richard_smith237

My Mates wife is respectable lady, caring and loyal, an accountant.... But she’s also as dumb as a post, the worst part is, she has no idea she’s dumb... So she comes out with the outrageously stupid facts and ’things' that she hears from her friends or grew up believing from her mum and tries to pass these tidbits off as real.... She never questions her thoughts or what her friends tell her, but seems to have this underling distrust of men that we are trying to ‘put one over on her’ all the time... its only when we highlight the flaw in her comments that she (sometimes) recognises her friends or mother were well wide of the mark !!!... No ulterior motive, no need to reassess relationships etc... but she’s just naive and dumb without having any idea she’s naive and dumb !!!! The Ops Wife could simply be believing what her friends tell her.... if she trusts her husband once he’s corrected her, then there is no issue. If she doesn’t and trusts her friends more than her husband then of course there is an issue... It all of course depends whether there is any motive for the ‘misinformation’ innocent ignorance or greed.

That purely depends on the individual with whom our life is being shared. There is a whole spectrum of attitudes out there from the money-grabbers, to the security-seekers to those who genuinely have no ulterior motive other than genuine care, respect, love etc... Personally, I have no issues with both the house and car in my Wife’s name, its just easier that way. While both my Wife and I had cars, my car was in my name, her’s in her name - it was easier that way. But, IF someone’s Wife is quoting incorrect regulations or reasons that her friends have told her I’d wonder why she is discussing such things with her friends in the first place. I’d wonder what the motive is of her friends to provide her with obviously wrong advice, unless they to have been told such news incorrectly and its become ‘urban myth’ among their individual community (as things sometimes are on this forum).

Valid points... however, there have already been plenty of news reports of people, including adults unwitting consuming marijuana in food (in restaurant and home). It [Marijuana] had either been put in there secretly or simply clumsily without advertising the fact... (special secret ingredient to bring he customers back, anyone ?).... As you mentioned - whether deliberate or not is somewhat moot in this case, the outstanding issue is the absence of care and supervision provided for a 3 year old... it could have been a bottle of bleach the child drank etc... Its easy to Monday-morning quarterback this... but many of us already have dealt with such potential issues before they could ever exist... so this just comes down to ’sh!tty supervision’... (or non existent which is often the case here). --------- Our son is simply not allowed inside the kitchen without our supervision (because of the risk of hot things cooking etc)... Now he’s slightly older he can ask to go in and get something. He’s not permitted just go and get food (chocolate, biscuits etc), he has to ask, then he can go get what he wants. We have the same rule for our balcony (his room on the 3rd floor) he’s simply not allowed on the balcony and the doors to his balcony are locked (key remains in his draw though).

Read the article... Secretly or otherwise.... leaving dope laced cookies around where children have access to them is outrageously negligent.... as is leaving a 3 year old unattended to get what they want from the kitchen etc....

What we love about Thailand is also what we hate about Thailand. People are innocent and direct almost naive.... but then we encounter public statements such as this which could be construed as ‘innocent, direct and naive’... but coming from a public figure the statement is instead ‘xenophobic and clumsy’.... but, its not wholly inaccurate. Perhaps a better statement would have been 'All people in Thailand are advised to be careful with whom them make physical contact’..... Again, the innocent, direct, naive, clumsiness.... Does this imply hotels are not normally cleaned to international standards ??? A recognition that international standards are somehow better than Thai cleaning standards ?

Oh no..... either the Wife is being greedy or she’s gullible and believes everything her friends tell her. At least you are sensible enough to ask on here rather than rely on the information from the wife’s friend.... Your wife will have to learn not to believe the stupid BS coming from her friends who are obviously uneducated and just make stuff up...

Families stupid enough to put marijuana in cookies and leave them where children can get access to them are also the families whose children grow up with elevated risks... i.e. these are the families we read about who have lost children, drowned in a nearby pond... these are the families to take children on motorcycles without helmets etc... A 3 year old left completely unsupervised..... Sadly, it seems par for the course in many areas of Thailand (and not only Thailand). The Marijuana hysteria is also getting ridiculous... People ’secretly’ putting it in food is outrageous and dangerous - those who do this should be dealt with legally.

America is not #3 in most dangers road status.... The article has completely mislead its readers. In the article itself, of the 56 countries listed there are 21 other countries with higher deaths per 100,000 of population.

Wonder if she (Bob's bar-girl squeeze) hasn’t threatened Bob again with her brothers kicking the living $#it out of him if he doesn’t pay her...

And the sheer number of motorcyclists many of whom are not wearing helmets. 75% of road fatalities in Thailand are motorcyclists. Thus: IF Thailand had a better handle on training and education of motorcyclists inroads could be made. The US has it right with driver education in schools. In our schools we are taught so many different subjects, yet key life skills are not taught. Subjects such water safety, life saving and first aid skills are not taught. Pretty much everyone will grow up to drive a car or ride a motorcycle... Adding road safety to a national syllabus could make a significant benefit to Thailands road safety stats, but not only Thailand else where in many of our home countries too. IF helmet laws were taken seriously (as seriously as the mask regulations !) and were effectively policed, the stats would be brought down significantly. As an estimate I would guess that at least 1/3rd of motorcycle accidents result in avoidable death simply through the lack of wearing proper-helmet (not a plastic big-c jobby which should be banned). Ultimately until road safety is taken seriously by those in positions of decision making and policy impacting power nothing will be done... And by 'policy impacting power’, I mean the power to impact policy within police forces forcing them to effectively police their road using population. When was the last time we saw a police bike or car pull over a motorcyclist for not wearing a helmet, jumping a light, riding dangerously etc etc... (not road blocks).... Perhaps ultimately, those in positions of power don’t care because those at greatest risk are those poor feckless souls occupying the lower rungs of the socio-economic ladder - a sad blight on the mindset of the nation.

