onnut

it does not matter if the busses were brand new and in mint condition.................... its the drivers who cant drive them in a safe way.

clever aint they! oh well, what can you do? I think I will just stock up at home and take the next couple of weekends easy.

I really feel sorry for the bar owners though, it could run into the hundreds of thousands in losses for some of them. imagine how much a large bar like robin hood or Molly's could make if they could stay open.

They are selling copied DVDs on that website.

Way to shoot themselves in the foot if they get caught.

here we go.................................

can we have a positive post for once?

how about something like they do a great service when you cant be bothered to go out for something to eat, or go to Patpong for a copy DVD.

If I hit a bike or someone crossing the road I always said if the traffic was light I would make a run for it. chances are the accident would not be my fault, so why should I pay for it? because that is what would happen.

As long one doesn´t get beaten up because one is white , it´s a better place to live as a foreigner than many places in Europe are.Xenophobia comes along with violence in many countries. Haven´t heard about that in Thailand yet.

Very True,

most of the falang that get a kickin over here deserve it for being a Pratt.

I have never had a problem with locals. once even a little old Thai lady let me go first in the check out at tops.

its just the Government that does not want us here.

A second Class Citizen? I dont think I am a second class citizen. I have a better standard of living here then I would back at home. and I can have a hel_l of a lot more fun living in Thailand then I could living in Singapore. I have lived there so can comment, my brother loves it there and I cant see why.

yeah, I have to pay more than the locals for certain things, but I do not very often go trecking in the national parks, so thats ok.

I love living in Thailand even if nearly everyday I am pisse-d off with something. I have lived in 5 countries and this one is the best.

people moan about corruption, but love it when they get to bribe a traffic cop. you have to take the good with the bad. most of the time its good.

Yeah, the Thais probably do hate us, I think most of them do anyway, but they love having Farang friends. and most of them treat us nice anyway.

Just imagine being an immigrant in the UK. ok the Government welcomes you but the population dont. its the other way round here.

Im staying........

Bye Bye

I had this problem not so long ago, my poor dog was covered in ticks.

I used something in a small bottle which I mixed in water (this turned the water white and smelled a little) and threw around the garden, this did the trick for outside, I was told it was safe to bath the dog in the water as well. a spray for inside I have not seen. wouldnt bug spray work? how about calling rento kill, they must have a service for this.

If you find something though, please let me know what it is.

cheers

Onnut

I now firmly call Thailand my home and I can be fairly sure that there will always be methods to live here if you are inclined to.

I assume you have permanent residency or Thai citizenship?

What "methods" do you refer to that would allow someone who doesn't qualify for Non-Immigrant visa extensions to remain indefinitely in Thailand?

How a long term tourist or temporary resident on a Non-Immigrant visa can consider somewhere their permanent home just shows how detached from reality some Westerners become in Thailand.

er mate, this is my home also. I have chosen to live here. I am married to a Thai who will soon give birth to our first child. we bought our own house 4-5 months ago. I own a couple of cars here (in my name) house is in both our names... also I have a very good job here.

why the hel-l would I call England my home? I live here in Thailand. where would you call home? Scotland, but you dont live there anymore, you live here in Thailand so this is your home as well.

Are there any Thai Nationals reading this that would care to answer?

there are many debates about the word Farang. why not let some Thai Nationals answer and clear it up once and for all.

Personaly though, I think it can be used in a bad way and a good way, depends on who is saying it. I have asked many Thais this and always get that blank look, so maybe its not such a good word.

I stayed in a guest house in Pattaya once and thought it would be safer to leave the laptop in my car..........

well how stuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuupid was I ?????

when I came back and took the laptop up to my room and turned it on, guess what? it wouldnt work then I noticed something wrong with the screen it was like it had been smashed, I dont know! maybe it had cracked in lots of little places or something. 80,000 baht gone with just 3 months use, the poor thing never had a chance to catch a virus..........

anyway, I never could use it again and all because it was a hot day and my car got even hotter.

