Israeli Pensioner Robbed and Abandoned by Motorcycle Taxi in Thai Tourist Town

[sambum]

1 hour ago, Aussie999 said:

Removed... double post... there seems an issue with this sites Submit feature.

Yes, it's happening frequently recently.

[kwaussie]

Why wouldnt one of the police  use Google translate? i would never use a motorcycle taxi that far, so many shuttles run this route.

[brianthainess]

5 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Why is he reported as an israeli? What difference does his nationality make?

 

Maybe to point out the language difficulties with the cops. ...

[SAFETY FIRST]

16 minutes ago, Eloquent pilgrim said:

 

Irony alert

Another disrespectful comment. 

 

Surely there are some adults on this thread, all I get are children replying. 

 

Edited May 15 by SAFETY FIRST

[neeray]

5 hours ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

Crikey, the old guy must have really pissed off the taxi rider. 

6pm, I'd like to know how many hours the taxi rider spent with the old guy trying to please him. 

 

What was the old guy thinking, unable to communicate but still hiring a motorbike taxi.

I see many Russians doing the same stupid things. 

 

I'd like to know more about the phone, perhaps the old guy just misplaced it. 

 

Why must you repeatedly refer to Mr. Mahlev as the "old guy"? Why not the tourist, Mr. Mahlev, the victim, any name with a bit of respect? You must be a young guy. Has it ever occurred to you that you will be 81 one day (if you're lucky)?

[sambum]

25 minutes ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

Just  because I'm not an old fool like some and have a different opinion you call me names, reply with hostility. I wasn't nasty or rude to you. 

 

You have not grown up, this is not the school yard. 

 

Some people are just stuck in their old senile ways, refuse to communicate properly. 

 

 

 

"I reckon the old guy has a brain disorder, dementia or alzheimer's. A geriatric, in Thailand, doesn't speak a word of English or Thai.The guy is asking for trouble.Get A Thai interpreter, CHEAP 💲💲💲

Another bloody cheap Charlie being a nuisance. I've noticed we have quite a few nuisance foreigners here on this thread looking back at my received comments. 😂

I'd say many are cheap Charlie's to. 😎"

 

Complete and utter troll like comment - substitute yourself for "the old guy" and read your post again - full of unwarranted assumptions with no proof whatsoever 😞

27 minutes ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Andrew65]

5 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Why is he reported as an israeli? What difference does his nationality make?

 

It's normal for the nationality to be reported. Otherwise, why do they always mention that they were Brit, German, American etc?

(Although this guy's surname sounds Bulgarian/east European).

Edited May 15 by Andrew65

[brianthainess]

1 hour ago, impulse said:

The Israeli guy's braver than me.  I think long and hard before I hop on a scooter taxi past one or 2 km, especially if it involves the open road and any speed at all.

 

Agree, and at 81 and not slightly built either. 

[Andrew65]

2 hours ago, hwas said:

Side comment:  What is an 81 year old man doing using a motorbike taxi for touring?  30+ people a day killed in accidents, mostly involving motorcycles 

Yep, in my 20 years there I almost totally avoided using motorcycles either as a driver or passenger.

[Kalorymetr]

Why is this a news?

[ezzra]

2 hours ago, cowellandrew said:

Ah a case of up the Jordan without a paddle!

 

I got bored of the river to the sea chanting every Saturday about 15 weeks ago here!

The irony here that none of those who chant the 'River to the sea' BS would know what river or sea they are parroting about,

and if they knew, and were given a map, they would be able to point where are those 'river or sea'...

[Kinok Farang]

5 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Why is he reported as an israeli? What difference does his nationality make?

 

It will give the Hamas supporters on here a bit of light relief.

[neeray]

25 minutes ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

Just  because I'm not an old fool like some and have a different opinion you call me names, reply with hostility. I wasn't nasty or rude to you. 

 

You have not grown up, this is not the school yard. 

 

Some people are just stuck in their old senile ways, refuse to communicate properly. 

 

 

Some of us find it difficult to communicate with a poster who is so disrespectful of the elderly.

[sambum]

7 minutes ago, neeray said:

Some of us find it difficult to communicate with a poster who is so disrespectful of the elderly.

Well said!

[Kinok Farang]

4 hours ago, Jingthing said:

Could easily be both.

In that case i wonder if he has "they,them"pronouns ?

[SAFETY FIRST]

20 minutes ago, neeray said:

Some of us find it difficult to communicate with a poster who is so disrespectful of the elderly.

What did I say that was disrespectful of the elderly? 

 

Edited May 15 by SAFETY FIRST

[SAFETY FIRST]

5 minutes ago, Gandtee said:

And the sun shines out of your anal orifice, no doubt.

Bahahaha, Another comment from the school yard playground. 

 

Bloody comedian 😂

 

Grow up. 

 

Edited May 15 by SAFETY FIRST

[Screaming]

The reason never to get on a motorbike in Thailand just keeps getting longer and longer and longer.

