DownLoLarry Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 I suppose some are pushed but others are legitimate suicides. Think factors include terminal illness, jilted love, and running out of money. Since guys certainly have advance warning when money is getting low, perhaps a girl stealing his money mightpush him over the ledge. RIP Douglas A 52-year-old American plunged to his death from the27th floor of View Thalay Condominium at the Central Pattaya at 7:30 am while police were trying to persuade him to change his mind.The tourist was identified by his passport as Douglax Rex Rinehart. He left a note, saying he had run out of cash but he did not want to go home.The jump was witnessed by police, security officers and several other people. http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/American-tourist-plunges-to-his-death-from-27th-fl-30247027.html There's a video on Facebook but you may not want to watch. https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1030156847104985&fref=nf Quote Link to comment
Kahuna Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 I am always reminded of that old quip... The greatest fear when standing at the very edge of a cliff is not that you will fall, but that you will jump... It's in all of us.................... Quote Link to comment
SiamSam Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 Welcome back Kahuna. Where the hell have you been? I'm drinking a glass of Louis Latour Chardonnay presently. Well, to be honest it's my third glass. I'll raise it to having you back posting again. And if you post again tonight, I might have a fourth or fifth upturn of the glass. Hope you are well. Quote Link to comment
TEXASMAC Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 He was probably from Detroit. Quote Link to comment
Kahuna Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 Welcome back Kahuna. Where the hell have you been? I'm drinking a glass of Louis Latour Chardonnay presently. Well, to be honest it's my third glass. I'll raise it to having you back posting again. And if you post again tonight, I might have a fourth or fifth upturn of the glass. Hope you are well. Never let it be said that I kept a man from his Louis Latour Chardonnay.... Thanks for asking Sam and especially for the warm welcome....And I hope all is well with you...................... I have been on a short sojourn south of my border (and ready to head back)...So while you are enjoying your French wine I will have a taste of my Herradura Anejo......... A pic from the airport in PV for you...Alas no pretty boy named Ning to attend to me and my needs...But lots of tasty cold beer... Moreover, there are no cliffs or tall buildings in Mexico Sam...It is a safe place............. Quote Link to comment
SiamSam Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 HAHAHAHA!!! So funny. I can't believe there is a bar in Puerto Vallarta named "Corner Bar" abeit without a Ning or Aun. So, so funny!!! So now that you've posted again today I am now condemned to drink a third and fourth glass. Ohhhhh, the burden I bear. Boo Hoo. Good to have you back. Quote Link to comment
JaiDee Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 Damn shame, he must've really been afraid of or been depressed by the thought of moving back home after running out of cash. We have all met people who are in that catagory, hopefully none of whom have taken this extreme step. Quote Link to comment
Guest JustSumGai Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 home should not be a place that drives one to jump. I gotta believe alcohol plays a part in this. Quote Link to comment
Foggy Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 Personally I could think of a better way to go like in a car with the exhaust piped in through the window. Very peaceful a with a couple of shots of your favourite tipple and u would glide off gently. I agree with JustSomeGai alcohol must play a part as when your in that state of mind there's no reasoning and to think of the mess that body is going to make on impact... yuk and oooch Very sad to think for some people the place we all love will eventually wipe u out. Quote Link to comment
Kahuna Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 One Yank in Pattaya is a drop in the bucket...no pun intended...World wide it is estimated that a million people commit suicide every year...They (who ever that is) expect that number to rise to 1.5 million by 2020............. In the USA, from where Douglas Rex Rinehart hailed, someone kills themselves every 17 minutes...if you want you can start counting now... Those figures and guesstimates don't include the number of folks who try to commit suicide and fail...They (here they are again) estimate that that number is 10 to 20 times greater than those who are successful suiciders....... Moreover it definately does not include those who think about it and never attempt the act...And that would be almost all of us........That's the person sitting next to you in the baht bus or the 7 -Eleven clerk...That's the airplane pilot who flew you to your destination and the teacher in grade school you so admired...That's your brother and your sister and your mother and your father and your wife and your children....... These are sobering numbers or should be...And yet we are more concerned with catching the exotic tropical disease du jour or contracting cancer or the fear of flying or some war someplace............ I wasn't joking when I posted that it is in all of us...It is and that can't be denied...And I definitely wasn't joking when I posted that it isn't the fear of falling but of jumping with which we should concern ourselves...... I am sorry Mr. Rinehart of Las Vegas jumped to his death in Pattaya...But by the time I wrote this post he was joined by another...By the time you read this, if ever, he will have been joined by hundreds... There are no favorites or underdogs...Just genuine folks dying for their own reasons...................... BTW: Thailand's suicide rate is much lower than the USA............... 1 Quote Link to comment
TEXASMAC Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 My joke about Detroit was poor. For many years after my mothers passing those thoughts passed my mind. Sometimes ...? Quote Link to comment
Lefty Posted November 7, 2014 Share Posted November 7, 2014 I suppose some are pushed but others are legitimate suicides. Think factors include terminal illness, jilted love, and running out of money. Since guys certainly have advance warning when money is getting low, perhaps a girl stealing his money mightpush him over the ledge. RIP Douglas http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/American-tourist-plunges-to-his-death-from-27th-fl-30247027.html There's a video on Facebook but you may not want to watch. https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1030156847104985&fref=nf What an idiot. There is not one person or thing in Thailand worth killing yourself over. Quote Link to comment
zaronxas Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 Thailand can give you such a (addictive) high when you're here that if it becomes your new normal, you may not be able to adjust back to life back home. I imagine this combined with depression or alcoholism could easily push a normally sane person to do something extreme like this. RIP Quote Link to comment
SiamSam Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 Thailand can give you such a (addictive) high when you're here that if it becomes your new normal, you may not be able to adjust back to life back home. I imagine this combined with depression or alcoholism could easily push a normally sane person to do something extreme like this. RIP I just drink more. Quote Link to comment
zaronxas Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 I just drink more. Cheers to that. Quote Link to comment
Lefty Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 Thailand can give you such a (addictive) high when you're here that if it becomes your new normal, you may not be able to adjust back to life back home. I imagine this combined with depression or alcoholism could easily push a normally sane person to do something extreme like this. RIP That has not been a problem for me, but maybe I was not there long enough. Quote Link to comment
zaronxas Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 That has not been a problem for me, but maybe I was not there long enough. You may also be a bit better adjusted than other punters. I've met a lot of expats (and even tourists) who seem to lose all sense of themselves shortly after arriving and think they've transformed into a rock star. Once the rug gets pulled out from underneath them, it's enough to break some. Quote Link to comment
SiamSam Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 At home or abroad my Lefty will always be a rock star to me. Quote Link to comment
Lefty Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 At home or abroad my Lefty will always be a rock star to me. That is the sweetest thing anyone has ever said to me. I am touched and humbled by your kind words. Quote Link to comment
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