jaywalker

30 minutes ago, thinkingman said:

Is the robot garage still open? Are there other alternatives for secure parking for an overnight trip on Sunday for Koh Larn?

Yes. Leave your car at home, risk life and limb on a moto-taxi to get to the broken down pier.

Next, risk life and limb, and pray that the ferry doesn't sink/catch fire. THEN risk life and limb on Koh Larn to get from the pier to the beach on another moto taxi.

Repeat the same going home.

Moto-dops are normally great folks & good drivers though.

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I recall parking somewhere for free, near Mike shopping mall, spending 10 (well 20) baht to get to the old wooden pier w/ my wife. 2002, prior to the Chinese and Russian invasion.

We caught a ferry one day that could have seated 150 people safely.

It was me, my wife and a monk for passengers.

The Chinese have already invaded Pattaya.

Not sure what they are waiting for to take over the whole country.

On 7/27/2017 at 8:25 AM, JSixpack said:

 

Yeah, for today's bash let's pretend there are no out-of-court settlements in every country. Saves taxpayer money and avoids more docket crowding. Win win. 

Great point. The kid <deleted> up. Daddy paid. Hope Pappy makes him go get a job and pay him him back. 

That's what I would do.

17 minutes ago, Orton Rd said:

why can't he get a job in a better University? This is like the tailor of the year award that used to appear in sabaidee flight magazine.

Yeah, I figured the award would go to the doctor that found a cure for ebola a while back. 

13 hours ago, robertthesculptor said:

Dear Thailand, get ready for a bloodbath, just like Amerika...police should not be trained or armed like military. They forget which they are.

There's still a few in the USA that serve and protect, though not many.

One just helped my 84 year old Aunt up after she fell down. She dialed 911 & there he was.

37 minutes ago, JAG said:

Change one consonant, and you might think he hails from the North East?

Dr. Ruffalo should be in charge of the Buffalo Bank.

Maybe then they'd quit losing livestock.

31 minutes ago, JAG said:

Change one consonant, and you might think he hails from the North East?

Ruffaloakornikanjunporn.

7 minutes ago, webfact said:

Dr. David Ruffolo

A very Thai name.

1 hour ago, tropo said:

Easy to say sitting here on a keyboard. It would be the pinnacle of multitasking and perhaps the driver did blow his horn. Does anyone have information on this?

All the moto drivers must have been on their phones when he honked his horn, so didn't hear him.

If a (real) man grabs a lady by her nether regions, hugs and gropes a female, WRONG!!!!!!!

Yet katoeys get away with it every day.

Man gives "it" a hard shove & tells it to get the bleep away, then it's stilettos heeled shoes to the head.

12 hours ago, observer90210 said:

Funny...the SIG SAUER is a SwissMade firearms Co.....why did Thailand purchase it from the US entity of SIG?....surely for a good reason?

Pretty sure that Sig has a US factory/distributor.

A separate company was founded in the US in 1985 with the name Sigarms (until October 2007) to import and distribute SIG Sauer firearms into the United States. Since 2000 SIG Sauer Inc. has been organizationally separate from manufacturer SIG Sauer GmbH

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SIG_Sauer

1 hour ago, tropo said:

I've been in emergency braking situations before and sounding my horn was the last thing I was thinking of. 

Guess you shouldn't be driving then.

I accidentally (my fault/not paying attention/looking at a cop roadside shakedown or something in my mirrors), and ran the light on Sukhumvit at Najomtien Road. NO WAY I could have stopped in time. I managed to stop halfway thru the intersection, but my horn prevented a few drivers from getting hit.

7 hours ago, Belzybob said:

Not only was the driver most likely incompetent, but it seems he couldn't even find the horn button to warn others.

The horn failed.

8 minutes ago, George FmplesdaCosteedback said:

Three others who were drinking on an adjoining table were let go as there was no evidence they were gambling.

 

A trip to the opticians needed?

 

A trip back thru this thread to see that the article was edited after it was quoted for you.

4 minutes ago, observer90210 said:

In a car, dash cams all around the car unfortunately seem to be a solution....one could always send the footage higher up perhaps?

Agreed. However, this happened prior to the age of dash cameras....which was not that long ago. 5 years or so?

She called me in BKK crying her eyes out, saying she needed 10,000 baht.

1 minute ago, Artisi said:

They have- but not capable... 

Not willing.

1 minute ago, Lupatria said:

Welcome to the hub of brake failures and balcony falls.

Gotta be the hub of something. Unfortunately brake failures & balcony falls top the list.

10 minutes ago, Golden Triangle said:

I really do wish people could be bothered to read the whole thread before posting their supercilious  put downs on other posters, it really is sad to see that so many love to jump in and claim their superiority over others, you know who you are 

 

Apart from that, what a grotesque waste of time, money & resources, really ?? the authorities should be ashamed of themselves, and the irony is that in probably, less than 18 months, it will all be legal anyway.  

 

 

Many apologized... after 7 corrections by me and KerryD that the article was changed.

8 hours ago, Dobredin Ghusputin said:

So, how does one play the Thai game "Dummy"?

Somebody already said this, but I shall repeat it.

Dress up like Thai cops.

11 minutes ago, Artisi said:

now that is a very astute observation, I was really wondering the reasons behind this raid from such a well oiled and professional SWAT elite team, it was like watching clockwork in motion ... 

Watching paint dry or ice melt.

The way they ran in, you'd think they'd be screaming "Show me your hands!"

Looks like they all folded though as the cards were face down on the table.

One cop grabbed a hand of cards & said "She almost had Gin Dummy!" She replied with, "Why do I need that sonny with all you dummies around? Shake your booty for us. Crank up the music gals!"

31 minutes ago, thesetat2013 said:

Thaivisa notes that district chief Naris has been busy cleaning up the resort.

Change the "r" in "Naris" to Z.

1 minute ago, Artisi said:

..... and in the meantime you have people shooting people, dogs mauling kids, crazies on the road trying their hardest to kill themselves or someone else -- but that's ok, it's much easier to raid a few old ladies enjoying themselves who are not harming anyone.    

Dogs, their owners, and suicidal people have no money to confiscate and extort. 

4 minutes ago, Reigntax said:

 

Ive woken up feeling like that in the morning. Mind you its been a long time

I was living near the St Johns river at the time.

You know that whole movie is on youtube.

It TERRIFIED me as a little kid. My older brother heard it was filmed in the St Johns river in Florida, about 5 miles from where we grew up.

TO THIS DAY,  I think of that movie when I get near the St Johns River.

3 minutes ago, Reigntax said:

I've seen some who looked like that before entry and prior to the beer goggles working.

Wake up with it snoring on top of your arm, and consider chewing it off rather than wake her.

Been there. Done that.