JonnyF

I may be wrong, but this may be the ex-judge that was once a crazy judge, reported a while back blowing her top with police at another location.

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/654074-thai-judge-to-face-judicial-discipline-after-going-berserk/

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You be the Judge.

Yes that's her, why are Thais afraid to confront these so called hi sos? Arrest her an put her into the nearest mental institute.

A hiso driving a Camry? Please say it's no so. She won't be back in Thai Tatler anytime soon.

The 'ex-judge's' car is a silver Toyota Vios. The Toyota she abused by throwing food on it was a police department silver Camry. She is a no-so.

Actually it's an Altis, status wise between a Vios and a Camry. But certainly not a car a genuine Hiso would drive.

This video is great. The huge loss of face is more punishment than a small parking fine could ever be

The difference between Laura's experience and the Miller's experience is astounding. Polar opposites. If you really think about it, it's quite troubling.

I got the Honda CBR650f ans find really it has more than enough power as the roads are so freaking slippery here when bone dry that the back wheel is often slipping under hard acceleration in 1-2 gears, dread to think what more powerful bike would be like.

ZX10R has an excellent traction control system and multiple power modes, as well as top notch ABS. Unless the rider has self control issues it's safer that a CBR650.

It's also an excellent price here in Thailand, by far the best value litre bike available with excellent support from Kawasaki. Personally I'm waiting to see what Honda does with the CBR1000RR in 2017 but if they do nothing again then I'll have a serious look at the ZX10R, that will give Kawasaki a year to sort out any first year issues and avoid any potential recalls such as the 2015 R1 gearbox issues.

Why are they not pointing at the snake? Have they concluded its not at fault ... like the Turkish guy they arrested over a bag of tea?

Maybe from a connected family of civil serpents.

I'm still looking for an alternative. It is far away for me and the price of 720 THB per liter is quite high in my opinion.

Yikes ! That works out to almost $30.00 per liter. Excellent quality oil is available at a fraction of this cost.

Out of interest, what do you use?

An oil change using Putoline Nano Tech fully synthetic will cost around 2500 baht in oil, on a (almost) million baht bike. My GSXR ran noticeably cooler and the gear changes were silky smooth with this oil. I don't think it's worth saving a fraction of 2500 baht on oil changes on such an expensive bike. Of course I'll use whatever happens to be on the shelf at the time on scooters etc.

Edit ; PS 720 baht is 20 USD not 30.

The Nanotech I bought is 720 THB per liter. Not sure if the 4L bottle is not cheaper. That is a significant price when taking into account that you have to change the oil in Thailand around every 7000 km whereas in Europe you would do it every 12-15000 km. On top I have to calculate an oil filter and the high charges of Ducati for the service. That adds up to nearly 5k THB.

Otherwise I agree with you. The setup I'm driving was over a million and sure, cheaping out on service does not make much sense. But I'm still convinced it should be possible to find a quality oil for around 400 THB per liter.

The filter and labour costs the same no matter what oil you use. Just buy the best oil you can.

Oil changes everywhere other than Thailand are 12,000 kms intervals for modern Ducatis. For some reason in Thailand they halve the service kms to 6,000 kms, not sure why but I guess because the heat and dirty conditions are not friendly to engines. However, these additional service intervals do not affect warranty so you can do them yourself i.e. No labour cost. Personally I like the extra service interval as I like to change oil frequently, it's cheap insurance against wear and tear.

But whether you do it at 6000 or 12000, if you're trying to save a percentage of 2500 baht then I think you probably bought the wrong bike. If you save 1000 baht every 6000 kms you have to be doing some pretty serious kms before that makes a dent on the cost of ownership of a Diavel compared to depreciation, insurance, tyres, fuel etc.

Edit ; PS 720 baht is 20 USD not 30.

Was not quoting US dollars. The rate is around $25 Canadian now,

Ok maybe better specify if you're Australian, Canadian etc.

So what fully synthetic are you buying so cheap in bangkok?

I'm still looking for an alternative. It is far away for me and the price of 720 THB per liter is quite high in my opinion.

Yikes ! That works out to almost $30.00 per liter. Excellent quality oil is available at a fraction of this cost.

Out of interest, what do you use?

