Shirtless bike rider, Jomtien.

[sandgroper2]

Most days see him riding around. I noticed his back once when he was sitting at a cafe. His back appeared to be a breeding ground for solar keratosis and there were signs, which I think , were possible melanomas. Would you advise him of your observations or,  unless he is a complete fool and has never heard of, sun damage,   skin cancers, mind your own business?

[petermik]

Yes mind your own business,some people sadly cannot/do not want to be helped....

[Briggsy]

I have friends approaching 60 who come here on holiday and every other sentence is about their "bronzie" (=tan for non-Brits). You would think they would know better by that age.

 

Perhaps you might choose to sit near him in the cafe with your friend and embark on a loud, 20-minute conversation about nothing but skin cancer in a exercise testing the power of subliminal influence.

[Rob13]

myob.

[stander]

I have never been able to figure out the European, mostly British obsession with getting a sun tan. Over the last 30 plus years here, I have known several friends and acquaintances, mostly British who have all succumbed to skin cancer.  

[Pattaya28]

I would keep my nose out of somebody else business.

Assuming this guy has at least 1/2 a brain, he must be aware of his skin condition.

But, if you are really that concerned, slip into his pocket a dermatologists' business card. 

 

[CatCage]

Maybe he knows all about it already and this is  his personal exit strategy 

[JHolmesJr]

lol….is it tim sharky…if so, stay well away.

[Basil B]

Rides a bike in Thailand probably without helmet, I think he is more at risk dying in a fatal road accident.

 

And I am sure suggesting he should were a shirt is like suggesting to most bike riders they should were a helmet. 

[sandgroper2]

7 minutes ago, Basil B said:

Rides a bike in Thailand probably without helmet, I think he is more at risk dying in a fatal road accident.

 

And I am sure suggesting he should were a shirt is like suggesting to most bike riders they should were a helmet. 

 

7 minutes ago, Basil B said:

Rides a bike in Thailand probably without helmet, I think he is more at risk dying in a fatal road accident.

 

And I am sure suggesting he should were a shirt is like suggesting to most bike riders they should were a helmet. 

Spot on, no helmet. The other day he was even riding with a flat tyre. Dont think his elevator goes up to the top floor.

[KhunBENQ]

48 minutes ago, JHolmesJr said:

lol….is it tim sharky…if so, stay well away.

Sharky never rides any vehicle

Pedestrian only.

[Basil B]

35 minutes ago, sandgroper2 said:

 

Spot on, no helmet. The other day he was even riding with a flat tyre. Dont think his elevator goes up to the top floor.

 

Well I suppose a lot depends on if he is Thai, like with the helmet issue if he is Thai and you suggest he covers up you may get a polite response.

[JHolmesJr]

3 hours ago, KhunBENQ said:

Sharky never rides any vehicle

Pedestrian only.

 

What does tim shark ride?

 

Anyone who upsets him.

[chiang mai]

Probably better to advise him that riding a bike or driving a car, without a shirt on, is against the law in Thailand - odd but true.

[Guderian]

I carry a parasol with UV-proof lining when I go out for a walk in the sun. A while back some European guy in Jomtien told me I looked like a woman carrying the parasol. So I asked him if he thought that men were somehow immune to skin cancer so they didn't need to take any care to protect themselves from the tropical sun, or perhaps he thinks that a few nice scars where you've had carcinomas cut out is a sign of manhood and virility? Some people are just plain dim-witted.

[thaitero]

OP: If you care, you tell.

If you do not care, you do not tell. Simple as that.

[mcfish]

tape a note to his bike seat

[NickJ]

Sun tans look good on young fit bodies. I just don't see why fat, bloated older people think it makes them look better.

Once I tried trisoralan.sp? When I was in my twenties. The tan I got lasted two years. 

[sandgroper2]

20 hours ago, Basil B said:

 

Well I suppose a lot depends on if he is Thai, like with the helmet issue if he is Thai and you suggest he covers up you may get a polite response.

He spoke with a yorkshire accent.

[sandgroper2]

2 hours ago, Guderian said:

I carry a parasol with UV-proof lining when I go out for a walk in the sun. A while back some European guy in Jomtien told me I looked like a woman carrying the parasol. So I asked him if he thought that men were somehow immune to skin cancer so they didn't need to take any care to protect themselves from the tropical sun, or perhaps he thinks that a few nice scars where you've had carcinomas cut out is a sign of manhood and virility? Some people are just plain dim-witted.

Me thinks the reference to your sexuality has something to do with you calling an umbrella a parasol.

[petermik]

18 hours ago, JHolmesJr said:

 

What does tim shark ride?

 

Anyone who upsets him.

And the odd "lovelies" I see him with occasionally.......

[petermik]

2 hours ago, thaitero said:

OP: If you care, you tell.

If you do not care, you do not tell. Simple as that.

And if you do tell beware of the consequences

[thaibeachlovers]

22 hours ago, sandgroper2 said:

 

Spot on, no helmet. The other day he was even riding with a flat tyre. Dont think his elevator goes up to the top floor.

The other day he was even riding with a flat tyre. Dont think his elevator goes up to the top floor.

 

And just how would he get the bike to the shop to be fixed if he didn't ride it there? You think everyone carries puncture repair tools with them? .

 

Another vote for myob.

[thaitero]

25 minutes ago, petermik said:

And if you do tell beware of the consequences

yes I agree..

To advice this maby "mental case" OP has to be better person than average Joe..

[tomwct]

Even with a helmet you have a greater chance of being killed by a car than cancer! MYOB! I've lost two friends being killed by autos in Thailand in 2 years. One in Pattaya and one in Korat!

[emilymat]

When I first came to Thailand I remember being told it was an 'offence' to ride a m'bike without a shirt. It was something to do with disrespect for the King.

 

Just can't figure it out why guys do that. I suppose it's what we call 'posers' in the UK.

[Basil B]

On 8/20/2016 at 8:48 AM, sandgroper2 said:

 

Spot on, no helmet. The other day he was even riding with a flat tyre. Dont think his elevator goes up to the top floor.

 

Well I suppose a lot depends on if he is Thai, like with the helmet issue if he is Thai and you suggest he covers up you may get a polite response.

[Rimmer]

Off topic Yorkshire men jokes have been removed.

[n210mp]

3 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

The other day he was even riding with a flat tyre. Dont think his elevator goes up to the top floor.

 

And just how would he get the bike to the shop to be fixed if he didn't ride it there? You think everyone carries puncture repair tools with them? .

 

Another vote for myob.

 

Anyone with any  intelligence whilst biking around Pattaya  would carry a puncture outfit together with a spare tube

 

Anyone without a puncture outfit and having a puncture would  "normally" have the intelligence to get off the bike, walk  and not ruin both tube and tyre but then again the question  here is  having the  intelligence in the first place to prepare for the contingency

[The manic]

7 hours ago, Guderian said:

I carry a parasol with UV-proof lining when I go out for a walk in the sun. A while back some European guy in Jomtien told me I looked like a woman carrying the parasol. So I asked him if he thought that men were somehow immune to skin cancer so they didn't need to take any care to protect themselves from the tropical sun, or perhaps he thinks that a few nice scars where you've had carcinomas cut out is a sign of manhood and virility? Some people are just plain dim-witted.

why bother going out for a walk in the sun?