bernie66

"This is a priority case because it has damaged the reputation of Sukhothai and the entire country,"

Not because somebody is dead - so that's OK then.

Definitive isn’t it brother. In English this is saying they really only care when something affects them directly. The ole' saving face issue manifested like a trump card before a negative image can be created in the mind of a brain washed citizen. Given that one reporter cannot speak for a people as a whole. As well, this might not be a correct translation. Me and you just might be lost in translation and got them all wrong. Too bad drugs were not found at the scene or they just might be a little more feeling.

That poor little girl, If there is a God I hope she is taking care of the little one by removing her fear, torment, and pain. I hope everyone who reads about this takes a minute to think about how frightened, helpless, and alone she must have been in her last hour. And not thinking about their tourism, there image, what race she was, or that she was a tourist. She was some body’s neighbor, sister, and daughter that just wanted to take a bike ride to see something pretty down by the water. That is the tragedy not there image.

Evaporator coil cleaner "inside unit" Not condinser cleaner, "outside unit"it has to be washed off with a water hose or it will corrode the aluminum and eat the metal fins away. Some are Antimicrobial, Antibacterial, Antifungal, ect.ect.ect. You could probably have the unit completely cleaned and serviced cheap over thier.

i am an american and wanting to do the exact same thing. I want to take my wife to amsterdam for a couple of hours on the way to america. Although i have not talked to the dutch embassey personaly, a dutch lawyer told me that the only way my wife could come in the country even if for just a few hours is to be sponsored by a dutch national. And that we are not. I am going to try and go to the dutch embassey when i get home to bkk and find out from them what the deal is.But please follow up on this forum when you find out the deal so that i know too.

A year ago i was looking for the same thing you are. I found a now 6 year old dash for 14k. I put the mags and tires from a 150 and it rides really good with the added weight in the tires. At the time I looked all over bkk for one and only found 1 for sale in a shop. The only thing about it I don’t like is the battery life. Evidently they don’t have magnetos in these things. But I did see one last week that looked really good on Lad Prow rd. the only other one I have ever seen in perfect shape for sale. I have only seen one on the road that still had the original fairings and looked nice. It’s a 5 years old bike, a year newer than mine. Its Just down the road from Bangkapi mall. A Honda shop next to the Vejthanee hospital. I bet you could get it for 10 k. I bet you won’t be able to get one at all in a few more years. But these sport bike framed 150's? What’s the point in having an engine that small and giving up the maneuverability of a moped in traffic? I think their retarded and impractical. A 600cc sport bike in Thailand,Ok. But a 150cc/ 250cc engine in a sport bike frame. That’s just ridicules.

I had a sweet 96 softail that I loved in the USA. But in always went through my mind that i was riding on one hel_l of a down payment on a house. Now I want one in Thailand and they want 3X as much. I could get one if I wanted it bad enough but I don't think so . Especially living in BKK.I would just choke on exhaust not being able to fit between traffic. 4 years ago i was riding a Harley and raising Pit Bulls. Now im driving a moped staring at my wife's poodles.

Oh my buddha, I would have never guessed that would be in my future. If it were possible to ride a bike on the toll roads and highways in Thailand I might think about buying a big bike again but im more worried about retirement these days. Besides, anyone out there on an Aprila or Ducati that thinks they get from Bangkapi to Sukumviet faster than me on this 14,000 baht piece of crap. Bring it on! The loser picks up the bar tab

sorry if im off topic..

I wanted to get one for my wife. I was thinking Chevy right.. After talking to my Thai brother in law I changed my mind. He told me that they are cheaply priced because they are made in Thailand, and "crap" as he put it in so many words. Personally i would never want to drive a car with the engine in sideways and only a right front tire for traction in the rain.

but after looking at how ridiculess the price of vehicles are in Thailand and the fact that the Chevy’s are half the price of any other car I would probably get one. But I would get one that was at least a year old and let someone else pay the first year depreciation which is the greatest. That way if you decide you don’t like it after a year and sell it. You will only loose $2000 instead of $7000.

600,000 baht? what year 1980? Harleys are ridiculously priced in thailand. As is any motor vehicle. I have been trying to figure out how to get one in bkk but im not going to pay $40,000 for an $18,000 bike. Anybody bought a bike through the US military sales program and had it sent to Thailand? Can anybody guess at what im going to pay in tarrifs if i do? i can get an 08' softail for 18 grand but getting it into Thailand is going to be a different story.

