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He may miss it ( or the money ), I certainly won't. I made the mistake of watching the most recent and it was the biggest pile of horse <deleted> I've seen in a very long time.

<deleted>. They dug up something from 1975!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

They should get a life, the <deleted>.

On ‎9‎/‎26‎/‎2018 at 5:25 AM, ncc1701d said:

Agreed. But I’m more than happy to see Karen Gillan like that again ????

Agreed, but given the hostile reception she received for her outfit, will she be dressed in a burqa for the next one?

She would be the only reason I'd pay good money to watch another.

On ‎5‎/‎26‎/‎2019 at 9:34 PM, steven100 said:

what if he's not dead yet  ?

Unless one is actually a trained first aider, one should avoid if possible. If one moved a casualty and damaged the spinal cord, causing paraplegia, is one going to pay to support that person that one damaged for life?

BTW, everyone should do a proper first aid course, as the person one saves may be one's beloved. There is really no reason not to do one.

On ‎5‎/‎26‎/‎2019 at 9:36 PM, possum1931 said:

Yes I have heard that before, but if I came across an accident, and somebody needed help and there was no one else there, I would find it very hard to ride away from it.

Just another reason to only keep enough money in my Thai bank to live on, and the rest of it

in my UK bank.

What I haven't got they cannot get.

Agreed, but how many times would we ever be the only ones at the scene of an accident in LOS?

On ‎5‎/‎26‎/‎2019 at 1:57 AM, soalbundy said:

Buddha, I don't have a phone. As a farang my wife has always told me to steer clear of accidents...."don't get involved you may end up paying for it"

Correct. We are visitors, and unless it's someone we know, or a farang don't get involved. It's up to Thais to sort their problems out, not us.

I was in a van from Bkk to Pattaya and we saw a truck crash on the center median. The driver didn't stop to help, just called on his phone.

I equate LOS with Saudi when it comes to accidents. On our orientation in Saudi we were told that if we see an accident walk the other way, as it would be our fault if we did.

The only exception, IMO, would be if it was something simple like stopping serious bleeding, and no one else was even trying.

That may seem hard, but life isn't fair, and good deeds never go unpunished.

18 minutes ago, BestB said:

With little mumbling and no suppprt from anyone they shut their mouth 

and if they ever get the chance, they will make you pay for that. Never make a Thai lose face if one wants a happy life in LOS. Karma is a bitch.

11 minutes ago, Sticky Wicket said:

No I agree foreigners cause problems here.

Bound to happen with different cultures and translation issues. 

 

The last 5 years have got worse here as the xenophobia drips from top to bottom. Dear Leader and friends have exacerbated things markedly

 

Not in my experience. I think farangs that have problems PO their neighbours somehow, because they usually don't have a clue about Thais, and think Thailand should be just like the <deleted> they came from.

4 hours ago, Swiss1960 said:

You really seem to be the heart, soul and joy of your soi.....

That said, I never had a Thai shout at me or threaten me in all the years I live here now... only some faring blokes who think themselves kings of the world...

Sent from my SM-A730F using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile app
 

Me too.

I think the OP must have PO the "sheriff" somehow, even without knowing it.

Anyway, why is he asking on here? He has a Thai wife- get her to sort it out. What is the point of marrying one of them if they can't sort the problems?

Walking the dog! How not Thai is that? Thais don't walk dogs; they let them roam around biting people and breeding even more mutts.

On ‎11‎/‎9‎/‎2018 at 1:53 PM, Spidey said:

I remember meeting a young Russian guy in a club in Samui. He was living and working there. Very switched on and Westernised. I thought he, at least might have something negative to say about Putin. Nope, absolutely loved the guy.

Of course. Putin gives his citizens pride in being Russian.

Seems Americans are too busy hating Trump to take pride in their own country. Remember that a country divided against itself will fail, and America is pretty broken right now. Americans can either grow up and get behind the president, or see their country fail. At least they can elect someone else next year, something Russians probably can't do easily. 

On ‎5‎/‎18‎/‎2019 at 7:59 PM, Delight said:

  Can you drive a motor scooter?

If not that could limit your options

So areas such as Soi Bua Khao  would work if you cannot drive a motor scooter

Everything  is located on that street

Except that Buakhao is very dangerous. Narrow road with 2 way traffic and no pavements. I used to live just off it so I know.

Best area I found in the down town area was on Second, not far from Central.

1 minute ago, Mahseer said:

1,220baht for a quality steak for 2? Value in my book.

Hup to you, but if I spent more than 200 baht, including drink, I felt I'd wasted money. It's only food, not sex, which was worth paying loadsacash for. ????

3 minutes ago, JimGant said:

Which agent is this? Or, is this pretty much the consensus for all agents, i.e., you meet at their office and then drive to Immigration -- not, "meet me at Immigration at 1330", whence I might not be able to find parking.

 

Looking for turnkey service -- I'm completely above board, but I'm too old to go to the end of the line 'cause I used black ink, not blue. Plus, looking for an open parking space has taken years off my life (at CNX airport, anyway).

Park at Central then, or take a taxi!

