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dougieboy

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  1. 1 hour ago, Andycoops said:

    Appears no locked safe in the room either, as that would have made his valuables hardy to get at, if indeed the story isn't a Jackanory...

    Just a word of warning to anyone who thinks safes in hotel rooms are actually secure, if you forget the number you set when you locked it, virtually any staff member knows the procedure to open it. 
    Therefore this knowledge is only as safe as the integrity of anyone who has worked in a hotel (and their friends)

    My advise, either give your valuables to the hotel manager to put in his safe or use a safety deposit box if available. 
    Or try not to have too large an amount of cash or gold. 
    safe travels everyone 

  2. I don’t hold any sympathy for her. She knew how high the risks were and decided to take them. She is very lucky to still be alive lucky on many counts she was lucky that the death sentence was reduced to a prison sentence. 
    She was lucky that she was able to serve some of her time in an Australian prison. 
    She was lucky she didn’t commit this crime in the Philippines as she almost certainly wouldn’t have survived.

    I hope all this good luck wasn’t wasted, Hopefully now you can spend some of your time advising others not to go down the same road you went down  

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  3. Reply to Impulse:
    You have a good point, however, I still stand by my argument and even in the “ultra regulated markets” as you put it, council regulated taxis are still fiendishly expensive and this creates a space, a space for competition, and competition drives innovation and in come the entrepreneurs with their modern fancy new apps. And I must add that a lot of Thai women don’t feel safe with the Thai cabs but feel safer in a Grab. 
    But the real point I’m making is that Thai Meter Taxis are also well regulated but choose to defy those regulations. 
    Personally when I’m in Downtown Bangkok I prefer to take my life in my hand and use the motorcycle taxis. 

  4. The so called “meter taxis 🚖 “ who often don’t want to use meter are angry at the “Grab, Bolt, Etc era they find themselves in. Not surprisingly, however these new types of app based taxi wouldn’t exist had it not been for the greed of some (a lot) of the meter taxi drivers. 
    The Taxi industry is like all others in that, if you are too expensive the competition door will open. 
    It’s hard to find a solution when corruption exists at all levels and introducing a scheme which rewards drivers by giving them gold star badges just opens up another potential layer of bribery and corruption. I have visited Thailand every year for the past 15 years and finding the taxi who’s driver instantly says yes when asked to use the meter is year on year becoming increasingly difficult. 
    😞 

  5. On 6 February 2016 at 4:43 AM, Eclipse said:

    It is exactly the same.

    Give me my Thai Wife against the one I got myself lumbered with in UK and day.

    You say "Got lumbered with" Was it an arranged marriage?

    I also have a failed marriage to a western woman, but our marriage was a mutual arrangement and now things are different.

    Successful relationships Thai, English, African and any other need effort from both sides to succeed, hope your marriage to Thai wife works out well.

    If it doesn't, I hope you don't feel like you were lumbered again.Good luck

  6. They were identified in the report as attacker and ladyboy so readers could better imagine a scene, not so we could either pull her apart because of her sexuality or because of what she chooses to buy with her hard earned cash. I hope they find her attacker and string him up. Without the courage she showed, this might easily have been yet another murder enquiry.

  7. She ?

    Why do you have to be so disrespectful? It matters not a jot what title this person goes with, he, she, him, her. This post is about what this person did not gender.

    I wonder if you labelling a ladyboy as not worthy or entitled to use feminine words to describe herself, is in fact an attempt to throw others off the scent so they don't discover your secret interest in ladyboys??

  8. Aha, TAT will be so proud, more "quality" tourists on the way.

    Must be Newcastle supporters now that they are saving money on not having to buy premiership tickets for next season.

    The season is not over yet, I and all the members of the Toon Army live in hope. We are well practiced at it, having been doing it for many many years now.

    I hope you boys can stay up too, not a supporter but a northerner, good luck

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