bravingbangkok

"I am continually amazed at the audacity, cheek, and/or sheer stupidity of some foreigners and their endless line of questions upon just meeting them. I am routinely asked by people I don't know from Adam, where I come from and always reply; "America". The immediate follow up question is; "What state, city, etc." As I don't usually know the person asking I say, "I don't know you from a limbless street beggar, so it's really none of your business." It's the same when they proudly state to me they have a thai wife who is a "good girl". I always answer back, "You know when I was a boy I had a cocker spaniel."

HAHAHAHAHA God how true that is about the questioning, If you look respectable and look like you have a bit of dosh I think you get it worse as they want to lock onto what is it that you are doing that is making you have a smooth life out here.

Embassy peeps I guess but I know of a few western businessmen who own a considerable amount of infrastructure in Bangkok, obviously with Thai partners though.

2 years but I fear even then nothing will be sorted out.

I like to keep myself to myself in Bangkok and Thailand at large, it is not because I am ignorant or despise my fellow expats but merely because I have a good group of friends from school and uni and I doubt any wondering expat can offer me anything better...could be wrong though.

Also a lot of expats out here as tex stated on the first page are just silly little kids who run around chasing bar girls in Nana and think they are really tough, fair play to them I can remember a time when I was like that but not anymore. No aim in life just booze and pussy and we all know how it will end !

A very good point made about just because they are not Thai does not mean we have to automatically talk to them.

Yea 20k is the max for oen transaction

To wrap my side of things up I would like to say that I think the whole world is fu7cked up at the moment, the world is a very horrible place right now.

Well I would totally agree it was stupid thing to point out on a forum but I did not take kindly to him automatically thinking just because I have a few of my own issues it means I do not live here and subsequently know nothing about Thailand. I am sure there are experts around the world who know more than I do about the UK and do not even live there !

Although I do live here, if I did not it would not automatically mean I knew nothing about the country or it's history.

Well maybe that would be because Thailand is not yet a developed nation. For a developING country, Thailand has a reasonably good legal system.

I think you are taking my comments out of context and out of this entire thread, we are not discussing whether or not Thailand has a good legal system for a developing country are we ?

We are discussing why some expats have a lot of issues with the country they live in, thus I stated that one of the problems I have noticed is the Thai legal system is not the same or anywhere near and neat and practical as it is in the west.

My family also have a long history with Thailand and Siam...yes Siam that is how long !

Are you serious? We are living in Thailand, of course your family has a history with Siam. Every other Thai over the age of 65 has as well.

Huh ? but my family is not Thai and why would it make a difference if they were. The point I was making is that this guy has assumed without any good evidence that I do not live here when I actually do, a little silly to point out my families long history and association with this country but there you go.

I do not see what the point of your comment was

I would also like to point out that in any decent society the basis of that society is the legal system, quite frankly the legal system in Thailand is not up to scratch with western country's and developed Asian country's, to deny that would just be a lie.

Just to add about the sunken container, the authorities have claimed that it would be too expensive to raise it and have decided to explore the containers on the ocean floor................hmmm I wonder why. So as you can see you can argue this point both ways so there is really no point in mentioning it again.

By the way you should also watch this video of a Thai soldier having his head cut off in the south by a Muslim insurgent, some of the atrocities that are going on in the south are never covered in the news fully or fairly, It will really wake you up to the fact that you are living in a dangerous country. I never watched it but I know it is there and I know that these things go on everyday in Thailand This country has a lot of problems and most of them are hidden, for sure there are a lot of good people but I am afraid the bad in Thailand are very bad and I for one would not let my guard down in this country for one minute ! you would be very very foolish too.

I am sorry but anyone who says a country with containers full of dead bodies sunken of it's cost is a beautiful and heaven like country seriously needs their heads examined.

As for the " Sunken container " Do you honestly believe that if there was a container full of bodies it would not have been opened and brought back to the surface ? EXACTLY

As foir the terible, deadly South then that's funny as I spent 3 weeks riding around the 3 main troubled provinces and never felt threatened ? Everywhere I went in Natarriwat, pattani and Yala I was made welcome and never for one minute felt at all threatened. It is OK to read articles and watch obscure videos on the net but have you actually been there ?

