connda

I was with Tohei Sensei.

Never heard of the man you name.

He was/is, likely from a different lineage system.

He was a student of Saito Sensei. He ran a dojo in North Oakland off Telegraph Ave in the 1980s.

Sharktooth - someone wanted some info, and by chance I found some info on a Thai outlet already shared over 10K times and thought I'd be helpful. No way for me to censor one pic yay, another pic nay. And did you read the Thai? I didn't think so. Anyway, go take up your argument with the original posters trying to help find the man's relatives or someone who can help ID him - article content and reason for mass reposting. Also, where we live.... Buddhism (with a good dash of Brahmic and Hindu influence), perhaps the body is just a body when we're gone and that's why cremation is ok. I'm not a fan of the gore, though you seem to be advocating for me being so. It's just what was there. Questions answered. Whatever - it's just how it works over here.

Like many of us, not necessarily a fan of the gore, just sharing an inconvenient truth.

I'm anything but a fan of gore. A sympathetic motorcycle rider - yes, that I am. I didn't walk over to the police cars and ambulance to look, but I did take a run up Highway 11 after the fact. Wasn't much to see. A bunch of cops on HW11 and a bunch of cops and rescue vehicles on the frontage road, and about 100 yard off to the right in the median was the bike. Large framed, black sportster.

Wife had an appointment with the Amphur hospital, so got the info on the victim yesterday. Actually, she sat next to me and said, "Sorry but to have for you some sad news." So no, I'm not a gore fan. I was praying for the guy's well-being as we past the crash site.

Wife said it was a Thai man riding solo from BKK to CM. There is a chicane of curves through Maeta on HW11, and fast traffic will blow through those corners at 120+, usually using both lanes and both side lanes to make the corners straighter. The victims motorcycle hit the right hand metal guard-rail around the apex of the curve. From what I saw after the accident and during our ride to the hospital, my guess is he dropped the bike at a speed he was unable to handle, bike slid into then under the railing hitting a 4x4 concrete sign post, the victim must have gone under or over the retaining wall, and the bike careered like a pool ball off of whatever it hit, and slid about 100 yard down the HW11 crossing both northbound lanes and impacting the median: there was a looong way between where the bike impacted and where it finally came to rest. The staff at the hospital said he suffered massive upper-body traumatic injuries. And like my wife said, I feel bad for him. Heck, maybe too much speed for the corner or perhaps a blowout. Destiny punched his ticket for him. I'm glad I didn't go over to look. Although we we're standing below the highway about 100 feet away, we just thought it might be a fender bender. But after 10 minutes there were way too many cops and rescue workers. Being 1 kilometer from the local hospital didn't do much good for the poor guy. And Maeta does have a pretty darn good ER room and some really caring staff. They didn't seem to be in any rush to get him there. Hard to believe the guy didn't die on the spot.

Wonder if any of the locals were having any babies at the time. He may end up being a local in the next lifetime. Lol.

Anyway, rest in peace my fellow motorcycle rider. With riding motorcycles, especially large motorcycles, there are risks and rewards. We accept the risks, because there reward is called Living at it's fullest.

Condolences to the family!

Coming to Chiang Rai?

I taught Aikido in Japan for 20 years or so, and I have an internet presence, so something the tax people could check on.

charlie

Did you know Sensei Klickstein?

I'd consider that 'good luck'. Bad news for creepy-crawlies when the Green Naga is overlooking the house. At worst these species are mildly venomous and are definitely not interested in you.

This should be moved to the Humor Forum.

Well what does the Tuk tuk driver have to say? Is that the man or not? I guess life must be very very difficult for the tuk tuk driver right now.

So many farang customers. They all look the same.

Mystery man in Bangkok bomb probe 'never said a word'..........................which adds to the mystique !

Maybe he watched the Season 5 Episode 13 of Sons Of Anarchy [Otto Delaney interrogation].

nitrate based fertilizer; trinitrotoluene as secondary detonation catalyst; 'fuse line' which I'm assuming is safety fuse; didn't mention det caps for primary detonation, but who knows what chemicals where in the room, and it's not like they don't sell firecrackers in Thailand.

