richard_smith237

Some overpowered muppets in the juristic committee seem to have let their ‘imagines elevated status’ go to their heads and have put in place a ridiculous rule with the completely misguided idea that it solves a parking problem. Had the girl in question had a friend move the car to a different spot, or even drive the car forwards 4m, then reverse back into the same parking spot they’d have no ground for the fine… …. the girl is a resident, it’s just stupid made up rules.

I wouldn’t worry about it. Plenty of ppl refuse to pay for seats, there will be plenty of choice. As above, wait for online check in.

When your handle is ‘Zion’ it invites comments in the same manner as ‘Mustafa Muslim’… Harri Hindi’…. ‘Catholic Carl’ or ‘Buddhist Bill’…. If you wanted to avoid religion you’d just call yourself ‘Bob’… So, don’t play the victim card on back of your deliberate trigger.

Well done…. You’ve moved up to a brown belt in ‘keyboard tough-guy’…. ⌨️???????????????? You’d punch GR for yelling at you ????????????????????????

You’d better patent that name quickly… it’s a good name & perfect for a Ramsay chain !

Diving at night on Thailands inter provincial roads - a complete no-no IMO. Did the pickup have lights on at all ? Was it really indicating when it had stopped in the middle of the rd to turn right ? Driver of sedan car didn’t see the stopped pickup, much windscreen tint ?

I think you’re about to receive a load of messages from ppl volunteering to be a house mate !!!

How did he walk to the BTS ? …. or did he take one of those non-air conditioned busses ? IF your origin & destination is not right next to a BTS the public transport in BKK is rubbish. But, build more condos & shopping malls in the centre…. Add to gridlock !

For decades, the kra-Canal project has been floated & rejected.., https://shippingtelegraph.com/port-news/to-dig-or-not-to-dig-the-dilemmas-surrounding-thailands-mega-canal/ I wonder if this land bridge project is someone’s last ditch attempt to ‘profit’… oh… cynical I am !!! Perhaps there would be fuel savings, but offset by transport costs. Time savings ?… how much time ? Unload from ship, load onto train or lorry, travel 50-100km (long bridge) l, unload from train / lorry, load onto new ship… The Kra-canal project seems more logical if it weren’t for the geopolitics.

Indeed.. that’s exactly what that was about. & in this case I wonder if some of the juristic committee are not eyeing up the 20,000 baht fine…. … is there any proof of where the money ends up? In another condo I was a tenant at, other residents were charged 20,000b for littering. Their son had thrown a paper airplane out of the window !!! I’m not sure what happened there, but the condo management staff were toxic. We were told that my son couldn’t ride his bike or play with a ball in the ‘common play area’…. - the bike was a balance bike, the ball was a foam ball… my son was 2 year old toddler !!!.., I voiced displeasure at their attitudes & suggested they call the police to deal with the crime ! (we moved out as soon as the contract ended & informed the landlord why - so many ppl complained & few years later the management company was switched out).

When we purchased a condo (12 years ago or so) we did enquire of the parking situation. There was an allocation of 1 space per unit, ours was a 2BR, others 1BR & 3BR. More units than parking spaces. We parked our 2nd car for free until it became ’busy’ & were told we’d have to pay 1000b per month for the second car. Entertaining logic as this didn’t help the congestion. We paid & moved to park in the guest parking until we were told we couldn’t. We simply ignored that, we’d paid extra to park there. The juristic committee were just being silly & gave up. They also told us things such as we were not permitted to advertise our condo for sale unless we do so with them !!! Hilarious… just a bunch of chancers…

Because we live here! How many people come to Bangkok just for tailored shirts? You missed the point… Many tourists pick up a suit / shirts etc when here. It used to be because of the savings on setting tailored clothes. But, if the cost of a tailored shirt here is the same as that in Europe, then why bother, especially if it eats into ‘holiday time’. Perhaps the ‘fun’ of getting your own tailored shirts is part of the holiday. Or, perhaps more likely, tourists would never consider going to a tailor in their home country anyway.

It upsets people who’ve made difference choices based on financial constraints - however, the above is the brutal reality. It’s either a good int’l school here, or a school in our (Western) home nation. & to add to the Ops point - not everyone married an uneducated farm girl & there are plenty of Thai females educated overseas or at top Thai schools that Westerners date & marry. The Op has based his opening comments on his own limited experience.

Shirts ok… because they do a decent job… but now that prices are higher, then agreed, there’s little point. & for suits, unless you’re a weird shape, then a decent off the rack suit is nearly always better than the tailors we see in Thailand (IMO).

In most condos the contract stipulates a number of spaces per unit, usually 1 per 1 or 2 BR condo unit. If so, I wonder if the juristic rules are in contradiction to the purchase contract & which supersedes the other. I would certainly never imagine such a ridiculous issue to arise when parking ‘at home’…. So many people go on holiday, this rule is completely ridiculous. Just when I think things can’t get any sillier, I read of such issues. Condo committee could easily waive this fine. She should just ignore the pedantic nazis !!!

Very true, although perhaps not McD or BK… but I definitely crave a good burger after a while, as do many others, hence, the ‘best burger in…’ threads…. When back in the Uk I also crave good Thai food.., When in Thailand I often crave a good curry, good sashimi, a good steak&ale pie, raviloi, Shabu, good Thai seafood etc etc Variety at a reasonable price is what makes Thailand awesome. & yes, occasionally a BK will hit the spot !!!!

He didn’t he’s just trolling with his usual anti-Brit BS…. He can’t help himself.

In any good international restaurant in BKK (at least) there is a fairly even mixture of foreigners and Thais. Places such as El Mercado, Helena, Cocotte, Kai & loads more… Even places with good Pub-grub such as the Londoner attract a lot of Thai customers…

You don't know that, perhaps tourists could never afford to go in his "cafes" in their home country, and what a photo opportunity.....????..........???? Plus, I reckon many a tourist will be thinking of McD's or B-King anyhooo, after a couple of days of Thai grub.........???? Exactly… In Dubai I don’t eat Arabic food every meal !!!.., there’s a good Ramsay restaurant on the Palm. One of the amazing things about Thailand is extent of the range & quality of the food from all over the world. The assumption by some that foreigners here only want Thai food all the time is very flawed.

Even 4 year olds feel shame.... on the other hand you clearly never evolved to otherwise you'd already sense that feeling of shame from your above posts. Neither will I.... He's repeatedly proved himself to be such a vapid toxic troll ignore is the only option.

I don't think you are missing anything. I simply think you are a repulsive being for not even attempting to comprehend that a 13 year who has been raped and is extremely frightened does not think the same as a repugnant ageing Scandinavian.

You blamed a 13 year old for being ashamed for being raped and then alluded to ulterior motives. Thats equally as nauseating as blaming the girl for being a victim. That you are unable to identify the similarity highlights your repulsive attitudes.

The above highlights a special kind of a$$holery reserved only for those at the very fringes of the callous and insensitive spectrum. Sometimes its better not to say / write anything at all... for you, Gottfrid, that 'sometimes' becomes 'most of the time'.

No, a re-entry permit is for a return visit from another county unless ‘special circumstances’ dictate. IF you are air-side & the flight is cancelled, the airline arrange a new flight & if there is a long wait they liaise with immigration to permit whatever arrangements need to be made such as re-entry to get out up in a hotel etc This happened to me a few years ago. Next available flight the following day. We were escorted through immigration, many were bussed to a hotel. I went home. Baggage remained ‘checked in’ & could not be collected.

Agreed… although the info in the linked article suggests otherwise, but let’s face it - no one expects the drive to be honest if he was driving like a loon.