Ramblings & Replies

[JaiDee]

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[SiamSam]

Very funny JD. I laughed out loud while eating my Shreddies

[TEXASMAC]

What is a Shreddie?

[globetrotter]

kind of like Weetabix but smaller

[SiamSam]

Here you go TexMac:

 

http://postfoods.ca/our-brands/shreddies/

[Quinn]

Try this for size, "Shreddies" English slang for tatty underpants. I believe Americans call them "Jockey Shorts" and as seen in movies wear them all day and go to bed in them.

http://myshreddies.com/store/flatulence/mens/

[pdogg]

Try this for size, "Shreddies" English slang for tatty underpants. I believe Americans call them "Jockey Shorts" and as seen in movies wear them all day and go to bed in them.

http://myshreddies.com/store/flatulence/mens/

 

Shreddies award winning flatulence filtering underwear for men combines classic styling & supportive technology making Shreddies the ultimate pair of gentlemen’s flatulence filtering underwear

[SiamSam]

Goodness, you just ever know what is going to take off on a thread. You mention something like "Shreddies" and suddenly it becomes a topic. Strange world...

[JaiDee]

Another one bites the dust

 

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/428503

[pdogg]

Another one bites the dust

 

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/428503

Down and out in Bangkok.  Life is not just one big cocktail party.

 

 

The story of a Swedish tourist who lost everything in a bar-girl swindle and lives hand-to-mouth on the streets of Bangkok because his embassy won't fly him home has drawn widespread public sympathy online with many people wanting to donate money to help him.

Lief Christer (Photo by Pemika Jiawong)

The pitiful existence of former chef Lief Christer, 45, became public after images of him sleeping on a footpath in the Soi Nana (Sukhumvit Soi 4) area went viral on the internet earlier this week.  

 

Mr Christer arrived in Thailand in May with his life savings of more than one million baht, hoping to settle down with an unidentified Thai woman whom he had met late last year. But the woman swindled him out of his money, leaving him with only his passport and a few belongings, according to Pemika Jiawong, 40, who has tried to help Mr Christer.  

 

He previously visited Thailand in November last year and January this year to stay with the woman at a condominium in Soi Nana.  

Ms Pemika said he could not ask for financial assistance from the Swedish Embassy to fly home because he had lost other documents. He had sought their help several times.

 

With no money and no resources, he has since been forced to live on the streets, using the footpath in the middle section of Soi Nana as his bed for the past few months.

 

Ms Pemika, who works at a pharmacy in the area, said she befriended Mr Christer after he tried to break into a condominium room in Nana where her colleague lived, a few months ago because he mistook it for the room of his girlfriend. He went there to ask for his money back from the woman, she said.

He was deceived by the woman — who is thought to work in a bar in Soi Nana — into thinking she lived in the room, Ms Pemika said. Mr Christer has not been able to make contact with her ever since.

 

“He wants to go home but has no money because he sold everything in Sweden to come here,” Ms Pemika said. 

 

Mr Christer had tried to earn money by working as a hired hand and is reduced to begging with a tin can when he cannot make ends meet. 

 

Ms Pemika described Mr Christer as a “nice person who does not want to trust anyone” after his nightmare relationship with the Thai woman. Ms Pemika said she and two colleagues take turns to visit him every night after they finish work so that Mr Christen can feel a bit better and can “release his depression”. The three women have to walk past him to reach their apartment nearby. 

 

Mr Christer recently underwent an operation for a urinary bladder problem and still has to use a urine catheter.

 

The Swede worked as a chef in his hometown. He separated from his wife, with whom he has two children, five years ago.    

 

Ms Pemika said Mr Christer is reluctant to take money from her so she can only help by providing him with urine catheters and accompanying him after work.  

 

Sittipol Chuprajon, who runs the Mirror Foundation's "Patients on Streets" project, said he met Mr Christer on Aug 13 before his story became public and learned he did not want to be sent back to Sweden under immigration procedures because his parents had died and he had no relatives there. if picked up, he would be held in custody for a long time pending deportation. In addition, he did not want to be blacklisted and banned from re-entering Thailand.

