dougieboy

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  

Did this boat not have those self inflating life rafts?

I guess not as surely they would have begun evacuating the boat minus 1 or 2 crew members. 
Did they even carry enough life vests for everyone?

Oh dear, making money seems to be the number one priority again. 

15 hours ago, MrPancake said:

 

Great idea. I'm gonna do the same 👍

Hope I'm not gonna piss them off 😄

Immigration people are already not happy people 😜 so you deffo gunna piss them off if you do it 😝 good luck 🤞🏻 

4 hours ago, hellohello123 said:

Is it pick on swedish people this month?

Or even Swiss 🇨🇭 

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. 

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. 
😞 

Good old banks ( the world over)

Taking good care of our savings, they have to eat just like the rest of us. 

1 hour ago, LiamB80 said:

They stole 2k baht from me at a checkpoint in On Nut a few years back. I’ve hated them ever since. 

Me too. They wanted a lot more. I wish I had gone to Police Station but I was afraid of being set up so instead I paid up. 

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

1 hour ago, Somtamnication said:

I fail to see the need of two pics of the same guy. 

 

We don't need more police. We need more police enforcing rules such as traffic. 

Well, one photo shows his friendly face and the other a more serious business like face, what great credentials he has, he will make Chief of Police one day

"There then followed a kind of "pistols at dawn" episode as both pulled out phones to take pictures of the other presumably for evidential purposes"

Class! A bit like the final scene in the good, the bad and the ugly lol

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.

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??

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

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.

Actually, it is your fault

Always check passport for stamp, date, expiry etc before leaving, including airports

Yes, it often seems harsh being told that someone else's shortcomings are your fault but in this case it's true, we have to take responsibility and check that things are done properly, we are dealing with people who turn up for work and often watch clock until time for home and failing to stamp passport = no consequences for them and possibly big headache for you-bet you check in future. I hope this will be easily rectified. Best wishes

It's quite obvious that Thailand needs stricter knife control legislation, as it was obviously the knife that did the killing & not the maniac wielding it.

RIP to the deceased.

I've read some real rubbish on here, but that takes the biscuit "as it was obviously the knife that did the killing & not the maniac wielding it". it may have physically killed the man, but wouldn't have had it not been "wielded", a knife, gun, lorry, club etc etc may physically do the deed, but it's the people controlling them that need dealing with properly and in my opinion, nothing short of life imprisonment is suitable for these murderers when (and if) they catch them. I firmly believe in a life for a life when it's taken in this manner and personally think they should be put to death and not spend the rest of their sorry lives being looked after at the tax payers expense.

Normal people should not be chastised because of the tiny minority of idiots.

I carry a small knife, I own 2 guns, I drive a car and have some golf clubs and if I get angry I don't think of any of the aforementioned as weapons.

Rant over!

Sin sod does not translate to dowry. Dower would be a closer translation but even this is not fully accurate.

The closest translation is "Bride Price", which is a fairly commonly used term which dowry is erroneously substituted for.

I imagine the bluntness of the expression (paying for your wife) is why a lot of people choose to go with a softer sounding euphemism.

Why is it people go out of their way to criticise what others say? Make assumptions without finding out what really happened (often through not even understanding what they are reading)? Whole load of tittle tattle and nothing better to do I guess. Oops there I go tittle tattling, you've got me at it now.

I normally have a strong stomach, but although I watched the video to its end I now feel physically sick.

That is the worst case of violence towards a woman I have ever heard of never mind seen.

I hope the man responsible gets severely dealt with and I hope that poor woman can find a future without

than man ever troubling her again (hopefully because he's behind bars)