What if a fellow farang asks to borrow cash?

**teddy** · 23-04-2010, 09:49 PM

Originally Posted by spikebs4

guy in pattaya was skint , so i said id buy your booze for 5 wks / he was going back to uk for vist / till this day the man has not got a round in , he cant look me in the eye , he knows i know hes full of shite . most ppl get found out in the end ... if you borrow you pay back , simple if not you will end up fked one way or another .... it all goes around .......

Come to think of it, I did enter a saloon. I went to see Johnny Heinhold in the Last Chance, and I went to borrow money. And right here is another phase of John Barleycorn. Saloon-keepers are notoriously good fellows. On an average they perform vastly greater generosities than do business men. When I simply had to have one thousand baht, desperate, with no place to turn, I went to Johnny Heinhold. Several years had passed since I had been in his place or spent a cent across his bar. And when I went to borrow the one thousand baht I didn't buy a drink, either. And Johnny Heinhold let me have the one thousand baht without security or interest.

**Rural Surin** · 23-04-2010, 09:50 PM

Originally Posted by somtamslap

A Dutch guy that used to come in my pub everyday and religiously spend at least 2000 bt a night for a good six months asked if he could run up a tab for a couple of weeks as he was waiting for some money to come through from his 'Advertising Business' in Holland (really was a bullshitting bastard that cnut). He'd been such a good customer and by then was a good mate, that I didn't even have to think about it..he ran up about 18,000 over the course of the fortnight and promptly paid it back. A week or so later he asked if he could run up another tab to which I agreed..
30,000bt later we find out he is a jobless, alcoholic without a cent to his name, he'd pulled a similar stunt on bars all over the island and had debts estimated at around 200,000bt which included unpaid room, bar tabs, motorbike rental etc..

I paid him a visit with my partner at the bar and could see his heart pounding like fucking pneumatic drill in his chest..he confessed to it all, after which my mate wanted to kill him, but I couldn't help but feel sorry for the poor bastard..

I've heard he's living up country now after getting numerous death threats and doing a runner..sincerely hope he's ok..

And if I ever see him again, the cnut owes me a beer or two..

Runner up country.....by any chance, Sukhothai?

**Belepheron** · 23-04-2010, 09:50 PM

Depends on the situation. If I know the person and he's employed I'll lend him cash to see him through. Shit, it's happened to me and a mate saw me okay but I didn't rest until I'd payed it back.

As for just another drinking partner at a bar, generally that would be a no-no.

You can't say yes or no to this question, there are too many variables.

**AntRobertson** · 23-04-2010, 10:02 PM

Originally Posted by Bobcock

I won't lend to anyone else again outside a very close circle of freinds who i would give it to if necessary.

No Ant...we are not that close.

Sez you! You lent me money last time we were in Phuket... As did Jase for that matter.

[Mental note to self: must remember to not lose me ATM card this time]

**Lobster** · 23-04-2010, 10:11 PM

The one and only time I ever lent money to a foreign guy in Thailand I laid it out pretty well.

1. Pay me back when you are saying you will.
2. Don't EVER ask me for money again, whatever the reason.

It worked out fine.

**barbaro** · 23-04-2010, 10:25 PM

Anyone ever lent and lost?

No.

Never lent, so never lost.

I have been asked to loan and *give* money.

I say, "no."

"I'm an English teacher."

Ask other people, or go to the Embassy or Consulate: at the Embassy and Consulate there is a sign:

"If you are indigent, call this number: X-XXX-XXXx-XXXX."

**barbaro** · 23-04-2010, 10:27 PM

Originally Posted by AntRobertson

Originally Posted by Bobcock

I won't lend to anyone else again outside a very close circle of freinds who i would give it to if necessary.

No Ant...we are not that close.

Sez you! You lent me money last time we were in Phuket... As did Jase for that matter.

[Mental note to self: must remember to not lose me ATM card this time]

Sounds like a lawyer [liar] to me.........

**billy the kid** · 23-04-2010, 10:30 PM

As joe moer, collateral, unless it's a guy you have known for some time. At the end of the day you can never be sure of getting it back . Usually it's, can you "give" me . If it's for boose only, then ,,,,unless you're a friend . It's usually why they are broke in the first place.

**Lobster** · 23-04-2010, 10:49 PM

Originally Posted by billy the kid

If it's for boose only, then ,,,,unless you're a friend . It's usually why they are broke in the first place.

Does that mean that the ability to stay long term in Thailand highly depends on your booze vs. available income ratio?

I agree by the way.

**DrAndy** · 23-04-2010, 10:50 PM

Originally Posted by good2bhappy

sadly 250 doesn't go far in Central London these days

It should cover the underground fare and a few girls

**good2bhappy** · 23-04-2010, 11:00 PM

Originally Posted by DrAndy

and a few girls

? what are you planning?

