cyborgx

I am 57 year old white man

Looking for roommate at nice apartment in Klong Toey

separate bathroom and kitchen, can have one of the 2 apartment rooms with a bed in it

price is 10k including utilities and internet

preferably female, but no relationship seeked

We hetero white males need to start claiming special compensations, specific legal protection, and minority rights! ?

On 9/13/2018 at 1:56 PM, smileydude said:

Looks more like a juvenile photoshopping prank

Yes mostly Photoshop for sure, just have to zoom in to see the artifacts.....  

The last 2 look more genuine, but too low def and blurry to tell...

People will believe anything these days if they see it on the Internet it MUST BE TRUE!

5 hours ago, transam said:

What a load of tosh...Good grief....?

Whether that has any base in truth or not, there are many hookers that will happily say its true for a minute fee compared to the damages at stake.....

On 9/6/2018 at 3:49 PM, FritsSikkink said:

"It's not illegal to call somebody a pedo,"

It is in Thailand. 

Actually it's not, it comes under the frequently used Defamation of Character laws...

9 minutes ago, yellowboat said:

They have been doing it for over 30 years and they are Thai and tourists like it.   In 30 years, it has never been a normal street.  

 

What planet do you live on ?  There are plenty of other nearby, parallel streets you can stroll down in that area if you want to avoid Khaoasan.  It is one of the few places in Bangkok that have multiple through streets.  Nobody is forced to walk down KSR.  Again, why can't they be left alone ?

what planet? seriously?

I've lived here for around that long. 

Yeah, right. So local people who have lived there all their life should have to walk the long way round just so that foreigners can buy some souvenirs and get drunk during the day?

I definitely don't come from your planet and wouldn't want to live there......

On 9/4/2018 at 2:56 PM, natway09 said:

They killed Singapore the same way. It used to be a great fun place where water always found it's own

level. Now you have to break the bank to go there.

Maybe if the Boss built another bloody train which stopped there ,,, nah I better stop now

and that is because.......?

Because the place is successful, and people are prepared to live there and pay the prices, and the strength of the economy supports the higher cost of living.

I personally am no fan of Singapore either, and I've enjoyed some of the westernization of Asia, but that doesn't mean that it's necessary good or right..... 

On 9/4/2018 at 1:36 PM, yellowboat said:

YOu would think that given how much the junta loves money, they would just leave it alone.  Looks like they want it to go the same way as the Democracy Plaque.   Lovers of all things good and Thai they are not.  

All things good and Thai? How is that anything to do with stopping tourist tat being sold on a street in the middle of the day, blocking people's normal use of the street?

I might not disagree with your sentiment re the junta, but this has nothing to do with leaving people to be "Thai".  

On 9/4/2018 at 12:44 PM, Esso49 said:

Agreed,  in fact they should be bused back from all over

With the help of cattle prods LOL

OOPS! That can't be right, I was one of them once, half a lifetime ago.... HAHA!

23 hours ago, bikerbri said:

The Singaporean Government did the same to what was once a vibrant street called Boogy Street in The capital.It changed for the worst what used to be one of the best runs ashore in South East Asia. In the 60’s.The Thai Government is determined to copy Singapore which might be the richest country in South East Asia, but also lacks a soul with its clinically clean environment.

Vibrancy is good, but do you think a few changes to one short road in one city is going to really have any kind of impact on the country?  I think not.

Perhaps both countries decided to draw the line somewhere and retain their own culture in those paces, instead of just turning them into party spots for foreigners.....

I too am not a fan of Singapore and its clinical rules and control, but who are we to tell them how to run their country.....  It's simple, if you don't like somewhere, go somewhere you do....

You seem like a reasonable person, and I don't mean this as an attack, just giving an opinion...

How would you like to have lived a long full and hard life, sitting there trying to eek out a living, then some foreigner without even the basic manners to ask, starts taking pictures of you like you are some kind of tourist attraction?!

Try using your brain sometimes, that's what it's there for.

