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    Car Blocking the Entrance to my House.

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    Just now, richard_smith237 said:

     

    Blanked you, or didnt understand you ???   you are not clear on this point ?

     

    Did you speak English or Thai to him ?

    I made hand signals to suggest we swop places where the cars are parked, ignored my request, it was very clear what I was suggesting, if I was a Thai he might have done but no way will he do what a foreigner asks is my belief.

    Car Blocking the Entrance to my House.

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    2 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

     

    He may not be a bad egg...   you've haven't given them an opportunity to move the car yet.... 

     

    Just go and ask... 

     

    Also, is there a space outside their house where the car can be parked ?

     

     

    His brother parks his car outside where he is currently living, I gave him the opportunity the other day but he just blanked me.

    Car Blocking the Entrance to my House.

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    Just now, richard_smith237 said:

     

    Well go and find out then...    it may be ignorance on his part, but he may not know he's causing anyone any inconvenience at all...    

    ... All you have to do is ask... and if you have any concerns beyond that... take a 'white flag' with you (bottle of booze).

    I pointed out I have no access to my house, he ignored me, 

    Car Blocking the Entrance to my House.

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    7 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

     

    You've still not dealt with the issue yet ???

     

    The longer you leave it the more the 'sense of entitlement' will filter in that this is 'now their parking spot'... 

     

     

    At the end of the day if the fella feels like that I am not going to lose any sleep over it, it’s just sheer ignorance of him which tbh could occur in any country. It could probably be dealt with better in another country but we have no idea the mentality of the owner of the car.

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    Car Blocking the Entrance to my House.

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    6 minutes ago, NorthernRyland said:

    This whole area you are living seems to be filled with low life bottom dwellers. If you can move to a place with better people that would be a good idea.

    How do you determine that, we have lived here for years with never a problem, we have great neighbours a mixture of Thais and foreigners but unfortunately 1 bad egg turned up the other week.

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    Car Blocking the Entrance to my House.

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    On 2/1/2024 at 5:42 PM, Adumbration said:

    Is it rear wheel drive or front wheel drive?

     

    If rear wheel drive just put trolley jack under the diff and move it.

     

    If it is front wheel drive you will need two trolley jacks.

     

    Go to the local mechanic and pay one of the lads to come to your house with the trolley jacks to help you.

     

    Shouldn't cost you more than 500 baht to solve the problem.

     

    < Insulting comments edited out >

    As I said I don’t want to be involved with anything physically involved with moving the vehicle as it could impact on my family.

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    Car Blocking the Entrance to my House.

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    1 hour ago, cdemundo said:

     "the neighbour parked an old bike opposite the house just to annoy us"

     

    So there is history.

    sounds like a bad situation.

    Yes at the old house, my neighbour didn’t like the fact we had initially made a small garden, nothing would grow to the poor soil, so we give up on it. No one owned the land opposite and the ‘garden’ was not opposite his house. He got an old motorbike, some wood and parked the bike and a made a small shed where the garden was. We went on holiday once time and he removed a banana and a papaya tree. 

    He distinctly didn’t like foreigners or Thai people from the north, I put it down to envy and jealousy. One evening my wife threw some water on the road, he thought she was throwing it rapt him and he started screaming and shouting abuse at her, she returned his abuse culminating in him assaulting her nearly breaking her wrist.after striking her with a bucket.

     

    My wife is not afraid but apprehensive to go and ask the brother but she  is concerned he might do some thing to our car and get involved on another confrontation.

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    Car Blocking the Entrance to my House.

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    2 minutes ago, brianthainess said:

    Even more reason to call the Cops Now to prevent that happening again Maybe. 

    You have to remember we are invited guests here, in the last incident I was told to take a step back by our Thai friends and don’t get involved, I did want to knock the fellas head off though. I speak my mind and certainly would make more of a fuss if it was in my home country, my wife watches the news where people get shot over a simple argument probably that’s why she doesn’t want any confrontation.

