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Drunk 55 to 65 old man. Your typical "man baby" that finds his way to Pattaya. Will have forgotten what had exactly happened by the next morning (recollections may vary vastly when alcohol is involved). Most probably will be up and about drinking in the next couple of weeks. Untrainable toddler!

Virtual signaling. It's a photo from the Ministry of Public Health on congratulating themselves for enforcing the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act. I guess in their minds "the eight-month gruelling interegaion review procces" of the Act was like enforcing it. I guess they want their faces out there showing that the are doing something and who needs to be paid off. Just joking. Just joking.

Good point but most probably in the tourist's world there are only two genders male and female. I am not a big fan of self geneder identification and personalized pronouns. After a few drinks I may see myself "sexy man", however, 99.99 % of the population will see me as an unattractive old geezer ... just stating the facts ... lol.

Looking at the video the allegedly intoxicated man was on a public street and announced he was on his way home. Then the idiot owner ? left his shop and confronted him, trying to show him who was the boss man. If the idiot owner had stayed in his shop, shut his mouth, and not come out on the street to confront him, the outcome may have been very different.

If you are on a one year visa that can be teminated on the whim of a bureaucrat, you are not a resisednt. You neither have the rights nor the representation of a resident. You are merely a glorified holiday maker on an extended visa. This is not taxes this is a unjustified money grab.

Looking at the photo it appears he is relatively short and is suffering from short man syndrome. Trying to act tough by taking control of the situation by not co-operating with the police. I'm sure he will be using the Kiwi defense that he was fearful for his life being threatened by the corrupt police. It was an act of sel defense at the check-point. Silly little boy.

I simply don't care what happens to them. As professional athletes in a relatively dangerous contact sport, they let themselves down and everyone around them. IMHO youth cannot be used as an excuse.

"Dr Thandao Chandam claims she was kicked in the back by 45 year old Urs. Niphit (her lawyer) emphasised that forensic examinations confirmed Dr Thandao’s injuries." VS.. "The court extended the benefit of the doubt to the 45 year old Swiss expat. They (his lawyers) explained that David slipped on the steps and accidentally struck Dr Thandao. Based on Mr. Urs past altercations I doubt very miuch that he slipped. The dog ate my homework defense. Hopefully there are x-rays, etc that can prove otherwise.

Hmmm... why the specific amount of 2,000 baht? Sounds like the foreign men were trying to sell the Thai something and demanded 2000 baht, which he rightfully turned down. All the same it's veiled extortion under the pretence of selling products/services which is illegal. If so, the foreign duo need to be fined, jailed and then deported with a life time ban.

Unfortunately these two bad apples make life difficult for us, the majority of law abiding expats, in the form of draconian immigration regulations. Every time this happens it justifies their position of not giving us retiress permanent residence. Have to renew visa every year at the discretion of immigration. Have to report every ninety days. Have to get a certificate of residence for minor transactions. Have to show passport ... the list goes on. The reason they didn't renew their visas wasn't because of the money it was because they didn't want to be picked up for fraud. That simple!

I live in both Bangkok and Pattaya. Last year I took a PM2.5 readings of my Pattaya residence, cloese to the ocean, and my Bangkok residence. Although my Bangkok residence was close to a park/cemetry, the PM2.5 was 3 1/2 times higher than my Pattaya residence. Polution in Bangkok is no joke!! It has been raining consistently the past few weeks in Bangkok and most Bangkokians brush it off as seasonal weather caused by climate change. Few are willing to make the connection between climate change and pollution. Using the phrase "climate change" makes it easier to ignore the pollution.

Never liked the idea of changeing Jomtien beach road to a one way street. Change made to accomodate the parking of SUV's and large vehicles. Sign of the times .....

I despise and hate his friend. Letting the situation escalate. What a piece of S$&t. !! You don't need friends like him. Dump and shame him asap.

2 am in the morning, after a night of drinking. What coud go wrong? So the Russian thought he could play the "deaf" victim card to explain that this was all about "verbal misunderstanding". The photo shows otherwise. Not a good optics for the Russian.

Always the gimmicky visas, never the visa that the foreigner wants. In light of the new tax proposals there should be permanent residence for retirees. Always wanting the golden egg but not the golden goose that lays the egg!

Almost?? It was scripted! Here we go again adults playing musical chairs, just a matter of time before the constitutional court stops the music. Not impressed!

He should be embarrassed posting his photo on social media and admitting to playing the slots. He definitely gets his investment advise from Goldman Sachs. Get rich, play the slots.

Most probably he thought that after 7 years his theft records would be espunged. He thought wrong. Being in excile for seven years he may have thought he had done his time for his crime. Wrong.

No idea what happened! All I heard was a hysterical Thai woman throwing a baby tantrum.

You gotta be putting me on ... Attempted murder, jailed long time, deported. Chances of this happening is between my two good friends "Slim" and "Nun".

Cosidering the dog was in the car. What happened to the "The dog ate my passport and I am in a hurry to get to the vet". An emergency."

This reminds ot the incident where two Frenchmen were in Bangkok at 2 am in the morning and spotted a Thai man pissing in the canal. One went over and gave the Thai a piece of his mind and got into a physical altercation . The other joined in and got stabbed, and ufortunately later died in hospital. Similar to the Frenchmen, the professor and chef got out of their car and confronted six drunk Thais enoying themselves in a waterfestival. Dumb as sh#t. It's immiterial if the Thais could have moved their car or not. No one wants to hear orders from a self-elected policeman, and especially from a foreigner. It appears the professor and chef thought they still in the class room and kitchen, respectively, and in a position of authority. Showed little in the way of judgenment or awareness skills.

While I can see the benifits of cashless payments in terms of convenience to individuals, business and governments, I don't see the convenience outweighing the risks to the individual's freedoms. Let's say someone of importance does not like your views and reports you to the government who in turn freezes all your bank accounts. What are going to do? Where is your backup to continue living? Better still lets say you had been misidentidied as a terrorist or money launderer by some AI inteligence softare used by governments or banks. What are you going to do when your bank accounts are frozen and the responsible clerks refuse to accept that the AI sofware is wrong. I always pay with cash on principle.

The Kiwi and Swiss low-life morons, and now the Russian bitch. Not good!!! All these individuals are relatively young and play the victim game to justify their actions. Similar to the Kiwis who were speeding without a motor bike license, ignored the check point and drove away, are now claiming to the NZ newspapers of being potential victims of "potential" police brutality. All of them are baby adults who throw little tantrums when they don't get their own way and get violent. Refuse to accept responsibility or consequences for their actions.

From original article: "Neighbours, who asked for their identities to be withheld out of concern for their health, told Chalong police that many foreigners allegedly visited the house to buy and smoke cannabis." IMHO, no one should be concerned about their "health" due to illegal activity performed in their neighborhood. Drugs always seem to attract the criminals.