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catholic church does its very upmost to bury these crimes rather expose them and try to prevent them reoccuring. bit like the thai police chasing the whistle blowers rather than the criminals.

this is a vote for a refferendum if successful will take away their rights to a free (ok more free) political system.

9 minutes ago, smotherb said:

" . . . how can you have got that completely wrong? " Hmm, inferring that you were only a customer and a passenger seems to connote you only know how to get inside them.

ha ha. thats 100% correct. what else is there that you need to know?

33 minutes ago, smotherb said:

A far bit of experience as a customer, you mean. That would be like saying, I have taken airlines to my job sites all over the world for years, so I know all there is to know about flying airplanes. 

 

I suggest you should have known there was considerable difference between your culture and this even before you got here. Try reading Hofstede or Trompenaars; might shed some light.

no you need to read my post again. i have had quite a bit of experience with bargirls (and planes actually) and i do not understand them at all. in fact all i know is how to get inside them. how can you have got that completely wrong? 

stupid title. thais need to put permanent marine weights with rope and floating attachment points around the islands rather than throwing their anchors onto the marine life every time the stop their boats somewhere. mostly thai boats visiting islands around thailand.

stupid title. thais need to put permanent marine weights with rope and floating attachment points around the islands rather than throwing their anchors onto the marine life every time the stop their boats somewhere. mostly thai boats visiting islands around thailand.

wonder how much of a dent this would make in her personal fortune if she actually paid it back. would it bankrupt her? she has certainly had a lot of time to hide her money.

13 hours ago, monkey4u said:

They have said they were guilty of rape and the girl is dead

Now let a judge give the death penalty to the 4 and carry out the executions

This stops these 4 from committing any more crimes and saves the government money feeding them

no the article said they raped her to get more clicks. 

The men are adamant that they did not rape the girl and did not kill her.

5 hours ago, shirtless said:

These guys need to hang

some girls like gang bangs believe it or not, i have been fortunate enough to meet a few. good aussie girls who sometimes walk on the wild side, probably a few in thailand as well. it is possible she drank too much or had some reaction to something causing heart failure. no signs of injury, not even brusing. dosent sound like rape to me. no need to deal out the death penalty just yet. 

4 minutes ago, FredNL said:

Engineer ???

engineer seems to describe any one who can use a screw driver in this country. back in my day it meant someone who could drive a train.

3 hours ago, muzmurray said:

 

3100 Baht, not really a lot of money ?

 

(oops, just seen the above post)

it is very cheap. it is the taxes and social on 4 thai staff, yearly accounting, VAT tax, sallary tax, company tax and so on that add up. not to mention renting the premises that needs to be staffed and have the utilities paid for. i estimate the work permit cost are around 150 000thb/year plus rent of the premises.

plus police fees. had a few problems before i started paying those.

12 hours ago, ericthai said:

I never had an issue getting my B visa and not expensive just about the same as an "O" visa.  I usually get mine in the USA when I go home for the holidays costs me $200 USD for a 1 year multi-entry. I do have to provide allot of documents from our company but my staff pulls all of that together, never had an issue. 

yes. getting my non B was easier in australia. the base price is the same but in thailand i would pay my accountant to get it as the chonburi labor office can be tricky.  non O was very simple in nz last year with very little paperwork required. have not done that on in thailand yet.

7 hours ago, smotherb said:

Well, maybe you're not a bargirl

no but i have a fair bit of experience with them. not just the bar girls i dont understand. thais in general leave me scratching my head most of the time. longer i stay here the more different i think our cultures are. 

1 hour ago, NongKhaiKid said:

The BIB want to talk to these mysterious men so have they bothered to go out and look for them  ?

thats not the way the cops work here. they just put out the word that they want them to report to a certain police station at a certain time. it really is too hot to be going out looking for people.

12 minutes ago, 12DrinkMore said:

 

There must have been a destination bank account and a trail. Even to set up the transfer I would need to enter a code sent by SMS to my phone.

 

So how come the bank could not get the money back?

 

(I would have received an email on login and an SMS message if a transfer had been made)

 

 

happened about 13 years ago. money went to england into an account with an indian sounding name. i just got a police report and the bank paid me back. i was pretty upset at the time but it was all ok in the end.

well thats better than i would have expected. news seems to be fairly negative about this tunnel but when it is finished it will be great and far less unsightly than an overpass.

i do the same as i had 7000aud stolen from me online a while back. there used to be ways hackers could record your key strokes  wonder if some one could tell us if it is better to cut and paste.

3 hours ago, smotherb said:

Gee, ya think? Of course, many Thai girls prefer Thai men; just like many farang men prefer farang women. Bar girls buying drinks and even supporting their lovers is nothing new--just that too many farangs have never seen that side of it; when was the last time a bar girl even bought you a drink? Sometimes women need to be able to actually communicate and even establish a relationship; and sometimes it's strictly physical. Just like older men like younger women; older women like younger men--is that really difficult to comprehend?

i cant understand why bargirls would go somewhere and buy thai guys drinks and pay them for their services. certainly not the done thing by western woman in the western world. bar girls sit around in bars 29 days a month, think they would rather do something else with their spare time. hard for me to understand any of it, guess i will just have to give it some more thought.

wonder if any other countries have this silly policy about banning sales of grog on election days. i have only heard of it in thailand. dont see what good it does or how anyone makes any money off it so i dont really understand it.

4 hours ago, harada said:

I'm no technician by far, but you would think that with today's technology they would be able to lock the doors on these overhead lockers automatically to avoid this situation, I've been on a few flights where passengers were getting their luggage out of lockers when the plane was still taxiing to the terminal, our Chinese friends seem to be the worst offenders that I have seen.

would just slow things down as people try to break into the lockers to get passports and wallets. i have to admit i would have a hard time leaving my passport behind.

interest rates almost at zero and cant be increased back to market adjusted rates or economy goes into freefall. money borrowed and borrowed to stimulate economy. economy suffers under interest repayments for stimulus spending borrowings. interest rates so low many borrow to invest in property and shares causing prices to skyrocket creating a bubble.  this whole system is not sustainable and all it does is transfer money from the lower and middle classes to the extremely rich. 

7 minutes ago, muzmurray said:

 

All visas and extensions of stay cost the same, regardless of which criteria they are issued for.

yes, it was the work permit that cost alot of money.

does it include a visa?

thought it was standard practise to grant bail and hope the wrong do-ers move to dubai. i am still wondering why yingluck has not yet boarded her private jet for a one way trip. maybe she is waiting for mushroom growing season to end.

must be a minor crime. i got a one year suspended jail sentence and 8500thb fine for having the wrong address in my work permit. funny how my crime did not make the newspapers or news websites.