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    Car Blocking the Entrance to my House.

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    3 minutes ago, brianthainess said:

    My missus would be the one telling them to move it, she has a calm way of saying things that eventually the person she wants to berate starts laughing and complies, I wish I could understand Thai more. If it was a cop he would get the full verbal yak yak, strong she is. 

     

    There is a cop or look alike wanna be, with an unlicensed old beat up cop pick up we see on the ferry she asked him once why no plate "I'm waiting for it to arrive" this has been going on for years, and every time she sees him "Plate still not come yet then?" :cheesy::clap2::cheesy::cheesy:

     

      One Songkran a cop got powder smeared on his face he was lent over a barrel of water  washing it off, she came up behind him and pushed his head under :thumbsup: :cheesy::clap2:

     

    We had an instance in the last house where the neighbour parked an old bike opposite the house just to annoy us, over the months several arguments developed even to the extent the Thai fella was writing abusive messages on the wall and making comments when walking past him. This culminated in violence where the fella assaulted my wife, this was tonight before we were due to fly to the U.K. The Police were called fella was given a written warning, we could have gone to the hospital to asses her injury but as we were were flying out the next day we didn’t bother.

    This is the main reason my wife doesn’t want confrontation as in her mind history could repeat itself, when she gets going she is unstoppable !

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    Car Blocking the Entrance to my House.

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    24 minutes ago, Sheryl said:

    Don't do that, under any circumstances.

     

    They will know it was you.

     

    Even if you were speaking Thai to the fellow, Thais sometimes assume anything coming out of a foreigner's mouth must be not Thai and make no effort to listen. OR, he may have been a subordinate of some type and not in a position to speak for his boss, and certainly not going to ask him for you.

     

    I think only solution is for you to go over to the house yourself and very, very nicely, offer to help them move the car slightly so that your gate is not blocked.

    I have already suggested this to my wife, a big no no, she said, you don’t approach or question people in authority is her attitude. 

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    Car Blocking the Entrance to my House.

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    10 minutes ago, stubuzz said:

    Park your car in front of their house. They will get the message.

    I would do but the brothers car Policeman or ex Policeman is parked there, he is approachable, I got the impression his brother has just turned up.i would approach him but my wife said she will, I won’t hold my breath on that though.  Looking inside the car it looks like he has his worldly possessions in it.

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    Car Blocking the Entrance to my House.

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    I suggested pushing it back to where my car is currently parked, swooping places, I pointed out what I meant, his car wouldn’t be blocking anyone’s gates off more so they don’t have cars just scooters. What really annoyed me he just turned his back on me and carried dusting his car down, I can’t imagine him being a Policeman with yellow hair though.

    My wife isn’t backward as was suggested but non confrontational like most Thais, I think it’s in bred in them.

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    Car Blocking the Entrance to my House.

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    A car was ‘dumped’ more or less directly opposite the gates of my house last week meaning I can’t get the car indoors now, it’s a narrow Soi. It’s years old, sporty type with huge spoiler on the boot, full of junk, there is what looks like a Police ID Card hanging inside it, it’s covered in dust and hasn’t been taxed for years. 
    I have discovered it belongs to the Policeman’s brother who lives a few houses down the Soi, my Thai wife says don’t say anything as we will be hassled by the Police if we report it. The other day a Thai with dyed yellow hair started ‘dusting’ the car down, I approached him and asked when is he going to move ii as it was blocking the access to my house,blank look then indicated it doesn’t start. My Thai wife went off it saying I shouldn’t have said anything resulting in her going in a no speaking mode for the next few hours. She said you might speak to people like that in England but not in Thailand, I wasn’t aggressive just asked how long was it going to be there for.

    Obviously nothing illegal about where the car is parked but it’s totally inconsiderate and ignorant to have parked his car there more so he blanked me when I asked him when he was going to move it.

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