dallen52

On 3/9/2019 at 9:46 AM, worgeordie said:

So he was given the chance to get away with it,and refused to pay when caught,

what a wally.

regards worgeordie

I have it on good authority that they dont give a chance to pay for it.

They delight in their good cop bad cop approach to extracting cash from you. 

The signs say 10 times the value. 

Threats of monkey house and immigration.

Last line is call the police. 

Several 7/11 around Pattaya klang have reputations for dropping an odd item in the basket without scanning it. 

Then saying you take without pay.

A German associate was taken for 4000 baht, over a tube if toothpaste. 

Threats of monkey house and visa cancel. 

Plus language issues. 

Big C has a similar policy. 

Ten times the value if pulled up.

And still call the police. 

So the contributions go even higher..

(Partners son worked Big C security).

No offers to pay... no way.

4 hours ago, stevenl said:

2 in the same direction, not 3, is legal.

Bikes are supposed to overtake on the inside lane, so undertake.

It is not up to you to limit others by driving maximum speed on the fast lane. Move over to the left if possible, and stop moaning about being undertaken.

Why do people have to comment and assume?

I learned ages ago that there's no tea and sympathy on here.

But i will still contribute as i can.

Nothing was said about my driving in the fast lane and holding people up.

As for undertaking..

That's a new one on me.!!

Numerous previous post on TVF have mentioned the multiple lane as meaning 3.

One person failed the test for saying 2.

I'm just reiterating what was mentioned before. 

We will never fix it, just drive accordingly and expect the unexpected. 

33 minutes ago, Benroon said:

If you’re being overtaken on the inside it’s YOU that’s in the wrong lane ! 

See my post other post 

Wrong assumption. 

6 hours ago, stevenl said:

Why are you being overtaken on the inside? Could it be you're driving too slow on the fast lane?

You do know that on 4 lane roads overtaking on the inside is legally allowed?

Nothing was mentioned about being in the fast lane as also seems common practice here. I myself enjoy the better road surface and the chance to do maximum legal speed  when possible. 

I was referring to the constant stream of bike riders that are quite happy to overtake on the inside of the left hand lane. 

Especially when you are indicating the intention to turn left from that left hand lane. 

The classic example as in the video.

Basically driving on what westerners refer to as the hard shoulder. 

Or pavement.

The Thaiway code ambiguous as it is, does say on multi lane roads meaning 3 or more in the same direction. Its ok..

Dual highways, 2 in each direction its deemed illegal. 

Has been raised on TVF several times before.

Slip shod knee jerk half thought out attempt to fix.

Extend the barrier another 20 feet and that should fix it. Maybe....

17 minutes ago, ChipButty said:

If farangs didn't live here none of this would happen

We wouldn't have a TVF and no one would know about it. 

Thais would just keep on doing their own thing. Without a care in the world. 

And subsequently continue to die.

What is it that ticks in their brains that says, "I feel the need, the need for speed", so much that they constantly overtake on the inside?

Its not as if they are in a great hurry to do anything, once they have got there...

Just a total disregard (and possibly knowledge) of the basic road laws.

5 hours ago, petermik said:

The government has far more important issues to deal with than road safety...high end watch collections and submarine purchases are just a couple of examples......

Subs.  Thailand?

Plenty of subs floating around in pattaya bay...

Maybe they are going to use them to check the log (turd) outflows  . 

2 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

Well the insurance that comes with the rental is going to be the simple compulsory CTPL, Don't know much about it but at such a low cost must be limited. 

30k to 50k depending. 

Depending on what i haven't quite worked out yet.

But no cover for DUI'S. 

21 hours ago, jacko45k said:

And rent a large bike rather than a smaller one at about 150 baht.day. 

Drunk riding a machine like that, lucky just to break a leg!

Broken wallet coming up from the bike rental company..

Totally voided insurance cover. 

On 3/12/2019 at 7:59 PM, dallen52 said:

##Foot note to this saga.##

 

The whole end event was posted on Facebook by one of the ambulance personnel who brought him home to rest. 

 

One of the daughters went absolutely crazy about this. 

Contacting me and asking if I was aware of this?

(And yes, i already had the link.)

 

Pictures of his passing at home.

Medically pronounced. 

Being laid out.

Paramedics group shot. 

Police doing the paperwork and fingerprinting him.

 

All i could say to her was,

"Sharon,  this is Thailand".

"Add it to your experiences and memories of your father".

 

They already have the contacts for Australia embassy and the exit papers, plus the airline requirements for remains transport. 

 

At least they get to see the life he enjoyed here.

The home he enjoyed making.

Plus possibly pick up some memories from the home, before leaving. 

This is better than Coronation street. 

