Hammerite

The New Zealanders  I have met,  really dislike being labelled as Kiwis. 

Does this mean we can call Pakistanis the P word? Or Chinese the C word etc etc . 

Double standards as usual!!

4 hours ago, grain said:

Maybe a walk along Pattaya Beach Road after dark should also be included in UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage.

..and having your gold chain stolen by ...

Shouldn't that read LOW RENT, not low budget!!

Jus saying...

51 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

 

Thats awful and I sympathise...    Were you aware your insurance company had an age cut off policy ?

IMO - its wholly wrong that an insurance company is permitted to behave in this manner. 

I believe it is Thai based insurance companies that can get away with this behavior, where as overseas based insurance companies (i.e. based in US or UK etc) are under more strict regulation. 

 

Health insurance in old age is one of the concerns I have as a long termer here... 

Retirement is a long way off, but I worry about being in a similar situation - either priced out of insurance, or unable to secure insurance in the first place - we have access to the national health care if something very serious arises. 

 

Not only Thai based insurance companies. Most companies have an age cut off regarding standard insurance  Mine is cheap until age 70. Then when 70 you have to get an individually assessed polilcy. If you have a number of health conditions this is likely to be unaffordable

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I personally turned up at a Thai private hospital with acute appendicitis and they would not admit me at all until they had a deposit from my credit card!! All my subsequent treatment had to be claimed for cup front on my card as the Insurance Company were so slow!!! (I got it back later). 

I assume public hospitals are different??

So Mr Penson and all his mates seemingly couldn't dummy up this amount between them for him to pay back later??? But they can all afford a holiday in Phuket???

Draw your own conclusions!!

Forget who hypothetically offed these two creeps.

The problem then would be the succession in each country.

We might end up with even worse  lunatics in charge ...with their fingers on the big red button!!!

4 hours ago, Smokey and the Bandit said:

So the couple received an electric shock? Did the hotel get a qualified electrician to investigate and find any faulty wiring or whatever? If not it could happen again?

Nah, Somchai the maintenance guy checked it out by switching it on and putting his hand in the water .  No shock ...its good to go boss!!

I remember In Pattaya in the 90s a thai guy about 50 with a crutch under one armpit would hobble around beer bars begging. Out of sight (or so he thought) he would carry the crutch in one hand and trot nimbly over to his motor scooter and ride on to his next target !! 

The Dutch drink a lot of milk, eat a lot of cheese, and are now the tallest people in the world !!!!!!

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/sep/17/why-does-worlds-tallest-populace-dutch-seem-to-be-getting-shorter

This article suggests that a dairy diet has helped the cloggies grow taller ..but the most recent generations by eating junk food have put this into reverse !!!

Of course there may be a reason Thais are less likely to be scammed in this way.  Nothing to do with the legal system or business acumen .

More to do with the likelihood of o helmeted motorcyclist with a gun turning up on the scammers doorstep!!!

Just a thought.

The ladies shoulda  been wearing full leathers too????????..

Sorry , I'll get my coat.

The RTP are clearly using the Benny Hill traffic management plan.

We need a Cliff Richard festival to placate my fellow Brit retirees ????

Three suspects "grilled "together?

Surely its standard practice to keep them sperate so they don't know what the others have said. They are also more likely to incriminate each other.

And YES, I did obtain my comprehensive knowledge of police interrogation procedures from watching multiple episodes of "The Sweeney" !! ????

21 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The project, entitled “Transmit, Promote, and Preserve

I think we know what mostly gets "transmitted" in Pattaya ...

OMG, I knew Id forgotten something when I left Soi 6 !!! 

Confuscious.....my father took a ruler and hit me again on my hands.
"If the monk has hit you, he surely had reason for it and you should not complain."

Ah memories... I went to a similar secondary school in England. In rhe 70s. My dad once asked me if the monks ( the Brothers) had ever hit me ( this was with the Tawse: a thick reinforced leather strap). 

When I said yes , he was at first outraged but after a couple of seconds said "well you must have deserved it"!! Fortunately I was not whacked again by my dad

To be honest in those days  most students preferred  school discipline  to having parents informed as the consequences would have been far far worse ....punishment not only for the misdeeds but for having brought shame on the family and being reminded of this at every opportunity  by your folks!!! 

Seems like a sensible idea in many ways.

Unfortunately it will inevitably be used as a money making exercise by the RTP!!

6 hours ago, Leaver said:

15 hours ago, Hammerite said:

It was explained to me by a delightful young lady ,(after I got a bit peeved about the daft stories) ,that it was her job as a bar girl to ask for as much as she could get away with and my job as a farang to try and get away with paying her as little as possible (while keeping her happy)!!

We got on fine after the rules of the game were outlined !!

 

Did the rules of the game change after you married her? 

We never got to that stage although I did meet her family and remember her fondly 25 years later!!!

It was explained to me by a delightful young lady ,(after I got a bit peeved about the daft stories) ,that it was her job as a bar girl to ask for as much as she could get away with and my job as a farang to try and get away with paying her as little as possible (while keeping her happy)!!

We got on fine after the rules of the game were outlined !!

Great , guess I can stop snorting bleach now????

Isn't it about time Internet providers stopped this at source? 

I'm sure if they had, to the vast majority of these scam emails could be stopped. Governments internationally however are seemingly afraid to take on these large companies.

On 12/22/2022 at 5:58 AM, stoner said:

a reduction of 80 percent of the population is needed. nothing else is going to work and we all know it by now. 

 

the will and evolved thought isnt there to really make the changes needed. 

I take it you are lining up to be euthanized at this moment in support of your views!!!

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