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#5314221 A Mighty Storm Hit Mabprachan Lake Last Night.

Posted timekeeper on 2012-05-19 17:22:35

View Postprefabs, on 2012-05-19 15:12:51, said:

View PostMobi, on 2012-05-19 11:58:43, said:


View Postlondoedan, on 2012-05-17 19:33:34, said:

View PostMobi, on 2012-05-17 15:44:44, said:

It never ceases to amaze me that even the most innocuous  of comments is ceased upon those who seem to harbour deep resentments against other posters and will seize up on any conceivable opportunity to have a pop at them.



Couldn't be further from the truth.


sorry, do not agree
mobi's right, there are many cyber stalkers on this forum with a grudge to settle
you know who you are........

There are 'ways' and 'ways' of disagreeing with someone without turning it into a personal attack or making snide remarks, however 'innocent' they may appear to be to the poster.

I made a light hearted comment about the time taken to fix power outages in Pattaya as compared to the UK and I was immediately attacked by two members, who disagreed with me.

My comment was obviously  not intended to be taken too seriously, so a riposte in a similar vein would have been fine.  

Or if anyone feels particlarly strongly that what I have written is particularly misleading, then do as one poster chose to do, write a polite and informative post, pointing out where I may have my facts wrong or that I do not have a proper appreciation of two very different situations.

Such a post was made by Smedly in post no. 28, which stuck to the facts and was polite, sensible and informative. And he effectively put me in my place without having to resort to getting personal.

Why can't everyone who disagrees with  a post, reply like Smedly did without turning everything into a personal attack and so avoid the constant ill- feeling that pervades so many forum discussions.

And BTW, prefabs, I would be most delighted if you could kindly point out where I made a 'heartfelt apology'.

I may be getting old, my eyes may be getting dim and I may have trouble seeing when I forget to bring my specs with me, but I still like to think I can remember whenever I say 'sorry' someone to  who has had  a go at me.Posted Image

Peace to everyone....

As I said before, it's like trying to argue with a woman. Your defence of "light hearted comments" is for you and you only? No one else is allowed to make comments which are light hearted? Gimme a break, you got an  unhealthy dose of paranoia or what. Timekeeper in post #43 was taking the mickey and you decided to get back on your high horse??? Lord Save us from the Sot


prefabs, i was not taking the mickey
i have had a number of cyber stalkers on this forum who jumped in and try to create a problem at any opportunity because i had bested them in the past on other issues
some are now banned because of their behavior, although some are still following me around waiting to pounce
so please do not put a different spin on my words than i intended just to support your dispute with Mobi

to clarify, i support Mobi in his claim when he says :
'' It never ceases to amaze me that even the most innocuous  of comments is seized upon those who seem to harbor deep resentments against other posters and will seize up on any conceivable opportunity to have a pop at them''.


#5306324 A Mighty Storm Hit Mabprachan Lake Last Night.

Posted smedly on 2012-05-16 21:50:42

power cuts in the UK and prob the USA are vastly more complex than those we experience here in Thailand, firstly most of the outages here are very local i.e. in city streets were access to the problem is relatively simple - it is also worth noting that supply interuptions in Thailand are more frequent because of the infrastructure, if all the power cables were routed underground as they are in the UK then most of the outages here wouldn't even happen, in the UK outages are caused by vastly different reasons to those in Thailand - fallen trees, snow, severe wind etc, the local distribution in the cities is underground and therefore suffers very few outages - but when you have an outage in the UK it is of a very different nature, usually in a remote location and requires very specialised equipment to repair including trucks and helicopters - on top of that the pylons in these remote areas are carrying much much higer voltages and are more difficult to deal with - add to that exteme weather involving heavy snow and freezing conditions then - yes outages can sometimes take days to repair.

So yes in general Thais can have an outage fixed very quickly which is very credible and efficient but in all honesty if the power distribution was underground 90% of these outages wouldn't happen and is in general a very different type of outage from those (rarely) experienced in the UK


#5252290 Wild Aggressive Dogs

Posted emilyb on 2012-04-26 18:50:32

Oh yeah, that's another one - good call.  Spitting water on them often freaks them out long enough to get by without incident.  I use that pretty often too.


