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Yes I noticed that too, which to be honest pi55es me off because my choices are limited. I also noticed your post was closed very quickly, that said, I am so pi55ed off about the way that was removed that I find it as bad as being censored. If AN wants not to lose some of it's members, perhaps it should reinstated not only the laughing emojo, but the sad emojo too, sick and tired of how the world is going, forcing us to respond the way it wants us too, like, love heart of thanks, no laughs, no dad faces, BORING !!!!! I'm out for a week, than will see, up to me, yes I know, up to me.

Even if the guys were renting the cars for say 8,000 baht a month and making 3 trips to the airport to collect passengers, you would deduct say 800 baht (what it usually costs by taxi to get to Patong), so you have 2 trips remaining at 800 each x say 30 days in a month = 40,000 baht a month, hardly worth the trouble. Now if they had return trips from Patong to the airport, that would be 80,000 baht per month which isn't a bad wicket, but you wouldn't get me doing that, I prefer to earn that from my chair at home.

I find your post to be a little unbelievable. Did the receptionist talk to any staff, e.g. to go and check your room, if that is the case, perhaps the staff member was wearing a camera or was showing the room to reception via a mobile app ? Hotels cannot have cameras in rooms, we all know that, but then again, I have never stayed at a posh hotel that holds 300 baht cash as a deposit.

That sounds about right, after all, you wouldn't expect the cops to go after their own, i.e. unless the heat gets so hot that they have to act and start throwing some of their own under the bus, but not before trying to put some spin on it.

Your a funny guy, unfortunately another one who has been badly burnt by women, why, because you have never understood them and known how to handle the beasts. No doubt you will come back and have another go at me because you won't want to admit it on a public forum. Your probably single and broke now as well and still blame them all for your misfortunes in life. I'm not having a go at you, just stating what I am reading about you. Illusions, I like that, have a good day.

I never suggested going to Uni or having a decree makes a guy an expert on women, I said being street wise helps, in other words, being out and dating women, understanding how they tick, instead of looking at their exterior (weapon) which blinds most men, e.g. tits, rear ends etc. It's not about women going for bad men, it's all about them wanting a guy who can keep them interested, they don't want Hollywood, soft c's. I have never been a romantic, and I never tell a woman I love here over and over again, I do let her know that she is replaceable. Ever heard the saying, treat them mean, keep them lean ? Well there is truth to that, not saying that you treat them like <deleted>, but I have found that if you hold onto the control vs giving it to them, it's like you saying to a child here, you take over, drive the car, I guarantee you it won't be long before the child crashes the car. In other words, from my experience in life with women, they want someone that can lead them, and keep them in place, now defining that is not something you can teach someone, that said, try showing them little interest, or looking at other women when out with them, or even saying something about the other women, like who, she's pretty and watch their reaction vs being the romantic, no doubt they would like the romance in the beginning, but will eventually become bored. What I am saying is they would more than likely prefer the club from the caveman, women see love differently to the way we do. Before you jump the gun, I am not saying you treat women disrespectfully or beat them, you just let them know that you come before them and that they are not the all being of life to you. Works for me, every single time and I have landed some real stunners over the years and have escaped a lot of brain damage and financial losses, suffice to say it's all about controlling the heart and you money vs handing them both over for their exterior looks. You have to look deep within the creature and understand what they are saying, women are planners, men are lookers.

