richard_smith237

Just put him on ignore - the vapid monotonous idiocy of so many of his replies through various threads highlights he rarely if ever adds anything constructive or any value to any discussion... Its easier to simply pretend such fools don't exist....

You must be great fun at parties !!... Really - what the Op described is in an inert and safe environment - whats with all the gaslighting and whatifery... its hardly a major crime to teach a kid how to use a vehicle... ... And if the Road is Private - its not illegal.... ... What do you think the Op is planning ??... Drift training around a busy moobaan ???

Aww come on Lewie... the least you could have done was hand her a Pyjama top and send her to 7-11....

And now you've fallen off the deep end and have moved onto comparing coffee to heroin. Sheesh. It's you clearly that needs to get a grip. OK teetotaller... have a Heineken Zero or a soda water and chill...

Just one look at the car, and specifically wheels on the car in question is enough to infer what likely transpired... With darwinian prowess, someone has removed themselves from the gene pool... One glance - just one fleeting look - at the car, particularly the wheels is enough to infer what likely transpired... Somewhere between Fast & Furious and Flat-Out effing Stupid, a young gladiator of the asphalt has executed a flawless entry into the annals of Darwin Award lore.... With breathtaking efficiency and zero regard for physics, he has heroically yeeted himself out of the gene pool, sparing future generations from inherited idiocy... Truly, natural selection at its most cinematic.... RIP to the fella, condolences to his family, but really, its so fortunate he didn't take out any innocent victims....

In real life, a former GF and I arrived in Hawaii late at night, needed some food from a 24 hour store. A woman about 40 yo, faded blonde, was buying a stack of condoms and lubricant. I had to explain to my somewhat naive GF what the woman's occupation was. In virtually every hotel I’ve stayed at in Thailand - whether it’s, Samui, Chiang Mai, Samet, Phuket etc... one thing remains oddly consistent: the early-morning parade of adult women typically aged somewhere between 20 and 40, shuffling to breakfast in pyjamas that look like they were borrowed from a Saturday morning cartoon marathon often featuring a rogue Hello Kitty or a wide-eyed bear waving for dear life. I often find myself wondering about the inner monologue behind this fashion choice. Is this... cute? Comfort? A statement of postmodern irony? Or have we simply given up as a species? And then there are the wet markets - these same specimens have upped the ante, the ensemble evolves: the cartoon pyjamas remain, but now accompanied by hair rollers and hydrating face masks, as if preparing for either a beauty pageant or a chemical spill.

'Angry and Miserable' ???.... his posts are the polar opposite of that...

Wife used to drive to school at 16 with her Mum sat next to her !!! (in Thailand). I think there is no great harm in what the Op did, also a couple of 'over reactions' - its clear caution was taken and this isn't such a dramatic action as some seem to suggest... I don't see any harm in getting kids familiar with vehicles and driving... In our Moo-baan (wide open roads), I've had my son sat on my lap and steering etc... not really driver training, just a bit of fun (though I fully expect some karen now to tell me how dangerous that is because of the airbag etc)... At what age would I start: Maybe about 13 years old in a manual in private field. Perhaps about 15 in an empty car-park (if in Thailand). On the road - here... Obviously only when legal...

Personally though, I hate these kind of daft comments... using my QR Payment is so much quicker than paying by cash... Just last night - Staff brought over the QR payment and I'd paid up before my mate had taken the cash out of his wallet and put it in the black folder, then he still had to wait for change. Its seems its the boomers who just can't keep up... . Good luck getting your cash out of an ATM at such a time... You never paid for anything via a Debit or Credit card before ??? - careful what you wish for in your Anti-Digital bias, you forget you've been cashless in many transactions for decades already. All of that said: Even though I find cashless so much quicker and simpler... getting in a Taxi and not having cash on you at any point is somewhat foolish... I think this woman was rather dumb to do so.... and then also careless taking so much time to actually get cash.... Its like getting in a taxi and only having a 1000 baht note... Cashless: I keep 1200 baht tucked away in my phone case... there if needed.

So that gave him the right to assault her? Apparently so.. he agree's with the driver !!... OK.. .I think he meant he understands why the driver became frustrated... Firstly, we have a passenger with no money... She could have easily asked the driver at the beginning of the ride if he accepted Prompt-Pay... She didn't protect her situation. Secondly, we have the passenger taking 30mins to get money ?... this is just weird... or was the driver exaggerating? Nevertheless, none of this warrants the driver attacking the woman... But the woman should have offered a resonable tip - she did make him wait additional time. Then of course there is the final point: The Woman not having cash - had many options at her disposal: Grab, BOLT etc... Then of course, there is another point: I've often asked drivers to stop off on the way so I can pick something up from a 7-11 etc... no issues (but I also tip them for their additional time afterwards). And... Who hasn't been in a taxi... when the driver decided he needs to go to the toilet and you are stuck there waiting while they've nipped to the loo thinking, why didn't they do this on their own time.

Don't you mean low-alcohol beer? There are plenty with low carb, but high ABV, and vice versa. I meant (not seriously) the low carb beer - Singha 89 Cals... ( blue and white can, big 89 on it )... But... more on topic... Smoking is obviously a habit and for those who wish to break the habit while remaining social could change their drink choice and even location... Instead of 'smashing back the Chang's'... taking enjoyment from a good craft beer might be a suitable alliterative to 'break' that habit of smoking...

