richard_smith237

5 hours ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

I often see vehicles in Thailand travelling in the wrong direction, that's OK it's Thailand but what is weird, these vehicles are travelling at speed. 

 

You're not expecting a vehicle on the wrong of the road but if these vehicles were travelling slow you can adjust. 

The famous saying on this forum, something I've been hearing since arriving here...

"Always look both ways when crossing a one day street"....

Clearly, this wasn’t a one-way street, but even so, the bus was unlawfully driving on the wrong side of the road. Yet again, we witness another pedestrian failing to look, seemingly operating under the assumption that it’s safe to cross with disregard for their own wellbeing....  Thats not to suggest its the pedestrians fault, but I could never imagine crossing a road here or anywhere, without checking, checking and then checking some more... 

45 minutes ago, Cameroni said:

1 hour ago, richard_smith237 said:

this is where you have it upside down…

 

She falls because she’s pulling so hard on his arm…. When his arm slip away from his body, she loses balance & grip & falls…. That’s it…

 

There is no push at all..

 

You need to focus on his left arm. You just missed it. It's at the very beginning of the video.

 

You can clearly see his left arm pushing her to the floor. Look at the motion the arm makes.

 

An obvious and forceful push.

Yep.. thats what I'm looking at... 

He's got his arms coving his head.

She's trying to wrench his left arm from his head.

He either slips, or just lets his left arm go, and backwards she calls, because she's off balance and using all her weight to pull his arm... 

It only 'looks like a push'  (to some) because of his arm movement, but thats just because he's let his arm go free rather than resisting her....

His arm is only lowered because she managed to wrench it free from his head, but in doing so lost her purchase of his arm and her balance. 

His other had remains on his head - I'm guessing if he wanted to push her, he might have done so with both hands. He was being very defensive, she slipped... 

13 hours ago, Cameroni said:

You have to focus on his left arm. It's at the beginning of the video. You just missed it. If you focus on the left arm you will see that he pushed her to the floor by shoving her with his left arm. She didn't "slip", she didn't "lose her balance", she was pushed. The motion of the left arm gives it away, and is completely aligned with the timing and direction of her fall. She was pushed.

 

And yes, she was pushed as the Swede got a little angry, due to the Thai girl holding on to him.

this is where you have it upside down…

She falls because she’s pulling so hard on his arm…. When his arm slip away from his body, she loses balance & grip & falls…. That’s it…

There is no push at all..

12 hours ago, Cameroni said:

Clearly the woman instigated the fracas, however, her holding the Swede resulted in him pushing her hard to the ground, so with that action it is clear who was the cause, the Swede.

You keep saying he pushed her - there was no ‘push’ at all…

She was grabbing his arming, trying to wrench it from his head, she was using her body weight & leaning back…

… when his hand slipped off his head, she lost her grip & fell back…

Its a simple slip… but because his hand moved away as she was was dragging on it & she fell backward some are incorrectly seeing that as a push…. perhaps because they don’t want to see it any other way than ‘bad farang’….

You are clearly seeing the push because that’s what you want you see…

look where her feet are positioned when she’s dragging on his arms… one slip & she on her bum - that’s it….

Then she was slapping him around a lot…

The Swede has a good case to file assault charges & against both the woman & the other men involved in the group attack.

I still don’t see any trigger point from him & visuals show total non-aggression to the point of total submission.

No idea what he may have said - it might have been something quite nasty to trigger her… or something mild & shes just an unhinged nutter. 

19 minutes ago, Badrabbit said:

It's now working.

Yes... the 'American Indian' above kind of gave that away.... 

... though you didn't know 'how'...    thus: my comment explains 'how' you likely or inadvertently gained access... 

You'll need to know 'how' when you try and reconnect as the connection between your phone and the dash-cam is not a permanent thing and you may need to go through the 'reconnection process' next time you want to connect....    Particularly if you have AppleCarPlay or reset connections on your phone etc.