My last words hopefully. 

One of the daughters called me last night.

When Arthur was brought home, in the ambulance and still hitched up to a resuscitation machine,  it was left to the daughter to remove the breathing tube.

And then slowly watch as Arthur died.

The medical staff would not do it.

This is what she originally was upset about and the paramedics putting the pictures on Facebook. 

Yesterday was the cremation and again about 20 snaps were placed on Facebook. 

The whole thing. 

Its just tasteless media.

Needless to say, they were removed after a few hours. 

Sharon said, the memories will haunt her for a long time to come.

They fly home Sunday  ????

15 hours ago, 55Jay said:

Yeah, there's definitely a missing ingredient here.  But in all fairness, my country was like that in a lot of places 40 years ago.  Trash dumps along side of roads and in stands of trees just out of sight from the road, and some major cities were absolute shit holes.  Took time, government campaigns and enforcement, and slowly seeped into the collective conscious in following generations.   These days, if someone tossed a used drink container out their car window at a red traffic signal no doubt someone nearby would call them on it, possibly more than 1.  It's just not acceptable behavior anymore. 

 

The area I have to pass through to get home here is disgusting.  All sorts of trash along side the roads, packs of soi dogs lingering around, roads are absolute shit.  It's an eye sore. 

 

There was a bunch of broken glass right in the middle of my soi for 2 days.  I noticed it just as I crunched though it riding my pushbike yesterday ????.  The people living in the house right where it was (renters) didn't care.  Last night during walk/exercise, I took a big broom and swept it off the roadway.  People were watching me from inside houses and patios.  Good!

I've started to do this with the nutter facing me, (the one who now has seven dogs).

Only its dog turds.

She lets them out (dogs) for a crap, I deposit all the turds back in her drive at night. 

She normally flicks them down the drain..

The ecology chain is about as stable as the space between their ears.

They feed the dog whatever. 

Put Turds down the drain.

Into Pattaya central system and into the sea.

Become yum cha for the fish.

We eat the fish.

Scraps to the dogs.

Starts all over again. 

2 minutes ago, tlandtday said:

I always suspected maybe the Thais felt they were above "picking up the trash of foreigners" or any for that matter?

We always take a plastic bag to Jomtien beach and bring our bit of rubbish home. 

(Seems to be a shortage of bins at Dongtan beach... Oh, there's parking ticket people now,  but no bins..  that's right, you have to pay to park there now).

Its interesting. 

My thai partner pointed out that most of the people who work the garbage trucks are Cambodian. 

Below the Thais list to pick up rubbish. 

2 hours ago, hyku1147 said:

I - given the fact that one of the women is topless - suspend any criticism.

Err.

I think you need to go to Specsavers..

Look closer.

On 2/24/2019 at 2:05 PM, Pattaya46 said:

You should indicate in which Immigration Office you were (and same in the thread you started).

High probability that not all places apply the exact same rules...

True, so true. 

Renewed extension a couple of weeks ago at Jomtien. 

Bank accounts were not even used, reviewed,  inspected, etc 

Its my local office. 

The new stamps are in place, and receipts issued. 

Quite possibly my last one anyway..

I can't meet the new requirements if they are applied eventually. 

17 hours ago, Nyezhov said:

Kudos to them. If everyone here who bitches about the garbage spent 3 hours a week in a group cleaning a couple of blocks it would be more worthwhile than complaining. Id do it. 

Bring in the Adopt a roadside like Rotary clubs do overseas. 

I'm sure the locals will be happy to have farang volunteers pick up the crap they think is below them to clean up.

This one not down to farangs.

Its the home grown arsonists that light up the scrub and walk away from to leave burning. 

A bit like the aboriginals did in Australia to smoke the prey out.

Just another farang not wanted, smoke signal...

Its not just these hot spots. 

Driving to Buriram the other day, the locals seem to delight in laying waste vast tracts of the nature strips and roadside vegetation. 

And also see the dozens of melted political parties advertising posters along the way. 

9 minutes ago, Sheryl said:

 

Good for them!!!

 

If they had not, he might have been maintained, suffering, on life support for a very long time.

 

Unfortunatley not everyone has family members willing and able to do this.

##Foot note to this saga.##

The whole end event was posted on Facebook by one of the ambulance personnel who brought him home to rest. 

One of the daughters went absolutely crazy about this. 

Contacting me and asking if I was aware of this?

(And yes, i already had the link.)

Pictures of his passing at home.

Medically pronounced. 

Being laid out.

Paramedics group shot. 

Police doing the paperwork and fingerprinting him.

All i could say to her was,

"Sharon,  this is Thailand".

"Add it to your experiences and memories of your father".

