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  1. Hey Guys, does anyone know how much a container is to purchase in thailand?

    Where do you get them from, i can only assume BKK/

    Any indications on cost to send to send to Udon Thani Province?

    Seriously been researching this and want to build a habitable dwelling up on the farm....

    Cheers...

    80,000 - 120,000baht depending on size and condition. Google for companies!

    Thanks for that casualbiker, i have sussed out a few places, cheers mate. :)

  2. Hey Guys, does anyone know how much a container is to purchase in thailand?

    Where do you get them from, i can only assume BKK/

    Any indications on cost to send to send to Udon Thani Province?

    Seriously been researching this and want to build a habitable dwelling up on the farm....

    Cheers...

  3. The ONLY thing that's kept me here in 4 years is work, the missus and some financial ties... urghhhh... i love the beaches, especially now since the sun-beds have gone, i'd rather be up North at the farm TBO... PATONG, is a cesspit, especially Bangla Rd, I prefer Kata along the west coast, but I do like it up in the mountain where we are away from everything.... ;)

    As others have said, you really have to live here longer to give a, accurate appraisal of the place and i feel when you do, it aint gunna be a rosy one! :)

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  4. BANGKOK: -- All immigration checkpoints across the country were ordered to watch out for two wanted suspects in connection with the murder of a temple abbot in Udon Thani province on May 1 after the police feared they might flee the country.

    Thankfully it's not happening for another 5 weeks.......well done DoI for the forward planning.....and great editing to boot.

    I know, <deleted>.... thats my Birthday haha and i thought to myself, did i miss it this year ;)

  5. Thailand will be protective of the thai workforce.

    Thai, people, have Never embraced the rich white hunter , alien farang, into their culture , and never will .clap2.gifclap2.gif

    So , why should they allow people from poorer countries , to work for lower wages in Thailand.

    Same as the EU. whose failure has been in allowing poorer countries to join .

    Thailand will not make the same mistake . Protect what you have.

    P.S. Third world economic plan is sustainable. is the future , like it or not .

    No work , No pay, wai2.gif

    I will tell you why, coz Thai's in general NOT ALL...are too lazy to do menial labouring work if they can choose not too.

    I dont know where you get that info from, its obviously not based on first hand experience..... lmao.

    I will give you an example purely what i have experienced over the years in the construction industry here...... 70% of the unskilled labouring workforce on large construction sites are workers from other countries, ie Myanmar, Cambodia predominately, they are cheaper than Thais, more productive and are MORE respectable thats why they are valued by employers here.......Thais generally work in the more skilled trades, ie Carpenters, MEP trades etc, BUT, the labouring workers from other ASEAN countries do alot of this skilled work anyway, and in my experience do it better than the Thais, because they listen and are there to work, not just roll up chat and think its their god given right to work at their own pace...

    If you chip a lazy Thai, they lose face and either steal, sabotage something, or just leave, this does not happen with other country workers through my experience, as they are generally appreciative of their job being away from their native home.......I could go on about upper management roles, but it is irrelevant to this thread. Cheers.

  6. HI Guys,

    I have just completed a 2 year contract as the Senior MEP Project Manager, working on the Multi-award winning Kata Rocks Resort in Phuket http://katarocks.com , plus numerous villas for the rich and famous in Phuket.

    I am 47 years old, but have over 30 years experience in Construction starting as an electrician when i was 15 back in Australia and have worked on so many high-profile projects to list, also successfully owning my own Business in Australia before relocating to Thailand to work and be with my Thai wife and Family.

    I am looking to get another similar job, or at a resort as a Maintenance Manager in which i have had vast experience organising periodical maintenance regimes and sub-contractor Supervision, plus also having excellent verbal communication and written skills liaising with Clients, customers and owners alike..

    I will send my CV on request to anyone interested in my services.

    My work permit expires in June 2015 and hope to be back in Thailand before that time to be working again and also to be with my Wife and family.

    I hope someone may be able to offer a role, or at least pass my info on to someone that may be looking for a Farang PM/Supervisor.

    Thank you.

    Kind Regards

    Scott Manser.

    Please PM me for CV, references and any info you may require.

  7. Back on topic Kiddies.... Its just a tit for tat, child like power struggle between the greedy grubs that run this place, losing face as others have said... NO REASON, just jerking their gherkins at the expense of tourists and their own countrymen to be the BIG man, why, coz they can.... Ego driven ass wipes, with absolutely no idea of forward thinking and any sane logic with ALMOST all decisions they make that affect this Country, the mind boggles....coffee1.gif

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  8. It is not about damaged property . It is also not about religion. It is about respects of Thai culture. Do you know what Thais consider of the feet ?

    Sure i understand all of the feet symbolism being the lowest part of the body, blah, blah , showing souls of feet, walking over feet..... This should be respected no doubt, but i am sure 90% of new toursists dont know this....More education need TAT.

