The American Vets Association have some reps in BKK, pm me and I can pass you some details.

Thanks everyone - usually I would not post this here as there are too many piss takers on TV these days but I was happy to read some nice responses.

TP - yes life is good for us so far - anytime you are in this neck of the woods please let me know !

I will admit, I was taking the piss a bit in my previous reply. I apologize. Sounds like you have a great wife. Cheers,

WS.

Edit: FYI, the PM was not piss taking.

No worries - I will get the details for you

The funniest thing I saw for ages was a few days ago when my wife was telling her Mother and sister about visiting the poor chap.

They could not get their heads around it whatsoever...

The American guy's attitude has changed and he saw my wife as either stupid or weak or both.

She is a very strong personality - and in my opinion the only good person from her original family.

His loss really - she was also prepared to find him some accomodation and her kindness was wasted.

Another funny titbit here - I was talking to him on the first day and my wife was talking to the Nurses - they commented ' hmmm that man talking to him looks starnge - probably an alcoholic as well...' They were redfaced when my wife explained I was her husband and a Teacher at the School down the road,,,lol

So being Thai married and working as a teacher is a garantee for not having drinking problems ??

Thanks everyone - usually I would not post this here as there are too many piss takers on TV these days but I was happy to read some nice responses.

TP - yes life is good for us so far - anytime you are in this neck of the woods please let me know !

I will admit, I was taking the piss a bit in my previous reply. I apologize. Sounds like you have a great wife. Cheers,

WS.

Edit: FYI, the PM was not piss taking.

No worries - I will get the details for you

The funniest thing I saw for ages was a few days ago when my wife was telling her Mother and sister about visiting the poor chap.

They could not get their heads around it whatsoever...

The American guy's attitude has changed and he saw my wife as either stupid or weak or both.

She is a very strong personality - and in my opinion the only good person from her original family.

His loss really - she was also prepared to find him some accomodation and her kindness was wasted.

Another funny titbit here - I was talking to him on the first day and my wife was talking to the Nurses - they commented ' hmmm that man talking to him looks starnge - probably an alcoholic as well...' They were redfaced when my wife explained I was her husband and a Teacher at the School down the road,,,lol

So being Thai married and working as a teacher is a garantee for not having drinking problems ??

There is a U in G(u)arantee

Still cannot figure out if this was in the UK or Thailand.

Maybe this will give you a hint.

downtown Kalasin Hospital.

lol. Thanks. My bad.

Removed two posts which could be construed as slander. This is a positive thread, not a place to air your dirty laundry.

chonabot,

Not to detract from the primary topic, I would like to first offer my sincere Thanks to your wife and the charity for their compassion.

Regarding the request, just a name should suffice to verify his claims, I should not need any further info in most cases. Better to reply via my PM I sent than to post names here.

chonabot" The problem was the fact that there was no-one with a decent command of English in the Hospital and Police, they needed to know who he was and why he was there."

While I cannot speak for the following organization, as I am not an official member:

[http://www.46thsfca.org/content/files/46thJanuary2012newsletter.pdf]

However; I do know that they provide very good charity to US Vet's along with Thai citizens. And I am fairly certain they would remind the gentleman of what being a 'Quit Professional" is all about if he has been acting untoward or unruly to those who have been trying to help help him.

WS

Another funny titbit here - I was talking to him on the first day and my wife was talking to the Nurses - they commented ' hmmm that man talking to him looks starnge - probably an alcoholic as well...' They were redfaced when my wife explained I was her husband and a Teacher at the School down the road,,,lol

My main concern would be that health care staff (who must see loads of examples) considered I looked strange and was most probably an alcoholic.

What a crap thread. The OP's wife doing what any decent human being would have done in the same situation. Specially being Thai= a few more points in the "meritbank". And the posters here falling over eachother to praise the OP's good luck, to be married to a saint like that. A really good person would have brought the victim of all this charity a decent bottle of water , instead of going home and writing a post about this guy not being humble enough to deserve any further help from ajarn and Florence.

And this time ajarn, leave the red pen, where it is. I am not a native speaker, so please allow a mistake or two

By the way Teacher and School are not with capital letters

What a crap thread. The OP's wife doing what any decent human being would have done in the same situation. Specially being Thai= a few more points in the "meritbank". And the posters here falling over eachother to praise the OP's good luck, to be married to a saint like that. A really good person would have brought the victim of all this charity a decent bottle of water , instead of going home and writing a post about this guy not being humble enough to deserve any further help from ajarn and Florence.

And this time ajarn, leave the red pen, where it is. I am not a native speaker, so please allow a mistake or two

By the way Teacher and School are not with capital letters

Precisely the reason I hesitated before posting this

Thaivisa has grown many times since I joined in 2003 - unfortunately the quality of posters has spiralled in a similar fashion in the opposite direction.

I would have happily got this chap some water had he not used that tone and inferred my wife was some kind of skivvy.

We checked on the hospital today - he was supposed to check out on the 7th but apparently did a runner last night and left his suitcase under the hospital bed.

But if Soi41 wants to step in and show the victim some real hospitality, pm me your address and I'm sure I can track the Vet down and send him your way.

Another funny titbit here - I was talking to him on the first day and my wife was talking to the Nurses - they commented ' hmmm that man talking to him looks starnge - probably an alcoholic as well...' They were redfaced when my wife explained I was her husband and a Teacher at the School down the road,,,lol

My main concern would be that health care staff (who must see loads of examples) considered I looked strange and was most probably an alcoholic.

Wow you visited him too?

sad,sad,sad.............

sad,sad,sad.............

