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money has and money will, buy you whatever you want _ time immemorial 

sad end for a chap on a night out,  suprised it doesnt happen more often the amount of them that are around. but for me i do enjoy the spectacle. better to watch than participate, let the thais light them

On 3/13/2019 at 5:40 AM, robblok said:

No sympathy too for the drunk driver, i hope that besides the hospital bill they will give him a high fine. People who drink and drive deserve all that they get.

 

You were 100% right the Indian was sitting in the car it was the Thai who hit him.

 

Lucky that this guy did not injure someone else.. only sad part is that the Indian his car is damaged. Would have been better if the drunk hit a concrete post or something. Selfish pricks drinking and driving (same goes for other drugs)

so it was a Thai on the motorbike thanks for the update

On 3/13/2019 at 6:02 AM, lanng khao said:

They probably would if it could reach. 

most of the ones i know it can 555

On 3/13/2019 at 5:23 AM, smedly said:

not sure the nationality of the rider of the bike but unless I am reading this all wrong the driver of the pickup was stopped at the lights (Indian) and was rear ended by the bike rider who was drunk. I have absolutely no sympathy for the drunk driver - it is just luck that only he was injured, it could have been anyone

 

I was out last night and was walking home in the small hours (I have a motorbike that stays at home when I go out), I constantly fear being hit by a drunk driver and I am very careful during my journey to have a clear view of all vehicles both behind and in front of me as I walk because quite a number of them will be drunk - 2am onwards right to 6am it is very dangerous on these roads as drunks drive home  

constantly fear   hmmmm   and if your bike stays at home when you go out,   it never gets ridden,  why you have ????

On 3/17/2019 at 9:48 AM, newnative said:

Can't vouch for the water but the beach is not a trash heap.

the blue umbrella part is private if you could pan to the right you would see exposed sandbags

On 3/17/2019 at 3:29 AM, thaiguzzi said:

The excitement is away from the beach in the Tahitian Queen...

hardly away from the beach

4 hours ago, JimmyTheMook said:

 

It took worse than a nose dive once the owners split the place the up and then stopped paying the cable bill and let both pool go to trash, I owned a nice double unit in there when it was really nice and loved the location.

 

 

 

is that the one that had the bunker bar at sukumvit end,  if so i use it as a shortcut  looks past its best

5 hours ago, 4675636b596f75 said:

I'm sorry, but you are wrong.  For all we know, they could have been served copious amounts of beef and bean burritos.  Depending on the size of that elevator, the oxygen content of the lift could have well be compromised.  

 

I usually let one loose in the lift but always blame it on my boy.

you are a bad mother ha ha 

2 hours ago, wisperone said:

"She said she was given the wrong ballot, and when she raised the matter the authority at the station told her to “just mark one”.

 

He also said, "Don't worry sweetie, we already know who won".

maybe she should have recorded the conversation but then again she maybe could be found guilty of the of that communication 

law they like to use

10 hours ago, choff56 said:

Wasn't Thailand's last successful election held in July of 2011 and not 2010, as "The Nation" has stated in the above article?

an election is an election, success only applies to the winner, if you refuse to vote UP TO YOU now go away and throw your toys out the pram.  ps.  this is not directed at above poster  but to the 2014 election

13 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Yes, I still follow the news everyday. And there is no question that our current rulers are also not exactly clean.

And I am aware of the fact that we read in the news only part of what is going on.

 

All in all I still think what Thaksin did was a lot worse than what the current people in charge are doing. Part of it is probably also the fact that Thaksin just had to rub it in all the time. It was not enough that he was corrupt and it was not enough that he preferred people who voted for him. He had to tell everybody all the time that he gets away with his crimes and he was proud to work only for the Thais who voted for him.

I don't think Prayut or anybody of the current crowd is even half as bad as Thaksin.

well said, like most of the post's i have read they all mostly have credence, but  but,   bad is bad,  you either abide by the law or you do not.  their are no different levels

17 hours ago, Samui Bodoh said:

"...For Thailand’s sake, let’s move beyond Thaksin..."

 

Thailand is not going to 'move beyond Thaksin' for a while because of one, very simple reason...

 

If there were genuinely Free and Fair elections here, Thaksin would win. Easily.

 

I know it.

You know it.

He knows it.

Prayut knows it.

The Military know it.

All the security services know it.

All the political parties know it.

All international observers of Thailand know it.

All of Thailand knows it.

All. Every last person.

