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16 hours ago, Jingthing said:

Well nothing like that.

If that really happened, that's hilarious.

Of course I've been taken for long ride detours by scam taxis.

Didn't you look at the signs pointing to Bangkok?

Well I did have one memorable disaster (before smart phones) in Bangkok.

 

I was with a visiting friend and there we had a destination in mind. The driver took us all over town for well over an hour and it turned out the place was basically walking distance from where we started. Believe it or not, in this case, I really believed that the driver was incompetent plus language barrier rather than a scammer. If he was a scammer he deserves an Oscar. 

Indeed, sometimes it does feel that incompetence supersedes the possibility of scamming.

The funniest part was the subsequent conversation the driver had with his depot. I dont understand much Thai but the depot was not at all happy with the extra journey and i guess it took some explaining, as to why he was not on his way to the next job. Cant recall what happened with the money but im sure i topped up the fee for the driver to get to pattaya.

PS I dont normally stay at the Dusit, there was just a flash sale on Expedia.

You wont get it in most safes.

Ive never put my laptop or phones in any safe just leave them in the room and as mentioned Ive never had anything nicked and probably spent hundreds of nights in all manner of hotels.

Only thing i have had taken was a camou baseball cap, which a lady of the night took on her way out of my room one morning, no payment had been made so i looked at it as a good deal.

Looking at the dates, they were brought around 12 - 14 months ago, probably stockpiling during the pandemic perhaps.

The lottery generally just makes the poor poorer, and gives them false hope. Plus apart from thai boxing, every other form of betting is banned. Either ban it all or don't, confusing Thailand.

Not sure how anyone can take any figures from the government with any seriousness.

Everyone sees how blatantly corrupt they are, don't believe a word of it it all political jostling.

The whole thing has been a joke from the start, not just Thailand but most 1st world cases, the only continent that didnt buy in to it is Africa.

11 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Did he ask you to spy on her and tell him what she does?

If not, then don't do it.

And if he wants that then still think twice if you want that.

He seemed very proud of his girl and definitely believed 100% of whatever she had been telling him...

''I just at the bar as greeter i dont go with customer as im just helping my friend with her bar.''

Subsequently seemed quite happy for me to take her home, although i refused the bar fine as technically she wasnt working there (That didnt go down too well)

On 1/7/2023 at 1:56 PM, OneMoreFarang said:

That is actually true for many bargirls.

I no like young man as customer because they want to f$# for hours and think they do me a favor and they don't have much money.

I prefer old guys. Maybe they sleep and I don't have to work at all. Or they are tired after 5 minutes. Easy money.

 

Couple of free lancers told me that they go to pattaya to get <deleted> every night and then hua hin to get some good money and sleep. (The difference between meeting young and old farang)

Yes most definitely, heart problems seem to be on the increase lately!

A guy i knew from the UK asked me to give his gf some money when i was in Thailand and he was in the UK, he said he would transfer the money to me, which he did and then asked to meet his gf and give her the 20,000 thb. Well i find his gf ok, infact she was still working in the same bar that he had met her and she certainly didnt seem to have any issue with continuing her line of work, although not what she had told him and now i have to give her 20,000 thb lol.

What with it being a smallish town, the easiest thing was just to let her have the cash and carry on with whatever it is she was doing. I didnt go back to the bar as didnt want reminding of what i had done.

Sadly reminds me of the young Belgium guy in Hua hin a few years back, who gave his passport to an 'accounting' firm and the lady refused to give back the passport to him and unfortunately it ended with him taking his own life and jumping off the roof of a hotel, he was only 31, tragic.

She wanted money and he was attracted to her. This is a timeline that has been ongoing since the day 1 and will continue to do so.

For anyone reading this thread and lives in Thailand and believes this was a wholesome event, you really need to reevaluate things, as you are ignoring reality.

19 hours ago, Kwasaki said:

So every girl asking you for your phone number at 70 years old and single is a hooker to you, what a sad plonker you are.

I'm 75 and going to Big 'C' tomorrow. ????

Who on earth is giving their phone numbers to 70 year olds?

Happens all the time in west eh!?

1 minute ago, Kwasaki said:

So what he excepted.

When on a trip to the Big C i don't think the mindset is one of that's ready to enter into negotiations with a hooker.

Couldnt tell you about where to get them but it shouldnt be too hard to find out, just ask anyone shop that has one installed already you will get there.

My only suggestion would be to let them do the template and fitting. Either they do it all or you do it all, as my experience with Thai builders has been always somewhat confusing and the idea of you fitting after they have cut from your template sounds like potentially a recipe for disaster.

Haha having seen the video, surely this should be classed as Fake News and deleted?

See saw hi kwai fung is useful however it doesn't always get a great reaction!

Alcohol and renting motorbikes and driving in a foreign country where there are no real repercussions for drink driving is going to lead to a few accidents, its inevitable and one way or another his bills will get sorted.

No one would dream of renting a bike in the US or UK without  a license and certainly wouldn't drink drive all night or morning but this is Thailand were the allure of just doing what you want is quite appealing to many and a change from the attitudes back home.

Sounds like the last thing you should do for numerous reasons!

Not worth bothering with just forget about it. A few girls i know when they get a car or bike they immediately put in in their mothers name, just in case the bf decides to make a claim on it, Saying that she couldnt have afforded it etc..... less chance of the falang pursuing it when its not in their gf name,

Either way you are not going to get any money or the car back, zero chance.