richard_smith237

only if you feel like a champ chump https://ausprisons.com/prison-life/australian-jail-slang/ I've seen it a few times on here in other threads... some guys in a verbal spat... one calls the other 'champ'... Now you've read about it, you'll notice its occasional use on this forum.

What a load of drivel. Whatever you say 'champ' !!!!

Somewhat irrelevant if all he [Thaksin] wishes to do is to return to his homeland... and it seems thats exactly what he wants. His reasons could be numerous from simply wanting to be in his home nation to a megalomanic insistence on winning... or a combination of facets at any point between that.

<deleted> of this level should be punishable... ... Are the BiB so lazy that they don't get offended when someone makes up such an outrageous excuse ????... its obvious their apathy by far outweighs any sense of pride they may hold for their supposed positions of authority.

@ ewelve... and incredible frustrating situation which I hope you get through... Regarding Uk Mobile Banking Apps, something you have been told may have been lost in explanation... I have a UK NatWest and can download statements directly to my phone, forward it as an attachment to an e-mail address etc.. What may not be acceptable is to use 'screen shots' or 'photos of a screen'... I guess the Embassy wont accept this either. Thus: Try and get past that hurdle - there must be a way to 'download' your statement as a PDF on your Mobile Banking App. Once downloaded - Try and apply for the Visa again - as it is likely to be this which is the stumbling block and the £10,000 in a UK account issue just a ridiculous number someone made up - Definitely apply again with proper PDF statements this time. Regarding the name change etc.. Your wife was bullied, sadly, officials in Thailand get away with forcing their incompetence. It's difficult when the one doing the bullying is at the top of their local pyramid.

But the westerner with the massive moobs looks drenched from the belly down.

Make that "chump" instead of "champ". ‘Champ’ is an Aussie slur, origination from the prisons of Victoria… A few etymological reasons, not sure which is correct: 1) Rhyming with ‘tamp’ (tamper ; to tamper with) & is basically calling someone a kiddie fiddler. 2) Someone who performs in return oral for ‘champion ruby tobacco’.. it’s basically more offensive than the ‘c-bomb’ to Australians… So, in this context ‘only if you feel like a champ’ is perhaps apt…

Yes, but the question wasn’t asked ‘if it was ok to walk around without a shirt 100 years ago?’ As another poster mentioned… ‘lo-so maak’… particularly in the city. also an indication of socio economic disparity… poorer people & foreigners who’d get labelled ‘kee-nok-farang’…. Particularly in towns & cities… At beach resorts it’s somewhat more relaxed… But ultimately the answer ‘no… it’s not ok to walk around without a top, particularly for a foreigner’…

What do you reckon for the trifecta ??? "Teacher found praising instead of beating a child"...

Bucks what trend ??... There's a news article nearly every week about a Thailand Cabbie returning a foolish tourists bag full of cash... My only question here is... "What news in the last few days did I miss ??... i.e. Taxi driver fighting a tourists where ?" Oh.... cynical I am indeed !!!... I offend my 'woke-self' sometimes..

Why not?... you prefer the bedroom ? We have two kitchens.... the larger of the two is somewhat more 'utility based' and houses the drier, washing machine oven etc... Some Condo's don't have the 'space' luxury having a utility room, which is what I think you mean. OMF is renovating his condo, thus I doubt it has the 'extra' room you would consider.

Indeed.... which is why I use it very sparingly... (i.e. suffering with a Sporting injury and needing a decent nights sleep) and never to rely on it two nights in a row etc... ... I understand why these are 'prescription drugs' because of the issues they could cause if one is incapable of being disciplined with themselves. As far as melatonin is concerned - its has a similar effect to Hot Chocolate (on me) which isn't much as far as aiding sleep is concerned. The issue of course with the prescription medication is that it aids sleep so well, one can sleep for 12 hours which doesn't really help much the following evening. Hence care needs to be taken by not becoming reliant on it. I also use such medication on long lights if I want to sleep which helps with travel, but again, care has to be taken not to be come habitually dependent. Once usual patterns are in place, I have little issue with sleeping so have no further requirement for such medication, but find a use for them while also quite aware of the possible risk.

How did the motorcycle rally ? Odds on him being pished up ? An article making news out of a police officer being honest sorely highlights the how much of an outlier such behaviour is. …. yes, a negative opinion of Thai police… no I won’t go back to where I came from if I hate it here so much… & no I don’t hate it here at all, I just have some negative observations as does anyone else… ( that should get rid of some trolls !)

We have washing machine & separate drier… about 1cm around does trick, the machines these days are generally well balanced & don’t jig around ver much at all… just the high frequency vibration on fast spin - 1cm seems to cover that.

I’ve got some Clonazapam, Lorazapam & a something ‘ine’…. Had a sorting injury last year & founded sleeping difficult… MiL (now AKA my dealer !) hooked me with the above mentioned stash… it helped. I’ve never suffered decency issued before but can see how attractive popping a pill for good nights sleep is and can see how that could be habit forming. The Dr’s seem to throw this stuff at patients… so, perhaps worth a visit to a clinic if you can’t find anything decent…. But, as I’m sure the reactions to this post will mention, be very careful.