Why ???... you could own a vehicle and not drive it, your wife drives it (for example)... I'm more amazed (not really) that renters can rent out their motorcycles to tourists without licenses. I've more amazed (again, not really) that the Police can stop people without a license, give them a fine and let them continue riding on. Even more amazed (again, not really) that the Police can stop drunk people, fine and let them continue riding / driving on. Simply being able to 'own' something, is different from being legally able to 'operate it'...

Very bizarre logic. Just because someone’s trying to quit smoking doesn’t mean they suddenly want to replace it with an equally bad beer habit. That’s like telling a diabetic to ditch sugar and celebrate with a chocolate cake. Very bizarre logic - assuming a few high end Craft Beers are equally as bad and habit forming as Smoking... Next you'll be telling me sipping a coffee is equivalent to injecting heroin. Get a grip.

Stop opening Lewie's posts then you will not see Proton, or anyone else's complaints about the rubbish he starts. He's posting his 'stories' in the Community Pub sub-section of the forum.... Its designed specifically for such nonsense... Some people need to lighten up - yes its AI, yes, its sometimes just twaddle, but its clearly amusing enough for plenty of people to enjoy a light hearted read... Even more amusing that some grumpy old farts to repeatedly get so upset and disjointed by someone else's harmless stories...

Most higher end supermarkets have good ground coffee... Examples: Gourmet Market top floor of Emporium. The advantage of this is that you can choose the beans you want, and then select the exact grind size. Plenty of other Malls will have such a system where you can choose the beans and they grind to size for you. For Mokka Pot, I find some of the 'pre-bought' ground coffee to be too coarse, and prefer an espresso grind, which some find makes a slightly 'muddy' Mokka-pot coffee (but I like it)... Thus: ideally, a fine grind that is slightly more coarse than an Espresso grind, not as course as used for Drip or Pour over.... This 'fine' grind is slightly harder to find, which is why if pre-ground I get Espresso Grind...

You should know given your vast experience of them. Indeed... the forums own Bernard Twink - he'll start yet another tedious thread about the prozzies he's met...

This stuff has been going on from the moment the ride hailing Apps have been available. Complete neanderthal thugs... Both Taxi's and Win riders who resort to this behavior to protect their turf. I recalled getting a Grab-Bike years ago... The rider didn't want to drop me at my destination as he said it was too close to the Win-Taxi-Bike stand and he'd get attacked, so he dropped me a little further up the road. There have been numerous stories of such attacks... one of the most disgusting is when taxi drivers attacked a regular person, the Honorary Irish Consul in Phuket drove to a resort in Rawai and tried to pick up her friend and her children, local taxi drivers surrounded her car, shouted, kicked the tyres, and blocked her from leaving unless she left her friend with them as she was 'allegedly taking away their business'... https://thethaiger.com/news/phuket/Phuket-Honorary-Consul-reports-violent-abuse-intimidation-taxi-drivers

I know its AI.... but I don't care - this one was funny....

And in other news... an AN Poster known as FlorC is arrested for taking up-skirt photos on an escalator...

Have you tried the low carb beer ??? (sorry - couldn't resist). Seriously, though - try some good craft beers and see them as an alternative 'luxury' to smoking.... The easy way ?... being superior and judgemental on forum such as this, perhaps. But... you've already clearly broken the addiction - its the habit thats apparently more difficult and breaking that can take years...

How do you know he was bored ??..... Quite a nasty comment about someone you don't know.

One of the people in question has more money/land than I could ever dream of! I know who she is... It's ignorance you fool. Don't you get it?? Indeed - it is ignorance in teh form of a total disregard for both personal safety and the law. The two of the last three motorycles I purchased came with a helmet - not a brilliant one, but better than most we see being used. The 'ignorance' has taken form of habit - its really just that simple.

And yet here you are, you managed it !!!... Can't wait for the reports from the party no one will go to... Are you going to prepare some 'awards' for yourself so you can once again claim you are a 'highly decorated member' ....your favoured quote three hits comment "you hitting someone who argues with you, them hitting the deck, the ambulance hitting 120kmh" !!! - I wonder who you'll offer to fight to prove what a hardman you are. .... Or will you make your favoured 'Mansplain' quote to someone.... .... No need for one of those samlor things - you could just drink drive everyone around... captive audience, you can lock the doors and ask your passengers questions about prostitution !!!

So... entitled driver, pulls out of a queue of stationary traffic and drives into oncoming traffic expecting it to get out of his way. Driver in the correct lane in the opposing direction goes into Karen mode and blocks him. Situation escalates, she gets out of his way. Is this not an every day occurrence here in Thailand ??? - is this just special and newsworthy because its a foreigner ? I've lost count of the amount of times I've had to stop or slow down and 'squeeze out of the way' of an oncoming driver to because they believe the queueing traffic is not for them and they'll just go around... Its even worse with motorcyclists on small soi's who'll just drive straight towards you and make you stop otherwise you have a head on, then they can 'filter' into their correct lane so you can pass...

Options to avoid getting shafted by customs: 1) Looking at value of the same items here (if available) on sites like FaceBook market place. 2) Looking at sale value of the items in the UK - and thus: Sell in the UK and re-purchase here. 3) Hand-carrying the smallest / most valuable / lightest options where practical. Ultimately, by the time you've shipped everything - it may just turn out more cost effective to sell in the UK and re-purchase here.