richard_smith237

Really ?? A poll on a forum makes drink driving acceptable ?? You stupidly think that surrounding yourself with other idiots is some form of scientific measure to justify your attitudes towards drink driving. If you posted a 'flat Earth poll' and 75% of idiots voted that it was flat not spherical, that doesn't make it flat !!! Your poll was fundamentally flawed in the manner that it was 'loaded' and lacked a 'balanced middle ground' option. Kind of like polling and asking the question "have you ever tried Marajuna", and then jumping to the conclusion that everyone is dope-heads becasue so many people have tried it... I think you cannot see that, because you are so locked into your bias that drink driving is somehow acceptable and the global stats, world wide governments and every scientific test regarding impairment are somehow wrong and you are right because you 'think' you are ok to drive after 10-12 pints...

... aww... poor you... You missed my sarcasm !!... you fall foul of the very thing you criticise !!!

'Perfect' is a polar opposite of any term I'd use... delsuional, derranged... I simply cannot fathom how someone posesses such a knack for repeatedly 'missing the boat' and to such an extent... then throws out the accusation that someone else "always gets it wrong" - a pitch-perfect example of delusional hypocrisy if I’ve ever seen it.....

No, that would be you... More than any other poster you exibit a degree of delusion when making your generalisatoins that leaves one wondering what on earth is going on in that head of yours.... I simply cannot fathom how you manage so frequently to jump to such apoligsist opinions whenever there is a Thai on Westener issue. -------- In this example we have two fools, both of whom were unable to control their emotions when handling a minor traffice incident. We've no idea who was at fault for the initial infraction, but we know who grabbed a weapon and attacked with it. Yet, somehow, in a state of complete delusion only equalled by your delusion in so many other threads, you abandon any sense of balance and shoot straight for the 'farang blaming'... Whenever I read such comments of yours I always initially figure that no one can be this out of sync with reality... then as you double down on the imbalanced stupidity I realise you are not trolling at all, but actually mean what you write which is even more astonishing.

Does Grab not deliver Salads ???? .... or is it considered too expensive to order 'just a Greek Salad' for example...

You may need to contact a Broker about this, although its an execellent idea, its somewhat 'colouring outside the lines' especially for a Motorcycle.... I imagine that most 'rental motorcycles' have just the basic government insurance and the rider is going to be held accountable for any damages, which, I assume is what you are attempting to protect yourself from. First option is of course ensure you are licensed to ride a motorcycle in Thailand, as without this, any insurance is void anyway.

Try it on a different device with the same VPN configurations - then you can isolate if its the VPN or your device.

I guess you've never heard of AA Alcoholics anonymous.. it is a rehab institution.... I'm sure Thailand has something similar You've taken a huge leap and inferred that someone caught drink driving is an alcholic, and thus needs a rehab support group... This is clearly incorrect, a logical fallacy. Example at hand: MalcomB has admited in other threads to regularly drink driving after as much as 10-12 beers... But, that does not mean he is an alcoholic and needs the help of AA.

Better advice would be to drive carefully at all times... And if a person is going to have a couple and remain within the DUI limit, drive in the same careful manner... This lady didn't have a couple, we was well over the limit - but perhaps did not have 10-12 beers though...

That does sound werid... Usually the Police are not so lazy to write a report... Your relative should go back to the station... there is no way the police should get away with just dismissing him. Is the car fully insured ? Note: only Type 1 and Type 2 - cover for theft... The compulsory insurance (por-ror-bor) does not.

These tags work through 'blue tooth' proximity.... Basically, if its near another samsung phone it will 'relay' its location via their 'Smart Things' network. Apple Air-tags work in the same manner, but through Apples 'Find My' network and iOS devices. One consideration: Samsung has 20.6 % of the phone market in Thailand. Apple has 33.4% of the phone market in Thailand. So there is a greater chance of finding your 'tag' through Apple, but all that depends upon what eco-system you are within already. I have Air-Tags on / with my Bike, Bike Keys, Car Keys, Car, Suit Cases... Its good with the suit cases, I can see whether my bags have arrived when I'm waiting for them at the baggage carousel. I also put my bike in for a repair recently - it took a while for a spare part so it was with the dealership for over a month (they lent me a spare bike) - while my bike was there, I could see it was there all the time and that no one was taking it on 'joy rides' etc... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNORAc8qb5U&t=1s

Outstanding - humanity prevails. It's nice to read of a postive outcome....

Defo not you... you have never boasted about drink driving (that I'm aware of). I think it can be blamed on someone being outrageously stupid and also drunk !!!

Sell it, where it gets sent to China, opened up, un-bricked and resold (or thats where most phones end up). Anyway - did you ever get round to 'option 1' and just calling it and seeing who answers ?

