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#4993344 Phuket 'Spike Girl' Returns German Victim's Passport

Posted NamKangMan on 2012-01-20 20:08:35

View PostBeetlejuice, on 2012-01-20 19:31:41, said:

View PostNamKangMan, on 2012-01-20 18:37:05, said:

View PostBeetlejuice, on 2012-01-20 18:23:52, said:

View PostBrewsta, on 2012-01-20 17:33:36, said:

Greetings Beetlejuice,

Whilst all of your travel & social precautions are spot on, I am continually bemused over my decades in LOS and elsewhere, that so many visitors (and yes, shock horror, even the 'experienced' expat resident here in Thailand) need to be hand-held as to basic common-sense.

Despite countless media horror stories and reports like the experience of the German tourist on this occasion, a variation of the theme is constantly repeated annually worldwide .
Thailand is no better nor worse than many global destinations visited every year - but surprise, indignation, disbelief, preaching, etc, inevitably follows from those who post or comment on an incident.

Perhaps Common Sense 101 should be obligatory on school curricula worldwide?
Maybe not, because as famously said: "....there is (at least) One born every minute...."  and you can't force people to think Smart.

We are all victims of Fate, but why give it the upper hand by wearing a sign that reads "I am Dopey, please fleece me"?

Anyway, time for me to get off my Pulpit and (safely?) wander down the pub ;0))

Be safe & smart, One and All (if you so choose),

Brewsta

And greetings to you Brewsta. Wish I was going down the pub with you.

What you say; Perhaps Common Sense 101 should be obligatory on school curricula worldwide? Is so right. and of course you are right, Thailand is no better or worse than anywhere else when it comes to people. There are fools everywhere and those which will prey on them.

Or how about producing the idiots guide to life survival?

Anyway, please have a drink for me when you are out and try not to fall foul of any ladies of ill repute. But somehow I think you are a man of the world and know the score.

Cheers to ya, old sport.

Can either of you 100% guarantee that the next drink you consume has not been spiked????  No.  So what has drink spiking got to do with common sense?  Many of the sedatives used for spiking are tasteless and colourless.

Are you saying that drink spiking only occurs in beer bars?  Tell me, what makes you think that it could never happen to you?

It's a serious crime, not for the value of the proceeds stolen, but for the amount and type of drugs administered to the victim.  Who knows how many farang may had died from heart attacks etc due to this crime and it has just been writen off as death by natural causes.

As the word spreads around the island of how easy and lucrative this crime is, it will spread.  You can expect to see more and more cases of it in the future.

The chances of some girl spiking my drink so that she may have a wicked way with me are extremely slim. I`m just not that lucky. I`m not even getting any girls when I`m stone cold sober.

She doesn't want her "wicked way" with you.  She wants your money, phone, watch and jewelry.  It's not about you getting a girl.  It's about the girl targeting a victim.  Even if you are not drinking, your coke or lemonade can be spiked.


#4993192 Phuket 'Spike Girl' Returns German Victim's Passport

Posted NamKangMan on 2012-01-20 18:37:05

View PostBeetlejuice, on 2012-01-20 18:23:52, said:

View PostBrewsta, on 2012-01-20 17:33:36, said:

Greetings Beetlejuice,

Whilst all of your travel & social precautions are spot on, I am continually bemused over my decades in LOS and elsewhere, that so many visitors (and yes, shock horror, even the 'experienced' expat resident here in Thailand) need to be hand-held as to basic common-sense.

Despite countless media horror stories and reports like the experience of the German tourist on this occasion, a variation of the theme is constantly repeated annually worldwide .
Thailand is no better nor worse than many global destinations visited every year - but surprise, indignation, disbelief, preaching, etc, inevitably follows from those who post or comment on an incident.

Perhaps Common Sense 101 should be obligatory on school curricula worldwide?
Maybe not, because as famously said: "....there is (at least) One born every minute...."  and you can't force people to think Smart.

We are all victims of Fate, but why give it the upper hand by wearing a sign that reads "I am Dopey, please fleece me"?