There is something odd about the way they work out the score. On that list alone there are 17 countries with a higher road fatality numbers (per 100,000 people) than the USA. On that list there are also only 3 other countries with fewer road fatality numbers (per 100,000 people) than the UK which according to the list comes in at 24th safest country. The weighting given to other facets of road safety clearly alters generates a misleading result as far as the USA, UK and other countries are concerned. That said, on the list provided, Thailand does have the highest number of road fatalities (per 100,000 people) which remains a damning stat for anyone in a position of decision making and policy impacting power who actually cares. This map shows the road fatalities per 100,000 people: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_traffic-related_death_rate

What history or recent news has there been of women being trafficked to the UK under false pretences ??? Where as there is news of women being duped into travelling to the middle east under false pretences.

I would agree.. but not everyone carries the same degree of discretion and some people are just outright selfish or so stupid they are unaware of the risks they place others in. For example, those who may park on or close to a pedestrian crossing, or a junction etc.... While you may exercise intelligent discretion, others will not, the rules exist to protect other because of the most selfish, stupid, inconsiderate and dangerous lowest common denominator. That said: Yes, in the UK parking rules are a money making scam - The build shopping centres, want people to go there, then charge them for parking !!!.. its ridiculous. They charge people parking at hospitals which is outrageous.... So, I do like and in most cases prefer the ‘Thailand approach’... but its certainly not perfect and with the anything goes approach there are many negatives....

I think I caught a quick glimpse of Glenlivet Founders reserve there... IMO, the best whisky for the price available in Thailand right now... .... try The Master Distillers reserve... Its right up there...... (I always get a couple from Duty Free, not sure how much it is or if its available in Thailand).

Furby.... Cock-blocking pensioners in a bar nearby !!!.... ????

I agree about the parking rules and profiteering from car owners in the UK... its ridiculous... However, the personal freedoms thing comes with consequences. I know its not always the same and each situation is individual and must be judged based on description and individual merit... these ‘high standards of personal freedoms’ have consequences which you may not be able to foresee which is why there are ’standard laws’ in place.... My Thai friends grandmother was killed in a house fire, the fire engines couldn’t get to the house because of poor parking on the soi. I see women with children having to walk on the road to go around cars whose drivers exercise their ‘personal freedom’ to park where they wanted. Motorcyclists exercise their personal freedoms and ride down the pavement (sidewalk). Drivers exercise their personal freedom when choosing to drive home after a few too many. There are lots of personal freedoms... and parking is at the light end of the spectrum which seems to matter little, yet there are still consequences... i.e. those who park at the corner of a junction, it may not seem a big deal, but that in itself can lead to an accident. In this case... Maybe parking on both sides of the road narrows the road for the passing cars such that they are forced to pass in closer proximity, risking an accident etc. Along with many, I like the freedom and lack of restrains we have in Thailand, however, description varies and this leads to the chaos of people doing what they want when they want, such as stopping on the road, abandoning the car and nipping out to 7-11... antisocial if you ask me and people do it all the time... why ?... they’re exercising their personal freedom....

Maybe someone fed GammaGlobulin after midnight..... I just hope he avoids water or we’ll be inundated with tosh !!!!!....

It took Qatar Airlines 5 months to refund me for a flight which was cancelled.... By EU Law they should be paying out within 7 days. I ended up making a claim through IATA

If she has the education, is the right age and height etc... and actually submitted a job application to a valid Emirates Airlines Application page it may be a valid offer. Note, its unlikey she has been ‘offered a job’ as a flight attendant - IF she has a valid offer its attend a cabin-crew course after which they may be offered a job (some fail). No upfront payments and everything should be clear, professional and above board. Most importantly - the e-mail address from which the offer was received should leave very little doubt as to the validity of the offer.

The limit is individual and can be changed. The limits can be altered on the Mobile Banking App (if you have it).

There is no law that says this. Its is a common myth perpetuated by dodgy BiB some 15-20 years ago who chanced their luck pulling over motorcyclists who were riding down Sukhumvit in BKK in the muddle and right hand lane. Law says on a multilane road all traffic must stay left unless passing another vehicle. This law is clearly superseded by queueing city traffic where motorcyclist can ‘split lanes’ to pass queued traffic. --------- The 500 baht fine is almost treated like an Admin charge by the BiB. Whenever a person is involved in an accident, fault or not at fault they automatically get charged this 500 baht. Really, when not at fault they should not be charged this fine, but the BiB try it on with everyone - entitlement has settled in as the BiB don’t actually know the law themselves, they’ve learned from their peers and supervisors who levied the same fine. Its become the norm and after an accident people just want the issue to be over with as quickly as possible and get on with things.

Because the police are simply too lazy to work out what happened. Its clear the Grab guy is 100% innocent - charing him anything was outrageous, he should be compensated for damage to his bike, for any medical bills and any loss of earnings due to being unable to work etc. Who pays for the damage to the BMW ???.... IF the BMW driver makes a claim on his own insurance he will lose a no-claims bonus, why should he/she be penalised ?

The exclusions insurance companies apply for non-symptomatic issues is often ridiculous... I often wonder if I had a broken leg would they exclude me from cover for further broken legs !!!...

.... The village where all the village idiots go to from villages who are missing their village idiot is missing its village idiot !!!! ... but its ok, he’s been found on Koh Chang with a girl that loves him long time !

They exist everywhere and are for wheelchair access and similar. These are not for wheel-chair access...