ThailandTony

This is laughable.....in the photo where the lady in white is now on the ground they are putting the towel she had around her waist into her own bag from Mike Shopping Mall......since when do the BiB's get their evidence bags from an overpriced tourist trap in Central Pattaya....hmmm since right now by the looks of it....bunch of jokers!

I think you'll find that by the time the photographer had got there the BiB would have had a shufty and thats why the lady looks a little undressed, basically they were looking for the entry wound in the back when the crapperazzi rocked up and were not in a rush to cover her up as it lends creadence to the hooker holiday diversion.

That crime scene looks all wrong to me. The girls look peaceful and are sitting still in place (posed?) in those chairs; there is no sign of struggle or resistance / defensive wounds. I agree with the poster who suggested earlier that they had been killed somewhere else and brought to this location, very early in the morning.

They were maybe mia noi's or molls of someone with a score to settle?

This bucket holds no water......unless the security guard made it all up, and also the 7/11 clerk who served them on their way to the beach. The blood would have been all over the lady in whites outfit, arms, legs etc.....this is a theory too far for me!

It amazes me how some long-time farangs living in Thailand still don't understand that "face" is very important to many Thais. I think these girls caused the chair vendor to lose face EARLIER in the evening. He obtained a gun, perhaps his own or borrowed; and came back and shot them when very few other people were around.

Remember the traffic cop in Chiang Mai a couple of years ago? In the early morning hours (around 8am if memory is correct) a Thai driver yelled at him causing him to lose face. He promptly shot the driver, driver's wife, young teenager (girl) riding with them (she was on her knees begging not to be shot), and then he shot himself. Four dead in a few seconds over a loss of "face". Yet many posters on this forum poo-poo face as if it doesn't exist.

A friend of mine was in Pattaya with his buddy. A young Thai male came up to my friend and tried to hand him one on those "soapy cards". My friend politely said, "mai ow kop". His STUPID friend told the Thai guy to "F***Off". A small squirmish broke out but was soon broken up. The two farangs got on their rented motorbike and left. About 3 hours later they were back at the same location. As they got off the motorbike the STUPID farang was hit between the eyes by a thick-walled piece of the blue PVC pipe. Split his forehead badly and he had to go to the hospital. It was the same Thai he had earlier told to "F***Off". Face is very real here for many Thai....the STUPID farang is lucky he wasn't knifed or even shot. Some Thai will wait months to extract revenge for someone causing them to lose face.

Russian mafia?

Very well put and I thnk you have hit the nail on the head with the face (ouch), but I still don't think it was the deckchair guy......I think if a Thai guy loses face to a russian girl he bitch-slaps her there and then with a table or whatever else is handy.....In this case I think the 9mm was handy to the perp and thats why they paid with their lives (God rest their souls) instead of a trip to the casualty department.....as there is no smoking gun attached to a Thai man with renewed face at the moment, I think its gonna drag on until someone places these ladies with a face that carry's a 9mm, then its ballistics after that.

Having trawled all 24 pages to make sure I was not repeating posts I am staggered that no-one has suggested....dare I suggest!?.....9mm + combat boots + numerous incidents of firing said 9mm wildly when drunk + very handy confession from poor deckchair man = men in brown? I almost daren't suggest it but then I was reminded of those 2 poor souls in Kanchanaburi and the media circus and legal farce that followed.

For those of you that know what I'm talking about I am not suggesting anything and for those of you who don't, I am not suggesting anything, after all I live full time in Thailand and you are always succeptible to the "long arm of the law"!

Comments (without insults please)?

By the way....anyone else notice the empty deck chair?

Watch this space......tragic, RANDOM killing of 2 Russian ladies out to watch the sunrise. Drunk Thai wannabe with 9mm approaches ladies who have seen it all before and don't take him seriously so he shows just how serious he is by unloading said 9mm into said ladies. Wrong place at the wrong time. Tragic, Senseless, Mindless but unfortunately not uncommon in the beautiful beach side resorts of Pattay and Jomtien. Last week a knofing, this week a shooting, next week a bombing?....I'm glad I made my move to the jungle a couple of years ago.....RIP.

That's retarded. They were slumped over like they were caught by surprise. If they were agitated i'm sure they would have done more than just sit there with their whisky and mobile phone. The perp was reported wearing combat boots too. That's highly unusual gear for a Thai guy to wear around a beachfront don't you think? Nothing adds up except 1+1 = 2 dead people. Just another day in Pattaya I guess. It's known as a cesspool for a reason. If Thailand wanted a hub it's there..except organized crime, drugs, prostitution, and murder is the name of the game.

