richard_smith237

Well... I've been riding a motorcycle in Thailand over and over and never had an accident.... Should I expect different results, or is that the definition of crazy ???? ------ Of course, motorcycling comes with elevated risks compared to a car, but, the risk to us (sensible riders) is not as elevated as it is to those who speed, ride drunk, at night, without a helmet or gear etc... Nothing is perfectly safe, but for sensible riders, riding motorcycle in Thailand is not quite the 'death sentence' the aggregate stats suggest - that does not mean its safe, just not as un-safe as some believe.

Ops a bit of neurotic fruit-cake.... asks a ridiculously naive question, then claims he's not naive and gets upset when people point out the ridiculousness of the question in the first place. Its not the first time... in the past gullible people have posted similar questions... i.e. "had an argument and ex says she got me black-listed".... this must be something that goes around the BG networks... girls telling each other if they threaten a foreigner with Black-listing we guys will poop themselves....

Does that mean you think the standards of English Teaching in Thailand in Government schools is high ?... Are there any Thai Government Schools where the English Teacher has a native standard of English ?... even a high standard ? Should we start with passable and work upwards to answer this question ?

How drule Is that the droll version of drooling ?

In contrast to the West where driving standards are expected to be higher and drivers have a 360 degree field of responsibility, it has been described many times how Thai's seem to consider themselves responsible for the 90-140 degree field of vision in front of them, anything else is someone else's problem.... ... This is how you see motorcycles side by side simply riding into each other !!!...

... So the halfwit driver just changed lanes without any thought to the bus they'd just passed. The mind boggles at the complete stupidity and absecne of spatial awareness. The good thing about these videos is that they show us the extent of stupidity out there and remind us to be alert even in the simplest of situations.

Its not in the UK either on multilane city streets which are not dual-carriageways or motorways.

Nope, not international. Just one of the most sought after Thai schools in the country. The most sought after schools in Thailand 'used to be' the Triam Udom Suksa schools. And this was where a lot of the wealthy, connected and so-called elite would send their children, i.e. Primeminsters children etc... But that was decades ago and times have very much changed as pretty much everyone is well aware of how poor the government education system is. No Thai Government schools are 'sought after' anymore and the desirability has shifted to the top international schools for both education and connections (I'm referring to Patana and Harrow). The Top Bilingual School in Thailand would be Amnuay Silpa school which remains popular but not as sought after as the Top International Schools. I very much doubt any government school in Thailand matches an average comprehensive school in the UK. Obviously, the situation people are in varies and some may have better opportunities and be in a better situation here than they would be in the UK, but still can't send their kids to good international schools so they compromise, thats understandable. But, there are also those who stay here for selfish reasons and pull the wool over their own eyes to justify why they are selling out their kids and sending them to a Thai School when they'd have a better opportunity at a school in their home country. That is not going to be a popular opinion - especially by those described in the last sentence where a 'raw nerve' is likely to be exposed.

I was in Emporium shopping mall at the Oriental Cake / Coffee shot at 10am the other morning... ... and there was this old guy getting upset because someone was sat in the seat he normally sits in every day... (those who know, know !!!)...

At Big C / Near Big C... the same thing for some... i.e. both at and near could both mean in front of Big C - that in itself is not really an indication of a fabricated story. This just sounds like someone passing along something they've been told, the info could be of value to some of us. There are numerous unscrupulous police around - it could be a reality that a couple in the area of On Nut are behaving like this, its fortunate most don't because there is little downside to getting caught (inactive position).

Agreed... That said, unlike some, I'm not so sure this is a made up story - The Thonglor police used to get up to similar shenanigans a while ago, so its perfectly feasible that either some BiB harassing foreigners or some 'fake police' are... Both happen and have happened in the past. As others have pointed out - IF facing such a situation and the BiB want to fine you, refuse the fine insist on going to the Police station. In the vast majority of cases a photo of the ID page on your passport is fine, as is a Thai DL or a Pink ID card. Those criminals (Police and fake police) attempting to extort people back down when they know they are getting nowhere.