Mr Sittipol said Mr Christer was “depressed and suspicious of strangers”.   

 

Mr Sittipol said he would contact the Swedish Embassy on Monday to ask about its policy of assisting Swedish citizens who face such harrowing circumstances as Mr Christer and seek details of his previous contacts. 

 

Many internet users have expressed sympathy for the Swede and condemned the woman who deceived him. They have also criticised the Swedish Embassy for turning down his request for a plane ticket home, saying the man should receive help because he was swindled and has no intention of overstaying his visa. 

 

They want to donate money to Mr Christer but have no idea where to start. Some have called the Mirror Foundation and other concerned agencies to launch a donation campaign so that people can help him. 

 

 

[xyzzy]

 

Mr Christer arrived in Thailand in May with his life savings of more than one million baht

 

  A 45 year old sells all his stuff and then has a life savings of $30,000. 

[azza33]

A 45 year old sells all his stuff and then has a life savings of $30,000.

In my line of work i see a lot of personal profiles.... His position in life is not that unusual i can assure you.

His naivety is the sad part, not his financial net worth before he was scammed.

[Torurot]

Maybe he spent all his spare money traveling around the world and checking out Thailand rather than acquiring "stuff"

[williethepimp]

  A 45 year old sells all his stuff and then has a life savings of $30,000. 

i had nowhere near that in the bank at 45....raising children costs a helluva lot of money and we're not all corporates whizz kids.....he took a gamble at very poor odds,and lost.....

[seven]

I find it hard to believe Sweden won't fly this poor guy home.  Now that his story made the news, he'll be home in a few days. And that fucking Che Guevara tee to make things worse.

[seven]

. His position in life is not that unusual i can assure you.

 

I agree. Thais believe all westerners are millionaires and we pick our money from tress back in farangland. Many of my friends couldn't raise 1 million baht

[JaiDee]

i had nowhere near that in the bank at 45....raising children costs a helluva lot of money

 

  With ya there, Willie.....at 37 I was a helluva lot broker than this guy and had just been through a personal bankruptcy.  I would've had to rob a bank to come up with 30 grand. Thankfully I went into business for myself and things worked out well, but if I kept on as a 9-5 working slut [this guy was a chef back in Sweden] I am sure I would have been poorer than he at 45.

 

Some quick math in my head tells me I have spent well over a quarter million dollars raising my 2 kids since they were born.

[JaiDee]

To wit......never owned one of these things.

[SiamSam]

JD,

 

Do you know where the above pix was taken? It looks a lot like Montreal.

[seven]

Thats the new Cayman. Sweet!

[JaiDee]

No, it came across my newsfeed the other day and I saved it to my HD

 

   One can dream!

 

{Actually, if I could afford a Porsche I'd get a Mercedes 550 instead}

[seven]

Heres what I'm wanking to since there are no lbs here( there are some old golddiggers).

[JaiDee]

So who's in more trouble, the homeless Swede or the ATM-fraud Swede?

 

 

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/754788-swede-filipino-arrested-in-chiang-mai-with-500-fake-atm-cards/?utm_source=newsletter-20140826-0755&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=news

 

 

''CHIANG MAI: -- POLICE HAVE arrested two ATM skimmer suspects - a Swedish man and a Filipino - in Chiang Mai's Muang district along with 500 fake electronic cards.''

[rxpharm]

The ATM skimmer Swede is in bigger trouble. He is likely headed for the slammer, as the current practice of bribing your way out of criminal charges has become much less since the coup.

[ciobha]

Have to say brother Seven, I always liked the M6, but the big problem with it of course, is the M5. Same performance, but but a much better all rounder, it is no wonder the M6 has (so far) been somewhat of a flop.

 

This what I am wanking to, firstly because I really do like it, but most important is because it is in my price range, so possibly in the next year or so I might just splash out.