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🤣 Nothing like that. But if you want to hear some scary <deleted>, PM 🤣 Friend, everyone who ever owed me money died a long time ago,. through natural causes. And I'm not doing any more lending. Lesson learned

🏆 Also, thanks to anyone I failed to acknowledge in their contribution to solving this mystery 🙏

Thanks mate, spot on

Yes, i think you you nailed it 🙏

No i don't. Tried AI but perhaps not hard enough. Unfortunately, no. Although from recollection the name wasn't that obscure.

Going back about 10 years.. Does anyone remember a small authentic Italian pizza restaurant a little south of tha pae gate McDonald's on the same side. I can't remember the name. It was run by an Italian guy and his Thai wife. Apparently he was found dead in bed in a hotel room in Myanmar. I'm guessing sometime 2014/15. Any details you can remember appreciated.

Trying to track down a friend who used to teach at a gym at the site of the Bossotel hotel. American, tall, lean, silver haired with a goatee. Any clues appreciated. Had a side hobby doing Photoshop. His mobile service just stopped working one day. Lived in Santitham.

The stupid f**king b*stards have woken up to smell the coffee. I couldn't even plan an evening with friends with some wine and go shopping in the afternoon.

Actually I think I agree with you 100%. These people have probably been playing these scams for years and know exactly how to put someone who complains about them in hot water. Just to protect themselves.

My point for making this post is that I just don't want to see people getting unnecessarily hurt in this beautiful country. I suspect these scammers may have been operating for a long time and therefore known to authorities and a target for arrest. I'm in a remote part of Thailand. I've encountered some potential scammers. My suspicion is that they're in this region because they're on the run and looking for new victims in more remote areas. I can't confirm that suspicion. I'm being somewhat vague because potential scammers might be scanning social media so that they know when to jump ship. My question is: Is there any point in reporting to the authorities what I've observed and WHERE WOULD BE THE BEST PLACE TO REPORT THAT? Reporting it to the local police would no doubt be absurd. Anyone who has spent a enough time in Thailand would understand that. I know these people face to face and they're willing to send me Thai ID photos in return for money. I'm going on the assumption that some criminals are stupid enough to send the real deal if they think they can get away with it in some remote area. In fact I could probably organize to take a photo of actual physical cards - but I have no idea if these things can be manufactured to order. And no obviously I'm not actually going to give these people money 😁

Thanks for the reply. When I remove that 'adapter' you get what you see in the first photo below, namely a smaller threaded tube sticking out of what looks like a Schrader. However, that smaller tube doesn't look like it can be removed. What it looks like to me is the Dunlop in the second photo below.

I know very little about bicycles and I'm trying to help friend who knows even less. Tire is marked 700 x 28C. I think I've identified the valve type as Dunlop but from the attached photo, it should be clear enough to anyone who knows their stuff. Note also that my fingernail is at the edge of the rim so it looks like this is a deep rim needing a long valve. When I go online, all I can seem to find is tubes with Presta type valves. Perhaps I don't know where to look. If this innertube/valve combo is not readily available in TL or likely to be unreasonably expensive, could the rim opening accept a Schrader type valve or a Presta with an appropriate adapter? I'm not even sure that Schraders are made long enough to suit this rim although I'm assuming Presta wouldn't be a problem. Finally if there is no easy solution or the appropriate inner tubes might be far more expensive long term, perhaps ditching the wheels for more conventional type might be a better solution. Thanks.

Are we allowed to discuss cor**pt practices from Th** b*rd*r officials or are you going to shut them down as usual? A simple yes or no will suffice.

I was just curious because I noticed there were a lot of signs in Russian 10 years ago and curious to know if the trend had continued. Is it seasonal?

What's the level of Russian tourists at the moment compared to years gone by. Are there still signs in Russian all other the place?