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oxforddon

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  1. Not giving a name is silly ploy as until police have that he can't be officially processed and he will just remain in custodial cells. He will likely get Covid tested under current practice and if positive will be sent wherever such cases go for those in custody. While only a finable offence, he makes it harder by continuing to be silly.

  2. They are laying large drainage pipes and seem to to have waited for the rainy season to do it. Once that is finished, the road surfacing may start but at the present time there is just a lot of mud in front of the few businesses, and one village,  that exist there. Guesstimates vary from months to a year, but who knows ?

  3. I was once in a situation where disputes with a bank issued credit card led to debt collectors. I was advised by lawyers that a) it is illegal for banks to pass on or "sell" debts to such debt collectors and b) there was a 5 year limitation on debt. I am not certain if all that still applies but at the time, once debt collectors were told of my lawyer advice, they backed off.

     

     

  4. To anyone who thinks it's ok to break the curfew I ask, "Do you ?". The answer is probably no and the reason is the heavy penalty or jail time under the current and temporary laws. If nothing else, the curfew and alcohol bans have saved many, many lives compared to the normal Songkran road carnage every normal year. Thai authorities know their populace well and young guys who just want to drink and party are a known part of the populace. They are not above the law.

  5. If the card was bank issued, and in reply to a comment about a debt collection agency, my understanding is that it is illegal for a bank to sell debt to a debt collection agency. I had this once and after I quoted that legal opinion, I never heard again from the debt collector. I settled it all eventually direct with bank who were embarrassed that they had broken that law and gave me favourable repayment terms.

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  6. In 1966 Pattaya was there alright. Nipa Lodge had a nice little bar inside with live music where a couple of friends played. Barbos was there and on the corner of what is now Walking Street was a nice Swiss (?) restaurant I recall. That street was mainly shops, antiques etc. I also recall that Pattaya Klang has some nice little restaurants selling duck noodles ... ah, so long ago. Memory is going but I think beer bars were on and just off the old Sukhumvit Road but I don't recall any in town. In those days, I would come down from Bangkok with wife and later with kids.

  7. I can relate to some of what I read above but in Bangkok I have met Thai ladies who spoke French or German or Italian as well as English and not because they had a previous foreign boyfriend but because they studied abroad. (My own half Thai daughters have 5 or 6 languages between them.) I'm not saying it is easy to meet respectable girls but working in an office or large company helps as does having a few educated Thai male friends who know you well enough to introduce you to a wider circle of people. Years ago the stigma of being thought a prostitute was there but it is more pronounced perhaps these days but having said that there are a lot more Westernised Thai ladies around too. So much depends in which circles you find yourself in and which places you frequent. What I do object to is the cliché remarks from those who have never had the same experiences as those who did find a respectable wife.

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  8. 1 minute ago, BritManToo said:

    I don't think many of us guys posting on TV fit into that category.

    As far as I know there aren't many women in the world looking for 60+, fat, balding, beer-swilling tradesmen as 'escorts'.

    How about bankers, company CEO's, advertising execs etc. who are not bald, drink spirits and need not be 60+ ...?

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  9. Some typical TV cynical responses from some who have never - it seems - met any educated decent Thai females and sneer derisively at those who have.....they might be surprised just how many million Thai females have never been into a bar let alone worked in one.

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