Everything posted by Briggsy
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Airfare Hike Strands American in Bangkok Airport for 10 Days
The thing is that Thai Immigration, after denying you entry, put heavy pressure on you to pay your own way out, i.e. buy your own ticket. This guy probably called their bluff and refused knowing that the rules state the responsibility falls on the inbound carrier. Immigration don't like that as they don't want their vague and subjective denial of entry policy to negatively impact their relationship with airlines and the AoT.
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How Wonderful Is Thai Gym Culture?
Work out the least popular time in the most obscure gym. It worked well for me for years.
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Returning to Thailand
TDAC. This is done online.
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Massive TACO Incoming
And there we have it, the TACO as widely predicted by, well, everyone. (I am glad he has TACO'ed as he pursuits his pointless, unplanned and unwinnable war)
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Russian tourists continue to flock to Koh Samui - pattern shift
Samui or the Meat Grinder 😬
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Massive TACO Incoming
Bookmark the post / Truth Social Post two posts above. Let's see. p.s. @tuucows Try not to use the word "libtard" as it reveals you are a cult member who is unable to think for oneself, the result being your remarks are seen as ridiculous and not thought out.
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Foreign Biker Kills Finnish Pedestrian in Pattaya Crash
@MartinL Yes, that idea has been mooted a few times in Thailand, usually after a bike death that gets a lot of publicity. As you said, it has always died a death. (I haven't even mentioned enforcement yet :))
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Massive TACO Incoming
Sadly, Trump has discovered, in the light of a pathetic Congress, that the US Military is his "toy". Given the mess he finds himself in, the best way out is to TACO. The US can continue to pressure Iran in many ways. However, I fear unless there are real consequences for him and his family, he will continue to "play" by escalating the war and destruction to huge cost to the world economy and many thousands of lives. Malignant narcissists have to be restricted by unyielding boundaries which are rigorously enforced. This is not happening. Therefore Trump will keep creating bigger and bigger problems.
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Foreign Biker Kills Finnish Pedestrian in Pattaya Crash
After many decades, Europe worked out the answer. It's not perfect but it has dramatically reduced motorcycle deaths. They have graduated licences based on age, experience and test passes. This prevents unexperienced teenagers razzing around on 800 cc bikes with, in this case, 113 HP. 113HP!!!!! Have a look at the age, experience and test passes required to ride such a bike in the UK. All Thailand has to do is copy.
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Foreign Tourist Criticizes Thai Tourism as Overrated
LOL. You have no idea what you are talking about. Have you been drinking? 15,000 a night for a bamboo hut! Dorm beds are from 400 Baht a night on Koh Phangan and can be found cheaper. If you don't know what you are talking about, and don't know anything about Thailand, please stick to talking about Vietnam. Don't come on posting clear rubbish.
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Foreign Tourist Criticizes Thai Tourism as Overrated
I doubt she ventured outside of the normal backpacker haunts. Khao San Road -> Koh Phangan -> Khao San Road.
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CCTV Shows Final Moments of Brit Reality Star in Phuket
I don't know if a blood analysis would reveal anything after the time it took to discover and recover his body.
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Foreign Biker Kills Finnish Pedestrian in Pattaya Crash
Heavy bikes those Z800 and powerful. I have ridden one. I didn't like it. Heavier bikes take longer to brake and can't be flicked around so easily. They have not been produced for many years so this one must be old. Absolutely not a bike for the inexperienced. Even before I opened the article, I wondered if it was Jomtien Second Road, the unofficial testing track, and low and behold, it was.
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Gulf states want US to finish off Iran
Indeed as the poster above intimates, how much pain can the US government endure compared to the Iranian government? Even though the US and Israel can inflict 100 times more pain on the Iranian regime than vice versa, the Iranian dictatorship can endure 1000 times the pain than the US government.
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British Man Dies in Bangkok After Alleged Drink Spiking
Spiking with cocaine and heroin sounds extremely unusual. As always with published stories, consider the source.
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Trump Snaps At Reporter As War Questions Intensify
His father was a crook and also a misogynist.
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Thai Railways Ripp Off
Bangkok, not sectarian. Narathiwat, you could possibly describe as sectarian. Kosovo or Rakhine, definitely sectarian. There needs to prejudice against the other group. This is not related to the thread and only came about as the phone number was 1690.
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Thai Railways Ripp Off
Two different religious groups living in the same country but not interacting. Different schools, different housing estates, different cultural activities.
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Thai Railways Ripp Off
A term used in Protestant/Catholic sectarianism.
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New Zealand Man Found Dead in Pattaya Condo Bathroom
The annoying and unprofessional complete speculation relating to cause of death by the Thai police.
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Trump pleads for allied warships to guard Hormuz
Absolutely predictable Trump. He screws up, flips the narrative and blames others. Then walks away with the loot. We have seen this in every undertaking from casinos to paying subcontractors to monetising the office of the President. Lifelong conman.
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British guys, how much trouble is starmer in?
Starmer is a civil servant rather than a leader. He dithers and prevaricates, sits on the fence then U-turns at the slightest opposition. He reverts to legalese as soon as the going gets tough. None of this means he is a bad person or that he lacks integrity. His large parliamentary majority has worked against him. His opponents within his own party, generally to his left, feel they can act with impunity and are emboldened by his lack of courage. They will strike at a time of their own choosing and when they do, Starmer is toast. At the moment, they are happy to dictate government policy from the back benches knowing that Starmer has no stomach for the fight.
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‘Killed by their own sons’: UK faces alarming rise in matricide
This is a very disturbing post. Do you honestly believe this? And that being confrontational and annoying deserves execution? Do you have any evidence that this was the situation in the 19 cases of matricide in the UK in the past year?
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Air India Express Plane Incident Shuts Phuket Runway
Could it have been all the passengers standing to grab their cabin luggage from the overhead lockers before anybody else that caused a shift of weight which in turn caused the hard landing?
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Foreign Man Found Hung with Torture Injuries in Pattaya
Chinese organised crime.