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,Took mine into BKK in December and three weeks later picked. It up. People should check it out before they bite into the crazy internet world.

Thanks for the response. But Pickleball is an anathema to tennis players. Not good to hear. years ago folks played on the Army base, and I remember one court at Chalong.

Similar issue with Brit passport….talk of 15 weeks etc. Took mine to BKK and three weeks later it was ready. As someone said, in other countries quicker, probably because of the potential problems it could create and then a problem for the embassy etc.

Then you are lucky. The last time they visited my home they informed me this would now be every year. Oddly the officer asked me about my cats which he remembered from a year ago…..I guess he’s a fan of them.

I find your comments somewhat amusing about the wife etc. My experience with he female immigration officers in Jomtien is they refused to answer any of my questions. And this last time they told my wife to handle it all this coming year.

Hi gang i lived in Phuket five years ago. I’m an avid doubles tennis player, but back then not much in the way of players or courts. I’m wondering if this has changed at all? I presently live in the Pattaya area, and we have a lot of players and courts. But I’d really like to live on Phuket again if the tennis was available. It’s a great way of keeping healthy and younger. I would appreciate any feedback from the tennis community on the island. thank you.

My understanding was the house was a gift from the Queen to them both on their wedding. Now it’s being taken back….bizarre……Indian givers!

I’m surprised one of the good reasons to live on Phuket wasn’t mentioned. All the negative farangs live in other parts of Thailand…..Thank God.

I have my reservations about R#t*in eye hospital. I’ve been going there for years for potential glaucoma with the ophthalmologist always recommending eye surgery….of course Covid put a damper on that. A few months ago I went to Bangkok hospital and the ophthalmologist asked me why I came to see him? I explained, and he said, “There’s nothing wrong with your eyes, in fact you have 20-20 vision.” Which is interesting because I play tennis and mostly at the net in doubles where you need good vision and reactions. He said come back in a few months if you have any issues. I do take two different eye drops to prevent glaucoma, which do seem to be working. Now I feel like I was played at the renowned eye hospital. Each time I visited for a checkup it was around 3000 to 4000 baht. Bangkok was 1,500 baht.

I’ve worked with the disabled in many countries, and the persons comments about jumping the line is completely inconsiderate and ignorant. At places like Disneyland the disabled are taken to the front of the lines, and rightly so. The United States is on the forefront of disability rights by law. we all should be grateful we are not disabled, and have compassion for those who are in that condition.

I went on one of these once and the idiot driver was tailgating behind a vehicle he couldn’t see around. An accident waiting to happen. Never again for me. Personally a big bus is a safer option, mainly because if it crashes it’s more survivable with all that metal around us. Also in minivans you end up with your luggage on your lap, and not much room.

I used to be a driver for a two door Aston Martin DB6 Mk II. The owner sat next to me as he liked been driven very fast…..90mph country roads in England. And if in a hurry 120mph on the motorway. This was in the early 1970’s, I was back in England in early 80’s and those speeds were no longer possible on the country roads because of a huge increase in the amount of vehicles on the road. Some might consider what I did dangerous driving, but I was very good, and the car was superb as a handmade car should be. In two years I only got stopped twice by the police. The first guy let me go as I was driving alone and he assumed I owned the car. The second doing 80mph on the motorway when I had the flu and got a ticket. I used to pick up the odd hitchhiker when I was alone. I’d put my hand over the speedometer and ask them what speed we were doing? They would respond 60mph, and then I’d show them it was 90mph. The car was so stable with SelectaRide, among other goodies. One day wandering around at the Newport Pagnell factory I noticed a convertible Aston off in a corner, and asked what the story was? It’s Prince Charles’s car….we just dump it in the corner for a few months before we bother to touch it. He still has that same car fifty years later. He let William drive it after his wedding with his wife, but he forgot to release the handbrake for his drive from the Cathedral…..back to the factory!

Right, blame it on the victim. Come on, get a grip. The Brit would have had to punch the guy out to reach any real level of nastiness. Considering his age it seems unlikely he went out of his way to provoke a guy in his early 30’s. supposedly the Thai man spent time in New Zealand getting educated…..I guess he didn’t learn much while there about manners and restraint.

Most people are aware of rabies etc. But are farang aware that a bite from a Monitor Lizard is pretty certain to kill you from the infection in their mouths. I certainly wasn’t. I was in Bangkok walking in the huge park off Soi 10 when a six foot Monitor walked in front of me. I had a doctor friend of Infectious Diseases with me from California. He informed me of how dangerous their bite can be. I have been pretty close to these lizards on numerous occasions without any knowledge of them being dangerous. They just showed on the Thai news a farang sunbathing and a Monitor walking within a few feet of him, and he was smiling for the camera. Most of the time they seem pretty innocuous to me, but it only takes one to be aggressive. And you cannot outrun these things. I saw one being chased by a dog, the lizard outran the dog into the first canal and safety. A Thai woman told me they eat mostly dead animals, and that would explain the highly infectious mouth. Yikes!

