ThaiFelix

13 hours ago, Blumpie said:

Here come the "high end tourists".  

Excuse me, I'm a little drunk.  

4 hours ago, RobU said:

Also they don't maintain them. When I was there the crossing lights (meant to go red when the button is pressed) outside my hotel on 2nd road were damaged not working , apparently this had been for some time, still not repaired when I left 1 month later

There is no translation for 'maintenance' in Thai language it would seem ????

10 hours ago, Lacessit said:

A disgruntled BMW owner?

Think it was the early sixties, when the first Ford Falcon came out in Australia. One owner was so ticked off by the problems he had he invited the media onto his property, and asked them to film him burning the car.

It made the front page on a couple of newspapers.  Would never happen nowadays, too much advertising revenue at risk.

I recall hearing that story but thought it was in the states and that the owner invited the boss of the local Ford Company around to witness the funeral but under some other pretext.  However I am damn sure it was a Ford and not a Holden and it certainly wasnt "the Kingswood" hahaha!

16 hours ago, transam said:

Can you remember how many Pitbull breads you saw....?

Seen none that I recall but I was in fact responding to a comment about soi dogs not pitbulls.

So the TAT is taking a troupe of Thai hookers to Saudi Arabia on a road show?  Sounds like that old proverb  (and I mean no disrespect) "If Mohammed cannot go to the mountain, then the mountain shall come to Mohammed",

5 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

Utterly disgusting. He had not been breath tested by the police asking instead that he remain in the hospital. 

 

Huh? They could not administer a breate test on site? Equipment too mickey mouse, or need to talk to daddy first? The reason why these creeps rarely get charged, is obvious enough. It is all about the money. You are above the law here, if you are worth over 250 million baht. Any and all laws. A truly regressive system. 

 

Any why the pathological fear of defamation? Homicidal creeps like this loser should be called out by name. Shame the families. That is the least we can do. 

Probably asked him to pop into the local police station some time in the next few weeks for a breath test......if its not a bother that is.

5 hours ago, RandiRona said:

Waiting for all Thai apologists to come share their experience in moo ban where all soi dogs exchange wais with them when they pass them.

Been here near on 20 years, half of that in Bangkok and half in a small village full of dogs, and never had a problem....except for the barking.

Ahh now I get it, this is why they want a better class of tourist to come to Thailand lol

47 minutes ago, Orinoco said:

Insurance companies, i love them as much as a Uk Traffic warden.

Yep it really makes my day hearing an insurance company having financial problems.

Karma:  Sooner or later, somewhere, somehow, you have to pay.

10 hours ago, Lite Beer said:

Anyone considering applying for extensions for Marriage would be advised to not read this topic.

If you qualify and have the correct documents you will have no problem. Simple as that .

Don't read the trolls in this topic.

Agreed.  I've been on marriage extensions for 9 years and the only time I have had problems is when I have changed Imm. offices which have different requirements.  In those cases I have taken notes to make sure its all correct the following year.  My last extension was in September and it was easiest I have ever done actually requiring less paperwork (only 1 copy of everything and only 3 months of bank statements.  I have only ever had one home visit where they did hint at petrol money which I ignored suggesting that needed to be taken up with their boss....end of story. 

I take the money in the bank route and have never touched it bar the interest, maybe that has made it easier I dont know.  However I do take a filing cabinet of documents each extension application time just in case lol and my app is printed from my PC so no pen colour issues.  I sign with whatever pen they give me.  Maybe I have just been lucky.

6pm??  I bet the cops were shocked, they would have barely woken from their afternoon nap.......what a cheek!

2 hours ago, Willy Wombat said:

C’mon Thailand .

Strive to be the most corrupt country.

You can do it .

 

The Hub of Corruption!

1 hour ago, SymS said:

Once I asked for a receipt for the 500 Baht I paid for the residence certificate.
They told me to wait a moment. The two staff talked together in Thai..
"We can't give a receipt, what should we do?"
"Just wait, he will just go away".

then asked me to sit and wait!

Yeah I just get laughed at when I ask for a receipt.  My previous office used to handle the resident certs in the front main office but when Big Joke first took over they moved to a small dark back office where there were no cameras.  Still no receipt of course but it was all entered in a big book.  I think the upper echelon didn't trust the lowly subs.

On 1/18/2022 at 11:28 PM, pomchop said:

It is Thais...not Thai's. 

 

Maybe we need to correct our own bad grammar/spelling and/or learn to speak fluent Thai before we go too far down the path with our Thai friends.  I personally get a kick out of listening to some of the pronunciations and interpretations that Thais use.

Agreed,  I was only the other day having a conversation with a mate about how we have both overheard our wifes often dropping the old <deleted> or sh*t as they do their daily chores lol.  It brought home just how much us Aussies swear.

4 hours ago, Blue Muton said:

Norwegian Blue?

You beat me to it lol!

15 hours ago, trainman34014 said:

When you have sub standard Teachers you will always end up with sub standard Education

Can I ask what experience you have had teaching in Thailand?

I taught for ten years here and found the teachers were like workers in any occupation...some good some bad.  However I find many people are quick to blame the teachers as though the teachers have full control in the schools.  Its just like our late school president used to say at the beginning of nearly every one of his speeches :

"This may be an education institution but it is a business first"

When I first started teaching here 18 years ago my salary was 40,000 per month.  The standard today is around 25,000....what do you expect

I would like to see education in Thailand before we start talking about "Education Inequality".  Its like that old saying....You cant complain about the communication if theres none to complain about!

4 hours ago, ezzra said:

"Any life down there?" I opened to read coz  thought you were referring to a different "down there".. my bad...

Yeah you are not alone with that one lol!

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