fasteddie

There is a lot of misleading and false information in this article and it is surprising that the reporter did not contact the rescuer in Thailand to verify. First of all this "adopter" did not lose £7,000 . Many people around the world and in Thailand had and have unconditionally donated to ensure the care and medical treatment of Ballon. The rescuer has been been looking after Ballon since last September and it is a lie that this person has been in a battle for over a year. The rescuer has records for all donations as well expenses incured. The person looking to adopt only got involved late last year. The truth is the rescuer felt bullied by the person wanting to adopt Ballon,and elected not to allow for the adoption. Now this person is spreading a false story to make people think she is the victim. Not the case, the ongoing personal attacks on the rescuer is the unfortunate outcome, which impacts all legimate Thai rescuers. End of story.

You got proof?

Nobody owes you proof. Do your own homework and research, you lazy oaf

He made the statement so should prove it, that's the way it works fool.

I am really not able to understand this without a picture of at least two policeman and perhaps the guy that found the body pointing at it.

Pointing is for criminals, it is a way to plead guilty to a crime at the first instance.

Not.

Well, it certainly is used that way, perhaps it is also used in other ways as well, perhaps you can shed some light on this Eddie?

It is often the victims pointing at the accused.

There is a lot of misleading and false information in this article and it is surprising that the reporter did not contact the rescuer in Thailand to verify. First of all this "adopter" did not lose £7,000 . Many people around the world and in Thailand had and have unconditionally donated to ensure the care and medical treatment of Ballon. The rescuer has been been looking after Ballon since last September and it is a lie that this person has been in a battle for over a year. The rescuer has records for all donations as well expenses incured. The person looking to adopt only got involved late last year. The truth is the rescuer felt bullied by the person wanting to adopt Ballon,and elected not to allow for the adoption. Now this person is spreading a false story to make people think she is the victim. Not the case, the ongoing personal attacks on the rescuer is the unfortunate outcome, which impacts all legimate Thai rescuers. End of story.

You got proof?

What a disgusting lot you are, the lady spends thousands trying to do a good thing and you have no empathy for her plight, that's why I love dogs more than humans, they don't have hate like you subhumans, I hope you all live in Thailand because the west doesn't want your type.

What is disgusting is, this woman spends 7'000 pounds to allegedly save ONE dog

when the same money could have been used to provide access to clean water and

sanitation to 7'000 people in developing countries for an entire year BUT,

probably she wouldn't make any headlines with that.

Maybe the right slogan for her would be:

Safe a dog (maybe), let 4500 children die a day

What a cretin, so she was looking for headlines you think? What business is it of yours what she does with her money?

.... subhumans

.... cretins

You're pretty fast with your insults, aren't you?

Maybe this good lady should have spend her money on better education for you

Oh she's a "good lady" now, well it's a start after all the insults the poor lass has been getting off you lot.

What a disgusting lot you are, the lady spends thousands trying to do a good thing and you have no empathy for her plight, that's why I love dogs more than humans, they don't have hate like you subhumans, I hope you all live in Thailand because the west doesn't want your type.

What is disgusting is, this woman spends 7'000 pounds to allegedly save ONE dog

when the same money could have been used to provide access to clean water and

sanitation to 7'000 people in developing countries for an entire year BUT,

probably she wouldn't make any headlines with that.

Maybe the right slogan for her would be:

Safe a dog (maybe), let 4500 children die a day

What a cretin, so she was looking for headlines you think? What business is it of yours what she does with her money?

If all the village idiots in LoS formed a village, this tw@t would be that village's idiot.

LOL

Sadder and sadder and sadder, poor Thailand.

Sad to read this, I hope that news like this doesn't affect donations to genuine rescue groups like Soi dog who do such great work in Thailand.

Shouldn't do, Soi Dog Foundation are awesome, Gill is my hero, was even voted asian of the year, only farang ever.

What a disgusting lot you are, the lady spends thousands trying to do a good thing and you have no empathy for her plight, that's why I love dogs more than humans, they don't have hate like you subhumans, I hope you all live in Thailand because the west doesn't want your type.

They "admitted" it?

Seen on McDonalds sign..."Rats welcome" LOL.

I am really not able to understand this without a picture of at least two policeman and perhaps the guy that found the body pointing at it.

Pointing is for criminals, it is a way to plead guilty to a crime at the first instance.

Not.

Can any of you guys riding around explain to me why you NEED a loud exhaust pipe?

