TunnelRat69

dantilley, on 2012-05-04 11:09:58, said:

The HSBC ATM's in Vietnam do the same thing, only there is a time limit - this is before you get your money, if you don't make the time limit to answer this question, you don't get your money or your card back ...........  I had this happen, only to find the HSBC people in Saigon claim they don't have this in their ATM's  -  so I waited by the ATM all afternoon warning people about using it, finally, a guy shows up with a key and a money bag - I confronted him wanting my card back and the money (I had the slip)  Only after hailing the tourist police did he allow me to get my card back, inside there were about thirty credit cards  -  the police put tape over the whole machine and two more in the bank doorway to investigate..........anyone else see this with HSBC ATM's??? first time I have ever used one and will not use one again............

SPIKECM, on 2012-04-16 14:48:58, said:

In Pattaya, the bar I was in asked the customers to help hire guards to keep the revelers from coming in and throwing water on us - we enjoyed 3 lovely afternoons, got wet, but not assaulted - for nothing more than 4,000 baht for 4 guards who were very effective in keeping the rid rat outside, of course we joined in on the revelry, but were able to disconnect and go into a dry bar............fun was had by all........and Yes I agree with this poster,  "I would't change a thing"   Its only a couple hundred that screw it up for twenty thousand............

I am sorry I will miss it this year, I don't arrive until the 18th  -  even though my wife was assaulted by two Katooey's  on Sukumvitt near Soi 7 - I was in front of her and heard her yelling - she is a short stout Vietnamese, with some terribly quick feet and hands, she kicked and punched, pulled hair, scratched and by the time I got there  a katooey was down with a bloody face and two stall ladies standing on him, the other one no where to be found.  The reason???  They wanted to rub 'Bang' in her face and made the mistake of grabbing her to do it.  Hell, I wouldn't grab her for any reason, local deaf stall attendants  helped her chase them away, but by then the damage was done - it took me six hours to calm her down, all we were doing was what     W11GUY     said, enjoying the water festival, walking around getting wet.......assholes ruined it for her, she would't leave the hotel after that - I am just glad they weren't carrying a knife or a gun.............say what you want about the Deaf stall attendants, yeah they are hawkers, but thats their life, and puts their street, they helped  - we always visit them when we are in town and the story is told over & over (with hand signals)  and No, she is not a martial artist, she was just one pissed off lady.    

crazykopite, on 2012-01-23 12:22:01, said:

Wait till the lifers find out he tortured a young Thai girl - no amount of religious passion will save this prick from a very long and painful retribution, at least it is hoped that  will be the case, long and painful.    

Roj, on 2012-01-21 16:11:57, said:

Well said Roj - back in the late sixties, early seventies we had a 'orientation booklet' showing an obvious american pointing at a group of poor Isan villagers commenting "Look at these people, they don't care f they live or die"  With an SF Soldier telling them "Yeah, go over there and try to kill one of them"   says it all...........{:>)