I didn't find an agent that would pick me up. I had to meet them at immigration.

On ‎3‎/‎4‎/‎2019 at 5:49 PM, PGThompson1 said:

so I got the pile of papers and showed her 2 copies of everything, she was not happy!

Perhaps she had a bet with another IO to see if she could fail you!

I'm sure they made stuff up to annoy us. Most of what they wanted was irrelevant. All they should need is a valid passport with valid visa, bank statement/letter and an address. If they want to catch people out for fake marriages they should get off their backsides and go check at the address given. All that "witnesses" rubbish is just added BS. 

Just now, sanemax said:

Do you go on the same day every week , when the burgers on special offer , meal of the day ?

Did I go...……………….. No longer living the life in paradise, sadly. Yes I did. Burgers on Tuesday, and spaghetti with meat balls on Thursday if I remember rightly,

For the price of a big mac meal I got a large helping of whatever, loads of salad, and an interesting slice of life in LOS.

Drinks extra.

On ‎5‎/‎28‎/‎2019 at 6:23 PM, Mahseer said:

If you fancy something more than a burger in Arnos split a tomahawk steak with your mate/missus. 800gms/bone in and bloody marvellous. 1,220baht I believe. Money well spent.

Some obviously have money to burn! No wonder the old "how much does it cost to live in ………." threads have those claiming that they couldn't possibly exist on less than 50,000 a month.

I went to Gekko Garden every week for my burger fix.

Have to ask for big fries or get those revolting skinny things.

Get large salad included.

4 hours ago, JimmyJ said:

Does 2nd Class mean each compartment has an upper and lower skinny bed on both sides = sleeps 4?

 

And is 1st Class a private compartment with a double bed or 2 single skinny beds = sleeps 2?

Does 2nd Class mean each compartment has an upper and lower skinny bed on both sides

Yes, so 2 a side. Beds lengthways along train. Lower bunk is best. Top bunk not easy to get in/ out of and the light is on all the time.

And is 1st Class a private compartment with a double bed or 2 single skinny beds = sleeps 2?

No double beds, though I've quite successfully slept in one bunk with the GF.

Beds are across the train.

3 hours ago, cheeryble said:

I should say that I was hoping to have the day or two in BKK happening or even over by now but the wife.....who was going to accompany me and hopefully ease the anxiety getting around BKK and getting the plane (the plane is the important bit)........the wife's beloved Mum had some of her roof blown off in Paan so she had to drive her up there and wanted me to go and as she couldn't go to BKK anyway I decided to show solidarity and accede to her request.

SO BKK will be put back a few days until she is free again.

 

Anyway, Mestizo

......a really useful reply thanks

That may be very useful about Bangsue......if it is that close to Ottobock, which I think opens at 8, it is only a question of if the train arrives too early. Haven't been on the train for a long while, when do train travellers think it normally arrives at Hualamphong .....it official time is about 630 or 645 I think but i kinda recall nearer 8 in real life. Knock a bit off for getting off before Hualamphong, maybe 20 minutes eh?

LOL. I've never been on a train that arrives on time in Hualumpung. Get off at Bang Sue and can get the underground from there.

The journey from Bang Sue always takes seemingly forever, with frequent long waits.

On ‎5‎/‎23‎/‎2019 at 11:14 AM, Tug said:

we need to have a way to get rid of a failed president more easily without the drama

55555555555555555

You do already. It's called an election. Feeling lucky?

25 minutes ago, wayned said:

There's  checklist that some psychiatrists use to evaluate  their patients over periodic sessions and interviews.  Take the test as if you were Trump and see what the results are.  It's called the Hare Psychopathy Test. In August 2016, Dr. Kevin Dutton of Oxford University ranked US president-elect Donald Trump as "above Adolf Hitler" on a standard scale used to measure potential psychopathy in adults, according to the science news site Phys.org.  Here's a link to the test: https://www.businessinsider.com/hare-psychopath-checklist-test-sociopath-2016-11. 

 

You be the judge, but be honest.  if your evaluation of him doesn't indicate that he is a psychopath then maybe you should test yourself!

I see. In the brave new world we live in, one can diagnose other people based on a check list. I wonder where Chuck or Nancy rate on that list?

Goodness me, I know several people that could be sociopaths, if one had a handy test to check them against. Lucky for them such evaluations are meaningless.

I hope you realise that if Trump is just playing a character, the Hare test is useless. That's why testing has to be done in person. 

IMO the whole "Trump is mental" is just a political ploy by the resistance, and I believe it is as big a sham as the Mueller investigation re Russian collusion by Trump.

10 minutes ago, billd766 said:

I hope that it will happen in the UK after the clearout of politicians after the next general election.

 

I had no idea what it was about so I Googled it and came up with several links explaining PR. I will have to take it away and study it.

 

https://www.britannica.com/topic/proportional-representation

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proportional_representation

 

 

PR is the government politicians like, which says it all.

19 minutes ago, Kwasaki said:

Going to a doctor's surgery is not difficult and would be a good start.

You wouldn't want to know the success rate of the Dr's surgery then? Just any place will do?