No need to be sorry for disagreeing, I have no idea if Goat is right or wrong, I don't know the girl, and I don't know the guy, I am not disagreeing with Goat either, this intending marriage sounds like it will go south for reasons I stated in my 1st reply to Goat. The above said, there are also lots of married guys to "bar girls" who are happy as can be, in my opinion, the ones who hand over their money because they love the girl, are the ones who lose all the time, you can work the rest out. All relationships need attention, effort also has to be put in from both sides, sorting cultural differences, understanding, etc, judging a book by it's cover isn't the way to go, knowing the character of the person your going to spend the rest of your life with is a must, and people change, hence the reason ones finances must remain separate, in other words, why on earth men hand over their money is beyond me, things don't always last forever, so if one invested heavily, e.g. all in, then they walk away with very little if anything, suffice to say, if one invested say between 10% and 20% they walk away with 80% to 90%, now that sounds much better to me and if the women, "bar girl" or other is needy or wants more, then show her the door as these are early warning signs, on the other hand, is she is content and knows your doing the right thing and have her interests at heart and you also have a will in place, a life insurance policy, and your taking care of "her" i.e. a better quality life than she had and she is looking after you and your interests, then all and good. I could paint ALL women with the same brush, but I won't, if men just kept their finances separate i.e. had balls and understood what's at stake if things went pair shape, it saves a lot of future problems for them because once they are older, it gets harder to recoup the loss. That's all. I did suggest to Goat to warn his friend, but I also read in another post reply from him to someone else that he wasn't a friend but did business with him and didn't want to go to the weeding, so I believe it's a troll, or is about him.

Nope, Electrical Engineers have no clue when it comes to women, that's all, e.g. not street wise, especially when it comes to "bar girls". Don't take it personal, I did go to Uni, and I did receive two degree's, back to back, and have respect for tradies, well the good ones that is, and of course I don't see them as being inferior, actually I don't see anyone as being inferior, we are all born equal.

Happily married to a "bar girl", or is it the person who was working as a "bar girl", no irony there, but I won't try and explain the happiness, that I and other farangs who married "bar girls" have received. Others falling by the way side, why, because they don't know women, or how to handle their finances, that applies to all guys with all women, not just "bar girls". Actually, we do live in a good size isaan village, and there are other farangs who do live here and we do socialise at the local waterhole, not to far away, kind of a community club, Thai's mostly younger guys do converse and we all get along fine. No bee under my bonnet about Thai men, they don't ignore me, they respect me, and like to know a lot about me, and where I come from and how life is on the other side, always have time for them, so you are very wrong about me and my very happy life here in the land of smiles. Wife's relatives dragging me along to pay for everything, over my wife's and my body....LOL. My wife spent a decade back in my country, she understands a lot more than most Thai women, and her family who live close by have never put their hands out or requested or expected money or anything else from me, they are happy that she ended up with a great and respectful guy, who causes them no problem and looks after their daughter, what else could they want...LOL You contradict yourself, you said he wasn't a friend, but you do business with him. I don't need your luck, why because I know women and control my own finances and destiny, and am happily married to a "bar girl" who runs rings around ALL the western women I dated in my life time. Sounds like to me that you need all the luck Chump.

I really feel sorry for some people who don't get it, but in your case, I don't. You obviously have no concept of women or Thailand, or how it works, something tells me that your an Electrical Engineer or something along those lines, i.e. someone who cannot see things for what they are outside of them creating their own reality. It also sounds like you got burnt by a bar girl and can't get over it, well, get it over it.

"He said that the checkpoint was being properly run and that it was important that the Thai people don't always just criticize the RTP". What an about face. "The public needed to be the "eyes and ears" of the force to help them in their work of protecting the public". Yeh right.

If you ask me, i.e. if I read the story correctly, the guy shot his neighbour, because his neighbour asked him to move his vehicle which was blocking the road, an argument ensued, e.g. because the guy blocking the road, said he would move his car when he was finished unloading, which is selfish. As mentioned above, if I am reading this correctly, the guy with the axe, the neighbour wanting to get through should have had a gun and shot the guy blocking the road, to which I would have no sympathy for.

You contradict yourself, you say you are not friends, you say you know him from business. Sounds like a troll to me.

If you don't want to go, then don't go. Sex for money, where have you been, all women want money for sex in one way or the other. Sex tourist, well, sex is part of life, I recall going to Europe in the 80's and 90's having sex with a few girls at the time, sex is not something that should be frowned upon, sex is the best, I love it, it's like food, I can't get enough of it, even in my 60's and married for over 15 years, I still eat on the side....LOL, can't eat the same thing all the time. So what if the kids know she was a bar girl, it's part of life and survival for not just her, but for many. There is nothing to think about, you sound very naïve and borderline stereotypical in my opinion. Perhaps you should judge yourself before you judge others, there is no perfect in this life. If he is not a friend, then it is none of your business if you think she is going to fleece him, move along, don[t go to the wedding, sounds like your only in it for the business anyway.