When you have maybe you will think a little better of the southern people!

You fully admit you have never watched the alleged video and by the tone of your post you don't even live here ? As for it being a " dangerous country " I feel safer here walking about than I ever did back in London. In London I used to park my bike. Put the steering lock on, a disc lock on, a U lock through the front wheel and put a very heavy chain through the back wheel and attach it to something immovable if I could. This was then secured with 300 pounds worth of padlock. I would then activate the alarm / immobiliser and after all that I could never guarantee it would still be there when i returned. Here I more often leave the key in when shopping and overnight when parked outside my house.

As said no Thai has ever done me wrong. Yes it has its faults but nothing compared to back in the UK. I would more worry about a Muslim insurgency back there than here. It must be awful to live like you do with one eye always looking out for trouble! I DON'T

Okay I accept the points you are making as being very valid however I think there is a big difference between you locking up your bike and someone getting their head chopped on with a machete in the name of religion. I do not have time to argue this point with you as you probably already have your mind made up.

One point I would like to make is I do live here and have done for 7 years, I am married and have two children, My family also have a long history with Thailand and Siam...yes Siam that is how long !

I am from London as well so I know where you are coming from, all I would say to you is do not judge a book by it's cover and Thailand has a very big cover with a big smiling face on it

Big fan right here, how can anyone says Thai visa is better ? what a silly f'ing statement

That might be why no one said it, but, never the less, Mango Sauce is gone and Thai Visa is still going strong.

you do see the differences between forums and blogs, dont you?

Yes I do TS and I haven't forgotten what a tos1ser you are.

By the way you should also watch this video of a Thai soldier having his head cut off in the south by a Muslim insurgent, some of the atrocities that are going on in the south are never covered in the news fully or fairly, It will really wake you up to the fact that you are living in a dangerous country. I never watched it but I know it is there and I know that these things go on everyday in Thailand This country has a lot of problems and most of them are hidden, for sure there are a lot of good people but I am afraid the bad in Thailand are very bad and I for one would not let my guard down in this country for one minute ! you would be very very foolish too.

I am sorry but anyone who says a country with containers full of dead bodies sunken of it's cost is a beautiful and heaven like country seriously needs their heads examined.

Every country has it's good and bad points, it is just that Thailand's bad points are so silly. Thailand lacks a lot of common sense and I am afraid that there is a lot of racism.....actually no not racism that is too strong, I think protectionism is the right word which kind of piss7es me off but I can understand why they do it.

Big fan right here, how can anyone says Thai visa is better ? what a silly f'ing statement, Mango sauce was not an information portal it was just funny stories and made you a little more street wise.

The guy was deffo in his late 20's early 30's not like stickmanperv the retired pervert hahahaha only joking stick.

You were charged the 150 baht ATM fee for using your HSBC card at the HSBC ATMs near Silom Road, or, for using the HSBC card at some other Thai bank's ATM???

And, what country is the Premier card issued from???

Never really use my card but did today and to my great surprise a 150baht fee was charged, I only use a HSBC premier Visa Debit card in Thailand because you do not get charged by HSBC or anyone ! Not anymore

At a Bangkok bank ATM, card is issued in the UK.

"So what the hel_l would be going on to create a situation where, in back to back identical UOB transactions, the Visa card withdrawal produces both a significantly lower exchange rate and adds an ATM fee, while the MasterCard withdrawal produces a higher exchange rate and no ATM fee????"

Hmmm . . . The only thing that comes to mind is that the Thai ATM strategy cartel has been taken over by the Thai Immigration Bureaucracy -- which probably means that we'll all be doing visa-runs soon just to do ATM withdrawals ( sorry, couldn't resist )

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Also in collaboration with the 500baht airport tax department of AOT !

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Also in collaboration with the 500baht airport tax department of AOT !

Never really use my card but did today and to my great surprise a 150baht fee was charged, I only use a HSBC premier Visa Debit card in Thailand because you do not get charged by HSBC or anyone ! Not anymore

The reason I laugh is because I find Thailand to be so petty and cheap that I even pity them. Thai economy doing well ? hahahaha you are having a laugh, this is just another tax charged to white people to make Thai people live better. To me this is a clear sign that the Thai gov needs all the money it can get, quite pathetic !

