Liverpool Lou

Oh dear. Years of flour smuggling is recorded throughout history. Get a life Lou. So what? By definition, smuggling is illegal. Get some edification.

And yours, no doubt. Obviously, yes, but I wasn't making malicious assertions about Thailand.

"Corruption and crime all the way to the very top". Just like so many other countries, including yours.

Another gratuitous slur on Thailand, which is not a third-world country. What have you got against the country in which you chose to live?

Er, yes there is. Smuggling.

How do the authorities know who is Youtube-ing and who is making money from their recording, you want every visitor with a camera arrested?

Seconded.

B0llocks. "The government, police, and judicial system are terrible corrupt here". How does that adversely affect 99.99% of foreigners? "Foreigners, expats and tourists, are frequently killed on the roads a;; across the country, with drink driving playing a major part". Perhaps those foreigners shouldn't drink and drive, then. Regardless, foreigners are, statistically and in reality, very rarely killed on Thai roads. "Then there's everything from bed bug spray to..." One isolated incident several years ago that does not affect foreigners in any way, generally. "...Koh Phangan speed boat crashes on Full Moon Party night killing people". One fatal incident 20 years ago and one this year when passengers ignored the dangerous conditions red flag warnings but took the boat anyway where known rough sea conditions capsised the vessel. You post as though they are daily occurences. "I could go on and on..." Yes, you could go on with your exaggerating and over-dramatic scaremongering but please don't. And why would you?

Wait a moment while I open my backpack and take out my pepper spray. Same problem. Not at all - if someone is needing to carry pepper spray the chances are it'd be accessible in a pocket.

Fortuitous that we all carry a handful of salt in one hand and pepper in the other.

Bizarre, In which countries is money not number one?

He had recently purchased a motorbike? No, if he had that would be a new Wave.

"I saw him a few times around Sukhumvit..." New Wave?

What "crackdown on visas"? What "crackdown" on legitimate accounts?

Good for them.

Yes, you can.

"...we all know the reasons why". Why don't you tell us then? We don't "all know" why.

Bin the (ridiculous)14 prescribed drugs, and take a couple of Tylenol, or similar.

"I asked your question to AI Deepseek ...not allowed to post here..." Huh?

Why could one rationally surmise that?

In actual fact, she has definitely survived...so far.

Just wanted to see who would do the digging! You're welcome.

"...in my obvious ignorance..." Indeed...I have to agree.

There were no women involved in this altercation.

Head on the 'rear end'.........tough time reading between the lines hey?? Peace Tough time understanding what a head-on collision is, eh? A collision directly into the rear of another vehicle is not "head on" [sic]. Misstating what happened doesn't require the reader to be"reading between the lines" (an idiom that you haven't got the grasp of, either).