    BUT some Thai dont give a shit when they lay the boot in gangs of taxi drivers and bouncers on some poor inebriated farang toursist who's had too much to drink while spending a heap of cash at their establishment....Double standars here, [plus kicking their heads in, which is also a no no in thailand, touching ones head... What a nonsense story really.....Farang not respecting Thai culture V Thai culture not respecting farang...... where does it go from here? ONLY in Thailand.coffee1.gifwhistling.gif

  9. No explanation as to why the Turkish fella had the large amount of $$$ on him?

    Drug dealer?

    RAZZ

    Maybe in this case he is a grub Razz, i know there are many bad farang here and if you live by he sword, you deserve to die by it... this place is a haven for bad farang trying to escape the law in their own country for doing wrong, thats why thailand and its Authorities are so f* ed up by the baht and the bribes, they let them in here, so they are to blame for doing this which doesnt make it right for us farang trying to make a living and do the right thing by the law of this land... what i am saying is this, it doesnt just happen to people who deserve it, it happens to normal, good farang as well, who buck the corrupt and racist, unjust system that is Thailands cancer and i never believe anything i read or hear unless it is undeniably proven without a doubt... because through experience, many thais will BS through their back teeth about anything because they dont know common ethical values that we do, from the person selling u a watch on the beach, to the BIB, to the Government, this is a proven fact, you read about it everyday, you live it everyday if you live here, this is the Thai way.

    I LOVE Thailand and its people, the same as i love my kids if they lie to me, BUT it has to stop, society has to learn to respect and stop this hatred and scamming and racism against farang, when we are bringing home the bacon to them. Trust me, i have had guns ointed at me, when i am trying to do my job and help build a better place here, because some Thai loses face, i have been bashed because i use my intellect and not fists against stupidity, but because the said Thai, cant keep up with verbal communication, they come back with 4 mates and bash me....Thais are weak by themselves, or without a weapon, thats just who they are, i feel so sorry for them, but this is Thai life.

    Sometimes i cannot understand how a society is so lost on moral values and cannot get how to treat their fellow human beings, i am beaten in trying to change it, I am leaving for good once i wrap things up, coz i want to live a happy life again without all the violence and lies, which is ONLY something you will experience if you live here, Peace out!

    I hear you my friend, but what did you do to get Thais to bash you? I have never ever even been close to being in a situation where Thais have tried to bash me. I sometimes feel a little intimidated or inferior as a minority walking inside a Thai supermarket feeling like I'm getting stared at (I don't get stared at, but it's just a strange feeling I have, away from the tourist areas because I just feel so "visible") but that's about the worst I've ever experienced and probably more of my own making than a reality.

    Hi Tom, the times i have been bashed by "multiple" grubs, is ONLY after i have had a run in with 1 Thai man-boy who loses face in front of his peers because i am doing my job and they work for me and my Farang Superiors who i have to answer too and have to set parameters... Its ALWAYS a younger male and because i have stood up to the unjust society in which i am trying to make a living and paying taxes and supporting their well-being, by employing them, paying them and supporting them.... and trying to educate them on how to respect one another.

    I have also had this problem in my village in Issan, when my Brother in law was siphoning petrol out of my bike to his mates bike and when i said to him why are you doing this and gave him a jerry can of gasoline and said you can use this no problem, probalby high at the time, he lost face and hit me from behind a sucker punch.... I copped it, turned around and taught him a lesson in respect! I can look after myself.

    After that, him and his mates came back with a gun and wanted to kill me... this is in my Wifes village in her home, miles away from nowhere in Issan, i am the ONLY Farang there and luckily the Uncle who lived next door, who warned me about him and his mother prior to our wedding and i became good friends with him, plus the head village man called the Police , who took him (brother in-law) and his mate to jail.... NOW the Mother hates me so much after i paid 1 Million Bht sin-sod and thinks i am the bad guy...

    This IS Thai Mentality... Un-educated and barbaric to the core... its all about money and losing face which drives many Thais to doing what has happened here.

    I have many Farang acquaintances in the construction industry, who have been bashed and one Guy, was in his car when a gang of thugs baseball smashed his windows while he was sitting in the car shitting bricks, how terrifying, he did nothing wrong but employed them and tried to run his Business and for reasons in Business i understand, they didnt agree with because of their primitive way of thinking disagreed... <deleted>!!!

    This same Guy also had guns pointed at him, threatening him because a Client didnt pay him so salaries were late...

    I also know many many investors and developers who have not had guns pointed at them, but Political figures make them pay to do Business here..

    Thailand's seedy side exposed..... this is life here...

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  10. No explanation as to why the Turkish fella had the large amount of $$$ on him?

    Drug dealer?

    RAZZ

    Maybe in this case he is a grub Razz, i know there are many bad farang here and if you live by he sword, you deserve to die by it... this place is a haven for bad farang trying to escape the law in their own country for doing wrong, thats why thailand and its Authorities are so f* ed up by the baht and the bribes, they let them in here, so they are to blame for doing this which doesnt make it right for us farang trying to make a living and do the right thing by the law of this land... what i am saying is this, it doesnt just happen to people who deserve it, it happens to normal, good farang as well, who buck the corrupt and racist, unjust system that is Thailands cancer and i never believe anything i read or hear unless it is undeniably proven without a doubt... because through experience, many thais will BS through their back teeth about anything because they dont know common ethical values that we do, from the person selling u a watch on the beach, to the BIB, to the Government, this is a proven fact, you read about it everyday, you live it everyday if you live here, this is the Thai way.

