473geo

I am rather disturbed today, and have been thinking about this most of the morning instead of concentrating on work.  

During my commute this morning, I hit my first u-turn as usual.  This is a fairly high speed u-turn going under a bridge.  There are three lanes.  Two are adjacent with one going each way.  There is a raised median, then another single lane which is one way.  The exit off the main road is about 300 meters from the actual u, so cars get up a good bit of speed going, especially in the single, one-way lane.

I was in the one-way lane when I saw an old beat-up  bike in the road, so I shifted a bit not to hit it.  As I passed it, I realized that there was an unmoving man underneath.  I could not stop due to cars coming in back of me and there being no room to back up with those cars, so I went to the next u-turn and doubled back, which took a bit of time.  But the man was still there, so I stopped my car and blocked him from on-coming traffic.

The man was very still, and I thought he was dead.  But he had a pulse, even if he was unresponsive.  A motorcycle messenger driving on the other lanes over the median saw me and stopped, first asking me if I hit him.  I told him no, so he got on the phone.  Once the two of us were standing there, others took notice.

They guy was skinny man, filthy, with no shirt nor shoes on.  He had two thumbs on his left hand, and one was very obviously broken.  With us standing over him, he opened his eyes.  One pupil was pointed up somewhat, and the other had almost disappeared in the inside corner is his eye.  He would not respond at first, but then he seemed to get a hold of himself and told the other guy that he had crashed sometime during the the night.  I didn't catch if he just crashed or if a car had hit him.

The guy needed helped, so I told him, through the other guy, that I would take him to the hospital, but he refused, and got up before I could stop him (afraid of brain damage, I didn't think he should move.)  He thanked us, then got on his bike and rode off unsteadily.

I could smell no alcohol on him, so I don't think this was a drunk falling down and passing out.  I think he either fell or was hit and was unconscious.

What bothered me was that probably a thousand cars swerved to miss him (I am amazed that none ran over him), but no one stopped to help.  He obviously was in trouble.

And I wondered at this man's life.  Filthy, no short nor shoes, two thumbs on his hand.  His eyes probably were like that before, but these are things which regularly addressed within the medical system back in the west, even for the poor.  Regardless, one of his thumbs was badly broken, but he didn't seem to feel he should get medical care.

I have been bothered thinking about this throw-away man.  I come to work in a big factory.  Our employees are not rich, by any stretch of the imagination, but they live well,  I live in a nice complex, and everyone there lives well.  But this man does not.  And when in trouble, he is treated no different than a soi dog who gets hit by a car and left to rot at the side of the road.

He is gone now, but I wish I could track him down and see just how he lives, and how can his life be made better.

What? No pages upon pages of speculation about numbers attending? For the record according to the other paper about 3000 were there. Not sure how many were expected.................

I'm getting very tired of people who keep coming into positive threads to moan and whine, or take pot shots at others. If you want to be miserable, log off and be miserable by yourself, and let those who want to enjoy their time here do so.

Good idea.

Knock it off, you two.

Just agree to ignore each others posts and don't make any snide comments that would encourage the other party to respond.

Sorted.

"I have in my hand a piece of paper.....peace in our time'?

BigJohnnyBKK, on 2012-05-20 17:08:00, said:

I always though marriage meant I was going to get regular sex, mainstream appears to involve deception as far as I can see.

TommoPhysicist, on 2012-05-18 18:49:37, said:

Bollocks! My wife and I have a sense of humour...Falang Neeyap is an oft used expression...

ayayay, on 2012-05-16 22:32:06, said:

Farang only retain a name within close familial circles.
Outside of this order, they'll always remain to be Farang/Foreigner - one and the same.

Those whom have long had a politically induced problem with the term and the address of "Farang" usually don't have a clue.

I don't think that most of those who are critical of Yingluck on this thread are really interested in this debate, rather they are hoping that the Prime Minister can be humiliated in some way, at least in their eyes, and are frustrated that she does not not offer herself up for said humiliation!

You seem to be involved in the common confusion that TV is some sort of democracy. You're wrong

Buchholz, on 2012-03-30 13:27:34, said:

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I notice that the usual negative lot are still winging about the PM, her English, her incompetence, her alleged dealings with her brother Thaksin etc etc etc.

NOT so the King as he is that impressed with what she has accomplished to date,

His Majesty the King has bestowed the Knight Grand Cordon (Special Class) of the Most Noble Order of the Crown of Thailand on Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra.

My wife saw this on the news. So a lot of armchair critics will be sucking lemons now.

bendix, on 2012-02-27 11:07:27, said:

You mean instead of the 2 posts that were cr4p !

Classic evidence of post count versus quality !

martijn12345, on 2012-01-08 14:23:34, said:

I don't believe that you don't have a car unless you show us a picture.  Either show us a picture of an empty parking space, or a picture of someone else's car.

I think some people just sign up to the forum to brag... thinking we'll believe any old nonsense.

SC

transam, on 2010-10-03 10:27:50, said:

i dont think its a ferang label ,probably more a thai label ,thais judge class by this method ,i met a high so thai last week although he was a nice bloke within 15 minutes he had told me how much his house with swimming pool was worth, how much his bussiness makes ,how many tvs his house has and what sizes they were (8),how he flies all over the world,how he has 2 iphones and 3 ipads god i thought this guys more materialistic than ferang in ferangland.
to me everyone is equal no matter what money they have or what colour they are and given the choice i would rather be around the more down to earth thais than the rich materialistic type.

473geo, on 2010-09-25 23:57:13, said:

You don't get satire, do you? My agenda, to get 1000 red marks. 55555