**AntRobertson** · 23-04-2010, 11:00 PM

Originally Posted by barbaro

Originally Posted by AntRobertson

Originally Posted by Bobcock

I won't lend to anyone else again outside a very close circle of freinds who i would give it to if necessary.

No Ant...we are not that close.

Sez you! You lent me money last time we were in Phuket... As did Jase for that matter.

[Mental note to self: must remember to not lose me ATM card this time]

Sounds like a lawyer [liar] to me.........

Yes but that's because you're a thick, obtuse, twat.

**StrontiumDog** · 24-04-2010, 12:41 AM

Lent to a farang once here, my so called best friend, he left Thailand and didn't repay me. If I ever see him again I will extract the debt from him...

I've been asked by bargirls who I have known for a long time and by some so called "normal" Thai girls. Never agreed to it and it has always caused a permanent rift for some odd reason. They seem to take the refusal personally...odd.

**sunsetter** · 24-04-2010, 01:17 AM

lent a friend the equivalent of about 400 quid once, forgot about it, was a nice suprize to get it back a few years down the line, magic

watched an irish guy get into a thai family who ran a beer bar, near where i did on koh chang for nigh on 1 million baht, girls and booze, paying his rent food etc, he paid that bill, no probs, then took them for 600,000 the next time, last seen on khao san begging for beer, hope the cnut is dead, even though his drunken antics where a fine way to wile an afternoon at the bar

**dirtydog** · 24-04-2010, 02:34 AM

Borrowed half a million baht once for a week, the difference between hanging out with the rich and the poor, although I am in the later.

**DJ Pat** · 24-04-2010, 05:00 AM

Originally Posted by DrAndy

Pat, can you lend me £250, please?

I can meet you in Central London tonight

I'm not in London at the moment but in St. Mawgan, Cornwall. Back on monday afternoon and can most certainly meet you.

Meet me off the train at Paddington. I'll happily oblige.

**slimboyfat** · 24-04-2010, 05:07 AM

Originally Posted by DJ Pat

Originally Posted by DrAndy

Pat, can you lend me £250, please?

I can meet you in Central London tonight

I'm not in London at the moment but in St. Mawgan, Cornwall. Back on monday afternoon and can most certainly meet you.

Meet me off the train at Paddington. I'll happily oblige.

Working for the RAF now Pat?

**DJ Pat** · 24-04-2010, 05:08 AM

Originally Posted by AntRobertson

love don't live here anymore.

Don't take it so personally, just because Smeg jilted you in the mens toilets.

**November Rain** · 24-04-2010, 05:09 AM

I've lent loads. But I've always assumed it was a donation. Occasionally I've been proved wrong.

I've also had loans from people & been extremely grateful for them.

BTW, why does race come into this???

**DJ Pat** · 24-04-2010, 05:13 AM

Originally Posted by slimboyfat

Working for the RAF now Pat?

If I told you, I'd have to kill you.

Just joking.

Actually I am living in a very picturesque village near to the base. No GI's any more though.

**slimboyfat** · 24-04-2010, 05:15 AM

Originally Posted by DJ Pat

Originally Posted by slimboyfat

Working for the RAF now Pat?

If I told you, I'd have to kill you.

Just joking.

Actually I am living in a very picturesque village near to the base. No GI's any more though.

How long are you down in Cornwall for?

Hopefully I will be down there in a couple of weeks visiting the Olds.

**DJ Pat** · 24-04-2010, 05:19 AM

Originally Posted by November Rain

BTW, why does race come into this???

If you are British then you would know.

**DJ Pat** · 24-04-2010, 05:21 AM

Originally Posted by slimboyfat

How long are you down in Cornwall for?

Hopefully I will be down there in a couple of weeks visiting the Olds.

Recording a report for the radio station on the Boardmasters festival in Newquay soon then Glastonbury later but I rent a flat there so pretty much all the time.

Why?

**November Rain** · 24-04-2010, 05:22 AM

Originally Posted by DJ Pat

Originally Posted by November Rain

BTW, why does race come into this???

If you are British then you would know.

I am. 100%. 50% Scots (Elgin). 50% English (Brum). And I still have no idea what the fuck you're on about. Enlighten me, please?

**DJ Pat** · 24-04-2010, 05:32 AM

Originally Posted by November Rain

I still have no idea what the fuck you're on about. Enlighten me, please?

I personally discrimate against certain accents, that's all.

Something guilty in those scouse and brummie accents.

If a brummie / scouse says to me something like ''Alright I'm just going to the shops'', to me that just sounds like them saying ''I didn't do it, honestly, I just wanted to get sorted...''
Etc.

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