Now, that's much more palatable evidence than the picture of a plastic bag showing tape, screwdrivers, batteries, and stuff that you can find in most any guy's collection of hardware supplies. That just made me think, "hummm" Koh Tao redux

Now I'm in the "yep, looks like a terrorist cell" camp. Now it's interesting to watch.

Who and why? Ahhh, now the fun starts in earnest.

Dang!!! In the end, Freddy got you too Wes. RIP man. I was definitely a fan.

I have lived all over the world and seen similar tragic events everywhere, but nowhere are the numbers even close to Thailand. Somehow, though, I am continually amazed at the tales of woe coming from TV posters. It is a veritable soap opera of bad judgement and ill-conceived emotion. Why be so stupid? Have you never had a real relationship with a woman--and that goes for the ones who claim they were taken to the cleaners by their Western wives as well as the ones who were cuckolded by their Eastern wives? Are you so totally blinded by the international brown spot you simply cannot see the situation objectively? Then, you compound your ignorance by hanging your embarrassing laundry on the line for all to see. There must be a major flaw in the character of expats living here.

It's just that Thai woman are so damn sexy! How can we resist them?

Red-blooded male farangs don't need to resist them. Just don't marry them.

And stop being gullible! Understand "The Game". Almost all my wife's girlfriends including female family members have more than one relationship going at the same time. Some are playing one or two farang at at time. Some are playing a paying farang with a Thai B/F on the side. Some are playing multiple farangs, and maybe a Thai B/F on the side. It is common in a certain socio-economic strata of women here in Thailand. For those who may disagree with me, you just fooling yourself. I'm speaking from direct experience and know many of these gals myself. It is common in The Land of Adulteress Smiles.

First three wives all cheated, and I divorced them all. Gut wrenching! All of them.

But, staying with a women who has blatantly lied and used you, and then had someone else's kid? It's time to go bro'! I feel your pain. Really. No joke.

"You just slip out the back, Jack
Make a new plan, Stan
You don’t need to be coy, Roy
Just get yourself free
Hop on the bus, Gus
You don’t need to discuss much
Just drop off the key, Lee
And get yourself free"
-- Paul Simon: Fifty ways to leave your lover

Wife and I heard an accident happen on Highway 11 in Maeta, Lamphun directly across from the Maeta amphur offices. We drove by about 20 minutes later headed to Lamphun Big C, ambulance and rescue vehicles where on the frontage road but the victims bike was off the right lane and into the center divide of the north bound lane and another car parked on the left shoulder. I was wondering if this hit any of the local Thai news stations this evening. Just wondering how the driver made out. It looked pretty bad.

Between the radical change in the manner immigration is treating the local expats recently, and the fact that the air pollution 3 months out of the year is actually dangerous, especially for your kids, you might want to rethink what you're doing. Really! Not joking.

If the quality of school is the primary driver, then set that as your criteria for the move and look for a better location. You'll be happier.

A bit off topic sorry but since you mention it, the 2 or 3 months when smoke is a problem in CM (and CR) is it something you can get used to? Or is it completely toxic and intolerable especially if you're asthmatic? Is there a difference in smoke there from a natural burn off compared to smoke from for instance, an industrial burn-off? A natural burn-off can almost be comparably pleasant but if intense can be.overpowering, sickening and pungent. There isn't a huge evacuation from CM I presume so it is reasonably tolerable?

Have a good look at the Smoke, Smog, Dust 2015 sub-forum in the Chiang Mai forum. Read and draw your own conclusions. Air starts getting bad starting as early as January and sometimes lasts well into April or until the rains start.

As far as health. http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/179362-living-in-saraphi/

Draw your own conclusions.

Very inconsistent.I have been reporting for 2 years, thats 8 mail ins,not one has been returned in more than 4 working days.

A couple,looking at the date stamps, have been processed on a Saturday.We live in Hang Dong not that it should make a diffence.

What mystifies me is that why,it would appear, is CM the only Immigration office in the country that is making life a little more difficult for expats?

Reports from former colleagues and friends, only in the last 2 weeks, in Phuket ,Hua Hin ,Pattaya and Bangkok all report no changes ,no problems.

A friend made this comment that I'll pass along because it did make me pause and think:

1) What shirt color supports the current government?

2) What is the predominate shirt color in Chiang Mai?

