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2 hours ago, Tiredofglasshalfemptyexpat said:

I guess his British accent ... Why are you thinking he's not?

Message and ask him

https://www.facebook.com/roy.demeo.75

Does the 75 mean he is 43 years old?

He looks about 10 years older and trying to act like he’s 20 years younger. 

2 hours ago, scorecard said:

Sad but it's not surprising that many companies won't employ the no work experience MBA holders except in lower positions and at an appropriate salary for the lower job.

I used to be one of those people. Couldn’t find a job after graduating with a bachelor degree and no experience so I did an internship and went straight for an MBA after. 

Ended up taking a job in Thailand earning just 40k when I first started!

150 Baht is a good rate, especially for smaller transfers where there aren’t decent options. 

Am too lazy to check exchange rates but that’s often where money is made. 

11 hours ago, scorecard said:

Both examples way outside of your basic new graduate folks who are just wanting a job and hopefully security and very probably (not a criticism) starting at the bottom in a typical Thai company which doesn't encourage innovation etc, and regardless of language abilities and brain washed into simple replies and being very polite. 

 

OP is asking for an average idea of salary. Certainly agree that someone who is desperate for a job will take anything, but there's a 15k minimum for someone with a bachelor degree. We must pay more as we require a level of English and capability. If hiring for too low people will jump ship as soon as they get a better offer anyway. 

3 hours ago, sanemax said:

Had the guy had any bad intentions , he probably would have molester or robbed her .

There may have been some confusion about where her hostel was , did they actually go past her hostel or just a turning off or something ?

  Maybe he was going a quicker way or maybe he thought that she was staying somewhere else ?

  Could be that she fell off the bike drunk and exaggerated her story

Yeah if the guy wanted to rape her then her pretending to be unconscious wouldn’t have stopped him. In fact it might have made it easier for him. Like that terrible case in Krabi where the woman fell down the ravine and the guy molested her afterwards. 

She admits she was so drunk she was going to vomit. She can’t speak Thai. Probably was confusion where she was going or if she had a room or wanted him to help find one. 

I work in manufacturing and export. Thais without any experience can expect 15-20k rising to around 25-30k after 2 years or so if progressing well. Managers 50k-125k depending on position and capability. For some general management positions with niche skillsets Thais can command salaries similar to foreigners. 200-400k plus benefits. 

1 hour ago, CanterbrigianBangkoker said:

What a weak, anticlimactic story. 

 

What passes for 'journalism' these days is becoming more worrying by the hour.

I agree. She should have said it was Koh Tao instead of KP then there'd be far more drama and popcorn. 

On 10/26/2018 at 3:51 PM, jimmynewbie said:

The uk police did test but not announced anything , why do you think the family are not letting this go?

This DNA is on record, it will be kept on record thats how the UK work

Personally i think the family should have had an independent test done

There are still 2 more results not being spoken about like bernd?

His family have confirmed nothing heard , swept under the carpet?

 

If the UK tests had come back with something (assuming testing was done) then the family surely would have said something, wouldn’t they?

3 hours ago, JLCrab said:

Being a Yank and not wanting in the least to wade in on UK Police protocol, I will say that, if it turns out the UK Police did not test for DNA and the only testing was done by the Thais in Thailand, the only certain thing about this whole matter IMHO will be that there will be howls from certain parties that such DNA testing is completely unreliable and maybe even falsified and the whole case is far from being resolved.

Unless the testing supports the Death Island narrative. For example when the Thai police found no trace of the Burmese on the murder weapon. Then their DNA test was 100% accurate A++++ WOULD TEST AGAIN quality. 

1 hour ago, rkidlad said:

You said it’s very likely which would put you in the ‘you think the British tested for semen’. I never said you said ‘definitely’. Don’t misrepresent people’s posts.

You're leaving out the first part of my quote. I said, "It could be a test done in Thailand but it could also very likely be a test done in the UK as was planned." 

Meaning both are possible. 

For someone concerned about misrepresenting people's posts you do it an awful lot yourself!

17 minutes ago, pattayadude said:

I can think of one. Maybe it's because Koh Tao is one of those places that in the past some backpackers arrived vertical but left "horizontal"?

Pattaya is also a place where people arrive vertical but spend a lot of time horizontal. 

1 hour ago, rkidlad said:

‘It could also very likely be a test was done in the UK’

 

’Several people are already jumping to the conclusion that it must have been done in Thailand”

 

Now, can you stop asking where you said the British police tested the t-shirt. 

I have to assume here that English is your second or third language as nowhere above did I say the British police definitely tested. I was replying to you who said they did not test. I said we can’t be sure of that, it could also be very likely the test was done in the U.K.  

If you said X did not happen and someone says you can’t be sure of that, it doesn’t mean the person is saying X with certainty did happen. 

To put it in children’s terms, you are suggesting that an animal is a cat. I’m saying we can’t know that because we can’t see it. From that you are concluding I think it’s a dog. 

