currency and probably at least 10 Japanese 10,000 yen bills. So that is 50 bills in one wallet? pocket? My wallet get bulky with 10 or more bills, and if I had 50 it would close.

That's why it was so easy for those Katoeis to lift him of that surplus weight.

,...

5 hours ago, Shop mak said:

Money lenders at work again, or a ex-bf? 

 

two days prior to the incident, an individual had been enquiring about the bar worker at their workplace. However, she could not recall the specifics of that interaction. Worasuda suspects that the abductor could possibly be the bar worker’s ex-husband

Hm,...If it is her ex the police will find him quiet easily !

23 hours ago, ChipButty said:

I see the Russians are making the headlines recently, 

 

I dont know the area this happened but being at that time alone anywhere is dangerous 

Thailand used to be one of the safest country's on earth for women alone on the streets,....

6 hours ago, Tropicalevo said:

I do like his dressing up wardrobe.

When he was the health minister, he had a number of different, white 'doctor's' outfits.

Now that he is a minister in a civilian government, he wears military uniforms.

He either likes dressing up or the uniforms help him to feel important.

It's a Government employee uniform, in this case Ministry of interior !!! no Military uniform !!

Hm,...Isn't "Police General Phatcharavat Wongsuwan" not the brother of Prawit Wongsawan !?!?!? The Watchman ???

On 11/3/2023 at 8:59 AM, timendres said:

It is not just "Farang" that get taken advantage of by Thai women here.

Although, I believe we do tend to be more gullible.

Hm,...I heard so many story's about Thais been ripped of by other Thais even from there own families !!!