SiamBeast

3 hours ago, malt25 said:

So you had a faster scooter than the dogs had to outdrive them ? Sorry, couldn't help it. Guess I need a coldie.

I guess they were probably not THAT willing to catch me - because normally dogs "accelerate" faster than scooters.

AFAIK it applies to the whole country (except mom & pop stores who are deep enough in the soi)

2 minutes ago, SpokaneAl said:

  

I rarely, if ever see anyone securing their dog. The animal only becomes their dog if it is run over, then they expect compensation.

 

Even many who own those little furry dogs do not even bother to train the dog - they just expect it to learn on its own, including where and when to pee and defecate.

 

Dogs are basically menaces for any one walking or riding a bicycle, and often even those on scooters. When the dog goes after a person or another dog the so-called owner will yell at the dog, but since they provided no training, their yells are ignored unless they can get close enough to hit the dog.

 

And this does not even cover the complete lack of birth control measures.

 

 

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Last night I went to 7-eleven by scooter and had 2 dogs run after me. Fortunately I outdrove them but it can definitely be dangerous.

I've never seen the point of owning a dog here. The streets are full of them, and by owning one you just create nuisance barking, poop, and danger. Many houses have "beware of the dog" signs, but if you need to warn your guests that your dog is dangerous, then why do you have a dog?

Jail. It's the only solution. We need to deter women from crying rape when it's false. This makes me wonder how many innocent men are sitting in jail now for revenge rape claims.

She wanted money for buying drugs her sick mother. Poor little girl, right?

A few years in the slammer will serve as a good example to deter girls from accusing men of rape.

Fortunately, this isn't the West, so she won't get away with it that easily.

If she stops giving you sex, time to trade her in for a newer model with less milleage.

What a cruel world... forcing employers to pay wages that allow employees to not starve. Sad. #not

So why wasn't that girl traveling with 100000 other Chinese?

Overall quite good, however the business and first class lounges could get some expansion - last time I took a late evening flight, the business lounge was full and we had to sit on the floor in the lounge - IMO not acceptable.

Economy immigration queues could do with some improvement, when some friends fly economy and tell me they land at 23:45, I usually show up an hour late and I still have to wait for them. No problem with Thailand Elite queues though.

Apart from that, no complaints.

1 minute ago, Dan5 said:

If there is no profit in mining bit coins, why do people do it? I read an article recently about the absolutely huge amount of electricity used by all the people minting them and I wondered how profitable it was.

There is some money to be made IF:

1) You own (or lease) a datacenter with over 10,000 dedicated machine

2) You live in a place where electricity is dirt cheap (or steal electricity)

Some early adopters made money with mining, but nowadays, the difficulty and hashrate are so high that only the huge players make money - the days where someone could make money with their own computer mining are over.

Glad to see them moving in the right direction - no matter why SCB has been my primary bank for a while.

18 minutes ago, Artisi said:

Where was texting reported? 

"In case".

Let's hope it gets investigated. Texting and killing someone is manslaughter.

I think it's reasonable. Entitled boy.

I noticed that too last time I went - dunno, I'd be curious to know why.

Pretty loyal, I have a Thai wife, kids on the way, properties, vehicles, can speak Thai (level 6) and write (level 5).

Considering that the Western world lost its culture and is about to become one huge islamic republic, we see Thailand as a safe haven to retire and be in a place that beleives in family values - and that suits me just well.

Yes, but avoid taking a parking near a turn in the parking, I saw so many cars with scratches on the turn side.

It's the proposed roadmap to bring us to a huge bail-out.

There are two REAL types of money: Physical gold and Bitcoin. Everything else is just debt and illusion.

You don't have money if you don't control it.

And it won't happen - bribes need to be paid by cash (or Bitcoin).

OMG, being forced to pay a living wage to your employees - what a catastrophe.

I don't let taxis refuse me that easily - I sit in, say hello, close the door, and announce where I'm going. At the same time, I take my bag off and sit comfortably. If they refuse, I remind them that they are not allowed to. Now if the driver becomes violent or pulls something "from under his seat", I'll just drop that and get out, but normally, I don't let them refuse.

Not sure if that's a good thing.

Recognized = best hotel = more Chinese tourists = more loud speaking, open-mouth chewing, and hordes of people = less Thais & Western people.

Just now, possum1931 said:

.. to go from A to B quicker than the other traffic.

Which is precisely the reason why I own both a motorcycle and a car. Two vehicles, two purposes.

Evening dining, or going in another province: Car

Going in the city when I don't have time to waste sitting in traffic: Motorcycle

But no figures were given in the story as to how much revenue this crackdown had generated.

You mean, bribes?

Attack the problem, not the consequence. The problem is a too high number of cars on the roads, forcing motorcycles to use the footpaths.