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On 5/4/2023 at 5:19 PM, Mac Mickmanus said:

Point being that had he not resisted arrest and had he followed the Police  officers instructions then he wouldn't have been restrained and he wouldn't have died . 

So it were (100%) his own fault, he brought it all upon himself and the police officers are blameless, squeaky clean individuals. 

On 4/21/2023 at 5:59 PM, gamb00ler said:

To me, that's a strange expression.  You must not be normal.  ????????

 

My ex wife (English) said same, but, my 9 dogs find me sane and amusing. ????

On 4/21/2023 at 3:19 PM, Hummin said:

where did you live ? Frequently ride in the area and also visit Khao Yai. Nice area to ride bike Korat and Chaiyaphum, as well Loei as my Neighboorhood.  

Live near Bamnet Narong in Chaiyaphum province, nearest biggest town is over into Korat Province at Nong Krad.

I ride up to Chaiyaphum city to meet some ex-pats in the No'1 Bar and Korat where I stay the night and have a few beers in the 'Monkey Bar'. 

No longer hit the beer like my past in Pattaya, quietened down.

Came to Asia working Indonesia/Malaysian waters Oil&Gas in 2004.

Decided to work the UK tax system so spent majority of leave in Thailand, bought land via a company and built a house in 2010, 2015 aged 60 retired with my bigish bikes, started to do dog rescue, tried to grow different fruits in my garden and breed Koi.  2017 married a Korat girl who left the City to be with me.

Exchange rates and Covid resulted in me being the only Farang left for many, many miles.

Now 68, love heading to Chaiyaphum or Korat on my bikes at speeds way too high for commonsense.  Amongst our dogs are 6 German Shepherds, 2 of those were rescue, we had blind, brain damaged from road accidents we take care off.

Whenever old friends drive from Pattaya to my corrugated roof blockhouse they are the ones shot away after 2 nights, the village all shutdown by 8.00pm is alien.

I am as happy as a sand boy, enjoying my twilight years amongst big, 4 legged mutts, no visitors just my Thai family.

Who are these strange folk

On 1/27/2023 at 9:54 AM, Gottfrid said:

Yes, it does. We are on the top of the food chain for a reason.

Somehow a "Little Wacko" conjures up images of a rodent type creature scurrying around the kill of an apex predator, to quote your own words!! 

9 minutes ago, Gottfrid said:

No, not joking! If people take care of their dogs, instead of letting them run wild on the streets, it would be a totally different ball game. But, here we are. It is what it is.

Does your empathy extend to your fellow human or it is what it is, zero?

5 hours ago, Rampant Rabbit said:

I  think the current govt is  excellent

there is  no  corruption and Mr Prayut  is doing an excellent  job,

I dont want to be overly  positive though *** **** **** I think he might need a  little  less  hair  dye. 

Agree with all, especially the overuse of soot, used engine oil and "discreet" fade to black.

Many years (2011) I got to know this guy from Birmingham, England.  His GF was the owner of a bar on 2nd road (Pattaya) after a while when he knew I worked offshore asia on 4 weeks on/off rota and went back to the UK for 5 nights every leave.  He made me a business proposition!!

"Seeing you go back and forward to the UK on a regular basis for legitimate reasons, would you be interested in a business deal"  "What kind of deal" I said?  "I am in the pharmaceutical business"  he said.  

I went to the toilet leaving my bin behind, left the bar complex and never returned to that area again.  

You have no Idea who could be watching??

Just to add, I were always, regularly singled out by customs going through the green channel at Heathrow, no doubt working asia, living thailand and coming back to the UK for only a few nights did flag up somewhere on some computer.  (Regular travels back were between 2004 - 2015)  

Only desperate or stupid people would get involved in drugs, (my opinion)

3 hours ago, Anythingleft? said:

The following is quite a good link for a few different styles depending on what materials you have already bought, you did not mention if you were going to make your own concrete sump or sink a plastic unit

 

https://www.thenaturalhome.com/septic.php

Thank you for the link, I got it all sorted.  Just did same as in villages in England with no connection to a sewer.

Hi, need some advise on sewage disposal.  Building another toilet, shower room onto the house, existing Sewage/Cesspit/Soakaway is to far away to link up with.  So creating a new one.  Have all the materials, ready to go.  But?? The builders have stopped work to spend time on their rice fields and I have a big hole in the ground.

