ChipButty

I just put it down to them being thick, they should know many farang have been here years, The only time I did get offended was Nakorn Si Thammerat were i was to told to <deleted> off out of Thailand in Thai obviously, I used to like go in a bar and sit there listening to the gossip I cant do it where I live to many people know me or the wife, One of them will warn the others, be careful he speaks Thai or I have a Thai wife, Another time in a restaurant I use, and on the next table 4 of them were bang at it about how dangerous it was farangs speaking Thai, until I paid my bill and walked past them and spoke Thai to them, Idiots

The best was his war on drugs, murder on the streets

I has been mentioned many times in Phuket but nothing has ever happened

illegal business operations, nominee arrangements where Thai nationals own shares or real estate on behalf of foreigners to avoid legal compliance. Where do we start, ok start with Rawai,

Thats were they get a lot of people, yes they have a license but it doesn't cover motorbike, Some farang think that it cover it here

Lefties are losing it

In the UK the cops would be giving them some sausage rolls and a cup of tea

I think around the world at any tourist place the locals dislike the tourist, My mother used to own a hotel in Blackpool and everybody hated the tourist, I used to say to my mother without the tourist you cant spend 3 months in Tenerife during the winter, Same in Phuket, but they were crying during covid now they are back to moaning about too many Russians the Chinese will be next, I live in Rawai you don't meet may local Thai's mostly migrant's from Nakorn Nowhere but they complain about Phuket people saying the are Jai Dam, to meet actual Phuket people you need to go to Phuket Town, Having said that, I don't have a problem with any of them and there is a few live in my soi, they always speak to me, Only yesterday a friend she is a long time resident of Phuket came back of holiday and brought me a box of chocolates and some other goodies,

You forget, stand outside any school I know of one a few weeks ago, young girl dead coming home from school on a scooter,

Money

They use plastic bag over the head these days

The cop needs to be charged with losing his weapon

Are they military or ex?

Notorious, the other week they took the last 200 baht off a Burmese couple that we know,

This gives the Russians a rest for a couple days,

That makes me think did the cop pull the gun on them?

I'm looking at that video and that is a defensive mode to bring somebody down and they disarm him, to me that's not attacking him, but Im also not saying they are innocent,

Thats America the rest of the world we are normal we dont need to walk around packing

I thought they have some kind of military training, most people wouldnt be able to handle a weapon,

I was told not long ago by a friend who is the GM of a 5 star hotel here in Phuket, one of the best sites to use is Trip.com, I have not used them myself I just thought I would pass that info on for you guys, I know on Booking you can select payment on arrival with some hotels, not sure about Agoda,

According to other reports I just read, the Russians are controlling the real estate market in Phuket

The owner who owns the land and creates a lease for the property on the land that is then registered at the land department,

I just posted about that, also it was not allowed to be registered at the land office,

I wonder how many fell for that nonsense that was being touted here in Phuket many years ago, 90 year lease, 30+30+30, I remember a guy in a bar telling me he was going to buy he said to me he will get on a 90 years lease, Sorry mate there is no such thing,

Im not sure that 30 years lease nonsense has been tested yet, I do know of some villas thinking about it, it has to be around 22 years into the lease, One builder I know says he will renew the lease,