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She is fortunate she was able to board a flight anywhere unlike the thousands of foreign household staff imprisoned, documents destroyed, physically and sexually abused by both male and female saudis and mercilessly murdered every day.

Good on the family for refusing the money either way and also on the Pol Colonel if the stance he describes is taken, i just hope the courts punishment is fitting to the seriousness of the crime

"The poll of more than 25,000 voters was commissioned by the People's Vote campaign, which is spearheading an increasingly vocal push for a second referendum on Brexit."

I may be wrong but most polls commissioned by a non impartial source seem to get the result they require to meet their agenda.

33 minutes ago, bartender100 said:

And they will have the guilt of a girls death unless they do the right thing, the world is watching Thailand right now

The world can watch, Thailand is pretty thick skinned and guilt is not something i have seen a lot of thais struggle with.

The circumstances of this case are unusual and I'm not sure the Thai authorities would be sure of what to do both legally and morally.

It will be interesting to see what happens, though I suspect although i hope I am wrong, that she'll be on her way back SA shortly and for that I feel for the girl.

7 hours ago, Justgrazing said:

Indeed my mate .. I'm a far too good upstanding member of the community to be engaged in such activities .. ????

good of your mate to give you such an in depth explanation of how it all works.

BTW, I hope you got a good deal on your new extension, i mean your mate ????

24 minutes ago, Justgrazing said:

No I haven't but know of someone who demolished their kitchen extension trying to boil off butane gas that is used to extract oil from bud's that are packed into a glass vial with a small hole at one end then Butane gas ( a lot ) is forced through under pressure passing through the Bud's and exiting the other end carrying the oil from the buds .. The dangerous ( really dangerous ) part comes from having to " boil " of the Butane to be left with oil that then solidifies into a toffee like substance called " shatter " and is done by placing the bowl into which the the Butane and oil have drained into a pot of water that is brought to the boil ( electric hotplate is best under no circumstances should a naked flame or gas cooker be used ) .. It is at this point that you best leave the room because if it goes off it will go like a bomb .. as my mate found out .. The inevitable questioning by the Poleese and Fire service followed fairly swiftly .. If you get it right Shatter is what you're left with .. Get it wrong and you're house is quite often wrecked .. 

Edit .. The O P details on this is sparse but the fact that gas is mentioned makes me wonder if he was using a similar process particularly the bit at the end about it being highly valued on the Thai market as Shatter is considerably more expensive than just Bud' because of the danger in producing it .. 

your 'mate' eh? ????

"The 4,000 EM wrist-cuffing devices – which resemble smart watches – have been rented by the department at a cost of Bt74 million from a private company for 21 months, according to Prasarn."

So the bloke fitting the watches and his mates can buy some more gaudy god awful jewelry.

I wonder if this private firm is Chinese? ????

1 hour ago, Jim7777 said:

I took a minute to skim through this and I honestly didn't spend much time reading this maybe 30 seconds to a minute to skim through it real quick but wow anyone who took the time to read this article is now dumber for having read it. I award the author no points and may God have mercy on his soul.  And actually it turns out that the embassy letters being phased out next year is actually going to be a very positive thing at least for those of us who fall within Thai law living here on long stay visas.  I'm glad it'll save me a trip to the embassy all the way down in Bangkok at the end of next year 2019 into 2020 and that $50 dollar fee for their piece of paper.  I actually just renewed my extension recently for 2019 and it honestly wasn't that hard.  I've seen a few different immigration offices and I guess I'd have to see them all to understand what everyone was complaining about because I've never had any problems in 5 years of living here.  In fact I got my extension done a little early this year because of all the fear mongering but at least now I don't have to deal with it in January because it's already done.  

i find your post a little odd. how can you say someone is 'dumber' after reading something and something you say you didn't even read yourself. Then you go off on a tangent talking  about the income letter and how you've already done your extension as if anyone really cares. 

but hopefully it made you feel a little superior for a few minutes if that was the point of your post. 

The short wide toll bridge between the hiso's and the military.

This guy is the epitome of everything that is wrong with Thailand.

This guys so dopey that he probably thought the 500 baht rolex he bought on the street was worth 100,000 baht 

When I read these kind of stories, especially the LB ones (which this still could be), I often hope that someone back home in their local pub sees the story and prints it out and sticks it next to the bar awaiting their return.

I can only see the insurance getting away with that if she was drunk when she dived into the pool but theres no mention of that. If it's just for diving in a pool then that should be contested by the girl.

So if i have a car crash and get injured my insurance can refuse to payout and tell me driving in thailand is reckless??????

My question is how much can I help her and not get in trouble? 

Anything seen as work will get you into trouble.

If you co-owned the villas and/or were married and on a non immigrant visa there may be ways to get a permit but as it stands you could be looking at deportation if caught.