I can hear Elvis's song playing in the background, "I'm feeling so lonely" . So another lonely guy with poor social and women skills, a recipe for disaster IMO. He stands to lose in this game of love because it sounds like he is going all in. Let me guess, love you long time Tiruk ? The bar girl title doesn't phase me, nor the tattoos, just tells me she is, or should be street wise. As for the drunk, well that's a worry, which woman doesn't love money, and social media. She stands to win in this game of love because she isn't investing anything financially, ah, "the power of the pussy". He is already too far in and is about to go all in, as for the kids, yeh, nah fat chance of that happening, and if it does happen, and the marriage goes south, he is going to be in a heck of a lot of pain, kid/s and all. I have seen plenty of these types of guys lose everything. It is your duty as friends to forewarn him, I had my mates back home gently tell me of their concerns when I introduced them to my wife of 16 years now, which I appreciated, and respected, however I told them of my plans, i.e. a prenuptial in place and only going in 10%-20% when I would retire in Thailand 8 years later, if things went according to plan, which they did, now living here 7 years on and 20% in. It's not that they disliked my wife, it's the fact that I was moving real quick and they didn't really know her that well. She was there on a tourist visa and marrying her after 3 months was the only way she could stay vs her having to go back to Thailand for 6 months and then reapply for another tourist visa. She did work in a bar, so you could call her a bar girl, as I said, the title doesn't phase me as I have picked up a lot of women in bars back home, and at the end of the day, they are all looking for that pot of gold, albeit it that they don't ask for money as they had real jobs, so to speak. From my experience, its the character of the gal, that and also the character of the guy, if one is prepared to wear his finances on his sleeve, then he will lose in the game of love, and if the girl is demanding financial wise, she will also lose in the game of love. If he plays the game of love right and doesn't go all in, he will end up winning, regardless if his marriage fails, because he will have his fall back position, i.e. his money, which will get him back on his feet, as they say, don't go all in, because if it doesn't work out, you lose it all, that is in any game when it comes to finances. Whether he listens or not doesn't matter, most won't, but it is your duty as a mate to tell him of your concerns, and if he doesn't like what he hears, you did your job as a mate, end of story.

As I've said before, they are not addressing the issue. Remove the police from collecting the money at checkpoints and the problem is solved. Police issue the tickets only and the person receiving the fine pays it within 21 days or elects on the reverse side of the ticket to have the matter heard in a court of law if challenging the fine. Problem solved, but won't happen because it takes the gravy off the gravy train, doesn't it.

