Butch

Ahhh lol I've confused myself: Mrs purchased 2 apple Air tags, one for my Dad's keys and one for her own purse. she has an iphone, I have an android so the apple airtags can only be detected by her phone, but my Android and Galaxy watch will notify when there's an unidentified airtag nearby for any length of time, be it apple or samsung, for personal security I guess.

Yep, but my Mrs has an iphone. I've had to attach an airtag to my Dad's keys as he kept losing them!. Yes, if you want your sleep pattern measured etc. Not uncomfortable, and I usually wear a watch in bed anyway.

tech is incredible. I've just purchased a Galaxy smart watch from Duty free. I can call someone on the other side of the world and talk to them with a watch on my wrist. It measures all my heart rate etc and even tells me the quality of the sleep I had last night. It also tracks and tells me when there's an unidentified Air tag near to me with an alert to my phone, which I find incredible as air tags are apple and my phone's an android. Who knows what it'll be like in 5 years time.

They have 2 sets of "lenses", or appear to be 2 separate cameras on the mobile units attached to a larger pod. The Border Force use them at work all the time, and these were the same type as we have, so I noticed them instantly. They were atop of a minivan as well, which is a give away as all the intelligence stuff is inside along with a back up A/C unit.

Probably put him on an Interpol list, so each and every passport control desk which operates with the 196 Interpol countries will alert the operator to his presence (although any Aircraft / Passenger ship manifest would be pre screened for known names anyway). Depending on how much of a need there is to get him, the relevant resource will be assigned, from either coming across him by pure chance to actively seeking him out. He's probably traveling on a false passport, or maybe even a legit one held by someone who looks like him. Interestingly enough, I spotted Facial recognition Cameras in use on Beach Road during my trip, they were mobile as well.

well that's spooky. we must have left a few minutes before that pics was taken. I distinctly remember the guy in the England shirt And we were sat adjacent to these 2 blokes, I remember because I had a chat with one of them. Wow. I've got goosebumps.

In other words, LHR wants to remove its contracted workers and swap them for zero hours contracted ones on worse T&C's. They may come under the TUPE agreement, but for how long I'm not sure. Basically it's the owners of LHR, who are foreign, pulling the pants down of British workers. It's wrong, it's unethical but it's also sadly, legal. Sad state of affairs in the UK.

Great post, Even the media glossed over the kindness that the Thai people extended to foreigners during that Tsunami period, also, when the Airport was taken over during the change of Govt (choosing my words carefully due to forum rules) - Many Thai people helped those stranded at the Airport by bringing food, taking care of the children and generally also being helped a lot by the people occupying the Airport at the time who gave ration packs and ensured there was plenty of water to go around. As for good farangs, in Pattaya I think more so in recent years, foreigners look upon other foreigners with suspicion. I got chatting to an Aussie bloke in a bar who told me that for every 10 blokes he meets, at least 3 of them have an angle of some description. I think Pattaya can erode the kindness of people somewhat, but as @Nightcrawler said in his excellent post, Pattaya is somewhat of a bubble. I've seen some bloody horrific behaviour by farangs in pattaya, but on the flipside I've seen acts of kindness that go largely unnoticed, but they never go unappreciated if they're genuine acts of kindness towards a Thai.

Just ask away, any questions will be answered by the lads here.

I remember it well. They also served very good cocktails in the Malibu Bar. My memory of the place is sitting , watching the show with my Scottish mate Ray (nickname Romeo - he was a male model! )drinking cocktails like a couple of "swells" as he put it. Brilliant days they were.

^^^^^ Good on you for making someone's day and good on them for being honest. Karma works both ways and has done so in this case. Don't give your good lady too much of a hard time, it can happen to all of us when tired and exhausted.Props to you as well for handling an extra 5+ hours to your journey. Sometimes life throws us a curveball and in your case, all has worked out very well for everyone , apart from the poor bugger having to drive!. It could have been so much worse, all things considered.

spelling errors corrected mate.

We're a right bunch of reprobates on this forum.🤣🤣🤣 I didn't realise that Soi Post Office and Soi Yamato held so many filthy memories for us lot, and as yet we've to hear from @Derek Dangleberries and his exploits. @coxyhog I do remember David, but very vaguely. Good to hear he's still alive and kicking and doing well. Wonderful Bar is at the top of Soi Yamato iirc, Wonderful 2 the next Soi up. My friend in Pattaya worked there for years and was happy to do song or sam pooying with other girls in the bar, so she may or may not be familiar to some BM's LOL. @boydeste I think you're right on the money with the locations. I was in no fit state to give an accurate idea of where anywhere was at that time of night.

Yep that's right. Didn't really spend too much time downstairs though...😇 Did I get the location right?. I'm pretty sure it was next door to the PO but tbh my memory is pretty vague of the area.

😂😂😂 Bloody hell Derek I was thinking the exact same thing!!. One observation that I made recently, well, more of a comparison actually is that in the past the eccentrics were harmless, they'd interact , be happy to chat and were just doing it because they were eccentric and enjoyed bringing happiness to others, like Glitterman. Nowadays maybe it's more of a poor mental health thing. I detected an air of hostility in Pattaya in general this trip, and while I didn't see anyone I'd class as eccentric, the place does have a pretty good track record for sending people mad.