jaywalker

2 minutes ago, thesetat2013 said:

How can there be no eyewitnesses and then they claim the truck was travelling at speed and overturned? Did this truck not have a driver? Would not this driver be an eyewitness?

Looks to me like the driver is squished under the truck in that (not too high quality) picture?

6 minutes ago, terminatorchiangmai said:

I have a work permit and pay more then 40.000 per month on tax for my company and i not drive a Mercedes convertible, so why shouldn't he pay taxes of money earned in Thailand ?

Never said the guy should not pay taxes. I said AVOID (not evade) taxes.

My point is that most all taxpayer money is wasted by civil servants who are bored to tears & show it when you need something from them.

I appreciate a steady water supply, garbage removal, and decent roads, which are local taxes.

If I NEED a cop, I appreciate them taking an interest in what they are doing/what I need, before I have to pay them.

Sadly, most all of the above is intermittent in Thailand.

Paying a portion of MY money to corrupt (at every level) Thai "Officials" is ludicrous.

That guy is flat as a pancake!

Lack of maintenance/mai pen rai.

Overloaded truck where the wheel bearings fail & the tire falls off....Or maybe the brakes failed?

Lack of training. No seat belt.

5 minutes ago, shanesox said:

Real question is " what has this guy achieved in 3 years of virtually complete freedom to do what he wants"? Answer "nothing, other than remove demonstrators from streets and pass a form of marshal law !


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You forgot the Pattaya beach chairs and submarines.

"It's not only hopeless, it's hilarious."- Doug Casey.

People all over the world think that the socialism/communism model is viable.

The precious few of us that don't think that Yingluck's rice scheme, or Obamacare were good ideas, have to just realize that we can only laugh at the world's masses & prepare ourselves for the next populist gov't (where ever we may be), that promises utopia by robbing the rich to feed the bums.

See - Bread and circuses.

Sadly, I cannot see Thailand deserving anything other than a junta.

I wish it was different. I wish they were like the Roman, Persian, Spanish, British, American etc world powers once were.

Thailand cannot seem to find its buttocks with both hands though.

5th world cuntry...So nobody really cares.

8 minutes ago, rkidlad said:

People love to hate. Makes them feel better about their own miserable existence. Sanctimony seems to be the key to happiness for many. 

The world does seem to be full of Church Ladies, especially online doesn't it? I almost feel sorry for Somebody's Mate Nate.

5 minutes ago, moe666 said:

The usual over the top responses from the usual suspects. The guy has found the perfect way to make money in Thailand and to stay legit. He has hurt nor injured anyone other than a few moral compasses which are spinning out of control trying to find North.

Heaven FORBID that you have any success in Thailand.

While I agree that he's a <deleted>'er, I have nothing against him.

Just an idiot kid is all.....And weren't we all at some point?

We just had the good fortune that Youtube didn't exist. I'm 50 BTW.

3 minutes ago, djayz said:

If the internet community ignored all his videos, etc. that would hurt him more than any fine or detention would ever achieve. 

I saw about 3 seconds of one of his videos. Aside from his fluency in Thai, I quickly saw he was an idiot.

4 minutes ago, Jimmyjames120 said:

It's ok to be a Brit, just accept it and life will be better ?

I was born in Orlando. I 'want' to look at Ancestry.com & sign up and all that, but I'm terrified I'll be British.

I have a younger half brother who fell off the deep end with a British gal.

Last time I spoke with him his Florida accent had changed. He lives in Liverpool now.

5 minutes ago, CRUNCHER said:

Wait until they try to demolish Waterfront.

They could probably fly a couple Airbus A380's into that monstrosity & nobody would notice...Except those of us that wish it had never been (halfway) built.

2 minutes ago, esprit said:

Agreed kemosabe.

 

regards Tonto

 

¿Que Pasa Amigo?

I wouldn't call myself Tonto, though I get your joke. 

It's a Spanish word for "fool" or "idiot".

Wasn't there a drought last week?

2 minutes ago, esprit said:

But this is Thailand.

Says it all. One reason I like the place.

It makes one keep their wits about them....Maybe not the balcony divers, but it keeps me on my toes.

"mun, mun' mun"

Reminds me of my 15 year old American niece saying "Like" every other word.

It was like she asked me to like, meet this guy, and like, stole my like, phone.

12 minutes ago, Draught4me said:

I don't think you understand the scam. There is no foreigner. She just made him up to steal the phone.

 

 

Cheers.

 

The headline is rather misleading though.

Anyhow, I'd buy her drink...maybe even a new phone.

She seems like a reasonable gal just trying to make a baht.

I comprehend just enough Thai to see that she isn't a psycho.

6 minutes ago, Mangkhut said:

Are you aware of how much/many sleeping pills aka benzoes or benzo similars you have to take to die? 

 

Shitloads of pills - I dont think you would be able to swallow so many pills at all...

I certainly do not have a clue = I'm typing instead of rotting 6 feet under.

I've never contemplated just how many pills it might take. Do not really care to either.

2 minutes ago, rkidlad said:

'The money - that had previously been photocopied - and a mobile phone were taken into evidence'

 

Every time they report on a prostitution sting they have to inform us that they photocopied the money beforehand. What if they don't photocopy the money? Does the police station or person who loaned the money for the sting not get it back? Does it mean the case can be thrown out because it looks as if the police were really trying to solicit sex?

 

I know why they do it - it's protocol. I just don't know why it has to be stated in the newspaper report. 

They just HAVE TO point.

1 hour ago, webfact said:

The money - that had previously been photocopied - and a mobile phone were taken into evidence.

I'm surprised they didn't arrest themselves for counterfeiting money.

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Pimping underage kids on Farcebook! Only reason they do such stupid things is because the cops are, at best lazy, and mostly inept.

The perp looks more like 36 than 16 too.

6 minutes ago, silent said:

I'm more suspicious of the motives behind a reporter's use of poetic license to turn a tragic suicide for all involved, into a major drama. 

Chairman M...err Prayuth has been trying to teach them poetry recently.

2 minutes ago, webfact said:

They called on the police to do something about it as it was damaging the image of the resort.

To hell with the victim I suppose?

4 hours ago, Suttisan said:

The classic Thai police man laughing at death. 

Check out the pictures in the full article.

It has the obligatory pointing.

Just now, 4MyEgo said:

Paranoia lurks amongst us, don't tell me you sleep with one open as well 555

Only thing surprising here is that the guy didn't have his hands tied behind his back, which is, of course suicide.

3 hours ago, 4MyEgo said:

The thing that gets me is all these farangs hanging themselves or throwing themselves off buildings, surely sleeping pills can purchased over the counter, take the bottle and sleep, never to wake up, just saying that would be my preferred way to go as opposed to a rope around my neck or splattered all over the tarmac.

 

RIP to another farang

I know a guy who is a former heroin user...I would not know a bag of heroin if you slapped me in the head with it.

Anyhow, he said that to shoot up & OD on that stuff was the way to check out.

I was an "Underfoot Foliage Lowering Technician" when I was 18...I cut grass to put beer on the table.

We all gotta start somewhere I guess.