Anyway, time for me to get off my Pulpit and (safely?) wander down the pub ;0))

Be safe & smart, One and All (if you so choose),

Brewsta

And greetings to you Brewsta. Wish I was going down the pub with you.

What you say; Perhaps Common Sense 101 should be obligatory on school curricula worldwide? Is so right. and of course you are right, Thailand is no better or worse than anywhere else when it comes to people. There are fools everywhere and those which will prey on them.

Or how about producing the idiots guide to life survival?

Anyway, please have a drink for me when you are out and try not to fall foul of any ladies of ill repute. But somehow I think you are a man of the world and know the score.

Cheers to ya, old sport.

Can either of you 100% guarantee that the next drink you consume has not been spiked????  No.  So what has drink spiking got to do with common sense?  Many of the sedatives used for spiking are tasteless and colourless.

Are you saying that drink spiking only occurs in beer bars?  Tell me, what makes you think that it could never happen to you?

It's a serious crime, not for the value of the proceeds stolen, but for the amount and type of drugs administered to the victim.  Who knows how many farang may had died from heart attacks etc due to this crime and it has just been writen off as death by natural causes.

As the word spreads around the island of how easy and lucrative this crime is, it will spread.  You can expect to see more and more cases of it in the future.


#4959143 The Cheapest Charlie

Posted lazygourmet on 2012-01-06 13:20:30

Cheap Charlie: Me, Myself and I... But only when traveling!
As a Solitaire PPS/Krisflyer member, I always make sure to arrive at the airport several hours before boarding.
Just to stuff myself at the lounge's buffet and washed it down with some bubbly. Posted Image


#3886563 Why Am I Having Such A Naff Time In The Place I Love?

Posted flowerman134 on 2010-09-16 14:26:28

I don't understand how you could abandon your children in the UK just so you could come to Thailand and try to nail a Korat girl.

Go home and take care of the family you have already created. Save your money and come to Thailand as sex tourist like all the other sods.


#3868597 Four Ways To Lose Your Property In Thailand

Posted mrdeedee on 2010-09-08 00:16:18

View Postslipperx, on 2010-09-07 23:36:47, said:

View Postgregb, on 2010-09-07 21:45:18, said:

Think long and hard. If that is what you want, and you don't think you will have a problem explaining this to your children, then hire a good attorney and go start the process with the police. Like it or not, she has committed a felony, and a serious one. The consequences will be just as serious and you need to be prepared for a court battle that will likely involve some very ugly times.

The last thing I want is to take her to court and see her in jail.  For all the bad things she has done and is doing I still love the girl but that cannot overrule the everything.  I have tried to reason with her and get paperwork from her but she seems to want to do the opposite even though it might result in sorting out at least one or two of the properties.  Yesterday I went to the restaurant to pay the staff from the week or so they worked last month and found a new set of gates bolted and a For Sale sign outside.  my wife had told me the amount owing and said the interest was all payable as a lump sum at the end together with the capital.  I asked the lender why they had locked up the restaurant and they said read the contract (all in Thai) which says interest is payable monthly.  My lawyer had told me also it was all rolled up at the end and included in the sum on the contract.  I told them I didn't want to fight but was quite prepared to if reasonableness didn't prevail and that they had better have a good hard look at their contract since the interest charged was illegally high and they had signed for the amount paid - not only that but that the contract in its form only provided for repayment of the principal without interest.  I them asked if they wanted to be more accommodating and they decided they would be.  I will pay what was agreed because that is the way I am and in any case the less enemies you make here the better.So I have a little more time on the restaurant.

My 'wife' rang me this evening. I explained calmly that she must tell me the whole truth on what is owed when and what interest is due and when on all these loans so I can try to mitigate the position for both of us - I used simple words but her response was to let me hear the baby say daddy daddy daddy and then turn off the phone.  Sound familiar?  Childish and stupidly self-destructive.