Social Media is become far more effective for this stuff... But critical mass has to be reached for the media to spread... Ultimately, the news networks need to pick up the story, but because they too are lazy, the scour social media and pick stuff up and run with it as a news story. As you pointed out, paying money also works, but that precident enforces laziness... If the guy doesn't stop, then it costs more for the Police to do more about it - Also, the womany living in an apartment block like that may not have 1000's of baht spare to hand over to the lazy police.

Does that mean when we watch a great Western Movie, if you are from Hawaii you'd call it a great Eastern Move, if from Argentina you'd call it a great Northern Movie ??? ... think that shuts down that argument !!!

No... Its classed as Indian food... ..... though Geographically, yes, its Asian food, in the same manner that Chinese, Japanese or Korean cuisines are also Asian.... Each are so varied due to their immense diversity and unique characteristics they deserve their own food classification. Or we may as well just call everything..... 'Earth food'...

What does he smoke?? No idea... but he breaths out bovine faeces and reguritates them on this forum !!!!

With 100% certainty - It does not... You are tied in with - Name - DOB - Photo - Nationality As soon as Immigration scan your new passport it will be tied to your old passport in their system. All passports are now biometric... so there is a digital photo and passport scanners and automated systems to verify the identity of the passport holder (I'm not sure if Thailand has this capacity - to scan and identify you based on your digital photo stored biometrically) - however, they can certainly tie in all the other information easiliy.

Yes... when drink driving after 10-12 beers, always ensure one is driving 'carefully', in the right direction and not speeding...

Why rehab ?... DUI doesn't imply substance abuse... it just implies she was driving drunk that night, which given the socail climate and attitudes here, is not abnormal.

The risk of course is the escalatio and retaliation of an unstable mind. She takes a baseball bat to him... he comes back a few days later looking for revenge - thus the only way that such actions cannot be persued is that if her actions are extreme and that would be premeditated murder with legal consequences. She 'needs a connection' someone to 'force the police' to get off their lazy backsides and do something proactive for once. Without that, social media is the answer, but it needs to embarass the right people and hopefully this publicity does just that. ------ Separate issue: I know a guy (restaurant owner) who had a run in with a crazy grab delivery driver... The restaurant is popular and sometimes has many grab riders waiting for an order - one grab driver, known to the restaurant for being a trouble maker, was demanding they hurry-up, causing problems for the staff, making scenes etc. This guy (restaurant owner) had to get involved... but he then started receieving death threats from the Grab driver. He reported the threads (with evidence - Phone / Line Messages) but the police ignored it, saying 'the Grab driver has not done anything yet, so they can't act'.... ... Restaurant owner, left with little choice had to pull strings, contact a friend (Police head of another district), who then made 'the call' to the local police station... Situation resolved - the Police threatened the Grab Driver never to contact the restaurant owner again (not sure if he is even working with Grab still)... - the point here is that the Police are extremely lazy until their hand is forced.

You trusted Craigslist, but won't trust anything from FaceBook ? - thats just odd... Craigslist was known for scammers. So is any online portal advertising services, you just have be to able to 'weed out' the wrong-uns. Obviously recommendation is the best path forwards, but without that, you'll have to make your own path... which, is googling and searching on FaceBook and FaceBook Market place for such servces etc... Baht and Sold is a waste - it only 'caters' to a tiny proportion of the population. So.. If you are looking for someone to 'service' (test examine and diagnose) your Mac... Look for a Mac Repair shop... Start messaging with them and you can extablish their level of English. In Bangkok, many 'younger techy folk' to have very decent English language proficiency - I imagine its the same in Chiang Mai. Of coure, you have the offical iCare which is the place to go, so perhaps go there ask them for 'system checkup'... Then there places that can be found on the Internet such as MacCafe... Just because they have a facebook presence doesn't autmatically mean they are scammers, usually far from it - they are just businesses. https://www.facebook.com/MacCafeChiangmai/

Unless forced to do so by the 'boss' so that the issue would quickly and quietly go away.... Of course, there is also a strong likihood of wrong doing... but there needs to be some form of proof. If this teacher has behaved like this with this child, he already has a reputation and has behaved like this before. ------- One of the issues in Thai schools is that 'teacher violence' is seen as somewhat of a norm rather than the objectionable exception... its seems to be culturally accepted as teachers are revered, especially amongs the lower socio-economic classes. - its always the poor kids at poor schools that take a beating... never those kids with 'powerful parents'. I wonder how many of us would react if something like this happened to our children. I wonder if anything like this 'could' happen to our children - firstly, would we put our children in such as school ?, I suspect some of us might have to.... ... then would the teachers themselves know not to 'treat' a Thai/Western child in the same manner for the knowledge that our cultural norms will not tollerate such behavior and there will be an exacting and strong response.

Agreed... Its like the 'netizen outrage' comments... when we only read of the issue while its reported that there is outrage at the same time... the media is 'trying to generate the outrage' rather than factually reporting on it.