Tropicalevo

Question for the OP - how is your health? I live on Koh Samui (clean air) as I have COPD. Had breathing issues since I was a kid. I visit Chiang Mai every year for 3 - 4 days as I love walking, and the old city is dead flat. (I struggle to breath walking up hills.) I just spend all day wandering around the old city and the nearby suburbs. Great time. But I could not live in the Old City all year round. I love my peace and quiet back home on the island. Also, Chiang Mai is a no-no for me long term due to the pollution during the burning season.

Strange comment. Probably. over the years, millions of Europeans, Americans etc have managed the transition without ending up in hospital. The biggest danger for those citizens used to driving on the 'wrong' side of the road is crossing the roads on foot. They look left, right, left. Here they need to look right, left, right. Almost every time that I am out riding, I see them about to step out in front of me. 'Beep. Beep!'

Here on Samui, safari truck drivers, closely followed by mini van drivers would top the list.

Fixed it. My English wife loved to travel. At her memorial service, I explained to her family that we had visited 42 countries together. We lived in six of them for a period. When I asked her to pick a country to live in - her choice. She immediately chose Thailand. Most of her female friends here were English or European women. Some retired. Some working. Some had Thai boyfriends or husbands. Some were single with no plans to settle down.

What is the point of having a vote? It does not matter who wins, the government will rig the result to put their favourites in place.

Might it not have something to do with the clampdown on guns since the mall shooting? If I have read the news correctly, they have stopped selling all guns for a while. Including guns firing blanks and air guns.

No, because I never run on empty, and I always top up when I am heading to the main town. More gas stations there.

I think that you need to get out more and I do not mean to the beer bars. My UK wife chose to live in Thailand when I gave her the option of 'pick anywhere in the world'. All of my friends and associates bar two have non-Thai wives or long term girlfriends. Hold your breath here - I even work with Thais that have UK wives. I really do not understand why you are gobsmacked. Where I live, bar hopping DOM's are a rarity.

Water quality of the water delivered to refill my pool after repairs. This was back in June when the water was 'better' quality.

Glad that you are not a greenhorn. You will survive! (I too live on Samui) Water truck prices went though the roof this year as even the well supplies are drying up. September we were paying 350 to 400 baht for a small truck (2 x mtr3) and 600 baht for a large truck (5-6 x mtr3). These were prices for 'regular' users. Ad hoc users were paying up to 900 baht for the larger trucks. The water quality from the trucks is terrible. Many owners are installing the large filter systems to their properties. We are on a private development and the owner has now improved the development water supply so we are using less trucks. I have heard that Suratthani are going to clamp down on unregistered wells, but that won't affect you as you are on government water. I will send a PM re the reason for a lawyer.

Lots of questions spring to mind on reading the original message. Most would be answered by a reliable lawyer - there are some on Samui. My concern is always the after-sale. Property access, electricity, water supply etc. The location of the property will decide a lot of these things. Government water ( it runs out every year) Government electricity (development electricity costs can be uncontrolled) and so on. Is the property on a government road and so on?

Cracked it. Photos are not of this crime. Those photos are from another bust according to the BP. The article there is about two Taiwanese and two Japanese folk scamming 9.5 billion baht from people in Japan. Same main photo.

A local gas station near me has a neat little trick every now and again. Ask them to fill the bike with 91 - no have. Only have 95. So I drive off to the next gas station.

The photographs are confusing. I assume that is Mike in the white shirt in the first photo. Who are the other guys with fuzzy faces?

Fixed it.

Totally agree with you sir.

I told my wife that I was giving up work - pick a country to live in. She chose Thailand. Thank you darling. (She is from the UK.)

The police should have handed the guy over to them.

Full marks to the guy. He did not flee the scene. He 'attended to the injured' before going to hospital himself. Then he handed himself in to the police.

Interesting comment

The problem is that the social media masses believe, without question, what the people post on Tik Tok and other platforms.

I do like his dressing up wardrobe. When he was the health minister, he had a number of different, white 'doctor's' outfits. Now that he is a minister in a civilian government, he wears military uniforms. He either likes dressing up or the uniforms help him to feel important.

Come on AN readers - please donate. It does save lives. As a life long donor, I continued to donate here on Samui. I was even on the 'call list' when blood was urgently needed. (I am o rh -. Universal donor.) Unfortunately, I can no longe donate - over 70 years old. But I ask all of you to donate. The life that you say could even be your own.

You make a very good point there. Stay in and feel sorry for yourself. Go out and interact with all of the lovely people out there 😎👍

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