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Checked the internet and can't see any updates on the guy, that's hopefully a good sign any general misadventure someone would probably have located him by now, he obviously isn't on AN as he would be aware of the reaction he has got in the community and is hopefully having a good laugh sitting sipping cocktails in one of the resorts!

I know people think I am not compassionate but this guy lives a couple of miles away from my brother, neither I nor my brother know him but still don't want bad sht to happen to him. To be pragmatic if I was the RTP (I am not) and in the detective room briefing my staff in a meeting this would be the plan, I am sure they have already thunk about this: i) We go to The Abandoned Mansion Bar & Restaurant and request/subpoena all CCTV which 99.9% they will have and figure out exactly which direction James went when he left there ii) If he went right he is heading towards Asok and the vicinity of Cowboy there should be many cameras on 14 especially as it leads to Asok BTS iii) Then go to the BTS people request every single piece of CCTV footage from all cameras around the time frame James disappeared and if he went that way should 100% appear on it iv) If he went left he is only going to end up on a main road that runs underneath the BTS CCTV coverage there may be limited towards Benchakitti park that has a large lake, so in a worse case scenario worth looking in that area and hopefully nothing will be discovered v) If he is spotted near Asok with huge CCTV coverage should be able to tell if he headed to Cowboy or Nana which is also walkable given it is Sukhumivit will be heavily covered by CCTV vi) If the CCTV pays off then without a doubt you will find him communicating with the person you most need to speak to vii) If there is no CCTV of him leaving Abandoned Mansion I would put them under a lot more scrutiny and look at any other areas he may have left from there without going onto Soi 14. I am not in any way saying how the police should do their job and I am sure they are way ahead of me on this but sometimes the willingness to divulge information if it would make Thailand look bad concerns me. I hope there is a positive outcome on this for his family and that he really has just decided to go under the radar and needs a couple of weeks to get his head straight or something.

😢 The lads last few birthdays he probably hasn't been sitting in a go-go at Cowboy though?

Glad you made it out of there one of my favourite flavours of Linux openSUSE 😉 Very good advice Mr openSUSE my go to OS is still Ubuntu for personal use, tails if I am hiding 🙂 RHEL if I have to make money at a company and WhoNIX if I didnt need a pardon from Trump 😉 Detracting slightly yes, hopefully this guy will turn up safe and well or I will be making many posts tomorrow admitting I was incorrect. I don't think anyone has said anything bad about him maybe jibed at the fact he may not want to be found but the worst and best outcomes are both possibilities unfortunately 😞

🙂 nah I was trying to incite a political conversation about Trump to detract from the more morbid, pesemistic and fatalist people here that assume the worst for this guy, by me saying he is probably OK and living it up in a soapy, and Trump is the only one I could think off the top of my head that polarises people more than I do 🤣

OK chaps I can see people assume I am not being compassionate here which is completely incorrect, I have been in situations like this before where I don't want to return to my fat ugly wife in England so extended my holiday. I didn't want to tell my Mum because she was friends with my X-beetach. I think we need some context here and until he is found one way or another the leftys should stop assuming the worst and I will keep my optimistic posts going - fair deal? x

5 or 600 quid - I have seen guys in Bangkok ring a bell and spend more than that 🤣

Jeez if they sent out the search parties for me every time I missed a booked flight the AN people would need a bigger server room for their computers and Topics.

Yeah Ralf got you there fella, it hurts doesn't it same as me, however there is no reason to always assume the worst in my mind, optimism is a better quality than pessimism unlike some of the lefty we love the world posters here accusing people of being stand up comedians etc where in actual fact we do care but aren't going to lecture everyone else like our accusatory fellow posters. If this guys family was reading this thread what posts do you think would make them more happy? The fact he could be somewhere just enjoying himself or he has come to a tragic end like some of the leftys are suggesting and chastising people who are being light hearted that might give the family hope?

Get your point @MangoKorat and me personally if he is found face down in a shallow grave or a canal will feel total cr4p as I have bantered about it. But there is no point in being pessimistic about it is there? At least if you keep it light hearted about him enjoying himself somewhere there is hope isn't there, there are no such thing as bad jokes posted on here about him enjoying himself somewhere different unless anyone is actually wishing bad upon him which I do not believe anyone is reading through the posts. The way some of you lefty posters are posting you've already got the guy in his grave, while there is no word from him in my mind he is just an adult that extended his holiday simples!

The only thing I would correct myself on here you could go out at 7 o'clock at night with $100 worth of Satoshis/Bitcoin in your mobile phone, by the time you come to pay your bill at the end of the night you will be in debt with the unpredictability of the stupid fake money market

1 Thai Baht is approximately equal to 28 Satoshis and 100 satang so not too much dissimilar to their own currency and other currencies that the Thais have become assimilated to 🙂

A satoshi is the smallest element of a bitcoin and a satang is the smallest element of a baht so they are not worlds apart at the moment 🤣

Thanks @SAFETY FIRST me and the misses built a house way out in the countryside but refuse to give up my city condo, I love the peace out here but TBH apart from shopping, going to the farm, and my golden lab nothing much else to do gonna buy me and the misses a bicycle in a couple of weeks, once I hit full retirement will be ideal for me here but in the mean time will still probably keep the condo. Hit my Advanced Member thingy on AN couple of days ago didn't even know it but got a message saying I was a posting machine, didn't even realise I was doing it! AN is a good community to banter with about anything I find if there is not much else to do 🙂 Back in the city next week so a computer break hahaha

Not a total waste of time there is (or there was) some nice street food places near there, it only becomes a waste of time once you try to contact it or walk into it

Not negative at all @SAFETY FIRST if I'm honest I haven't even got a motorbike, or even walked with the misses to the election 😂 Been a couple of days since I started a thread so was getting bored in the house while the misses was out so thought I would exaggerate the mornings activities (some of it was true) to find nice people like you guys to talk to 🙂 Sad and lonely I know but back to the city next week so AN and my keyboard will be getting a small break hehe

How times change Women are....MEN!!!!!!

If on the off chance you ever met her don't tell her I said that as she would probably cut my b411$ off 🤣

I know because I am considerate and let my lady let me come first so she knows she has pleased me. And then I always let her get me a beer out of the fridge afterwards so she has a fuzzy feeling of letting herself know she is taking care of me. Then to give her peace after the act I give her some space for a while and go and meet my friends for a few beers. In order to be considerate and ensure I am prepared for the next round of carnal acts I will get a massage in town before I go home to ensure I will be prepared and on form for round 2. After the second coming I go to sleep and don't talk so much so she can sleep well also. She loves me.

I think the death penalty in Thailand isn't far off! Lucky he got extradited and didn't get caught doing the same here I would say!

Yeah just read an article on that given the amount of money, Jeez $63B in 2023, I suspect the new guy at the reigns will be doing something to attempt to combat that one (I'm from the UK so haven't got a clue) don't think the US x-pats have much to worry about just yet 🙂

Of course the US is not going to like it all the money is flowing away from their banks so need to think of some way to recoup it!

I think the punishment in those days for those crimes was being hanged, I am by no means suggesting that should be retrospectively applied to any of his close blood relatives but some may!

@Brave-Fart you haven't kidnapped him have you and trying to detract the authorities from yourself have you. Not sure what the rules are on AN forums around speculation 🤣

Nah I've already bet my last box that he'll be found alive and kicking