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Imagine the neighbour who just agrees to kill a man for 20k in the hand ..... And another 20k after he's dead...

Probably a man he knew fairly well too if they lived next door for the past few years ....

Hopefully they all get life in the most uncomfortable prison Thailand has to offer

It wasn't that long ago that this would get you 15 rounds from a table mounted Heckler-Koch machine gun to the back. They still do lethal injection though. If I had my choice between life in prison in the Bangkok Hilton and lethal injection, I'd opt for the latter.

Where is the TV member who was tossing out the "hate-speech", "racist", and "Thai-bashing" rhetoric when those in the TV community were saying that this looked sort of suspect and fishy. And then the police arrest her as a suspect.

Why do people say what they say: Because we've seen this play out before on more than one occasion. Where there's smoke.....there's fire.

Well, Hill. Just fire up your server again and send everyone in the US a personal message.

Fun until it becomes like Argentina circa 1998 - 2002.

And that terrific exchange rate is writing on the wall that Venezuela is possibly a stone's throw from economy collapse, like Argentina.

Not a place you'd want to be when

Haggis? Yum.

Why stay in Thailand if you're sick and tired of your fellow expats. Feel free to go home.¹

¹Caveat: I really didn't mean go home, because honestly, I think everyone has their right to their opinion regarding living in the LOS without being told that if they don't like it they can go home. That particular line is old, tired, worn-out, and rather dry - but it's easy for rather simplistic people to spit out instead of engaging their brains.

I'd expect nothing less from the Nobel Peace Prize winner.

"War is Peace; Freedom is Slavery; Ignorance is Strength"

-INGSOC

Nothing's changed here in the last 40 years.

The LOS has a lot of coast. How about desalination plants and pump water to up country reservoirs. At the rate it's going, the Mekong will be a small stream by the time it gets to the ocean.

Everyone has to be on the same page , it is not good enough to have villagers coming down with heavy metal complications , for too long mining in Thailand has been allowed to operate under the blind eye approach akin to third world standards , the Mines department along with the Health and Environmental need to have more powers to order remedial upgrades, to stop or close operations for breaches of the mining or environmental act , the mining act in itself is out of date and I dare say the environment act could do with a makeover , concession allocations by the Government is subject to corruption through departmental bribes for favourite status in concession allocation.

The government could always attempt to spin it like fluoride in the US.

"Sure, mercury is good for you, it stops....hummm, intestinal worms. It should be in the water supply throughout Thailand."

I expect the Fed will hike rates in December by a nominal amount based on improved economic indicators. By that time all things being equal the Thai economy will prove out an insignificant imrpovment unlikely to repeat or do better in 2016.

However, if the EU does ban Thai seafoods due to UII and the USA places restrictions on Thai imports due to Tier 3 by year-end, it won't matter what the US Feds do with US interest rates. The Junta will achieve a sustainable collapse in the economy.

I'll bet you a beer and a box of donuts that you're not going to see any Fed rate hike anytime in the near future. And ignore that man behind the curtain.

Thai economy? Smoke and mirrors, and getting worse, right along with the rest of the world.

In the "good old days" a decade or two ago these under-age drinkers would be turning tricks on Beach Road earlier in the evening to pay for their late-night pub/club drinking/drug-taking.

I wonder how they earn the money now?

Advertising themselves on Dek Ying social web sites. Foreigners are simply ignorant to the fact that The Farang Sexpat phenomenon is just the tip of the P4P environment here in the LOS.

LOL That explains it.

I was a professional network engineer for the best part of 30 years and I dont even have a Facebook account let alone frequent Thai social websites.

Think I'll get back to the important things in life, like which restaurant does the best full English breakfast.

Me too. I spent 25 years in the IT industry. I own an old Nokia phone which I only carry for emergencies, and a few computers of various ages. I'm not buying a smart phone ever. And I read, like books. It's sort of a lost art form. And seeing that I don't have a smart phone, when I'm out of the house, I actually know what is going on around me and enjoy the view. Lol

Mia nois, giks, and dek yings? Must be a Thai cultural thing. I have one wife which is enough female companionship for me. Two or more is just trouble.

My brothers wifes parents came from Italy. They were first cousins. They sent there daughters to grade school with wine in there thermos lunchboxes........

I had acquaintances of mine work for the International Atomic Energy Agency in Geneva. According to one of my past office mates, the alcohol came out as early as 10am and lunch was essentially the end of any productive work for the day after the beer, wine, and liquor started flowing.

That may have happen twice in my life while working in the US. After work in the US? Difference story.

14 yrs old is a bit young to be hitting the piss !!

It depends on which culture and generation you're from. We had wine at dinner from the time I was old enough to sit with adults at the dinner table without being 'busy'. About 8 years old.

In the "good old days" a decade or two ago these under-age drinkers would be turning tricks on Beach Road earlier in the evening to pay for their late-night pub/club drinking/drug-taking.

I wonder how they earn the money now?

Advertising themselves on Dek Ying social web sites. Foreigners are simply ignorant to the fact that The Farang Sexpat phenomenon is just the tip of the P4P environment here in the LOS.

Time to ban drinking establishment anywhere within 5 km of a school.

Or they could take a page from US history and attempt prohibition, but first they need to establish the Thailand Buddhist Temperance Union.

I'm thinking in the fiat currency world, the US dollar will be "The Last Man Standing".

hmmmm ...... what medicine was near the sofa ? where was his mobile & wallet ? where was his thai gf ?

too many suspicious gaps .... 51 years old is not a dying age .... if he was in his 70's yes .. but not 50's.