3) What is the predominate shirt color in BKK, Pattaya, and Phuket?

Draw your own conclusions.

My conclusion was, "Da*m, caught between a rock and a hard place."

But I also had an, "Ah-ha" moment.

Technically the Owner or House-Master of the place a foreigner stays at for more than 24 hours should submit a TM30 to immigration.

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Legally, section 4 of the Immigration Act defines House-Master as the chief possessor of a residence. "Owner" is one of several capacities in which a person can be chief possessor. When an owner rents his property out, he remains the owner but is no longer the chief possessor of the residence; the tenant now is the chief possessor.

This is the reason why some immigration officers are expecting the tenant to submit the form TM.30. The lease agreement is evidence that you are the chief possessor.

I don't know if that makes me want to laugh or cry. I've got it: Catch-22.

I wonder which think-tanks decided it's time to destabilize the bad-boyz-on-the-block in Asian Pivot / TPP arena. Just thinking outside the boxz.

Thats a soft kill. Put them in a cage and set it on fire..sends a message

Wrap them in a pig skin carcass first. Will send a very big message.

I believe a certain US general used that "technique" when fighting Moslem insurgents in the Philippines many years ago.

http://www.snopes.com/rumors/pershing.asp

Between the radical change in the manner immigration is treating the local expats recently, and the fact that the air pollution 3 months out of the year is actually dangerous, especially for your kids, you might want to rethink what you're doing. Really! Not joking.

If the quality of school is the primary driver, then set that as your criteria for the move and look for a better location. You'll be happier.

Too many fish in the river to worry about the one that just snagged your line. Yeah, you really liked the leader setup and the lure: one of your favorites. But it's time to cut the line. You'll be happier when your back to fishing again instead holding on to your current catch-of-the-day.

These big companies have a lot of choice where they source their product and they hate bad press. The Thai finishing industry will soon find itself without customers.

I wonder if the Thai fishing industry would relate this to Karma?

It's interesting to see that those with the desire to attain the most money and status just don't seem to grasp Karma. Egos are too big -- concepts like that are paid lip service then laughed off.

Karma = cause and effect

Laugh away. He who has the last laugh.......

Never mind having a moral conscience about what we feed our pets. Much of everything we buy in the developed world is produced by the exploitation of cheap labour in underdeveloped countries. Coffee, sports gear, electrical goods - the list is endless. The question is, other than launch incredibly expensive and probably fruitless litigation, what on earth can we ordinary consumers do about it?

Start becoming self-reliant. The globalist love calling people like that 'preppers' and other pejoratives - if you're not a functional corporate consumer, your a "useless eater" as Henry Kissinger aptly said [dude's a piece of work]. So - stop buying their crap. Buy local if you can. Plant your own food. Feed your animals what you eat. Our's get rice, various meat scrapes, you don't need to buy dog food. Recycle and reuse. Learn to fix stuff instead of tossing it and buying new. Live simply.

so I guess none of you guys eat seafood here in Thailand? And the ones who do - verify with the restaurants / vendors / supermarkets that it was all legally caught by fully and fairly paid crews??

Well of course we do, right after filing our TM28 with the local police while visiting the coast to feast on fish.

Train full of gold found after 70 years. Would certainly make a good film.

The FED probably put it there a couple of months ago so they could repatriate German gold reserves without losing face. Lol

I have been to Chiang Rai once (recently).

It is a superb city. it has everything except traffic jams & pollution.

Many rural tourist attractions in close proximity.

You can cut the air with a knife for three months of the year. Everything except traffic jams and pollution, get the facts before posting, one trip after rain does not tell the facts. However it is a nice city most of the time.

Agreed. You don't want to live in Northern Thailand between February through April. Maybe you can come up during that time. Plenty of folks who value their lung flee this area during the slash and burn down the forest season - easy to find someone to rent your place, Lol. I plan to be renting a place down South that time next year.

Not everything is the government's fault - Soi 38 is closing because the landowners want to redevelop the area.

That will keep up until the next financial meltdown. Maybe 2017 will look like 2007: half built sky-trains going nowhere and a lot of half-built construction projects looking to crumble into dust over the next decade.

Let's just say I don't see Thailand being considered part of the 'developed world' until way after my life-time.