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1 hour ago, superdome said:

Not a ridiculous comment at all...he knows what he's talking abt..so do i..i was a London bus driver for 10yrs

A London bus driver eh? Yeah lots of mountains to negotiate in London

On 19/01/2018 at 3:12 AM, DrPhibes said:

My every 3mo, 1 day up and back, visa run driving to Mae Sai from Chiang Mai is never a dull one.  I usually put on some calming ambient music, practice deep breathing exercises for 20 min, make sure the Will is left out on the kitchen table for the wife, make peace with the almighty (hang a bunch of amulets from the rear view mirror just in case), and then back out of the driveway to go.  Wife always has 4 large ice cold (only way you can drink it) Chang's in the fridge and nothing else planned for the evening upon my return.  I then wait 2 days before any doctor visit to allow my blood pressure to return to normal.

 

I used to use a minibus service until I realized that I was actually contributing to upping the odds of a negative highway statistic by doing so.

" I used to use a minibus service until I realized that I was actually contributing to upping the odds of a negative highway statistic by doing so.".....as is backing out of your driveway.

3 minutes ago, seminomadic said:

No doubt male egos are as fragile, probably doubly so on account of the culture of extraction - but who knows? Maybe Nguyen taunted him. Challenged his masculinity in an assortment of ways. Teased him that there's nothing he could do about it and made him feel small in comparison to the new guy because she could.

 

All of you so quick to judge, note that you're right to damn him for his actions, but there's an asterisk with that: we all have our limits and are capable of doing horrible things like this. You're not superior by your condemnation of him, just blinded. Private Dancer is not a fantasy novel.

 

That said, he deserves what's coming to him. If he has any sense, he'll head them off at the pass and kill himself considering the price he'll pay for justice of killing a local in a place like Vietnam.

" we all have our limits and are capable of doing horrible things like this".....speak for yourself, no way am I capable of doing such a thing.

2 minutes ago, cookieqw said:

Never be ashamed of being a Brit, acid is being chucked about all over the UK at the moment, not by you, me or 55 million other brits, but what you could be ashamed of is all the do-gooders who come up with excuses for these sick b—-stards

So you're saying 10 million Brits are chucking acid about? and I've never heard one "do gooder" making excuses for it.

6 hours ago, geriatrickid said:

Yes, it is stupid. No one says otherwise. However, this does not  justify, nor excuse a physical assault. 

 

No one asks to be raped. I question the motives of any man who  would say "she asked for it". Sadly, the language used is the  classic language of people who engage in such activity.  It is not acceptable, nor is it legal.

 

If the  fellow forced himself on her after she  said no, it meets the test. She may have gone there because her judgement was clouded by alcohol and he gave the impression he was a moral trustworthy person. Whatever the reason, the victim is not the one who has done wrong.

 

And here's a sad reality of why some women will say no and try and get away; They get to the bedroom and sober up. Or, they are in the bedroom and pick up a bad vibe. You know things like bondage gear or underwear on the floor with a big streak of feces on the backside.

Or, the woman sees the man's naked body and is disgusted because the man has  genital warts or an outbreak of herpes or chancres or has the skin discolouration indicative of pubic lice.  I defy any man here to explain why she would be compelled to have  sexual relations with such a man. If you saw a woman had  oozing sores around her vagina, sores that gave off a pungent choking stench, would you still have intercourse with such a woman? Why then would a woman be expected to do so with a man  with that condition?

 

" Yes, it is stupid. No one says otherwise. However, this does not  justify, nor excuse a physical assault.".....and did I say it did?

2 minutes ago, theguyfromanotherforum said:

 

Arrogant maybe....ignorant, not at all.

Ignorant absolutely.

6 minutes ago, theguyfromanotherforum said:

Hmmm....it seems that British are also spoiled children when it comes to rejection. 

OMG did you really just say that? so the Brits can't handle rejection because a whole one of them couldn't, jeez!

6 hours ago, robblok said:

I thought this was a Muslim thing.. or a Thai thing (when people start commenting on the frail Thai ego). But it seems foreigners can do it too. When rejected some people react totally crazy at times. 

 

Hope he goes to jail for real long time.

And here it is folks, the first one to say it's a Muslim thing, I knew it wouldn't be long.

So she's walking about in the middle of the night and accepts an invitation from a complete stranger to go back to his room, well I'm sorry but that's just plain stupid.

3 hours ago, Dave67 said:

So what should he have done then slowed down and stalled it on the hill making all other traffic go round onto the other lane? Those coaches' crawl uphill when fully loaded

Why would he have stalled it? even if he'd have to go down in to first that's the way the cookie crumbles, don't you think they have  buses and trucks in Switzerland, Nepal and other mountainous countries?

48 minutes ago, Dave67 said:

Just stupid putting those buses on a route with a long winding hill. I'd say the driver had no choice its all about revs on a hill for lorries also. If you slow down and you revs drop you could quite likely stall and not be able to restart (Drivers mate when I left school at 15)

Ridiculous comment.

4 minutes ago, Emster23 said:

Lack of attention to driving and traffic conditions are what killed him. Blaming checkpoint is like blaming the ground for killing some guy that jumps from 10th floor

And you know that how?

On 08/01/2018 at 7:21 AM, scottiejohn said:

Not just Facebook I hope.  I tend to use more obscure sites/books/memory etc to try and avoid popular repeats, I don't always succeed as I am sure you and the other regulars have no doubt noticed.

This is not a criticism just a comment!

his best one yet Lol

6 minutes ago, candide said:

I think he was talking about the elections that were planned for July 2014.  The ones that the coup prevented to happen. At the time of the coup, Suthep's mobs were spreading thin so there was not much trouble expected. It was quite lucky as the judiciary had forbidden the government to restrain protesters anyway. 

Actually the army had told the police not to intervene, that after Prayut had promised to protect the elections.

He knows that no "civilised" nation is going to extradite an elected leader of a nation back to the very junta that illegally overthrew her. Even a government like the UK government that has no qualms about dealing with despots has to be seen to be following international law.

8 hours ago, steven100 said:

that doesn't mean all passengers should be subject to kids screaming ....   mum , shut the kid up or get off  ....  that's the mute button.

Or alternatively, as you obviously can't stand human behaviour, why don't you get off the planet.

8 hours ago, geriatrickid said:

Why not. If more parents were  held accountable for their misbehaving children, the issue would be addressed. I have seen these events play out repeatedly.

1. The parents  let the child do whatever it wants.

2. The parents do not respond appropriately, and instead  facilitate the . behaviour.

3. The family were most likely asked several times to  quiet the child down and  didn't do anything. It is abnormal for a child to scream  in such a manner for that long.

 

Not the best method, but if it prevented physical injury and upset to others, might have been the only option. I would have tossed the family off the bus too. The majority of people and children travel without bothering others. Why should everyone suffer because someone is a misfit?

 

 

OMG are you for real? kids cry, that's the way of life, you are unbelievable or am I just rising to your trolling?