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Yes, agreed. Didnt see your post when i made the response to that question.

I have always thought it best to tend to visa things alone, without the help of Thai Gfs. Especially if it was in the case of marriage and she knew there was 800k just lying around in a bank accont awaiting her perusal..it wouldnt last long and i couldnt think of anything worse actually

note to self: marry someone who doesnt know jack about the regulations

Its not much of a marriage, then, is it?

I guess thats why im not married, eh? I consider myself a lucky sod.

Havent met a female yet who's not intersted in money,or would be to lazy to clean out a bank account..

and thats saying nothing of thai women

Best not to say anything, I think. If the money's more important than the lady, maybe you should take that to bed.

Personally, I've always thought of money as a means to an end - a bit like electricity - useful, but not something you want for itself.

I suppose that's why I'm living in a corrugated iron lean-to shack behind Naam's back wall with cardboard boxes for furniture...

http://www.thaivisa....00#entry5015014

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EDIT: What a great search function!

good one, but now we know your lieing

Naams gardener would never alow such a thing..and this is why Naam hired a gardener that speaks many different languages..so he can tell vagrants of all nationalities to p7ss off out of it

Is anatine alopecia a significant problem?

Obviously, not for me, but maybe for others?

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so...would that be horse steroids..some new form of viagra??

Tell me. If he was married to a Thai girl would he need to go on vIsa runs? Excuse my ignorance, but I know nothing about the visa rules for those married to Thai citizens, having no need to know..

If he doesn't have the lump sum required to sit in a Thai bank account for two months prior to applying for that sort of extension maybe.

Yes, agreed. Didnt see your post when i made the response to that question.

I have always thought it best to tend to visa things alone, without the help of Thai Gfs. Especially if it was in the case of marriage and she knew there was 800k just lying around in a bank accont awaiting her perusal..it wouldnt last long and i couldnt think of anything worse actually

note to self: marry someone who doesnt know jack about the regulations

Its not much of a marriage, then, is it?

I guess thats why im not married, eh? I consider myself a lucky sod.

Havent met a female yet who's not intersted in money,or would be to lazy to clean out a bank account..

and thats saying nothing of thai women

Tell me. If he was married to a Thai girl would he need to go on vIsa runs? Excuse my ignorance, but I know nothing about the visa rules for those married to Thai citizens, having no need to know..

If he doesn't have the lump sum required to sit in a Thai bank account for two months prior to applying for that sort of extension maybe.

Yes, agreed. Didnt see your post when i made the response to that question.

I have always thought it best to tend to visa things alone, without the help of Thai Gfs. Especially if it was in the case of marriage and she knew there was 800k just lying around in a bank accont awaiting her perusal..it wouldnt last long and i couldnt think of anything worse actually

note to self: marry someone who doesnt know jack about the regulations

Speaking of ducks, haven't seen metisdead about recently. He on holiday?

Miss that duck, glaring menacingly out from the surreal landscape.

MJo's avatar was a 'quacker' as well.

(ducks and runs...)

Reminds me of a time folks were tarred and feathered in Northern Ireland.

At least it made them easier to spot!

and here i am,, always thought that was just a saying, or a myth

I was in Patong on holiday about ten years ago when I fell in with a bunch of guys doing the rounds of the bars, somewhere in the proceedings between bars we got searated and I fell victim to a pickpocket who managed to get the few thousand baht in my pocket. When I arrived in the bar and met up with the group again I explained the story of the pickpocket and everyone said, quite spontaneously, don't worry, order what you want and put the bills in our bins. I didn't of course and instead went back to my hotel to get some more cash and then went to rejoin the group who had moved on by that time, never to be seen again. A nice bunch of guys.

i think i would do the same mate. Not wanting to be seen as a bullshitter or bludger

As you had met him previously, I would probably have taken him for a couple more beers. Its not like it will break the bank and I try to give people the benefit of the doubt initially. I certainly would not lend him any money and if he asked I would suspect him more.

Cant blame you for what you did though.

Ditto, I would have said the same thing.....offered to buy him a couple of beers, particuarly if it meant you was goingt to be on your own after he left, but not give him any money.

Why didn't you offer to buy the bloke a beer anyway?

well it did happen quickly in the end. I guess i didnt know the guy and having read the various threads about farangs on here made me think twice

Tell me. If he was married to a Thai girl would he need to go on vIsa runs? Excuse my ignorance, but I know nothing about the visa rules for those married to Thai citizens, having no need to know..

Yes, i have also asked myself this question, not only of this guy but of others who are doing visa runs when they say they are married.

One guy previously told me he refused to keep money in a thai banh account that was earning little or no interest.

I guess sometimes you'd have to assume that they havent got the money needed in a thai bank account to qualify for the renewal of visa

Yes, definately the logical choice, you dont tend to spend as much either.

Just how much is the question..to get you through the night and through any unexpected trouble (although ive never countered that yet)

I shudder to think, when i first came here, i used to wonder all around with 20 or 30k in my wallet

I think that I fell for one a week or so ago.

