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They look a bit on the small side for fire trucks. Do they just carry a couple of buckets of water in the back?

5 hours ago, lonewolf99 said:

The Monkhood thing.....does that swing it for you and you get let off ?

I guess that has something to do with it. Don't want to bring the monkhood into disrepute by having one of their own convicted of child abuse.

According to the Huffington Post US Homeland Security was expecting him to get 7 years in the Bangkok Hilton.

Picture of him here: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/1824465/paedo-british-teacher-who-kidnapped-children-and-sold-them-as-sex-slaves-for-sick-porn-is-jailed-in-thailand/

So are they going to move those seven statues from the Hua Hin park with the same name, or is this a duplicate of that one? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajabhakti_Park

I wonder whether we'll see a similar set of dodgy dealings as cited in the Wikipedia article cropping up at a later date in the Phuket version of the park.

They should erect signs around the perimeter to direct traffic arriving at the airport with passengers taking international flights to point them towards the correct dropoff terminal.

Waiting until passengers have left the vehicle, but at the wrong terminal is only going to add to the chaos such as we see in the image.

If the gang has been seen before on minibuses they might be targetting one particular individual by following her around first of all to see what she spends, what type of phone she uses, how much money she seems to have and where she lives. How far is it from the bus stop to her home and are the streets well lit or not etc.

That means girls in particular need to be more aware of their surroundings and keep an eye out for unknown persons who often appear close by.

Poor old buggers. They probably would've been nicked even if they were playing for matchsticks.

Seems to be an app you can download: https://www.mobdro.com/

15 hours ago, madmitch said:

Most Thais seem to be more interested in the last two digits, which on the official Government lottery pays 2000 baht on an 80 baht pair of tickets: that's an 11.5-1 payout on a 99-1 chance. Or the three digits which pays 4000 baht on a 999-1 shot. Not great odds. The underground lotteries don't usually bother with the six digits, just the two and three and offer much greater odds, though still stacked heavily towards the organisers, and that's why they are much more popular.

 

 

80 Baht for Thais: 300 Baht if you're a farang.

Lack of infrastructure comes to mind. It's quite some distance from Patong and with tuk-tuks as the only means of getting around the island it's hardly surprising it's a flop.

Also, plenty of souvenir shops in Patong and all within walking distance.

14 hours ago, Jack Mountain said:

Maybe this is the reason ....

 

http://www.newsweek.com/germany-needs-hundreds-thousands-migrants-tackle-skills-shortage-324124

It's a noble gesture on Merkel's part that she takes the view that migrants can be trained for jobs in industry. But before they can take up that role, they'll have to learn German. That will take at least two years of intensive study assuming none of them tried to learn the language prior to making their way there.

In the meantime they have to be fed, clothed and given free accommodation and pocket money. The more industrious ones might make it through, but the majority will likely make excuses and end up doing menial jobs or living on welfare all at the cost of the German taxpayer.

Her problem now is to try and turn the fiasco into something positive which will see her being re-elected for a 4th term next year. But time is short and with no end in sight to the thousands still landing on Greek shores in the hope of making their way to Germany and beyond, her choices are very limited.

Just now, Deepinthailand said:

I want to enjoy and choose whatever products I see fit to buy. Not what some tree hugging do gooders decides I should buy. 

You sound like a pretty callous individual if you'd be prepared to buy something knowing a 10 year old child had to slave away for 12 hours a day in a sweltering hot factory to make it.

25 minutes ago, DiscoDan said:

 

Well thats what has just happened to a poultry company that lost its contract to Betagro and had to lay off 100 workers after  claims made by 6 or 7 workers I wonder if the other 93 workers are happy being made redundant ?  they might not of been paid the minimum wage but it was still more than they would earn in Burma.

 

Don't you think its better for all concerned (workers+companies) to resolve these issues behind closed doors with relevant agencies rather than trying to smear companies using  social media ? 

 

One of the workers who complained said he was getting 7 USD a day roughly 240 thb 

 

( sorry I stand corrected Burma now has a minimum wage introduced in Aug 2015)

 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/aug/31/burma-minimum-wage-uk-retailers

On Saturday the Burmese government set a minimum wage of 3,600 kyat (£1.82) 

 

GBP 1.82 =  THB 81

 

So do you really think those 90 workers will be happy and feel that MWRN has saved them from being exploited when they are back in Burma earning 80 odd Baht a day instead of THB 240 ?

 

 

 

 

Plenty of companies around that exploit workers, so those who you described as losing their jobs won't be out of work for long.

Thailand unfortunately doesn't fit the bill as a country which respects and protects workers rights. But that doesn't mean we should tolerate companies that exploit workers for their own ends.

3 hours ago, tonbridgebrit said:

http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-saudiairlines-philippines-idUKKCN11Q0XP

 

"It (the button) was unintentionally pushed. But the problem is it was pushed twice."

 

He's a serial pusher.

3 hours ago, manarak said:

 

 it's the same problem. the padding is transparent. if the padding wasn't transparent, I would want to get rid of the padding.

Try this: http://www.askvg.com/registry-tweak-to-decrease-window-border-size-and-padding-in-windows-8/

16 minutes ago, DiscoDan said:

legal team was supplied by the Lawyers council of thailand free of charge the Burmese government offered financial assistance and the thais declined saying they would cover costs, Andy hall sending a legal team is a myth you can ask him yourself if you don't believe me.

Where is your evidence that Andy Hall sending a team of lawyers is a myth?

You seem to be fond of making accusations, but a dismal failure when it comes to backing them up.

2 minutes ago, DiscoDan said:

Yeah close the factories and send the workers  back to Burma where they have not even got a minimum wage  that will really help migrant workers out. 

 

 

Typical Strawman mentality. "Let's exploit them for all they're worth because back home they have even less".

Companies which exploit children for profit should be put out of business and quick.

7 minutes ago, Deepinthailand said:

Why would to want to put a thai company out of buisness!!! Because the tree huggers and green peace donkey's say so no I will continue to buy as I please thank you.

So you support child labor and companies that pay less than the minimum wage (which is a pittance) to their workers do you?

TAT's timing is a bit off coming just a day after Andy Hall was found guilty of defamation for publicising his findings in a legitimate investigation into the use of child labor at National Fruit.

Consumers can do their bit now by boycotting this company's products.

Check the label the next time you want to buy a tin of pineapple slices.

5 minutes ago, chiang mai said:

 

"the captain told the control tower that a button indicating a hijacking was in progress had been pushed accidentally".

Apparently the button was pushed twice about 20 miles before landing.

Reports on Twitter say the plane has been hijacked.

Just now, manarak said:

 

 it's the same problem. the padding is transparent. if the padding wasn't transparent, I would want to get rid of the padding.

Padding adds an element inside a box to move anything such as text away from the edges. That's not the same thing as making the edges transparent.

On 4/29/2016 at 11:06 PM, FredNL said:

Who caress? I don't any more. With a country loaded of retards, over 20,000 deads per year on the streets.... How about that other 100 lives lost today???

Not caring about a two year old with her whole life before her snuffed out in a second makes you a pretty callous individual.

Do they fit the description: "Quality tourists"?