They already have the contacts for Australia embassy and the exit papers, plus the airline requirements for remains transport. 

At least they get to see the life he enjoyed here.

The home he enjoyed making.

Plus possibly pick up some memories from the home, before leaving. 

4 hours ago, Sheryl said:

@dallen52

 

Tell the daughter to contact

 

Dao Micallef
Manager of the Asia Division
AMAR International Asia
S16 Residence, 256/9 Sukhumvit 16
Klong Toei, Bangkok 10110, Thailand
Tel: +66 (0)2 258 59 46
Mobile: +66 (0)92 859 56 16
Email: [email protected]

 

https://www.amarinternational.com/

 

This Australian based company deals specifically with deaths of foreigners abroad. They will help with all aspects, from funeral/cremation, paperwork with the Embassy etc. If they want to bring the body back to Oz, they can arrange  this but as others have said that is extremely expensive. They can also arrange a no frills cremation in Thailand with preparation of the ashes in containers suitable for taking back by plane, which is often the preferred option.  And they'll take care of Thai detah certificate and documentation from Australian Embassy needed to establish death for estate purposes back in Oz.

 

 

 

The daughters wishes are for his cremation and service in the village. 

Its a nice gesture for the people who have come to know him.

And in the country where he dedicated himself to community service more than 20 years.

Seems only fitting too.

Tomorrow morning the final chanting. 

They will only have the ashes to transport back to Australia, plus a few possible personal items he had here.

Thank you to all, for allowing me to share my story with you  ..

* Evidently the daughters put up a fight and the hospital agreed to transfer him to the home in the village.

Where he passed away this morning. 

13 hours ago, roo860 said:

Tell you something mate, I don't normally feel a lot of sympathy for someone I've never met, but this story has really touched me, I just hope he's allowed to go to sleep peacefully.
Bless him.

Sent from my SM-G920F using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile app
 

I find a huge percentage of people on the forum are sincere and caring about just about everything. 

Arthur was a friend of mine who i met through Brother Rays in pattaya. 

He met his thai friend and saved her from a life of #@*& at the Corner Bar pattaya. 

He was 86 then. (Mad fool).

His wife of 62 years had passed.

I suppose he found solace in his actions. 

It turned out she was from the same village as my partner in Nangrong. 

He saw no malice in her or anyone. 

Even at 91 he was teaching kids English in the village. 

Put the air conditioning in the house and within 3 to 4 days his lungs started to give up. 

One collapsed, the other filling with fluid. 

Coincidence,?

I don't think so.

I haven't had any replies yet from his daughter's. 

I'm not expecting good news.

Just another thing that we all have to be mindful of when we choose to live in the Land of Smiles.

We all have families and loved ones overseas. 

As Sheryl mentioned,  a living will, or as i did with mum in the UK,  we had a do not resuscitate in her medical care notes.

**********************

I just seen on Facebook that Arthur passed away. 5am this morning. 

Someone posted pictures of his body being taken to the home in Nangrong. 

Oh well, we tried..

RIP Arthur Lea.

6 minutes ago, Too young to be old said:

 

Surely it would come under Customs and Excise, unless both are the same department. In most countries Immigrations and Customs are separate departments.

Customs is a separate division. 

They use the harmonised tariff system as many countries do. Around 200.

Incoterms.

HS tax  for vape pens and liquids is 2.6% in some countries. USA etc.

Thailand possibly has a different %

Its easy enough to check it out on line.

19 minutes ago, Sheryl said:

No. For people that need to be on beds what they do is take out a whole row of seats to fit in a stretcher (and charge accordingly).

 

From the sounds of things he is no longer stable enough for flying.  The issue now is to persuade the hospital to stop life support.

 

 

I sent them (Arthur's daughters) the flight information forms for Thai airways. 

Yes they can remove the whole row of seats and accommodate some basic equipment like personal oxygen. 

I appreciate everyone's concern, and hope we never find ourselves in this predicament.

Will obviously post an update on his condition. 

But its not good.

The what next come into play as well.

He was 91, his partner 44.

Platonic friends...

He put a fair amount into the house in the village. Cash wise. Like we do.

He would have personal effects to be collected and possibly legal papers, cash.

She has no visa currently for Australia.

So its unlikely that she would go to his funeral in Australia. Expired. 

Possibly a wat service and cremation here.

All things that his daughter's have little experience with.

Do you need a passport and other papers to take a body out of Thailand?

I can see a drive to Nangrong on the cards shortly..

Thai may have dropped the baggage allowance for flying,  but it certainly hasn't dropped some of the older bags they use as cabin crew.

They used to be petite and several changes of uniform in flight. 

The recent offerings look like they have been eating the left over meals. 

I Can see where all the eye candy is now.