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  1. 12 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

    I think it's almost funny when some people try to pretend that there is not a typical gangster/prisoner look.

    Obviously not all of them are full of (prison) tattoos, but many are.

    Does that mean that everybody who has tattoos is a gangster: No.

    Does that mean that everybody who has no tattoos can't be a gangster: No.

     

    But sometime there is a typical look for some people. And looking at the picture in the original post we can make a survey if that looks like a nice guy or if he looks like trouble. No points for the correct answer.

     

    Or maybe this: If your daughter would come home with this guy, what would be your first idea:

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    RE - If your daughter would come home with this guy, what would be your first idea:

     

    * ???? ...that this kind of liking must come from her mothers side ... 

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  2. 1 hour ago, Scouse123 said:

    I wonder how she survived during the Covid period with little or no tourists nor locals moving around to give her funds?

     

    Unless like others, she is a professional beggar, they are very common in London UK and the USA.

     

    Anyway, off to China you go

    RE - I wonder how she survived during the Covid period with little or no tourists nor locals moving around to give her funds?

     

    * Well - back then she was a bit younger and the gasolin a lot cheaper ... ????

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  3. 15 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

    We’re not sure if she was insured or if the insurance company have used some clause to wiggle out of payment. 

     

    Insurance companies can be very slippery - I’ve had a payout refused before after they initially pre-authorised cover. 

     

    The lady also went as a passenger on a motorcycle - I think this is something pretty much every single one of us has done in Thailand...  Its not the ‘outrageous risk taking’ you seem to imply it is. 

     

    The lady has suffered some incredible bad luck - but for me, the main question to be asked here is the most important... she allegedly did have cover, how did the insurance wiggle out of payment ?

     

     

    RE - she allegedly did have cover, how did the insurance wiggle out of payment ?

     

    * The answer to your question may be found under 1.9 GENERAL EXCLUSIONS TO CARD TRAVEL INSURANCE

     

    We may assume that a blood test was taken on arrival at the hospital, so it is most likely point 12 that has been used as a basis for the refusal - something that unfortunately has turned out to be a regular occurrence on holiday trips in particular ...

     

    https://www.americanexpress.com/content/dam/amex/uk/benefits/UK-Platinum-insurance-documentation-July21.pdf

  4. 6 hours ago, John Drake said:

    Several years ago, I read that some 800,000 Chinese had moved into Laos. They simply came in and started to live there like they owned the place. That, in a country of 7 million people. I can't find the article now and I see that Wikipedia says the Chinese in Laos only amount to one or two percent of the population, although they dominate 100 percent of business, finance, and commerce. So who knows the real numbers. I do know that it is a distinct source of trouble to share a border with China or border a small country that does and serves as a transit corridor.

     ???? In the bigger picture - Clearly not only negative for Laos ... 

     

    China Remains the Largest Foreign Investor in Laos - Laotian Times

  5. 10 hours ago, alex8912 said:

    A Thai can buy many acres of land in the USA easily and they can get a 10 year multi entry tourist visa and then easily renew it another 10 years. Why in the world are you being such an over the top apologist? I'd love to hear from some normal retirees here. Rich Thais can buy so many different investment properties in the USA and not just one that sits on less than a 1/2 acre of land. You also seem to forget a Thai can easily marry an American and get a green card then citizenship too. There seems to be maybe 4 posters on here that have Thai citizenship ( maybe). 

    The same in Scandinavia and Western Europe - as a foreigner you can own what you buy. In Eastern Europe there are still countries where you as a foreigner cant own what you buy as those countries has laws from the communist time. The same goes for the property laws in Thailand created by ThaiChinese which have ruled thailand for centuries. If it was up to genuin thais we as foreigners would have had the right to own what we bought, but unfortunately it isn't - not yet ...

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