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5 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

 

Your point being that the Mother and Child were not lucky and that they did not escape anything because the truck stopped in time ?????

No Richard, they were extremely lucky "Because" the truck stopped in time, so escaping a "potentially life threatening situation"

Try a bit of logical thinking my man, instead of speculation all the time, I have made my position quite clear already in my earlier Posts

If the truck had not stopped so quickly then of course the title would have come to pass with quite possibly rather painful results for them both

One would hope "MOTHER" would learn from her performance but doubtful, as anybody who would put themselves and their child in such danger are IMHO a lost cause

Now the weekend is upon us once more so all that remains to be said from my point of view is have a nice safe one

Just now, richard_smith237 said:

You don't think they were ever at risk of being crushed by the wheels of the truck?

 

In which case 'a Mother and child were knocked off their bike' is as unsensational as it could get... however, had the truck not stopped they were facing the very real threat of being crushed if they didn't get out of the way quickly enough, particularly the mother whose legs it would appear are inline with the trucks wheels. 

 

You may not thing so... but escaping being crushed by the truck would be a fairly accurate description. 

IF, yes there is that "Blessed" word again "IF"

Actually there was never any chance of the mother and child being under the wheels of the truck, because the collision was so slow and the truck stopped almost immediately

These are the actual facts of what happened there is "NO IF" there my man

Please don't try and move the goalposts, yes I agree they escaped from being crushed by the truck, but they were still NOT under the trucks wheels

As I said lets cut the sensationalism 

Just now, richard_smith237 said:

I see... Correction then... 'Except for you and one other poster' its pretty obvious what the headline meant without the need to argue petty semantics of whether or not they escaped from under a wheel as opposed to having escaped the imminence of being crushed by a wheel... 

 

Having a petty argument about arguing about petty semantics is much more fun !... 

 

I disagree somewhat my man

In cases such as this incident you really need to get your wording rather more accurate, and less sensational don't you think, if you want to be taken seriously anyway

Just now, richard_smith237 said:

Get ready for?....  (thinly veiled threat?)....

 

You're still taking offense - don't be such a baby... 

 

 

No threat my man, thinly veiled or otherwise, it simply means you can expect an answer as you are now finding out

Now go back and read "ALL" of the thread and see if you can spot your mistake

In future don't be so quick to jump in feet first

11 minutes ago, Pattaya46 said:

Several members mentioning "millions of expats" concerned by this BE decision. Seems to me totally ridiculously high figures. Does anyone know a more realistic number of expats in Thailand ?

 

Or better: How many expats ?

- who are farangs ?  (I think I once read "nearly 3 millions", including many young and/or working)

- and, who are over 50 ?

- and, who use Retirement Extension ?

- and, who use Income Letter ?

- and, who are from UK ?

No idea of the answers to any of those, but I think there will be a brain drain if there is not a u-turn on this

1 minute ago, foxboy said:

I assume you are referring to richard_smith237, I hadn't actually read his post until now, but having read it I wholeheartedly agree with it. Despite who was at fault both mother and child were 'lucky'. This manoeuvre probably happens a million times a day in Thailand, and not always with a favourable outcome

I agree with the factual statements but then who would not

My barb was aimed at the idea he has that we can't speak as we want especially when something is nonsense 

7 hours ago, Tchooptip said:

The surgeon may be just an ex-tattooist recycled in cosmetic surgery, it's almost the same branch!

The farangs are too complicated, my wife always tells me, in Thailand everything easy, and then when this lady rebirth will come she will be already more beautiful, I tell you in Thailand everything is easy 

Easy come easy go

1 minute ago, richard_smith237 said:

 

Typical TV semantics...  The Mother and Child did have a very lucky escape from being run over by a truck... instead of being petty and arguing about only about how precise the headline is, can't you just leave it at that?

 

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As with the majority of incidents on Thailands roads - its takes two.... In this case, the Windshield of the lorry is full of 'stuff' potentially obstructing his view. 

The mother crossed between two huge vehicles without paying any real attention to how visible she was and placed herself in significant danger... 

 

Both mother and child are extremely lucky, this could so easily have result in a tragedy. 

 

You can't legislate for stupidity my man

Have a nice day

3 minutes ago, foxboy said:

she's lucky, the drivers usually keep going and later claim 'I didn't realise I'd hit anything' ????

The only reason she is lucky is because her stupidity did not end hers and / or her child's life

6 hours ago, HOAX said:

The truck certainly didn’t walk over them.


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There was a low speed collision because of the gross stupidity of the mother, who then picked herself and her child up and retreated to the safety of the pavement

2 hours ago, Jane Dough said:

It said they had a lucky escape under the wheels of a truck. Why is that so misleading?

Because they were never under the "WHEELS" or anything else of the truck

Maybe you don't actually know what a wheel is

10 hours ago, darksidedog said:

No great surprise there. Do very little and comment about the shrinking services even less.

In the meanwhile expats can apparently sink or swim on their own.

"expats" is the big clue as far as our prospects are concerned

On 10/11/2018 at 6:03 PM, wirat69 said:

On the 4 o'clock news this measure has been revoked already!!!