Can anybody please point me in the right direction so I can do it with family friends.  Did all my own DIY on renovations back in the UK including plumbing in sewage and waste water.

Any and all advise greatly appreciated. 

1 hour ago, Agent Sumo said:

 

Ahhh he looks like such a nice boy and he fought for his country too

 

They should've given him a year. 

 

NOT

I know lance via his father, have watched lance 'high' trying to break up the table edging around the dance area in a gogo.  Have seen him passed out in a coma with drugged friends who left him on the sidewalk, I helped move him into the recovery position and called his father.  

Have seen Lance over the years deteriorate with substance abuse.  He stashed drugs in a friends gogo bar, without a second thought. people should be aware he where dealing for years.

When Lance was caught handing the drugs over, he tried a get-out........  Told the cops about another farang that had drugs in his room....  cops go and arrest the DJ.  

Dobbing your mates in when there was no need shows his character.

My youngest boy took drugs as well as dealing, family life was hell, it were like walking around with a lit cigarette, whilst soaked in petrol.  You never knew when bad would happen again.

No sympathy, he knew the consequences, but, he had got away with it for years selling to friends and tourists.  Believed he where to smart for the natives.  That was his downfall, trying to sell to Thais.

Hello Swanny321.  The Americans were treated the same as the South Africans, Brits and a couple of Norwegians.

The Indians and Indonesians workers were treated terribly, all the Expats were supervisor level or higher so the saudis had to be rude behind our backs, whilst they were rude to indians and Indonesians to their face.  

No manners, no style and no saving graces.

I spent a few years in Nigeria, going between Lagos and Port Harcourt.  Company used an agency to meet and greet.  Arrange flights etc.  agency name were Nigerian National corporation.  

The least said about them the better.  

Every one, that myself and colleagues dealt with were dodgy to say the least.  Drugs, women, gold diamonds etc were always offered.  

We where told never to accepted an opened bottle of water or beer.  Most of us gave up on our employers and left after a year max.  Money were good, but we never felt safe.

Last water bill was under 500 bhat, yet, I have a 14,000 litre fish pond that gets topped up every 2-3 days with the tap left on for an hour or two.  Also have a huge garden, grass, flower pots etc, along with a fruit and vegetable plot that the GF waters every day (Unless it rains).

Yes, I would say for a condo that bill is way over the top.  

Have posted 2 pictures that only show half the pond and the front garden.  Your in a condo and you are paying same water as me.  As other members have said, ask to see the meter/s

On 25/08/2016 at 4:21 PM, Scottish Gary said:

I worked in the oil business in Saudi and the locals treated us like shit.  God help any non westerners who end up there.

They are horrible people 

Agree, I worked offshore from Dammam, for a while.  

They were amongst the most arrogant, unhygienic people (Spitting everywhere) I have ever met.  The Egyptian safety officer did not like them, told me they looked down on him.  Yet his ancestors had mapped the heavens and built the Pyramids etc, etc.  While 50 years ago their country was nothing of note before OIL

On 24/08/2016 at 3:59 PM, bannork said:

But I thought the West prided itself on being liberal with independent thinking,, free style as they say.

Or do you want us to be on the same intolerant level as the Saudis?

Only point trying to make is "When in Rome do as romans do"

12 minutes ago, koolkarl said:

If a western woman went to a muslim country, I understand that she must cover her head to

conform to their customs.  Why should western countries change their customs to please muslims?

I worked in Dammam, Saudi for an oil company.  If any female employee who were all placed in Dubai came visiting??  They were given a hard time by immigration, hotel staff etc, so company flats where purchased.  They needed to have male employees nearby at most times.  

So Western women had to abide by local laws and customs.  Then DITTO for non, Christian women coming to Europe

Just out of curiosity.

I have a 1998/1999 Chelsea team squad photo with all their signatures on the bottom. Also a Chelsea football same year, same signatures.

Bought it at a charity auction in 1998.

Just gathering dust in a spare room up here in Ban Kam Ping (Chaiyaphum)

Anybody interested in making me an offer. Will need be more than I foolishly bid at the time.

Death through a lack of safety procedures can be traced in the main back to 2 incidents.

1) Piper Alpha production platform.

Owned and operated by Occidental. Number of explosions destroyed and the subsequent fire collapsed everything except the flare boom. I were working on the "MV Tharos". Safety were carried out then under the auspices of the Department of Energy. Taken from and given to Health and Safety.

