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Napoli in Old Post Office Road, just off Beach Rd is worth a try, and The Yorkshire (Soi Sansabai) has steak and a few other offerings.

IMO a poor display by Utd, with the players who should be able to set the standards, not doing so. Sloppy passing and marking and some players not putting in the hard yards. RR has his work cut out, and that's an understatement.

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You make some interesting points in a previous post, in respect of the position the bank may take, and also the position the victims may take. However one thing that does bother me is irrespective of what the bank may try to say with regards to the fact that once the employee stole some money he ceased to be an employee, as the bank never took action (because they didn't know about it), never reviewed his employment or indeed fire him, then to all intents and purposes, and especially to the victims, he was still an employee of the bank. I sincerely hope the victims win their case, and as regards another point you made about your 800 K in the bank, it is something that I have been pondering now for quite a while, and will look into it in the New Year, because like you mentioned, I'm not sure that my funds are safe here, not just because the governance is Third World, but because corruption is endemic here, from top to bottom, and who knows how that can pan out.

Tend to think that this could be the case, and it will be good if all of the "investors" got their money back, less the percentages they were promised, so that should satisfy most of them.

Well done @lodstewart in posting this........... https://truecrimethailand.substack.com/p/swindling-frog-pattaya It may help to explain the situation to a particularly belligerent poster here, and in addition to that, the following should also help: – The thief relieved funds from his victims mainly with two tactics: 1. When victims transferred money into Thailand from abroad, the assistant bank manager stole the funds. Or 2. The banker sold fraudulent, high-yield investment products to the victims. This banker worked at this branch for over ten years. And in the course of his career there, he got to know the account holders — farang, Thai, and Chinese — who grew to trust him over that time. The banker used outdated bank books to print transactions out for the victims. By all measures, the bank books looked real — they were branded with the bank's logo, they were printed at the bank branch, and they were handed over by a man who wore the green jacket emblazoned with the logo of the bank he worked for. Fraud/theft, plain and simple, by a trusted bank employee, who represented the bank and used the good name of the bank to help perpetrate the fraud. In just about any other country this case would be cut and dried, as the saying goes.....but TIT, so who knows??

Clearly having sex with customers in the bank's bathroom satisfies those criteria, yes. NO obviously not.........Clearly not that bright, are you!! Trying to explain it to a Muppet is hard work.

As I said, after investigation and the facts became clear, then the customers would be entitled to reimbursement – yes. As for your rather flippant comment regarding having sex with the customers in the bathroom and stealing cash from the customers pocket, then your common sense should tell you the answer. And to make it easy for you, in having sex, he was not offering a product from the bank, nor offering a product on the pretext of it being from a bank, nor using the banks premises to undertake a financial transaction to the benefit of the customer. Hope that helps.

Going slightly off track here at the moment, however I have it on good authority from a lady who is friends with girls who work in a couple of very large bars in Bangla, that although the bar owners do test their staff for Covid, if they find that a particularly good worker (i.e. brings in the money) has Covid, then they ask them to wear a mask and don't report it. Quite alarming if it is true, but then nothing surprises me here.

Yes, the bank has confirmed, so have the police who are investigating.

I should have clarified that statement in as much as if the bank employee was found to be purportedly acting on behalf of the bank and it was established that it was his "scheme" and his alone in trying to offer bank customers products from his bank, then yes without hesitation. As regards that, he was on the bank's premises, using the bank's office, it's utilities and facilities, so I stand by that statement – – the bank is liable.

I agree that the education system needs to be improved, however consequences, and how they apply to everyday life need to be understood, and one of the ways to do this is to penalise the person responsible. It's a bit like the crash helmet laws here, if they changed that law to state that the fine would be 1000 baht for the first offence, and motorbike confiscation for the second, then crash helmets would be worn. As for "to enjoy the joys of the flesh is human nature", well it works in other countries, even with the most ill educated element of the population, so it would work here, but as I said TIT.

I was a senior executive in a bank in NZ for 13 years and if this happened at the bank for which I worked, then the customers would have been paid out, without any hesitation whatsoever. The transactions took place within the banking chamber, orchestrated by a bank employee, using the banks premises and equipment, and as someone else has mentioned, the bank's logo was on paperwork given to the customer. There should be no way that the bank can get out of paying the customers what they are owed, but having said that, TIT, so who knows.

You make a good point @tomacht8, and how about the government puts in place laws which state that if a Thai husband/boyfriend who impregnates and leaves a Thai girl, has to pay maintenance of some description, or have possessions taken away (motorbike for example) or face jail time. As it is now, these guys can do exactly what they want without any fear of consequence, and that in turn can lead to girls who enter into the "trade" to be able to support themselves and their families. Putting this in place will help stop this situation and help stamp out prostitution.

Maybe they are not just "pussy-footing" around!

Agree......my flabber was gasted when I heard this!

Add, "Hunt for the Wilderpeople" to the list above; good Kiwi movie starring Sam Neil.

Agree with you on this, and a few good movies to consider, apart from the ones which have already been mentioned would be: – The Quiet Earth; Utu; The Piano and for a real piece of Kiwiana, "Goodbye Pork Pie" – – you had to really be in NZ to appreciate the last one!

Unfortunately I didn't find anything funny in "Don't Look Up" and turned it off after about 25 minutes! Satire in spades, but the problem being that the satire which was being portrayed in the movie, was just about the equivalent to what was happening in the US at the time, no exaggeration, just plain stupidity and arrogance, and I didn't find anything funny in that at all. In addition it also parodied how the smart phone was beginning to rule our lives, just a plain truth. Everyone to their own I guess.