"Retarded"....a little harsh and personal!.....moderation anyone?.....Hmmmm combat boots on a deck chair attendant, now theres something you don't see every day! See you were also shooting from the hip as I later added that the ladies had been shot from behind which could still have the shooter fall into the random or organised category but Mr Deckchair has not turned up so who's to say....but "retarded"....that's just not nice!

I think you'll find they were shot from behind......didn't have a chance, I hate to agree with the conspiracy theorists but looks too professional!.....stop watching the space for the random killer and start looking for the hit man!

Watch this space......tragic, RANDOM killing of 2 Russian ladies out to watch the sunrise. Drunk Thai wannabe with 9mm approaches ladies who have seen it all before and don't take him seriously so he shows just how serious he is by unloading said 9mm into said ladies. Wrong place at the wrong time. Tragic, Senseless, Mindless but unfortunately not uncommon in the beautiful beach side resorts of Pattay and Jomtien. Last week a knofing, this week a shooting, next week a bombing?....I'm glad I made my move to the jungle a couple of years ago.....RIP.

Anyone wanna bet that anything not nailed down or worth more than 5 Baht will have gone AWOL since Don Muang shut down, wonder if they can buy all the missing bits in 45 days? Will they need to be re-certified by the governing bodies or do they just dust off the last one and switch on the landing lights again?

Happy Travels.....TT

So to beautify my lovely ceiling our cheapest option is to replace the tiles and add the layer of fibreglass insulation. Any ideas on the costs?

I've just had a count of our tiles (they're about 60x60 cms) and we'll need about 100 which leads me to believe we need to cover about 40m squared. What sort of width does the fibreglass come in? I will probably get this done first then see whether I can live with it or not.

My local Homepro sells the fiberglass in rolls 4m long x 0.6m wide, and various thickness. The thicker the better but the more expensive too. A roll 2 inches thick is priced 170 Bahts, 4 inches is 230 Bahts and 6 inches is 539 Bahts.

LOL.....Put 4 inch on top of 2 inch = 6 inch and save 139 Baht per roll.....TIT.....LOL....My advice is take 4 inch at 230 Baht, this is more than adequate. Do not replace ceiling without putting in insulation, you will save the cost (5750) in April & May alone on your electricity bill. As for ceiling, strip it out and replace with plasterboard, have done the same with Thai style roof ie tile and steel trusses. Much better, but don't forget to put an access hatch in somewhere unabtrusive. Not expensive either.

Good luck....TT

My wife and I have been trying long distance for over a year now, not easy when you are only home for 8-12 days at a go and the painters are in!.....But she is a fantastic woman with a great sense of humour and when I told her about MacB's new bundle of love she said "I give you 2, when you give me 1?".....referring to my 2 fantastic step-sons and the fact that I have again returned to work without depositing anything in the oven!....I hope I'm blessed with a healthy baby soon, or she will start upping the ante!

Happy days!.....TT

Good ol' Lao Khao, good for entertainment value if you like all in wrestling!....Bring back Big Daddy & Giant Haystacks I say!......just what you need with a newborn in your arms.....unfortunately mao by breakfast seems to be more prevalent in my village as everyone has some harvest cash in their pockets, if lucky will last them til Songkran.....Happy days!

Just adding my heartfelt congratulations to all those that have preceded me, and what a beautiful baby, suway mak mak! Must be great to have your "family" at home now! All the very best TT

Thanks for the advice guys, I'm hoping that MacB's absence is for all the right reasons (sleepless days and nights). Unfortunately back in Bahrain now so will have to wait til Songkran when i'm back again to get my boys under control, but house will be finished in a month and the hounds of the baskervilles will have a couple of chickenless (and completely walled in!) rai to run around in until their hearts are content. I have made friends with a Thai police dog handler in Chaiyaphum city who lives in one of the villages a few klicks from us and he has promised to come and help my wife with some obedience training after they move to the new place.

Had a great holiday and pics and stories to follow once I get my card reader from the office.

All the best.....TT.

I am still about mate: Busy being and Dad all over again, Thats interesting a POlice Thai Dog HAndler:

Next time I am in BKK I am going to visit the Thai Police Dog Section HQ

Some of there Dogs want me to teach them English so that they can ignore there handlers hahahahaha

Too funny Mac.......I'd like to teach those Sherherds some Geloman so that my wife can't set them on me when she has one of those rare but funny thermo-nuclear moments.......glad all is well with B and babyMac....hey wheres the pics?

I get paid in Bahraini Dinars guys and am looking for any trends to try and predict a particular time to transfer back to my THB account, any tips? Am in no rush so any predictions for next 12 months would be appreciated.

