HAPPYNUFF

Paid bail,,,twice, for overstay.... I thought once caught you were detained until deported... Oh, sorry,, BP meant paid brown envelopes.

Strangely enough, when I last did my visa extensionl, and the usual annual fee was 1900 baht, the officer attending to me asked for me to pay that amount per phone banking to his bank account. As I dont use phone banking I declined and offered the cash as usual..He was most upset. I thought it strange, paying into his account,,,he stated it was his personal account,,, as I thought that would be a simple way to get caught, given phone and bank records are kept.

I am relieved that the fan in the cell area is an external model....There is nothing more painful than a fan internally.

Not the same location, but the very last time I visited Phuket, I recall being asked for 400 baht for a copy T shirt, and 1500 baht for a crayfish (lobster to some) the size of a small prawn, and 600 baht for a tuk tuk ride that I eventually walked in 10 minutes.. Never went back there, Their loss not mine. Now wherever I go and are quoted some ridiculous price, I dont get angry (thats dangerous around murderous thais) but just stare hard at the vendor and then walk away.

As if our beloved police would care, nothing in it for them.

As I am only too happy to support my local police, I now carry a supply of plastic bags with me, whenever I venture outside.

If you are talking about those that use recycled water flowing over cooling pipes, you will find that while the air they blow out is cool, the humidity in the room/house will go through the roof.. Just what you need in Thailands atmosphere??

If it was only 27000 quid for a pacemaker, in Thailand, it was very cheap. If you believe medical treatment is not expensive here, you obviously havent read the price list that is for farangs, as opposed to the price for Thais.

My (now deceased local doctor) explained to me, Carpal Tunnel is the inflammation of the actual nerves in the wrist. I have had it in each wrist. The procedure is simple, an injection of cortisone direct into the nerve, usually under local x ray, so the needle can find the exact nerve.... I also had a recurrence in one wrist, but my doctor diagnosed that as St Quirins (not sure of actual spelling) which is different i n that it is inflammation of the nerve sheath, and not the actual nerve. Same treatment, but injection, again under local X ray, into the sheath, not the nerve. Repetitive movements of the wrist cause both conditions. I was at the time doing a lot of carpentry work, using hand tools every hour. And no, masturbation is not a cause my doctor assured me.

And while this bun fight carries on, what about the junior police officer who filmed, and gave away the scene..... Poor sod, he will disappear I think, unknown and unreported. But never mind, Skinny Joe forgave him.

Somchai to Lek..."Smart? What is this thing Smart??"

We gave you the virus,,for free,, now you can have this c..p to help, and its free too.

I feel sorry for the junior officer who took and later released this video. Im sure he will come to a sticky end, and we will never know, or be told about it.... how does that old saying go,,,something like..."all it takes for evil to prosper is for good men to do nothing.:.. " He should of course be very richly rewarded and promoted, without his name ever being released, publicly or privately.

Big Joke had the decency to ask my advice as to what to do with the Thai police. I told him to disband it.

well Im happynuff here in the land of smirks, and no great hurry to travel to my home country, but I do miss my kids and grandkids visiting me here.

A mate of mine was lucky enough (?) to marry a Chinese /Thai from a wealthy family in BKK. I have been out to diner with them, and their friends many times. Most of them have at least one degree, moreoften two, even three sometimes. Yet to have a conversation with any of them consists of giggling, talk of TV shows, celebrities, or fashions. Not an once of common sense amongst the lot of them. Very pleasant and polite ,,however I feel sorry for them, their knowledge of the world outside Thailand is pitiful.

I had the Pfizer injection at Central, Korat on Tuesday 24/8, via ExpatVac. , and arranged by Maha Public Hospital, Korat,, There were many hundreds of people there, the 4th floor was standing room only and the greater majority were Thais. There were two lines, one for people, mainly Thais getting Sinopharm (someone told me that was for their second jab.) The other line was for Pfizer, the greater majority of people in that queue were in fact Thais. Good on them. I overheard one farang being rejected. He hadnt apparently applied or been asked to attend, had apparently heard about the inoculations. He was eventually offered Pfizer , however he was told he would have to pay for it. I dont know the amount stated. It appears some hospitals are doing their best, but the whole system seems chaotic.

Dont laugh, but I have a cop living opposite me. Each time he smiles and waves at me, I run inside and lock the door, in case he wants something.

Shlitt, there goes the sandbox.. Pack up the toys, close the shop, no Poms coming now.

I could never understand the principle behind bonuses... You apply for a job, the wage is stated, you take the job or you dont. If you take it you get the wage offered, if you work efficiently and effectively, you may get promoted, thats your reward. Here in crazy land, bonuses seemed to be handed out like Lao Kho at Songkran time.

By the look of the skinny little runt, hes never done an honest days work in his miserable life. As for the photo of the "interrogation " everyones there but the family dog, and the culprit is given a phone to talk to the media, where he promptly and publicly starts his defence. Ive always thought the brown slime was useless, but I didnt realise just how ill trained and stupid they are.

Livram,, I got the jab at Central Korat on Tuesday, via my registering on Expatvac )even though I couldnt add both my passport and visa page together, and assumed I would be rejected,( but wasnt.) I didnt nominate any place in particular to be vaccinated, there was no room on the registration blog to do so anyway. There seemed to be farangs from all parts of Korat province there, I spoke to a couple who had driven well over 100kms.

Hey, Dogmatix, a twist to your tale.....Some years ago, in another life I was associated with the legal profession (not as a lawyer, I do have some morals) I had occasion to be at the office of a very famous criminal defence lawyer, delivering documents. I could hear a conversation he was having with some clients, through the wooden partioning, of what was apparently his interview room. I was aware a pair of Chinese had been recently arrested for smuggling a quantity of herion into the state I was living in. and I could hear, b ut not understand what they were saying I m ust have missed part of the conversation given by the Chinese, as suddenly, in a raised voice, I heard the lawyer, whom I kn ew well, raise his voice and say words to the effect... " thats no good, we"ll never gat that one past the jury think of something else to tell them" As an old mate of mine was want to say, a lawyer is something that can walk under a snakes belly while wearing a top hat, usually accompanied by their client.

At least Im making some money out of them, Ive just won the contract to supply all the officers ranks with black hair dye. Im presently in the process of submitting my bid to supply girdles for all the pot bellies ones.