2) MV Herald of free Enterprise.

Ferry capsized after leaving Zeebruge. H&E managed to have the Directors taken to court, charged with "Corporate Manslaughter" found "Not Guilty"

I were in the Industry from June 1977 until Feb 2015. Now shore management (management you never see) has made sure they can say "We provided training, equipment, the person never used it = No liability. Safety has gone from protecting an individual to a means of instant dismissal.

A good friend, former Chief Engineer (retd) were told during dry dock on the St**a Cl**e last year in Singapore to get some details from under the drillfloor in the moonpool, like yesterday. Asked for scaffold, told no time, asked for step ladder...... None could be found?? So he stood on a hand rail, seen and reported by a 3rd party. suspended, flown home and after consulting union and the office retired.

Management were out to get him for years. He did everything by the book, but when told to supply information like and hour ago, pressure can make you do things you would not normally do.

The same rig a few years ago killed (murdered) a Brit and an Australian by not following company procedures.

Despite the numerous derogatory comments about people who choose to hang out in Pattaya, sure there are some, but they are FAR outnumbered by the decent normal constructive peace loving punters who wish to call this place home I feel much safer here than in any other country I have lived in, and as long as one conducts one,s self in a normal manner you will never have a problem Walk out in the streets of any major american city at night and you take your life in your hands, and U.K is not much better

Lived here in Pattaya whilst working offshore for 10+ years. Never had a problem, have seen many, but, it usually involves 2 week holiday makers.

these type of characters would create problems in an empty room.

Have my home in Soi Bongkot, which is just off 3rd road. The number of Thai bars, Thai karaoke joints I need to walk past are many. Feel safer here than walking the streets of Glasgow and later years in Bristol in the early hours.

In Pattaya I always make sure I am home with my bike before sunset?? Seems when the sun goes down speeding and risk taking climbs dramatically. Can understand holidaymaker on hired bikes maybe have drink in them. But Thais seem to change for some inexplicable reason??

they are waiting for the money offer, this guy and his father have been around Pattaya party scene for years. They will not have the bucks the Police are asking. They are no doubt asking for millions.

What it is worth, heard the following from a few different sources.

Price is now 3 mill or 60,000 GBP, father only raised near 2 mill circa 40thou.

At the start an offer was made 500,000bt down payment, same 500,000 when son released, father refused. Nobody really knows why

When I built my home, told the electrician I wanted an Earth Leakage trip (RCD) and the wiring had to be a 3 wire system?? "Big Money"... "No Need" he said, I bought all the stuff, 6 earth spikes (1m) that were all linked around the house in a ring.

During heavy rain, power in the house would go off, traced fault to perimeter lighting, (replaced defective) Water pumps on house and fish pond, (replaced)

Being an electrical engineer, marine and offshore in various countries worldwide, seen some installations that were truly shocking (No pun intended) and an accident (death) just waiting to happen. Because you cannot see or smell a powered circuit everything looks normal (safe).

Ex GF parents house (Farm), I wired it using a 3 wire system, went back overseas for a month. Came back and GF said, mama were getting tingles from the washing machine she had just bought. Went up the farm, seen that they had placed an antique washing machine in the toilet/washroom, concrete floor always wet. But they had ran a 2 wire extension into the room. machine was always wet. Earthed it direct through the wall to an earthing spike. Fitted a socket at wall/roof height with its own earth. Changed wiring on machine to a 3 core, tested everything and all good.

Months later the GF let slip in conversation that her parents thought the problem of tingles came about because of all the extras that I had fitted, compared to the other Thai houses and their wiring.

Trying to tell her about: earthing being done by wire = Good. Human bodies doing the earthing = Bad.

Possible death, could not be grasped, "We never need before" she kept saying.......had me shaking my head.

Told her about a shock I had from a 600v circuit. Following a fire in the engine of a rig I were on "St++a Cl++e", There were so much damage systems had to be linked across and others needed to be back fed.

Working in semi-darkness, back of my hand brushed a bus-bar. Owing to the heat, I were covered in perspiration, current entered the skin on the back of my hand, travelled down the outside of my body and exited through the skin on my knee. More of a big fright than pain, because I suddenly realised how lucky I were.

Always told when working on live systems... Never have your free hand hold onto any metalwork.