An oil change using Putoline Nano Tech fully synthetic will cost around 2500 baht in oil, on a (almost) million baht bike. My GSXR ran noticeably cooler and the gear changes were silky smooth with this oil. I don't think it's worth saving a fraction of 2500 baht on oil changes on such an expensive bike. Of course I'll use whatever happens to be on the shelf at the time on scooters etc.

Edit ; PS 720 baht is 20 USD not 30.

I get mine from the shop next to Dainese on Pradist Manudharm Road (between Central Eastville and Honda BigWing). Good quality fully synthetic oil in there.

There's 3 bike related shops next to each other there. Dainese, a helmet shop and one other shop. It's the other shop. Also good for brake fluid, chain lube etc.

That is the one I went yesterday. Luckily they open opened up again after a few days closed. 1452242171644.jpg

I'm still looking for an alternative. It is far away for me and the price of 720 THB per liter is quite high in my opinion.

That's the oil I bought as well. It's expensive due to the fact it's Putoline Nano Tech, not really due to the shop you bought it in. It's just expensive oil, but excellent quality IMO. My gsxr ran fantastically well with that stuff in it. See how you go with it, you might decide it's worth the extra.

I get mine from the shop next to Dainese on Pradist Manudharm Road (between Central Eastville and Honda BigWing). Good quality fully synthetic oil in there.

There's 3 bike related shops next to each other there. Dainese, a helmet shop and one other shop. It's the other shop. Also good for brake fluid, chain lube etc.

Buy one second hand for 15k baht, you can sell it for half that easily in 6 months and it's still cheaper than renting.

Or maybe you'll decide to stay longer. I was in exactly your situation 9 years ago (planning a short term stay, couldn't decide to buy or rent). I decided to buy and 9 years later I'm still here and still own the bike and it still runs great .

^ no idea but it's a 30-45 minute job. Takes longer to remove the fairings than it does to disconnect the canister... I got Ducati to do it in case of warranty issues if I did it myself...

No issues with my 899 so far except the hot start issue that's fixed free and easily under warranty by removing the charcoal cannister which is just a Euro emissions thing. Approaching 8000 kms now on a tour of the north and it's not missed a beat.

I agree with Nikster though, these are not bikes to have as an only bike that you rely on daily through rain and shine. They're awesome, beautiful and loads of fun but it's best to have a cbr150/Ninja 250 or whatever in the garage for the dirty day to day stuff IMO. Then have a blast at the weekend on the Duc.

Same thing happened to me last year. We didn't put money in it, it came with money in it already as we bought it from the stall. It hadn't floated more than 2 feet before some kid grabbed it, pretty much ripped it up to scavenge a few copper coins and tossed it back in. His mother was stood by instructing him what to do. I gave it a miss this year and went out for a nice meal instead.

The girl I deal with at Ducati told me the Panigale 959 will probably be released in Thailand in March at the motor show. No idea of price.

No surprise here. They told everyone a couple of weeks ago that it needed a different name for people to accept it. And here we are [drumroll], the "National Internet Gateway" controlled by a state run company. They're probably hoping that putting "National" in the new name will make all Thai people love it.

I was obviously considered for a mugging as I came out of Bangkok Bank Emporium branch yesterday. I was in there about 30 minutes, came out and headed to the BTS staircase by Benjasiri park carrying a bag with my passport, bank book etc but no cash. As I was walking underneath the stairs to go up I noticed some shifty looking local guy was following me about a metre behind me, I sensed him so I stopped to let him past me. My girlfriend commented that he looked pretty dodgy and I agreed so we waited a few seconds and carried on. He was waiting for me at the bottom of the BTS steps. As I approached he moved out into my path so me and the gf both stopped and just looked at him (we commented/joked later that we both had a defiant/aggressive expression of "well come on then, if you're going to try and rob us then get on with it").

He stared at us a couple of seconds and turned his back and jogged off into Benjasiri Park. Very dodgy, almost certainly waiting outside for someone to leave the bank.

Not sure what happened to this guy on Asoke, but don't assume if you're doing nothing wrong then nothing will happen, especially in the current economic climate.

sure you haven't been watching the godfather too many times .....

Nice one I was expecting some smartass comments from the usual TV bellends but expected better than that...

Just a warning for people, they can ignore it if they like. I've been full time in BKK 7 years now and that was the first time I've felt like I was being sized up for a robbery. GF felt exactly the same thing. This was 1pm in the afternoon.

