Trip Hop

Unless you buy your way out at the roadside? The slammer and magistrate is a lot cheaper though!

The last time I got done they wanted 800B for no IDP (had my international license) and 800B each for no helmet, although it was just post lockdown so the tea money was most probably running low? Upon the advice of the win rider I didn't go inside the station, waited around the corner and let the Mrs sort it. She managed to barter it down to 2000B all in on the basis that she only had 2400B and had to pay the win. When they asked where I was she told them that I was back on 3rd road with the bike. Still a bloody rip off but I was flying out the next day so had no time to argue and had only ridden 300m to a clinic to get a Covid test so I could transit through Doha.

As far as corruption in Ukraine is concerned I think this stems from it formerly being part of a communist country where there will always be a black market etc. However having worked with quite a few Ukrainians over the years I have always found them to be decent hard working respectable people. I’m sorry that I can’t say the same about my experience of Russians.

Yep, just use the lane nearest the beach and avoid eye contact. Dolphin roundabout/Terminal 21 can be a little bit trickier though!

Not in my experience. Last time I got fined for no helmets and IDP they stopped us on 3rd road, confiscated the keys/bike at the roadside and sent us off to Soi 9 on a motorbike taxi, 3 up with no helmets. 🤣

Agreed, normally reserved for in town on a Saturday night!

I totally agree with you and never seen the attraction myself. It's hardly just this generation though as MCs have had their part in some European music scenes since the late 80s?

Nothing missing at all, he was French, had a big mouth (spoke fluent Thai) and refused to back down, so the Bib refused to lose face and done their worst. The woman concerned is actually my sister-in-law.

On the face of it to someone like yourself, he undoubtedly does stack up quite well. However if you had family that are familiar with the under workings of the capital and you visited them fairly regular, you would see and hear not so white a picture.

This is Thailand, the police can and will do basically what they want. A know of a Thai who used to run a small garden centre. She came back from the wholesalers one day and her farang boyfriend of several years at the time proceeded to help her unload a few things from the pick-up. A plain clothes officer took a photo and demanded 30000B hush money for him allegedly working even though money was obviously never going to change hands. He refused and got locked up in IDC before being deported at his cost and blacklisted for 5 years. This despite the best efforts of a lawyer. Admittedly he didn't help himself with his big mouth but testimony not to assume that the law has to be followed in the same way as it would be in farang land. MC stands for Master of Ceremonies and is basically someone who hypes the crowd, ad-libs to the music and forms part of the overall performance of the DJ. Their roots in Europe trace back to the rave/hardcore scene but are common in both the Drum & Bass and UK Garage scenes.

I don't think that they would be quite that naive but most probably never thought it would ever get to his stage either? The most probable reason for it actually getting this far being the bar was doing well and jealousy caused someone else to file a complaint, so the BiB had to act. Especially if any subsequent hush money claims were refused.

At a guess I would say that it was possibly the Drum & Base night that I've seen promoted on one of the Ao Nang facebook pages over the last month or so? That genre of music being common with their age group.

I'd accept that his principles appear to be a lot higher than the rest. Far from whiter than white though!

As someone who advocates its use providing it is in a controlled and respectable manner, I have to agree with you. They have done themselves no favours in the way that they have allowed it to be openly promoted.

Nope, just a load of tree huggers, ecologists and environmentalists to keep happy plus OTT compensation to those affected. Then there's the contractors that appear to be treating it like an open cheque book with specifications that make you feel like we've all been doing it wrong for the last 40 years and maybe longer. Plus I ain't cheap you know!

You haven’t a clue have you? Your first point above I clarified in a separate post if you had taken the time to read? Now I’ll take the time to educate you on your 2nd. The first stage valve reduces the pressure from the tank to an intermediate pressure but it is not constant and will vary depending on depth and the compression hence placed on the tank itself (which I have already proved). The 2nd stage (or demand valve - the clue is in this term) simply consists of a diaphragm which is is either open or closed. It actually has no real regulating purpose as you suggest. The diaphragm in its action has to be well balanced in the sense that it needs to avoid being free flowing at the surface but also avoid being too hard to open when at depth due to the extra pressure exerted on it. This is one of the main factors as to why you consume more air at depth as the 2nd stage is basically a gate which allows a volume of air through as you open it. When at depth this volume is denser and more concentrated though due to the compression on the tank (which was filled at surface pressure) If this wasn’t the case why would air bubbles increase in size as they float to the surface?

Apologies but idiots with no sense of reality bring out the worst in me. They simply don’t warrant courtesy.

Not another one. GCE's not GCSE's in my day. Got 2 degrees in engineering as well as a successful business that I have been running for the last 25 years. Provides a nice lifestyle and puts me in the top 5th percentile of earners in my country too. So much for your so called fantasy eh?

You really don’t know just how glad I am to hear that as I’m just off for some fish and chips with my elderly father.

Not matter how much it hurts inside, give it up man!

Give over man, are you suggesting that some know-it-all on AseanNow knows more than a Bangkok lawyer with 40 years experience? Go and find something better to do with your life than trying to bait and troll people.

Not really except that I thought to post the whole text would be too much? You clearly doubted my claim and even went to the extent of trying to belittle me by accusing me of a posting an unsourced claim. I have in return clearly proved to you the contrary, period. Whilst you quote the above text to try and save face, it is taken partially out of context in that my original quote of. "However, there is another section of Thai law that applies to this situation which is that when this is a small family business he is allowed to take care of his family. So in practice, normally no work permit is enforced", comes after what you have quoted above and therefore somewhat implies overarching principles? I have already stated in my original post that even my lawyer brother-in-law has said that me carrying out a full time task would cause issues but occasional small help would not, so why are you nit-picking?

Is that humble pie I see you eating? And how is it unsourced when it has come from a Bangkok lawyer with near 40 years experience?

Apologies regarding my earlier post, I was actually searching regarding digital nomads needing a work visa when I came across it and it's actually on the Thai Embassy website where it reads: However, there is another section of Thai law that applies to this situation which is that when this is a small family business he is allowed to take care of his family. So in practice, normally no work permit is enforced. It can be found here under the section Other Related Cases. https://www.thaiembassy.com/thailand/thailand-digital-nomad-visa-and-work-permit

I think you should too, as well as your diving theory? The following taken from the first reference that I could quickly find: Simply put-as a diver goes deeper into the water, the pressure on everything becomes greater. The volume of air in the dive tanks is getting smaller while the pressure rises. Remember from the basics that you can compress air. The link is here: https://www.greaterclevelandaquarium.com/diving-physics/#:~:text=Simply put-as a diver,becomes compressed when at depth.