Elderly Irish Man Jumps to His Death in Pattaya

[NoshowJones]

No, the majority of Northern Ireland would regard themselves as British, nobody born in the Republic of Ireland of Ireland would regard themselves as British. I could go into all the history, but I won't as it is nothing to do with Thailand, and this is a Thai forum.

[dighambara]

Again with 'Elderly' for a man in his middle years.

Elderly describes a person in their 90's.

[Gillyflower]

I know at least half a dozen French Patricks who wouldn't even know where Ireland was (North or South) and would be quite upset to be called Irish. Patrick is a very common name in France.

[gaucho]

latest report is there was a loud argument coming from the room 30 mins before the poor man found ...police r looking for a person exiting the room ...report is from a guy staying there on 6th floor ...

[jsflynn603]

99.9% of skin cancers are basal cell carcinoma with a small amount of squamous cell carcinoma, both are so curable that such cancers usually are not even included in cancer statistics. The 1/10th % are melanoma which is extremely deadly and there are no "take home" cures for it, though there are for the BCC or SCC (Imiquimod and others). So one must wonder if the cancer really is pertinent.

On the other hand, lack of income in a foreign country is a deadly combination. And of course, so are the emotional effects of arguments.

Over one million people worldwife end their lives in suicide every year, a tragic number.

RIP

[Jackson86]

last month i stayed at the hotel near soi buakao. very unfortunate news. i hope all foreigners come and go in one piece. it's never good to die in a foreign country/

[soalbundy]

last month i stayed at the hotel near soi buakao. very unfortunate news. i hope all foreigners come and go in one piece. it's never good to die in a foreign country/

why?

[Tokay]

For those of you laughing about "cancer curing" drugs, a lot of clinics around town actually sell powders, pills and drinks where they flat out tell you it cures cancer, HIV, AIDS, or any other serious illness. But hey, ban Viagra and Xanax.

[soalbundy]

Again with 'Elderly' for a man in his middle years.

Elderly describes a person in their 90's.

that's what a man of 80 would say anyway. You can't be middle aged at 70 unless you are a tree perhaps

[chrisinth]

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I know at least half a dozen French Patricks who wouldn't even know where Ireland was (North or South) and would be quite upset to be called Irish. Patrick is a very common name in France.

Did you know that Saint Patrick came to Ireland from Wales?

One of the reasons i left........................... Who knows, maybe he was French as well.......................

[DeadBite]

I've met several expats in Pattaya who had been diagnosed with cancer by highly qualified doctors in major Thai hospitals. I've also had several experiences in hospitals here when lab test results suggesting major illnesses could not be replicated in my Western home country. And almost every Thai dentist I visit for the first time tells me I have dental problems requiring immediate attention. My dentist in my home country almost never can confirm these 'problems'. I just hope that the cancer that the poor chap who killed himself suffered from was not diagnosed in LOS.

I hope this for hospitals in general, not just Thailand.

Who really knows the extent of medical fraud or mistakes? Not even the families of the dead.

Not easy to do with limited funds, but it would be good to double or triple check any serious diagnosis about our health.

[uptheos]

Surely an overdose would be a better way to go rather than the long drop, easy to get in Thailand, just to fall asleep is much better

You have absolutely no idea how many people have finished up in a worse state, sometimes vegetative.

Overdosing has to be meticulously planned with a lot of specific meds, in order to be successful.

Maybe the poor guy had received devastating news regarding the invasion of his skin cancers.

Who knows why some jump, some OD, some stand in front of trains?

It's sheer desperation. RIP

[Lancashireman]

Dear CSI TV Sleuths Inc. Pattaya Branch...

Please hurry up and solve this case, I need to go and do something useful.

[I Like Thai]

I know at least half a dozen French Patricks who wouldn't even know where Ireland was (North or South) and would be quite upset to be called Irish. Patrick is a very common name in France.

They are only a few hundred miles from each other, less than 500. You must keep company with very stupid French people. Any French I have ever met, have heard of and know where Ireland is.

