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6 hours ago, SweetStickyRice said:

I was always under the impression that Bangkok's district of love was the stretch between Soi Cowboy and Nana. 

...love is everywhere you turn in Thailand.   ????

5 hours ago, Youlike said:

What a boring video!

...but you did watch it, just in case it got interesting.????

On 4/30/2019 at 9:48 AM, ubonjoe said:

I would keep the 800k baht in the bank for 3 months since that appears to be immigrations primary concern since some office are telling people to come back 3 months after the day they apply for the extension. That part of the rules is to insure you did not put it in the bank just long enough to qualify for the extension.

As far as the 400k baht and transferring at least 65k baht to meet that requirement I suggest your local immigration about it.

...next thing you know we will be required to pay the 400,000 into a Government Account as a Bond, with the remaining 400,000 or 65,000 per month in own account.

On 4/28/2019 at 3:09 PM, Spidey said:

If you aren't legally married to your "wife" but she has made a will, would the situation be the same?

 

 

 

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5 hours ago, chang1 said:

It's only 500 Baht so not worth the hassle. This goes against the grain but I am a visitor in a foreign country so will add it to the list of good/bad points of choosing Thailand over another destination to spend our hard earned cash. 

As I see it, I could have stopped safely as the count down timer gave me ample warning. 

My real beef is that it is an automated fine with only 2 photos as evidence of what is basically a judgement call. If it showed me crossing the line on red it would be clear cut but as I said in my last post yellow is a different case entirely.

What if there was a diesel spill on the road (or I thought there was) and I judged it unsafe to stop?

This is not an offence that a camera should be used to send out fines for - red light yes, yellow light no.

...your decision, but why let the matter go their way and a win for them financially..tell me what is going to be your reaction when demerit points are introduced?...if you feel strongly about the issue, as it appears your posts reveal, then you should go to Court and have you say regardless.

After all you have admitted guilt right here.

[As I see it, I could have stopped safely as the count down timer gave me ample warning.]

1 hour ago, sensei said:

There's no more appropriate title than that!

..ME..ME..ME...should be a hit in Thailand.

17 hours ago, chang1 said:

Thanks for your time on this. For the sake of 500 Baht it is not worth the risk not paying. Don't want any problems taxing as we will be in Blighty and leave father in-law to tax it. 

This is a fine from traffic light cameras so I don't know if anyone scrutinized the evidence or not.

The fine was sent to my wife who owns the truck but doesn't drive it as she doesn't have a license. I hope, if she just pays it, they don't come back with any license related fines or demerit points.

..defend it.

18 hours ago, RotBenz8888 said:

That guy hasn't taken his medication properly...

..maybe the Snake Oil has reacted badly.

5 hours ago, geoffbezoz said:

Well there will be long term effect for the three with head injuries then. ????

..it may also clear their heads..reset the ball-bearing...you never know

27 minutes ago, peterb17 said:

Personally I blame the Americans- pop into the embassy - clutch the flag, hand on heart and declare your income was a million a month. 

No evidence required- just lies.

Eventually - some one caught up with that nonsense.

 

I have a very good friend who is now 96 - that’s a fair age - I see nothing but kindness, help and total respect from Thais - he is very frail these days . 

Im not sure where the OP is considering relocating- if back to Europe- one really cold winter will be his last.  

..but that's the way it goes.

19 hours ago, Nyezhov said:

Sorry it happened to you but so it goes when you place all your eggs in one basket.

..at least he is upright and moving across the surface of the planet...good luck..try not to get too bitter about it.

18 hours ago, geoffbezoz said:

This story gets even worse. First the women was held for pimping out her child and now it turns out she was having sex with her real Father. Mother and Father should both be punished severely.  The poor little girl will no doubt be traumatised for the rest of her life.

...that is just the point..she (the little girl) was not having sex with anyone...come on get it right..this sort of topic should not be published.

