richard_smith237

Getting 'out-classsed' in the thumbs down emoji stakes has upset you so much you had to post it twice....

Flippin' ek... these unhinged people are everywhere...... **Deport him !!! ... at least he wasn't driving a truck !!! - thats all I can say here... Hopefully his repeated behavior will ensure he is kept away fro hurting innocent people... **M

No - there is nothing from the TDAC system that you need to show when checking in (anywhere) - you can also do the TDAC on arrival in BKK (there are tablet stations for you to do this if you have no smart phone or internet connection on arrival). No, not at all... But you will receive an e-mail (with a QR code) that shows your TDAC has been completed - there is currently no requirement to show this to immgiration officers on arrival. As above, nothing is required in advance, although you can fill out the TDAC in your own convenience up to 3 days before hand. The TDAC replaces the old TM6 arrival card and is for all arrivals, regardless of Visa and is not connected to a visa or visa status.

Yes. The passengers handed their phones to the IO and the IO scrolled through the screen to get to the part they needed to see. When the TDAC is filled out correct and a QR code issued (e-mailed) - Immigration don't need to see anything... All their records are complete and they simply cross check your passport and stamp it.... BUT - if people did 'hand their phones over' its likely because they had an issue with a section, which the Immi Officer was able to clarify and complete their 'submission' on their behalf rather than sending them away to complete it... But - for a complete TDAC - nothing except the passport needs to be handed over to the Immi Officer, no QR code needs to be shown (a used / arriving boarding pass may also be requested)....

there is already so much rant/trolling and personal attacks that showing who gives what emojis would be kaos and personal vendetta would top the site, better stay incognito, let people guess But, it would also show 'who' is trolling certain people with such behavior..... I often see perfectly legitimate posts from certain posters, which are balanced and insightful without any possible indication of conflict or reason to think negatively of the post..... Yet some trolling twit will post a laughing emoji or a thumbs down emoji full in the knowledge that people (or the poster) with think... "Huh !! ???... what on earth is that for"... ... There are those on this forum who take pleasure in trolling others - I think its better that everyone can see it is them who use these tools in such a juvenile manner...

You're not hated by any means... You just have an approach to comments, discussions and opinions that differs from most... If people truly hated you - they'd just put you on ignore....

But the Tri-City serves a complete different purpose... It rides just like a two wheeled motorcycle, it counter-steers to enter a corner, it won't stand up alone..... The Op is looking at this from a more a mobility-scooter perspective - which the TriCity most definitely is not.

.... astonishing how frequently motorcyclists are riding around without any sense of self preservation... Its not as if this motorcyclist inadvertently entered a junction that was empty, there was flowing traffic and the woman rode straight into the side of a car that was following another vehicle... Almost as if they are blind. Will the forums favourite pedantic Road Safety Specialist grace us with his presence in this thread to tell anyone with an opinion on such an RTA in Thailand does not understand traffic safety, that all foreigners here do not know what the (we) are talking about and are racists.... Lets see....

Your opinion. Might not be correct, but you probably know that already I'm not the only poster who has made such comments about his content.... many others have over the past half a year or so.... (and no - I'm not going to go through the forum to dig up examples). With respect for you - you simply show a strong negative bias and that all I'm highlighting.... as far as other posters go, they deliberately provoke.... one then cry's upset when people respond, the other is more calculating in his approach to trigger reaction and conflict.

I don't tell you what you can and cannot write..... Thats your failure to interpret my comments. But, I do call out your clear anti-foreigner bias... thats all - and you show that clearly by choosing to be vocal in the threads where foreigners have 'done something wrong'... IF this were a group of Thai men beating up a security guard, there are three posters who wold never have bothered commenting in this thread... You, SF and Malcy..... as it simply doesn't fit any 'anti-foreigner' agenda any of you carry...

Highlighting a complete lack of understanding of anything other than bigotry... The recent quack did not impact even the tallest buildings of Pattaya in the slightest... All of the buildings in Bangkok handled a 6.0 LM equivalent quake (amplified due its young sedimentary setting)... one building under-construction, not built to 'building code' and with 'counterfeit rebar' collapsed....

Total Hypocrite, or rather, 'teenage girl'..... . you have counted emoji's in the past to claim one of your moronic posts was popular.....