 

The Democratic will of Thailand is not being respected, and all know it.

 

And, the article brings out the old canard of Thaksin being "convicted". First, it is almost certainly true that he is guilty of something; all of Thailand's leaders fall into that category. However, the article, as usual, misses the point.

 

If all of Thailand's political leaders are guilty of some kind of wrong-doing (and they almost certainly all are), then a 'conviction' of one while all the others get off without a proper investigation and/or proper trial renders that conviction meaningless.

 

When General Rolex is escorted to the 'big house', I'll happily help drag Thaksin there. Until then, spare me the nonsense that the "conviction' matters in the slightest.

 

It is a cheap, meaningless political talking point, nothing more.

 

 

RIGHT RIGHT and RIGHT again

On 3/8/2019 at 6:42 AM, HLover said:

That area is frequented by well-heeled tourists, shocking this even happened there.

funny   ha ha 

14 hours ago, Miss Pickle said:

They should do the same to him how could any man do this to his own child.One thing for sure his wife won’t be Jordanian she wouldn’t dare go out on the town just not in there culture.Maybe a Thai wife he has brought back for a visit. He looks like a old man I have seen many of them shuffling around Pattaya with the young Thai wife or girlfriend half of them look like they should be pushing a zimmer never mind a buggy.Very sad story.

i think she is thai as well for the same reason

15 hours ago, toenail said:

Was the wife from Jordan? Certainly not the norm of Jordanian people I know. 

i read somewhere he's in his 50's and the wife was 24; i expect she was thai

On 2/27/2019 at 8:52 AM, Burma Bill said:

Yes, same thought as mine. I have previously commented on the morbid curiosity of the Thais and the lack of respect for the victims. You would not see photos/clips like this in the UK press.

you can get fined for filming accidents in UK

On 2/27/2019 at 1:37 AM, jacko45k said:

Poor Thai guy on the ground , everyone seems to be ignoring him. Even the ambulance passed on by. 

hes going for the money shot

On 3/3/2019 at 3:05 AM, BestB said:

All sounds good and picture looks nice , however I saw them working , boiling hot, guards smoking and drinking water, prisoners had nothing , not a single bottle of water. 

 

Maybe guards had water stashed elsewhere but but it sure looked hard 

<deleted>   -  they had plenty to drink  freezer box full of drinks   sorry about delete

On 3/2/2019 at 5:46 AM, White Christmas13 said:

I totally agree with every thing you said

from what i saw it looked mainly like black sand

On 3/2/2019 at 5:37 AM, geriatrickid said:

How is the exposure of at risk marginalized people to infectious disease and toxic waste a win?

Look at the workers. Aside from cheap latex gloves, no protective equipment of any kind. They are being forced into dealing with waste/debris that is classified as a biohazard. These inmates are at risk because many are in prison for drug related offences. Drug users in Thailand  have a higher incidence of TB and immune system suppressed related conditions. This makes them more vulnerable to opportunistic infections. It is morally wrong and  evil to have workers climbing into sewers wearing flip flops. They will come out with fungus and parasites attached to their feet. No amount of rinsing will clean that away.  It is unacceptable to have these people in shorts and tshirts  climbing into sewers and drainage pipers where dengue carrying mosquitoes are in high concentration. If they are going to do this work, then give them the appropriate clothes and protective  gear.

whooo ruffled feathers

On 3/1/2019 at 10:13 AM, ivor bigun said:

Dont know about cruel,the ones we saw seemed to spend more time sitting around and smoking than working,and we saw them for a few days.

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and i saw food donated to them from local businesses  well impressed

16 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

Nickname for where Soi Diana crosses over soi Buakhao into soi Lengkee, made more fun by delivery trucks and baht buses stopping there willy-nilly. 

must have been a yank naming it - way over the top, it works what more do you want.

On 2/23/2019 at 9:06 AM, HLover said:

They look where they are walking.

its called economics

On 2/23/2019 at 8:05 AM, zoza said:

according to the latest on the soi Buchow grapevine a heart attack victim

who was rushed to one of our more expensive hospitals due to his collapse

a few weeks back was put on ICU , and I was told when he was visited he

was stone cold and no sign of life, but they kept him wired up and only after a phone call from family in UK, they unplugged him....total bill for 36

hours...700,000 baht ,so at least this old chap was conscious, and would be able to sign himself out..... before he was bankrupted.

I hope the old chap has a speedy recovery.

I will get an update on this story tomorrow. 

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