Yes, it was good, as I've already mentioned somewhere, however the ending was a bit tame in my opinion, because it never really tied anything off/cleared the whole mess up, and left one hanging, so perhaps there is a second series coming out??

Decided to go to Bangla last night to catch up with a couple of friends, this especially as I hadn't been there for about a month; why? – – terminal apathy had set in! Anyway, Bangla at about 7:15 PM was fairly busy, but when one looked closely, it could be seen that the "busy-ness" actually stemmed from the fact that there were vast amounts of girls, all dressed in red outfits, in front of now-open bars, beckoning in would-be punters, of which there were very few at that time. I dropped into Blue Lotus café and had a snack/dinner along with a couple of glasses of nice red (the owner had let me bring my own bottle, as they didn't serve it) and it was good to relax in a nice clean bar, watching the world go by, without the "thump, thump, thump" of loud music bursting one's eardrums. Bangla did liven up later on in the evening and about 9 PM there were quite a few tourists around the place, but just as many Thais, it has to be said. There was the usual bevy of attractive girls sitting at the bar at the entrance to Sea Dragon, and the Harem go-go club was open, but I was told there was no dancing allowed, and gave it a miss anyway. My next port of call was to catch up with a couple of friends in the Black Horse, but a major problem has arisen with that bar, inasmuch as the manager in charge of it, seems to think that turning the music up very loud with a bass sound which makes the glasses rattle, is the way to entice customers into the place, however it has had the opposite effect on a couple of friends of mine who won't go there anymore, mainly because they go for the ambience and the fact they can watch the world go by, have a drink and engage in some banter – – this being almost impossible with the music as loud as it is. Although I like the bar, and the owner, I may well have to give it a miss in future and find another "local" if the manager of the place continues to be an absolute "tw@t", because despite being asked on a number of occasions to turn the music down a little, he does for about five minutes and then turns it back up again! The music bars were again full, as was Red Hot where I went along to sing a few numbers, as it has been about a month since I last did so. I didn't think I was going to get a turn up on the stage, however that did occur at about 11:30 PM, as they were going to close just after midnight, so I did my best and it seemed to please the audience, and the band, so it made my evening. Just after midnight I decided the best place to be would be at home, as I had imbibed in red wine, a couple of beers, a few rums and a couple of tequila shots, and I didn't want to keep on drinking just for the sake of drinking, so I beckoned a motorbike taxi which tried to go up Soi Sansabai, however the traffic situation was absolute pandemonium, not only because the motorbikes were parked either side of that narrow road, but tuk tuks were coming the "wrong way" down it, blocking the motorbikes and tuk tuks going the other way, and as is typically the way here, no one would give way to anyone else and it was a congested mess, so the motorbike taxi man, whom I've used many times before took me home via Soi 8. Overall the place was busier than it has been, but again nowhere near in years gone past, but that's only to be expected, however there was a fair mix of farangs, with Russians, Americans, some Scandies and Brits, plus a few others mixed in, so some folks are making the effort to get back, despite the "hoop jumping" that has to be done/the uncertainty of the regulations. Just about all of the bars were open and I did venture down Soi Freedom to have a look, and many of those bars were open, but with next to no customers, and next to no pretty women around, although one bar had made the effort and was having a huge barbecue with several small pigs being rotisseried, although that didn't bring in the punters either. It has to be said that things are looking brighter, and on another note, a lady friend of mine who owns a massage shop was lamenting the fact that she couldn't get massage ladies for her second shop, and when I asked her why, she replied something along the lines of, "they think they can go to Bangla and pick up a Farang for a short time, and that's better than working full-time". Perhaps it's always been that way?????

You could try taking the urinary alkaliniser called "Ural" to see if that helps at all, although after an operation such as yours, it would be quite normal to get some sort of burning feeling in the urethra, however good that you only feel it "from time to time". I hope things steadily improve for you, and it will be great if you keep posting on here as it will help others in similar situations. Good luck with your next visit/check up.

I tried watching two recently available movies, however I gave up on both of them after a while, because I found they were boring and had no interest to me whatsoever. The movies were, "Living with the Ricardos" (about the relationship between Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz) and "The French Dispatch", which was supposed to be some sort of comedy, but fell well short IMO. Come to think of it, it has been years since I have watched a good comedy, and I'm not sure that they make them any more – – give me the days of the "Pink Panther" movies, starring Peter Sellers, or the television series like, "Fawlty Towers" to name just a couple. On a brighter note, I did download, "Hidden Assets" and thought it was very good indeed and almost binge watched the whole six episodes last night, but ran out of steam, so thought I'd leave the last two remaining episodes until tonight, or perhaps tomorrow. Oh and 1883 was also good but will have wait for further episodes to appear. Many thanks to those who recommended them.

And neither is the same as posting I wanted to die. Changed your tune then, because that is what you posted! Anyway I had you on ignore for quite some time because of your nonsense posts (the above and others boasting about your "partnership" relationships and so on) but took you off that list..........but back on you go, had enough of your posts.

A few years ago he also posted that he was a user of ciprofloxacin and recommended it, and I mentioned that there were reports in the US that it caused tendon damage, and it happened to me, and I posted about it, and quite some time later he cottoned on to this and changed his tune..........