fredwiggy

Do you actually read what others write or just envision the words in your own way? Road signs here are copied from other countries in their basic meanings. Speed limits are posted, pictures of children crossing, road grades, no shoulders, etc etc. If you do the posted speed, most of the accidents that happen can be avoided. If bad drivers weren't allowed on the roads, all of the accidents would never happen.

A good driver can drive any roads safely. Thailand has signs in English anyway, and most of them anyone can figure out whether they can read Thai or not. I've had 2 accidents here and both were 100% their fault. Both due to them pulling out in front of my from a side road without looking. What I said stands. Using your mirrors prevents accidents from happening.

I never said I know everything. No one on earth does. I, like most everyone else that has an education and that is a reader, know a lot about certain things. Your grandfather's opinion doesn't count as evidence. You are again still assuming what I and others here do on a daily basis. I likely have a lot more of just street smarts than you'll ever imagine. I didn't live in the country areas of Thailand or in an oppressed country all my life, but in and around major metropolitan areas, including the New York metro area, a place a lot more advanced than likely any area you've ever lived. Googling anything doesn't make it factual, as much of what's online, in the daily news and what you hear from other people is opinions. Every single reply you make is an assumption when it comes to other members. This is the actions of a teenager, who hasn't the development nor restraint of an adult, especially one who is in their middle ages, who should have a lot of years of not only knowledge, especially if they are readers, but wisdom from those years. But keep those assumptions coming, as it's more evidence of how you think.

Who came up with that theory, or is it just another in the long line of your invented opinions? Do you realize you only know a few thousand people personally in your whole life, and those not very well? Drinking has nothing to do with any trust towards anyone. Drunk drivers kill thousands every year. Obviously no trust should have been applied to them before they had their accidents and people thay maimed or killed.

It's all a matter of lucky timing. I never see anyone using mirrors, and pulling out in front of you happens all the time, including the other day when one on a scooter with side car did and I had nowhere to go but right into him. Near misses every single day I'm on the road, cutting you off on scooters when you're in a vehicle, weaving in and out of traffic. Take a day while you're driving around, and just count the number of infractions you see. I did this one day on a 30 kilo drive to town, on a rural road from a farming area. I counted 34 infractions any cop in the west would have ticketed for, without knowing if anyone had a license or insurance. If there was care, everyone, especially the children, would be wearing helmets.

When someone refers to you as a drinker, they usually mean heavy and not light or moderate. Question. Why not trust anyone who doesn't drink? Does drinking somehow make a person trustworthy?

Love to see a girl fighting back against this kind of human garbage. Too bad it might come down to a few thousand baht compensation and a Wai instead of teaching him a lesson were he might think before he tries this again.

No, just a lot more healthy in mind and body that you or your "superior" genes.

Do you have to act like a clueless teen every day? Assuming, like your other 3 cronies, that I'm a drinker. Remember what I said earlier. I've been a gym person for 50 years, weights and martial arts, along with a healthy diet all along. I know you can't fathom that, even with your superior genes and mind reading ability, but that means I wouldn't be anything besides a moderate drinker. Yes, I have been living in Thailand for some years now, and have known decades before I moved here about the daily crime that happens here. That you and your cronies are always putting down foreigners and not realizing that foreigners have been doing these things for decades, and that the locals are committing crimes daily, a lot more than you'll ever know, shows your level of thinking, which is very strange in and of itself, and more so seeing you're a foreigner yourself. Do you actually think you're a local now just because you spend money here? Have you noticed how many detractors you have, that have commented in the exact same ways that I do? We are also reading, daily, about what goes on here with the locals, yet you concentrate on the foreigners who do wrong, the majority of which are tourists. .............Your words, "We are reading about these miserable, nasty foreigners daily, we've had enough of their bad behaviour. It's why we make comment everyday, it's why you read our negative comments everyday" ..................... Do you realize it's mainly you and those other 4 that are making almost all of the comments? . And stop with the answering for others, because the only others that agree with you are those same 4, and collectively you amount to nothing but daily annoyance. Take notice of others that see what you really are. I'm hardly the only one.

