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19 minutes ago, BangkokReady said:

"Lover" suggests he was having sex with another man's wife.  There's a chance that he didn't know, but it seems unlikely.

 

Knowingly having sex with another man's wife means you accept the risk of being severely injured or killed by that man.  ????‍♂️

And "that man" also knowingly accepts he throws away his own key.

It really comes down to deciding whether you'd rather let him deal with her ongoing slutty behaviour as his "reward" and find yourself an exciting new lady, or sign up for a lifetime of never dropping the soap in the prison showers. ????‍♂️

14 hours ago, Ralf001 said:

And you know this how ?

Believe it or not, we were in a Grab a few years ago, returning from a distant restaurant. It was monsoon outside. 

The male driver drove like and absolute mainiac, while texting and talking. 

I had to roar at him, something I have never done here, and he nearly <deleted> himself!

He put the phone away but still drove like a mad tosser. 

We reported him immediately to Grab on arrival. 

We booked Grab because we didn't want to drink drive, particularly that far. 

My exact thought this guy was doing the same. It all adds up backside up + eyes down = Truck Soup

Well we almost got through Monday without a crime passionnel.

They're rarely "vanilla" these days, always something not quite on point. 

Not to sound too flippant, it's never welcome news, and just so pointless for all concerned.

Nobody is worth spending a lifetime in Thai jail for.

Nobody deserves to pay with their lives for love, or even lust, either. 

RIP. 

Well, over six months ago and neither of his alter-egos appear to have posted, so we never really found out!

We hope he is well whatever and wherever he's moved on to. 

14 hours ago, Hummin said:

so she went to your hotel first night with her friend to? 

 

8k is a nice evening at Goji Kitchen and bar at Marriot hotel for two persons. I never spent so much money in the beginning with my wife! 

 

Next time you know you are taken for a ride, normal girls is ok with a bbq restaurant, and even she brings her friend or two with her, it will never end up more than 1500,- baht. 

No friends on the first date, no exceptions, it's perverse at best!

I'll meet her mates IF we become an item, not before. 

Missus had a government employee pal who was fired for corruption!

We rented her defaulted and fully furnished Korat bungalow for 5K a month while our BKK apartment was refurbished to lease, the juristic fees on our apt are nearly 9K!

The bank showed up early, but not before we had the apartment sorted.

With owners permission, we had the aircons stripped out, and took them to our other place in Chiang Mai that we had to leave empty while BKK work was being done, as it was a days ride to the apt in Bangkok. 

OP Just do what I suggested, there's no need to explain yourself to the forum. 

I'm not saying there are not some others valid thoughts to consider, 

but everyone knows banking here involves frequent physical visits to a branch, and that's not likely to change in our lifetimes. 

A new (moved) account makes perfect sense if it's more convenient. 

There are other contenders, but the problem lies with a hustings system that needs a complete re-boot. 

The newbs are not networked enough to have a shot at it. To be networked enough they need to be in debt for favours given on the way to the top. 

It's so open to corruption it's crazy, the elephant in the room nobody wants to talk about because it's almost un fixable. 

And why should the turkeys in DC vote for Xmas anyway?

Zero! Please don't. 

Look at all the foregoing posts, what a headache! 

If you yourself were a professional from somewhere like Southern Africa, then you have a chance of making a fist of it, if it's for your Thai family to muck about on, apart from the above-mentioned intricacies, well, buyer beware. 

Rent a shack in the boonies, on a quarter rai, be a hobby gardener, with your good lady, Richard Breirs, Felicity Kendall, and die wise, rich, and happy. 

Imagine the amounts they are trousering at the untouchable levels!

Look at the skyscrapers and malls in Bangkok, it's amazing! And still going Covid or not, inflation or not, wars or not, and yet a farang with a condo will wait years to see a ROI if ever, just renting.

I believe they've even gone DOWN in value while in the western world new buyers can't get a doghouse back home. 

London a trusted global financial centre, looks like toytown by comparison, even New York hasn't built anything to rival Bangkok in recent decades, apart from 9/11 replacements.

Why is this place booming, but ordinary Joe's can't flip anything fast enough to make it worthwhile?

The graft must be worth hundreds of millions of USD a DAY!

You go to your branch with passport and bankbook, tell them where you want to change to, it may be helpful to screenshot your new branch for them. 

I last did this years ago at BKKBBK, and it was a bit of a run around, I recall they start the process at your old branch, you then go to the new branch with the paperwork they give you, get that new account opened, then go back to the old branch, and they finalise it. 

You won't need to carry any physical cash, but you still need to do all the running around. 