As far as I am concerned, it just looks like it used to when I lived there nearly 30 years ago..... Travelers looking for cheap accommodation and cheap food, lots of little travel and guide shops, not the  crazy Patpong like market, over-priced everything, and crazy nightlife that frankly IMO messed up what the character of what it started out as, and what made it different in the first place... I for one hope it stays that way, but then again I'm just a grumpy old f*art LOL!

Work Permit is not required for:

− Persons who enter Thailand to operate business or to make investment or who have knowledge, ability, or high skills, which would be beneficial to the development of the country

I think maybe something lost in translation here, because it basically says anyone with "high skills" beneficial to Thailand doesn't need a work permit.

A bit vague, but its saying if you are skilled you can now work and be paid for it (otherwise its just a visa issue not labour department issue) without a work permit!

That can't be correct translation....

Musk for whatever reason offered something expensive and spent time and money trying to help. Yes, he got publicity out of it, but it was a nice gesture.

I have no idea how tight the caves were, only the divers know the exact situation, but to dismiss it out of hand and seemingly rudely was not nice.

Musk's knee-jerk reaction was TOTALLY out of order and went too far wit the insult, and it will very likely cost him a lot of money.

Bottom line it was a bit of hand-bag like squabbling, and both could have and should handled it better. 

5 hours ago, Julie H said:

Lets not get too self righteous guys. We have already enough ugliness from lonely, isolated, bitter fellow expatriates throughout the last week 

I guess some people can't take a joke....

5 hours ago, Baerboxer said:

 

You seem to have a lot of stories of antagonism and aggravation in your daily experiences here. Have you spotted the common denominator?

 

I can count the number of bad taxi drivers I've experienced over the years. It's less than 5%. Occasionally had some exceptionally friendly, helpful, chatty, and kind ones, but the majority just do the job. I've had two try to refuse the meter - one who buckled and put it on and moaned like fcku when he didn't get a tip and I told the hotel front guy why, and one who wanted double because it was "rush hour" and thought I wouldn't know the correct fare. He stopped and refused to go further on Soi Thong Lor so I got out and walked off without paying. 

 

You seem to attract the bad ones. 

People's experiences are all different, and that's because we all live in different areas, use different methods to hail a taxi (self/wife/doorman/security guard), at different places (hotel/store queue/street/entertainment venue), and at different times of the day, and in differing weather conditions.....

Bottom line is that just about everyone who lives here knows it's a problem, and the rare few that don't have either not lived here long enough, are too rich to care, or have lived a magically charmed life!  LOL

Oh, I forgot the last category... the ones who live in a fantasy world of their own....

5 hours ago, Bangkok Barry said:

 

I called it once because of problems with the driver. They told me to call the tourist police. I did, and they told me to call the Taxi line.

I called them many times years ago and never had this issue. They took the reports in details and occasionally called back with updates about the actions taken on the drivers....

6 hours ago, Cranky said:

Taxis that follow the letter of the law have no chance at making any money at all as the fare structure is too cheap as the cost of the cab is about 1,000 Baht a day plus fuel.  Easy for a 100 baht cab ride to take an hour so do the math.

 

Negotiating before getting in works fine - don't like the price, try the next one.  I'm no fan of cab drivers but they have the right to make a living the same as anyone else.

I too believe the margins are very small, and fares should perhaps be higher, but I'm not going to waste my time working it out, when I'm sure the government do, as well as the taxi driver businesses....

What I will say is that when they apply for and accept the terms of being a licensed Taxi driver in Bangkok, they know what they are getting into and if they don't like the terms they should choose a different profession...  It's not like it's a highly skilled and lengthy training ordeal to get into (such as it is in some other countries).

8 hours ago, LatPrao said:

It doesn't take a rainy night in Bangkok to get this kind of treatment at the hands of most, but thankfully not all, taxis around Sukhumvit. This kind of stuff used to be just around Hualumphong train station and late night Patpong after the BTS stopped running.  Now they roll down their window and want 3 or 400 baht for a short hop. No meter.  I just wave them off if they roll up and the window comes down.  Better than FO! and risk a fight, although leaving the rear door slightly ajar and walking away gives some satisfaction.  The topper in this, and after all the articles on the police or government doing something about it was mid-day on Sukhumvit, after several no meter experiences - I complained in Thai to one of the police about it, so he waves a taxi down and asks to go for me and the taxi driver blew him off and refused to take me on the meter!  Just in case you wondered why something wasn't being done about it.  They're free to rob you or refuse you.

sounds highly dubious.....