I’ve just done exactly that… & stuffed up the process. Took a sleeping tablet at about 11pm… slept through to 11am !!!! That pushed my ‘time re-assimilation’ in the opposite direction. Travelling Eastwards It takes a week IMO ( from UK ) and going to the UK it takes 3-4 days to kick jet-lag. I didn’t want to hit the sleeping pills for a load of consecutive days so I gave up & just dealt with it… then a week in took a ‘gummie’ (cannabis) which helped me nod off & get a solid nights sleep. So, I’ll try the gummies next time.

IDP ???? or perhaps she lives here and has a Thai license. It’s extremely fortunate she didn’t kill an innocent party. The general degree of apathy towards the severity of drink driving here, not only by authorities but society on. A whole us utterly despicable. I very much doubt this lady would dare drive drunk in Europe or the Middle East etc…

From a sporting perspective very much so.

@ Kwilco... personal observation makes it clear to me that the that the 'eyes not believing the ears' thing is very real... ... not just my personal examples, because, as you point out, my Thai is often flawed, although I believe in such encounters I can recognise so, thus when I identify this issue I am confident I am not the source of of the 'failure to comprehend'.... its could be me but I don't think so.. why... ??? .... because, my Thai friends, dual nationals, native Thai speakers etc of international appearance, Wife and her friends of a somewhat non-stereotypical Thai appearance.. When the conversational recipient fails to recognise that conversation is initiated in the their native language the explanation is quite simple... ... the person being spoken when the conversation is initiated is trying so hard to pick out a key 'English' word that they don't recognise the Thai... Or.. they panic into an 'I don't speak English frenzy' and go into 'cannot cannot mode'...

You mean the Hoi Palloi are stopped from using the escalators in Harrods in their Gucci thongs ? At Heathrow the the g-string bourgeois are stoped from using the travelators in their Havaianas before taking their flights to Magaluf ?

A better timely reminder to not wear rubbish soft footwear on escalators or travelators anywhere... or just be very careful when you do... just like crossing a road anywhere really.

Just like a car accident the final position may not be indicative of initial position - he could well have been facing Forwards and the shoe snagged and twisted into that position.

Can you block purchases after they have been made when you don't even know about them ? Or, do you activate and de-activate your card when you use it multiple times per day ? Most of the hacks I've had in the past are from what I believe to be data leaks from online payments. Before that, use an old fashioned 'paper transaction' in Malaysia and it was a sure fire way to get your card used in HK within 24 hours !! We (wife and I have Thai CC's)... Wife gets hacked a couple of times per year usually... I think its from online transactions (I suspect a particular online 'shop' ee as my Wife's card gets hacked more than mine, I hardly use that online retailer)... no issues though.. We get messages to our phones when a transaction is made... so can tell as soon as a transaction thats not ours is made.... Wife calls up and the transaction is cancelled and new card arrives in a day or two... Seems to be a relatively regular process, irritating. Now with overseas (UK) accounts / cards I we have to authenticate on the an app... PayPal too. Bit annoying if we loose our phone then ! BUT.. when overseas we need our Thai Sim card to receive Wifi calling (sms over wifi) so we won't know if our card has been hacked after using it at a point of sale because we wont get the message. Removing the CCV stops someone copying it and using our CC account online - So, good advice. Personally, I believe we shouldn't even have our name on our cards... we know who we are right. Pick up a 'lost card' and us it online, we're asked to 'in put our name as it appears on the card'.... If there's no name.... Thats just internet banking... a bit of a faff to change limits all the time. Erm... er... ok.... just a risk for anyone else who doesn't hang around their hotel room in the day time to make friends with the cleaning crew then...

You may have misunderstood seat pitch for leg room... Seat pitch is the distance between your seat and the seat in front... this stat is distorted by the 'staggered' layout of modern cabins.... Also note, 3 of the 777 layouts are 'angle-lie-flat'... something you don't want to be on unless its a free upgrade from Eco !!!.. I've not seen the 'angle-lie-flat' for a while... the seat-guru info is dated. I had this issue (seat guru info dated) when choosing an Eco Seat for Qatar... (business upgrade was 39,000 baht and I didn't want to pay that)..... I chose a '*2nd row exit seat' but wanted to be sure... (I wanted to stretch out)... seat Guru had no info on this... The seat Map on the QR website was accurate. (*I'm not sure how to word that better, usually an exit row A380 has 3 seats, in this configuration because of the bulky door the exit row had 2 seats and the window seat in the row behind had no seat in front of it... and thus... the no one tripping over my stretched out feet while I'm sleeping - PJ71 is going to we in his panties a little at the specifics here !!! ) (Image below - not QR - but it explains the missing front row seat and the leg room in the row behind - IMO a quieter and better seat if not going business).

... don't you understand that the vast majority of people learning a language can understand more of it than they speak ?... Particularly when there are tonal complexities one may not yet have verbally mastered, context, key words and body language... How daft can you get, indeed, Kwilco !... haven't you had trained in linguistics for decades ?