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Mike45

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#5097690 Swedish Rally Legend Anders Kulläng Drowns In Thailand

Posted RichardinBKK on 2012-02-29 18:20:28

moe666, on 2012-02-29 14:08:51, said:

Unkomoncents, on 2012-02-29 13:15:13, said:

Another shady-a*s death. I can't wait to finish my term here (July). Hopefully I'll survive.

Why the rush I have been coming to Thailand since 1970 and never felt unsafe. Maybe you should reconsider your activities they could be unsafe.

That is a wise statement.  You can find trouble anywhere, if you try.  If you go to any major capital in the world, drink until you are stumbling down an alley at 3:00 AM, spend the wee hours chasing whores, buying drugs, and pissing off the locals...you are going to get your ass kicked...or worse, sooner or later. Why people expect a different outcome in Bangkok is beyond me.
Happily, i am what they call a "Family Man"  I am busy supporting my family, probably drink less in a year than some folks drink in a weekend, and do not think dying from and STD, or passing one to my wife...is worth a few hours with a prostitute.
Yes, I know I am "square."  But in my years here, I have had taxi drivers turn around and find me to return my forgotten backpack, had a woman who probably never had 5,000 baht all in one place return that sum to me when I dropped it getting my phone out of my pocket, and had several experiences giving a 50 instead of a 20 quickly pointed out and corrected.
Why? Not sure really.  Perhaps because treat Thais with respect, dress neatly and try to remember I am a guest, and need to act like one.
That does not mean I do not enjoy a good fight, and I know if I were dealing with some drunk, disrespectful "a hole" who came to my town with the idea of screwing my sister...it might get unpleasant quickly for them.

#4985474 Purchasing An Investment Condo In Bangkok

Posted beachyman on 2012-01-17 11:55:33

Darrel, on 2012-01-17 11:47:49, said:

It would be daft to sell to a Thai person a farang-name unit in a building that is popular with farangs (but there are plenty of idiots around who do it). At the very least a farang vendor selling to a Thai (or a company) should buy some cheap company name unit in the same building and transfer it to his own name on the same day as the other deal goes through, thus retaining the financial advantage of owning in the farang quota.

That is true. I have not really thought about the intricacies as I will likely not be looking to sell for another 4-5 years.

#4957793 Beer And Olives

Posted longstebe on 2012-01-05 21:58:27

Only tried A bottle of the dark beer Lao. Was on on the scooter at the time with the wifey and 2 crates of regular beer Lao. That sounds bad, I mean I had the bottle in a bag just to try when I got home.
Oooooooo I have a special 6 assorted pack of Hertog Jan when I get back to the Netherlands. May wait till Liverpool secure a top 4 finish before cracking that open