It's a legal requirement in Thailand to be able to produce 'government authority issued photo ID' within a reasonable timeframe... For most of us thats a passport... Having been here for over 25 years Ive been asked for my passport a Three times by chancing police in BKK (I didnt have it). - Two occasions, two BiB pillion on a motorcycle, late night (3am-ish), pulled up the taxi I was in on some back soi's (Thonglor area), they wanted a passport, I just said no firmly, they asked where I was going and I just said 'Home'... they seemed to back down. - On other early evening (7pmish - Asoke Juunction) they wanted me to get out of the taxi, I ended up calling a friend who works for the police and that was that. Those occasions very much felt like a shakedown... extremely rare, but its happened.

The issue here is not that a girl went for treatment, but that long term damage has caused as a result of poor training and poor standards. This could be considered 'mal-practice' however, I wonder if such a place has a licence to practice in the first place. The insult here is the offer of a refund for the procedure and not compensation. Of course, all such places of treatment should carry insurance to cover such eventualities... I doubt many do.

Here... (below)... According to https://thepattayanews.com/2023/09/29/two-people-injured-in-sri-racha-car-accident/ He can't take the usual 'out' and blame brake failure then !!! ... the accelerator got stuck ?? ... the phone got in his way and blocked his vision ??

The easier explanation is that 'said poster' (who made toxic comment) is just a natural born grade A1 ayhole !!!

He was born in the UK. His parents (Indian Heritage) moved to the UK from Kenya in 1960. What is 'British' culture exactly, and how can a person who was born in the UK and lived all his life there comprehend 'British Culture' any less so than any one else born in the UK ?? Your comment seems a bit racist to be honest.

We are one planet, circling a star which is one of 200-400 billion Solar Systems in the Milky Way which is one of an estimated 2 Trillion Galaxies in the observable Universe. Thats 8 quintillion (800,000,000,000,000,000,000,000) Solar Systems... The probability of intelligent life in the Universe is high. The probability of witnessing such life is an impossibility until we (or an intelligent alien life form) achieve methods to travel significantly faster than the speed of light.

Obvious reasons... Who wants wants to carry around a card and make frequent online payments etc from an account with a lot of money in it ? Account A) - Plenty of money in it (cards & book kept in the safe, never used for online transactions) Account b) - Limited money, periodically topped up from Account A, card in wallet, used daily, used for online transactions etc

IMO... the headline already highlights part of the issue... "School management told to explain slapping incident" We should be reading... "School management sack teacher for slapping incident"

Ex GF (Way back) was a TG flight attendant, fluent English. The TG staff had to attend 'English Classes' held by Thai Airways - the teacher was unable to string a sentence together. My ex got into an argument with the teacher who was teaching them incorrectly. ... Ex gave me a call and I could hear the teacher in the background he could hardly string a phrase together, however, he insisted he was correct. Serious loss of face - the teacher just got angrier... I heard the class as they were forced to repeat his 'incorrect rote phrases'... Of course, most of the class knew he was wrong, but that mattered little - he was the teacher and to be respected, any hint of question was disrespect.

Thats some impressive playing the persecuted victim hyperbolae there !!!...

Was this Op ghost written by Bob Smith ????

a real credit to the human race you are, Goat. IF ever there were an example of 'how not to..........

Are you going to tell the legal system to get off its high horse too ? physical punishment is illegal, even in Thailand. So Boomer... you may have attended school in the days of the cane and corporal punishment, but that was a long time ago and society has evolved. Corporal punishment was banned in the UK in 1986 and in States in the US between 1974-1994. Your attitudes are well out of date - IF such behavior did no harm why are such actions now illegal in all civilised nations ??? IF you believe it's ok to hit children to get what you want... then it has 'done you harm' as your belief system is fundamentally flawed.

Given the distorted moral geography of many of your comments I'd wonder if your teachers used anything more damaging than a ruler - something hard and heavy to the head perhaps, because there is clear indications of lasting damage. No it doesn't - it builds people who learn to use physical violence to get what they want. Obviously trolling then ! Ridiculous - good teachers and good schools don't need to result to hitting children to maintain discipline.