DrTuner Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 Welcome to Thailaan! The rural locals are so nice and friendly. Jing jing, I read it on TVF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrTuner Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 1 hour ago, NCC1701A said: i thought i was the only one who wears sport socks around the house. That's a recipe for suicide. The ceramic tiles are more slippery than teflon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinneil Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 2 minutes ago, bluesofa said: I don't follow about the baking soda, I'm not being obtuse at all. Do you mean someone gave her baking soda and water, forced down her throat using a large syringe? Or is that what you did to counteract the effects of poison someone else gave her? Baking soda in water, forced down the dogs throat is not pleasant for the dog, but it brings up the poison, dog pukes it all up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CNXexpat Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 57 minutes ago, BTB1958 said: My wife has no idea how much cash or what's in the bank. She can only guess. She sees I carry only a thousand baht at a time. Maybe a little more when traveling. Opposite me. My wife, nearly 13 years married, can ask how much money I have on my bank accounts in Thailand and Germany and what´s the worth of my stocks and how much money we got from dividends and I show her. Why should I make secrets about that? It´s the money for our life together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCC1701A Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 too bad Andrea was not around to help out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffbezoz Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 1 hour ago, gargamon said: Wow, they had banks last time I was in isaan. Maybe they have closed them all. Nope still open but most should have posters on their shop fronts warning foreigners it is stupid to keep high value items and cash in a bag in your house when people know you are returning. ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaanbiker Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 YouTube posters were in no doubt that this was an inside job. Many sympathized with the foreigner. How could that have been an outside job? The mind boggles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisandsu Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 Sounds like a really bad insurance job . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holy cow cm Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 Repeated visits with repeated bags of cash always brought the same way would become common knowledge to someone who has seen how they bring it and care for it. It perhaps was a wait until they come again and then jump to go and get it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
from the home of CC Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 1 hour ago, colinneil said: Sadly we are targets here, yes somebody from within her family are the main suspects. Regarding our dog, monday night around 2.30 our dog kicks off, i look out ( i can see her from my bed) Her attention is on the gate, i opened the monitor but could not see anyone/ thing. My wife switches on the spot lights, now if anybody is around that should scare them off. Wednesday morning wife lets the dog off the chain, 5 minutes later she is back foaming at the mouth. Baking soda/ water forced down the dogs throat, she brings it all up, 2 hours later she is back to normal. Brutal man, feel for you. Does she feel it's someone from her family or is that just you? Jealousy the motive? Wish you all the best and I hope she can reason with them, that's a tough situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orton Rd Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 2 hours ago, colinneil said: Bloody idiot having money like that around even on his first night. Sad to say farangs are a target in Issan villages. Our dog has been poisoned 4 times in the last few months, the last time only 2 days ago. We saved her again, baking soda and water forced down her throat using a large syringe. Is it a constant barker or does somebody have something against you and not the dog? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seajae Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 most people would keep a bag with all that in it with them in their room, pretty stupid to leave that mach just lying around in another room, very suss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mistymilesdj Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 Why the thief would leave the bag? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remorhaz Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 800,000 baht stolen? I thought this story was about the immigration bank deposit requirements not just an everyday theft. Well I hope he has an additional 800,000 baht he doesn't mind getting stolen so he can get his visa. ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dotpoom Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 2 hours ago, gargamon said: Wow, they had banks last time I was in isaan. Maybe they have closed them all. You usually make time to do some banking on your first day arriving in a country while then having to travel to a village in the back of beyond? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinneil Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 23 minutes ago, Orton Rd said: Is it a constant barker or does somebody have something against you and not the dog? No the dog only barks when there is a reason. Maybe it is something against me, but as 3 other dogs around here have been poisoned in the last 2 months, i think there is a serial dog poisoner in the village. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfbandung Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 Silly amount of money to have in cash. As someone said, they have banks in Isaan. And we don't leave gold in our house even though we have never had a issue with theft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cabradelmar Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 It took my ex-wife 18 months to steal that kind of money from me ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thequietman Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 2 hours ago, colinneil said: Bloody idiot having money like that around even on his first night. Sad to say farangs are a target in Issan villages. Our dog has been poisoned 4 times in the last few months, the last time only 2 days ago. We saved her again, baking soda and water forced down her throat using a large syringe. Is it possible that she (the dog) had enough and was trying to check out? I fear your dog may be suicidal! ???? ..... or your neighbours really don't like you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giddyup Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 All the money, gold and valuables conveniently in one bag in another room from where they were sleeping. Why didn't he just hang it on the front gate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercman24 Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 i love all the smart Alecs on here, so very wise after the event, and definately an inside job, any farang would think his property would be safe in the mother in laws house, how wrong that was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardColeman Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 I think immigration will be very understanding with his missing 800,000 - or being short - when doing his retirement visa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesofa Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 14 minutes ago, sfbandung said: Silly amount of money to have in cash. As someone said, they have banks in Isaan. And we don't leave gold in our house even though we have never had a issue with theft. It's chicken feed compared to the 50 million Baht I have under the bed, and I live at Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunpa Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 My wife has all our valuables hidden so good and in different places, that sometimes she forgets where she hid them. But it’s always somewhere in the bedroom ???? Sounds like an an insider job to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gargamon Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 31 minutes ago, dotpoom said: You usually make time to do some banking on your first day arriving in a country while then having to travel to a village in the back of beyond? No, I usually bring my money in electronically. Never carry cash as it makes you a target. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AhFarangJa Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 2 hours ago, NCC1701A said: i thought i was the only one who wears sport socks around the house. Yes, but he is wearing shorts too...……… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunpa Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 So they took everything from the black bag, instead of just taking the entire bag? Strange thing to do, if in a hurry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazykopite Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 Now that’s a coincidence first night back and the robbers know where to look if it’s in $ bills the the banks and money exchanges should be made aware as the Thais are to thick they will try and change it all at the same time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crash999 Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 3 hours ago, colinneil said: Bloody idiot having money like that around even on his first night. Sad to say farangs are a target in Issan villages. Our dog has been poisoned 4 times in the last few months, the last time only 2 days ago. We saved her again, baking soda and water forced down her throat using a large syringe. Set up a security camera. It’s almost certainly the same person, probably a neighbor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soalbundy Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 did his wife register the TM30? This is important as it's the first thing the police will ask. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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