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Jimbo in Thailand

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  1. LOL yes I'm a l-o-n-g time O-A expat with re-entry permit (of course), but we're talking about TAT's creative accounting system here! ????????
  2. Hmmm... I flew back to Swampy on Jan 5th after a 3 month return to the US (including a Holiday visit to Europe) so I'm guessing I'm counted as one of TAT's "tourists".
  3. Will losing points increase motor vehicle insurance rates? Hmmm since so many drivers don't have insurance... or drivers licenses... I guess it's a moot point.
  4. Me too! I've been bitten 3 times here in Isaan, and I'm a freakin' dog lover and owner! Ironically, it wasn't stray/feral dogs. In both cases it was neighborhood dogs that the Thai owners let run loose. In fact, one night I got bit twice by my next door neighbor's 2 dogs as I was returning home and passed their house on my motorbike. The first dog got a nip so the 2nd one decided to bite me as well. Luckily I didn't need stitches but off to the hospital I went for rabies shots. Of course, the Thai neighbor had to pay the bill. The next time I was riding my bicycle and a neighborhood dog gave me a nip as I rode by him. This particular dog was never friendly and I believe was beat on by its owner. In both cases I had passed by those houses a gazillion times with no problem. OTOH during the past 16 years I've explored nearly every small village in the area either on foot, bicycle, or motorbike and have never been bitten. Yeah, I've been chased quite a few times, but always slow down, face them, and speak softly, and never had a problem. Yep, Thai dogs are extremely territorial and many are beat by their owners so they are afraid of strangers. My experience (other than my neighbors' dogs) has been to just be nice to them and the next time I pass by there's no problem. Most dogs are like elephants, they never forget. If you're nice they'll remember it and 99.99% of the mutts won't bother you again. But if you're mean they'll never forget that and will try to chase and/or bite every time. Sadly, I've got a walkabout buddy who hates dogs and hasn't learned that lesson yet. Oh well.
  5. LOL doesn't the German protester know he's living on borrowed time if he continues? Doesn't he know that Prawit's goons are watching him? The German should wash his hands of such folly before he gets stuck in a different timezone! ????????????
  6. I just wonder where the Thai government is hiding this Mount Everest sized pile of old paper copies that we 'fuh-langs' have all been contributing to for years and years and years... and years? Inquiring minds want to know.
  7. From the video it sounds like some were shouting "YEENG" (ยิง), which means shoot in Thai.
  8. Truer words were never spoken. Yep, once I f-i-n-a-l-l-y came to that horrible realization some years ago (post-May 2014 heinous event), my expat perspective of the Land of Smiles changed forever. Thai-ness suddenly wasn't just a cute idiosyncrasy. Now I see it as ultra-nationalism, the rapidly growing cancer that is ruining Thailand under continuing military rule.
  9. Post May 2014 illegal takeover I see Thailand as the former Land of smiles. I also now see my home country as the former Land of the free. Very sad situation in both cases.
  10. Thanks for the info Bogbrush! According to Google Maps and Google Earth, Paradies zum Ross is actually next door to the former Big A Resort. LOL Thomas certainly didn't have far to walk for that move! ????
  11. OH MY BUDDHA! As soon as I saw this photo I thought that looks like the Big A Resort, a wonderful little hideaway between Rwai and Ao Chalong bay. I used to head down from Isaan and stay there often when I first began this crazy expat sojourn back in 2004. And young Thomas, the manager, was a really nice fella. Shocked to learn that he had bought it from the crusty old German owner (hence the name Big A... Resort) at some point. So last year my Thai gf and I drove down to Phuket in late September and had planned to stay at The Big A, but sadly upon arrival we were greeted with a closed gate covered in Chinese writing. It's now a private Chinese-owned property. That's just sad as it was a great little resort nestled in a coconut grove. And also sad that this poor Danish fellow has been missing since 2015 and we're just now reading about it.
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