[Smiler]

I just bought a spotless 2 year old Yamaha Mio with 7k on the clock for 12k baht - Result :) Mrs s is off to get the green book changed into her name as I write this and is happy as a pig in shit. The bike was from the next door village where apparently the local mafia are calling in gambling debts before the end of the month.

Now I consider myself to be very lucky because none of my Thai family gamble apart from the village lottery. A guy I know really quite well lost his house in Udon just a couple of months ago due to his wife's gambling habits and the sad truth is he is not the only farang to be rinsed in this fashion to my knowledge. Unbelievable but true as I have a hole in my arse :(

Makes me wonder if gambling were legalised what the situation would be here in Issan......

[Rob Jones]

Smiler, on 29 April 2011 - 10:56 AM, said:

I just bought a spotless 2 year old Yamaha Mio with 7k on the clock for 12k baht - Result :) Mrs s is off to get the green book changed into her name as I write this and is happy as a pig in shit. The bike was from the next door village where apparently the local mafia are calling in gambling debts before the end of the month.

Now I consider myself to be very lucky because none of my Thai family gamble apart from the village lottery. A guy I know really quite well lost his house in Udon just a couple of months ago due to his wife's gambling habits and the sad truth is he is not the only farang to be rinsed in this fashion to my knowledge. Unbelievable but true as I have a hole in my arse :(

Makes me wonder if gambling were legalised what the situation would be here in Issan......

All Thais gamble, its just a matter of how much. And paradoxically the poorer they become the more they gamble

Those that's in the shit that sold you the bike might put the 12K you gave them on one bet.

[Smiler]

Rob Jones, on 29 April 2011 - 11:18 AM, said:

All Thais gamble, its just a matter of how much. And paradoxically the poorer they become the more they gamble

Those that's in the shit that sold you the bike might put the 12K you gave them on one bet.

I only know a couple of hundred Thais so can't agree with your sweeping "all Thais gamble" statement mate, certainly not all the ones I know do - perhaps you know them better than me?

You may well be right that the 12k will go on another bet though. IMHO gambling is a habit the same as any other: drink, drugs, wanking etc its a matter of how much you can control it.

[Rob Jones]

Smiler, on 29 April 2011 - 11:41 AM, said:

I only know a couple of hundred Thais so can't agree with your sweeping "all Thais gamble" statement mate, certainly not all the ones I know do - perhaps you know them better than me?

You may well be right that the 12k will go on another bet though. IMHO gambling is a habit the same as any other: drink, drugs, wanking etc its a matter of how much you can control it.

Its an addiction, not a habit. A big difference and one serious enough to force them to sell their bike for a quarter the cost. Its very sad

I don't know everybody in Thailand and I bet the Thai government doesn't either, but they feel that they know enough to outlaw this addiction. A utilitarian approach - that similar to my posts.

[offshore sparky]

Rob Jones, on 29 April 2011 - 11:56 AM, said:

Its an addiction, not a habit. A big difference and one serious enough to force them to sell their bike for a quarter the cost. Its very sad

I don't know everybody in Thailand and I bet the Thai government doesn't either, but they feel that they know enough to outlaw this addiction. A utilitarian approach - that similar to my posts.

You are correct, it is an addiction. A guy I work with nearly lost everything with this very addiction. As he says he's been clean now 8 months and paying back vast debts.

however, I have to disagree that all Thai's gamble. That is simply not the case.

[LocalYokul]

almost all of them do, & if they don't they listen with great interest to other's stories about the very thing seen them load up an SUV and haul themselves off to Vegas for the weekend MANY times

[Pedro]

I know a guy that lays off bets on the footie each weekend.

He collects the bets and then passes them up the chain. One guy got into him for a little over 3 million baht in one weekend over bets on 30 games. He got the money back but it was 'tense' for a while as the people upstream could best be described as 'firm but fair'. The guy that laid all the bets was doing to so recover other gambling debts.

On the other hand, lots of people here have the opportunity and don't bother. My missus and her mates can play cards all night for money and at the end it seems the same 200 baht has been passed around between them for hours. They'll play and then not play for months.

Some people here though - they seem to be totally unable to stop. Same in the UK - I remember cussing out the black jack dealer at a Casino in the UK for shitty cards and the guy next to me said "Yeah, they are like this every night"

[LocalYokul]

wondering why the title to the moto couldn't have been put in smiler's name. It is indeed possible, especially when you pay cash for it

[Rob Jones]

offshore sparky, on 29 April 2011 - 05:00 PM, said:

You are correct, it is an addiction. A guy I work with nearly lost everything with this very addiction. As he says he's been clean now 8 months and paying back vast debts.

however, I have to disagree that all Thai's gamble. That is simply not the case.

offshore sparky, when you read my posts please think utilitarian Of course not every Thai gambles, 20% are still in nappies, but you get my drift

Otherwise it will 'disclosures' here and 'in my opinion'there and you just wont get the full affect. When I say, for example that all Thais are Buddhists it makes for more snappier a read than me saying:

Buddhism in Thailand is largely of the Theravada school. Nearly 95% of Thailand's population is Buddhist of the Theravada school, though Buddhism in this country has become integrated with folk beliefs as well as Chinese religions from the large Thai-Chinese population.[1] Buddhist temples in Thailand are characterized by tall golden stupas, and the Buddhist architecture of Thailand is similar to that in other Southeast Asian countries, particularly Cambodia and Laos, with which Thailand shares cultural and historical heritage.