Get married in thailand if you can afford it. you will have to travel in and out and get a non immagrant o visa. It will take more than a year if you are American.This will help her deal with the culture shock and be less stressful on her. IF you are not an expat then getting them in your country is your first goal and getting married in your country may be the quickest way to do this. But which ever you decide niether is easyer so hire a law office to process the paperwork. This will ensure that no mistakes are made. i have done it twice. I would never try it without legal representation. IT IS WORTH EVERY PENNY.

i have only been in and out of thailand for 2 years. I have come to the conclusion that i am going to learn and tell noone not even my wife that i can speak or read thai. I found in japan that you can learn an incredible amount of things when everyone thinks your oblivious to what they are saying.

i found an interesting web site you might want to try www.pandora.com type in your favorite artist and it makes a radio station for you. i am not sure if the horrible internet in thailand will play it though.

Due to the angry nature of some recent posts, I would like to make an effort to hopefully discuss something less hostile.

Therefore, what is your favourite color, and why?

Mine is cyan. Second is dark tourquoise. I like both of those because they can probably go with just about anything. And to me, they are "warm" colors, although some may disagree (but hopefully not in a hostile way which could upset a sensitive person).

If you need help choosing, here is a pretty good website that has a good color chart:

http://gotomy.com/color.html

Black is my favorite color whether you choose to say it is a color or not. I love it because it is distant and cold like space, indifferent to other colors I wear with it, and it looks reserved next to other colors. I mean its transparent like a new car that is black looks like your hand will go into it when you touch it. Nothing is finer than a black sports car. And yes people when the car salesman asks me what color I want the car in I just say black. I don’t say I don’t want a color I want black instead of a color! Not such a bad subject Weho. As you have done Weho and described your favorite color in 3 ways. can you name your favorite animal and describe it in 3 ways? It is just funny that u ask this question because I always ask women this when we are on our first date. It can tell you a lot about someone’s perception of reality. That is that every person has a little voice in their head telling them how to interoperate and react to information they receive from their environments. A voice that stems from some traumatic but almost never positive experience in their life. I will give you an example. A person’s favorite color is how they perceive other people. So you see people as warm and want to follow social groups that tend to conform to each other and agree about everything. This gives you comfort because it is easy to gain acceptance by agreeing and mimicking them. But you’re scared of not being accepted by them so you avoid engaging in any kind of disagreement or expressing your own opinion because then you might not be accepted by their group anymore. Thus, you’re subconsciously choosing to think about colors to avoid stressful conversations. You can disagree and argue with me Weho! Come on it will be fun and we will become friends because of it! I really think you need to start engaging in more discussions where we disagree. This allows me as the protagonist to step outside of my own myopic ignorance and see the world from another’s point of view. This allows me to have great insight into any situation. You see no matter what your response is that is valuable to someone. If it is one out of ten then you have given me a ruff guesstamation as to how 10% of the world would respond to my absurd remarks. I learn something about the masses from Weho! Other People can learn from you weather you think you are intelligent or not, when you disagree with them. You see, men sometimes act hostile to each other in a discussion but this is the only way they will learn. Weather they change each others position of the matter is not as important as that learn that everyone has an opinion and they can’t change the world by making a new law. If they didn’t learn through debate then everyone would run around screaming like a child incapable of foresight or cause and effect. I think drug prohibition would be an example of the world’s short comings in this department. What would life be like if we all dressed in uniform, gave ourselves the same haircut, and agreed about everything? Would we have ever gone to the moon? Music would be so terrible. I will confess that sometime I tell people that I disagree with them on the forum when in fact I think the same way they do. I have told people I am a raciest Nazi just to see how they would respond. There are a couple of guys on this forum that I like to insult from time to time just to get their feathers fluffed up. But I think we both know that if we ever met that we would probably be drinking buddies and never have a dull conversation. Oh yes, So your favorite animal? This is how you see yourself. Weho you need to go get a pit bull puppy. I think this would be your favorite animal if you had one. They are so sensitive when they are puppies, follow you everywhere, need to be accepted by you, but they mature into very assertive and confident individuals. A good pet can change your life. They are not popular but you should never let other peoples opinion determine what you like or dislike. Besides no one really cares about what kind of dog you have anyway.

