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Any city with booze, bars, and ladies is going to have dark side - especially resort areas - resort areas in any country. A recent count shows Chicago has a higher murder rate than Kabul Afghanistan - and 'Stanland' is really deadly.

Just another case of a stranger in a strange land. We wish him and his family good luck.

I certainly can't speak for Thailand, but this is the way it works in the U.S.A.

The US politicians dress up their deals in the language of the law or policy - but they are really dispensing tax revenue. What keeps these guys in office isn't their oratory skills but their skill at doling out the spoils of office to their friends, patrons, and lastly, their constituents. They push the buttons and pull the levers like so many gamblers in a slot machine casino.

Heck...try Bangladeshi hags in the pool in their full native gowns - or better yet Mali Muslim monsters coughing, hacking, and relieving themselves in the pristine waters of the hotel pool. Or the final insult; Buriram tarts in the love pond with their new Euro swains.

Poop - poop; bubble - bubble.

This one works for me:

Get a 32 ounce Big Gulp from 7-11 with just ice; pour in a 300 mill bottle of Sang Som / drink on empty stomach. Then go eat a Mexican dinner and wash it down with Siam Sato (at 7-11). Then hit the bars - you will get drunk and fall in love.

Yep...The American investment banks ripped off the US taxpayer for billions and no one went to jail. Yet an astute American, with a measly 100K in negotiable assets overseas, needs to make FUBAR report like a silly little school boy or girl.

Many expats ignore these draconian edicts with aplomb. All it takes is an experienced tax attorney and a little American backbone.

This is Thailand, not California. However, the concept of Contributory Negligence is a concept in the Thai legal codes. It might be applied here.

Could this simply be the repatriation of the missing Saudi jewels?

Buy a new router. Cheap and no worries and headaches.

Vive La France

The French election is proof, written heavily in bas-relief that the proles can withstand abuse for only so long. The capitalist banking system, in symbiosis with Wall Street and London has unleashed the dogs of greed upon the muddled masses though the instrumentality of the World Bank and the IMF. They are soon to reap the rewards of their profligate and predatory lending - in spades.

Many say that capitalism is the most effective system to manage, disperse, and multiply the fruits of man’s labors – but, like a Peterbuilt diesel, or a constant speed propeller; if not regulated they simply blow up with disastrous results.

Unregulated American capitalism created this modern day Hydra, and its teeth have been sown. A punishing price is to be paid by all who drank this get-rich-quick Kool-Aid.

Now pass me that Ayn Rand doobie. I need a hit.

Take my word for it folks/ Guam is filthier, if that's remotely possible.

Best Thai restaurant in the world: Archarn's Pub & Restaurant / Soi Rangnam / BKK

Buying a counterfeit copy is stealing. It's the same as someone taking your computer and keeping it till it breaks down. Buy the real thing - don't be a thief.

Someone really needs to line out the reasons why renting is the only option for a Farang in the Kingdom. Or better yet, cogently explain why it could be better to buy. The smart money says rent / smart money always knows the truth.

Yep. 2011 / no one fixes anything anymore. Time to throw away and buy new. All kidding aside, contact the manufacturer's repair facility in BKK. Maybe you'll bet lucky.

Happy New Year.

No problemo here. My Hawaii debit card works just fine. Some knowledgeable people hold that all of this TATF stuff is just a smoke screen behind which Uncle Sam does his best to tinker with sovereign banking systems.

Strange. Right now (April the 8th 18:15 local time) In the public park near my condo there are hundreds of Thais dancing happily to 1980's American disco music. Yep ... in mourning alright.

The US banned alcohol - and guess what? They got the Mafia. They banned cannabis and got the deadly Mexican cartels. Lesson: You have a buyer; you'll get a seller. Set in stone.

Changeover:

Are western Heifers any different?

Do some research. The consensus of enlightened opinion is; do not buy land, leases, condos, or any real property in the Kingdom, under any circumstance. The only exception would be your wife's own property, inherited in a chain of custody - as evidenced by her home registration book.

Again; no exceptions.

Any dude who makes $4000 US in Thailand is ten-cards short of a full deck. Because, if some dunce can command 4K in Thailand (with the proper qualifications) can make triple that in his home nation. Reading this testosterone riven post, I've had to put on my hip-boots.

Gop...

Getting a "new passport" to evade entry requirements is fraud under US statutes. Stay legal / or stay out. Easy.

Your age figures prominently in the visa issuance policy. If you are under fifty, with no visible means of support, forget multiple entries in Asia. If you are in fact financially independent, bank your funds in-country.

No problemo.

I detest these filthy exaggerations on Thai morals. Honolulu beats Bangkok hands down in any elicit activity competition. Or better yet, how about Amsterdam, NYC, or LA? Foreigners should clean their own nests, before slamming Thailand.

I'd sure like to see what this Farang would get if he pushed a TSA guard at a US airport demanding his balloons go on board with him. He'd be tasered in the wink of an eye. Personally. I wish they would ban all baggage and backpacks from the BTS. How long till some nut-case boards with a bag full of C4?