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1 minute ago, Destiny1990 said:

Sure u go to a bar have 2 beers ask the bill suddenly its 6500 bht..

u protest then u get a stiletto heal shoe in ur skull..

We will say here its minor incident, too much drink, these things can happen.

that's just speculation. no details in the article. maybe it will come out in a day or 2

1 minute ago, Destiny1990 said:

Yes lets ask that bar also for their Cctv footage..But ae all know they deleted their murder attempt 

don't know what happened so can't really comment too much.

could have fell, could've got hit, might have deserved it.

it's a minor incident really.

too much drink, these things can happen.

38 minutes ago, overherebc said:

Agree on the letter from your wife, my wife had to write that letter in the embassy when I applied, April this year.

However I was asked to show finances and had a copy of my bank book showing more than the 400,000 generally required. Luckily I had it with me.

I don't know if it was a one off to ask for it, maybe the lady was having a bad or what but I did say 'Oh I thought I didn't need that.'  The answer I got was 'soon all embassy will be the same'

I've heard/read since that others have not been asked.

i can see them enforcing that eventually. i hope they don't as i know some guys that get by fine and look after their families but just don't have that much money in the bank. it would be a shame for all involved if it changed. i'm sure it wouldn't be the end of the world but i know a few that would have to go home and save up a bit to come back

10 minutes ago, baansgr said:

Its suprising how cheap fresh healthy food is. A single guy can quite easily live on less than that eating three square meals a day with some western snacks and a few beers every few days. A large chicken breast is only 12/13 Baht, fresh fish and prawns very cheap, even including steak and salmon would be hard pushed to exhaust 600 Baht a day. Of course setting aside some for toiletries, transport etc, it can be done including a nice gym membership and the odd trip away. As for the OP, there have been numerous threads over the years amounting to nothing more than scaremongering.

most guys i know up in bkk spend more than 18k just on their rent. but i know it can be done, i know a few guys that live on next to nothing but they live a pretty shitty life IMO. rooms with no windows or aircon and they generally live of soi food as they don't have a kitchen to cook in. if i had to live like that i wouldn't live here, no chance

600,000 baht for a wallet! someones doing alright

just to add on this that you can get the same visa in hcmc without finance. if in bkk can do with only one night out of country. skt will take a couple of days. only difference i know of is hcmc want a letter from your mrs asking for the visa

10 minutes ago, Kaoboi Bebobp said:

Boosting the monthly foreigner income level to 100,000 a month for an extension would not surprise me. I recently figured I'd really need about 80,000-90,000 a month to live a Bangkok lifestyle with only the day-to-day expenses of groceries, restaurant meals, drinks, transport and medical/drugs, plus rent. That's without any Nana/Cowboy or family/wife/GF expenditures. 

there was an italian bloke on here the other day who said he gets paid 18k a month. i can only assume he had accommodation and food for free. how the hell can someone get by on 18k. i know some do but i'd rather not live in thailand on that kind of money, it's not worth it. soi food and water, great fun

51 minutes ago, Eligius said:

I think there is some truth in what you write. I fear that this whole courageous enterprise is going to be milked and exploited for all it is worth - to the point where it becomes a kind of ongoing circus or 'reality TV show'.

 

I think the boys and their coach should be allowed to get back to a normal life now. But clearly that is not going to happen.

i think it will eventually. they'll be a movie for sure. not unlike the movie 'the impossible' about the spanish family during the tsunami. no one really knows who they are anymore, just gone back to normal life i assume

Just now, BobBKK said:

That is very dumb for a variety of reasons. Get your passport and visa copy encased in plastic and always carry with you. It's the law anyway.

unnecessary. photo of passport and visa expiry should be fine on the phone. rarely been asked for ID but when i have driving licence has been accepted 

55 minutes ago, soalbundy said:

It wasn't too long ago, last winter in England, people were taking selfies of a homeless man lying on the ground, frozen to death. Let's not get too precious about the superiour farang humanity.

think that bloke was an ex soldier too if it's the same guy

i didn't really mind the bloke the first year but i really wasn't expecting him to take the piss as much as he has. i think it's only a matter of time before people take to the streets again. i fear this time it might get very messy. let's hope not eh

1 minute ago, overherebc said:

How does anyone know what actually happened.