8 hours ago, IvorBiggun2 said:

 

I hope this helps?

 

The "connected, no internet" message on your dash cam when connecting to its Wi-Fi is normal. 

 Dash cam Wi-Fi is primarily for connecting to the camera itself, not for general internet access. You'll use the camera's Wi-Fi to access its settings, view footage, or transfer files through a dedicated smartphone app. 

This is the correct answer... 

A lot of Dash-Cam's (both of mine) - you connect to the CAM itself via Wifi-Connection...   (which is not an internet connection - but just a connection over Wifi to the Dash-cam - thats it)... 

... The phone recognises that there is 'no internet' from the Dash-Cam - because its not a Wifi-Router its just a dash-cam - nevertheless the connection between phone (app) and Cam is established and the App can the access the dashcams features.

This type set up is fairly universal...     Addtionally - IF you have AppleCarPlay (GooglePlay) connected to your car etc that connection will prevent you from connecting to the Dash-Cam Wifi-Connection, thus you may need to 'disconnect' the phone from the AppleCarPlay (GooglePlay)... 

12 hours ago, wavodavo said:

When I came to Thailand for the first time in 1990 I was advised by my mates to treat everyone nice and if you get over charged on your bar bill and there is no easy solution just pay up up and get out before it turns bad.  Also treat  everybody  with respect always keep your wits about you and aviod a confict at all times. This turned out to be good advice and 35 trips later I have never had a problem with any local Thaior anybody else for that matter.

Very true... 

I saw something similar unfold...  two guys out... one guy, got his bill, paid by QR code and left. 

The other guy went to leave 10mins or so later, called his bill and questioned the amount.. the bar tried to charge him for both him and his mate. 

A woman in the bar was going nuts at the guy...      But he had the QR proof that his mate had paid.

He was chilled, went to the casher to sort it... Meanwhile the woman was still shooting off her mouth... 

The guy paid his part of the bill and left... 

Maybe the woman made a genuine mistake and thought the other guy didn't pay - but she was extremely quick to boil over, shout and start throwing insults....    just part of the scenery and the guy didn't react... 

But it shows how quickly things can boil over when someone is mentally unstable. 

I watched this yesterday - and was incredulous at how such an accident is possible... 

... Such total lack of self preservation is so often displayed here by motorcyclists in Thailand.

2 hours ago, Gaixare said:

In Pattaya now many Thais (I think the majority) take the side of these bandits. They are simply confused and the bandits take advantage of this and crap their brains. But I have a question: are these Thais in Pattaya really Buddhists? If so, maybe there is something wrong with their Buddhism? And then there are these latest scandals with monks in the news. And how many cases was hidden so as not to "lose face"?!

These thugs, but also a lot of Thai's are no more Buddhist than I and many like me are Christian...       The assumption that 'all Thai's' follow their religion and its philosophical elements is flawed...  Thai's are just 'people' like any of us...   some believing in their faith, others not.. 

18 minutes ago, Aussie999 said:

Oh mate, what a lowlife you are, there was no need for such a comment, but I guess that's just the type of person you are...total irrelevant comment.

Where did I say she doesn't wear a helmet, in fact her helmet has a face shield...you are just a grub. Shame on you.

Sure thing champ....   You've attempted the play the morality card with your escalation and the 'how dare you mention my wife'  approach when you brought her into the conversation in the first place with your 'faux-outrage'...

Don't get too upset about it - she's smart enough to wear a helmet with a face shield so good on her.

57 minutes ago, Enoon said:

 

The bicycle seems to be unwisely positioned on the carriageway,

 

There is no evidence whatsoever in the video to indicate that the bicycle was in the process of "crossing over into his lane".

 

The evidence seems to indicate that the pickup driver utterly failed to read the traffic ahead of him and/or did not take appropiate action to avoid collision or, rather more worryingly, deliberately manouvered in order to hit the cyclist.

