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38 minutes ago, sammieuk1 said:
With suicide being ruled out unusually early only money and drugs sex left as a motive????Rip
5 minutes ago, Artisi said:has suicide been ruled out already, always thought that was the fall-back position just in case it seems there was a Thai involved -- however, very unlikely of course "as no Thai would do that" .
31 minutes ago, steven100 said:could this be suicide ... but who would zip up the case.
40 minutes ago, sammieuk1 said:With suicide being ruled out unusually early only money and drugs sex left as a motive????Rip
Ah thaivisa, the hub of original content.
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2 minutes ago, 4MyEgo said:
I meant stop em coming in !
If thailand were to close borders for incoming traffic, why should aus accept a family from asia?
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Just now, 4MyEgo said:
Yeh everyone has a different story, it's too late anyway, the cat is out of the bag, just hope we and the kids don't catch this here, if it gets worse might exit back to Oz as it's away from everything, and they do enforce things quicker than most.
Cant do that if you get your border closure.
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17 hours ago, 4MyEgo said:
Still short of what most wanted to hear, e.g. close off the borders for at least a couple of weeks, then see, apply same if numbers increase for a further two weeks. SAD !
And maybe make everyone stay at home under martial law, perhaps on-sight executions for transgressors.
I personally dont want to hear of border closures, dont know anyone who does.
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3 hours ago, ezzra said:
While we're at it bring back the 500 baht bar fine and the young lasses who wanted to go with you just so to have a hot shower and sleep in a soft bed and A/C... Ah, those were the days my friend...
That was how we used to pick up travellers at khao san 15 years ago. No barfine however, just a bit of weed, ac and a hot bath.
I seem to be an anomaly here, but in all my time in thailand, I would/will always go for the western traveller than the local girl at the bar.
Have made some lasting friendships out of it too.
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1 hour ago, thaibeachlovers said:Real tourists don't go to Chaeng Wattana, except the few extending a tourist visa. Most are on visa exempt and leave after a couple of weeks or so.
Most tourists pass through Bkk, but few stay longer than a few days. I stayed a long time in Bkk, but that was last century, before the skytrain and it was different back then. I wouldn't now. Too dirty, too polluted, too broken, too congested, too expensive.
I don't know how many expats live in Bkk, but I bet it's not near as many as live outside it.
Your disdain for retirees living in rural areas says much about you.
IMO most retirees live in Pattaya, Chiang Mai, Hua Hin etc, and yes IMO they make up the majority of western expats. Many western expats working in LOS went home after the economic crisis last century.
You misunderstand me my disdain was for you and all others on here who think their experience is universal.
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1 hour ago, Enoon said:
Tell that to the "young folks" in the "Arab Quarter" of Pattaya:
"In Kuwait, we cannot even look at a woman," he said.
"In Thailand, nobody cares what you do."
You can add Turks and Bulgars as well.
They're all mad for it.
Talking about western tourist here mate, try keep up.
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14 hours ago, JustAnotherHun said:
German media writes "a german national".
I wonder, what the first name of this national might be. Will his name be Karl/Hans/Fritz? Or is it Muhamad/Ali/Mehmet?
What might his religion be? Katholic/protestant/none or maybe...?
I'll have to watch non german news closely to get the answer.
Is this the german equivalent of blaming the burmese?
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1 hour ago, thaibeachlovers said:Perhaps most farangs live outside Bkk. It is after all a polluted, congested <deleted>.
Again you you think its all about folks like you.
What about actual tourists, they may not spend all their time here but they certainly pass through.
And actual expats? Id say a very significant number of them are located here.
The majority of the professionally employed population certainly is here.
Do you believe retirees huddled in a ricefield with thaivisa on an old laptop make up the majority of western expats in the kingdom?
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45 minutes ago, donnacha said:
Of course. The Chinese who are applying for special, additional extensions to avoid the virus back home have to visit immigration more often and spend more time there. There will be a disproportionate number of them there for at least the next few months, while most westerners will opt to return home rather than extend and risk getting trapped by canceled flights in March and April. This whole week is going to be a humiliating international rebuttal of Thailand's claim that it has magically few infections.
Certainly a factor, but not the only factor.
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2 hours ago, Puchaiyank said:True, Thailand has lost most of it's appeal as an Adult Vacation Venue...the current regime has imposed many new visa rules that frustrate both tourists and retirees...