^ "CIA World Factbook: Thailand". Central Intelligence Agency. 2007-02-08. Retrieved 2007-03-07.
^ a b c d e Tuchrello, William P. "The Society and Its Environment" (Religion: Historical Background section). Thailand: A Country Study. Federal Research Division, Library of Congress; Barbara Leitch LePoer, ed. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.[1]
^ Ministry of Foreign Affairs - required documents
^ Charoensuthipan, Penchan. "Thai Buddhists call for top status 'unnecessary'". Retrieved 2007-04-18.
^ a b Monks push for Buddhism to be named Thailand’s religion
^ Osathanon, Prapasri; Nerisa Nerykhiew (2007-07-01). "Drafters reject Buddhism as state religion". The Nation. Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2007-08-18.
^ "Buddhist groups, monks halt campaigns against draft charter". The Nation. 2007-08-12. Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2007-08-18.
^ [2]
^ [3]

This post has been edited by Rob Jones: 29 April 2011 - 08:28 PM

[offshore sparky]

Rob Jones, on 29 April 2011 - 08:27 PM, said:

offshore sparky, when you read my posts please think utilitarian Of course not every Thai gambles, 20% are still in nappies, but you get my drift

Otherwise it will 'disclosures' here and 'in my opinion'there and you just wont get the full affect. When I say, for example that all Thais are Buddhists it makes for more snappier a read than me saying:

Buddhism in Thailand is largely of the Theravada school. Nearly 95% of Thailand's population is Buddhist of the Theravada school, though Buddhism in this country has become integrated with folk beliefs as well as Chinese religions from the large Thai-Chinese population.[1] Buddhist temples in Thailand are characterized by tall golden stupas, and the Buddhist architecture of Thailand is similar to that in other Southeast Asian countries, particularly Cambodia and Laos, with which Thailand shares cultural and historical heritage.

^ "CIA World Factbook: Thailand". Central Intelligence Agency. 2007-02-08. Retrieved 2007-03-07.
^ a b c d e Tuchrello, William P. "The Society and Its Environment" (Religion: Historical Background section). Thailand: A Country Study. Federal Research Division, Library of Congress; Barbara Leitch LePoer, ed. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.[1]
^ Ministry of Foreign Affairs - required documents
^ Charoensuthipan, Penchan. "Thai Buddhists call for top status 'unnecessary'". Retrieved 2007-04-18.
^ a b Monks push for Buddhism to be named Thailand’s religion
^ Osathanon, Prapasri; Nerisa Nerykhiew (2007-07-01). "Drafters reject Buddhism as state religion". The Nation. Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2007-08-18.
^ "Buddhist groups, monks halt campaigns against draft charter". The Nation. 2007-08-12. Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2007-08-18.
^ [2]
^ [3]

fair enough I will just accept you are talking a pile of pish ;)

[Rob Jones]

offshore sparky, on 29 April 2011 - 08:40 PM, said:

fair enough I will just accept you are talking a pile of pish ;)

Can do,

No obligations to agree with anything I post.

TBH I dont agree with all of it myself ;)

[thai spice]

Ever been on a construction site labor camp on pay day ???

After having paid their gambling debts from previous month, they try to make it up for next month.

Not all, but easily 70% of them.

Sadly nearly all of them from the N.E.

Government is doing nothing to change this, makes them too much money.

[pattayaman2001]

Smiler, on 29 April 2011 - 10:56 AM, said:

I just bought a spotless 2 year old Yamaha Mio with 7k on the clock for 12k baht - Result :) Mrs s is off to get the green book changed into her name as I write this and is happy as a pig in shit. The bike was from the next door village where apparently the local mafia are calling in gambling debts before the end of the month.

Now I consider myself to be very lucky because none of my Thai family gamble apart from the village lottery. A guy I know really quite well lost his house in Udon just a couple of months ago due to his wife's gambling habits and the sad truth is he is not the only farang to be rinsed in this fashion to my knowledge. Unbelievable but true as I have a hole in my arse :(

Makes me wonder if gambling were legalised what the situation would be here in Issan......

I've asked my Wife that question and She said Thais would go crazy and that's why they wont legalise it.

[offshore sparky]

Rob Jones, on 29 April 2011 - 08:48 PM, said:

Can do,

No obligations to agree with anything I post.

TBH I dont agree with all of it myself ;)

FAF :) You raised a smile on an otherwise shitty day :)