watcharacters

42 minutes ago, manarak said:

I heard several times from female friends that they are scared of taking motorcycle taxis at night because of this reason.

I feel trepidation  as well about motorbike drivers but for different reasons.   

There should be more good looking female drivers to assuage my fears.

47 minutes ago, ups7420 said:

Reminds me of an ad I read about years ago, long before the internet: "Send me a dollar and I'll tell you how to make a million." When you send the dollar you get a postcard saying: "I made the million by getting one million suckers like you to send me a dollar." Times haven't changed... 

Thanks,  

That was really the point I was making.   

18 hours ago, duanebigsby said:

They DO need the tips to earn a living wage.

Restaurant workers take those jobs because with the low pay plus tips it is a decent paying job.

If there were more customers like you it would be a crap job and they'd leave.

I hate the tipping system, but's that's what there is.

I'd much rather the Aussie system of paying workers a living wage and then having no tipping.

You're just stiffing hard working people.

The guy  from Canada is just saying he wants as much income and wages as he can manage while paying others as little as possible.

Simple premise..

11 hours ago, onera1961 said:

If you can afford to gamble a few millions baht in Las Vegas and don't mind losing, you can buy a house for a beautiful girl 40 years younger than you. The girl will take care of you, entertain you, and make your life beautiful. Why not? Life is all about exploring new frontiers :)

YOU R funny.. 

Very, Very funny..

2 hours ago, petermik said:

Two different stories?....this young lady has to explaining to do methinks

Can you explain what discrepancies you find in her story?

18 hours ago, jvs said:

You wonder how come he is bleeding?Maybe some one wacked him with a 2x4?And rightly so i might add.

Oh oh,   From now on everyone will know you are actually from the USA.

Things could be worst.

2 minutes ago, terryofcrete said:

RIP to him. I do wish to exit in similar fashion. I don’t want to “ fall off” a lady because it might cause  her some distress , so yeah, watching in a go go is fine . Can I order that up from Above or should I ring down below  ? 

GReat idea.    Yes,

I'll have "one of what she ordered"..    You know the drill.

I say same date of birth and nothing else allowed.

Joke,   as I'm sure it goes over 99% of  most members heads/comprehension?  

I would smile a lot if only 500K people sent me a mere one dollar USD.

I would not stop smiling.   I promise.

6 minutes ago, Sigma6 said:

You have said that you think he’s confused....how about you explain where you think he’s confused, succinctly??

 

Here my trip receipt

 

Are you his alter ego?

I hope no stupid comments.   

The man was in his  60's and he died doing what he wanted to do.

On 4/19/2018 at 7:19 PM, Odysseus123 said:

Possibly or possibly not..

 

But you are very predictable too.

 

..and yes,the Germans were a scream a minute.Would you not agree?

 

I  should say that they will provide comedy until the seventh generation.Why not.So it is written.

I think you and  Expatthailover  are two peas in a pod.

Enjoy yourselves..

11 minutes ago, Dick Crank said:

I like having the option, definitely.

 

more then once I have had night flights and NO taxi would take me from downtown bkk (sukhumvit) to the airport on the meter.

 

after midnight they refuse to use the meter and only quote a high fixed price. My guess is because the sky train and other options are not there.

 

rail link is 24 hrs needed. Taxi drivers can rot for all I care.

So you hate a lack of regulation?    YES?

Does that mean you find some regulation favorable?

3 hours ago, FarangRimPing said:

Nope. Not confused at all.

 

The list of tolls listed are a cut and paste from the e-mail they sent me detailing the charges. Also matches what was listed in the app, after my ride.

 

Perhaps re-read, a bit more slowly this time.

Sorry but I ask you to please make your point succinctly.

Please do that.     OK?

16 minutes ago, Hummin said:

I just leave that to my gf, problem solved 

Does your GF leave any tip?

4 minutes ago, bkk6060 said:

Who are you to question the OP?

He brings up a legit observation/question I think.

 

 

I thought he started this thread to clear up his confusion?

8 hours ago, Stargrazer9889 said:

Watcharacters, everyone who is not Thai  knows that when ambulance, police, and

firetrucks are behind you with their sirens and flashing lights going,

you pull over and get out of their way.  Does it really have to be a law for people

to know this??

Geezer

Well, Geezer, my moral compass tells me it would not be OK to take your wallet or steal your car.      Clearly there are many people throughout the world who have no hesitation to do such things.

There are laws that provide punishment for those activities.    

Sadly even with such laws many STILL choose to take from others.

What were you saying, again?

13 hours ago, cardinalblue said:

In America, people are trained like dogs...30 cars will pull over and stop to let an emergency vehicle by...it is so automatic a knee jerk reaction...it involves zero questioning of what should I do?

Funny.   During all the time I was in America,   I never felt that I was a part of any canine  exercise.

2 hours ago, Jingthing said:

In related news, Australia announced it was changing it's name to Boganalia (meaning land of the Bogans) so as to not be confused with Austria ... 

That could be a start to taking away the confusion of many ladies throughout SouthEastAsia.

15 hours ago, soistalker said:

Not one satang extra, that's my motto. 

How extensively do you apply that motto in Thailand and the rest of the places countries  you go to?

54 minutes ago, colinneil said:

Thank you for that, yes the problems i have had with the police here, have been well documented.

Lamkyong just loves to attack/ condemn everything i post, he is becoming a pain in the backside.

Sometimes by accident and sometimes by design, some posters can get under one's skin.

Thank goodness for the ignore feature.

From what I've read it appears to me Germany has an enlightened approach to sex workers and their customers.

2 hours ago, fxe1200 said:

110 grams, most probably a test shipment. They should have let this go through, ask the Israeli police just to shadow the recipient, and not mentioning anything about it. Now the larger shipment will not appear at this airport.

I think you're ahead of most  of the thread readers.     But there's  also that matter of who claims the prize for the bust no matter how insignificant.

110 grams?   International shipment?    PLEASE..