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3 minutes ago, elgenon said:

OK I can see no alcohol, but by closing the bars they limit the supply of girls. What's up with that?

   Bars still open and you can still buy soft drinks from there .

A plain Coke with no Whisky in it or just a plain cup of water from a large plastic cup from 7/11, as long as there no alcohol in it 

3 minutes ago, Saladin said:

What is the relationship between religious holidays and enjoying a drink? Does abstinence somehow make one closer to god, if there is one? Is it showing respect? Will it make me a better person? This is just another example of 'religiosos' imposing their childish beliefs on the masses, as they do all over the world.

   Probably because some of the population would spend all day drinking and there would be carnage

2 hours ago, colinneil said:

If the woman was not identified how do they know she was 22?

   They may have known who She was, but didnt publically identify Her until her Family had been informed 

Pattaya isnt a good place to fall over and die at 1 AM in the morning .

An expensive restaurant in Chiang Mai at 2 PM would be a much better place to do it

6 minutes ago, TheSiemReaper said:

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Pretending that this is somehow a generic fault of Thai people after the "they're all thieves" line was disproved is simply disgusting. 

  Who was you quoting ?

Who was it that said "they're all thieves" ?

5 hours ago, bbbbooboo said:

hmmm......maybe they need to get a real life?

  Looking at all their photos, posted from around the World , most of them do seem to "have lives" .

   They probably feel the same way about guys in Thailand who post photos of themselves in Pattaya bars with a beer in their hand and with a different girl every night

7 minutes ago, Jiu-Jitsu said:

 

 

 

Post from a position of knowledge, not conjecture.

Your advice is terrible.

 

 

   OK Mr know it all. If you cannot post without making numerous snidey little remarks , then I will leave it to you to take the effort to explain things to the OP, You are just coming across as annoying , childish and trying to prove that you are right all the time, even though you are quite clearly wrong .

  So, the threads yours

1 hour ago, kannot said:

The pathetic  state  of the world  today......

"Hey look Ive just had a  dump,now Im wiping  my  arse.".....etc ferk off..... I dont wanna  know youre every move you ferking wtats

"Look Im eating yet again, here let me show  you breakfast , dinner , tea, snack" etc

"Just  picked a  massive bogey outta  my nose"

Tedious aint it!

   Stop talking rubbish , people do not post like that on FB .

Just like the OP, you are making things up and then getting annoyed about things that just do not happened

3 minutes ago, cyberfarang said:

On TV people are not mentioning where they are and giving minute by minute details of their activities each day. They are not saying how beautiful and clever their kids are, how perfect they are and how wonderful are their spouses, posing themselves with thousands of photos and videos, what crap they like and what crap they don`t like as if anyone cares.

 

FB is not real life, it`s how dull people want the world to see them.

   I do not have any friends like you described on FB .

It is your friends that is your issue, my friends just post the occasional photo .

Honestly now, are there people that post  "minute by minute details of their activities each day" or was you hugely exaggerating ?

sandgroper2

So, you would rather speak to anonymous people and you yourself using an anonymous name speaking with people eon TV whom you have idea idea what they look like or where they are from, rather than conversing with real life friends ?

   Real life FB isnt really for you .

FB is a great way of keeping in touch with friends who live in different parts of the World

1 hour ago, Jiu-Jitsu said:

 

 

 

N&P Gold VISA debit

 

From the N& P Website . You have to be living within their operating area to be able to open an account with them

We welcome new applications from new and existing customers who live within our branch operating area, however, we do not accept new accounts from new customers who live outside our branch operating area. Some restrictions may also apply to new accounts available to existing customers who live outside our branch operating area.

53 minutes ago, Jiu-Jitsu said:

 

 

Bank of China and CitiBank(for UK Mastercard).

These are City banks charges for using ATMS abroad

https://www.citibank.co.uk/personal/card-abroad.do

24 minutes ago, Jiu-Jitsu said:

 

 

No, they won't necessarily. Post from a position of knowledge, not conjecture.

Your advice is terrible. :)

   We are talking about HIS bank account . 

The Halifax and they DO charge for a foreign withdrawal .