15 hours ago, thailand49 said:

Continue from #192

 

How many of you foreigners in relation have been ask to be 100% Thai, first time I was asked this I was thinking what the hell does that mean. I asked a Thai man he couldn't answer and I speak enough Thai to more than get by whenever the opportunity came I even asked a number of Thai doctors who lived in the West and they just smiled and went silent. Today, I keep it inside but the last thing I ever want to be is Thai if die today and given a choice by god what I would like to come back as sadly I would like to return as an assassin full time instead of part time so I can kill as many Thai men as possible but of course that is a joke! Inside I think I love Thai people more than their leaders because I think I have a understanding they have been short change particularly the poor to be brained washed in their schooling to believe Thailand is the center of the earth thus the worse excuse for anything in Thailand " This is Thailand "  my family knows today if they want to see the mean side in me just say those words!

 

Maybe I'm so Thai that in a number of situation I've heard Thai women say in conversation " foreigners treat us like dogs "  I've seen many races including my own who treat women like dogs and Thai men are no exception and I've been in a number of situation in my village that I had to break a Thai man from beating the shit out of my wife friend next door.  I'm somewhat of an gold standard of foreigner look like them, speak like them, eat like them but in the end I'm still a goddamn ATM. Rarely do I give advice to another Thai women how to catch a foreigner I keep it all to myself due to language barriers a word might mean one thing to us but an insult to them. But if they seem receptive to what I have to say I pretty much tell them your interest comes from one thing and that is money when you get comfortable with it you will do what human nature does that is show off and when you can't that is went the trouble starts.

 

Another thing that is bad here is Thai women getting together and drink they start to talk and compare as to what they get from other foreigner they insult each other and don't even know it and when you lack education to be secure about yourself you start to buy into what their friends are selling. On a personal note my brother close friend married a Thai women had a baby, he was pretty financially set, moved here with closed to 50 million baht purchased home, car the American dream today it is all gone. Started the socialization women group drinking comparing she wants to keep up with the Jones gamble it all away today everything is gone. 

 

Many foreigner when I meet them for whatever reason they tell me their girlfriend or wife went to University met her job this job that why I didn't ask because they were bargirls, in Pattaya whenever I see a old couple I can generalized and say 9 out of 10 she was in the business and I would be right. I'm Asian unless you grew up in the West you want to be with your own kind speak their native tongue. It is about upward mobility money wise why go down or straight across some do because they think foreigners are holding out on them so they stick it out hoping your were lying or they can change you like all women do around the world.

 

Thai women that have been burned and brainwashed think to get as much as they can before they leave health wise or because they know why we come to Thailand first and foremost for the pussy and as men like Thai men we will leave for greener grass trading up for a younger model So being with a foreigner is status and if you provide none like a Thai then it is all about losing face pure and simple you can't rid what is breeding into them for generations you just hope it had be reduced to a point you can balance out the relationship?

 

When we say wired, Thailand culture many only see the colors but if you spend a lot of time with Thai people they are oppressed and depressed particularly with their feelings. They don't like to talk or communicate keep it all short and sweet asking question makes them look stupid the reason even when they are lost they won't stop to ask for directions. The keep everything bottle Thais walk around like a ticking time bomb you never know what is going to set them off even the men. All this Sawasdee Ka/krup Mai pen rai is all nothing but B.S. one wrong one word especially if it is from a foreigner the bomb goes off.  I've been in a number of situation as a Asian once they realized I wasn't a Thai Boom!

 

Today, my son is all grown up has a Thai wife and a 1 year old daughter everyone is living in my mansion. My wife and son are more low key and I'm getting use to her comes from a very poor family but when she talks it drives me up the wall it is her regular demeanor and tone how she was brought up by her parents in their household. I watch my son at times its as if he is going to go off and whenever we are alone I have that man to man talk this is what women do all over the world particular here even if it is "This is Thailand"  get this get that instead of asking they seem to be yelling? I'm a believer never to touch a women that has been taught to my son but I've seen some Thai women go off that makes one think " that women needs to have her ass whipped ".

 

For myself, years ago I was given a choice if I wanted to stay I wasn't going to be blackmailed so I took my son to a church here in Pattaya make sure he understood why I was leaving but I will see him everyday and I kept that promise to the letter that is the difference between some of us westerner instead of a dead beat Thai man. I left and later she told my brother wife I didn't really mean it I should have know like a Thai man. I looked at my brother and we were thinking is there a Thai school for men that teaching you the opposite. When someone tells you to leave you leave right!  No here they mean silent treatment and after a while they get over it!