8 hours ago, cass74 said:

The day of the Thai police statement about no DNA the FO updated their advice about Thailand, and it was blatantly a negative response to the Thai polices handling of the case.  That strongly suggests they believe the victim.

The police handled the case badly, but the added warnings don't suggest they believe her. In fact the first one is about being sure to report a crime in-country. This suggests that she didn't do so, despite initial info. Otherwise the FO report should advise people that reporting a crime may not be effective and they can suggest other options such as contacting an embassy. 

16 hours ago, rkidlad said:

First thing -  'strawman'? Don't copy my posts. 

 

Second - you've never sent me a link to where the British authorities have specifically stated they tested the t-shirt for semen. This is the one and only link I've ever asked for. Any other links you may or may not have sent have been moot. 

 

Thirdly - It makes no difference to me what you conclude with me. The British authorities have never said they tested anything. You can believe they did. I believe they didn't.

 

Lastly - this isn't about whether a rape did or did not happen. We will probably never know for certain now. This has always been about people assuming the British authorities tested for semen to give credit to this investigation. This isn't nuanced. Either you believe the British tested for semen or you don't. I don't. And there's not one statement from the British to say that they did. 

We are going in circles here. You've tried to say four times now that I've said the British police tested the semen. I asked you where I said that and you don't want to go back and look at the old posts. I recapped the old posts for you as you didn't want to look back. And you ignored that and again asked for a link where the police said they had tested. 

Either you're trolling or have a problem with reading comprehension. Either way there doesn't seem any point to continue.

13 hours ago, GinBoy2 said:

Well, I’m not a Thai hater, and still spend at least 3 months back in Thailand every year, just not a full time resident anymore.

 

So I like participating on this forum as I still have an interest in the place

 

That doesn’t mean I can’t like, and criticize the place in equal measure

How do you find living back home after having been in Thailand a long time?

A worry of mine about going back in future would be boredom and not being able to relate to people back home.

8 hours ago, rkidlad said:

You wanted me to refer to a quote where you said/implied/assumed the British authorities tested the t-shirt and found no semen. I can’t be bothered to read back through your posts. So it would be easier for you to simply state what you think the British authorities did with the t-shirt. So again, I’m asking a simple question, “Do you think the British police tested the t-shirt for semen?” 

 

The british authorities never said they tested the t-shirt. I think members like yourself, JLCrab and Frank83628 can stop trying to debate this with me. It’s written nowhere that they did. 

I'm beginning to think either you have a bad memory or you're intentionally trying to divert conversations via strawman arguments.
 

You said earlier that you believe the police didn't test. I replied that you can't know that and the t-shirt was handed over for testing. You asked me for a link, I gave you one. You then asked me where does it say that police have tested. I told you that I never said they did, just that it seems likely and reminded you that I'm disagreeing with you saying they didn't test. You then repeated your request for info showing that they did test. I said again that I never said they did, just that I don't agree with you that they didn't. And here you are again asking where does it say they tested.

Let me state it for the last time very clearly: I don't agree with you that we can conclude they didn't test.

Funny how when there's a rape and no evidence the conclusion it is did happen. When there's a question of DNA testing and no evidence the conclusion is it didn't happen. How convenient.

4 hours ago, JLCrab said:

Oh. 

Who knew the U.K. police also served as a storage unit for alleged evidence in crimes of other jurisdictions. 

14 hours ago, rkidlad said:

So you’re saying you don’t know who tested for semen?

No, that’s not what I said either. I was replying to your post but it seems you’ve gotten confused. 

22 hours ago, rkidlad said:

They have never once stated they tested the t-shirt and found anything. After the whole 2014 shitshow you think the UK police might wanna be more proactive in helping make a case against one of their own more credible. They haven’t.

2014 is an example of what you're arguing with the other person about. The UK police didn't announce what they had or hadn't found, they disclosed the results of their investigation only to the parents of the victims. 

23 hours ago, rkidlad said:

Again, where did the UK authorities specifically state ‘they’ tested the t-shirt and didn’t find any traces of semen? 

 

Where did I say that the UK police said they tested the shirt and found no traces of semen?

21 hours ago, rockthekazbah said:

I was wondering why a man who lives and has a relationship with a woman in Thailand wouldn't have a permanent visa? I know he still travels to the UK, but it tweaked my interest when I saw it online. So I thought I'd come here and ask, after this site came up on Google. I don't know why I got all the strange comments... I just find the whole case interesting, that's all....and I thought you'd all know about Visas.

You say there are different sorts?

Are you Elon's lawyer's investigator?
 

In Thailand permanent residency isn't easy to get. There's a quota of 100 people per country per year and the requirements are strict. It's not like the US where one can eventually get a green card by marriage.

PR also has few perks. It doesn't allow one to work. And one still has to get a re-entry permit when leaving the country. It's also expensive at around $6k for unmarried people and $3k for married. 

For someone like Vern he has easier and cheaper options- a visa based on marriage or retirement.