josephbloggs

Yep. Did mine two weeks ago. Literally in and out in an hour with a six year license in hand. So easy.

I see all the racists have come crawling out for this thread with the usual predictable, boring and unpleasant comments.

You bought cheap, that is on you - what do you expect? Buy a cheap underpriced AC and it won't be as good as your Mitsubishi and won't last as long. Don't blame a country for that.

Must have taken you ages to come up with that - brilliant!!

Did you? Amazing. Did a friend tell you?

Yeah, let's hope lots of people drown!

So you know where he bought it? Tell us about it then.

Tell that to the Burj Khalifa, Petronas Towers, Taipei 101 or any one of the other countless massive skyscrapers built around the world with steel (rebar) reinforced concrete.

Quite possibly! And a Thai policeman asking some questions to his Thai wife in Thai - the horror!! Human rights! Call the UN!!

"Power abusing maniac". Seriously, give it a rest. Over the drink driving limit, no valid license. Your fault and your fault only. You were treated fairly and in accordance with the law. Man up and stop bleating.

I agree with you about the make up of this forum, but disagree with the rest. You were caught over the drink driving limit without a valid license. You got the punishment that that befits. One night in a cell (with others caught similarly so you weren't singled out), court, a 10k fine and on your way. I am sure it was unpleasant, I am sure I wouldn't enjoy it, but you really need to stop bleating about it now. Try getting caught drink driving with no license in other countries and see what punishment you get. And of course we are all assuming you were apologetic, polite, and didn't get uppity or aggressive or entitled in your tone, but from reading your posts I am not sure that's the case.

Don't be ridiculous. Don't shout "Get the f*** off" at innocent women who were sitting quietly, don't kick them, don't have your wife threaten to shoot them, don't act like an entitled idiot when given the chance for a mutual apology and to both walk away. Don't do those things and the Thais leave you alone. I've never once shouted at a random woman aggressively, never kicked one, never threatened to shoot one, never tried to bully one. Weirdly no Thais have "come after me", none of my rights have been infringed. I wonder why?

I know you're not keen on women, but have you seen the video?? They're sitting there quietly chatting to themselves. No "chatting loudly", no drinking, no playing music, no "bunch of Thais". Victim blaming is ugly, especially when it was a man being the aggressor against a woman.

Yep, you are correct, it is AN bar stool nonsense. I have been in two crashes here: one was a drunk Thai who smashed in to me at very high speed (I was stationary waiting to turn in to a side road). He tried to blame me saying I was not indicating and that I had no lights on. Well yeah by the time the police showed up (remarkably quickly) I had no working lights as my car was a crumpled mess. The police took my side. Second time was, embarrassingly and shamefully, my fault. Quite a big hit to a taxi whose car would need to be off the road for repairs. Again the police treated me incredibly fairly and politely. I am sure my trite and apologetic demeanour helped. And the taxi driver refused all my attempts to pay him compensation, it was very humbling. And like you I have never paid the police for an offence I haven't been guilty of committing (speeding, U-turning where I shouldn't etc). I have never once in 30 years driving here been asked for a bribe for a made up offence.

Plenty of places to get these in Thailand.

It could have been settled there and then without police when she offered to both mutually apologise and walk away. He refused as he thought he could bully her because he's a "big man". He picked the wrong woman to try to bully. Good on her, he's a coward. If only he'd allowed the mutual apology none of this would ever have happened - he only has himself to blame and so he deserves everything he gets.

Now I wish they had kept you in that cell for longer.

Serial killers don't get sent home in the morning with a 10,000 slap on the wrist. You are sounding ridiculous.

This is the correct answer.

You do realise the irony? People being deported for expressing opinions. Pretty sure it is not "the libs" ordering that.

What are you talking about? I haven't said you protested about anything. I'm talking to anotherexpat4444. I haven't got a clue what you have to do with anything, so please move along.

So up in Heaven God is OK with you fishing and killing things? Really? I thought he/she loved all his/her creatures? Why should you get to sit around killing them?

I know you are but what am I? That is the extent of your argument. I was asking him if he advocates a similar approach to Thailand where, I assume, he lives. You can't wish one rule for your own country and hypocritically not want it for where you live. So please allow him to answer the question.

Another new member posting inane rubbish - who'd have thought? Must just be a coincidence.

So "if you don't like it here, leave". Do you advocate that same line of thought here?