And where was he going to rob you? In broad daylight with loads of people around.

I've been here 7 years too, I'm glad I've not become as paranoid as you.

lol, 9 years in total just 7 in BKK. Never been sized up before, never even crossed my mind. I was yesterday. If it makes you feel safer to think I was paranoid then that's fine. Everyone needs a comfort blanket sometimes, even internet tough guys like yourself.

BKK is pretty safe compared to where I lived in London, but it's naive to think there is no risk at all as you can see from multiple posts on this thread. Not to mention the guy that was attacked with a knife a few weeks back on Ekkamai, in broad daylight with loads of people around. I guess that never happened?

I was obviously considered for a mugging as I came out of Bangkok Bank Emporium branch yesterday. I was in there about 30 minutes, came out and headed to the BTS staircase by Benjasiri park carrying a bag with my passport, bank book etc but no cash. As I was walking underneath the stairs to go up I noticed some shifty looking local guy was following me about a metre behind me, I sensed him so I stopped to let him past me. My girlfriend commented that he looked pretty dodgy and I agreed so we waited a few seconds and carried on. He was waiting for me at the bottom of the BTS steps. As I approached he moved out into my path so me and the gf both stopped and just looked at him (we commented/joked later that we both had a defiant/aggressive expression of "well come on then, if you're going to try and rob us then get on with it").

He stared at us a couple of seconds and turned his back and jogged off into Benjasiri Park. Very dodgy, almost certainly waiting outside for someone to leave the bank.

Not sure what happened to this guy on Asoke, but don't assume if you're doing nothing wrong then nothing will happen, especially in the current economic climate.

Could it be that guy fancied you or the GF? what?... just asking....

Quite possibly, I am devilishly attractive but normally find these types are attracted to the type of mincer that rides a Vespa

I was obviously considered for a mugging as I came out of Bangkok Bank Emporium branch yesterday. I was in there about 30 minutes, came out and headed to the BTS staircase by Benjasiri park carrying a bag with my passport, bank book etc but no cash. As I was walking underneath the stairs to go up I noticed some shifty looking local guy was following me about a metre behind me, I sensed him so I stopped to let him past me. My girlfriend commented that he looked pretty dodgy and I agreed so we waited a few seconds and carried on. He was waiting for me at the bottom of the BTS steps. As I approached he moved out into my path so me and the gf both stopped and just looked at him (we commented/joked later that we both had a defiant/aggressive expression of "well come on then, if you're going to try and rob us then get on with it").

He stared at us a couple of seconds and turned his back and jogged off into Benjasiri Park. Very dodgy, almost certainly waiting outside for someone to leave the bank.

Not sure what happened to this guy on Asoke, but don't assume if you're doing nothing wrong then nothing will happen, especially in the current economic climate.

sure you haven't been watching the godfather too many times .....

Nice one I was expecting some smartass comments from the usual TV bellends but expected better than that...

Just a warning for people, they can ignore it if they like. I've been full time in BKK 7 years now and that was the first time I've felt like I was being sized up for a robbery. GF felt exactly the same thing. This was 1pm in the afternoon.

I was obviously considered for a mugging as I came out of Bangkok Bank Emporium branch yesterday. I was in there about 30 minutes, came out and headed to the BTS staircase by Benjasiri park carrying a bag with my passport, bank book etc but no cash. As I was walking underneath the stairs to go up I noticed some shifty looking local guy was following me about a metre behind me, I sensed him so I stopped to let him past me. My girlfriend commented that he looked pretty dodgy and I agreed so we waited a few seconds and carried on. He was waiting for me at the bottom of the BTS steps. As I approached he moved out into my path so me and the gf both stopped and just looked at him (we commented/joked later that we both had a defiant/aggressive expression of "well come on then, if you're going to try and rob us then get on with it").

He stared at us a couple of seconds and turned his back and jogged off into Benjasiri Park. Very dodgy, almost certainly waiting outside for someone to leave the bank.

Not sure what happened to this guy on Asoke, but don't assume if you're doing nothing wrong then nothing will happen, especially in the current economic climate.