The only thing you need is an attitude. If you have the posture of a victim than that’s how you will look to a perpetrator. I think all you need to do is hold your head up and walk like you carry a big stick. It is a mistake to focus your attention on a weapon. Better to realize that everything around you is a weapon. A hammer sitting on top a table, an iron pan, or a common plate broke in half can be sharper than a knife. One of my favorite is to grab someone by the arm and pull them into the corner of a wall or the sharp corner of a piece of furniture. If someone backs you into a wall and you grab their neck and drop straight down to the ground their head is going to go through the wall. Thus the wall was your weapon and you cant be arrested for assault. Its over so fast that even the people standing right around you wont know what happen to the guy lying on the ground covered in his own blood. My point is that if you are focused on a weapon they will read your intention and go after it too. If you focused on one weapon in a stressful situation you would probably pass up five running through your house screaming to get one. Make it a point to leave a number of odd objects lying around in each room. Always keep them in the same spot and situated in the same manner. After a while they will be in your brain so that if one is ever disturbed it will stand out like a pile of dog crap in the middle of the floor. If they are ever disturbed then you will know someone who befriended your dogs has been in your house looking through your stuff. Always keep these objects facing the same direction even though they are in a different rooms. So walk through your house looking in each room. Anything with an edge or that is heavy enough to clock someone in the head take note of it and think how you would grab and swing it. Situate them so they are spread out around in the rooms so you can get to one no matter were someone was to grab you. In a struggle they will only be focused on what they want and they will never see you going for it. It will not appear that your going for a weapon only trying to get away. They will not see an ugly little statue with a sharp base as a weapon. The only thing you need to know about self defense is that you never let them see what your going to hit them with until your driving it into their skull. Never think that your going to pull out a bat and they are going to just change their mind and walk away. once you have seen their face he is done or you are done. Don’t discount your dogs so fast either, you are the leader of their pack. Just don’t scream at the person you are attacking in an indirect manner as to make them think you are angry at them. Rather bark commands at him than just screaming like a mad woman. Screaming “don’t hurt me” will sound different to your dogs than “get the h3ll out of my house” You can get a large stuffed animal and make a game of wrestling with it. Roll around with it on the floor calling your dogs by name and saying “GET EM!” really loud. Praise them when they dive in and snap at it. They will have so much fun that just saying “get em “ in a whisper will make them come running from the other side of the house. Don’t worry if they start fighting over it they are just trying to show who is #2 and who is #3. Be careful not to hit or yell at them to break them up. Then the game is over. And lastly someone who is contemplating rape or murder does not let themselves be perceived as such to the average person. I would watch out for the clean cut young men rather than some loony old man. He is probably just paranoid and wants people to leave him the h3ll alone. Someone who would want to hurt you will almost always try to get to know you first.

the multiple entery will cover you if you have a family emergency and they are easy to get. A bit stressful to leave the country every 90 days especially when your trying to save money and out of work but its like insurance. but plan for a long wait. my wifes visa was filed almost a full year ago and is still not done. I worry everyday about what i am going to do when i am out of work for more than a year or dont have the money they require.

I heard India is giving 5 and 6%,just a thought though. I might just go with Munich or Switzerland.

I have not opened an account in Thailand yet but I was planning on getting around to it this year. I just haven’t decided what percent of my money I want to move to Thailand. I have heard negative comments on such matters as limitations on transfers and false interest rates. Please fill me in on all your negative experiences and dislikes so that I can make a more intelligent decision before putting the majority of my money into a Thai account. My initial impression was normal interest rates being taxed at only 1% at the end of the year. I was told that the income tax in Thailand is only 1%. So my plan was to have eventually enough money in a 1 year secured account as to pull 5% interest annually. That is for example $300,000 US in a Thai bank account would pull $745 a month annually and I would only be taxed %1 instead of %30 percent as I would be in the States. And I could retire on the $745 a month. This seems to me, a safer deal than the American stock market that i have absolutely no faith in. Please feel free to shatter all my dreams of grander and ridiculess expectation of being able to retire before my pecker no longer works.

what a classic tale.... "farang robs thai bank" has such a nice ring to it too ! Only 420,000 baht. The guy had his day and maybe the cops won't be able to catch him who knows. Not saying this guy did anything brave or cool, but the banks rob us all blind on a daily basis. Thai banks more so with some truly queer rules regarding opening accounts, limitations on money transfers, non existent interest rate, etc. As if this bank's going to miss the 420,000 baht. Let's see if and when this guy gets caught and if he's really 'farang'. Can't wait to find out !

I dont want to go off subject but I have yet to decide how what percent of my money to put into a thai bank. I think your comments would make an excellent thread. Please give it a good bit of the old in out, in out when i post it.

