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5 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

I thought that's the American attitude. 

No; according to the news it seems that most American think America is horrible!

 

The youth haven't had to spend an entire lifetime beaten down with disillusion. 

Mai pen rai ...

18 hours ago, mr mr said:

do you have any other stories from 1971 ? 

Actually, it was early 2007, just before I moved here. I think they were selling, mail-order, for about $150 at the time. After shooting the bull for a couple hours, the guy basically handed me a twofer. 

I'm actually a likeable guy. I once talked a CHP down from 100MPH in a 55, to correcting the address on my dated license, basically a fixit ticket. I think it cost $10 for the new license.  

Hot Tip #1: Don't start any police encounter with a hostile 

"I WASN"T DOIN' NOTHIN' !!!" 

 

1 hour ago, SteveK said:

To be honest, I can count on one hand the times I've seen a Thai wearing a Shoei or Arai helmet around here. They use the 200 baht ones from Big C which are about as much use an an ice cream tub on your head. Last helmet I bought in the UK cost me £350.

Before coming to Thailand, I wandered into the Shoei headquarters in Tustin, CA, hit it off what a guy to turned out to be the West Coast district manager, and walked out with 2 ST Cruz half helmets for $150!

 

1 minute ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Likely she won't associate any feeling about you with the gold.

From his post, he doesn't sound like he cares ...

17 hours ago, Barnabe said:

I'm looking to build up a nest egg for my mother in law

Jewelry will always have a "labor" charge. I'm inclined to think that this would be at the shop's discretion. But, it is doubtful it can be negotiated.

Bars are the better "investment". The shop we use charges 150 baht on 1 baht bars. Five baht bars a sold at spot sell price. 

Bars aren't as "pretty" as jewelry. And, they are harder to show off. However, with the higher prices on gold, jewelry is more likely to make one a target. 

How long until all the evidence for the new charges is lost?

8 hours ago, DLock said:

Single use?

 

I bet most people are still using "single use" masks from April...

Saw a fellow farang wearing a vented grey N95 that was so worn out its fuzziness made it look like a fake beard!

10 hours ago, Worldplus said:

It's who and what to believe in this case now...  It's dragged on to long and Boss is enjoying life without a care about it all..

He's free. But, unless completely stupid, he is constantly having to watch his back; he can't be too popular with the rank and file cops. 



 

22 minutes ago, Speedhump said:

Thank you, that's interesting. The Boss car should have pushed the bike a long way at that speed, surely the bike tires would have been shredded/long gone. What do you believe the photo indicates, does it support the speed claims? Just interested. 

Edit: it's been pointed out to me that the photo is just a mock-up of the event. Sorry for being dumb.  

The placement of the vehicles is a mockup. The motorcycle is a prop. However, the car is the actual car. Can't recall ever seeing the motorcycle involved. 
IMHO, because the lighter object would tend to be pushed, the fact that it did so much damage to the car might suggest the car was traveling at a significant speed. 

Career must has tapered off. 

7 hours ago, Speedhump said:

The bike slotted into my wing just like this, still standing and wedged in after the impact.

A lighter object, plowing into a heavy object, is quite different than a heavy object plowing into a lighter object.

A heavy object, impacting a lighter one, is likely to propel that lighter object, causing a lessor impact. A lighter object, impacting a heavier object will be less likely to budge the latter, resulting in a much harder impact.  

Classic Thai investigation.

He said; she said!

This is just too confusing. Let's just forget about it ...

On 5/13/2020 at 12:17 PM, Andrew Dwyer said:

Exactly !!

 

Was trying to see how many it would fool !!

I thought we were judging the pizza. Looks like something Pizza Company would dream up! 

20 hours ago, Bender Rodriguez said:

sure it can, and that could kill all appliances

 

the 10+ million baht home I live in, has get me shocked on some occasions touching my computer, the oven, etc...

 

because of a cheap ass electrical wannabe that wired all the houses here

No grounding ...

1 minute ago, baansgr said:

I would usually agree...however this is Thailand. My own experience and that of thousands others, is he will be letting himself in for a lifetime of blackmail..both financially and emotionally, bribery, sadness, <deleted> you couldn't believe....and all that for a child he dosnt want and won't even legally be his....move on and let her deal with it...seriously forget and don't look back.

Maybe he should have thought of that beforehand. 

If she is indeed pregnant, take the DNA test. If the child is yours, man up. 

More specifically, it's a katydid