ThaiFelix

1 hour ago, Cranky said:

It's a bug. Try bug spray.

Ahh yes, if all else fails, resort to logic.

Yes its not like the good old days when all night was normal.  I think the girls are making far too much money because a lot of mongers havnt got a clue and fall for the bullshit.  There are a lot of good girls but there are far too many who only want to do short short short time so they can get back to the bar and pick up another idiot.  Some dont even want to leave the bar because they make a good living from idiots paying for overpriced ladies drinks.  Some sit there for hours buying drinks for a "very friendly" girl who then suddenly loses her charm when you mention bar fining her.

Nero played the fiddle while...?

The OP had an earlier post asking for advice because his wife and her "brother" wanted him to invest in an existing massage parlor in Pattaya.  Maybe she goes out practicing her massages, and maybe with the "brother"?  Maybe he doesnt want to invest in it so she is playing some game to force him to invest just to win her back?

Or maybe he is just a troll?

8 minutes ago, Tarteso said:

Have a question; Has expiration date a residence certificate made by the embassy?

 

I Got it 1 month ago for report 90 days in next month.

Immigration has always told me its good for a month only.  I imagine same with embassy.

19 hours ago, rosst said:

Wow, I need to go there. 

Be aware they charge a lot extra for farang even when I argued I had worked here for 10 years and paid taxes.  I refused to pay and enter out of principle.  Everyone should vote with their feet!

6 hours ago, webfact said:

Earlier this month in a statement released to Reuters, Thailand’s tourism body distanced itself from its sex destination image, saying it “strongly opposes any form of sex tourism”.

Huh??  Were do you think all your money come from??  Do you have selected hearing??

So what happened to the "I love you long time"? 

Oh well, so I guess if you are not a gold digger you will be leaving the relationship with no more than you started it with mmm??

40 minutes ago, seminomadic said:

"two injured male victims escaped to raise the alarm and the attackers were arrested shortly after."

 

Ok, they got the guys who did it.... but it appears the girls got raped before they were apprehended. 

 

In the pic, the cambodian looks like he's maybe 90 pounds soaking wet with boots on. Knife or not, you can't fight off these dudes?

 

I'm not letting anybody rape anybody near me, weapon or no weapon. You'd think over half a century of teasing the French about their backbone might exact some effect...

 

 

Wow, what a hero!  A legend in his own lunchbox!!

No different to how their soldiers are treated when they get back home.

Renewed my DL last month at Sakon Nakhon and have renewed there a few times over the years.  They have always asked for medical certificate but from a hospital, will not accept from a clinic.  There was no video and the only test was to put me in front of a box with three lights like traffic lights in the west.  But the colours were red, green and a kind of yellowish green.  She turned on the red light and I said "see daeng" to which she replied "No"??? so I said red, she said "yes".  I continued in English with the green light and then took a guess with the yellowish green light and said what I thought it should be (orange) rather than what it was.  Good she said and ticked every other test on my sheet??

Two friends went to Udon for their DL"S last week (not renewals).  They had to do a test on a computer.  The instructor stood next to them and told them what answers to press.  They then had to do an actual driving test which they had no problems with.  They had to wait over an hour for the driving test but said the wait was very entertaining watching the Thais, none of whom could actually drive without hitting the posts, curbs or witches hats.  One friend has a bad heart and had to pay 8,000 to get his medical certificate.

The guys who normally haunt the Kumpawapi Traffic Office car park offering you anything you want inside for an inflated price have disappeared.  Maybe thats what was meant by the claim that DL's would be made harder to obtain.

Its a huge joke!!

Funny you can always pick (hear) the ex-smokers! 

110,000 butts from the beach....wow!   That must have been a massive effort sorting that many butts from all the plastic bags, bottles, condoms, syringes, fishing gear, disposable nappies and various other flotsam and jetsam that washes up on those beaches daily.

1 hour ago, johng said:

As long as its properly registered with tax ,insurance and registration plates there is no problem

driving it anywhere..tax and insurance can be paid in any province..there is no "requirement" to re-register in a new province..but any fines will be sent to the address written in the blue/green book eventually unpaid fines are supposed to stop you from being able to tax the vehicle.

Ok good point thanks.  I will have to check that.

I bought a new car in Bangkok, has bangkok plates, moved to Isaan, been here 4 years, stopped many times at checkpoints, had rego papers looked at but never had a problem.  Am I missing something?

He is going to lend one of his watches to anybody who doesn't have an accident over Songkran.                      

Well....there wouldn't be that many of them.... and he does have a lot of watches.

8 hours ago, Jeremy50 said:

A lot of these apartment owner/managers consider the deposit to be some sort of gift, it always entails a fight, arguments, and unpleasantness to get it back. This on top of having to pay twice the going rate for electricity, 8, or even 10 Baht a unit sometimes. Just a bunch of criminals really.

Agreed a lot are but they are not all crooks.  I only got caught once.  The next property I rented (the last) I planned well ahead.  I paid rent every month on the dot without fail and via bank transfer so there was a solid paper trail.  I let them know well in advance when I was leaving, in writing and via EMS so I had proof.  I calculated it out and told them I would pay no more rent to save them returning the bond.  They were not pleased at all.  They sent people around on a number of occasions before I left, to check for any damages.  They were desperate to find anything to charge us for but my wife keeps a house as neat as a pin.  People came around on our last day to collect the keys and again inspect the place...no problems.  They rang a couple of times after we left saying there was unpaid water and power bills.  I asked for their claim in writing saying I would supply receipts by return to show it was not correct.  Never heard another thing.

However I can also see their side somewhat.  The previous tenants, a English/Thai couple, had done a midnight runner owing 3 months rent.  They did it 6 or 7 times (that I know of) over the 10 years I worked at the same school nearby.  Another couple (farang) who rented this same property years before me actually ripped out the air conditioners and sold them after they were told they wouldnt get their bond back.  They also worked for the same school.  I was surprised the landlord let me have the lease after I had heard his history with farang school teachers!!?

I have a separate Bangkok Bank account solely for my 400,000 visa /extension requirement.  I never use it for anything else except to sometimes withdraw the pitiful interest received.  Each year on my way to immigration for extension I drop into the bank, deposit 100 baht, get my book updated (every transaction shown) and get the letter all at the same time over the counter.....100 baht fee.  Makes life easy without having to remember dates the money should be there, whether there is enough, less photocopying etc etc.  Immigration seem to like it too because they dont have to wade thru lots of photocopies/statements.  It works well for me.

With regards changing to a retirement visa I really cant see the benefit....its bad enough locking up 400,000 let alone 800,000??

5 hours ago, webfact said:

homeless without relatives or friends were simply dying on the streets of Bangkok and being cleaned away like trash.

I wonder how many of these unfortunates could be rescued by the sale of a couple of popular watches....makes me sick!

46 minutes ago, bkk6060 said:

??

They are sold all over Asia.  Ever go to Hong Kong much much worse for this and many other fake goods.

I have never heard one person say:  Pattaya and Thailand is a bad place because they sell fake watches....

There is a actually a market for those watches believe it or not.

And were the Thais charged for selling fakes?

19 hours ago, ezflip said:

What is missing from the top post if people don't bother to read the original story.

 

If all else fails read the post!!