[soalbundy]

99.9% of skin cancers are basal cell carcinoma with a small amount of squamous cell carcinoma, both are so curable that such cancers usually are not even included in cancer statistics. The 1/10th % are melanoma which is extremely deadly and there are no "take home" cures for it, though there are for the BCC or SCC (Imiquimod and others). So one must wonder if the cancer really is pertinent.

On the other hand, lack of income in a foreign country is a deadly combination. And of course, so are the emotional effects of arguments.

Over one million people worldwife end their lives in suicide every year, a tragic number.

RIP

One million suicides a year and the world is still overcrowded !!! time to up the ante.

[soalbundy]

I know at least half a dozen French Patricks who wouldn't even know where Ireland was (North or South) and would be quite upset to be called Irish. Patrick is a very common name in France.

They are only a few hundred miles from each other, less than 500. You must keep company with very stupid French people. Any French I have ever met, have heard of and know where Ireland is.

Being called Patrick doesn't make you a Mick

[soalbundy]

Dear CSI TV Sleuths Inc. Pattaya Branch...

Please hurry up and solve this case, I need to go and do something useful.

You can masturbate any time you want.

[soalbundy]

Its easy to lose your balance on those low Thai railing balconies. I don't believe they are all suicides.

R.I.P

Your'e not supposed to stand on them.

[I Like Thai]

I know at least half a dozen French Patricks who wouldn't even know where Ireland was (North or South) and would be quite upset to be called Irish. Patrick is a very common name in France.

They are only a few hundred miles from each other, less than 500. You must keep company with very stupid French people. Any French I have ever met, have heard of and know where Ireland is.

Being called Patrick doesn't make you a Mick

No, Your name would have to be Michael in that case.

[ClutchClark]

Headline says Irish and the background story claims he was from Newcastle England. Investigative journalism at its best.

A guy suffers from cancer and eventually jumps to his death and yet all you got out of the article was the above?

Go figure.

As has already been said, I hope the Irishman has found some peace from his suffering.

[ClutchClark]

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I cannot recall a case of suicide by overdose in Thailand. Falling from tall buildings, for whatever reason, seems to be the sole mode. Strange

And yet, poison and pills are the top single method of suicide in Thailand. I can't find a breakdown, and of course lots of people resort to the tired and true pesticide method. But overdose (not counting accidental overdose) is common, the most common of all according to the CDC's figures.

In general, I think you find that most suicide methods are simply what's easily available. Most suicides in Thailand are not "falling" from tall buildings, simple because most people committing suicide don't live in tall buildings. Most suicides in Hong Kong, though, ARE leaps from tall buildings because that is where almost all people live.

A leap is an easy way for a depressed man living on the 7th floor. Poor man, I do hope he found peace.

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Nobody really knows for sure exactly what happens after death, and yet we all know that one day we will have to make this journey on our own. This point could be argued until the cows come home and all the beer gone already, and yet no resolution in sight. But even so, most of us would all agree that after death we don't feel pain anymore.

I often wondered what I would prefer to do when the time came. That is if I was in pain suffering from cancer and knowing I would soon be fighting for my last breath. Or instead living it up until the last days came, and when I knew it was time to leave. With friends and family remembering me as I was, and not what Cancer had turned me into. Or that human ghost figure walking around aimlessly with no mind left from Alzheimer's Disease.

When I was a young man I used to joke on how I wanted to go. I remember that even now. It was lying in bed with a cigarette in one hand, a glass of good whiskey in the other, and two beautiful naked women under both my arms.

Well, and many years later, when this exact thing almost happened to me for real in Thailand, and when I caught the H1N1 Flue Virus, you can understand now why I had to change my last dying day plan. Now it is to jump off a Cruise Ship with my last dollar in my pocket. But even that wish may change again as time goes by.