Crawl Refinery.... ExoShell Fuel.....

Or simple operator error... When lifting a load, any excessive rotational movement of the crane, especially beyond its designed operational range, can induce torsional forces within the crane’s structure. When these torsional stresses exceed the structural design limits, the instability and structural deformation can lead to such a catastrophic collapse - I wonder if this is the case here....

The recent quake in Bangkok, with a Local Magnitude equivalence of 6.0 MW on the richter scale highlights how well build the buildings are.... and Pattaya has far better foundational bedrock footing than the lakebed setting of Bangkok. The structural quality of the taller buildings in Thailand is not something I question - its the road networks around them that will cause the most trouble.

Agreed... IMO - whenever such a construction is undertaking, the developers should first be responsible for upgrading the transport infrastruction so that the 'additional traffic' generated by their project has no (little) impact...

You know wrong, She bought a new Toyota Vios for 550kbht on zero interest, 5 year credit. I have a 28 year old Nissan bigM pickup, although I rarely drive these days Happy to cycle rural roads on my eMTB. My mistake - for some reason I thought one of you (your family) has just bought a Neta... And the Vios - IMO a far better choice than a Neta... That Nissan Pickup is now a museum piece - must be well looked after, it'll be going up in value soon !!! .... Do you drive it in the outside (right most lane) on highways at 40kmh, for 5kms before the U-Turn you need to take ???? (sorry, couldn't resist - seems I see most old pickups doing this !).

The Health Care in the UAE, Qatar, Saudi is excellent and arguably better than Thailand, but also significantly more expensive.... for similar reasons, if the USA were close to Thialand it would have a lot more USA patients. The 'Arabs' we see here, particularly in hospitals such as Bumrungrad are here primarily due to costs: - Medical treatment in the Gulf is expensive, especially in the private sector. - Thailand offers the same (or better) care at 40-70% less, even in top-tier hospitals. - Governments often cover treatment abroad for citizens because it’s actually cheaper than paying private hospital rates at home. - Especially for non-insured or semi-insured procedures (like cosmetic surgery, fertility treatment, dental work), Thailand is far more cost-effective. Example: A complex orthopaedic surgery in Dubai might cost $40,000 - in Bangkok, it could be $12,000 with the same outcomes.

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Unless you're wealthy, paying more than 600kbht for a vehicle is foolish. Get a new Neta V for 426kbht, then you can afford another 3 before you pass the xpeng. I know your daughter (I think) has just bought a Neta... But seriously... this is one of the most horrific cars out there. Personal opinion of course, but as you gave yours... here is mine - purely for the interest of discussion.... We recently borrowed at Neta as a loaner for a couple of days... its safer than a motorcycle, as they have seatbelts, AC and protect you from the rain... thats the only good thing I have to stay about it !!!.. If you are 'pottering around a village' never going more than 50kmh - then fair enough, never travelling far, never travelling at speed, never being on a road amongst larger cars, trucks, pickups, busses etc... then sure - its a 'get around' vehicle (in much the same manner I use my scooter on local roads)... BUT... if hitting highways, tollways, and travelling at speed... then money is NOT the only factor - safety is. Someone would be far better off getting a second hand something more substantial than a new Neta... Heck... I'm even with KhunLA on this one - If someone wants a new EV... then the bottom of the pile of something acceptable is surely the MG EV... Netas are 'tin cans on wheels'... lethal things IMO, unless used only like a local scooter....

Your lack of comprehension skills is truly off the charts. No one with any ability in this would see I was sticking up for the foreigners. To the contrary, read my reply again, slowly, and see what I thought should happen. As I said in my reply, Malcy deliberately crafts posts to provoke, stir up controversy, and bait reactions - that’s all he’s about. He has zero interest in balanced or intellectual conversation. He’s one of the cockroaches of this forum, scurrying around picking up snippets just to bait and trigger others. But he’s clever enough to keep just enough distance from crossing forum rules, letting his toxic, provocative bile slide right through. His recent “Israel” comments in this thread and another are perfect examples. He wants the reaction. Instead of calling out “foreigners” generally - who could be French, Swiss, or anyone, he shoots straight for the Israeli angle, fully aware it’ could crack the thread open and drag it down into an anti-Israeli slanging match... His sole goal? To provoke, to trigger, to ignite argument. It’s completely transparent — and plenty of others see it too. But some here are naively blind and gullible to his tactics, which surprises me. Honestly, it’s a worrying sign of the level of intelligence of some on this forum when they fall for such a manipulative housery....