Yes, and how did they get their phone number to propose compensation?

Deflection Malcolm. I do not see him complaining about Thais. Most of us know all about the habits of some locals and they aren't angels. The same goes for some foreigners. The difference is that you and a few others here are yes, constantly talking down foreigners and deflecting away from locals who break the laws. Look up what being a brown noser is.

And a majority pay compensation or bribes and walk. The young are too young to prosecute here, so learn that they can get away with things without consequences. There should be no free passes for anyone doing violent crimes. Build more prisons.

While it's true that anyone breaking the law needs to be held accountable, but what do you do about the other 99% of criminal activity daily that's due to locals?

Remember what you tell anyone is disregarded as it's usually just your opinion and means nothing, and I don't exaggerate. That you don't understand a lot of what people say here is obvious.

Don't post stupidity on a public forum if you don't want to be called out. Any excuses for drunk driving shows what you think about others, and that you really have no concept of what your username says, or the value of a life.

Yes, is considered impaired driving, and in a country where people are among the world's worst drivers, you need all the attention you can get. Can't wait to get home to drink? maybe a problem there. ..........https://www.cdc.gov/impaired-driving/facts/index.html

You just keep burying yourself every time you come on. Do you even think before you reply or does it just come out automatically? Here's a link so you can see how many die each year from those that think driving after drinking is okay. Granted, most everyone has done it at least once, but eventually common sense takes over and you realize the next time you do it, you could kill a child, mother or family...........https://www.jmw.co.uk/services-for-you/motoring-law/blog/drink-driving-statistics-around-world.

My bank charges more for bank to bank, so I've been using Western Union all along. It usually costs 300-600 baht depending on the amount. It does cost more to go to the states than from the states to here.

Note your area or areas you can travel to and you'll get recommendations.

If you are by yourself, as I'm thinking, that's what they ask for. The first question I was asked when I wanted a router installed (I use hotspot), is if i had a wife living with me. The condo is yours but the house isn't? A work permit makes some things easier.

But he wasn't a man. He was obviously from a bullied childhood, which is mainly from a father but also could be both parents. He then had anger issues stemming from this past where he felt he needed to pick on anyone he could find, taking out that anger on anyone that crossed his path. This kind only ends up dead or in prison, and there are obviously many of them as the prison population attests. The problem is that , although many can come from the east countries, the majority of people there are just regular people who live their lives in peace. I was told stories of relatives living in Poland where it was just families and friends getting together, just like they do in the US. Many people living in war torn and dictator countries are afraid to say or do anything because they know the outcome. Think of all the North Koreans that hate the regime but dare not utter a word. The same for all countries, including Muslim. They all don't hate the west. Propaganda by disturbed leaders and their backers has fear in their minds.

Tell us who you know personally where this happened. Making up stories to feed your own low self esteem seems to be a daily thing here. Assumptions after assumptions with absolutely no evidence to back them up. Some here purchase women because no woman in their right minds would want them. Some because they don't have the skills needed to romance a woman that isn't just there for anyone's cash. Some actually come here looking for a wife and go to the bars, which isn't the best place to find one. Some go to the country, looking for a farm girl that hasn't been tainted by a lot of men. Some find that women and she turns out to have children, which a large majority do after age 18, and yes, most of the fathers have abandoned those children because they don't give a sheet about them and because they can. Some get burned because their choice is damaged from childhood so they have to leave to look for another. Some men that come here think they're studs that all women here are after, not realizing that every woman they get is just after their money, especially away from the country areas. Finding a decent woman anywhere is the hardest thing a decent man can do. There are a few types of men. One wants a relationship and does what he can to find one and treats women well. Another goes with all the women he can, thinking notches on the bedpost makes him some kind of superman. He cares nothing for the women and is only there to get off and leave. Some buy women for the before mentioned reasons. We can see what type you are but bragging about it falls on deaf ears.

Your lack of comprehension skills is truly off the charts. No one with any ability in this would see I was sticking up for the foreigners. To the contrary, read my reply again, slowly, and see what I thought should happen.

And Americans are from all countries so that means you want everyone out, including your Brits.

Look up the definition of hypocrite.