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16 hours ago, Crossy said:

The road in question is 4 lanes wide (two each way) with just a double line as the divider. Absolutely crazy to attempt to cross, particularly after dark.

 

Couple with potentially looking the wrong way (Swedish) and we have a recipe for disaster, it's quite possible the biker stood no chance.

 

Car and bike riders should have a dashcam (helmet cam) at all times, could make the difference between being blamed for a death or not.

 

if there  are no  bridges or crossings  how you expect to  get to the other side of the road? The answer is for all parties to be careful.   Not sure if the Thai had lights on his bike . Being a 2 lane road if he did he should have no  excuse not to have  taken avoidance measures.  if he didn't then   what you think?  I'd say blame 25/ 75 against the bike driver.. Driving  a vehicle  should in most cases mean you  have the responsibility to  drive within a speed you  can control and take measure to  avoid a crash.

16 hours ago, BritManToo said:

She's too old.

I'm in the same situation, could always marry her I suppose.

Else it's just tourist VISAs, good luck.

Had a sleepless night  pondering that solution, the ramifications etc..  seems like so many possibilities of a negative outcome, the  psychological impact  on my  son and how society in general may view us as a family and the doors that  may  close.  But still, in some ways,  if she really  wants to  come bad enough,  maybe I shouldn't write it off as a possibility.

Thanks for all the comments   pretty much  confirmed what I  expected.  Frustrating and cruel world we live in sometimes.

I wondered if the UK Immigration will make any allowance for my  step daughter?   I say this loosely as   I was never legally  married to  her  mother  who was a bit of a nightmare and moved herself on.  I am moving back to the UK with my son, his sister  now a 21 year old, is desperate to join us.   (not with mother )  I  know legally she has no status as my step daughter  even though I  have brought her up since she was 3 years old.  Would the UK immigration recognize any  difference in circumstance that may  enable a favorable  application?

lots of hate comments . But All these regulation the goverment is enforcing, takes away oppertunities  for  young   entrepreneurs to enter the hotel and tourism industry and  offering  unrivalled accomodation to guest who make   that make the extra effort to look elsewhere  for their bookings.  

If I started on a budget and I can offer a better deal  by letting and subletting  and renting through air BNB why not?. this is all about Hotel greed and goverment  Tax....  there are a lot of people caught in tough place,  condo and villa owners trying to subsidize their life style here, with ever changing goverment rules

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Not  sure what good a hellicopter is except for appearances.   A photofit or description of the guy, the area it happened could help others assist!

Why is it so difficult to understand?  Nothing  is black and white.. Just imagine a sliding scale with one end representing two people  with the most extreme gap in age and looks,  the other being  a couple of similiar  age and attractivness. At the end  of the scale where there is the  closest match in age and attractiveness,  interlect and interests  etc, there is also the chance of very  little if any payment involved in the relationship, just like anywhere else in the world. Now slide the scale to where there is a wide gap in physical attraction or age , interest etc and the  amount you are likely to  be paying for the privalage of that girls company  gets  expensive. One way or the other she'll want her fair pay as she sees it.    Some play  the short  game some the long game but  one way or another she'll get her money. If you try to  resist thinking you  are smarter than her, she'll make your life living hell  and conconct all sorts of excuses how to  squeeze it from you.  If that doesnt work there the 'old  fell off a balcony' chestnut... The fee she asks should also tell you  how attractive you are to her...   50k / month I'd say she thinks you are reasonably stupid, unattractive or not  good in bed;  what ever yard stick she is measuring you  by.. but not quite as  far down the scale as that represented by  Nong Nat.  Good luck!

Might, could etc.?.. Cant be that hard to verify a connection!

6 hours ago, Lingba said:

why kill yourself?....geez...dump her and move on...and I am not being insensitive...these guys need to grow up emotionally

These girls know how to grind you  down in small incremental steps.  Bit by bit they'll catch you like the  adage of the frog that doesn't  jump out of the water when its brought to  boil slowly.. They all seem low maintenance at first & with these over sexed cuties it hard temptation  to resist for some. 

 In Europe we call it busking, Not begging and all nationalities do it, generally without condemnation. 

I don't get all these key board worriers on here proudly expressing their intolerance, condemning others for their possible lack of finances and how they opted to survive that hardship. Why do those without  money problems think only they are allowed the privileged to  come here. I would counter that those intolerant  individuals  should pack up and go home as that is not the Buddhist way and this is a Buddhist society primarily.

  I didn't see any hustling or hassling anyone for money. Anyone would be free to  walk past without bother or donation if they wanted.  Even if they are suffering a lack of finances,  that isn't a Thai right that  no other nationality faces.  Why do people constantly think if you were born within certain borders you  must stay there unless you are wealthy.  We are all citizens of this planet. Geopolitical borders drawn up by some archaic warmonger shouldn't effect anyone's right to experience all of what the world has to offer.   Really  I think the world has bigger problems to worry about than a how a young family peddles live music for donations in a bid to live. I expect, unlike some of the more multinational corporations, all of the revenue created will  be spent directly  back into Thai society, not  siphoned abroad. 