#5182664 Racism Against Farangs

Posted samran on 2012-04-01 14:49:14

View Postaneliane, on 2012-04-01 08:26:00, said:

View Postnocturn, on 2012-04-01 04:01:34, said:

View Postaneliane, on 2012-03-29 07:34:51, said:

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I don't need compassion, I need honnesty.
Ok it is obviously impossible to adress this issue here and every answer is unfortunately questioning me.
It is a shame that you cannot deal with a dent in your paradise pretty pic,
My personal situation has nothing to do with the establish racism in this country, and as I said previously I met other foreigners who admit they experienced it. Amongs them, a british journalist for the financial times, an italian manager at UNO, a korean painter, a head teacher in an international school.
I actually read here also on Thaivisa some posts about the institutionalization of racism in Thailand.
I realize it is a taboo question for most of you I think are in denial.
I love Thailand, but I am able to look at this country and see its failures.
I wish I could have found some people who share the same views, here but I think I gave too much info about me which gave arguments to people in denial.
Oh well, live and learn !
Best wishes!

luv, you already have validation, so why seek it here?
I have validation that it exists yes
Now I would like to know how to deal with it.(see post title)
Racism against me is a fairly new experience for me

This thread is a dog chasing its tail.

The nursery rhyme 'there's a hole in my bucket' comes to mind, and my dear OP, you are back to the last /first line of the song.


#5141702 UK pensions

Posted bendix on 2012-03-17 14:57:50

View Posttransam, on 2012-03-17 14:17:33, said:



Nooooooooo, please answer my question.

The EU panel WAS a jury, given the facts and the outcome was roughly 40% too 60%. In any court of law it would have been thrown out, so what's your personal opinion. Forget about who signed what, your opinion. ?

Sorry, transam.  You are completely wrong.  The ECJ is NOT a jury.  It is, in many ways, very similar to the US Supreme Court.  It comprises over 20 appointed judges from around the EU who can either sit as a large group - 13 judges - or in smaller sessions.

As such it is a panel or council, not a jury.  It listens to arguments and deliberates.  The majority rules, in exactly the same was as other similar entities like the US Supreme Court does.

Those protocols were agreed by all EU members.

So you asking me if I think jury's should be majority or unanimous is completely irrelevant in this instance.  Juries, are - be definition - a group of your peers.  The ECJ, Supreme Court etc etc are panels of legal experts.


#5139753 UK pensions

Posted Daffy D on 2012-03-16 19:16:42

As already stated this subject has been done to death, there are no votes to be gained by any MP in continuing to flog this dead horse.

A more realistic solution would be for the UK government to get the country out of the double recession and strengthen the pound so the exchange rate goes back to what it was some years ago. Your pension would practically double overnight.

Or arrange for the Asian economy to collapse again.

Win - Win   Posted Image


#5049002 New Property Law?

Posted BigJohnnyBKK on 2012-02-12 13:49:19

View PostNip, on 2012-02-12 12:06:24, said:

Thank you for responding. All the comments confirmed my understanding of the situation but I will add that I have seen a document very recently written by an honorary consul that states quite clearly that the 30 year lease is considered by the Thai authorities to be a circumvention of Thai law and that if it is challenged in court it will not stand up!  And that their view is sum num na!

A genuine 30-year lease is just a lease and is no problem. At the end of 30 years the owner has the right to re-occupy the property and any immovable improvements revert to their ownership.

As long as that's clear to the "buyer" there's no problem. The problem comes when the "buyer" is led to believe "don't worry you'll be able to renew for another 30 years" as that's the part that's completely unenforceable and should IMO raise a red flag leading to the authorities involved warning the "buyer" of possible fraud. But since the officials are usually on the side of the Thai party to the deal, not any abstract notion of justice, this usually doesn't happen.

If you're happy to pre-pay up-front in exchange for the security and stability of being (most likely) able to occupy the property for 30 years, that's fine, just know that's all you're getting. And of course in the end the contract won't be enforceable if anyone in a position of power wants to screw you over they can.

Issues of liability, transferability, possiblity of sub-leasing etc should of course be carefully reviewed by a qualified attorney who was referred to you by a trusted westerner - not anyone associated with a Thai and especially NOT the seller, agent or anyone connected to local officials or the police and ESPECIALLY not via your girlfriend/wife's family - to be safe any Thais.


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