Shocked farang

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's also believed that the deceased passenger might have sustained fatal injuries due to not buckling the seatbelt during landing." 

Needless to comment on this, but I try to keep my seat belt bucked for most of the flight, no matter what the lights indicate. 

I'm so glad that my stock of KN 95 masks is full. Soon they will disappear from the stores. 

13 minutes ago, JensenZ said:

I'd rather be executed than go through that hell. IMO it was a fate worse than death, and she did well to survive it. She a lot tougher than all of the people commenting here.

Not tough I would say, but definetly resilient. She looks quite Ok now.

7 hours ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

Drug smuggler, now author. 

 

Looking for a buck. 

 

I read she also has an OnlyFans account. 

 

As far as I know it's a free market. Nobody is forcing anybody to buy her book, but if they think it's worth the price, good luck to her as a writer.

13 hours ago, AreYouGerman said:

China has spoken and Thailand decided to side with China and leave the Titanic (USA).

 

China doesn't like it's citizens going on a weed holiday to Thailand.

 

And that's the end of it.

 

I have noticed some Cannabis shops with signs in Chinese indeed. 

On 5/9/2024 at 5:36 AM, gk10012001 said:

have barely smelled the stuff since the 70s.  But as I coast into retirement I am not against trying it a bit at my ripe old age of 68.  In the USA so many people have prescriptions for it, albeit legit and needed or not.  I was wondering if a girl I know that does use it would be able to buy and use some while in thailand, with or without her "legal" prescription

The answer is yes, of course. There are cannabis shops selling it everywhere in Thailand, but as the article explains, it's going to end by April 2025. 

"Many coffee shops now are selling the stuff... and smoking it."

Real coffee shops continue to sell only coffee and sometimes tea as well. This concept of a coffee shop selling cannabis is from Holland, it's like an euphemism, when someone says coffee shop there, everyone links it to cannabis. Here in Thailand it's just some cannabis entrepreneurs who copied the concept, the person buys some cannabis and consumes it on the premises, no need to take it home. Because of the lack of regulation some places like this have the chairs and ash tray outdoors, in front of the shop! This cannot happen in the Netherlands 

17 hours ago, babylonbrothers said:

I lived in Rio for a year in the early eighties. Even then Copacabana Beach was poor. The sand was infested with tiny bugs which  would bite you if you weren't sitting on a towel. The sea is also treacherous for swimmers; helicopters would sweep the ocean's edge to pull out people in trouble!

Copacabana is a <deleted> hole, it smells <deleted> from one end to the other. If you want a better beach nearby head to Ipanema, if you want a real beach head to Barra da Tijuca. Forget all about Copacabana, in the evening you'll probably be mugged there. 

35 minutes ago, Prubangboy said:

Last year, I had to leave CM for two months to dodge the smoke. This year it's 10 weeks. Love CM to death, and I do like to have a block of travel time every year.

 

But if it edges into 1 one week in every 4 that I have to be gone, that's too disruptive and I'm outa here. Helllloooo Hat Yai.

I was there until a few days ago and I can say that it's not easy. There's a grey cloud enveloping the whole valley. I was indoors most of the time in the last few days. 

5 hours ago, JimG said:

My experience is that the smog is caused by farmers burning the leftovers from the crops.  It's always said that 'next year' it will be fixed. They never do.   Make it illegal and fine violators. Set up a collection system for the trash.  The gov't could even assist in the cost to the farmers.

It's that simple as there's burning in Laos and Myanmar as well. 

2 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Thai beaches were wonderful last century, but been destroyed since.

 

I've been on many Thai beaches better than Maya Bay. As for saying Railay- there are 3 beaches on Railay, and none of them that great. One is nice, and is the one featured in many ads, but it's not as good as some I've been on. Perhaps that's a good thing else they suffer the same fate as Maya Bay which has been destroyed by the hordes.

 

When they include parties in the judging one knows they have their heads where the sun don't shine. Had Rin would have been one of the top 5 till it became a party beach and now it's awful.

Maya bay is because of the movie. It's beautiful of course but with the number of day trippers hardly worth a visit anymore. 

Pattaya is number one in freelancing ladyboys in the evening! 

On 5/3/2024 at 12:36 PM, ourmanflint said:

how convenient for the maid

All the toxic people around already started to target the poor maid who most probably never suspected that something so tragic could ever happen. Narcissists always tend to equate everything with money. They don't know, they have understanding of human empathy. 

On 5/2/2024 at 4:06 PM, Purdey said:

Not sure how they came to the total of 250,000. I wonder if they asked people, "Are you a prostitute?"

 

Exactly, a survey like this can only be considered real in a country where prostitution is legal such as Germany. Elsewhere it's just a rough estimate. 

5 hours ago, pomchop said:

I have been told several times that cops are paid very poorly but the system allows them to accept bribes etc to compensate them for the low pay so the top brass look the other way as they are also in on the food chain.....without this system nobody would want a job as a cop.....true or not i do not know but it sure seems that way.

It is true. You can see how cops are always looking for ways to better their meager monthly income. They are very creative, the roadblocks in Pattaya are the prime example. The rider without a license gets stopped at the roadblock then he is instructed to pay a visit to the police station where everyone is already expecting him, he pays 550 TBH and gets a paid mark on the slip. One cop even told me when I went back to get the motorbike, "If they stop you again you can show this slip with the PAID mark on it! 555

8 minutes ago, The Alien said:

Once a year they brought this up and after couple of days everything back to ‘same same’. 

Same same but different... 

2 hours ago, Gaccha said:

As usual, the 'silent majority' reactionary boomers are out in full force.

 

Magic mushrooms were legal and obtainable in many countries around the World until the early 2000s. In England, they were legal in a wet state, and in Japan they were legal in a dry state. In Tokyo, at the famous neon-lit pedestrian crossing, there used to be a large store only selling magic mushrooms. 

 

The obvious benefits and remarkable lack of drawbacks makes them a true no-brainer. They have been so successful for treatment of depression in research experiments that they were fast-tracked to legalisation. 

You are neglecting the downsides, every substance has its downsides. 

20 minutes ago, Shocked farang said:

My research is my own experience with cannabis. Depend on the person/strain your reflexes slow down, also your cognitive ability goes haywire. 

6 minutes ago, ThaiFelix said:

I think you will find many wont talk about it coz they dont like to talk <deleted>e in public.  I suggest you do some research.

My research is my own experience with cannabis. Depend on the person/strain your reflexes slow down, also your cognitive ability goes haywire. 

3 hours ago, IamNoone88 said:

So the solution to Russians causing social problems, running illegal businesses, kidnapping and murder in some cases ... is to invite more of them. You cant make this up.

Please correct me if I'm wrong. This problem has roots in the corrupt nature of Thai police. The tendency in the Thai police when they come across all kinds of ilegal activities is to procure their share, their bribe first. This gives a strong message to all criminals that they can get away with anything.

2 hours ago, rexpotter said:

Fidel Castro was a Cuban Opera Singer

Well, Robison Crusoe won't be seen in Phuket, that's for sure!