Will B Good Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 (edited) 1 minute ago, hotchilli said: Could happen anywhere of you leave your valuables on view. I've been asked not to do that in a number of bars. Edited March 25, 2022 by Will B Good 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 6 hours ago, Will B Good said: I see many, many properties around us have the same, ugly, grills fitted. Is house crime really that bad? I can't imagine most properties around us even have anything worth stealing. I see properties around me with grills on every entry point, even 3rd and 4th floors. I often wonder what they'd do if a fire broke out on the ground floor... by the time help arrives extra crispy? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will B Good Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 Just now, hotchilli said: I see properties around me with grills on every entry point, even 3rd and 4th floors. I often wonder what they'd do if a fire broke out on the ground floor... by the time help arrives extra crispy? Mentioned in a post about Bangkok how they horrified me.... absolute death traps......someone told me...."well, don't look up"!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ThaiFelix Posted March 25, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted March 25, 2022 6 hours ago, jacko45k said: Yes, welcome back to Thailand, put your valuables away when you are having a house party. Exactly! My wife wont let anyone in the house when we have visitors. We always entertain outside. The bedroom doors are always locked. Only females are allowed to come in and use the toilet, and thats almost under armed guard, the men can go in the garden. And that all includes family! Sometimes when we go away she has her parents stay here at night and again all bedroom doors are locked. I used to think she was over the top with all this security but the more of these cases I hear, the more I am inclined to side with her. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liverpool Lou Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 6 hours ago, RAZZELL said: "there were two miscreants in the frame for the blag at the farang's gaffe." Who writes this nonsense? Looks as though it was Webfact, it sure wasn't in the original article. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liverpool Lou Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 4 hours ago, Crossy said: 5 hours ago, sammieuk1 said: With the blager banged to rights after the heist by the sweeny todd ???? Reagan and Carter are on the case ... Those ex-presidents just can't mind their own business. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardColeman Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 Sorry, but I don't believe a word of it. A thief waits 2 YEARS to break into a house and then does it with people IN the house rather than empty for 2 YEARS ! And then 400,000 - sounds more like a insurance scam to fill the marriage visa requirements ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liverpool Lou Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 2 hours ago, smew said: collect insurance..? Gratuitous smear? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombat Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 6 hours ago, SAFETY FIRST said: Who leaves an unprotected, exposed window open these days. my money says it was a guest and they jumped out the window. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 16 minutes ago, RichardColeman said: Sorry, but I don't believe a word of it. A thief waits 2 YEARS to break into a house and then does it with people IN the house rather than empty for 2 YEARS ! And then 400,000 - sounds more like a insurance scam to fill the marriage visa requirements ! Perhaps because when no-one was living there, there was nothing worth nicking. I don't leave anything laying around when I go on holiday. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrJ2U Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 It'll be obvious when the pillagers start driving new Honda Waves and treating everyone to Lao Kao. I feel bad for the guy. Probably last party at his home. Cheaper to treat everyone to the closest local BBQ all you can eat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukrules Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 7 hours ago, SAFETY FIRST said: Who leaves an unprotected, exposed window open these days. That's what I was thinking, here you need to close all the windows and seal yourself in while cranking up the A/C to keep cool. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardColeman Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 8 minutes ago, GarryP said: Perhaps because when no-one was living there, there was nothing worth nicking. I don't leave anything laying around when I go on holiday. A genuine thief would not know that. Not everybody - most I would guess - comes back with 400,000 baht of valuables and then conveniently leave them laying around. More to this story 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimmer Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 Troll post has been removed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David T Pike Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 3 hours ago, aqua4 said: Why is he not doing the pointing? Because the whole story is about the wife wanting to be in the newspapers! Anything for a little attention... ???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eloquent pilgrim Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 So, leaving aside the €800 in cash, there was a diamond, a wedding ring and a designer bag worth in total, 370,000 Baht, ie more than €10,000 ……. Yeah, right 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wwest5829 Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 11 years retired in the Kingdom. While I don’t have 800 Euros to have in the house I can’t identify with being robbed. The 3 rental houses were in Moo Baans where all house have metal widow protection and my condo was on the 4th floor. Maybe I appear too poor? Sad to see anyone robbed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwill Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 6 hours ago, RAZZELL said: "there were two miscreants in the frame for the blag at the farang's gaffe." Who writes this nonsense? If you're going to use slang I'm sure it would be "gaff" not "gaffe"! RAZZ I had to look up what blag means. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gejohesch Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 (edited) 7 hours ago, jacko45k said: Yes, welcome back to Thailand, put your valuables away when you are having a house party. I always keep my family jewels on myself ???? But feel sorry for the Frenchman and his wife ???? Edited March 25, 2022 by gejohesch adding a line Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve187 Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 6 hours ago, sammieuk1 said: Make perfect sense to me gov ???? and to me, me old china so money is just left laying around and a walk in or climb in thief happens to come across this hoard when the house is full of guests. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murraynz Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 4 hours ago, BritManToo said: Me, doors and windows open all day, every day. At home or not. I'm the same, except my entrance door is closed... Yet another benefit of a high level condo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangkok Barry Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 7 hours ago, jacko45k said: There is a pic of the lady pointing to a coffee table..... I suspect it is a 'was here' moment. They were in a hurry to party ...... Now that takes me back to the days when people, usually young women, would 'reserve' a table at a café or food hall or fast food place by placing their bag or phone on the table while they went off to order. Then we'd read of their property being stolen while they were ordering. They weren't able to work out that by the time they received their order a place would probably be free anyway. You know, natural rotation. Haven't read of such a thing for years now. Maybe they worked out that it wasn't a good idea to leave their valuables on a table and then walk away. Not everyone though, judging by this story. Even in the home. My wife used to lock stuff in a drawer even if family were coming, something we'd probably never dream of in Farangland. So much for close Thai families. We did actually have a nephew rob us. I'd banned him from the house as the good-for-nothing would just show up, ignore everyone, hang around for awhile, take a snack or two from the cupboard and then leave. A few days later, while I was away, he entered the house one night using keys another relative had, and stole two phones and some money, even from beside the bed where my wife was sleeping. We were sure it was him as there was no forced entry. But it was dealt with the Thai way. No police officially involved, even though my wife's brother is a policeman. Instead, he was sent off to the army for two years. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie61 Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 8 hours ago, Gottfrid said: She must have gotten special and expensive lessons in France. This is an expert finger pointing. Straight, with an upper bend, as well as distinct and really marking the specific subject that is lost. Hmmm... however that now can be possible. Anyway, thanks for another pointing picture. It goes into my collection of more than 2 300. As an experienced pointologist, I have to agree with you. A good point starts with perfect balance: the mere soupçon of a body inclination suggests the thing that was lost, and the tableau is the wrapped up by masterful finger position. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingstonkid Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 7 hours ago, sammieuk1 said: Make perfect sense to me gov ???? Can you translate it into English please 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4MyEgo Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 (edited) 8 hours ago, Will B Good said: I see many, many properties around us have the same, ugly, grills fitted. Is house crime really that bad? I can't imagine most properties around us even have anything worth stealing. We travel a fair bit so we opted to have painted bars fitted on the inside, from the outside they look like a prison, hence the reason they are inside, they actually look decorative, as I had never been a fan of bars, that said, when I am away for a few hours, wife and kids home, everyone feels safe and also when sleeping at night. Also have a safe for valuables, passports etc. I would have loved to of had an alarm installed but don't think anyone would pay attention here, village folk, that said, could also put in CCTV but I am pretty sure there is enough security, windows open all day until it gets hot, suffice to say, no ones coming in here without a solid sledge hammer or oxy, that said, would have to make enough noise to be noticed, I would imagine. We don't really have people over, but when we do, the valuables are in the safe so not much to worry about, that said when the wife's sister drops in, she will ask me to put her purse which she usually leaves on the table, to be put in the draw, sisterly love I guess ???? Edited March 25, 2022 by 4MyEgo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacessit Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 2 hours ago, multatuli said: Gaffe is perfectly ok in English. I find it regularly in the NYT crossword puzzles. What backwater are you from? (ɡæf) / noun British slang, archaic. a person's home, esp a flat. Also called: penny-gaff a cheap or low-class place of entertainment, esp a cheap theatre or music hall in Victorian England. noun noun: gaffe; plural noun: gaffes an unintentional act or remark causing embarrassment to its originator; a blunder. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mario Cosmopolite Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 8 hours ago, RAZZELL said: "there were two miscreants in the frame for the blag at the farang's gaffe." Who writes this nonsense? If you're going to use slang I'm sure it would be "gaff" not "gaffe"! RAZZ He made a gaffe leaving the window of his gaff open, guv. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4MyEgo Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 2 minutes ago, Lacessit said: (ɡæf) / noun British slang, archaic. a person's home, esp a flat. Also called: penny-gaff a cheap or low-class place of entertainment, esp a cheap theatre or music hall in Victorian England. noun noun: gaffe; plural noun: gaffes an unintentional act or remark causing embarrassment to its originator; a blunder. I never heard the word before, same with miscreants and blag. Had to Google them, poor translations in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAFETY FIRST Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 12 minutes ago, eddie61 said: As an experienced pointologist Wow, you have heaps of competition, so many AN members have the same title. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacessit Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 I do find it interesting it is always houses that have burglaries, whereas I have yet to see a report of a condo apartment being robbed. Quite apart from any security the condo has in place, for a burglar there is no opportunity for reconnaissance, and no way of knowing what is waiting behind the door. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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