Dutch chap (stranger) sat next to me as I was having a late-night beer on Sukhumvit. He appeared to be stressed out and told me that he had just had his wallet stolen for the second time with cards and money gone.

His story was that he now had no cash to get back to his hotel to cancel his cards etc.

I gave him 500 and he shot off before I could blink an eye, with an "I'll pay you back" promise.

I only take a card out the go to the ATM and then straight back it goes to my apartment safe. I restrict the cash I go out with to a sensible amount and keep it in my side pocket. I have an empty dummy wallet in my back trouser pocket.

If this chaps story was true then he was doubly careless. If it wasn't, then he's the one with problems having to trog the streets conning people with a false sob story for a few baht.

Love the wallet thing.

A mate used to do the same thing back home, but not for the pickpocketeers... his only intention was to ward off people wanting to borrow money all the time (big gamblers)..

He would leave $30 or so in the dummy wallet so he could show them that it was all he had

I do like how he waited until you both had drunk a few beers before pulling the 'I have no money' thing.

Yes, it seems like a good way to break the ice first, and get a punter to be in good mood to kick in for a few beers.

But i probably am the same as the previous posters. If he had stalled any longer i probably would have bought him a beer at the next place. He didnt seem like the bludging type really, and had a decent sense of humour

To cut a long story short..i'd arranged to meet up with a guy i'd met on a visa run last week.

Had a few beers at Sukhumvhit and everything seemed ok, being of a similiar age and sharing a few of the same sentiments about life here and the various issues about Thai GFs. After two beers he suggested a moove to another bar as he needed to drop by an ATM.

This immediately puzzled me, as the first thing i always do is always check finances first..prefering not to go to ATMs in the city while drinking..anyway, up to him

So im waiting on the soi and he comes over and says the machine won't accept his card for some reason. I say its probably just a dud machine, maybe try another one in another soi.

He makes some brief eye contact and says something about his pay (from a thai source) being delayed for some reason and how his wife needed the 3k baht he had in his wallet before he left to come out and was left with only a few hundred baht.

I sort of stood there in silence for a bit, he paused,looked around and then rang someone and walked off a ways...coming back and saying actually he might opt for an early night..nice to meet you catch up again soon ect ect

It was an awkard situation to say the least, but after all ive read on here i was hesitant to get involved.

On the other hand the guy could have been on the level and the same thing might happen to me one day..although i dont think id allow myself to be in that situation

Anyway, So i ask myself now..what should i have done?

What would you have done?

Offer to buy a few beers? offer a loan?

I've never really had any friends in my entire lifetime. I'm the greatest loner here and proud of it.

why start sharing here then?

He's not starting here, thats just the point.

Seems a lot of us come here to live as we please and happy to be left alone. Its the biggest attraction of the place IMO..

AD reports on stuff that others seemingly dare not touch and breaks the conspiracy of silence that crooks in Thailand are protected by. I'd give you a very specific example but that might only serve to prove my point too well.

he will keep doing it until he does it to the wrong person/group and gets his wings clipped, will anyone care?

Probably not..... Its not a job I would undertake

Well I hope your wrong. But be assured the prdiction you make is of an outcome that many who admire journalists who stand up and speak up about abused of power would care about.

The foundations of liberal plural society are built on people who are willing to speak up against criminality, corruption and abuse of power - more so when these crimes are commited by the connected and powerful.

I'm certain AD understands the risks, all the more reason to admire him for exposing the criminality he does expose.

I hope you don't think Thailand aspires to be a liberal pluralist society?

I do wonder about the size of AD's cojones, sometimes I wonder if he's got a well-connected protector or two among TPTB and he runs story ideas past them to avoid digging too deep into areas that would otherwise get him disappeared?

Yes, but i notice most of his targets are happless farang crims/bums...and lets face it, and usually when they are already in custody..so their arms do not extend very far here.

If he actually had the cajoulies to blow the whistle on the many well connected corrupt Thais, im sure the cajoulies would'nt be intact for very long.

I get the feeling that if you want to be part of the Thai tourist police then it is benificial to have a criminal record of some sort, the nastier the better. You wouldn't find to many excops involved in the tourist police. If there are some involved it would be best to stay well clear of them, a few apples gone rotten.

It's a shame that Thaivisa's two most famous Thai tourist police volunteers haven't commented on this yet. Transam is usually up for an entertaining 'I love helping people, me' type rationalisation.

As for the other member who was a member of the tourist police in Phuket - katabeachbum . . . . . . well, I don't know where he is these days.

In prison waiting trial.

hehe, nothing sweeter

Man up, talk to her and then leave her if you must but at least have the decency to face what you're about to do rather than leaving her in the dark.

Whether she is a bitch or not, women deserve to be told where they stand.

Sadly ,some Thai women i've met don't deserve a dam_n thing after witnessing what they are capable of.

