10 minutes ago, ratcatcher said:

5000 baht a month for one air-con unit................and what else? Or are you OK with being ripped off?

 Something wrong IMHO, no location mentioned.

That is what I pay sorry should have said brother in law is a lazy sod never works and watches football and children's programs on tv from 6am till god knows when

 

But its between cheapest 3547 (we where away) to 5223 over 6 months more top end

 

Its called Thai and farang price

 

I will make the wife work overtime on return home to support her family like I had to, but I will keep the money

6 hours ago, vogie said:

Yes and maybe he was just going ohm?

All rather con'fuse'ing 

He found the experience enlightening.

1 hour ago, dbrenn said:

All rather con'fuse'ing 

Sorry, my resistence was low.

8 minutes ago, vogie said:

Sorry, my resistence was low.

Not a very bright spark when it comes to current affairs 

hmmm.....hear about the story about the thai electrician?

15 hours ago, dbrenn said:

Ohm my God - Watt a sad story. Maybe it wasn't his volt. 

Shocking indeed! The current state of society fuses desperation with the question "Wire we here"?

The man who failed to earth.A  David Bowie movie i believe.

3 minutes ago, Khon Kaen Dave said:

The man who failed to earth.A  David Bowie movie i believe.

Right. People turn to crime when they don't have a property grounded upbringing that insulates them from the evils of the world.

We all laugh,and talk about Thai stupidity.We make humorous remarks and say 'som nom na.'  I admit that i can be one of the worst for this.But when i look further into it,this guy died through ignorance and a lack of education regarding the power that is electricity.He must have been desperate to climb a pole and cut wires that he ,obviously did not understand the consequences of ,if he made a mistake.I am not making a case for the introduction of education for thieves,but i wonder if he had a wife and kids somewhere.There seems to be so many of these criminals that are candidates for the Darwinism Award.The act that this guy performed to get money,proves what lengths he was prepared to go to,whether for drugs,booze or whatever.It goes a long way to prove that until people are made to be aware of the consequences of messing about with dangers such as these,The country will remain in the 3rd world bracket.

17 hours ago, thai3 said:

You are a funny lot, if it was a foreigner, especially some daft celebrity, it would be all RIP's and condolences to the family. Only an unknown Thai I suppose. 

 

He was known. A known pain the the butt who  caused  significant damage, put people's lives in danger, was a nuisance and thought only of himself.

And you are right,but it was his ignorance,lack of education and desperation for some sort of opiate,booze or other need,that made him that way.

18 hours ago, thai3 said:

You are a funny lot, if it was a foreigner, especially some daft celebrity, it would be all RIP's and condolences to the family. Only an unknown Thai I suppose. 

 

You've obviously never been the victim of this crime yourself, I have had my main supply-wires cut & stolen during-the-night to sell for scrap, it cost several thousand Baht to repair the damage & replace the contents of our fridge-freezers.

 

So no, I have little sympathy for the thief, som nam na !

 

But I do have some sympathy for his family, not their fault he was an incompetent thief, but they do now have to live with the consequences.

And the last word he heard was dzzzzzzzztt!

20 hours ago, Basil B said:

Not exactly the brightest of sparks...

 

At one point he might have been.

?

Sorry.

20 hours ago, ratcatcher said:

"...manage d to pull a blanket over himself..."

Where did the blanket come from? Supplied by the police and medics,

 

"The body was covered in black burns ..............."

Caused by the high voltage .

 

 

 

 

Sigh. It was murder clearly. You are deluded.

Probably wired on yabba.

1 hour ago, HooHaa said:

 

 

Sigh. It was murder clearly. You are deluded.

Why do you think ratcatcher is deluded?  I see nothing in the original post that could indicate likely murder. Accidental death while stealing wire seems an obvious conclusion.  The. authorities covered his body with a blanket.

Edited January 14, 20179 yr by The Deerhunter
clarify

On ‎13‎/‎01‎/‎2017 at 4:13 PM, dbrenn said:

Ohm my God - Watt a sad story. Maybe it wasn't his volt. 

Had he been a little more positive and grounded it would not have been such  a electrifying experience. 

Edited January 14, 20179 yr by Artisi

22 hours ago, wakeupplease said:

Na you are all wrong he was doing a free electric connection for a local as power is so expensive these days 5000B a month we pay for 1 air con unit, easy to avoid the meter here but take my advice don't try it electric here is lethal as pic shows

 

not a nice way to go as you know all about it for a few seconds

 

21 hours ago, ratcatcher said:

5000 baht a month for one air-con unit................and what else? Or are you OK with being ripped off?

 Something wrong IMHO, no location mentioned.

maybe he needs to review his handle of wakeupplease .

21 hours ago, wakeupplease said:

That is what I pay sorry should have said brother in law is a lazy sod never works and watches football and children's programs on tv from 6am till god knows when

 

But its between cheapest 3547 (we where away) to 5223 over 6 months more top end

 

Its called Thai and farang price

 

I will make the wife work overtime on return home to support her family like I had to, but I will keep the money

and just who is manipulating prices?

On 1/14/2017 at 8:13 PM, The Deerhunter said:

Why do you think ratcatcher is deluded?  I see nothing in the original post that could indicate likely murder. Accidental death while stealing wire seems an obvious conclusion.  The. authorities covered his body with a blanket.

 

Just read the original post and look in the picture.

 

If he had been electrocuted, there is no way he would have ended up covered in a blanket.

 

People here can be so slow sometimes.

Edited January 15, 20179 yr by HooHaa

1 hour ago, HooHaa said:

 

Just read the original post and look in the picture.

 

If he had been electrocuted, there is no way he would have ended up covered in a blanket.

 

People here can be so slow sometimes.

 

I agree, the blanket has clearly been laid over the body, by the attending emergency-services.

Edited January 15, 20179 yr by Ricardo

On January 13, 2017 at 0:35 PM, Toknarok said:

      Perhaps the poor bloke was trying to cut the power to the mosque whose 5am call to prayer was driving him nuts!

And maybe he was trying to get the wire to sell to feed his family. Sad

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19 hours ago, Ricardo said:

 

I agree, the blanket has clearly been laid over the body, by the attending emergency-services.

As is normal procedure by attending emergency service people  - although some people aren't aware of this normal procedure.