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1. Contact Cathay Pacific, Singapore Airlines or Emirates instead.

2. AirAsia is much cheaper and no worse than Thai.

Problem solved.

If you REALLY (why?) need to contact Thai, try "do you know who my Daddy is".....

but farangs don't count....

revert to step 1 or 2 instead

they never learned.............They never had anything...... they were slaves 100 years ago

there were low flying Thai airways A380 over Baan Chang a couple of years ago: quite distracting even there.

I think they were learning to fly out of U-tapao

One minute you're trying to keep them out, then trying to keep them in.

Let them go and give them a bottle of Bundaberg courstesy of the wizard of Oz to enjoy with the 10,000 virgins

Wouldn't go far with some of the virgins around here, though...............

thai+legal+ system

i don't think so

thai+illegal+chaos

OK

Not worth going then.........Have they resurected the Minister that was under Thaksin?? The one who wanted to make it illegal to teach Thai-Wisdom to farang?.....

thai wisdom........ now there's an interesting concept.....

Safety ... a completely lost concept on Thais.

Still it doesn't matter those tourists will continue to flock to Thailand to risk their lives at the hands of people who couldn't care less providing the money keeps on flowing. As normal you won't get any follow ups on this 'accident' as it'll be swept under the carpet as quickly as possible without any further ado.

RIP the poor buggers that thought they were on holiday. I'm amazed the Chinese Gov hasn't acted considering how many of them are killed each year.

there's loads of them

Soon to come...

Entry fee to Thailand...

Mulled to increase the numbers of quality tourists by 2016... TAT Announcement and final price are currently in the making and been discussed...

private company already in mind.... Kingpower

Poor image, nothing can be done about that.

Poor country that cares so much about its image.

Poor system that causes it

Three months?

Funny little people, such a wild sense of humour.

every household should have one..........

They make great pets if properly trained and kept on a leash.

Mr Pirelli,

Sell this company to the Chinamen, and use Michelins for your Ferrari next time.

Everybody else will..................

Agree with advice on sun angles etc.

There are some good programs available that allow you to walk through your plans and predict sun angles and shadows at any time of the year.

I would start from there: only other advice is that you make a contract wherein you buy and pay for all materials directly, and watch the bodgers every minute of the day, particularly, be there the day they pour the footings, I repeat........ BE THERE THE DAY THEY POUR THE FOOTINGS!

Also, check water pipes if under floor: I mean challenge the bodgers and the head bodger if not convinced

BTW

Bodgers repairing cracks due to subsidence as we speak, because I wasn't there to inspect the footings 8 years ago...

There are things I want to say but can't say, comparisons maybe, but won't say.

15 years is a long time

Thailand does not seem to have enjoyed the same level of progress...... If it would have had similar enlightened leadership for the last 50 years, it would be by far the biggest economy in SEA.

Darwinism in action

Load them high.

Pack them in.

This is tourism.

I agree totally: can't we just pack them a bit tighter on one half the beach, and create a densely packed Chinese-only half of the beach, with sound barrier and spit channel separating it from the civilised part of the beach. I think everyone would be far happier!

The dead man must certainly have paid his dues to the powers that be, and the shooter was a cheap charlie.

Vengeance, will be swift to those who underpay!

Right, right. Learn what someone prefers to be called and use it. Otherwise simply refer to someone as, "The gentleman in the white T-shirt," or, "The lady in the purple dress," or, "That bunch of people over there," etc. Learn some manners.

Anyone who calls me, "farang," I instantly lose all respect for, and instantly forgo giving them any "polite Thai" conversation. I go right into my wild, wild west demeanor, giving them a lesson on what that's all about.

I really don't care what anybody calls me if they don't know me.

However, yesterday I was in the park with my wife when we met a young couple we know with their 2 year old son. The couple know my name, know who I am - as in Jin's husband - and we run into them every couple of months and stop to talk.

The little boy was being a bit shy so dad said to him "Go and say hello to the farang". He could so easily have said "Say hello to ... Martin ... or loong ... or that man ... " or a number of similar descriptions but no, he had to use 'farang'. I'm afraid that, in those circumstances, I view it as similar to saying " ... go play with the dog ...".

I tried to explain why I found it impolite, in my not-too-good Thai and my wife elaborated a bit but it seemed to go right over his head.

Dad's a doctor, BTW.

I have never been bothered by this. I have a mental piggy bank: for every time I am called a "farang", I put a "rice monkey" token in the bank.....and spend it as I see fit

Because western people have nostalgy of colonialism and slavery

Spelling is one of our fortes since we invented most of the languages commonly spoken as well as the systems that transmit them. "Nostalgia" not "nostalgy"

invest in the stock market.

New York bankers are honest as flakes of snow

if you go to the zoo, don't expect love from the animals

I too, often shed a tear when confronted with Thainess, usually at immigration, national parks, and police shake-down.

I think the closest english translation is "venality"

https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&rlz=1C1BLWB_enTH595TH595&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=venality%20definition

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Can also be negatively correlated with personal wealth increase/decrease

the words that have kept me going here for 24 years are

" if they got their act together, we couldn't afford to ++++ their daughters for peanuts......"

Phuket Immigration extortion allegations denied

Phuket Gazette - March 10, 2015 | 05:57 PM

PHUKET: The Phuket Immigration chief has asked foreigners who believe they have witnessed extortion at the hands of his officers, while applying for address verification letters and other free services, to report such incidents directly to him.

See more at: http://www.phuketgazette.net/phuket-news/Phuket-Immigration-extortion-allegations-denied/51532#sthash.cVN0sZLI.dpuf

-- Phuket Gazette 2015-03-10

250 baht for address verification at Pattaya immigration