Jonathan Swift

All the finger wagging about travel insurance aside, why invite trouble by carousing to the point of stupid drunkenness in places like Pattaya? Yes, I know, young people will do this, situations like this are tragic in the end, I wish people understood the real risks of such careless behavior. he should at least have had friends watching over him. 

10 hours ago, chuang said:

Travel with GoFundMe in mind, no insurance needed 

I don't think there is any forethought of any sort including go fund me. 

3 hours ago, edwinchester said:

I wonder how many Thai Govt Officials who were involved in the import and registration of this car have also been prosecuted alongside 'Boy Unity'.

Why, all of them of course

2 hours ago, Baba Naba said:

Since when is Xanax (alprazolam) a sleeping pill? It is RARELY used as a sleep aid. It is a anti-anxiety med!  

Correct. Not a sleeping pill. It's a sedative, anti anxiety. 

Nothing to see here folks except: "persistent undercurrent of speculation" which is only created by these news stories to create drama and to sell advertising. 

12 hours ago, Sydebolle said:

You can read it up in the Bible already

"Lord, forgive them for they don't know what they are doing"

The shot which killed the Cambodian soldier came from a Thai weapon. Question is, how this this (as well as most likely all other weapons) get fired in the first place. Somchai the soldier would not dare to do anything without explicit order from higher up at the border. That higher up gets the orders from bigger wig in the province's capital. Latter consults with the army headquarters. In short, shooting is instructed/ordered and you have to dig around there first. 

For me this is a repetition of the smoke screen the government pulled up in 2008, slightly to the West in Khao Phra Viharn (Sisaket province) compared to this year's incident. 

Just be careful, you're playing with fire. Diplomatically the ice is pretty thin as both countries have BIG faces to lose and you might stir the racist pot on both sides of the border which would be the perfect start of a war. 

Just saying ........ 

In the modern world there is a cure for losing face,

"Cambodian, Burmese and Karen ethnic origin". So Karens are so widespread that now they're their own ethnicity?

10 hours ago, Mywayboy said:

Russian Mafioso at their best.

Thailand will never learn allowing  undesirables into The Kingdom

Do you mean singling people out by their ethnicity and nothing else and blocking their entry? Fortunately Thailand is generally and officially averse to such bigotry and prejudice. Most "undesirables" can be prosecuted since they eventually get caught, as in this case. Better to let a few lawbreakers in for the sake of preserving the vast majority of innocent people's rights. This is the fundamental principle of law and democracy, yes, even in your country. So, to paraphrase, Thailand will never learn ethnic hate and bigotry, and thank god for that. 

16 hours ago, EVENKEEL said:

Not sure why expats are confused. Just wear a helmet, simple as that. 

Agreed. Simple. But the question still exists for motorbike taxi passengers.

16 hours ago, ikke1959 said:

and how about the RTP themselves?? I see many driving a motorcycle with a baseball cap or another kind of cap... and clear again fines up to 2000 THB.. That will be for foreigners and Thais 300??? and how long will this crack down last?? 1 week?

I would give it two weeks.

He should have been brought to a hospital. That's what they do in the US.

I have sued Booking Holdings, the parent company, at least a half dozen times, with one pending as we speak. Fortunate for me they are in the same state as my US address. I sued them for a Priceline (their subsidiary) over an airline refund, and they had to pay me $1,000.00 to settle. Look for any office they may have in your country and you may be able to do the same. I don't take any shί† from any of these people. 

That's funny, I make one of those once a day. I take milk of magnesia for it. 

12 hours ago, ozz1 said:

Unfortunately Thailand won't change one coupe after another pp  should have come to power but the elites running this country don't want power to the people

Coupe? Yes, we need more than one coupe, one after another off the assembly line, give everyone a Coupe DeVille Cadillac, then we'll all be happy. 

Israeli ex military again, behaving badly and arrogantly, real tough guys assaulting locals who were doing no harm. Deport the m - f's, blacklist Israel - they do no good for Thailand

Keep in mind that those who got the shots but now choose not to are exposing the rest of us to increased risk because of their recklessness. Each person who gets infected becomes a factory to create new strains , to which we all are vulnerable, necessitating new versions of the vaccine, which they will again refuse. If people did the right thing there would be less of these new outbreaks. Fortunately, this problem seems limited to ignorant westerners rather than Thai people, who fortunately have enough of a sense of duty and cooperation to make up for those relatively few pigheaded individuals. You certainly have the right to choose to die and how, but you do not have the moral right to endanger others. Of course, having said that, nobody who is refusing the vaccine actually cares about the consequences to others, and so - duh. 

I think we will have to leave this one to Darwin. Either you're born with a functioning brain of average intelligence or you will be the ones culled from the herd. No one cares what I do but me, and that is to choose to not invite a premature demise if i can help it. What anyone else thinks or does is up to them. Like I said, let Darwin work his magic. 

On 5/4/2025 at 6:30 PM, SAFETY FIRST said:

Plenty of hotels in town. 

 

Instructions...

1. remove credit card from wallet, check into hotel 

 

2. go to ATM, withdraw cash, check into hotel 

 

3. scan QR code at hotel reception 

 

How do you know he has a credit card, phone, or even a bank account? How do you know the wife didn't keep the aforementioned or drain his account before kicking him out? Common sense suggests that if he had them he would have used them. Duh. Instructions: Make sure you have your facts straight before making judgmental comments. 

8 hours ago, Moonlover said:

Yes the C130 does have reverse thrust and can even taxi backwards. But the pilot would not choose this option when he had no brakes. He would likely end up going backwards out of control! Not good.

 

His best option would have been to kill the engines and let matters unfold as they will, which is probably what he did.

 

It's not the same literal reverse thrust as in a jet engine's thrust reversers, the thrust itself of the turboprop isn't reversed, only the prop pitch. 

13 hours ago, off road pat said:

The C-130 has reverse trust and can drive backwards on land.

 

It's not the same literal reverse thrust as in a jet engine's thrust reversers, the thrust itself of the turboprop isn't reversed, only the prop pitch. 

20 hours ago, Chongalulu said:

Propellers have "reverse thrust"??? The pitch can only be adjusted but don't think as in a jet engine they can produce reverse thrust...

It's not the same literal reverse thrust as in a jet engine's thrust reversers, the thrust itself of the turboprop isn't reversed, only the prop pitch. 

15 hours ago, Magictoad said:

How many parks have you been to? Only the city based municipal parks I suspect.

Sounds like someone who may be missing four out of their five senses. Not much point in even being in thailand if you can't see what's right in front of you

18 hours ago, jcmj said:

And how many days do we give it until someone gets up on its back for a photo. Taking bets now 🤣

Already done 100 times. Next there will be someone trying to have sex with it. 

Taxi mafia again. Sounds lovely.