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by Big Boy
Wed Dec 10, 2014 3:59 pm
Forum: Motoring
Topic: Why do YOU think the Thais are such bad drivers?
Replies: 156
Views: 10549

Re: Why do YOU think the Thais are such bad drivers?

Here I am again..no, not gonna mention that F-word.. :naughty: Hey, I agreed with you, but unusually it was you, not me who got taken to task :wink: I thought it quite ironic that I found a decent Fortuner taxi driver a couple of days later. So good that I insisted we use him each time we went anyw...
by Big Boy
Wed Dec 10, 2014 2:20 pm
Forum: Motoring
Topic: Why do YOU think the Thais are such bad drivers?
Replies: 156
Views: 10549

Re: Why do YOU think the Thais are such bad drivers?

strange how often it's a Fortuna and I shudder to imagine the complete wanker that must be behind the wheel. :guns: I know US had his wrist slapped by a few members a week or so ago when mentioning Fortuna taxi drivers. I must say, we used a Fortuna taxi a few times while in Udon a couple of weeks ...
by Big Boy
Wed Dec 10, 2014 2:17 pm
Forum: Motoring
Topic: Why do YOU think the Thais are such bad drivers?
Replies: 156
Views: 10549

Re: Why do YOU think the Thais are such bad drivers?

One thing I regularly notice when stopped at traffic lights. I always become surrounded by motorcycles in front and on both sides. However, its never a problem because Thai motorcyclists always go when the countdown clock is red/3 seconds. By the time the lights turn green, the motorcyclists are wel...
by Big Boy
Wed Dec 10, 2014 2:06 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Tourist killed by elephant in Kaeng Krachan
Replies: 9
Views: 2216

Re: Tourist killed by elephant in Kaeng Krachan

Yes, there were gruesome photos on Facebook yesterday evening - I didn't report it then because there was no source other than the photos. The elephant stomped her arm first, and then her head, after initially knocking her from the bike with its trunk.
by Big Boy
Wed Dec 10, 2014 10:21 am
Forum: Motoring
Topic: Why do YOU think the Thais are such bad drivers?
Replies: 156
Views: 10549

Re: Why do YOU think the Thais are such bad drivers?

I can't explain it, but one of the mini-buses in our convoy last weekend kept doing it :?
by Big Boy
Wed Dec 10, 2014 9:56 am
Forum: Motoring
Topic: Why do YOU think the Thais are such bad drivers?
Replies: 156
Views: 10549

Re: Why do YOU think the Thais are such bad drivers?

I actually find Thai drivers consistent/predictable. Yes, you've got to stay alert, but having got used to their ways, they're not so bad. I actually wonder what Thais make of foreigners, and their strange habits e.g. using your right indicator if turning right, or switching your lights on at night ...
by Big Boy
Wed Dec 10, 2014 9:27 am
Forum: Events & Activities
Topic: Hua Hin City FC
Replies: 780
Views: 34764

Re: Hua Hin City FC

The question is, will they risk an unfit Anucha? If they do, can he do a job?

He tried to join in with the pre-match activities at Prachinburi, but was clearly in a lot of pain.

I'd also like to see Yonsak back on the wing after injury - he's scored some crucial goals this season.
by Big Boy
Wed Dec 10, 2014 8:59 am
Forum: Life In Thailand, Opinion & Relationships
Topic: Lottery prize and keeping it a secret or not?
Replies: 40
Views: 2761

Re: Lottery prize and keeping it a secret or not?

So your fears are the same as mine. It's not the wife, it's the extended family.
by Big Boy
Wed Dec 10, 2014 7:24 am
Forum: Events & Activities
Topic: Hua Hin City FC
Replies: 780
Views: 34764

Re: Hua Hin City FC

Possibly, but as with most things in Thai football, we'll find out the truth when they work it out it happens. As with things like the Thai offside rule or how to take throw ins, trying to make comparison with real football is confusing. My son plays for a mainly farang team here in Hua Hin, and wee...
by Big Boy
Tue Dec 09, 2014 9:02 pm
Forum: The Beach Bar
Topic: CCTV in Hua Hin
Replies: 36
Views: 3748

Re: CCTV in Hua Hin

Next time I'm in town, I'll keep my eyes open for CCTV :wink:
by Big Boy
Tue Dec 09, 2014 8:36 pm
Forum: The Beach Bar
Topic: CCTV in Hua Hin
Replies: 36
Views: 3748

Re: CCTV in Hua Hin

I know that they're not there due to serious incidents being reported daily with no CCTV. Is that fact, or is it that victims don't have a CCTV mindset, and it's too much trouble for BIB to wade through hours of video tape? I must admit, if I'd left something somewhere as you did, CCTV would have b...
by Big Boy
Tue Dec 09, 2014 8:24 pm
Forum: The Beach Bar
Topic: CCTV in Hua Hin
Replies: 36
Views: 3748

Re: CCTV in Hua Hin

Is that not rather negative? We know corporate organisations have them. I spotted one the other day. US has told us of 2 more. CCTV saved your iPad. Why are you so sure they aren't already out there, but haven't been noticed? Personally, I think you raised an interesting question in your original po...
by Big Boy
Tue Dec 09, 2014 7:57 pm
Forum: The Beach Bar
Topic: CCTV in Hua Hin
Replies: 36
Views: 3748

Re: CCTV in Hua Hin

...someone then needs to check/watch the screens in the MiB's huts... :idea: I'm probably doing my brother a dis-service, but he's been a lazy git most of his life :oops: . One of his 'non'-jobs was monitoring CCTV in Bath. He had no training, and didn't really know what to do if he spotted somethi...
by Big Boy
Tue Dec 09, 2014 7:52 pm
Forum: The Beach Bar
Topic: CCTV in Hua Hin
Replies: 36
Views: 3748

Re: CCTV in Hua Hin

I must admit, I was very surprised to see the camera on Friday night, but unless you're a hardened criminal, I don't suppose you go looking for them. Personally, I was just bored waiting for a bus :D . The question about whether any cameras work is genuine. There used to be a sensitive government of...
by Big Boy
Tue Dec 09, 2014 7:33 pm
Forum: Introductions
Topic: Hi!
Replies: 4
Views: 852

Re: Hi!

Welcome to the forum Stan_. Good luck in your search.