13 hours ago, sherwood said:

And that is another good reason not to puke from a fifth floor balcony.

 

Not the obvious place to head for to puke even when smashed. 

Falling is one of my phobias, and I get sweaty palms just reading this.

RIP.

I just hope he was too hammered to realise what was happening before he hit the ground. 

2 hours ago, Liverpool Lou said:

This man's bill was B1,975.

A lightweight, I've paid 6K that at a hi-so winebar in better days, it was wais all round. 

And cheaper in the long run than what this guy's put himself though. 

6 hours ago, bamnutsak said:

Good read...

 

 

Thailand’s moment of truth: Pita’s struggle for new regime continues

Move Forward pressured to scrap proposed royal reforms as it seeks to govern

 

https://www.ft.com/content/fff53142-f594-4fe2-bc75-cd518fc295d0

 

 

IMO, the Powers that Be will NEVER allow Pita to form a government/assume the PM role UNLESS he swears an oath to NOT pursue any reforms, and promises to stick to Prayuth's 20 year plan.

 

Prayuth is flexing today. And if the dirt/law attacks don't work he will be proclaiming that "There will not be a coup" soon.

 

 

 

 

 

They can still back off the reforms themselves, but 112 as it stands is just a legal Gordian knot and it's clearly misused and weaponised. 

The only institution that should be empowered to invoke 112 should be the Palace themselves, and even then, it should not be years and years of jail for a comment or cartoon.

This sort of absurdity is more akin to the uptight Middle East than laid back Thailand.

The elites care naught about change for the betterment of the masses, or even the nation as a whole.

They've got it all sewn up and see no need to share anything, ever. 

49 minutes ago, Enoon said:

Also published in 2022:

 

"Markets evolve slowly when cannabis is legalized, but it is more than just the opening of dispensaries that gets expanded in some jurisdictions. In jurisdictions with for-profit entities licensed to sell, legalization comes with a robust industry promoting high potency cannabis products, which have been associated with psychosis symptoms. In Colorado, there was a positive association between the number of dispensaries (medical and recreational) and rates of psychosis ED visits across all...."

 

Impact of cannabis legalization on healthcare utilization for psychosis and schizophrenia in Colorado  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0955395922001049

 

 

Prohibition ending increased alcohol harms too. But it was better than deadly gang warfare in city streets and FBI poison hooch by a country mile! 

Same for all drugs really. There's always a percentile who can't handle their highs. 

Their half-baked legal system didn't stop me getting fully baked back when, and it won't stop me in the future. ????

She probably had a perfectly acceptable cute little button nose but wanted a western bridge, then that went wrong, and here we are, dead in her mid twenties, a tragic outcome for a warped sense of beauty nature didn't intend.

RIP.

11 hours ago, xylophone said:

Although I'm not a trump supporter, far from it in fact, I would have to say that the allegation by this woman seems a bit flimsy to me – – no witnesses, unsure of the date on which it happened and well over 25 years since it supposedly took place.

 

Will be interesting to see how this pans out, but I think the slippery orange one may well duck this.
 

That's already done. Found proven!

Five million in damages awarded. 

What's happening now is further damages because, like the stolen election BS, he just keeps going until his mouth gets him, and Fox, and Rudi, and those lawyer ladies, deeper and deeper into a litigation hole. 

It's hilarious, the only "witch" is his own ego. 

The base are giving till it hurts, the Maestro feels no pain. 

You gotta be on drugs to donate serious cash towards his multiple judgements, legal fees, AND a multiple million dollar run he's likely to lose, there's just too much dirt on him for most swing Americans to stomach. And that's who will carry this one. 

If this really was a witch hunt, he'd be swapping shanks with Weinstein by now. 

And that's a fact. 

On 6/16/2023 at 9:13 AM, MrMojoRisin said:

He is 74, been in exile for 17 years and is clearly homesick. There is no mystery here for anyone who is not a junta loving, anti democracy Thaksin obsessive.

I'm no establishment fanboi, nor do I claim to be a scholar of Thai politics, but anyone who has been here long enough for a coup or three knows this stinks of high-level horsetrading shenanigans.

His family are free to visit him every weekend if they wish, he can eat authentic Thai food prepared by a chef, he has more than enough dosh for all that and more. 

This is a cunning plan of Blackadder proportions, wait and see! 

Why not go to Savannakhet? No need to book. A long road trip, but the highway is straight and empty and new for the last two hours, and SVK is quite pleasant with your SO in tow, they are affordable to bring on a road trip and can help drive and translate over the border. (Park your car under cover at border post 200 baht)

The buses are not worth the risk no matter how cheap they are!