Who gave it to the pro?  

On 1/10/2018 at 6:56 AM, dfdgfdfdgs said:

 

She was a prostitute.  She had sex with people for money, in this case 1500 baht.  I don't think you know what 'ignorant' means...

Its still harsh language and unnecessary. Were you  ever  taught not to  speak ill of the dead.  other  than accepting money for sex what the <deleted> has she done to deserve such criticism.

1 minute ago, jossthaifarang said:

I think we should give him the benefit of the doubt before hanging him out to dry. I could imagine what a difficult situation that might have been for a young guy in a foreign country (especially Thailand). He panicked and ran.

 

I'm not saying what he did was right, sure he should have called for help, but I don't blame him for running, if it was in fact an accident. He probably thought he would end up behind bars for the rest of his life. It goes without saying it was a stupid move doing it on the balcony though. 

 

RIP!! I'm sure there is now a child without a mom and no more source of funding as a result of this tragedy.

I would say it takes a special kind of  dick to leave without  checking or  helping her after an accident like that, sex or not.  If you just out  for innocent  fun and that  happened I  am not  sure i  know anyone that  could zip up and walk away unless there was some hate involved and a feeling they thought they  could get away  with murder.  Sure cant  be that hard a job for forensics to  tell what really happened.

So the guy is banging  her on the balcony,  she falls over and he just thinks bummer!!

  so moves to stay at another hotel? And people are commenting on why is he with a prostitute in the first place; as if this is an everyday occurrence.  

With KFC and Mac D's on every corner  now what  would anyone expect. I have watched the expansion of western fast food culture and the reduction of  slim sexy girls  in perfect synchronicity.

Yes all vans should be equiped with an amulet and some chalk finger marks on the roof. Then everything should be fine.

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On 10/23/2017 at 11:39 AM, Psimbo said:

Saturday coming back from Thalang, had just cleared Cherng Talay traffic lights and was going around the bend just before Tesco, A big Ducati with a rider in his 20s came screaming along in the other direction outside the line of traffic and if I hadn't swerved he would have been a hood ornament- needless to say he had no helmet on. Fortunately no one was on my inside as they would have been toast as well.

 

At the end of the day it's natural selection- how many people just shoot out of side Sois without looking. If parents allow their children to illegally blast around on bikes they bear the full weight of responsibility for any subsequent actions/effects. All very well blaming the other driver but the kid should not have been on the road in the first place.

 

As Pinot pointed out the local kids in Kamala are out of control and the BiB just scratch their erses as they are afraid of the local 'powerful people'- its all bullocks.

some exageeration to your story I think,  Have you ever tried to ride a big bike fast with no helmet on?

On 10/21/2017 at 2:19 PM, LivinginKata said:

14 year old = no drivig licence - but still the pick-up will pay the parents blood money.

I would think if the pickup caused the accident it  matters not  how old the kid was.  

13 minutes ago, rwdrwdrwd said:

Pfft yeah, cos there's definitely no agenda against them at all, is there.

Wasnt it obvious enough for you that the family was on the take?  Even if the stories about his rise to ridiculous wealth from a policemen isn't true, the sheer greed of trying to evade his tax should give a pretty clear measure of their ethics.

Again serious reason to legalize all drugs and  have a lower  tax tariff  on less harmful drugs and better education on what each drug does.

Anyone saying a tiyota us just tryung to make themselves feel better. Ok trsditionally it is true they held there vslue better. That eas before. I think it will be different in the future. Check our real test comparisons forf is better in all catagories. A while back i bought a 3 year old ford and my bro bought a brand nee vigo . I was taking jt off road over cazy mountain tracks all the time . The one time bro tryied yo follow me in his newer truch he burnt out his clutch. And gearbox. After 3 years his motor sounded Luke an old truck while my ford being older might have had a little less speed butvsounder smooth. I later got an Everest and it was amazing and well over spec compared to any of the other makes. Power comfort features. I tested drive them all it didnt loose
hardly any value in the several year I owned it dispite my wife crashing it several times and driving into a lake

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On 10/10/2017 at 6:57 PM, macca3248 said:

Well gentlemen and ladies .I consider myself to be a good friend of Praiya.

Our relationship is purely plutonic ,and will always be that way ...

The 5000 relationships is absolute bullshit but it got media attention and got people talking which is what it was all about.

Think what you may ,the lady is a survivor...

And is my friend !

Maybe if you gave her a 50k/month  allowance you might be able to cross off the plutonic bit from your  post.  just a theory!