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Homeless Man Found Drifting on Homemade Plastic Bottle Raft Off Pattaya Coast


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17 hours ago, simon43 said:

He was trying to get to Koh Larn.  Could the Navy chaps not have dropped him off on that island, rather than bringing back to the mainland?  Now he will only go and try again!

Collect more bottles, sell them and get a ticket.

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19 hours ago, webfact said:

The rescue team assisted him onto their boat and towed the makeshift raft back to safety.

Where it was promptly weighed in and the owner received 63 baht.

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2 hours ago, hotchilli said:

Collect more bottles, sell them and get a ticket.

 

I was thinking much the same.

 

In most of Australia we have a 10¢ deposit on drink containers now. There has to be 50-100 empties there. Even at the lower end of the scale that's potentially about $5 to be cashed in - or almost ฿120 at today's exchange rate.

 

How much is the ferry ticket?

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15 minutes ago, sirineou said:

These homeless people are a problem. I don't know why they just don't go home. 

 

There is no "groan" button. 

 

Maybe he was trying to find one on Koh Larn?

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1 hour ago, sirineou said:

These homeless people are a problem. I don't know why they just don't go home. 

Who says he is homeless? He's living on a houseboat.

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26 minutes ago, RobU said:

Yes, the bad dream of poverty and homelessness

Poverty has a lot of levels, a 'poverty' income in Europe would class him as comfortably off. Being homeless in Thailand is a lot more comfortable than being homeless in Europe, if one is resourceful a Thai wont starve.

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I would have at least put all these bottles in some bags to keep them together(like those strong bags the use ifor seed or fertilizer) , and then tied tha bags together. . 

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