They would be prepared to do a thousand times more dastardly things to you and not even consider for a second if they were doing any wrong, or indeed show any sign of a conscience.

You are confusing

kee + noun = bodily waste of some type with

kee + verb = modifier to transform verb into a negative human characteristic.

Please ask any Thai speaker if you don't believe us. Both kee are spelt the same way in Thai script.

Kee neow = sticky as a negative human characteristic (as in unwilling to part with money) because kee + verb

This is a really basic misunderstanding of the Thai language made by many noobs, please stop passing it on.

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I've never heard of Kee buri, it could mean waste from cigarette (as kee + noun), but usually only used for animal waste.

(more likely bar girl talk)

Kee + noun

Kee jamook = snot (waste from nose)

Kee hoo = ear wax (waste from ear)

Kee dtaa = eye grunge (waste from eye)

Kee + verb

Kee bon = negging person

Kee mao = drunkard

Kee lum = forgetful person

I am certain Kee means poo. Sorry if it offends you, and no, I have not learnt my Thai from hookers, but I have never heard any Thai say "No K.Pseudolus, Kee does not mean poo. It is a random word used to turn something into a negative" . If I hear from someone that works for me in my office the word Kee followed by another word I do not understand, the translation is always "Shit XYZ (whatever the other word is)"

I've only heard once before someone telling me Kee does not mean Shit and this was from a Farang whose wife called him "Kee Wan" and he went to great lengths to explain that I was wrong. He wore those Thai Clothes and looked like a monk as well; Thai'r than Thai I think; basically full of Kee.

Sorry to say, but I suspect you probably were wrong.

The "Kee" word is used in different tones and be used in the context for asking "how many".

The guys wife might possibly have been asking "how many days?" presuming waan was meaning day, and not sweet.

If you've never had a Thai ask you how long you've been here...pak yoo mueng Thai kee phee...(how many years have you been here) its obvious they aint talking about shit!

In any case this a pretty good thread for arguing the case of having to learn to read Thai to speak good Thai

edit: Of course, always possible the guys wife was saying shit is sweet or calling him a sweet shit, guess we will never know

Mate...I sing the same tune as you....nearly note for note

So, after 18 pages of replies, some open offers and a bucketload of advice my question for this thread is;

Is thequieteman any closer to finding a friend?

Well, i've also read the bulk of this thread and all i can say is...if you had friends similiar to Thaivisa members, who'd need enemies??

I spent enough time working and dealing with oddballs and tossers day in, day out , to last a lifetime here

so,you were a accountant then ?

I'd assumed he was a professional cricketer, using trade jargon.

I've worked in a number of different trades over the years..one of my favourite sayings.."there's always one at every site"..tossers that is

And no, has nothing to do with cricket

Actually, I would'nt be suprised if this was an internet date gone wrong..

Couple meet up for the first time after a few months on the net..

Guy hits the turps and things turn ugly..at some stage during the course of the night she sees a different side of him she doesnt much care for and calls the whole thing off.

Guy is plssed off but stews on it for an hour or so and gets more primed up then goes back to confront her...fireworks...somehow she ends up over the balcony..

It will be interesting to hear her story if and when she is able to give it. Will also be interesting to know the nationality of the male.

how do they go about it?

They usually marry girls of equal social background and more often than not in those cases the woman is in charge of the finances and the man hands over his complete pay check basically.

Well i guess there are some who do that, but of course Thai guys have a lot better chance of getting a Thai woman who is trustworthy and will give in return a measure of respect, gratitude and faithfullness for sacrifices made.

IMO, this is not always possible with Thai/farang relationships. We seem to attract the quality of women who only want to take the pliss. Of course culture and language barriers certainly do not help.

What i was referring about... as in they go about it a different way....was referring to the single Thai guys. They don't need a fulltime partner to satisfy there egos. They have the freedom of living alone without any hassles but they also know the right places to go if an itch needs scratching. And its a lot more inexpensive at the end of day.

I see men in Thailand that have given up all material possesions, wear orange robes, never handle money and are more happy than George Michael in the mens room. I see women that work in offices and banks and schools that are earning under 15k a month and are very happy, thank you very much. I see motrobike taxi drivers who earn 400 baht a day and stop to give me a free lift to the end of the road because they know I teach the local kids English for free in my spare time. I see lots of happy people working day by day in Bangkok. So enough of the rich vs poor argument. If you have a job, a place to stay and food on the table you are rich enough to enjoy life

The point is that the OP's bird can't handle money and giving her more will not solve that issue.

Well said, got to agree 100%.

In any case, a single guy can live on under 20k a month here and still be happy, no problem..You dont have to lead a miserable existance or go without things either, as long as you've got your head together in the ways Greekfreaklover has described.

Having an ungreatful B**** dragging on you constantly gets tiring after a while, even with constant great sex.

Thai guys know the deal and go about things a little differently. I am starting to believe their MO is a lot more rewarding and definately a lot more cost effective in the long run