Print his emails, book a house party for his mates and then plaster the emails on the bathroom wall... with 'just enough' time for him to find them before his mates turn up.

Plaster up one sheet of paper with a big red border and the name card of a law firm stuck in the middle.

I say stick these in the bathroom because when he finds them he's gonna shit himself.

Thats right brother! If he thinks she is smart enough to get a lawyer he wont be running around again. She doent need passive options.

All the blame seems to be directed at the husband and some girl he met on holiday. It should be obvious that it can't be much of a marriage if the wife is sneaking around behind the husbands back and checking his emails. Maybe he left the emails to check on her sneaky ways. Trust is very important in a relationship.

Perhaps the wife should see the signs; even though he may not have found Miss right this time he is certainly on the look out for her.

BTW, Bernie66, HIV is quite a serious issue and telling someone that they could possibly be infected (when the aren't) is not only a sign of a deranged lunatic but also illegal.

If they are innocent than their is no way she is infected that’s why I didn’t say "have yourself checked." so she will stay away because he has it. she is most likely a prostitute and needs to be checked anyway. And if she is not a prostitute it serves her right for messing around with a married man. This poor woman not only needs to stop her husband’s affair but she needs to feel like she got a little revenge to help her sleep at night. She needs to pull no punches. She needs to feel that she took control of the situation for her own well being. I have been where she is and I know how she feels. Concerning herself with the feelings of a woman screwing her husband is absurd. Oh hel_l no! your wrong not me.

1. Respond to her next letter with one of the following responses, pretending to be your husband..

Dear Jeab,

My wife has been reading my E-mail. She has read your letters and some from other woman I have been seeing. We are having a hard time working this out but we have agreed to try. I love my wife and I am going to stop contacting you and the other woman I have been seeing. Thank you for everything but please do not respond or try to contact me anymore.

Take care of yourself,

Jhon the married guy

Spend a couple of days getting to his mail before he has a chance to read her responses and delete them.

Dear Jeab,

I care for you dearly but there is something I must tell you. I can't keep this from you because I have the utmost respect for you and love you dearly. I have been getting sick lately. This month has been the worst. My wife convinced me to go to the hospital because of a very high temperature I was running. I went to the Hospital where they informed me that I have contracted HIV. To make things worst I gave it to my wife and she is not taking it to well. The doctors have given her medication to calm her down but I fear she might try to kill herself. I have no Idea where I got it and I feel it is the right thing to do to try and contact every body I have slept with. This will be difficult as I do not think I contracted the disease from a woman. I always used condoms when I slept with women. And I have no idea how to find the men I have been with. And their were some nights I was so drunk I don't know what happened to me. Please be careful and don't make the same mistakes with your life that I have made.

I will love you always,

Jhon the dying guy

I don't think she will be responding to this one but best to check..55555555

2 Make another email account using his name. Send her a letter pretending to be your husband. Saying that you think you wife is reading your e-mail and give her the new e-mail address. Use this to find out where she works and go give her the beating she diserves..

3 I could be wrong but I believe there are some pretty serious Thai laws that enable you to file a lawsuit or have her arrested. See a lawyer and send the bill to your husband after it is over. And never tell him how you found out.

4 Show him the letters and tell him your going to jump in bed with the next guy you get the chance with.You will do to him the same thing he is doing to you and your not going to tell him. In the future you will know he is cheating on you because he will act as if you are cheating on him.Good luck, but I do believe only violent confrontation will guarantee that he wont do it again.

Jak works well in English and Thai

Anything with porn in it, is to be avoided.

Yep, my boy's Jack and no nik. Actually, most Thais think that's already his nik

lets see Dianaporn, Maryporn, Gabriellaporn,Popcorn... I would go with a Thai first name english middle i dont think a hybrid exists...

