The Fugitive

My Thai nephew was between employment contracts and welcomed the opportunity. He served 12 months at the 23rd Military Circle base which houses a military court. We went on visiting days to see him as did his girlfriend. He was very pleased to be able to apply his Japanese language skills in Army radio communications. He delivered rice to villages that were about to be flooded. Afterwards he said he enjoyed his time but not enough to enlist as a regular.

I've heard of sleeping upon a clothes line!

Thanks for asking! The mechanics were looking yesterday and haven't yet got back to us.

Wow! Didn't know that. Assumed the needle would go to one extreme as a warning. Many thanks for the tip!

Thanks, a good option. Everything is good with it externally and interior apart from the obvious! Full respray about eighteen months ago. Mrs is coming to the end of her days as a shopkeeper so won't really have need of a pickup for much longer.

That's what you got for doing someone a favour! I can understand you not being too happy about it.

We've only owned it for five years, it's still new to us! Although I don't drive I prefer the smaller size of this generation, more of a car than a truck.

Thanks again! We've recently had a couple of Thai guys wanting to buy ours, offering 50,000 baht.

Many thanks. That's a very clear explanation and recommendation!

Definitely a local rogue postman. Don't blame you for not trusting them.

Wow! Had to look that up. Yes, would be more than good. Sort of hoping that the guys will come back with something more powerful. It did seem rather slow, especially when my Mrs 'forgets' it has a fifth gear.

Definitely correct! Amazing that Royal Thai Mail and the various courier services deliver 7 days per week.

She has a 2013 Mitsubishi Pajero Sport. Fortunately, she (and family) seem satisfied with old vehicles. She gave her Honda City 2003 to her daughter and a 2002 Hilux 4wd ex-rescue to her son. It had a nice snorkel, was sorry to see it go.

Thanks! Most helpful starting point/price.

And the reader! My Mrs doesn't understand symbols so ignores them. Including amber and red.

Both of us guilty your honour! I haven't checked the coolant, engine oil, brake fluid or screenwash for some time. She does run it into a tyre fitting bay occasionally for the guy to pump up the tyres but I have to keep reminding her. Not long ago I was in the front passenger seat and noticed the temperature guage was full over to H. I pointed to it several times. She obviously didn't understand. I said; 'Too hot, garage NOW'. Fortunately we were passing several at the time. The problem was only a radiator hose.

Thanks for the info. We paid 80,000 for it in 2018 discounted from 100,000. It came from a motor dealer friend. Since then no problems. However, have invested in a full respray.

Thanks for the warning! The guys did 'phone my Mrs warning her that repair could cost 40,000 baht and did she want to proceed?

To be honest I'd pay over the odds for something like this!

Agree completely. Unfortunately, Governments are always going to say why should we pay for treatment of foreigners? Disregarding the receipts from tourism and arguing that's what travel insurance is for.

Thanks, great suggestion. The guys are out today looking at what's available locally.

Last week Mrs noticed steam and smoke coming from her 1995 Toyota Hilux Mighty X. She insisted that the temperature guage was reading normal. Anyway, this is the result. The mechanics are talking about new and reconditioned engines. Is that the only option?

Perhaps not relevant but an illustration. A cousin who is Welsh was on holiday in Germany. Whilst walking upon a pavement she was mown down by a crazy taxi driver. The amount of ironwork required to repair her skeleton was incredible. All superbly done in Germany and covered by her EHIC and, of course, travel insurance. Four years later, the last of the ironwork was removed, for free, under UK National Health Service. If advocating emergency treatment should be free, need to clarify whether that is immediate life saving only or to include several follow up operations to render the patient mobile again, as was the case here.

There was an item a little while ago about an Australian guy and his wife who lived in an exclusive gated community. They went away for the weekend. Upon return their house had been cleared out. Keys to their SUV were inside the house so the vehicle was taken too. Security guard vanished. Went to police who requested a couple of thousand dollars to commence investigations. The guy told them where to stick it and went back to Australia. I suppose the moral of the story is watch out for 'inside jobs'.

Others seem to be suggesting that it makes financial sense and it's also more humane to cover tourists under Thai National Health Service. To do that it would only be fair to include Thai's injured in road traffic accidents also. I very much doubt that the Thai Government would do either.