Welcome Steve 73, your "enlightening" seems to have followed similar lines to my own. Bored after 2 months of bar hoping I made my 1st visit up country with my GF and found the 1st couple of days very tough, like camping without the tents! But I loved the sky at night, the simplicity and humour of the environment and the difference in the character of my GF when surrounded by her friends and family and not a hoard of cackling bg's. With limited English and my non-existent Thai we communicated through her auntie and her auntie's boyfriend Bob. In the car on the way back to Pattaya I commented to Bob that I could put up with everything apart from the squatting toilet in a 5ft tin hut (not best suited to a 6ft 130K guy) and showering under a garden hose or ala bucket. I went back to the UK for 6 weeks and gave my GF 10K and instructions to stay in the village. When I returned I was sceptical and decided to "surprise" her in the village. It was me that got the surprise though, she had somehow understood my conversation with Bob in the car and with the money I had given her she had spent 7k of the 10k building a new bathroom extension onto her mums house, equipped with sit down toilet and stand-up shower. I was gob smacked. Since then (that was Feb 2004), we were inseparable for the next 18 months, spending more and more time in the village and when I realised I looked forward to leaving Pattaya more than I wanted to go back we moved to the "village" full time in December 2004, and then married in October 2005.

Now in the middle-east filling up the coffers again, we are just waiting for our 2 boys (from a previous relationship but I am "papa'!) to finish their school year in March, and after another holiday over Songkran in April we will all return to Bahrain for the foreseeable future.

I got lucky and I know it. Tae is completely honest with me and that forces me to be the same with her. We have an extremely healthy relationship where anything and everything is open for discussion. There are no hoards of hangers on, relatives with their hands perpetually held out, sick buffalo or other machinations for extracting money. My wife is secure, she now owns land, house, pick-up, motorbikes, and furniture and is able to school our children in the best local facility, in return I get complete and unconditional love and support and to live in a country that I love as passionately as I hated living in England.

We are nearly neighbours so don't be a stranger.

Best wishes.....TT

Thanks for the advice guys, I'm hoping that MacB's absence is for all the right reasons (sleepless days and nights). Unfortunately back in Bahrain now so will have to wait til Songkran when i'm back again to get my boys under control, but house will be finished in a month and the hounds of the baskervilles will have a couple of chickenless (and completely walled in!) rai to run around in until their hearts are content. I have made friends with a Thai police dog handler in Chaiyaphum city who lives in one of the villages a few klicks from us and he has promised to come and help my wife with some obedience training after they move to the new place.

Had a great holiday and pics and stories to follow once I get my card reader from the office.

All the best.....TT.

Gaudente....aka......gendarme de finance a Da Vinci, glad to see someones cracking the code Gaudente, keep up the good work!

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TRIPxCORE.......duly noted and acknowledged, yours and others advice is sound, coherent and informative. Thanks to all who give freely and without prejudice. Carpe Dium, Captain!

btw.....I do love this preverbial chest beating and I do come down on TripXCore and Paul's side. If anyone thinks that by reading the advice in this thread alone that i'm nipping out to spunk $100K on JPY's, EUR's, THB's or anything else for that matter they gotta be bilin an egg without the water!

The advice is sound but of-course one-sided. I think the likes of me reads between the predictions and gets the nuts and bolts of the mechanism from the extensive explanations provided gratis by professionals. The sparring that goes on between you guys should be on another site that you should sell tickets to coz some of it is a real hoot, but hear this....most of it ain't! I don't know what Latin is for Park your ego at the Western Union counter is but Dr. Naam and co. should remember that this forum is read mostly by people who have been round the tracks a few times and not by spotty preppy's with a squillion bucks burning a hole in their Calvins!

Ciao 4 now....TT

Dr. Naam = Dr. CASH.......KerrrrrrrrrrCHING

After finishing a contract in Dubai this time last year I shipped all household items in my name door to door (Asian Tigers again, very efficient) in a 6m container, declared value THB 700K ish. Got a call from Asian Tigers offering the official or non-official way, 56K or 18K. I liked the unofficial route and 4 days later rocked up at my house in Chaiyaphum 1st thing in morning and by mid-pm had unloaded the contents of a 4-bed house, assembled items requiring assembly, lugged it all upstairs and had lunch! All of my stuff was less than 12 months old (official line on importing duty-free is it has to be over 12 months, I think?) and had multiple TV's, DVD's and other electronics.

Only complaint, I expected the original container which I had supervised the loading of, to be the one delivered to me. The shipper had removed and re-packaged onto truck and trailer and caused a bit of damage to a glass cooker top and a TV that they dropped on its ear whilst unloading, but Asia Tigers were very professional and I had insurance.

Good luck with the move!

dop salop salai is good favorite of mine

me too, its my wifes favourite threat before i get a slap round the ear....keep up the examples guys, great for us novice thai speakers!