Many other places closer to western countries roll out the red carpet...Thailand seems to jerk it out from under one's feet...
Let the Chinese and Indians come here and do what they do
adult vacation venue.
Why bother with the euphemism at all?
And while I can believe the baht, the plague and some visa policies may have affected a drop in western numbers, sex tourism was on a decline already, the internet, social media, accountability pc and a number of other factors are killing that.
Young folks arent as keen on banging poor women for money as they once were. They just dont get the appeal. You cant share it on insta or tik tok.
And visa policies are not an issue for genuine tourists, its long termers, people who dont qualify for other visas or qualify but cant meet the requirements that are affected.
And there really arent that many of them at all.
200,000 maybe countrywide? The numbers have never really been clear.
You dont seem to find the same sense of entitlement with expats living in other asian countries as you do in thailand, there is far less of an impression that expats elsewhere feel that they are single handedly keeping the country going. That they are the only visitors that matter.
Well I certainly didnt see many of them today, and while it may not have been an accurate representation of the status quo, it was certainly an eye opener.
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1 minute ago, Just1Voice said:
"Is there anything else these people think about except about money, money, money"
Ahhhhh, the answer to that would be a resounding NO!
They are businesses, are they not?
What should they do, close up shop until the world gets the green light?
Only a thaivisa user could moan about discounted flights.
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Hysteria.
Besides tom is merely an empty shell.
He is impervious.
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42 minutes ago, rikard t said:
I am more then a little bit gullible i am aware of that. Still it was a very believable performance, in hindsight maybe a bit TOO beliavable. and i did get to see the transfer being done. I will update later today SEPA transfers should be within the day. I have his driving license photo, thats pretty much it.
I have a way you can make it all back and more.
Hit me up by dm.
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Just spent some time at the ever delightful chaeng wattana immigration office (something I have not done in a very long time) and noted that there were very few westerners there compared to other nationalities.
By far the lions share were chinese, but I would say that the ratio of white faces to "other" was around 5 percent if even that.
watching passports come out for collection, the majority were announced in chinese rather than any other language.
I really think many here radicaly overestimate their contribution or even relevance to the thai economy.
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On 2/24/2020 at 9:33 AM, scottiddled said:
Did some rough calculations today, based on the relatively predictable metered fare I pay everyday and the "JustGrab" prices I had to pay a few weeks ago before giving up on Grab pending an explanation/changes.
For my morning commute:
The forced change to JustGrab represents a 25+% increase over a GrabTaxi. It represents a 60+% higher price than a (non-Grab) metered taxi, which can be hailed right outside the house (or, on a bad day, at a taxi stand a 5-minute walk away).
The one-way price increase from GrabTaxi to JustGrab alone is roughly the equivalent of a round trip on the nice new bus.
Enjoy the nice new bus or take a taxi.
I have a whole slough of grab options here in bangkok.
Grab taxi is just one of them.
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13 hours ago, Sambotte said:
"The US might just pretend to be an idiot"
Actually they DO ????
They arent pretending.
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Act like an adult and be honest with them.
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On 2/24/2020 at 3:37 PM, spiekerjozef said:
and brown envelopes.
There it is, brown envelopes. And you win the prize for least imaginitive post on thaivisa today.
Not only is is a tired thaivisa cliche, it doesnt even come close to the heart of the issue here.
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7 hours ago, Catoni said:
Really? So I guess if you accuse someone of being triggered....your accusation proves that you yourself are “triggered”.
Okay....now I understand.
yes it seems to work best with those entirely bereft of a sense of humour.
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14 hours ago, Catoni said:
What do you mean “Triggered”?
He didn’t flip out angry. He simply made a good common sense statement. Typed calmly.
Not “Triggered” at all.
Triggered
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11 hours ago, sweatalot said:
Surprised they did not mention that it is not CoVid 19
But we all know this virus is under control in LOS
There are no other infections with that virus than those officially claimed
Mention it? I thought the whole post inferred it.
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Talk about overkill. Why would you go through that for a simple home visit?
You renovated someone elses house for a simple meet and greet.
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1 hour ago, evadgib said:
Spare a thought for others though eh?
You mean like the consideration the present government gives to the living breathing veterans of contemporary actions?
South African arrested on overstay - BMW smart car comes up trumps again
in Phuket News
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This is relly interesting, especially given they were both parked at chaeng wattana both yesterday and the day before.