wadsy

2 hours ago, rocketboy2 said:

All sounds a bit limp. 

OMG 3cm less. I hope the quack doesn't moonlight as a penile extension surgeon.????

$200,000 USD is over $300,000 AUD. Sounds suspiciously like the hospitals having a lend of them dollar wise. Even my Thai wife thought it seemed excessive medical bill. Nearly 7,000,000 baht!

On 5/7/2019 at 5:13 PM, happysoul said:

Just saw them being emptied and shut down at Big C on superhighway. 

I didn't mind seeing them as you know you won't win anything. It's like casinos, just do it for fun. 

Now will they get rid of the balls with a toy inside machines too? 

Looks a bit like a muslim crane machine with that covering bud. ????

18 hours ago, parryhandy said:

ermm this house is in Mexico

https://www.elegantmexico.com/blog-travel-tips-villa-stay/

Oops - that didn't take too much detective work. ????????

We have used a real estate agent named Sam - his english is good and he charges reasonable commissions.  His facebook id is Payungsak Faikao - have a chat to him bud.

On 10/29/2018 at 2:30 PM, grego49 said:

Have to agree,why would anyone pull 800,000 baht out of a super fund usually getting 7% plus and put it in a thai bank and get what 1 1/2---2% interest..

Its called lifestyle choice I guess. 800,000 baht at 7% ROI (your example) is 56,000/yr. 800,000 baht in a twelve month term deposit (at Kasikornbank for example) is 10,400/yr - thats 45600 baht difference or 3800 baht per month. I don't know about you but I would think that the cost of living difference between Thailand and a western country would make it worth sacrificing 3800 baht a month to live there.

FMD - as other posters have said, watching that is cringe worthy and I'm surprised the obnoxious Scottish knob didn't get smacked down or at the very least locked up. Strutting around demanding an ID card as though he's someone of authority. He needs anger management and an attitude adjustment. An embarrassment to farangs everywhere.

39 minutes ago, Jdiddy said:

Whats with the insane amount of threads on this topic? I know the boys are from wealthy families going by their bikes but still..

 

Its crazy - I think most people come here for updates on how its all going (well at least I do anyway) yet all there seems to be are armchair experts from the TVF's offering this or that opinion on what should or should not be doing or how they should do this or that. Its pretty pathetic really. FWIW and my 2c's worth - let the professionals on the ground, both Thai and international do their job and make the best decisions they can considering the situation..

My Thai wife just said that on the Thai media they are just reporting one of the Thai SEAL team has met with tragedy. Anyone know if this is actually the case? Hopefully not.

10,000 baht is still cheap for a decent mattress here - we just purchased two from a furniture shop near Kumtieng and they were 12,000 baht each but they were pillow top with decent inner springs. They also had there a memory foam one which was super soft but 18,000 baht though. If you come down from the north east corner of the moat going to Kum Tieng garden market (behind the Tesco Lotus) the furniture shop is on the right before the first set of traffic lights.

2 minutes ago, GTgrizzly said:

Cheers thanks wadsy

That's about what I was expecting 

My retirement is due on 09-05-2018

Where is Oz does your mate live?

He's in Taree NSW and from the horses mouth (centrelink) that was what he will get as of last month. Half your luck being retired in May this year. PM me if you need any more info. Cheers.

3 minutes ago, GTgrizzly said:

Hi Mate

Can you explain the Centrelink loopholes you have mentioned

I was under the impression that once I was of retirement age I would only lose about $10 a week but still entitled to my pension when I move to Thailand

Any advice would be appreciated

Cheers

Geoff

P.S. Private contact details available if you need them

You're right bud. One of my best mates is coming here in April on the OZ old age pension. He loses the energy supplement and a couple of other small things but the rest is portable and he will get around $800 a fortnight whilst he lives in Thailand. 

10 hours ago, FolkGuitar said:

 

What a nasty thing to imply!

Do you have anything at all to back up such innuendo? Or are you just defaming the restaurant out of spite because you get a headache? 

Some people just have to denigrate and whine bud.

"

Would it help if I told you they want me to pay the fine at Pra Sing police station (center of all police corruption/music license scams).

And not Chiang Mai Provincial Police Traffic Operational Center, near the market/river where traffic violations are normally paid."

I could be wrong but last time I rode down that way it was demolished. Unless its been rebuilt? Anyone know?

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But they aren't posting on Facebook beforehand that they are hoping their victims have a miscarriage and posting umpteen videos on YouTube clearly illustrating that he cares nothing about the victims, but only about himself.

There are many reasons why this character should be kept away from the rest of us, but they cannot be covered within this thread.

The UK newspapers are currently reporting about him for something other than the incident in Phuket. "

That in itself right there is pretty ordinary isn't it?

10 hours ago, TunnelRat69 said:

all in hand Mate, its still an accident..............lighten up, less stressing over nothing that concerns you, you'll live longer.

It wasn't and 'accident' it was negligent driving/riding. You seem to imply by saying 'accident' it was no-ones fault. I looked at the video a dozen times and Glass was clearly negligent in the manner he operated the motorcycle. FWIW I investigated traffic collisions for over 20 years.

Yeah, I found the guy at Lumphun that makes them - not quite the same but close. I will go out and see him when we get back there. Cheers.

Hi,

To save me a bit of looking does anyone know contact details or where abouts in Chiang Mai I would be able to source out something like this:

Thanks in advance.