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Wiggy, on 2012-04-17 15:30:10, said:

Its a Bit like Moving next to a Golf Course and complaining because you GET smacked with a Ball .

Yes , there is a huge element of Danger on the roads no doubt ..But you knew that when you came here , you must be escaping from something or you wouldn't live here ..there must be something drawing you to Thailand ??

You cant just move in ..say Great ..Ive been here for 15 years ..Now this is wrong ..that is wrong ..They have to change etc etc etc etc

" They " dont have to do anything , and Yep , its a dangerous , unregulated place in many respects . But many of us dont WANT it to be the UK , USA .. or anywhere else ..we came to get away from that . The answer is obvious ...

Everything Cannot be perfect .. This is NOT Europe .. and thank Buddah for that !

Markland, on 2012-04-16 14:25:04, said:

If you spend " 2-10 thousand baht on a good night out" you are probably a tourist. I generally spend less than 1,000 baht on a night out, and spending an additional 500 baht going in and coming back is rediculous when you think of the official taxi (proper, air-conditioned sedans)  prices in Bangkok. If you suddenly want to start enforcing the DD laws here then enforce the taxi laws as well while you're at it.

My house was also bombed a year ago although nobody was injured so the fact didn't make the news. It was done with a few round firework "bombs" thrown over the fence at a vacant lot opposite the house. The windows shook and the whole area caught fire. All neighbors come out to dose it with buckets of water. Of course there was nobody to be seen after these blasts as the culprits left quickly through the adjoining property. I believe this was done by local mafia boys who intended to scare me and "make me understand" who I was dealing with at that time. Welcome to foreigner heaven of Koh Samui! I only write this to report how things really are here.

toenail, on 2012-02-18 08:32:04, said:

I lived in Pattaya for several year's. Thank Buddha now out of the to my mind a rat hole. And this sort of thing has been going on for decade's. As other poster's have pointed out in the past the city father's are a load of brain dead's, always have been always will be. The place is falling apart at the seam's.
Beach what's left of it is just a rubbish dump, Filth plastic broken bottles every ware. The main problem as I see it is that peep's still come and while that is the case nothing will ever be sorted.
May I suggest that everyone that call's the place home just live with it and enjoy the best as you can as it's never going to get any better. Sorry if I ruffled any feather's it's just my point of view. Now you can go out a get a lung full of Diesel fume's.

Dorkers, on 2012-01-22 11:00:26, said:

I gave up playing golf because of all the crap.

Much higher fees than the Thais pay, the utterly useless but forced upon me caddies, the massively long rounds and all the cheating. I am not interested in spending 5 to 6 hours on a golf course for a single round.

Nope, bugger it, golf in Thailand is not for me.

You go into a bar geared towards the farang and the first thing that happens is an unattractive woman attempts to converse with you in order to size you up as a potential mark asking you a series of questions in order to gauge your naivety and desperation. And you are supposed to be paying for this experience? You would have to pay me to sit in one of these bars, yet somehow it is the thriving lifeblood of Thailand's tourist industry?

I hereby enter myself in a contest of my own imagination.
Who will be the very first member to get to the exalted level of 1000 red reputation marks!?!
Of course, I am betting on myself, but other worthy challengers are most welcome to join in the race.
To make this prize, you will need as many "friends" ironic and otherwise to give you as many of their TWO allotted daily reds as possible.
This is a MUCH MORE DIFFICULT challenge than getting 1000 greens. That's for pussies.
People are allotted the power to give many, many greens everyday. But only a mere TWO reds.
So this is really a grand challenge.

I also do wonder what the reputation text will read at the 1000 red mark.
I am hoping to be the first to get there, and if it is configurable as I suspect it is, I suggest SATAN.

If they want to clear out the rubbish, introduce a 1 month amnesty after that anyone who overstays should be fair game.

samran, on 2010-09-24 07:17:16, said:

A welcome move, indeed.

no this is going to scare a lot of people. they vshould at least give a bit of grace like not start for a month so overstayers can leave

Oh finally a good news! i was so concerned about going out at night time (but even during the day for that matter), knowing that i might eventually came across one of the very feared "overstayers" , i can cope with almost any sort of issues or dangers, but having to deal with a man/woman which is not a "quality tourist" is already bad enough, leave alone someone which break this vital law! is just too much, nevermind the killers, scammers, abusers,cheaters,thiefs around us, the constant chronic break of safety standards and human rights, etc.., go and get the overstayers that's the real crime in this country, the main priority for the resolution of all major problems affecting the country for sure,  thank you amazing Thailand!

cardholder, on 2010-09-01 06:51:21, said:

I am sorry to have to refute your incorrect post but it seems you are unaware that November is the rainiest month of the year for  Samui, Phangan etc. The rainy season down south doesn't actually start until October with November being the peak month.

that video is fuc_king hilarious..

I am in possession of Solason Solar Panel Heating system, it is a good system and rarely goes wrong until the other day. I have had the system nearly 8 years and the only previous problem was the pump staying on even when hot water turned off. The problem then was a sensor on the roof, I think I have same problem so am trying to get hold of the company maintenance team. My problem is that a couple of months I accidentally flushed my old phone down the toilet and it had all my numbers on it. As much as I have built up most of my phone book again I don't have a number for Solason that is valid. I phoned the number on the guarantee but does not get answered.

Reason for topic to find out if anybody else out there has Solason and if so do you have their maintenance team phone contact. I believe they are based out of Bangkok but I was told they come to Pattaya once a week to answer calls for customers problems. Would appreciate any contact details.

At worst I could call another company who have a similar system and I am sure they may be able to assist me with my problem but want to try to get hold of Solason first. Thanks in advance guys....