What part pray tell ?

When I posted this I merely wanted to show the other side of the coin - as it seems a lot of TV'ers are married to ladies who are not what they once seemed.

I was surprised by the nice comments and not surprised by the smattering of less than polite responses.

Well to be honest I expected a few more.

But I agree the post was a tad tame and less than entertaining than the ususal ' My wife ran off with the somtam lady' ilk of threads we see more often than not.

But hardly a crap thread - even though this response is pretty much playing into the hands of the TV trolls.

Essentially if anyone thinks my wife deserved the treatment or should even embrace the change of attitude with a nice smile then they are

an embarrasment to the rest of us.

This guy was on his last legs and as soon as his health came back he showed the true colours of a <deleted> abroad.

Damn I've done it again - reacting to the detritus of the forum...I will never learn

Another funny titbit here - I was talking to him on the first day and my wife was talking to the Nurses - they commented ' hmmm that man talking to him looks starnge - probably an alcoholic as well...' They were redfaced when my wife explained I was her husband and a Teacher at the School down the road,,,lol

My main concern would be that health care staff (who must see loads of examples) considered I looked strange and was most probably an alcoholic.

Wow you visited him too?

lol

I cleaned up a few posts and removed a troublesome poster. I realize that people sometimes need to vent and that's one thing, but if you just want to be miserable and crap all over other members, and their threads, you will find yourself unwelcome here in a hurry.

"This guy was on his last legs and as soon as his health came back he showed the true colours of a wanke_r abroad."

Chonabot,

I am sorry to hear he did a runner, these types of bad apples can give Xpats a bad name. Perhaps, we can list the name of the Shelter Org that your wive volunteers / works with. I would be more than happy to make a modest donation. This way, maybe we can get something positive out of these events, and the thread

Cheers,

WS

I liked the threat chonabot and I think your wife sounds like an angel, and I agree that you are a very lucky man (especially considering your problems with alcohol ).

In the last few days she has brought him a few snacks and drinks, and I smiled as she told me she thought it would be nice for him.

So today when she went off to berate the nurses for not polishing his medals frequently enough he asked me this - ' Have her bring me some water tomorrow - but not that cheap stuff '

He's obviously a tool, but I was intrigued by the fellow who described him as "the victim of all this charity". I think the whole world could use some of your wife's 'victimisation' obviously, but it is an interesting point made by soi41 which was (at least the way I understood it) that the old codger didn't actually believe he needed help or at least, he hadn't solicited any.

He's still a tool obviously as his life sounds like it's gone to custard, but perhaps he has spent time in the Philippines or something. You don't want to give the impression you appreciate charity there; it doesn't matter how tender & kind & charitable they might seem.

In fact, his response was very close to correct in some parts of the world. They're 96% Catholic or something in the Philippines, of course. No 'good' deed goes unpunished (for the victim of their 'charity').

chonabot,

Not to detract from the primary topic, I would like to first offer my sincere Thanks to your wife and the charity for their compassion.

Regarding the request, just a name should suffice to verify his claims, I should not need any further info in most cases. Better to reply via my PM I sent than to post names here.

chonabot" The problem was the fact that there was no-one with a decent command of English in the Hospital and Police, they needed to know who he was and why he was there."

While I cannot speak for the following organization, as I am not an official member:

[http://www.46thsfca....2newsletter.pdf]

However; I do know that they provide very good charity to US Vet's along with Thai citizens. And I am fairly certain they would remind the gentleman of what being a 'Quit Professional" is all about if he has been acting untoward or unruly to those who have been trying to help help him.

WS

Just pm'd you some info

I liked the threat chonabot and I think your wife sounds like an angel, and I agree that you are a very lucky man (especially considering your problems with alcohol ).

In the last few days she has brought him a few snacks and drinks, and I smiled as she told me she thought it would be nice for him.

So today when she went off to berate the nurses for not polishing his medals frequently enough he asked me this - ' Have her bring me some water tomorrow - but not that cheap stuff '

He's obviously a tool, but I was intrigued by the fellow who described him as "the victim of all this charity". I think the whole world could use some of your wife's 'victimisation' obviously, but it is an interesting point made by soi41 which was (at least the way I understood it) that the old codger didn't actually believe he needed help or at least, he hadn't solicited any.

He's still a tool obviously as his life sounds like it's gone to custard, but perhaps he has spent time in the Philippines or something. You don't want to give the impression you appreciate charity there; it doesn't matter how tender & kind & charitable they might seem.

In fact, his response was very close to correct in some parts of the world. They're 96% Catholic or something in the Philippines, of course. No 'good' deed goes unpunished (for the victim of their 'charity').

Nice points - maybe that was what Soi41 meant to say but did not have the grasp of words that you posess

Still cannot figure out if this was in the UK or Thailand.

why would the staff need help translating English if it were in the UK?

My father had to go to Kidderminster hospital in the UK for a check on his cataracts recently not only could he not understand the lady doctor attending to him he could'nt hear her properly because her voice was muffled by her burkha, so it can happen anywhere.

Thanks for the info chonabot,

FYI, if anyone else is interested, this is the phone for the Charity sent by chonabot - # 043 812456.

Please let us know when you find out if the Charity or the Hospital had to foot his bill, hopefully there will be a way for them to recoup the money.

wannascuba

edit; typos

Nice story Chonabot, thanks very much. My turn to share!

What made me really fall for my darling wife of 9 years (and 2 children) was to see her give some money to beggars as we walked along the street during our early dating days.She did not have much to give either, so it made a big positive impact on me.

A charitable and kind heart cannot be beaten.