I have inquired about that subject with them .

Whether other banks charge or not isnt the subject matter or the question asked .

That is why I wrote "YOUR UK Bank" and I didnt write *Every bank in the World*

1 hour ago, SoiBiker said:

Surely 'expat on a budget' is just the PC term for Cheap Charlie?

   You are constantly trying to put other people down all the time .

Everyone is on a budget , everyone has an income that they have to spend within.

Well, apart from rich people with an endless supply of money .

SoiBiker : From your posts , you appear to be one of these super rich people who can spend spend spend and have no need to budget .

   You must appreciate that not everyone has your financial means .

Anyway, you seem rather different to most rich people that I know .

Most of them keep their wealth quiet , pretend to be poor .

Whilst most of the poor tend to pretend that they are rich .

8 hours ago, russianrobert said:

Bangkok bank do charge the standard 200 baht for an ATM withdrawal. Saw it this evening.
I also have an account with them but I know I will get charged for an 'over the the counter' withdrawal from my UK card.
I've just returned from a trip to S.America and many banks there don't charge for ATM withdrawals, thought it might be possible here.

If anyone knows of a bank that doesn't charge, I'd like to hear.

Thanks

   Your UK bank will charge you, for a withdrawal abroad  whether you use the ATM or Over the counter .

   I was informed that there was one Thai bank that doesnt charge for making a withdrawal with a foreign card , though I do not remember its name .

Also, I was told that there was a free way to get money from your account back home , sending it to yourself via Paypal or something

10 minutes ago, KhunBENQ said:

And get a hefty cash advance fee from your local bank. A late surprise.

If the card is a debit card they will refuse to pay OTC.

Thai banks are not as stupid as some might think.

 

To the OP: welcome to Thailand

The ATM fee, one of the most discussed annoyances discussed here.

150, 180 and now 200.

Where will it end?

 

I read that there might be a handful of ATMs in Thailand that do not charge.

Be prepared to travel

 

   There is no "hefty cash advance fee" maybe it depends on whether you have cash in your account or not .

  Mine is a debit card and they DO pay over the counter .

Although the cards may need to be LINK and/or CIRRUS connected

I get charged 2 or 3 % of the withdrawn money by my bank .

Bangkok Bank kiosks also can do this transaction , they stay open later than banks

Go and make a withdrawal over the counter at a bank and there wont be an ATM machine charge

There is ONLY one person who knows for sure whether the girl stole that watch and that is the girl herself .

   Who cares anyway , whether she did or not

9 minutes ago, SoiBiker said:

 

Yes. But when there are places that charge twice as much again, then it's not exactly at the pricey end of the range. 

   No one has said that a 90 Baht rice dish is the most expensive place to eat , the point was that a 90 Baht rice dish is expensive compared to the normal 40-50 Baht rice dish .

Just now, SoiBiker said:

 

I'm not trying to show off. Just pointing out that the range of 'typical' rice dishes goes beyond that assumed by some of our more frugal members - and that calling 80 Baht for such a dish 'pricey' is quite amusing. 

 

Apparently this has somewhat struck a nerve for some people. 

   You really need to understand , when something costs twice as much in one establishment than it does in a place a few doors away, then indeed it is expensive (in comparison) , the actual cost is irrelevant to that point .

Just now, SoiBiker said:

 

Fair enough. I guess that explains your concern at the price of rice. 

   I gave an example of how much typical rice dishes cost .

You were trying to show off by stating that your typical rice dish costs twice as much as everyone elses typical rice dishes .

3 minutes ago, SoiBiker said:

 

Was it because it was cheap?

  That was one of the reasons , yes .

13 minutes ago, SoiBiker said:

What keen students of cultural differences some of you are. I can really see why you wanted to live in another culture. 

  It certainly wasnt to see whether natives use forks or chopsticks to eat .

5 minutes ago, SoiBiker said:

 

It wasn't obvious that I was joking?

 

You failed to notice I wasn't actually handing you a 100B note?

  No, I did realise that it was a hypothetical situation and that you wasnt really giving me 100 Baht . 

   I did realise that it was hypothical, but I didnt realise that it was a joke