Supposedly he honked his horn at a HiSo in. Mercedes. And the guy was <deleted> and shot him deliberately. A bit of a moron, if he’d hit him with the Mercedes he could have called it an accident. But he’s HiSo so probably nothing will happen to him. Very sad, and very very stupid. What do Thai people think the horn is for?

Very sad he jumped back overboard without any safety harness etc. I was trained in the Royal Navy as a swimmer of the watch. We were created for this job as it was considered safer to put one man in the sea instead of a boat full of men in rough seas etc. I would be wearing a full dry suit and a harness with a rope running back to the ship. Fortunately I never had to save anyone, but lots of practice. I doubt this position probably isn’t available in the Thai navy.

My 16 year old was caught vaping in his school. He was thrown out for a week, and I grounded him for a week no phone, friends etc. The teacher came to our house and informed us that the other boy was thrown out permanently. He was selling the stuff at the school. Teacher informed us if our son was caught with the bad kid he could be fined 100,000 baht…..at this point we told the teacher we wouldn’t be paying that and he could go to jail. He’s been warned before….so Tough Love baby.

I had ten years in the Royal Navy, and I concur with all your points, especially about the weather and the size of the waves. Like commercial plane crashes, ships sinking in poor conditions and not even horrendous conditions ultimately comes down to human error on some level.

I don’t think anybody has mentioned a weather report for the area in question. Ships, especially smaller ships have to keep a very close eye on all weather reports, mainly because it can change dramatically in a short time….especially around the UK. Was aboard HMS Bermuda a cruiser, a big warship in the North Sea in a Force 9 gale. Nobody was allowed on deck for two days. Every one of the ships boats was smashed to pieces on their davits…..scary stuff. Think about the guys on the Russian Convoys in WWII in the winter……chances of survival NIL. What a tragedy for the Thai families of the sailors lost in this sinking….I doubt they will get much compensation from the Navy. I don’t see 4 meter waves as being big in comparison to this corvette. The story doesn’t make much sense to me, unless there was complete incompetence among the officers. Let us hope not.

That is not a small warship. One wonders of the size of the waves they were dealing with. Having been in the Royal Navy and through two hurricanes, the second in the Atlantic with 70 foot waves aboard a frigate. We just sailed straight into the waves at just enough speed to make progress……not a fun time. There was another frigate with us and a sailor got washed overboard, he should never have been on the upper deck. Because the risk was to great for us to turn, or the other frigate, mainly because those size waves would roll us over if we caught one wrong and the ship would sink immediately. An auto inflating life-raft was thrown overboard and he was wearing a life jacket, but his chances of seeing or getting to it was slim to none….there was also very high winds. With the US Coast Guard planes searching for him, we turned back after the hurricane dissipated. We found the life raft, but nobody in it. The captain of this corvette should have been steering straight into the waves at a reduced speed. Seems a bit strange that water entered the air vents for the engine room as they are usually facing towards the stern. When you are in that kind of weather the ship should be completely battened down. Very sad if sailors have lost their lives. Another part of the equation is it was night, that makes everything much trickier. Nobody likes seeing a ship sinking warship or merchant marine. I doubt we will actually find out what happened, maybe swept under the rug.

While out riding the bicycle I’ve had as many as six dogs come at me. I immediately stop, and that confuses them, I then shout at them always keeping the bike between us. The Alpha dog is the one to watch, and the others follow him. I mime picking up stones and throwing them, sometimes they just leave…..if they don’t then the stones come into action all aimed at the Alpha dog….he runs, they all run. Getting bitten is a drag because now it’s the hospital and a shot in case of rabies, and then return weeks later for another shot. I got that bite in a temple when I touched a temple dog…..Oops!

I had a bear spray blow back in my face in my alley, I was testing it out as it was old. The eyes weren’t the worse thing, it was trying to breathe.

I figured out when I started riding big bikes that in a crash my jaw would probably be broken if not shattered. So I opted for a full face helmet for safety that cost 600 dollars. Well worth the money. Young and invincible, and caught out by the insurance companies crafty exclusions. Sand or wet leaves on a bend are an accident waiting to happen, and part time riders have no clue of this danger. Very sad she took the brunt of the accident, and on her face. At least she lived to continue her life.

When I was there four years ago gouging was the order of the day. Baht bus there they would ask for a hundred baht and drop slowly if you refused. Compared Phuket I thought it was a dump.