emptypockets

Thanks!! What does SMF mean?

They basically said you are a tourist not a resident. Next time I had a non o 90 day visa....no problem.

They laughed at me at Surin immigration . Said no chance on a tourist visa. Come back with a long term visa. My experience.

Blah blah blah... This is Thailand not the USA. It will change when the Thai people demand change. Not whining farangs.

Stick your head up yer bum and fight for breath. Put us all out of your misery.

Great news!

You are thick aren't you? Nothing will change until the Thai people want change. Whinge,whine, and say what you want. Until the Thai people want change nothing will happen. But hey, knock yourself out, or go blue in the face holding your breath waiting for change, it won't happen until the Thai people want it. I've said it three times. Do you understand yet?

I guess there's some googling going on now!!

Go in Thailand, balls and all, you have the fire power to take out Hun Sen and the last vestiges of the Khmer Rouge. Send a message to China and bring back Sam Rainsey and return Cambodia to the beautiful country it used to be.

The concerning part is the Japanese Johns who paid for the service. More investigation is needed as there seems to be a market for this service.

Six months?? That's twice as long as the ear medicine powered Chalerm used to promise. May need to up the meds. He could fix everything in 90 days.

You seem very interested in Cameroni's adventures. And very bitter. I wonder how much the Thai girl took you for.

Sounds like any Democrat/ Labour/ Labor leader anywhere.

Apart from ordering the army to open fire on students.

In my experience, yes they do move on. It is a very different culture to the west. If it wasn't things would change. But it's not. I spent quite a few years in Myanmar/ Burma and it's the same there. Death is no big deal. Sorry and sad that you have gone but you'll come back.

After twenty years in Thailand you must have noticed the culture. Death is not same as in the west. Sure it's upsetting, for a short time, but culturally it's not that big of a deal. The belief in reincarnation is very strong. I do actually live on an island. On my first visit to Thailand I was having dinner with some people who became very good friends. This was in Isaan on a country road with few houses around. A couple of ambulances went past, lights and sirens. It grabbed my attention but the people I was with just shrugged their shoulders and said young men on motorbikes. Three killed as I understand it. No amount of laws are going to stop young men doing what they do. It certainly didn't stop me and thankfully I survived. Simply impossible to have police everywhere,all the time. If you think otherwise you are deluded.

Possibly, don't know why the cop would have his flashing lights on though. As a aside I have been breathalysed up country, and the lady driver I was with in Bangkok was stopped for not wearing a seatbelt. She had it under her arm instead of over the shoulder and the cop let her go. He was on the ball to notice it in the first place. Seen many cops issuing parking tickets up country Isaan too. I know it is easy to join the pile on and bash Thai cops, but my guess is that it is from those who don't get out much and regurgitate what they read in this forum. A lot I guess don't live in Thailand. Next time you're in trouble don't call a cop, call a criminal.

Ah, the beauty of totalitarianism. Let me guess, you are from the UK?

From what I have read previously, the total number of deaths, when released periodically, include those who died in hospital.

I've often seen vehicles pulled over by the highway patrol on the Bangkok- Pattaya motorway.

Any proof for the apparent bar stool myth that only deaths at the scene are counted? Those that die in hospital are not?

Many cattle are bought in Australia and shipped to Thailand to improve the herd.

Good luck with that.

Nothing wrong with stopping people not wearing a helmet, or checking for driving licenses. Happens in many countries. It's called a voluntary tax.

Primal scream is so 1970s.