sahibji

it is just an unfortunate accident. could have happened  to anybody anywhere. RIP

4 hours ago, The man from udon said:

Not a bad innings at 91 yrs and still had a girlfriend.

humans need company at any age.

sure every head of state wants the best for his country. he must try his strategies out.

4 hours ago, alex8912 said:

He is what the USA has now. I say give him a chance. 

sure he should be given his chance to show what he can do for the USA.

i am curious as to how they discovered the bag.

6 hours ago, Basil B said:

 

Could have reduced the 1 hour delay by:

• Stand on the side of the bridge
• Check the river is clear of boats and swimmers
• Hold grenade, squeezing the safety leaver with one hand
• Pull the safety pin out with the other hand
• Throw in to river (remember to let go when throwing)

 

 

 

they have their own protocol to follow.

3 hours ago, Thechook said:

Murder someone over a bloody haircut, geez.  Well he will have the prison barber now.

this is premeditated. he should go ........hanged.

4 hours ago, honoluludave said:

What is so wrong with this 17 year old to get that angry over a bad hair cut? Everybody gets a bad hair cut. It does grow back

more an ego issue as he was chased out of the shop by his barber.

for  God's sake is that life that cheap or people are so twisted in their thinking?

what a shame even though the youth might have been enraged with the barber's behavior.

it is sad to hear of unhappy ending to an outing which the students would have looked forward to.

2 hours ago, Usual Suspect said:

How many folk in that bus in total..if there were teachers as well as the FORTY SIX students..??!!

why conflicting reports?

1 hour ago, johng said:

Maybe for a lot of Thais  there are less and less reasons to smile  ...less tourist ,less jobs,longer hours,less pay ,cost of living up

still have to pay all the bills and send some home to parents and kids....

the formula is not that simple.  it is built over a long period of time, based upon trust, safety and security of the visitors.

15 minutes ago, Destiny1990 said:

How about to remove the chairs and these umbrellas so more tourists will come to visit Thai beaches?

remove the unfair mafia operators.

smiling alone will not help. you have to restore confidence by catching and severely punishing the rouges who beat up tourists, commit snatch thefts, mug people and other activities that make life unpleasant for the visitors.

never forget many countries have beaches as good as thai  and you have to be ahead of the competition to get the tourists dollars and smiling will certainly, on its own, not achieve it.

17 minutes ago, canuckamuck said:

It really is a national disgrace that Emergency vehicles don't appear to have right of way in traffic. I am quite happy that this issue is finally being floated by social media. All Ambulances should have dash cams and fines should be sent promptly. It is a simple thing to understand, get out of the way.

you possibly need clearer laws and prompt enforcement to have the ambulances doing their noble work.

20 minutes ago, PremiumLane said:

 

What a genius you are

if the ambulance drivers behave in  manner that you do not like how does it become the fault of the person inside the ambulance, possibly fighting  for his/her life. they deserve to be saved. personalities should be out of the equation.

14 minutes ago, cardinalblue said:

You guys are all wrong....he was checking on the well being of the patient and would have lead the ambulance to the hospital if requested...always give way to black pick up drivers...

got your point?????

4 minutes ago, robertthesculptor said:

As an old EMT, I would like to point out to some of the responders here, you are jerks

Ambulance should ALWAYS have right of way, in fact you should pull over even if it is coming from the opposite direction....

Remember, likely one day it Will be your sorry patute on the gurney....

Anyone who obstructs an ambulance should be jailed and car impounded for a good long stretch

 

imagine that t is your dear one inside the ambulance and someone does this to the ambulance.

this barbarian should be given the stiffest sentence possible and caned if possible. they make mockery of administration and life.

looks like the robbers have become very brave and desperate to  launch daylight attacks. apparently they have no fear of the law. this makes Pattaya a unsafe tourist destination. TAT should comment on this.

24 minutes ago, cardinalblue said:

Is not the pool closed at those hours? Did stupid behavior lead to his own death?

generally there is a closing time for the pool and even stranger is the fact that the three were noticed to be drunk and yet were not ordered out of the pool.

1 hour ago, stament said:

what a waste if it was due to drunken antics.

 

my condolences to all, life way too short

i am curious why his friends abandoned him.RIP poor fellow.

2 hours ago, Kerryd said:

I call BS on the whole story.

 

Allegedly drugged, raped and robbed of all their money (and phones) on New Years Eve. 

 

Spend 5 days trying to get their insurance provider to tell them which hospital to go to. (<deleted> !??!).

 

Finally go to a hospital that (allegedly) wouldn't accept their insurance paperwork, then their insurance company tells them to go to a "private" hospital.

"On the fifth day my family back in Belfast got in touch with the British Embassy in Bangkok and we finally got sent to a hospital, but the hospital wouldn't accept our insurance documents. We then got sent to a private hospital, which insurance companies don't usually do, but because of our case they got us into this facility. The insurance company also said they would cover all charges, because they knew we had no money after being robbed."

 

So their insurance company gets them into this "private" hospital and agrees to cover all their costs, but then tells them to skip out on the bill?

("Gerald also claimed OUL Direct told the couple to leave the hospital without paying, as long as they still had possession of their passports.")

 

The police in Phuket just laughed at their story and said it happens all the time ?!?!?

(Uh huh. Conveniently that means no police report and no local news report apparently.)

 

They returned to Ireland on the 11th and, 11 days after the alleged incident, their doctor was still able to confirm they'd been raped ?!??!?

 

Funny how they only seem to be pissed off about their insurance provider though. Not overly upset about being raped/robbed. Not overly upset about the Thai police allegedly laughing at them. Supposedly someone drugs 2 men in a bar, gets them out of the bar, (presumably) rapes/robs them and dumps them somewhere (details very vague) and their main beef is with their insurance provider.

 

I wonder what the CCTV images from their hotel would show. I wonder if they, like previous alleged rape victims, skipped out on their hotel bill. I wonder if maybe they just blew all their money (literally) and then sold some BS story to the newspaper to try and recoup some of it. 

(There are organizations in the UK that offer to pay people's vacation costs if they have a "good" story to tell that the organization can then spice up and resell to other media outlets).

 

Kerry in the absence of knowing all the facts is it fair to be judgemental.

it is sad to read people being judgemental about others, very likely

1 minute ago, lungnorm said:

Question, How do two men get raped ? Don't they mean they were buggered ?

yes.

2 hours ago, DGS1244 said:

Sounds strange, Did they report it to the police before they left Thailand, I wonder.

more strange is that they did not seek the help of their embassy or other representative.