The girl with shortish hair in black looks pretty suspicious as well. She blocks the view next to the guy in white and leaves at the same time as yellow. She almost seems to hang around a second at the end to make sure he's finished and walking out

I picked up on that too, she looks around for a split second.

At the very least she would have got a good look at him. I wonder if she's come forward? If not, very suspicious as she does seem to be hanging around him and he almost seems to follow her out after she gives him the look.

On the other hand, maybe she eventually became one of the victims of this atrocity?

Possibly. She seemed to leave with the bomber. You think it's worth checking out?

The girl with shortish hair in black looks pretty suspicious as well. She blocks the view next to the guy in white and leaves at the same time as yellow. She almost seems to hang around a second at the end to make sure he's finished and walking out

. I think the one in gold with the funny hat is in on it for sure.

I am all for jokes,and taking the piss. But to make them in this thread is WELL out of order. Txxx

As is ridiculous speculation, to believe a tourist who looks around and hesitates for a moment is suspicious.

Are you a Thai cop by any chance? If not, maybe you should apply. You'd fit right in.

The girl with shortish hair in black looks pretty suspicious as well. She blocks the view next to the guy in white and leaves at the same time as yellow. She almost seems to hang around a second at the end to make sure he's finished and walking out

I picked up on that too, she looks around for a split second.

At the very least she would have got a good look at him. I wonder if she's come forward? If not, very suspicious as she does seem to be hanging around him and he almost seems to follow her out after she gives him the look.

looking at the pic's ...notice he has bandage on either arm indicating there would be something there that would identify him...maybe tatoo's

Or possibly just normal sweatbands.

35 degrees, under immense pressure, carrying a backpack full of explosives and a mobile phone which was possibly used to detonate the bomb. Dry palms might not be such a bad idea under the circumstances.

He might be wrong, but why is it so hard to believe? There were explosives involved. Did some foreigner manage to smuggle in explosives as well, or is it more they likely acquired them in Thailand? Of course it isn't impossible for someone familiar with Thailand to also bring in or aquire explosives without a Thai involved, then pull this off, and maybe a second attempt by walking or riding accross the bridge by himself. But that's a lot of stuff for one person to do by themselves.

I could make some explosives this morning if I wanted to it's that easy.

Until test results are released as to what the actual explosive used was there needn't necessarily be Thai connection if it were a foreign bomber.

Maybe you could "make some explosives" this morning (frankly I doubt it) but could you acquire all the materials for a bomb of this magnitude that was safe to carry and that could be set off remotely?

And then simply click your fingers at the intended site and have a couple of random strangers give up their seat for you without question and then shield you while you plant the bomb.

And then have your (admittedly grainy) picture put on social media all over the world with millions of Thais, a police force and the Army looking for you, and nobody remember selling you anything or even seeing you before?

That's quite a trick.

Yes I could make some explosives easily. Did just that years ago when I was 15/16 years old.

Sodium chlorate, sugar and a pipe is all you need.

The tricky part would be the detonator but that info is widely available on the net.

The tricky part would be getting away with nobody recognizing you.

Making a glorified firework in your apartment and committing this crime without getting caught are 2 different things.

I'm no fan of the RTP, but the way people are treating this suggestion that Thais are likely involved at some level is a bit strange to me. It's perfectly plausible, in fact it's likely I would say given the behaviour of orange shirt and white shirt.

He might be wrong, but why is it so hard to believe? There were explosives involved. Did some foreigner manage to smuggle in explosives as well, or is it more they likely acquired them in Thailand? Of course it isn't impossible for someone familiar with Thailand to also bring in or aquire explosives without a Thai involved, then pull this off, and maybe a second attempt by walking or riding accross the bridge by himself. But that's a lot of stuff for one person to do by themselves.

I could make some explosives this morning if I wanted to it's that easy.

Until test results are released as to what the actual explosive used was there needn't necessarily be Thai connection if it were a foreign bomber.

Maybe you could "make some explosives" this morning (frankly I doubt it) but could you acquire all the materials for a bomb of this magnitude that was safe to carry and that could be set off remotely?

And then simply click your fingers at the intended site and have a couple of random strangers give up their seat for you without question and then shield you while you plant the bomb.

And then have your (admittedly grainy) picture put on social media all over the world with millions of Thais, a police force and the Army looking for you, and nobody remember selling you anything or even seeing you before?

That's quite a trick.