The boys in brown carry a gun don't u know, and they definitely do not like losing face to a lowly taxi driver, especially when he's breaking the law!

Most likely the driver gave the cop some sob story, and the cop sided with his fellow Thai rather than get into a big argument with another Thai over the grumblings of a foreigner.....

9 hours ago, impulse said:

 

What's changed is the cost of living.  The fares haven't.  It's just going to get worse.

 

Actually fares have changed, but perhaps not enough. I assume that it's still a viable business, or they wouldn't do it.......

9 hours ago, rufanuf said:

These A Hole taxi drivers  need sorting out. And it would be Soooo easy to do. Just a hotline number on all taxis to complain about fare refusal, and the rules simple. Refuse one, you lose your license. Forget rainstorms, yesterday in clear blue skies I had at least 3 rejects both ways on my destination, and it was a good fare! These drivers do not even have the most basic ethics of that its clear. So much for all the talk sometime ago about sorting this problem out.

There is one, there's even an IOS phone app! I assume someone has already posted some details here, I did post on another thread some time ago, but don't have the  latest phone numbers, but the app was called "Taxi Reporter"

9 hours ago, gr8fldanielle said:

I never ask the driver IF he  would take to me to a certain location, I just get in and tell the driver where to go.

Supposedly refusing a fare is illegal, but Thai people still set themselves up for rejection and then complain about it.

Stop asking the drivers and start telling the drivers where you want to go, end of story.

 

Yes, works sometimes, but even when it works, often you have to watch a shaking head and listen to a load of mumbled curses. Yes you can start an argument, or try to educate him on his bad manners, as the driver "bon"s his heart out, but that has it's headaches and downsides.....

10 hours ago, Cabradelmar said:

Uber/Grab are going to distroy the taxi business. And frankly, I hope they do. BK taxis are the worst and deserve the fate for which they are destine.

There are good as well as bad Bangkok Taxis, we only need to solve the problem of the bad ones.

Grab & Uber are reasonably priced with promotions, but without them the prices can also get ridiculously high, so I DEFINITELY DO NOT want to lose the competitively priced DECENT Metered Taxis that are not driven by scumbags.

Grab was a fantastic service to start with, but the quality of service has definitely gone downhill since they increased the number of drivers and seemingly lost their quality control....

The good thing about Grab is the FIXED FEE, as opposed to Uber and their ridiculous UNDER-ESTIMATES and requests for higher payment when you actually arrive.

One big problem with Grab is their drivers cancelling far too frequently after you've already been waiting 5-10 minutes for them to arrive! It happens to me on average almost every other trip now! Meaning I have to order at least 2 or 3 cars before one actually arrives!

Both Uber and Grab seem to have some complete morons that cannot even use a street map, even when it's got GPS assistance, and both of their routing algorithms frequently suggest the most ridiculous routes to the destination!

Still, at least things have improved from the old days of only motorbikes, tutuks, and the rare non-metered taxis.......

On ‎03‎/‎04‎/‎2018 at 4:48 PM, wgdanson said:

Can they not get into the cab, and then tell the driver where they want to go and for him to put the meter on?

No because they lock the doors!

I rarely use meter taxis unless I have to these days, prefer to order Grab or Uber using their frequent promotions.

When I have to hail a cab, and they drive up winding the passenger window down, I shoo them away for the scumbags they most likely are (from 25 years experience).

Yes, there are the occasional decent cab that also has a habit of winding down the windows, but I would put it a 7 out of every 8 that wind down the passenger window are scumbags either looking for non-metered customers, or are highly likely to refuse most destinations.

I'd rather miss the odd taxi that would take me, than waste my time "begging through a window" 8 time to find the one that will go where I want with the meter turned on!