I'm still thinking on the lines of pissed up tourist, no real idea of where, what or when, falls over smacks his head and comes up with 'bar girl hit me.'

If on the back of his head how does he know who hit him? with what?

His story sounds like a cover for his own embarrassment.

Prepared to admit I'm wrong though.

I fell against rhe wall outside the back door and got a cracker of a head cut, bleeds like crazy doesn't it?

Told my wife the dog got under my feet. She answered, when was the dog called Gin and Tonic??

years ago i went to a karaoke place where they all know me. woke up with a cut on my eye. don't remember what happened but went back to the bar to apologize as i thought i must have pissed someone off and they whacked me. the girls there laughs and said you were fine and took me round the back of the bar and showed me the cctv of me stacking it on the way out of the toilets

he does look like he's just passed out drunk, you'd have thought that someone in the bar would check up on him though.

i've been in bars where they often had people passed out, thai guys, and they just leave them there, few hours later they'd wake up and hobble off. 

3 hours ago, overherebc said:

Maybe fell over and smacked his head on something but thought the bar story was a good idea at the time???

that's what i was thinking

17 hours ago, DILLIGAD said:

Clearly things not going ‘hunky dory’ as today’s rags are saying that her country mansion is now up for sale.


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she used to be a neighbour in a place called woldingham. thai contingency there too believe it or not. proper rich. the locals who are mainly old money didn't make her welcome with her pink range and horse boxes. so they hounded her out, i think then she moved back to brighton or near there.

actually, i'll tell you a little story. that mutt was going into waitrose in caterham and dropped a 50 pound note. my mrs grabbed it and went to give it back to her. she just snatched it out of her hand and walked off. the girl she was with, one of her mates from some girl band came over and said thank you so much. she was normal. i went up to that jordan mutt and snatched the 50 quid back and called her what she is.

true story

2 minutes ago, runforest said:

Your head is filled with farang court nonsense. Poor thai vs thai is what it is ..no buying a verdict here

if you say so ; )

19 minutes ago, balo said:

I did not see any beautiful pictures of this woman , I would rate her not on my top 1 million list 

 

she was actually quite alright when she was a page 3 girl. you look at her now, same age as my mrs. she's really screwed herself for that weird english celeb crap

12 minutes ago, canuckamuck said:

Well the main thrust of the excitement surrounded the ordination of a Christian kid in a ceremony worshiping cave spirits and other religious rites. If the Op had the facts straight there would have been less outrage. Some people may have thought little of the dilemma, but history is full of examples of Christians choosing martyrdom over the choice to worship of other spirits idols, foreign gods or denying their faith. This is something many Christians would take deadly seriously. It didn't really seem to be a fair treatment of a kid who certainly didn't need the added stress over losing his salvation after just getting his life back.

Now of course we know that he will not be made to perform these heretical ceremonies. Hopefully their will be no hard feelings against him and his chances for citizenship are not compromised.

 

But outside of that whole thing, is the welfare of the other kids. Is making them continue to do things as a group and being such a public spectacle really what they need at this time? Wouldn't a return to school and normal schedules be a healthier choice for these kids. Or are they going to keep pushing these kids around until they get full fledged PTSD?

don't think too much . . . 

22 minutes ago, jenny2017 said:

Don't think too much now! ?

well someone has to otherwise we'd be living on the soi 555

40 minutes ago, cmsally said:

Actually if the object is meditation , then you are not taught to think. The object of meditation is to not think.

 

 

it is weird, but it can free up your mind. 

just stopped raining here. was stuffy and horrible in the morning and then the rain stops and the airs much clearer.

it's a bit like that, kind of 555