ukrules

RIP Thai tourism.

Utter crap of course.

I knew the Thai media was biased but this is the limit!

Limit for what ? Are you saying that this will all end now because in your mind some sort of 'limit' has been reached ?

Sky News in the UK is reporting that shots are being fired on the streets of Bangkok.

This is the picture you're talking about

I'm in England at the moment and I just saw a clip on the Sky News channel, it sounds like the same clip as this one. There were guys stamping on someone on the floor and at least one who was trying to get through the mob who was holding a slab of concrete about 1.5x1 foot and 4 or 5 inches thick, it was obvious he was attempting to use it on the guy who was being beaten on the ground.

Also the British Ambassador said that British people might want to reconsider their travel plans if they are going to Bangkok, I can't remember exactly what he said but it didn't sound encouraging.

Hey, even Joe the Plumber got a book deal.

I assumed this was a joke, I couldn't have been more wrong !

Ironic isn't it, he only sold a couple of copies of the 'book' that caused all this trouble, now he will likely make a mint and become an author to boot. Career wise it could turn out to be the best thing he ever did.

Has nobody noticed what date it is today???

I think that all of the 105 posts before yours realised what day it is, did you read any of them apart from the first post ?

It was comical as if the elephant had seen the rozzers and decided to make a run for it...

This is funny with a small elephant, it's a bit more concerning when you have a fully grown adult elephant 'doing a runner' down Soi Cowboy when it's busy.

Have other poeple had the same experience? and if so what is the best way to react?

Not me, I normally wave them off before it gets to that, if they touched me though I would brush them off. If he dug his fingers into me then I would feel quite within my rights to flatten him.

The best way to react, if someone assaults you - put them on the ground. I think you figured that out already.

Just make sure you don't accidentally kill someone, that's the hard part.

This guy is obviously a complete and utter nut job, he will be free soon enough though.

We had the same problem. We bought a fridge (I believe SHARP) the door can open on both side. You don't need to change anything, there is a handle on both side and you can open from the left or the right. I'm not in Bangkok so I can't give you the exact model but it does exist.

A friend of mine had one of these a few years back, from what I remember they are not cheap, there are no hinges, there's some kind of release mechanism at the top/bottom of the door on both sides which allows the door to open from either side, I think it swings open on a bearing at the bottom instead of a hinge at the side. I was impressed by the design.

will they be sheep like most of the unsuspecting mass or fight til the death which i myself believe they should and would!

I predict they will fight to the death, after all things are going so well right now, how could they not. If they fail such things as poverty might return.

I thought foreigners are not allowed to own land ?

Tell him everything, you have nothing to lose. He probably won't believe you and if he was a good friend h would likely avoid you but as he's not a good friend I'd give him a heads up anyway. At least this way even if he doesn't believe you he might start to notice some warning signs in the future.

am just surprised he has n't replied.

He only posted the original post 2 hours ago so I would hardly say this thread has been abandoned, maybe he had something to do today like work or go for lunch or something that requires a small amount of time away from a computer.

her parents had 9 rai of land for sale. I went and looked at it and put a 400,000 Baht deposit down.

How much is 9 Rai of land worth, I'm assuming you're in Chiang Mai based on your forum nickname ?

The moral of this story is - trust nobody and keep your own money in your own pocket. If they can't afford something then they can't have it. This applies everywhere, not just Thailand.

Maybe the parents will rent your old car back to you

Going to bed at 9pm seems to be a bizarrely early time for an adult even if you are getting up at 6am for some reason.

It's this kind of victimisation and trumped up charges that stopped me from ever going to the countries like Dubai.

It's not just Canon that do this, try buying a replacement print head for an Epson R1800, they cost about £350, about the same price as the original printer. That's just for the spare part with no fitting and testing, etc.

They are sitting on the right side of the car when driving.

If anyone hit my kid - thai or farang, family / friend or whomever - I'd break their arms.

You should hope that their parents or friends don't feel the same way.

From what I've heard it's pretty cheap in Lima, Peru. This is on my list of places to check out at some point in the future. Overstaying isn't a problem, I think there is a $1 a day fine and you can stay as long as you like, it was either three or six month stamp on arrival and they don't care how long you stay.

There's a forum very similar to Thaivisa for Peru as well, http://forum.livinginperu.com it looks suspiciously similar.

I wonder who's yacht it was that caused this