 

So don't leave yet but honestly you were unhappy before this happen if there isn't anything to keep you and need a break then do it!  If she doesn't call she doesn't call because it take two to make things work there is got to be some foundation and foundation can't be build on money alone. Today is it perfect for me the grass greener the truth is no I have good and bad moments but we have an understand she tries to meet me in the middle today she see many of the things she refuse to listen or see in the beginning there is more respect on her part. 

 

Today I actually give her much less than the beginning she has come full circle knowing that I'm more than a ATM that when I'm hurt or cut I have feelings and my blood is red like everyone else just like a Thai!

 

Good luck sir and best wishes hang it there you are lucky to have choices to be able to go back home. Myself I've pretty much burn most of my bridges stuck here so all I got is time to vent thanks everyone for listening!

..thanks for your great experiences and insights into the complexities of Thai women.

17 hours ago, Pravda said:

 

Thank you.

 

I didn't expect so much support to be honest.

 

I am a wimp. About 2 hours until wife comes back from work. I'd rather not be at home, but as per her usual she never brings the keys with her and expects me to be waiting.

 

Now that I think about it maybe she is bipolar. I mean Thai women are known not to have any knowledge about mental disorders. God forbid she would ever consider seeing a doctor about this non existing problem.

 

 

 

 

...i sympathize with you..they are not easy people to fathom out..best not play her for a fool, but sit down and lay your cards on the table when you both are receptive and stick to your plan..good luck mate.

7 hours ago, Pravda said:

 

I probably would.... if my visa wasn't expiring in a week.

 

Great timing!

..once you step onto that bridge that leads to the future; never look back..best of luck..friends are here if you need.

5 hours ago, Andrew Dwyer said:

At Ayutthaya IO they don’t have a a separate desk for 90 days reporting but when the senior officer is not checking and signing stamps she calls out for 90 day(ers) to speed up the process.

Things usually move quite quickly there unless you turn up on a day the visiting monks are reporting/renewing !!
If there’s a hundred pairs of sandals outside the door come back tomorrow .

..good time to upgrade one's sandals.

On 4/20/2019 at 3:48 PM, Swedenlars said:

Are you sure that was in Thailand ?

Gesendet von meinem SM-N950F mit Tapatalk
 

..i will have to buy a motor bike.

2 hours ago, cardinalblue said:

Why is he wearing a woman’s shirt?

the shirt, shoes and shoulder wrap may have been the poor ladies...she was found without clothes...RIP

14 hours ago, bristolboy said:

Here's a horrible piece of information I acquired somewhere or other. During the French revolution, after victims were guillotined, there would be ghouls who would pick up the fallen heads. It's said that 1 in 5 of them would try to speak.

..i thought all ghouls could speak.

2 hours ago, Bluespunk said:

Hmm, is this how the zombie apocalypse begins...

 

(Sarcasm alert...I know it begins with someone dropping a vial of weapons grade virus in an underground lab)

..what's that crackling sound?

46 minutes ago, Crossy said:

I wonder if they would be able to start (not re-start) the brain function of some of the local truck and bus drivers.

 

Now that really would be a scientific advance.

best leave them be.

8 hours ago, davehowden said:

Never to return maybe !

..possibly doing an FBI training course in preparation for the top job..IMHO.

3 hours ago, BritManToo said:

= passed out drunk.

 

Not really the safest way for a woman to act in a third world country.

or a first or a second..or any world....IMHO.

3 hours ago, animalmagic said:

..get back to you on that one....meanwhile, this will help..."singing liturgical music in harmonies".

On 12/2/2015 at 10:05 AM, P4K said:

^^ yea haha she actually said that if her friend asks me to say that she went home alone

..your one big failure mate is discussing your private life on a forum..oh but then again you are on Facebook and like to share all your intimate moments with the world..Im sorry the young woman has been subjected to such public scrutiny.