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My wife went upcountry to get her license, took her written test, didn't pass, paid another 200 baht and got a test given to her with the answers, then a half hour later had a license. I asked her about the actual driving test and was met with a shoulder shrug and a "mai roo".

Annnnnd, its a "good for life" license, never expires! I don't think they do these anymore.....and for good reason. She was taught at a driving school but they never had any class on the laws/rules of the road, only practical driving. It's no wonder Thailand is # 1 in road fatalities!

The Thai's don't know about blind spots because they're only looking ahead and not in their mirrors........there's no blind spots in front of you! A couple of my Thai friends always ask me why I look in the back over my shoulder when changing lanes, their question is "Why you look backwards(?), the car the car is moving forward not backwards." 

40 minutes ago, guest879 said:

you might as well walk away from it. I never met a western man who has won from a situation like this. I know a few who tried throwing away money on lawyers.

Sad to say, but I agree, it's a lost cause trying to fight the Thais. The odds are against you from the start, during, and after the battle. If you've got copious amounts of money to pay the right people you might have some success.....but if you have that much money you probably wouldn't be worried about one house.

4 hours ago, Kerryd said:

The guy I saw at Bangkok Pattaya hospital is this guy: https://www.bangkokpattayahospital.com/en/doctor-profile?v_id=171&depid=22

Just looked at the profile of this doctor; same doctor I had a few years ago for a bone spur in my shoulder. I can vouch for him; he told me what the problem was, explained what the operation would entail, performed the operation and everything came out just as expected. If I have any problems in the future I'll use him and I can definitely recommend him to anyone with orthopedic issues. 

Countries need to be careful of the Chinese, they're looking out for themselves, not anyone else. Yes, the countries gain some things short term but there's a price to pay--like what's happening in Sihanoukville, and in the long term the price will be even more immense.

The Malaysian prime minister saw this happening with a project called Forest City, basically the Chinese were building it and marketing it for the Chinese, not Malaysians. Now the PM has seen the light and banned foreigners from buying any of the properties. It's good to see some world leaders can see through the short term financial gains that the Chinese offer and look ahead to the future. The belt and road initiative is a dangerous thing IMHO; as time goes by the belt gets tighter and tighter.

Bone spur in shoulder (keyhole surgery), around 123,000 baht, Bangkok Pattaya.

2 hours ago, Tony Hanscomb said:

The islamists use the awful loudspeaker to intimidate the people in the area, Islam is a religion designed to be in your face and fear is also used to keep its members from rejecting it.

Agree totally! It's not about them having alarm clocks, apps or whatever to tell them the time to pray--that would be too easy, it's about influencing the infidels--their word not mine, around them to accept the fact that this area is muslim; it's all psychological.

If they have a p***y Thai guys aren't going to overlook them, be serious!

That's funny, I've never heard the general worried about--(insert any other nationality besides chinese here).....funny how that works. What's that Meja song(?), It's all about the money, money, money..............

I'm glad some people have patience on this forum.........me, not so much, I'm outta this thread.

The more things change, the more they stay the same in Pattaya! The ineptitude just keeps rolling in like the tide!

6 hours ago, Rimmer said:

Pattaya’s flood relief system.

That's pretty funny! I don't see much relief or a system!

32 minutes ago, 727Sky said:

China ends up owning the project and has an ever tightening noose around the borrower's neck.

Agree with this totally, China is in it for the long run and the end goal; it's not about the individual projects they fund in the many different countries right now, it's about many many years into the future.

Be careful of belts, they can tightened to where they're uncomfortable to wear.

Kind of like that bus station in Pattaya on north road used to do; haven't used them in years but I can't imagine all the money they--or a certain cashier, took in!

Making the people afraid of you will have this kind of result.

I did this a few years back and the bank gladly took my money then made the payments as per the schedule.........not exactly what I wanted. Guess something got lost in translation, or they were very clever and knew what they were doing......still getting the interest. Make sure you understand how they're going to do it, IF, they'll do it.

RIP to the little girl and condolences to her family.

What is wrong with the Thai justice system to allow this sentence to be so lenient. I saw another article in TV that mentioned doing wheelies could get you 3 months....unbelievable!

Police work was great, too bad it doesn't happen this well on some of the high profile cases. Guess the Frenchman didn't have enough money to make the case stall, then finally just fade away........like a LOT of cases we all know about.

I can't believe all the lame excuses I've heard in Thailand for this type of issue. Do they really think the people are that stupid to believe their b******t?! I guess they've got a lot of the population scared and they won't say anything. Some other countries come to mind with the same type tactics to control their people.

I can't believe all the lame excuses I've heard in Thailand for this type of issue. Do they really think the people are that stupid to believe their b******t?! I guess they've got a lot of the population scared and they won't say anything. Some other countries come to mind with the same type tactics to control their people.