I will never do that again.

so now, I just leave it in the room. I think they are safe, just pick a good place to stay.

what is it with these tip threads?

I had a foot massage in Pattaya last night, cost 200 baht. I tipped the girl 200 baht. so what............. she was happy and needs the money. plus she was cute.

everytime I get a hair cut I tip 200 baht, it garantees me a seat and great service even if they are busy. so my hair cuts cost me including tip 400 baht, its 5 times that in the UK.

ahhh wellll, it makes em happy. funny though, I wouldnt tip a bloke that much.

Why feel pity for the guy? He's scum.

It's pretty easy to stay out of Thai prisons you know.

I happen to know Colin, he is not scum.

he was ripped off a lot of cash and wanted it back. Thai police would not help him so he took the law into his hands.

A guy died in a fight, that could happen to anyone of us. It does not make us scum.

Molly Malone's on Convent is showing it. they say it starts at 9am.

They have a good breakfast as well.

Thats the thing, what is the limit, they have a sign saying 80KPH which I think is very slow for a large highway like that. I think in future I will just take it easy until I have past the toll gates then let rip..... oh yeah, and next time I get stopped which will happen soon I will say I have left my licence at home. I dont mind paying tea money, but points................

about 25000-30000 a year. A couple of trips to Phuket and khon khen a year from Bangkok. And a weekly trip to pattaya so it adds up fast. My wife does about 5000 a year.

I wear stripes, nearly everyday.

Ha

I was doing 130 kph and saw some coppers hiding behind the wall of the slip road on the tollway, so new I had been clocked. when I got to the tollway entrance I was told to pull over and told to go and see some coppers outside there office area.

they with held my Thai license and told me I would have to drive to the police station to collect it the next day. they would not take any money off me, I tried to give them 500 and they said no.

anyway, a couple of days later I collected my licences or tried to, I was told to come back in 15 days time to collect it. I had a 500 baht fine and 30 points on the license. we start with 60 points, so thats not good.

I wont be speeding anymore, at least trying not to.

mind yourselves, maybe they are getting strict now. or could it be because of the upcomming elections? Ive never heard of anyone getting points over here. bad luck for me.....

Run around screaming "I'M GOING TO DIE!!! I'M GOING TO DIE!!!! HELP ME!!!"

Now thats funny. I would probably do the same thing.

Spiders scare the h-ll out of me, big ones or small ones, dunno why, ive never been bitten.

one day i was in my office and was going through my desk and a hugh brown spider ran over the back of my hand, wooohhaaa, I ran out of the room like you couldnt imagine. anyway, one of my staff laughed and said they dont hurt and went in to find it. a little later even he came running out of the office. dont know what it was.

it freaked us all out.........

I have gone to the Irish Exchange on soi convent. 2004 and 2005. Both times were great and reasonable. But i believe it changed hands now. So not sure.

the xchange is now called molly malones and they still have the same chef so christmas lunch should be as good as ever.

I like the girls trying to look Hi-So, gives me something good to look at when I have to do the shopping. I think they look cute in there little shorts.. and I am sure they have something to say about your dress sense, but the wouldnt because they are polite.

Black Fortuners and any Vigo's make me pucker up, i hate tailgaters and its normally one of them.

If in Doubt, Throw it out........

I am a chef and thats the rule.

Not every Thai wife is bad, sure there seem to be plenty of them but look at the farangs that marry them.

I have plenty of friends that have lovely wifes and girlfriends, I myself am lucky to have one.

I have also bought a large 5 bedroom house for us to live in, my wife is pregnant and we are both very happy. my wifes sister lives with us but I hardly ever see her so no problems there.

we have been married 2 years and known each other for nearly 5 and I am 100% certain that we have a good chance to last the course.

My wife has a good job, her parents are good kind people and dont ask for money.

so for sure, farang can meet and marry great Thai girls, it does happen.

why cant we start a thread about good Thai farang relationships? I am sure I am not the only one that has a great wife over here.

I thought Baby Bear would have asked to go and live with the Indian cricket team ... they have problems beating anybody too ...

Peter

or The All Blacks