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India did a poor job of the Commonwealth Games..........for our American colleagues that's the collection of friendly nations that are secure in their history.

The point is though.......Thailand is developing fast and these types of events can be used to promote infrastructure spending.......is it the opinion of many that Thailand should not be aspirational? I think that would be sad.

But who would pay the huge baht sum involved.

Involuntary Manslaughter...Remind me not to accept dinner at that guys home; ever.

WHAT, you don't want to fondle my M16.

Sorry l haven't read all the stuff here but it is common knowledge in LOS that if you leave anything outside your boundary, it is for the poor folk to take away on their rounds to earn a few baht.

that's the reason why i park my cars within the boundaries.

They wouldn't take a BMW 850, nobody can fix it . The Jag, well, l can tune it but not on my round.

I thought the latest mobile phone was the in-crowd dinner chat. Seems l am wrong.

Your having a bad day eh. Please tell all.

And????

Not a particularly bad day, just a niggle with the proposed blocking of Hotmail and Yahoo accounts by TV. This has led tme to try and change my password and then change the email address. If the form does not work the way it is described, then what do you expect me to do?

And anyway, you must have an excessive amount of time on your hands to bother to post. I guess that's how you managed to post 12,454 posts over the last couple of years.

Very true, cool eh. But near a 1000 likes l must be doing something right eh.

A gmail account can be made in minutes. I have Yahoo and gmail for other stuff including Tv.

Your having a bad day eh. Please tell all.

"....if we allowed the negative aspects of Thailand to dominate..."

Thai Visa could be recruited as the BKK Olympic Games on-line ambassador. Never read any negative aspects of Thailand here!!

You live in Alaska eh.

Sorry l haven't read all the stuff here but it is common knowledge in LOS that if you leave anything outside your boundary, it is for the poor folk to take away on their rounds to earn a few baht.

Haven't seen the closing yet but the opening was terrific. Our history and glad Brunnel was the focus. Sure the world will perhaps not understand but us Brits will or should.

Don't know about sexual abuse but my wife was beaten regularly by her ex with an empty Leo bottle for being beautiful and someone looking at her.

I have to wonder if some people on this thread actually know anything about Thailand outside places like Pattaya.

Out in the country, people leave all sorts of stuff outside their house gates. I've even seen an industrial concrete mixer on the street- according to some posters, the owner should move it into the house for safety, or perhaps he should move it into the carport and leave his car on the street!

In my wife's village most people grow vege gardens on the road verge, secure in the knowledge that no one is going to take the veges.

If you don't want to answer the question I asked, why are you even wasting time on this thread. Surely there are other posts much more deserving of your scintillating wit, not.

So was it something valuable that was taken - like an industrial concrete mixer? Mind you, that would be a bit heavy to 'run off' with...

In post #50 I already said it wasn't valuable, but useful ( and difficult to replace ), but tht's why the beggars nicked it..

Always take the keys out of the ignition.

Back in 1961 when my Father was about to start teaching me to drive his 1948 Austin 8; he first sat me down to explain to me that I needed to understand that I was going to become a young man in charge of a Guided Missile. I've never forgotten those words and have always had respect for the fact that I have the responsibility of guiding the said missile in a way that is least dangerous to myself and other road users. Whenever I read of yet another road death of a young person in Thailand I often pause to wonder what, if anything, their Father's said to them before they started driving. Not a lot I fear.

Thanks for the wording, I shall be using that with my son. He is only 10, but I already let him drive around our estate from time to time.

Eh.

To borrow money here is far easier than farang land. If a native has some sort of government job, they are laughing, BUT those who ''pass'' a loan application are not taking into account the hole they are digging.

My Mrs sister does sod all but drink and gamble, her husband works for an electric supplier and he has borrowed hundreds of thousands, l believe against his pension payout. Problem is he soon retires and will have little left to live on.

-soundman-

Everybody has his opinion, I have the opinion, that you, start with a smaller Motorbike, a smaller car, less heavy, less powerful.

Slowly move up the scale.

A heavy car, is good, if you have an accident with another car, but this heavy cars are, same another poster writes, also a more heavy, more fast missile!

Good possibility, that in a small Nissan Micra-or whatever name here, she would not have jumped the wall.

