Oh it's never going to happen to me!!!
How often have you heard that???
Went out for a bite and a few sherbets last night. Normally I get a reliable taxi driver to take me home as they make sure I'm in and locked up when the wifes away (which she is) Had to get a different taxi and although he saw me through the gates did not wait
Sat down to take my shoes off and got hit from behind. Luckily I had bent down and he missed my head but rendered my left shoulder useless. I automatically put my arms over my head for protection and got hit 4 more times one dislocating my thumb and the others leaving cuts in my left arm. Fortunately our resident soi friendly dog stated barking. He/she or them disappeared.
I live in a respectable middle class soi close to 51, and assume I'm OK because everybody knows me
My wife and my next door landlady have always said how vulnerable I am when alone
Now I know!!
Please take care
Please take care
RICHARD OF LOXLEY
It’s none of my business what people say and think of me. I am what I am and do what I do. I expect nothing and accept everything. It makes life so much easier.
It’s none of my business what people say and think of me. I am what I am and do what I do. I expect nothing and accept everything. It makes life so much easier.
Not sure
But we've had to change the locks twice in the last 6 months
To be honest, the biggest impact to me at the moment is SHOCK
OK I been burgled in the UK twice but never had a violent assault before
The Soi is in shock but quick to point out I'm a farang and therefore have money ( Thai logic 'it's your fault')
Hope many will learn from this
But we've had to change the locks twice in the last 6 months
To be honest, the biggest impact to me at the moment is SHOCK
OK I been burgled in the UK twice but never had a violent assault before
The Soi is in shock but quick to point out I'm a farang and therefore have money ( Thai logic 'it's your fault')
Hope many will learn from this
RICHARD OF LOXLEY
It’s none of my business what people say and think of me. I am what I am and do what I do. I expect nothing and accept everything. It makes life so much easier.
It’s none of my business what people say and think of me. I am what I am and do what I do. I expect nothing and accept everything. It makes life so much easier.
Jeez, hope you're ok, was it inside the house? Were they waiting for you or did it happen on the street outside? Could help to ascertain whether it was premeditated or a chance attack.
Have you made a police report? Not that it'll make a blind bit of difference.
Have you made a police report? Not that it'll make a blind bit of difference.
Who is the happier man, he who has braved the storm of life and lived or he who has stayed securely on shore and merely existed? - Hunter S Thompson
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richard,
That must have been a very nasty shock, and I hope it hasn't knocked any of that Yorkshire stuffing out of you. I hope you and the dog disturbed the person before they took anything or did anything else in your soi and your house. I hope also that your wounds heal quickly, both physical and mental. Reporting it to the police, although unlikely to yield anything now, may at least give them a heads up that this sort of thing is happening, and possibly more often than they realise.
That must have been a very nasty shock, and I hope it hasn't knocked any of that Yorkshire stuffing out of you. I hope you and the dog disturbed the person before they took anything or did anything else in your soi and your house. I hope also that your wounds heal quickly, both physical and mental. Reporting it to the police, although unlikely to yield anything now, may at least give them a heads up that this sort of thing is happening, and possibly more often than they realise.
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robbery
Hope you are ok Richard if you need a hand pm me
Woke up this morning breathing that's a good start to the day.
Thanks guys
Happened outside my door and guess It was a premeditated attack
Nothing lost only my pride
But true Yorkshire grit will see me through
The wife has consistant told me I'm marked as a target but who believes that in the LOS?
As Swartzy said 'I'll be back'
Happened outside my door and guess It was a premeditated attack
Nothing lost only my pride
But true Yorkshire grit will see me through
The wife has consistant told me I'm marked as a target but who believes that in the LOS?
As Swartzy said 'I'll be back'
RICHARD OF LOXLEY
It’s none of my business what people say and think of me. I am what I am and do what I do. I expect nothing and accept everything. It makes life so much easier.
It’s none of my business what people say and think of me. I am what I am and do what I do. I expect nothing and accept everything. It makes life so much easier.
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Thats shocking news...not clever at all....
Im not over there yet but the missus keeps
telling me ill have to be careful in day to day life
what i say and behave etc....
im a normal ish kind of guy etc.... but she mentioned shes
scared to leave me on my own....
im sure if it happened to me ill bounce back
You cant keep your guard up all the time.... and why should
you..... i know ive got alot to learn about 'thai thinking' especially
towards us lot....but im mindful especially the more i pick up through
HHAD....
Anyhow....Richard....no one deserves this....get well soon...
Im not over there yet but the missus keeps
telling me ill have to be careful in day to day life
what i say and behave etc....
im a normal ish kind of guy etc.... but she mentioned shes
scared to leave me on my own....
im sure if it happened to me ill bounce back
You cant keep your guard up all the time.... and why should
you..... i know ive got alot to learn about 'thai thinking' especially
towards us lot....but im mindful especially the more i pick up through
HHAD....
Anyhow....Richard....no one deserves this....get well soon...
The only Geordie in sleepy Cha am since 2009 :cheers:
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Richard, I'm sorry to hear both of the attack, and that it could happen in Hua Hin. Even more so about the apparent justification of it by locals simply because you are 'farang'. Best wishes in getting over both the shock and any injuries.
You suggest it may be pre-meditated because of the circumstances, but do you have any other reason for suspecting this? It may help the police, even though we all know the Boys in Brown aren't the most pro-active in dealing with farang problems. Random assaults are pretty rare, and the tourist police would take that sort of thing pretty seriously, I would think - bad for 'face' in LOS.
You suggest it may be pre-meditated because of the circumstances, but do you have any other reason for suspecting this? It may help the police, even though we all know the Boys in Brown aren't the most pro-active in dealing with farang problems. Random assaults are pretty rare, and the tourist police would take that sort of thing pretty seriously, I would think - bad for 'face' in LOS.
Re: Please take care
Hi Richard,richard wrote:Oh it's never going to happen to me!!!
How often have you heard that???
[Couic]
Now I know!!
I do not know you, we have never met, but I'd like to tell you how sad I'm feeling.
I hope you'll get back to us on form very soon.
François
And me, still the most self satisfied of men
I was almost as drunk as myself
(Jacques Brel)
And me, still the most self satisfied of men
I was almost as drunk as myself
(Jacques Brel)