It seems despite all my efforts she just wants to obstruct everything I am doing to help the position - I cannot imagine why.  I was a good husband - at least for the last 6 years - she has been half way around the world and had a good easy life never working.  What would make a person behave like that I have no idea.  She obviously doesn't care two hoots about anything including herself.  Doesn't leave me with many other option THAN to take her to court really - however much I don;t want to.

ooh ooh.


you starting to play the blame game.


most of us think it was you who deserves the  majority of the blame sir.



you mentioned she wasnt a bg,   what was she if she had such an ez life and neber worked?now im thinking theres a whole lot more you not tellin us.     whenever the story is so one sided things start not too make much sense.


#3862798 What'S Your Opinion On The Reputation Feature?

Posted Thakkar on 2010-09-05 14:37:07

I am completely obsessed by this new feature and check my points constantly. I once pathetically begged for a greenie, but now that I'm in the 'excellent' category, am too proud to stoop to begging.

From the outset I've mostly been respectful of other posters, sparing, allusive and fair in my criticisms, thoughtful in what I post, minded my spelling, punctuation and formating and gone to great pains to avoid using those awful emoticons.  As such, point system or not, how do I improve on posting perfection? It's not fair!

Also, I've noticed that certain emotional topics, like the perennial red/yellow slugfests can be gold mines of greenies, once you've sussed out the audience and post appropriately. I've been tempted to go digging there, but decided it would be just too easy. Where's the sport in shooting fish in a barrel (or roping a 'girlfriend' at a go-go bar)?

Then there are those that get points just for showing up. While mothers are a legitimate voting bloc, here on TV, as a practical matter, they are a bloc of one for one. Whatever happened to 'tough love'? As my mom is not computer savvy, it's not fair!

Honest greenie whores with no helpful mothers or friends are left with little option but to spend hours honing their submissions, gauging member sentiment, and studying up on the most opportune times to post. It's exhausting and it's not fair!

What I'd like to see is a hair-pullingly complicated system where there are check boxes of (-)5 to (+)5 points on a whole host of subjective and objective criteria like spelling, punctuation, wit, grammar, relevancy, pathos, helpfulness, etc and where the weight given to each mark depends on the reputation level of the giver, which in turn varies from category to category. For example, those with high marks for wit should be given greater weight when judging the wit of others. If it makes everyone as nuts as I already am, well, then that would be fair.


#3843979 Phuket Murder Suspect Lee Aldhouse Arrested At UK Airport

Posted ajarnpot on 2010-08-27 22:02:23

View PostAlexpho, on 2010-08-27 21:08:11, said:

Either way, The United States government will crank up the heat to either Thailand or the UK so justice will prevail. At least we are not dealing with another country that America has no pull over. It will be done. I rather see him get drop off to where this Marine's ex unit  might be fighting now, either Iraq or Afghanistan. He can have all the knives he wants.

the butt kissing blair has left the building i believe. I would certainly hope us has no pull over the uk. colonies getting above themselves methinks


#3843198 Phuket Murder Suspect Lee Aldhouse Arrested At UK Airport

Posted jamesie on 2010-08-27 16:19:53

View Postdamian5000, on 2010-08-27 16:12:53, said:

View Postdraftvader, on 2010-08-27 15:12:32, said:

My understanding, as a British citizen, is that my country doesn't extradite her citizens in cases where the death penalty could be applied.  This is because we believe it to be barbaric and it must be said that, at present, it looks like our decision is right with our murder rate per capita standing being 46, whilst Thailand is at 14 and the US is at 24.  But I digress.


So in England the punishment is less severe for murder, and that's the reason there's less cases of murder?  

Umm...  There's many a slip between a cup and a lip.  That theory is so full of holes...I'll just digress.


Umm...England 46   Thailand 14  how does that make england have less?  I"ll just digress myself...Do you not understand sarcasm by the way?


#3718756 How Much You Spend Each Month?

Posted falkan on 2010-06-29 19:19:29

After've  read the thread "Your Opinion Of Phuket" so I was curious how much  you guys spend every month, it seems to vary greatly between all fifteen thousand  to several hundred thousand each month
also  please tell me which part of Phuket you are living in.

So how much you are spending each month on  the following

Rent for apartment/house with electricity and water
Food,
Visa/visa- run
Insurance
Car/bike - purchased  or rented
Petrol for car/bike
Nightlife
Telephone
Internet
Phone
what ever if it was something I forgot..


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