I've watched the video over a few times...  early on, it appears that it 'might be' the bicyclist that swerved across lanes...   Very difficult to see with the poor cam quality and low frame rate... but something appears to cut across the path - unless its just a video artifact.. (at the 4 second mark in the video).

IF the bike swerved - the pickup driver had no chance to avoid him really.

IF the bike was positioned in that lane, it really shouldn't have been - but the pickup driver should have seen him.

Driving off was a scummy think to do - its high time we see people charged for fleeing an accident.

16 minutes ago, Aussie999 said:

1 hour ago, richard_smith237 said:

 

Noooo.....  I wouldn't suggest that, no need for me to be offensive to your wife.

 

Though, are you ok with her not wearing a helmet ?...     And she needs eye protection too, getting a bee in the eye at 50kmh can bring someone off their bike.

Do you know my wife, well enough to comment on what she wears on the bike, for some reason you think you do 

Its been a while since I've been to Soi Bintabat...  so unlikley.

... you brought your wife in to this through, no one else...  if you don't care if she wears a helmet or not thats on you...   

... The same can be said for anyone...  an insect in the eye at 50kmh is going to cause problems, any rider with any sense will ensure they have eye protection and head protection - you seem to think its not so important.

20 minutes ago, Aussie999 said:

Stops insects getting in your mouth, stops sun drying your lips, anyway, are you suggesting my Thai wife is lying.

Noooo.....  I wouldn't suggest that, no need for me to be offensive to your wife.

Though, are you ok with her not wearing a helmet ?...     And she needs eye protection too, getting a bee in the eye at 50kmh can bring someone off their bike.

On 6/27/2025 at 8:09 AM, TedG said:

Once you get rolling it’s not bad.   

Its horrible in the city though - some of those traffic lights take an age to change to green and we're stuck there in the humidity and heat of all the engines etc..    A modular flip up helps, nevertheless, the helmets are still so hot... BUT...  better hot in a helmet than an idiot without one.

40 minutes ago, Aussie999 said:

Pollution, virus, stop the smell of Indians, and you, stop insects, stop sun darkening their face....hell mate, it's not hard to understand

Pollution - yes... 

Everything else you mentioned.. No..  the face masks don't stop insects hitting your eyes, and a square over the mouth and nose doesn't really stop the sun on the rest of the face... Its not hard to understand.

On 6/27/2025 at 9:09 AM, CLW said:

So my question, are these washer dryer combinations good, particularly TCL brand. Anyone using it home?

IMO - No... the combos are not good unless you have space limitations... 

But there are also other facts - if you live alone, then it maybe simpler to run through a 'wash-dry' cycle... 

However, if you are a family, you may prefer to wash one load followed by another, at which time you can also use the drier at the same time for the first load.

For this reason, we've always gone for separate solution - but have had the space, either 'stacking' (one on the other) or side by side.

28 minutes ago, unblocktheplanet said:

More hygienic in the sun than a dryer, I'd say.

Clothes dry slower outside and can get musty in the wet season if they take too long to dry.

Then if in the city theres the pollution issue, or if in Chiang Mai the smog season issue.

Then there is dust, insects, geckos etc.

I think the sensible balance is - in urban area's a drier is better. In rural area's outside drying is better.

5 hours ago, BritManToo said:

14 hours ago, Celsius said:

He can't post honestly. He was quite impressed by a portable x ray machine they brought for him in the government hospital.

Hardly my fault if an ignorant poster doesn't know the difference between hospice and hospital.

I do stand corrected - I did write hospice instead of hospital...  As such Brits response to my mistake was technically correct.

6 minutes ago, sikishrory said:

That's what i mean. How do they know he is bolt. Not asking u. Just putting it out there. I don't blindly believe everything i read. 

Thats going to really upset Liverpool Lou !!!!! 

Good point though - I can only assume they got that info from the passenger.

On 6/26/2025 at 5:05 PM, snoop1130 said:

Ten minutes later, the same rider returned with a male passenger. 

Anyone heard from Malcy today ?