I had a feeling I was wasting my time, I wont bother with the other six pages 

On 10/11/2018 at 3:55 PM, poohy said:

All over Thai daily news or whatever site this morning Mrs Poohy told me.

 

Either way expect many more dogs to be dumped by our, caring Buddhist, i wouldn't hurt a fly i love nature hosts

 

PS A family living in best described a derelict shed near us have about 10 dogs are things going to change , dogs will still die of neglect illness (they are fed seemingly on rancid fish guts)or get run over (although its only a farm track so not a great occurrence)

We took a puppy a few months ago from there shes fit and well inoculated and BIG  with us........ the siblings are all dead except one that can barely stand

 

One certainty is they wont get registered!

 Cruelty, caused by full blown ignorance

Just now, SheungWan said:

 

You think she demanded proof based on Thai monthly income?

 No idea what the UK asked for 55555555 or if she even demanded anything my man

12 minutes ago, lamyai3 said:

The initial discussion between immigration and the UK embassy was in May, just when Thailand's most wanted was granted a ten year UK visa... 

She had no problem proving her financial clout now did she

9 hours ago, imaderbyfan said:

Anyway......what do you all reckon my chances of getting an income based Extension to my Visa in January, are?

Back on topic.

See what I did there?

 A much better chance than you have of getting promotion next May

Before you ask I follow Ipswich 555555555

3 hours ago, marko kok prong said:

Thai's are very racist,more through ignorance than malice though,as they are taught at school they live in the greatest country in the world,Thai people are special and better than all others.

They teach them something then

5 hours ago, mizou198 said:

I don't know where did you got this information but here is what people could see on one of his facebook profiles... before he shut them down...(few hours after the accident)

 

The guy posted a lot of pictures / videos of himself driving fast. Here is one of him driving at....200 Km per hour in phuket. And he took a picture of this "exploit".. while driving of course

 

I feel very sorry for the person who died.

 

 

 

 

I have not got any information that's why I have not Posted any

I suspect you are confusing my comment of and I quote

"Hopefully for the drivers sake alcohol was not involved"

I made that observation as regards the RTP request that the Hospital does a blood test on the driver

One might think that they suspect "alcohol" is involved, if so then a nailed on prosecution

Far be it from me to suggest the RTP have done it to make the negotiations move along rather more swiftly

Anyway My fellow member mizou198 I have a sneaking feeling that English is not your mother tongue, so I will now move on as hopefully I have cleared up your confusion 

Have a nice day

5 hours ago, gentlemanjackdarby said:

If one is over 50, Malaysia requires a fixed deposit in a Malaysian bank of MYR 150,000 (USD 36,118 or THB 1,189,358) AND a monthly income of MYR 10,000 (USD 2,408 or THB 79,240) and the fixed deposit is now required - no more 'monthly income' only.

 

If one is below age 50, the fixed deposit is MYR 300,000 (USD 72,236 or THB 2,378,716)

 

And it's been rumored that the Malaysian government is considering raising the fixed deposit amount to MYR 500,000 (USD 120,393 or THB 3,964,525)

 

I can certainly understand a government's desire to attract 'quality tourists/retirees', whatever that may mean, but with those amounts, especially the rumored increased amounts and speaking as someone who can afford it and had been considering Malaysia, I think those 'quality retirees' will be very thin on the ground

I worked that out years ago, marriage to a Malaysian was the answer  then they require practically nothing apart from the fact you are still breathing

7 hours ago, Tony125 said:

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We are coming home! George has been given his fit to fly certificate and so we leave the beauty of Koh Samui on Wednesday returning to the UK on Thursday of this week
without you this would not have been possible and the whole family thank you from the bottom of our hearts for your generosity 
but unfortunately it doesn't stop here. Upon our return, George will start cancer treatment at the North Staffs hospital in Stoke. His girlfriend, Natalie and George will be staying with my family whilst he undergoes whatever treatment he requires. It's not going to pleasant nor easy, but we look forward with positivity and light in our hearts. 
Please do not stop donating as any amount is , believe me, going towards Georges wellbeing in the future
Again , thank you all

Sometimes it appears the world is not such a bad place

5 hours ago, Formaleins said:

Indeed, and this just goes to show how these morons think. Only a couple of weeks ago the fools were talking about fining drivers50K or 100K with long jail terms for not having a valid license. So no license gets you a whopping fine and jail, whereas driving an 18 wheeler pi$$ed, crashing and nearly killing an innocent person gets you a 6000 Baht fine, they are completely out of their tiny minds.

It's a genuine pity that they can't see it for themselves

5 minutes ago, watcharacters said:

 

Father, rather than make a claim without any substantiation whatsoever, can you provide some reliable links to support your post?

 

Thanks for that.

 

I am afraid it's true

1 minute ago, Father Fintan Stack said:

*yawn*

Thanks

15 minutes ago, Issanjohn said:

I just wanted to express it so people can stop worrying because there’s so much hysteria about this issue.  

Yes John but if this is not sorted out it will have a detrimental effect on some Brits, you have no worries with being a citizen of the USA