    I LOVE Thailand and its people, the same as i love my kids if they lie to me, BUT it has to stop, society has to learn to respect and stop this hatred and scamming and racism against farang, when we are bringing home the bacon to them. Trust me, i have had guns ointed at me, when i am trying to do my job and help build a better place here, because some Thai loses face, i have been bashed because i use my intellect and not fists against stupidity, but because the said Thai, cant keep up with verbal communication, they come back with 4 mates and bash me....Thais are weak by themselves, or without a weapon, thats just who they are, i feel so sorry for them, but this is Thai life.

    Sometimes i cannot understand how a society is so lost on moral values and cannot get how to treat their fellow human beings, i am beaten in trying to change it, I am leaving for good once i wrap things up, coz i want to live a happy life again without all the violence and lies, which is ONLY something you will experience if you live here, Peace out!

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  11. Of course the rest of the worlds military would be concerned over Thailand and there current political standing. Does anyone know what is happening around the world at present? You only have to look at geo-politics right now and look at all the manoeuvring around by the super powers and their allies on both sides. Thailand is a strategic chunk of land in SE Asia for China and the US, only problem is these guys dont have a clue and the rest of the world sees it, hence the meeting! Typical Thainess, head up there own backsides and decades behind the rest of the world!

  12. Is it just me, or does this seem like a botched / amateurish effort ? Put me in a speeding cab with a bucket of thumb tacks and I could injure several people in that part of BKK - even after the shops had closed. Either mistimed or someone looking for attention - it will be interesting to see where this goes.

    Or, there is the possibility of a False Flag...

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    I concur, If you have a look at whats happening all over the world, no pun intended MrWorldwide haha, my feeling this is a false flag event as well..... lets scare everyone into thinking they need protection from the crazy terrorists... rolleyes.gif.pagespeed.ce.hZ59UWKk-siBMqxwhistling.gif.pagespeed.ic.FVjgnKnWS14g

  13. I can just imagine some troll, bored as hell fat massage girl/ladyboy typing this with her slutty friends laughing at all u gullible members answering this grub... people like this are the demise of this place, hence the reason why i think its a troll, seems to know too much already and a very phuket sex worker Thainess about the posts... IMHO. If genuine, go somewhere else, one less f wit to deal with!!!

    Make sure when ur here, rent a jet-ski their fun, have a friendly Muay thai spa with some tuk-tuk drivers they love to play with the farang and ask the men in Brown where u can buy yabba or ice, they will look after u..... coffee1.gif

  14. Agreed steven to a point, i am a surfer, diver, fisherman, lover of the sea, thats why i am here..... the waves of the last couple of days "were" for this time of year, larger than the norm, but still small in the scheme of things talking a 2ft swell mate. My point, is this stuff shouldn't be happening in a place which is high on the list of a holiday destination.Lets not "nit-pick" on the size of the swell, this is a deep seeded dilemma for this country just now and revolves around the way they treat the farang/expats, plus their own countrymen/woman, but the discussion is the farang "bread and butter" of this country. I love this place, i own land, have a Thai wife, love the "majority of the people and love the culture, etc... i am just fed up with the blatant stupidity and mentality of this place!

    I guess its only understandable, to people that dont know this place, or people that dont have Business or a vested interest, or people that can handle stupidity better than me. Its my oopinion, not anyones else, just my rant, coz its frustrating and i try and change stuff here and u cant. :)

    What utter BS Re the rebuttal by the "lifeguard Boss" which is a joke in itself... "life guard" or "protect" life.... but it seems more like, take life through bashing someone, THAT"S NO LIFEGUARD! Can u imagine an Ambulance/paramedic, just getting the shits and start shaping up and wanting to bash someone? GET YOUR ACT together Thailand!
    I live here and there were NO BIG WAVES that day.... its blowing "OFFSHORE" this time of year, soo for the people who dont know, it makes the seas/swell, hitting the beaches calmer. In the wet season it blows onshore and hence... bigger swell hitting the beaches on the west coast of Phuket i am referring too and is relevant to this article.
    For those who dont remember or know what happens here, the "wet" or "off season" is when, said big swells roll in, is the time when many farang tourists die at the hands of the "SAME" lifeguards.... go figure! Die through lack of skill and or training or support from the people who pay their meagher salary in the times when they REALLY should be doing their "job-description" in earnest when its required, OR in the " low season" no swell, get bashed and use an excuse like they were fed up with dealing with "irrational farangs in big seas"... ROFL, do they think we are all so STUPID? These same powers to be, cant educate their public servant staff ie lifeguards in this instance not to be confused with the BIB, on looking after the tourists and controlling themselves like any normal person can and SHOULD do, when paid with having the responsibility to look after the tourist? <deleted> Its just the same turd news example, in a different wrapper.....boring as usual!coffee1.gif

    There have been reasonably sized waves these last days.
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