[GarryP]

1 hour ago, neeray said:

Why must you repeatedly refer to Mr. Mahlev as the "old guy"? Why not the tourist, Mr. Mahlev, the victim, any name with a bit of respect? You must be a young guy. Has it ever occurred to you that you will be 81 one day (if you're lucky)?

Nah, morons don't tend to live that long. 

[Cabradelmar]

Pity the old guy who thought a 1+ hour ride on the back of a motorbike would the best way to travel. 

[neeray]

Just now, SAFETY FIRST said:

an 80 year man is an old guy. 

 

Listen precious, why don't you get back to school, learn the language and grow up. 

 

I'm not a Troll, I have an opinion, be RESPECTFUL to other members 😡

 

"Other members" seem to agree about your disrespect, whereas my comments seem to garner respect. I turned 103 last week and still like to get laid a couple times a week, walk my dog vigorously several times each day and go out dancing twice a month. I consider myself a senior or elder, NOT an old guy. 🤣

[aussiebrian]

3 hours ago, Eloquent pilgrim said:

 

Classic victim blaming; assuming without any knowledge, that the whole incident was the fault of the victim.

 

I have lived in Thailand for 19 years, I have never seen any Jew hatred amongst Thais. Could be because most Thais don't even know what a Jew is, look at Hitler chicken, poster of Hitler with super heros on University campus, etc,  This was naivety not hate.  But with farang, it is a different story, it is rampant especially since October 7th.. 

Move one country to the south of Thailand, Israelis are banned from entering Malaysia, Palestinian flags flying on many buildings, and rampant Jew hatred running wild.. (The Apple doesn't fall far from the tree when you look at Penny Wong.) 

The journalist who wrote this might have thought he would get more hits putting in an Israeli.. but maybe he is one of the very few that said "Israeli" due to Jew hatred.

 

https://focusmalaysia.my/when-flying-the-israeli-flag-is-now-a-crime-in-malaysia-but-ok-with-the-palestinian-flag/

 

[Jingthing]

19 minutes ago, aussiebrian said:

I have lived in Thailand for 19 years, I have never seen any Jew hatred amongst Thais. Could be because most Thais don't even know what a Jew is, look at Hitler chicken, poster of Hitler with super heros on University campus, etc,  This was naivety not hate.  But with farang, it is a different story, it is rampant especially since October 7th.. 

Move one country to the south of Thailand, Israelis are banned from entering Malaysia, Palestinian flags flying on many buildings, and rampant Jew hatred running wild.. (The Apple doesn't fall far from the tree when you look at Penny Wong.) 

The journalist who wrote this might have thought he would get more hits putting in an Israeli.. but maybe he is one of the very few that said "Israeli" due to Jew hatred.

 

https://focusmalaysia.my/when-flying-the-israeli-flag-is-now-a-crime-in-malaysia-but-ok-with-the-palestinian-flag/

 

I agree Jew hatred isn't a thing among Thais and is extreme in Malaysia but it would have been a journalistic error not to mention the foreign nationality whatever it is.

[mzanzi]

7 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Why is he reported as an israeli? What difference does his nationality make?

 

Hoping to use Anti Semitism I suppose , they use it for everything else

[Jingthing]

36 minutes ago, neeray said:

"Other members" seem to agree about your disrespect, whereas my comments seem to garner respect. I turned 103 last week and still like to get laid a couple times a week, walk my dog vigorously several times each day and go out dancing twice a month. I consider myself a senior or elder, NOT an old guy. 🤣

I assume you're taking the piss but if not you're a hero.

Edited May 15 by Jingthing

[Xonax]

9 hours ago, webfact said:

He had travelled from Pattaya to Sattahip for sightseeing, hiring a motorcycle taxi from Soi Buakhao in Pattaya

It seems that he actually was driven to Sattahip by the motorcycle taxi. Did he actually pay for the ride, or did the driver take the passengers mobile phone as collatteral for missing payment?

[Jingthing]

1 minute ago, mzanzi said:

Hoping to use Anti Semitism I suppose , they use it for everything else

You think the journalist is a Jew?

[Jingthing]

1 minute ago, Xonax said:

It seems that he actually was driven to Sattahip by the motorcycle taxi. Did he actually pay for the ride, or did the driver take the passengers mobile phone as collatteral for missing payment?

Why would you assume such a thing?

[Jingthing]

46 minutes ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

Would you be nasty if I called him a pensioner? 

 

An 80 year man is an old guy. 

 

Listen precious, why don't you get back to school, learn the language and grow up. 

 

I'm not a Troll, I have an opinion, be RESPECTFUL to other members 😡

 

You may not be a troll but you play one on tv.

[SAFETY FIRST]

42 minutes ago, neeray said:

"Other members" seem to agree about your disrespect, whereas my comments seem to garner respect. I turned 103 last week and still like to get laid a couple times a week, walk my dog vigorously several times each day and go out dancing twice a month. I consider myself a senior or elder, NOT an old guy. 🤣

That's a better explanation, thank you. 

 

I will be more careful next time describing senior citizens in articles. 

I don't mean to offend anyone.

I am always willing to learn and listen. 

 

Have a nice day. 

 

Edited May 15 by SAFETY FIRST