And, even your 200 Mercedes is not so heavy and by far not so big than the car of the deceased.

All that power and weight, what has it done to Princessin Diana in a similar big Mercesdes car?

What a load of rubbish. Have you ever driven a big Merc, eeeeeeer No.

Easy car to drive, smooth as silk.

My ex UK wife learn't in a V6 Ford Granada, she even had a V6 Volvo Estate and my Mrs here learn't in a Vigo auto. Motorcycles are no comparison to something with four wheels.

Thanks for all the inputs so far - better than I thought I would get after the first couple of replies.

I've been to FeeLing - quite good. But what I was really looking for was a dedicated night club /disco. The ROCK used to be okay, but I see it's now closed. OS was okay too, but again now closed - or maybe they are just undergoing refurbishment. Both seemed to attract the possibly underage - so mayhaps had problems with the local law.

It's good to eat late in any of Ubon's not-so-bad resturaunts/bars, but always nice to then move on to a club or disco - or is that just a falang/Bangkok/Pattaya thing here? Please don't reply saying F-off back to Bangkok then. I like Ubon - the airport suits my job and I like the people and the go-slow(er) attitude of the place.

We're aw Jock Tamson's bairns

Glad you have changed your OP tune.

Police that do their paid job at least 8 hours a day.

I know we are enthralled with how technology has moved on but for me some old black and white stuff is really excellent. African Queen, Ice Cold in Alex, the list goes on.

Today I went to book the Hilux CNG model only to find out it doesn't have

ABS. I just assumed this was standard and I was disappointed and hesitant to make the booking. I have only been Chiang Rai under a month but it was raining almost everyday. I feel ABS is a must on the slippery road. Any comments?

Are you sure ?

EU XL is XXL here.

McMagus, please stop thinking Western, that is the problem. You are still that driving instructor expecting everyone else to be like you. I have a feeling you like Thailand for many of the same reason most non Thais living here do. There is more freedom than in the West, which is a great thing. However it is impossible to cherry pick the good and the bad.

As for your point about not Thai bashing, you are. I hear this come from nearly every Farang (tourist & living here) I see in the GH. I have talked with and know more Farang living, working and doing what ever here than nearly everyone on this website. I see 30-40 people a day, 365 days a year for 5 years and 85% all begin with the same words 'I am not bashing the Thais...but" when it comes to matters concerning Thais'.

If it is your safety that you are most concerned about then "maybe" Thailand is not the right country for you. Things will certainly not change in your lifetime living in Thailand nor will they for the next 50 years that I have left here.

So Jai Yen Yen. Stop thinking like that 9-5 instructor from Sheffield with his toast slightly crisp, butter on the side, napkin neatly folded with fork, spoon and butter knife correctly laid out left to right and join this wonderful country and it;sThainess.

Think your wrong. In farang land as a kid l drove like a loon until laws were brought in and ENFORCED to save lives. LOS has the laws but they are not enforced. Every daft stuff that natives do on the road has a Thai law forbidding it, but it is NOT enforced by those who are paid to enforce those laws.

Been to some farangs new builds and they have the daft low level bathroom door frame. WHY, on a new build that they are paying for.

Speak to your embassy for advice as it's illegal for anyone to hold your passport, Whether they would actually take any action is another story given it's common knowledge not to hand over your passport to anyone as a surety. Do you have a written agreement in place with the doctor for partial payment, subject to satisfactory outcome? More than likely you are "over the barrel" given you need to leave Thailand within seven days.

Don't think he can as what he did was stupid and the embassy knows the passport belongs to the the government, not to him. .

It's not just in Thailand that you find petroleum-based "vinegar". What is euphemistically referred to as "non-brewed condiment" is what passes for vinegar in many a British fish and chip shop.

Yep, but Tesco's sells various Heinz vinegars including Malt.

Your passport belongs to your government and should not be used for any purpose other than passing through borders. In LOS you are ''supposed'' to carry it at all times. Think you have created your own problem.

Casablanca.

One to ponder over is..........Enemy at the door.

ooooooooop's, that should have read ''Enemy at the Gates'', must have been thinking subconsciously about my ex wife.

I spent quite sometime looking for enemy at the door and found this british tv drama

http://imdb.com/title/tt0122818/

Sounds interesting. Thank you for your mistake.

I remember that series.