I really could not give a sh8it what any Thai thinks about western folk, why should I ? We are obviously more advanced than they are in every possible area of life so who gives a toss what they think of us.

Just keep on reminding them that if it was not for us they would all be speaking Japanese !

Take it and run ! fuc_k the banks.

Although I know of a similar case, although it might be a Kentucky fried mouse story, that the recipient was allowed to keep the money.

I have just downgraded as well to Gold. I am getting near the point in which I have had enough of the crap picture you get, what is up with Star Moves and AXN ???? I have such an expensive TV but for what ?????? Such a rip off and is yet another reason why Thailand survives the way it does, charge a lot for sh7it quality !

Live here for whatever reason, but! if you can't cope, the reasonable action would be to find that spot on this earth that meets your expectations.

I have lived here for 15 years and am totally accepting of the fact I live in a cartoon.

Welcome to TOONTOWN !

Could not have put it better myself, most certainly welcome to TOONTOWN ! Want a successful stay in Thailand ? keep yourself to yourself, do not marry any Thai women regardless of class and leave all this funny business to the ones who have nout to do and learn to look past a smile !

I HOPE THE THAI POLICE READ THIS QUOTE: AND THE TOURIST BOARD, I LIVED IN THAILAND FOR TWO YEARS WITH MY THAI WIFE HOWEVER WE HAD TWO WONDERFULL CHILDREN. AND I THOUGHT BETTER TO GET THEM TO THE WEST FOR A WHILE AND SAFETY, READ ABOUT THIS CASE AND TAKE HEAD ANOTHER MAN WAS JAILED AND DEPORTED A YEAR LATER FOR STEALING TWO TOWELS FROM A FIVE STAR HOTEL ON PHUKET. LOOK AT HOW MANY "SUICIDES" HA THERE ARE OF FARANG BELIEVE ME IT RUNS INTO THOUSANDS A YEAR ,HEADS HANGING IN CARRIAR BAGS ON A ROPE, PEOPLE WITH MONEY FALLING FROM A FIRST FLOOR BALCONY WITH EVERY BONE BROKEN IN THIER BODY, FALLEN OVER IN THE BATHROOM WITH MULTIPLE INJURIES, A FRENCH GUY GRABBING AN OFFICERS GUN OFF HIM AND SHOOTING HIM SELF TWICE TWICE IN THE HEAD, HOW THE FXXX CAN YOU SHOOT YOURSELF TWICE IN THE HEAD, I, MY FAMILY, MY FRIENDS, THIER FRIENDS WILL AVOID VISITING THAILAND FOR THE NEXT TWENTY YEARS UNTIL THEY GET SOME REFORM AND THE MILITARY COOS HAVE STOPPED, THEY HAVE TO STOP JAILING TOURISTS FOR PETTY CRIMES, YES FINE THEM PUT A WARNING STAMP IN THIER PASSPORTS, ALL THE THAI JUDGES AND LAWERS ARE EDUCATED IN THE WESTERN UNIVERSITEIS THEN WHY DONT THEY TAKE WESTERN JUDGMENTS, I WOULDNT LET MY CHILDREN BE BROUGHT UP IN THAT COUNTRY, ITS FAR TOO CORRUPT, TOO MANY BACK HANDERS, SMILING POLICE MEN I LOVE THAILAND AND ITS MONARCY BUT I HATE THE SYSTEM STAY CLEAR TOURISTS UNTIL THEY REALISE REFORM

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Please refrain from putting yuor entire text in cppital lettetrs. It is considered shouting - mario2008

Mate you definitely have deeper issues than can be handled on this forum...no country would would want someone like you as a visitor unless you are in a straight jacket so crawl back in your troll hole and learn how to use the caps lock key

Urmmmm I cannot see where he has deeper issues, he is merely recounting some of the stuff that goes on in this country. I am not saying I am agreeing with him all I want to say is I think you are a silly pir8ck for making the comment you made in reaction to his post....was that your daily swipe at someone ? pathetic post.