There is too many of these unhinged foreigners these days. Note that the person you responded to got into incident on a plane when he was refused more beers. So I would take his comments with a grain of salt. Me, by the way – and true to form, as pointed out above: Malcy deliberately crafts posts to provoke, stir up controversy, and bait reactions. With almost perfect timing he provides an example of hyperbolic nonsense designed to trigger a reaction: He suggests I “got into an incident on a plane when refused more beers” ....clearly trying to paint a picture of me as some belligerent drunk causing a scene.... The reality? I had a sleeping child on my lap and asked for a second beer a few hours into a seven-hour flight. The flight attendant told me to go get it myself, so I calmly raised the issue with a complaint to the purser. That’s it... I mentioned it once on this forum – and true to form, Malcy stored it away like a bitter ex-girlfriend, dredging it back up with hyperbolic exaggeration to try and smear my character. It’s truly desperate, but entirely on brand for him..... As usual, a classic move from this cockroach who is clearly more interested in creating drama than sticking to facts.

Just joining in on a conversation where multiple people had previously guessed Russian, Aussie or British. You didn’t have any problem with any of them. Sorry for upsetting you. Your deliberately crafted posts, designed to provoke, stir controversy, and trigger reactions, are as predictable as ever. You thrive on the chaos you try to stir into a thread, all while hiding behind a flimsy veil of deniability, pretending you’re just “contributing to the discussion"... It’s transparent and tired.... You’re one of the biggest trolls on this forum – occasionally entertaining, sure – but always playing the same tired game.... .... And right now, it’s clear you’re on an anti-Israeli crusade, milking it for all the outrage you can squeeze out..... You're not here for the benefit of discussion and intellectual discourse - you're here to get kick out of triggering as many people as possible...

I don´t know what you see wrong with my post. I just wrote more unhinged foreigners in Thailand. Of course the majority is good and behave. I just think we get to read far too much about different things and nationalities in negative news. The core of your post – calling out awful behaviour – I of course I agree with.... .... But true to form, you zero straight in on the foreigners and pretend Thais never act the same. It’s lazy, biased, and frankly tiresome. Had you said “More unhinged people in Thailand,” it might’ve come off as balanced.... But, its always the farang that gets your spotlight.... . Predictable to the point of parody... It was of little surprise that you were first in line to jump on it with an 'anti-foreginer' rant.

Par for the course with you. You post something unhinged, deliberately provocative or aimed at someone, then get all thin-skinned and very butt-hurt when anyone fires back.... You love pulling out your favourites: · “You could just scroll on by” – something you clearly never practice yourself. · “It’s also notable you jump straight to blaming foreigners while turning a blind eye to the exact same behaviour from Thais” – outing your own anti-foreigner bias while pretending to be the voice of reason. And the irony? I often agree with the sentiment behind what you say, its just the lack of healthy balance you display when you ONLY only ever direct your disdain at other foreigners – never at “people” in general. Its as if you really believe you are the only reasonable expat here and every other foreigner here should not be here tarnishing your reputation by association... Thus, when you are called out for this daft attitude - you get your panties in a twist... must be your superior genetics that prevent you from being able to handle discussion... There are all manner of stories - that you concentrate only the 'foreigners' to point your disdain shows an unhinged bias... you've shown it here in this thread - no one has defended the actions of the foreigners at all, yet you have made such accusations on the very first page, (quoted below), where Fred states... 'Getting Punched was Assaut'... i.e the foreigners clearly assaulted the security guard by punching him... (and of course throwing him to the ground) But, so blinded and unhinged is your dislike for other foreigners here that you simply do not see balance or intelligent nuance in the comments made by others and have accused Fred for sticking up for the foreigners..... which is very odd - then you continue to dig yourself the hole you did... its a pattern. Your mates Freddy? You're always sticking up for these unhinged foreigners.