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Admiral Somchai  to  his  best Mia Noi,,,,,,,,,   Duckling,  have to cancel order for  bright red Mercedes Benz convertible  I promise you,  have small problem with finances,,,   but good news,  have good friend  can loan you  15 year old  Honda Click.................. you hear me  sweet one??????  why you not talk me sweet one....why you hang up phone.????

Never mind, I can  guarantee  that a very large pile of tin medals are right now being  made to award  those tasked with procuring these things.   A thought, if they run out of room on their shirt front for them, can they tack them on their backsides??

Just my wife and I,,  our  shopping bill,  usually  go every ten days or so, to Lotus  and Macro,,, cost  anywhere between  5000 to 7000 baht, and  we   eat mainly Thai style foods, then theres the extras most days,, milk, bread, eggs , fresh  vegies from the market.

I compare prices   on line with those at my local Woolworths  store back in Australia,  not a lot of difference when you balance the total purchase,,  an example,,   Meadowlea butter here,, 159 baht for 500 grams, ( last week  165 baht)  Australia,  49 baht.. I admit   pork and chicken is very cheap   here though.

I would be rather dubious of a claim of self defence if  ALL  the knife wounds were in the back, however,   even in civilized countries  a charge of at least manslaughter would be laid, it would be up to the jury hearing the case to decide on the claim of self defence, not the police.  Im sure many of you have knowledge of similar cases in your own countries, the police have no right or authority to decide on such a claim.

This whole  situation  would be quite funny if it wasnt so pathetic.      Silly old men running around in ridiculous uniforms, bedecked with Pepsi and Coca Cola medals, pretending  , not only are   they soldiers, but also intelligent humans.

Hey lady, Im old, ugly, smelly, fat and stupid, why do you want to be my very bestist friend,,, oh  I see,  you think Im rich..

What I want to know is, when are they going to appoint a Ministry of Toilet Paper, charged with making something that actually does what its intended to do, and not just bloody well disintegrate   in your fingers..  yuk.   

ding dong.

The trouble with youth is its wasted on the young.

Didnt read all the replies, but those I did cover most points..   One other, when  we bought our pickup, I  wanted it white in colour.   Better on road visibility   for others. to see. (and avoid) Told the salesman that, got immediate 7000 baht discount.   As  stated, you should also get first year  license, third party, and vehicle  1st class insurance for free.   You   should check the vehicle compliance plate in the engine compartment to  check the date when the  vehicle was manufactured,  for instance, if you were buying  a car  say  early in a year,,,  January  to say May,  you would most probably find it was manufactured the previous year, so you car is already one year old  by  re sale standards. Also  demand quality tyres,  say Michelin or similar..  Good luck.

Its not as if Thais are  bad drivers, it just that its taking them  several generations to  convert from  riding on a buffalo to  riding a motor cycle or driving a vehicle.

Yep, DHL.....   But dont forget,    the address you send to cannot be a Post Office Box, must be  a residential or  business address, so  parcel can be signed for on delivery.

Well I do get confused  over which of these to believe..

He who hesitates is lost.....versus..... Look before you leap.

But the one I like best......... If I said you had a beautiful body would you hold it against me??

Bye Bye Adolf and Ivan. 

Made the mistake of going there,,,once..      Went to buy a T shirt at some markets..400 baht.No thanks.

Offered a minute sized crayfish, some call them lobsters, 1500 baht.   Baht bus to my hotel, wanted 600 baht, I walked there in 10 minutes.

No customers sir.have to prices up.. Just  die    thieving sods.

Wife put snail pellets around  yard before,one of our dogs ate them, had convulsions, died within  minutes of doing so. Another time a Thai neighbour  put some greenish coloured poison around, mixed with  meat, a stray dog was seen to eat it,    ran around like crazy for a few minutes, then poor thing died as well. I dont speak to him now,  still speak to the wife.

Mate  bought a new pickup, parked in  his car port, within a fortnight rats had eaten out    most of the cars wiring.      Luckily his insurance  paid for repair.        As  others have said, and I told him, put   moth balls (camphor)    in his engine compartment . He did,   no more rats came.

when you consider the level of competence of  school teachers in Tiredland, its no wonder maths is a subject that  few, if any Thais, understand.   120,000 in September, 100,000  by end of  December, 1000 per day.  and so on to infinity....Somchai, just pick a number, any number, double it,  its doesnt really matter, no one believes you.

Living in (nearly) every country is like being in a bed of roses,  you just have to watch out for the pricks.