Does the bike go any faster, is it more efficient, cheaper to run or what?

I think some of the bikes are naturally loud, like a Harley (though, I classify them as two-wheeled agricultural equipment rather than a bike).

The other excuse I've heard is that it makes the bike "safer" as other riders can hear you coming from behind (Down Jingthing! Down!).

When I was a younger looney belting around, twice my loud pipes saved an accident for sure.

What a dose of nonsense to compare a smart tv with a dumb tv with a android box or a Apple. Actually I have both of them. 4K Netflix on any of these devices is impossible. Don't know about other brands, but on LG TV's you can only get 4K Netflix with the native WebOS app. These boxes also take up a dedicated HDMI port. Personally I have a Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and a Sony Home theater. All HDMI ports are full. You can use HDMI switchers but couldn't find any of them working properly. With a Smart TV you have every thing in one device. Plus if you are looking for a TV in the 30k plus range chances are it's a Smart TV.

Must be so hard pulling a plug out and putting another one in.

When I first came here, I bought a cheap charger at the night market. Left a nice black mark on the wall when it blew up. Never again....

My point was actually that Apple chargers are as overpriced as their phones.

Apple has quality products. Though not cheap! Sometimes, you do get what you pay for. In my instance, that was for sure the case. 5555

My 2yr old Moto G is a quality phone for a 1/4 of the price of an iphone.

I must admit, after spending 5 secs plugging that cable in and switching tv to hdmi I'm at my wits end and need a lie down.

Personally, Dell is at the very bottom of my list. HP make some good laptops, as do Lenovo. I also have an Acer which has served me well for many years.

Maybe take a look at the Microsoft Surface Book (or whatever it's called). I have the Surface Pro 3 which is excellent.

I've got a six year old inspiron and a year old thinkpad, only use the thinkpad for hdmi and still use the inspiron for everything else, already have four lines of dead pixels on the lenovo and nothing at all wrong with the dell. The build quality of the dell is much superior.

Thais do not like that sort of behavior out in public, it`s bad etiquette in Thai culture.

Most Thais don't give a da_mn. They mind their own business.

I was staying in a rural village near Korat with an Issan princess I met in Pattaya, a while back.

She was sitting on my lap stroking my hair, Auntie came up to her and said, we don't behave like that in our village.

My princess snapped back, if you don't want your food and booze paid for, we can stay with another relative.

Suddenly the problem want away.

Well that shows shameful disrespect on two separate levels and just makes me want to puke that people like you and you bargirl think you can foist your behaviour on other people because you think you have the power to pay for it?

That is a very arrogant post.

You see someone asking for a bit of polite consideration and you see that as a 'problem'.... Thak about arrogant farangs, no wonder the masses of decent Thais are starting to dislike us.

"no wonder the masses of decent Thais are starting to dislike us."

Starting???? Not been here long?

Years ago on Koh Jum we had a similar problem, then one afternoon there was a loud bang and the alpha male was no more, sorted.

Hmm now there's an idea ..would that work on the monkeys in power?

Worth a try.

Years ago on Koh Jum we had a similar problem, then one afternoon there was a loud bang and the alpha male was no more, sorted.

Mafia bosses? or political opponents?, I'm sure there must be lots of opponents to this "government" and this would be a good way to get rid of them.

Thank you all for the various replies and suggestions.

Some I will look into for more general viewing!!

So how did you get on?

Problem solved!

And may i thank everyone above who took the time to give me valuable input; especially those who addressed the actual problem. In particular special mention to fasteddie who explained the likely source of the difficulty and phetphet whose suggestion- along with that of fasteddie- to try different servers until one works seems to have solved the issue.

And in the event last night I was able to get full live commentary of the early kick off match on BBC radio 5.

Have a nice day!

Glad to help.

This is ideed a sad story, but, the headline is so wrong!

Following the same sub-editors trend, I assume my death will be announced as "Fat old grumpy bald Farang found dead"?

You never know, TiT LOL

Poor little soul, R.I.P. sweetheart.

he's a criminal and repeat offender no matter how he tries to spin it, throw away the key

For weed? I wish someone would lock you up and throw away the key... your anti-drug rubbish is far more dangerous than selling weed.

really, you're missing the point aren't you, in Thailand it is against the law period, if you need to go on some righteous crusade about how some drugs are harmless take it somewhere else, I personally know a number of people that have smoked weed all their lives and they far from what I would call stable people - quite the opposite

And I know people who have never touched "drugs" and they're psychopaths.