MalcolmB

Sorry to hear that. What were the circumstances? Was he speeding, ran a red light ? The alcohol doesn’t kill you, it is the driving mistake.

I think you know what I meant Lou. Don’t speed, make sure I stop fully at stop signs, always indicate etc etc Lou being Lou.

More natural food, less pollution and more exercise probably a factor.

Do you want me to be PC or do you want the truth? I drink drive, as millions of other people do, I have done for 30 years, and I have never had an incident.

I think snitch is the word.

Yes, probably because I was not concentrating and following the road rules as deligently as I do after drinking so as not to give police any reason to pull me over. Average 3 times a week for 30 years without a problem. 0r 900 times.

I understand your feeling, you are thinking you are doing the right thing, so you get angry when you see people not doing the “right thing”. It is the same emotion that makes religions so toxic. A hardcore Muslim will feel that way about a women not dressed appropriately, a hardcore Christian will not like atheists etc. when people follow rules and see other people not following those rules it upsets them. i get your emotion. But the fact is I, and many people I know are capable of driving drunk. Some people can not.

So what are we going to do about all those sober people causing death? I have been drink driving all my life, never had an accident drunk. You just have to be sensible about it, don’t speed, use indicators, concentrate. Dont give the police any reason to pull you over.

In other news Thais IN Sydney shocked that a small serve of steamed Mali rice at a restaurant costs $7 or 175 baht, 17 times the price of in Bangkok. And a fish?

Murder needs intent. if a drunk driver deliberately killed someone it would be murder. Accidents happen. More road deaths are caused by sober people.

Sounds like he is a capable drink driver. Unfortunately laws are brought in for the ones who cause problems as then everyone is supposed to follow those laws whether it makes sense individually or not. Eg. Weed was banned for everyone because 2% of the population can not handle weed. Speed humps on the road are everywhere because a small percentage of people will not slow down in built up areas but the speed humps annoy everyone. It is unfortunate. The bigger the city the more rules you need to follow.

The Thai women are the big draw. You have one right?

Pattaya is for the budget conscious. Food, sex, transport all cheaper. Phuket is for those who want something a bit better, generally cleaner and better air quality, less piles of garbage. Both are good. If they both cost the same, Phuket would win, a whole tropical island versus Jomtien to Nakluea.

Wowser is a bit like a born again Christian. Pathetic

They are popular with kids who come from broken homes.

As usual the anti everything successful Thailand does muppets are out knocking Thailand. The TAT have been incredibly successful over the last 4 decades creating millions jobs for Thais as well as Burmese, Cambodians, Laotions and Phillipinos. An estimated 14, 000 Thai families are now USD millionaires from the tourist sector. Thailand is number one in the world. https://www.benoitproperties.com/news/bangkok-crowned-worlds-most-visited-city-in-2023-by-mastercard/ Thailand's capital was travellers' favourite city in 2023, raking in 22.78 million international visitors. It was joined by Phuket and Pattaya at the top of the leaderboard. Suck it up.

A smiling beautiful girl with the face of an angel with hair like silk in a very short skirt presented icy cold beers to me, then gave me a rub and invited me upstairs to make sweet passionate love.

The irony.

Imagine how entitled her kids are going to end up with a mother like that.

And did the kids actually care?

And Thai women. It is admirable how the Thais stick up for each other. It appears the English woman’s husband didn’t even bother showing up, let alone the country getting behind her.

No it isn’t. Thai Muslims make up approximately 35% of Phuket's population, and many are still concentrated in the area around Kamala, Bangtao and Surin where the migrant Malays originally settled.

Because Laos is a communist country and your second choice of countries to live in. With no beach, little English, bad infrastructure etc. You really struggle with life in Thailand, it would amuse me to see you in communist Laos.

I have never been affected by this law. Hundreds of beer bars, resorts, restaurants, shops all selling booze between 2 and 5 pm. Gives something to Bob to complain about though.

Do you think that has a lot to do with why so many of us choose this country as our home? The women do a superb job of raising their little princes which is good training for them when Freddy farang comes along and recieves the care that they never got back in Farangland from all the aggressive Karens. God bless Thai females.