chaingman

1 minute ago, chaingman said:

Your “back home” semantics grate on my nerves. The more you want Thailand to become homogeneous with life in the western world, the more you’ll eventually hate it.

Insurance corporations would love your attitude. Lest bring in compulsory insurance, fines for everything or make sure the only ‘bread winner’ of the family gets so penalised he can’t even get to work..

You remind me of the guy who bought a nice house on a dirt road then complains about the dust all the time.

If your worried so much about corruption, don’t want for more fines or insurance corporate crooks scheming their useless premiums on to those that could never claim, with years of paying premiums like they do ‘back home’..

Don’t like the dust ? live somewhere else.

You brought up helmets.. Did you wear a push bike helmet when you were a kid ? It’s been law for ages ‘back home’. You survived long enough to winge without wearing one now.. See where your going ? ..Be careful for what you wish for. Thai ain’t perfect, but the western way of life is completely bubble wrapped, you know why ?.. because of insurance company goliath's raising compulsory premiums while getting government to ensure the fines and penalties we all suffer from, reduce their payout$..

Don’t introduce the trogen horse of infringements for profit$, there’s few places to roam free as it is.

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6 hours ago, Kerryd said:

I'm guessing most of y'all would rather they just didn't bother at all, instead of trying to make some effort (where before they weren't making any).
I remember before they started enforcing the helmet rule. Nobody wore one anywhere.

But after a couple years of cracking down, people were wearing them - at least on the main roads and in the city. Far more people wearing them now than there used to be.
If they were to seriously start enforcing the 10 points noted in the OP, it would go a long way to making things better as well. Back home, if you are caught driving without a license, or without proper registration and insurance, your vehicle is impounded on the spot. They don't give you a small fine and then let you drive away (in the hopes you don't get caught again too soon). 

They start doing that here and people will start smartening up in a hurry. Hitting them in the pocketbook is the surest way to get them to start complying.

It was noted somewhere else that the public was supposed to report any officer that asked for (or took) a bribe in exchange for letting someone off the hook. 

The new checkpoints have to be set up in accordance with a list of rules the Police Chief laid down before the covid crisis and include things like the number of officers needed, where tables, lights and signs were to be placed, wifi cameras for the officers and watching the officers (so that their supervisors back at the station can keep an eye on things). If I recall, they needed at least 10 officers to man a single checkpoint (at least for a DUI checkpoint).

Part of the reason for that was all the talk about how people could get away with stuff by bribing the cop (or the cops asking for bribes). That is the main reason the Police Chief put a halt to roadside checkpoints awhile ago. Then he came out with the new rules, but right after that came the covid crisis so checkpoints were halted again.
(Probably more about not wanting to cause more financial hardship than concern about covid. They have no problem doing other police things during the crisis.)

I'm never bothered by the checkpoints as I never have anything to worry about. Some people here though seem to have a big problem with them (judging from previous threads about them).
I wonder if some of them are the same people that seemed to want to really, really avoid the checkpoints set up awhile back (last year) when they tried to lock down Pattaya. You know, the checkpoints where foreigners might be asked to show their passport. Some people seemed to be very concerned about that for some reason.....

Your “back home” semantics grate on my nerves. The more you want Thailand to become homogeneous with life in the western world, the more you’ll eventually hate it.

Insurance corporations would love your attitude. Lest bring in compulsory insurance, fines for everything or make sure the only ‘bread winner’ of the family gets so penalised he can’t even get to work..

You remind me of the guy who bought a nice house on a dirt road then complains about the dust all the time.

If your worried so much about corruption, don’t want for more fines or insurance corporate crooks scheming their useless premiums on to those that could never claim, with years of paying premiums like they do ‘back home’..

Don’t like the dust ? live somewhere else.

11 hours ago, Don Chance said:

Marijuana is hardly a medicine. Even if it is, why would you want random locals supplying it to hospitals? They are sending out a mixed message, it's legal, it's not legal, it's medicine, it's not.

 

The fact is marijuana is an addictive drug that people use to get high. Smoking weed every day is not a solution to life. If you've got cancer or aids and want to smoke weed, then who are we to deny you that.

You need to do some research if you think cannabis is not a medicine, and who says people who smoke “Need a solution to life”..? <deleted> ????

I would have broken that cowards jaw in 3 places & left him sleeping.

Can proof of onward travel at the departing airport, include a bus ticket ?. ( all posts seem to stipulate flights.. )

eg ; I have already booked my flight leaving Brisbane mid December but had to sign a waiver through flight center that i’ve been informed that i require onward travel tickets. 

I will be entering 'visa exempt' at Samui. So 30 days should do it before i decide to go to PI. or get an extension.

So, my question is.. Can i show any inquiring qantas staff member (leaving Brisbane) that i have 'proof' of onward travel with a Bus ticket to Malaysia for example ?

10 hours ago, PatOngo said:

goos

10 hours ago, PatOngo said:

English

10 hours ago, PatOngo said:

English

You retard

Travelling around Asia for several months now, mainly Thailand. As it is my first trip i decided to try & hook up with some fellow xpats on TV for advice or music interests, but from reading the knee jerk replies here over those months, i realized some are not long out of grade 10 or the same gang mentality. 

Pity really, but i can understand why the laws & regulations in 1st world countries are so restrictive.. Because the majority have to follow in the path of those most challenged to make it work & it appears some of those challenged individuals are often replying here.

As per comments below

i hear crickets all of a sudden..

15 hours ago, rkidlad said:

Yeap. My misus won’t ask for assistance in shops because she gets so frustrated with staff speaking drivel or being incoherrant. 

 

I remember my ex gf would speak to her fellow Thais. They’d speak for a while so I’d be curious to know what two complete strangers could have to talk about. She’d often say they weren’t making any sense. That wasn't the most confusing part. The most confusing part is how two strangers could have such a lengthy conversation and walk away from it with zero curiousity as to what it was all about. 

 

That’s the problem in a culture where you’re not supposed to ask questions. It seriously stunts development when not understanding something is the norm. You don’t even care to understand anymore. 

That made me laugh out loud... like taking a phone call for 10 mins then asking who were you talking to, ‘ Oh, wrong number’..

I use https://localbitcoins.com/.  Has worked just fine for me.  Even have been able to buy some of the more obscure cryptocurrencies from sellers.  Naysayers about being "late" to the party just haven't done their homework or looked at all the available cryptos out there; even though BTC hit $6,000 last week there is still room for growth with BTC - could hit double digits easily.  

Can anyone suggest an Asian site where I can purchase bitcoins. From what I have gathered you need a confirmation by phone but I have to leave Thai tomorrow ( visa ran out, 3rd 30 day stay plus 1 ext.) then off to Cambodia, Malaysia, so new SIM cards are on the way.

Happy to here anyone’s ‘qualified’ thoughts on the subject also in regards to investment advice.

Cheers

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Keen to learn some acoustic blues, I guess YouTube is my friend there


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Bloody auto correct is a pain sometimes..


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Yes, I thought the same after posting.. I personally prefer 60's-70's to most acoustic versions, Dylan, chili peppers, doobie bros', Lindsay bucking ham ( Fleetwood mac) dire straits, Neil young, Santana,the church, Richard Clapton, JJ Cale, America, Bernard Fanning..u get the idea..


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G'day viewers.. just wondering if there's anyone keen to jam acoustic songs etc. possibility of gigs perhaps..

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