My best friend, 6'4'', semi-athletic, not over-weight, 42 years old, keels over after church on a Sunday morning and died on the spot. Cardiac arrhythmia. It happens.

When your button get's pushed, it's time to go. Age is irrelevant. The future in uncertain.

I honesty would have thought you'd be pretty safe after being at church ..... not so ..

Sad in a very ironic, dark-humor sorta way. I miss him like the brother he was. He was a heck of a guy.

I try to avoid commenting but I could not resist on this. Have a look at the top 10 Cause of death in the world stats from WHO, I did. No where can I find death by Thai GF on the list. Yet you dullards who choose to be here consistently harp back to the same subject. Please please go home -if you need a lone for the ticket (one way of course) I am sure there are loads of us who do not normally bother to comment who would chip in.

Now I know your tired old fingers are itching to hit the key board and star trolling me but before you do you should remember one thing, your thoughts and ideas are so limited and of such little importance that I really do not care.

Have a great day

I understand what you are trying to say and the point you are trying to get across - but your figures are a nonsense comparison.

#1 Your figures show WORLD WIDE STATS from WHO on natural deaths.

#2 Your figures do not show Thailand specific deaths from various sources.

#3 Your figures do not show Thailand specific deaths from "un" natural causes eg outside or third party influence.

It's like using stats on the UK birth rate to compare with the Brazilian GDP rate or whatever non specific stats you wish to use.

Maybe you could care "just enough" to get your stats right and then your argument would be valid. Just saying .....

There are lies, da*m lies, and Statistics!

The biggest downside of sudden unexpected death................ is being unable to delete your Internet search history..............

Incognito and Private Window are your friends, if you can close your browser before you expire.

Myself personally? If I'm dead, why would I care. Lol

hmmmm ...... what medicine was near the sofa ? where was his mobile & wallet ? where was his thai gf ?

too many suspicious gaps .... 51 years old is not a dying age .... if he was in his 70's yes .. but not 50's.

A proper sherlock Holmes you are eh?.

R.I.P.

He ain't no SH, just a bored individual with no other outlet for his fantasies and skewed opinions.

As has been posted here previously, and by myself on other and similar threads, this poor man's family and friends may well be reading this very thread in the hope of finding new and relevant information.

Please show some restraint when posting you're mindless and irrelevant musings, they are neither interesting or funny and contribute nothing to the dialogue surrounding this tragic event.

Commiserations and condolences to his family and friends...

Unfortunately, being Politically Correct is not one of my personalty traits. I, like many others, will probably never alter our opinions because the victim's family might stumble onto this forum. I assume that they are grown individuals who can separate the wheat from the chafe. If not.....

I try to avoid commenting but I could not resist on this. Have a look at the top 10 Cause of death in the world stats from WHO, I did. No where can I find death by Thai GF on the list. Yet you dullards who choose to be here consistently harp back to the same subject. Please please go home -if you need a lone for the ticket (one way of course) I am sure there are loads of us who do not normally bother to comment who would chip in.

Now I know your tired old fingers are itching to hit the key board and star trolling me but before you do you should remember one thing, your thoughts and ideas are so limited and of such little importance that I really do not care.

Have a great day

Perfectly stated. Thank you Trexpat.

Its not perfectly stated at all, its a poorly thought out and ridiculous example. How does posting a chart of the top 10 causes of global death relate to the phenomena in Thailand of girlfriends having their boyfriends and husbands bumped off?

Any sensible person would know that it would not show on this chart. I will briefly explain why for you. Thailand has around 70 million people, the whole world 7 billion so Thailand only has 1% of the global population. Now consider how many people are murdered under the above circumstances and it should be pretty obvious to everyone it could never appear in the top 10 causes of global death.

i would say that it is an issue in Thailand judging purely by the amount of times i have read about suspicious deaths here where a family member is suspected. By the way, deaths by poor safety standards does not appear in the top 10 global causes of death either but i suppose you would consider no improvement needed there?

As I said before, I won't lose any sleep over this but I do consider myself informed and i will be cautious about who i chose as a partner. Both of you can trudge on blindly pretending this issue does not exist and good luck to you...

You did notice that murder and being the victim of 'collateral damage' (think: Hellcat Missile), or for that matter actually being the intended target, in the overly numerous "hot-zones" and war-zones around the world aren't listed on the chart. Violent death around the globe is an ugly fact. Guess we need a different chart, imho.

hmmmm ...... what medicine was near the sofa ? where was his mobile & wallet ? where was his thai gf ?

too many suspicious gaps .... 51 years old is not a dying age .... if he was in his 70's yes .. but not 50's.

My best friend, 6'4'', semi-athletic, not over-weight, 42 years old, keels over after church on a Sunday morning and died on the spot. Cardiac arrhythmia. It happens.

When your button get's pushed, it's time to go. Age is irrelevant. The future in uncertain.

This is another fine example of Thai police and their investigative prowess. Why not leave the drugs where they are and post a few officers around the area in hopes that the

drug dealers will come to pick up their booty . Then they get to arrest the scum.

But no They want to show everyone how well they do by confiscating the stash

Keystone cops all the way SO SAD They never will get it will they

You do realize that most Thais can't see far enough into the future to make plans like that. That's an observation and not a condemnation. It's just culturally ingrained.

I'm thinking some drug smuggler is either going to have a hot-lead infusion, or needs to leave the country for good.