The point I am trying to make here is that on my last day on Earth, I never pictured myself struggling in pain for that last breath, and how many people do final go. So who says his way was worst then the other way? Who says he was depressed during his final hour? That he was full of regret! We can all assume that he probably wished his life was different then what it was. I suppose everyone who takes that big step feels the same way as well. But it was what it was and he knew that!

I have in my mind how I would like to go when it is time. But for you....."It Up To You!".

Thank you for such a thought-provoking and insightful post. I rather admire someone with the courage to choose their ending rather than slowly expiring in a hospital bed for months and years in pain and agony.

[soalbundy]

Headline says Irish and the background story claims he was from Newcastle England. Investigative journalism at its best.

A guy suffers from cancer and eventually jumps to his death and yet all you got out of the article was the above?

Go figure.

As has already been said, I hope the Irishman has found some peace from his suffering.

Or Englishman as the case may be, whatever, he is certainly past suffering.

[Lancashireman]

Dear CSI TV Sleuths Inc. Pattaya Branch...

Please hurry up and solve this case, I need to go and do something useful.

You can masturbate any time you want.

Gee thanks Al

Now, when you have a minute...

Your village have been on the phone, they've lost their idiot, and want you home...

[soalbundy]

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I know at least half a dozen French Patricks who wouldn't even know where Ireland was (North or South) and would be quite upset to be called Irish. Patrick is a very common name in France.

Did you know that Saint Patrick came to Ireland from Wales?

One of the reasons i left........................... Who knows, maybe he was French as well.......................

He only left to take a leak. ( sorry i'm on my third Leo )

[soalbundy]

Dear CSI TV Sleuths Inc. Pattaya Branch...

Please hurry up and solve this case, I need to go and do something useful.

You can masturbate any time you want.

Gee thanks Al

Now, when you have a minute...

Your village have been on the phone, they've lost their idiot, and want you home...

You've finished then?

[Lancashireman]

Dear CSI TV Sleuths Inc. Pattaya Branch...

Please hurry up and solve this case, I need to go and do something useful.

You can masturbate any time you want.

Gee thanks Al

Now, when you have a minute...

Your village have been on the phone, they've lost their idiot, and want you home...

You've finished then?

Not even started...but finished my conversation with you...better things to do. Your village awaits...let them down, turn up.

[Gillyflower]

The French in general are renowned for their lack of knowledge in geography. On any quiz programme the geog questions don't go down too well. They even boast about it. As for keeping company with them, I am surrounded by 'em. Can't get away from 'em. The only time I can avoid them is when I live in CM every year

. As for him coming from Newcastle, well he can still be Irish.

[mac1970]

Sometimes the pain is just too much and too long time, so start to look other solutions...happened in the familty. Never easy to accept but understandable.

[ClutchClark]

Surely an overdose would be a better way to go rather than the long drop, easy to get in Thailand, just to fall asleep is much better

This has a lot of appeal as a method, Unfortunately it is unpredictable, and far from foolproof. Many who have tried this ended up with a debilitating stroke, still alive but now requiring constant help from a care provider. Imagine being a broke, stroked out farang in Thailand. Better to stay alive, try to get your faith back, and not leave a mess for others to clean. No matter what a great life you might have had, the primary thing people will remember is how you checked out, couldn't take the pressure.

Stick around, we need you.

Couldn't take the pressure?

Of a painful death from cancer as it eats up his insides, as he withers away to an empty shell, laying on a hospital bed alone because none of those people come to visit him?

The old fellow did what he felt was right for him. I respect him for it.

[Billy The Kid]

Only yesterday that I found out Ken is dead , I used to play with him in Pool Competition , he used a snooker cue to play pool , very good player , wins some tournament in Mega Break , Pattaya . I knew he was not well last two years with cancer . A gentleman who likes to drink and smoke , he is from Newcastle and english not Irish ( I'm Irish) , I knew him since 2004 . I,m saddened to find out the news yesterday , I was looking for him for a chat about Pool tournament . RIP my dear friend .

http://megabreakpool.com/thursday-12-12-13-ken-wins/

Edited December 29, 2014 by Billy The Kid