mrtoad

They should do for everyone, why to profile based on the color.

If race is motive, look like Thai police needs a color blind test first!

because Africans are openly dealing drugs in that area.

No.place for PC bs, clean it up

I was on 737 old series once and one engine had to be shut down for some technical reason. No sudden drop, nosebleeds etc. Just a fairly normal landing at nearest airport where emergency crews were on standby.

It wasn't a Oriant Thai plane though, was it??

I have fond memories of Nana disco.

It was like that bar in Star Wars - full of weird and odd creatures...and then you had the Nana carpark after the disco closed.

Full of "last call" hookers, ladyboys and oddballs, the odd fist fight and a Nana Burger to close the night down...

Never realised there was a dress code for the place

I am glad to hear that Kurt got out of his sandpit, and his carer returned. Hope he bought you an ice cream, and helped you eat it

Wow 19,000 plus posts. I have not even reached a 1,000 yet. Is that the Wizard level? Some of the posts are hard to read even the spelling is bad. That is to bad because they may have been interesting if one could make head or tale out of them. I better start pounding the keys and maybe I can reach the 19,000 level before my best before date pops up.

Yawn, you'll need to do better than that Gordo.

Plenty of others with far higher post counts around

There are no members of the rodents here than can cause you harm or you need to be "afraid" of. (that I am aware of)

In fact many here are eaten on a daily basis in rural Thailand.

Gerbils are getting a bad press at the moment though

They get a bad press, so which one do you fear the most?

Agree with you with the foreigners that have it in their head that a young girl they met in a bar is really their girlfriend. Keep drinking enough and you will see anything you wish. The foreigners are at the total mercy of the hooker and just too dumb and or lazy to learn a word of Thai. Had one tell me that sign language is good enough. Another "They Need To Learn English". You can tell from their battered looks their brains are soaked in alcohol and the bar girl wants to keep it that way. Ever notice that if you speak Thai how the bar girl wants to get you away from the foreigner as fast as possible ? What is the saying in Thai ? Understand much no good.

It`s like this.

I can understand naive tourists and gullible newbies falling for scams from lack of experience, but there are no excuses for those who have lived here or travelled here frequently over a number of years.

The older guys who believe that women young enough to be their daughters or granddaughters will find them desirable for their looks, personalities and charm, those that become involved in dodgy business ventures or can`t be bothered to learn even the most basics of Thai language that need their wives or girlfriends to do all the negotiating while they stand there like a spare one at a wedding not having a clue what`s going on, the one`s that invest or part with vast amounts of money purely on trust, the fools that consider their bargirl lover is different from all the rest and the long and suffering who will ply resources into a relationship even though their partners treat them like crap but refuse to see the reality.

Thailand is no different from our home countries or anywhere else, no matter where we live there is always going to be someone, people or companies scheming to part us from our money because money is the only thing we have that everyone wants.

Being scammed depends on how gullible you are or trying to live the dream denying the reality.

So the answer to the OP is; Thailand is the land of smiles for some and a fools paradise for others.

Jimbo that is about the most sensible post you have made as it doesn't have the normal bitterness.

Good post

Jungle Jims

from a reliable source just had news that "bob" has joined the Pattaya flying club

Not in Jungle Jims breakfast club?

Don't you have anything better to do?

Clearly not

Pity the fool

Sock

I liked the ones this week who decided to go off roading one one of our local beaches. Both cars got stuck in the sand as the tide came in. They are a menace

More quality posting from Gordy. TVs new playa

He is a cute little boy

Jungle Jims

I have all the channels and loving it. Brilliant. ☺

What about Bob?

who is Bob...

Jungle Jim☺

This has failure written all over it.

based on personal experience Jim ?

you seem to know a lot about bars/bar girls and hookers, they way you keep going on about them in every thread

Clearly Jimbo hangs with the hookers

Best game so far

I thought the Aussies had no chance.

I'll have to catch u on the highlights later.

There was some comments that Clarke erred in introducing Johnson back into the attack.?

Yeah a fair few. Probably not the best choice

Still a great game.

Speak to silomplaya

Marbles

Burrow