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ThaiFelix

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  1. 4 hours ago, LivingNThailand said:

    I live in Phuket and see these out of control Big Bikers every day.  Completely surprised that I don't see at least one bad accident a day.  My fear is one of these idiots will take out an innocent Thai family on a small bike. I wish they would at least crack down on the Big Bikes.  It's a real problem.

    Exactly, and not just the big bikes.  Seems to me the cops have been caught shining the arse of their pants in overtime and the bubble has burst.  Every day the news is full of farang doing this, farang caught doing that.  And all these farang suddenly caught just in the last few weeks.  Did something happen to turn them all bad suddenly or were they known about before but their activities ignored until theres a crackdown.  Seems to me now that a cracdown is not closer scrutiny in certain areas or activities but rather its a kick in a cops pants to get him to do his job.

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  2. 21 hours ago, lopburi3 said:

    Suspect they are just mass dialing all numbers by computer - which is why most never connect to actual scammer (busy with someone else).  But likely have a record of answered call so have you number for next time.

    Correct.  I had a girlfriend years ago who did telemarketing however before mobiles and computers.  .  She reckoned sometimes they went through the white pages from front to back and sometimes they went through the numbers numerically.  Anybody who was a buyer went on a list and were the first to get hit next time.  The lists were also sold on the open market to other telemarketers etc.

  3. Maybe he can pick up the other Big Joke named Boss while in Europe.

     

    It amazes me the two parallel but conflicting threads about Thai police incomes.  On one side you have the very low salaries, momma noodles and near bankruptsies reported among Thai police on one side and then there is the contradictory thread where the other half have unusual wealth, businesses, mansion and family in the UK sipping tea plus fleets of luxury vehicles which is all "above board"??

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  4. I had a call from the same number a few days ago.  It didnt ring long just like they knew it wouldnt be answered.  Coincidentally there was a funny number call just before it, from Nonthaburi, which usually means DTAC or Lazada call centre nuisance calls which I always ignore.  I did a google search for the number and it showed +697 and +698 to be voice calls over internet as n00dle said above.  The way the 2 calls were so close and the second so short, gave me a strong feeling they were related.

  5. Yep I was in a bank in Kranuan a couple of years ago opening an account with a pommy friend.  For some reason, without checking, the woman said to my mate "youre american, sorry cant help you, your government makes it too hard".  I was going to ask "why are they bombing here too?" but she suddenly saw his passport and realised he was English and sorted an account for him too.

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