If you are a salty old tart then why are you running into all these "newbies." No matter what country I go to I keep running into this same guy. I love to get hammered and talk to guys from different countries about what is going on in the world. Its one thing to talk about Hezbollah but its much more interesting to talk to a Lebanese Expat about Hezbollah. Cow Jai Mai? Anyway, I always run into this guy. He quickly turns a conversation about where he comes from into how much of the local language I speak. Asking me in a manner as to determine my worthiness of his attention "Do you speak Thai", he says. "No, do you speak Albanian" I say in the same snotty manner. Not that I speak Albanian mind you it’s just the irony of how much I care about his language skills. When I try to start talking to someone else then he is ready to start his witty little one liners that he learned to make the local hookers smile. In a loud boisterous voice as to impress us all of his local gene se qua. Repeating like a parrot, his ego bleeding through his mannerism, and sounding as if he is repeating a rant rather than engaging someone in a conversation. He sounds like a fool to me. And the girls rolling their eyes when he is not looking confirms my impression. Then he will give me a couple of the, "Thais think this and the Thais say that." Sitting their so self absorbed and unable to discuss anything without a snappy little one line snot nose opinion. On Top of his English wit but he has been sitting on a bar stool so long that the newbie’s find him very stupid. Please do not interpret my attitude as negative guys. I love my Thai in-laws and I always seek their acceptance. But I have lived so many places and among so many different peoples that I no longer look to fill the holes of my culture with traditions of another. Some things they do better and some things we do better and that’s that. Personally I am not impressed with their way of doing things or their culture so I am in no hurry to assimilate or gain the acceptance of anyone. Just because you learned how to gain acceptance on your Soi doesn’t mean a dam thing to me. I may not speak Thai but you can drop me in the middle of a jungle in South America and ill crawl out like a cockroach with a buzz and smile. So remember at one time you were that “Newbie.” Just because he knows nothing of your environment doesn’t mean you could survive in his. Take yourself into another perspective. If your life is so much more evolved than his than why are you sitting on the same bar stool as him. Chasing the same women that have had more wiener than Oscar Myer. No matter what we do here we will always be a furang. It is of my opinion that thier are just as many old idiots as there are new ones.

Hi bernie,thanks for the story!I was really surprised to read this.I did not know there was a consulate in bali in the first place.

I have been to Bali several times in the past and is after Thailand my best place,love the culture and the people over there.

Although the last time I went over there it was changing rapidly,so now not been there for a couple of years I presume less with the attitude,but like Thailand you have to know where to travel.....But anyway ,I got the perfect place in my mind now to renew my visa for next year.I really appreciate you told us.Cheers.

Oh by the way,where is the consulate?In Denpasar?And (cause I will take my mother with me)do they for people over 50 not married to a thai(but I am)give the multiple,or do you not know?If not for myself will not be to difficult.....

ROYAL THAI CONSULATE

Jl. Puputan Raya Renon No. 81

Denpasar - Bali

Indonesia

Phone : +62361263310

Mobile : +628164724466

Office Hours : 09.00 - 12.00, 13.30 - 16.00 hours

Contact Person : Mr. Poramate Khemwongthong

I don’t know about your mom. but this guy is super nice. no doubt in my mind that he will do everything he can.

I don’t think any consulate is limited to any type of visa to issue. if they say different then i think they are lying.

If their is a multiple entry retirement visa i am sure he has the authority to issue it.

2 weeks and I am still blowing mud!

imodium ?

didnt work...i ate imodium for 3 days

this when the way they all should be.He didnt even want to see a bank book.I asked him if he wanted to see it and he said "your married? ,well thats good enough for me" he was very cool about it.

I got my multiple non immigrant "o" in Bali last week. No line. No attitude. and Only one guy to deal with. He was a really young guy and was extremely kind to me and my wife. A very laid back cat. I caught him on his day off at 7am and he still helped me! He talked with us, helped us with the form, and checked my paperwork before i left. It took 3 days because of the holiday but i could care less. The best part is the overkill of paperwork i brought. I had letters stamped by the embassy, my bank, and my employer. I had about 3 lbs of check stubs, account balances, and payroll receipts. He tells me the copy of my marriage document is all he needed and to have a nice stay in Bali. . After hearing all the stories me and my wife started laughing. A great guy and depending on the time of year a ticket can run about $200 to $600 one way out of BKK. The people will make you really appreciate the Thai people though. Everyone tries to rip you off so I didn’t really enjoy the place although it is beautiful. Just too many people being really pushy about selling you crap you don’t want. One guy even followed my cab seeing that I was white. It made any shopping impossible to enjoy. Everything sold, even in the department stores, was obvious black market crap and poorly made. Whatever you do don’t get ice in your drinks. We got terribly ill. From the food or the water I am not sure but so were several other people on the plane. Even my Thai wife got sick. She usually doesn’t get sick even when I get sick from food we share but she is still running a fever. I had to go to the hospital when I got back to Thailand. 2 weeks and I am still blowing mud! But the consulate was great their so if you want to try her!