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PM me. I have played drums for many decades. Alternatively, try Suriya music store on Sukhumvit opposite the turn to Thepprasit road.

It could be confusion between reading glasses and longer sight glasses needed for driving.

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It is also illegal to borrow money with little or no intention to repay the loan ..... your implied advice might be tongue in cheek but I would not suggest anyone follow it .....

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One might be able to legally own a bar but a Work Permit to then manage it is less likely to be approved.

It seems more likely that a professional bag-snatcher just grabbed the guy's bag in an opportunistic moment without knowing what he might get out of the bag. But we will never know.

To Marstons .... The fact that girls who work in bars might have a date with customers who pay a "fine" for the time lost to the bar does not constitute an illegal act in itself and what might happen between them later is not the bar owner's business - nor any law enforcement until an actual proven and witnessed act is deemed an offense under Thai law. Police are not likely to get excited about anything Mobi indicates in his "ad" for new staff.

I was once told that honking horns 3 times when passing shrines - particularly those associated with road accidents that you see sometimes at road sides - is to scare away any ghosts that might try to call you to join them via a fatal accident. Thus it is some form of preventative measure. A temple where someone that you knew was cremated might lead to the same motivation.

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