Speedhump

Phuket beaches are actually dangerous close to shore when breakers are very strong (red flag conditions,which so many people just ignore). Very uneven bottom and people trying to walk to shore are being pummeled off their feet by big breakers from behind whilst in quite shallow water. Sea and sand create a soup meaning you don't know which way is up until the following wave is already coming in, meantime the strong ebb of the last wave is sucking you away from shore and the sand bottom is like quicksand as it's all in motion. Finding your feet on almost liquid sand can be very difficult, and body strength is the important thing, not swimming ability.

RIP to the several swimmers who have already died in the sea at Phuket this year.

25 minutes ago, vincent13 said:

Where do you get lapdancer from? The article says she is a Mor Lam dancer.

Some people are both blind and stupid. 

Ludicrous idea. Plus the worst abusers of alcohol are Thai themselves. How many drunken farang kill their neighbours, wives, friends etc. with guns, axes, and knives while boozed up? Traditional values indeed....

2 hours ago, alanrchase said:

Bangkok Bank do not stamp or sign the 12 month statement they provide for me. The statement is obviously printed by a business style printer and not a home printer.

Why don't you strongly request that they do? Krungsri in Hua Hin do it without being asked.

I ain't as good as I once was, but I'm as good once as I ever was.

As the song goes.

I've met Thais who believe this restriction is for cars only. Go figure! 😁

Ask any bar girl; your Western farang is usually bigger (yours in particular). The regular women I've dated say the same though. Poor lad.

Bottom advertising for top 🤢

On 1/6/2025 at 10:46 PM, rattlesnake said:

What's the backstory? People don't poison dogs for fun.

Happened to me. My wife was walking our dog on green space opposite our house. Two very gentle Soi dogs had died mysteriously over the last previous two days, she saw another one that day and walked our dog away quickly, but our dog obviously ate something without my wife seeing it. Our dog was frothing and shaking within 10 minutes. Died even before we got to the vet. I wouldn't be able to control myself if I knew who it was. People who poison are themselves lower than animals.

This was not a scam, there was no deception involved, the girl acted in the full knowledge what she was doing. It was very nasty though.

17 hours ago, pomchop said:

Maybe some of the "tough guy" farangs that seem to love to try and get into a fight with a Thai that is half their size might want to try that with some of the locals in samoa and hawaii....lot of those locals end up as linemen in the NFL with heads hard as concrete and arms and legs like tree trucks  and would quickly show the "tough guys" what happens when they  pick on somebody bigger than them.

You're just wrong because when a Thai gets into to a fight, there are always more joining in and they only fight mob-handed. And there's likely a gun available in the neighbourhood too.

On 12/19/2024 at 12:23 PM, Luuk Chaai said:

 

or are they calling you   oop bpa  ?   makes more sense

oop bpa

supporter; sponsor; giver;contributor

Well I only spend on bar drinks, not bar fines, so not sure 😁

It's, simply that many people are racist which can be fuelled by feelings of financial jealousy. Not just in Thailand. In an alcohol fuelled situation a slight mistake or offense given by a foreigner which is not apologised for (as of course it should be) can lead to trouble. Also Thai men can be problematic with their refusal to admit when they are wrong and I challenge anyone to argue with that. Of course it takes a foreigner not to understand this too

Bar girls call you 'papa'

Half a Xanax is my son's solution. Business class used to be mine.

Most email programs allow you to back up your whole mail account to a file (if you have set the account to keep the data on your computer as well as on the server of your mail provider, using IMAP protocol and not POP for incoming mail) which you can export from the program and then import into the same program on your new computer. But if you don't want to learn this then  send hundreds of emails to the same email address, after you have set up the account on your new computer. Remember to send with any attachments included.

They threaten this every few years and nothing has ever happened. I doubt this will be any different.

2 minutes ago, redwood1 said:

 

I dont know of any other country that has a statute of limitations on murder.......

 

Murder is the one crime that has no statute of limitations in any USA state..

Some countries do. Japan only abolished theirs in 2010.

No country should have a statute of limitations on murder. This is premeditated obstructive delay and  is barbaric.

When the murderers return to Thailand after leaving until the statute expired, they'd better stay away from the south of Thailand.

1 minute ago, Liquorice said:

That just shows how ignorant many are of Immigration.
You extend your permission of stay granted by the original visa.

Visas cannot be extended.

 

Whilst those who continue to post they extended their visa, there's another reader who believes that.

Last week came across an American and a British guy just returned from a trip overseas, who are puzzled because on entry they received a 60 day stamp.

Tell them it's just semantics or pedantry. 

Only now has the penny dropped, and they'll have to start from scratch again.

Yes, it's not a renewal of the visa, but my previous lazy shorthand can in no way be taken as advice to others that a visa can be extended. They should always seek proper advice, not rely on a post in a forum by someone they don't even know, otherwise they deserve everything coming to them. Good grief. That applies to any online open forums, including 'latest expat tax advice' and the rest.

As an example I never even leave the country without rechecking the latest regulations on re-entry in case they have changed since the last time I left (usually a matter of years). Ignorance is no excuse.

On 10/26/2024 at 6:48 PM, PuiPuiHarry said:

Buy via Aliexpress a solution: underwear with a liquid catcher and a bag where the liquid goes to. ( urine catherder bag )

He needs to stick a rubber tube up himself every night? My god. And I hope he sleeps alone.

You're dreaming about water sports, just buy a rubber sheet for better enjoyment.

On 10/24/2024 at 11:50 AM, Liverpool Lou said:

No need for your "Confused" emoji, your confusion is clear, without your emphasising it.  Whilst you forensically analyse the emojis that posters award to me, don't forget to include the "Like" emojis, also.

Look back through the recent posts here. Emojis under your comments only show people are saddened or confused by you....

On 10/24/2024 at 11:37 AM, Liverpool Lou said:

I did not state that it does not happen.  I posted that I had not been subject to those "fines".

There you are doing it again. You're self-obssessed. I've told you already, it's not all about you. 😊