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On 11/27/2018 at 1:30 PM, IndiaGragg said:

My nephew coverted to the great Sunni Muslim faith & he was American from Flint, Michigan. This was his birthday trip and turned 26 on the day he died. He was a personal trainer going to school to be a physical therapist in Tampa, Florida where he lived. He Had LOTS of struggle wounds on his body, it took the 27 days to get his body back to the U.S from the Embassy in Bangkok and we still don't have the autopsy report. His luggage is gone and wallet... We have his passport because he left it in his hotel room drawer in case it got lost/wet... This story is bullshit!

Very sad (and scary).  Thanks for the information.

I'm no assassin but that was 'amateur hour'.  That was not a professional hit (according to Hollywood movies).

8 hours ago, Wallander4 said:

Well, that's how it is in Thailand.

 

Advice : Dont buy property here ...

Amen.  If you aren't able to figure this simple fact out then you get what you deserve.

6 hours ago, Bang Bang said:

Lordie, Musk's one of the most successful entrepreneurs on the planet, Tesla, Space X, ... Of course, when you're pushing the envelope on engineering you're going to run into issues.

 

Little people like you and me have little problems, billionaire businessmen have really big ones. Little people have internet forums to vent their frustration with their little lives, billionaires can deploy thousands of engineers to fix a bug and then retreat to a yacht to unwind.

 

Life ain't fair. Deal with it.

No truer words typed.  (Simple people = Simple minds)

10 hours ago, darksidedog said:

Well, that was a fairly frank discussion of what was possible and what was a waste of time. Good job that experienced people were listened to, rather than pander to fantasy and PR gimmicks. It is really sad that the genuine heroes of the story have played their role down, while some others will use a life or death tragedy for promotion, with no idea of what was even halfway feasible. Thank You, Vern, for setting things straight.

11 hours ago, Hummin said:

Auch ?

 

Respect

Methamphetamines.  They'd better get a handle on this problem.   Worst drug ever and meth addicts are absolutely crazy.

Methamphetamines make people crazy.   They had better get a handle on the meth problem.

6 minutes ago, mok199 said:

Doesn't anyone want to be ''experienced and do acid anymore,listen to Jimmy Hendrix and Lucy in the sky with diamonds?? Purple microdot,orange barrel,window pain???...its just  METH METH METH...

Yeap and meth is the worst.  Meth addicts are crazy and dangerous.

23 hours ago, poanoi said:

what i did was to go live in cambodia until i finally turned 50,

but i dont recommend cambodia, tis a shithole with nuffin innit.

if you are somewhat fit, go live in caribbean,

many islands there belongs to holland/France and thus EU,

so theres zero visa hassle but still tropical beaches

Sound advice.

The fact that these red trucks are still around and are the most popular form of transport says a lot.  It's unbelievable that haggling with a driver and then riding in the back of his pick-up truck is the mode of transport here.   It is 2018 for heavens sake.

17 minutes ago, nontabury said:

“As an outsider looking on”. Where do you actually come from, could it be from an E.U. country, that benefits from the U.K ‘s charitable contribution to this hated enforced Union.

 

 

Get ready to take your medicine.  Britain will be left behind.  If Britain was a stock, sell, sell, sell!

7 hours ago, vogie said:

There's a good chance there won't be an EU in 15-20 months, never mind years.

Why do non brits think they know better than than us?

We wanted fair play, being governed by Germany and France is not fair play. Our fathers fought for our freedom, I'm guessing your fathers helped us too, what would they think now, giving our country away.

The EU is corrupt, Mutty thinks she can do whatever she likes and it doesn't matter if she compromises the rest of europes security. 

We have difficult times ahead, but no-one said it was going to be easy.

Britain deserves what's coming.  City dwelling, educated Brits should have turned out and voted.  The whole country will pay for a long time to come.

On 6/15/2018 at 9:55 PM, kwilco said:

Yes..there's always someone who mistakenly thinks that old cliche is an argument..

Obviously a newbie expat.

If you chose to live in a country, for whatever reason, that is no excuse for shelving logic and reason.

If you see something wrong anywhere in the world, and you have a modicum of intelligence you can give an opinion.

How could anyone be so daft as to think just because you are foreign you have no right to an opinion?

Most people who express opinions on Thaivisa do so because they live here and really care about the country they live in and certainly they don't consider standing by at watching people die a justifiable option....You learn by discussion not bea sitying back an accepting anything and everything as "just is".

No truer words typed today.

Unbelievable.  You'd think you could take a nap in Biz class and not have to worry about your valuables in your carry-on.  According to the photo it looks like the thief was a Biz class passenger as well.

17 hours ago, Bassosa said:

It's a silly law.

 

Landlords should be able to charge whatever costs at whatever rates as long as the tenant is aware of them and has agreed to them.

 

It's a free market. Overcharging landlords will quickly find their properties empty, wouldn't they?

 

A free market and free choice is a beautiful thing.

 

Don't like it? Move out. Don't act like you're a victim.

 

 

The poor don't have a choice or the resources to 'just move out'.  It's a really simple world when you have the means to pivot away but that's not the case for many.  A truly 'free market' without any regulations always hurts the poor, who have little say.   It's one function of government (the institution representing all of the citizens) to protect the most vulnerable (elderly, children, poor).  But thanks for the easy solution.   You can always tell when someone doesn't have a grasp of everything,  they consider everything 'easy'.

I think Britain Regretsit.

Competition serves everyone.

16 hours ago, faraday said:

 

Funny ?

Classical Thai (selfish) driving.  If your following along on a motorcycle here, you're dead.  

You'll get what you deserve.  Oh, how far you've fallen, Britain