firestar

Once Bandon told me if I stayed overnight it would be at least 30k even the very expensive BKK hospital was 40% less at 18k. People go because it looks cheap but is the most extortionate on the island.

Also half the people I know who actually needed something done at Bandon came out with an infection so not thanks, never again for me either

12 hours ago, Sticky Wicket said:

Another filthy grass! 

Obviously a woman he's <deleted> off or a Thai who sees him as competition.

 

Or a jealous Farangs there is  A LOT more of those than you imagine

6 minutes ago, Benmart said:

What a shameless place this has evolved into. 

The bells were always here, if you get drunk and do stupid sh it it's on you...

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Riiiiiight I am sure he thought the hysterical screaming and treys of drinks were free... and his Thai girlfriend didn't know what the bell meant either. SMH

More like he couldn't handle his drink, played the big man and had buyers regret.

BTW if he rang the bell over 20 times at 2000 a pop the bill will be there or there abouts

4 minutes ago, firestar said:

 

Double post

17 minutes ago, bkkgriz said:

So because the traffic is bad in Bangkok, drivers are justified in refusing passengers? Maybe driving a taxi in Bangkok is not the best profession for people who don't want to deal with traffic.

Independant contractors like plumbers or electricians refuse jobs all the time... does that mean they have to stop being plumbers?

Anyway taxis would like nothing better than being able to go everywhere and make more money, how about for once looking higher up at the BMA and those who do the city planning with brown envelopes? For example taxis never refused to go where I live, a 8 story building was the highest condo, now only a few years later there is close to 20 high rises it is jammmed all the time and half the taxis refuse to go losing out on their fare it is not the taxis making a mess of the city

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27 minutes ago, Vacuum said:

What does it matter, they'll get paid doing it.

When the taxi is not moving they barely earn and most don't own the Taxi but rent them, so no they don't really get paid if they take one hour to do 5 miles

I am going to go against the grain here but if the BMA didn't sell every square inch of the city to developers with ZERO regards for infrastructure and sustainability the taxis could go everywhere...

It is always easier to blame and bash the little guy who is actually himself a victim of the mess and can't do his job properly while losing earning than look at the source of the problem, the fat cats sitting at the top that create this mess in the first place

5 hours ago, ezzra said:

Last thing you want to do is to get in a Thai man face and this shop owner hasn't learned it yet, the locals has tendency to remember and take revenge on those who has insulted them...

The "local" was very calm and well within his rights but don't let that stop you from crying and playing the victim...

I overstayed once by two days like you... and was approved but my application was a little while back rules might have changed since

To be fair the whole of central bangkok is turning into Beijing.. not just the condos

Now the Military and Junta are already starting to find excuses for a power grab by blaming Thaksin their favorite boogey man...

8 minutes ago, robblok said:

They fell short of a landslide because of dwindling popularity, MP's switching sides taking voters with them (shows votes are not bound to PTP but to their local big shots), and of course their failed bet on dragging royalty in the election. 

 

I am happy that you at least admit that this is NOT a landslide victory, its a huge loss even though they are still the largest party (seats wise) they got less votes then the junta party. 

 

Even if you count all constituencies wins from future forward towards the PTP (not fair of course but the best scenario) then they still did worse then before. So that negates the constituencies issue.

They did worse because they decided to play game and not challenge the military head on

Future Forward did better because they took over were PTP left promising to rewrite the constitution and reform the military. Those who voted for FF are amongst the ex PTP hardliners

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11 minutes ago, Baerboxer said:

 

It must be wrong vote count Rob. All the TVF Shin fans predicted a massive landslide for the PTP. And they can't be wrong, can they?

 

Well not in their fantasy world! The reality this is a massive loss for the PTP in vote count and shows the majority of those who voted don't want Thaksin and his family back in charge.

Ah Baerboxer, about time a political thread would not be complete without 4/5 posts on page one or two from the Junta's number one apologist

Some of us still remember your posts about vote interference to justify blocking polling booth, hijacking trucks with ballot boxes etc etc but now you think those in power changed a constitution and staged a coup to suit their needs 100% respect the voter? Haha

And sorry but we don't all share your obsession with everything PTP related, looking at some of the information coming out Future Forward may have been the main victim of "strange" counting, how do you explain someone after 60% of votes counted has 30 000 votes but after 90% he is DOWN to 7000?

2 hours ago, robblok said:

Obviously not as much as before given the results of the election. The junta party got more votes then the PTP. I would say that is pretty good proof he is not hated as much as you say. (i still hate him and Thaksin too)

 

I seriously expected a huge humiliation of the junta party, now the ones who were humiliated were the Democrats and the PTP with their huge losses of voters. 

 

Yes I like the PTP losing votes (Thaksin is on his way out) , but at the same time I hate the junta getting this many votes. But I am happy that future forward is getting quite a bit of votes. They were the one I would support (still have to prove themselves).

Because you believe that vote count?

The only reason the economy did ok was when the Junta decided to call upon Somkid Jatusripitak (co-founder of Thai Rak Thai and Thaksin partner) to fix things after Prayut's Thai happiness concerts policy were threatening to collapse it....

3 hours ago, petermik said:

Another "normal" day on the roads here I,m afraid...until they start educating folk here about safe driving/riding AND punishing harshly ALL offenders.....nothing will ever change

I am pretty sure they "educate" in Korea.... and as you just saw it did not help, enforcement is what is needed