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  1. 11 hours ago, Sydebolle said:

    Well, why blame Dr. Thaksin. He got 924 rai of pristine land (golf course) at THB 500 million; that is just a little more than half a million per rai (1'600m2). 
    That's what my wife paid the other day for a plot of land in the sticks of Isan without any road or utility access. 

    The difference in the deal with that Dr. Thaksin was smart to purchase that plot in Pathumthani's Khong Luang district and not 700 kms away from Bangkok :smile:

     

    Your wifevseems to be on the dim side of things, or perhaps it's your money and it's you who is dim.

  2. 12 hours ago, nervona81732 said:

    In case you haven't noticed or heard the elite , many of whom , involve them selves in satanic ritual do this all the time. Have you ever wondered where all the millions of children have disappeared to? These satanic rituals call for young prepuberty children because of their body chemistry and further more they are terrorized into unsurmountable fear just prior to the deed ( sacrifice) which releases a form of adrenaline into the young ones system that is sought after by these satanic rituals. It is the ritual participants belief that this blog from the sacrificed child that is full of this adrenaline type substance gives them magical powers and eternal youth. 

    Don't take my word for it. the info is out there. This goes on all over the world and you would be shocked to see who participates in this behavior Dr's , Lawyers, police, military ,politicians, world leaders you name it. This crap about this only happens in third world countries is just a lack of knowledge on your part. Get informed. This crap is real.

     

    You need a serious reality check, a change of medication, or a labotomy.

  3. 10 hours ago, Issanman said:

    Notice that the embassy official exchange rate is listed on the right side of this page:

    https://th.usembassy.gov/u-s-citizen-services/service-fees/

    It has been pegged at 35 baht per dollar since at least August 8.

    A bank draft for 1750 baht is currently needed to get the notary seal on the income statement.

     

     

    Wrong every year I pay in cash Thai baht for the last seven years.

  4. On 10/19/2016 at 7:21 PM, Laughing Gravy said:

    Whilst I agree that its not just the Thai airlines, it is the timing and the headline of 'low cost mourning fares' which makes it even more despicable in a country that supposedly prides itself with the love and care of the monarchy. There is no excuse for this and is shameful practice whenever but the timing makes it inexcusable. The country is in a period of mourning which is for many people a very sad time. Putting profits above common sense deserves everything it gets. Condemnation at the highest level, I hope.

    If you think there will be any come back for this false advertising your dreaming, money is God.

  5. On 12/18/2015 at 1:19 PM, jspill said:

    Well if you live there you wouldn't need a taxi to get home, you could walk home after a night out, and to go out somewhere else during the day well you have the BTS / MRT interchange so it's the most convenient part of the city. Unless you count the Siam interchange as better.

    And if you just walk onto Suk the taxis are a bit better, agree Soi 4 is terrible for taxis.

    Living around Asok rather than Nana would be slightly better as you have Terminal 21 mall, the huge Benjakiti Park, lots more high end restaurants, 24 hour Tony's gym, etc.

    And soy cowboy ?

  6. 5 hours ago, dotpoom said:

    I have recently decided to let her do most of the driving (even if it does mean looking through the gap in my fingers that are covering my eyes,... you know,.... like when we used to watch "Dracula" in the movies when we were kids.

        I put the car in her name also. My reasons....(1) My eyes are not as good now as they used to be...but my biggest reason.... (2) One day I got the notion into my head that I could lose everything I have here (house and a couple of condos) in a jiffy if I got myself tangled up in a nasty accident. God forbid, but suppose I maimed, or even worse ....while I was driving and the car and insurance were in my name?

       I know at home I would be fully covered for all eventualities, but after living here 16 years now I have come to the conclusion that if "they" decided to stick it to me....they would win and I would come out on the losing side of things.

       I have really enjoyed driving over almost every inch of Thailand since coming here and thank God that there have been no major disasters. (there was one incident about 8 years ago where an old lady on a motorcycle came across 3 lanes of traffic and appeared in front of the bonnet of my car like an apparition, she went sailing through the air into the middle gully on the Sukhumvit Rd.after I hit her and out of sight). I remember thinking at the time "What if she is dead"? She hadn't a screed of paperwork for her motorcycle , not even a helmet on her head. Even so, even though her husband and all the witnesses told the police that she was absolutely in the wrong, they made me come to the police station on more than one occasion and wouldn't let it lie until I got a quotation for the damage to my car which cost 2,400 Baht at the garage they recommended I go to. I didn't want to get it but my wife insisted. It turned out the garage was owned by the sister of the one who recommended it. 

        It brought home to me the reality of being a Farang and driving over here. I was never comfortable after that behind the wheel. I now try and stick to my motorbike and let herself deal with the worries.

    If your wife is driving and has a nasty accident where a lot of money is wanted they will come after you the owner of the the car, so my lawyer tells me, only way out is have her name in the blue book, even then they will come after you as your a rich farang easy money.

  7. On 10/18/2016 at 6:57 PM, otherstuff1957 said:

    I drive ... from the front seat, but she drives from the back seat! :sleep:

    Mine too, she has her own small Ford Fiesta, has been driving for two years but every time in my car me driving gives me constant advice which are really instructions, it really pisses her off when I say shut up, but she gets the point usually and will shut up for about a week then back to square one.

    still love her.

  8. 14 hours ago, SOTIRIOS said:

    ...''happen more around the world'......hogwash....

     

    ...it happens here in epidemic proportions...yet most victims...the hapless foreign husbands suffer silently....

     

    ...this is not justice...it is injustice....

     

    ...and it's time for the foreign governments to speak up.....

     

    ...the husbands and the children are the victims.....

     

    ...of greedy calculating 'wives' that never were wives or mothers....just calculating blood suckers....

     

     

     

     

    What rubbish, nobody held a gun to these saps head when they followed orders from the brain in the lower regions.

  9. 13 hours ago, hdkane said:

    The fact that he felt he could pretend to be a cop gives an indication of how corrupt the real police are...it's totally believeable that a cop would also deal drugs and threaten people...this country needs to do something...so many of the problems in Thailand are obvious, and could be fixed with minimal effort...it makes me lose respect for Thais, because they do not demand simple police reform...

     

    There are over 270,000 armed police in Thailand, who is going to reform them ???

    the army won't take them on, 

    got any other ideas that would not involve a civil war.

  10. On 10/12/2016 at 5:20 PM, Andaman Al said:

    What a role model to head a National Service for Teenagers. Like putting Trump in charge of a teenage beauty pageant.

     

    "So team, todays team-building activity is to see how many boys in each team can insert their penis into a dead pigs mouth in one minute"

    What the hell are you taking ? Or smoking ?

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