What I am saying is new cars hold there values here first and foremost, i.e. providing you maintain it and keep a log. The reason I say the above is because consumer laws here regarding 2nd hand vehicles is pretty weak and from what I have seen twice is, a guy I know flew to Bangkok to buy a one year old car from a dealer which had low kilometres, i.e. 17,000 kilometres and he was bosting how he was 150,000 baht better off than buying it new. Six months down the track he's speedo stopped working so he took it to the local dealer who said to him after inspecting the speedometer, that the speedometer was not the original one, he asked how they knew that and they said, the number on the back of it don't match up with the records they have on the car. He contacted the dealer and they said, that is how they purchased the car, end of story, and then when he went to register the car he had to pay commercial rates on registration, which he sorted out later and had it reverted to private use, i.e. after he found out that the car was previously owned by a courier company, suffice to say we all know courier companies use cars to travel a lot of distances so he really doesn't know how many kilometres the car had as it was also sold with no log books which record the dates of services etc. The other guy I know purchased a 3 year old car with low kilometres and the motor packed it in after the 3 month 2nd hand warranty expired, so he was up for a new motor. What I am saying here is, you DON'T know what your buying with 2nd hand cars here, however I am sure lots of people have had good experiences buying 2nd hand cars here, however I can't tell you of any, apart from those that I know who have purchased 2nd hand cars have had to outlay for the usual wear and tear, comes with age, but those cars are older. The above said, that is why I opted for a new car, and no regrets, even if I was going to lose if I sold it and returned to my home country, if things didn't work out here when I moved here, however things didn't work out. I was protected with warranty for 3 years, I knew who was servicing the car for those 3 years and if there was a problem, warranty would cover it, but not the labour, sure I paid a bit of a premium for the servicing, but that is part and parcel of having the warranty remaining in tact. After the 3 years warranty I purchase my own oil (premium grade) and go to a local mechanic who changes the oil for me every 15,000 kilometres and charges me 200 baht for his labour and 200 baht for the oil filter that he supplies. In the 7 years that I have owned the car, 2 sets of tyres replaced, and a couple of minor things with kilometres that required changing are the only things that I had to pay for, plus a battery. It's all a matter of what you want, and how much you can afford, for me, it's reliability and back up with warranty in a foreign country verses it looked good & it smelt good at the time I purchased it, but it ended up being rotten to the core on the inside, isn't something I want to experience, if you get my drift. Some can say I'm a snob, but without strong consumer laws here from what I have heard, I went with a new car and it has paid off for me, as I take the kids to school every day and collect them (no mad minivan drivers thanks), that drive is 20 minutes each way, and we have travelled almost all over Thailand with the car, like I said absolutely no regrets, even if I don't get much for the car when I sell it, it has served it's purpose, i.e. it has proven to be very reliable & comfortable, still to this day and hasn't aged in my eyes. The only difference is that I purchased it outright with no loan, that said, I don't know if you are aware, loans here are usually loaded, like in most countries, i.e. they load the interest to the front of the loan, so if you pay it out early, you will pay most of that interest. To end, it is your choice, all I can do is tell you of my experience and my reasoning for purchasing new vs 2nd hand. The rest is up to you, however if you do buy 2nd hand, buy it with the log books, showing the full service history and kilometres of each service, oil change during it's warranty period and after if possible. EDIT: As for renting, it's dead money. Best of luck.

Looking to start an argument over something your incapable of understanding, good luck with that one.

Sometimes it makes it worth while to read the entire post. I could say refer to the bottom of my post where I wrote about purchasing a 2nd hand car, as the old saying goes, "you can lead them to water, but .....

Really, wow, I did the math on buying a new car 8 years ago just before I purchased my new car back then. It went like this: Car cost 800k baht with a years registration and 1st class insurance, plus some other things thrown in. 2 sets of replacement tyres, oil changes, and a little maintenance. I didn't include services, registration, insurance and fuel costs as they are normal costs associated when driving the car. So if I added 200,000 to the purchase price that would take it to a mil baht, now I would say I could get 400,000 baht for the car as it's a one owner and well looked after, that said, the cost for that car would be 600,000 baht over 8 years = 75,000 baht over 12 months = 6,250 baht or 200 baht per day if you like. That to me is better than renting one for 16,000 baht per month, because you own it, you drive it, you maintain it and you know your cars reliability. How much would a lease cost you per month, noting that none of it would be recouped at the end of the lease. Much much less, really, what 50% plus associated running costs, please enlighten me as to cost of your lease for an 8 year period for example. It's easy to spew out words, but the math and a lot of others factors shows a clearer picture. Well we don't know about that, because he could buy a 2nd hand car that is well maintained like mine and continue to enjoy it for a few years to come, e.g. 2, 3, 4 year and more. If he purchased it for 400,000 baht and resold it 4 years later for say 100,000 baht, he would have spent 300,000 baht excluding the other associated costs that I mentioned that are standard with driving a car. So doing the math, it reverts back to what it cost me per month, i.e. 6,250 baht per month or 200 baht per day, now I will wait for those leasing figures of yours per month thanks ????

If your prepared to wait, you might just get your wish, but the line is a long one.

Now this ban wouldn't have anything to do with the Tobacco industry losing business from it, would it ? While their at it, why not ban cigarettes, period.....LOL

Can they also look into the entire RTP force, maybe they can find the same, remember Ferrair Joe, I am sure there are many with assets well beyond their pay grade. Starting at the very top of the RTP force please.

Damn it, replace the entire RTP force.

Laos has an embassy there, I have been once before when I needed to have them stamp some docs for back home.