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17 hours ago, JohnBarleycorn said:

Borrowing?

Borrowing to buy booze?!!!

How much can they borrow, anyway?

Let's say that some guy were to borrow to buy booze for a month, or so.

What would be the cost of that?  What would be the percent interest involved? 10% per month?

Anyway, let's say some guy drank 8 bottles of LEO per day.  And let's say this guy drank only 25 days out of each month.

How much would his tab be at the end of 30 days in April?

This guy would have drunk away, and <deleted> away, Bt.11,400.00 (not counting the interest for borrowing the money in the first place).

 

Such a shame, really.

Because family men have children and wives to support.

Far better to spend this money on education, both for the guy involved, and for the rest of his family.

 

I plan to never touch another drop, as long as I live.

What's the point?

I could buy a new Samsung Note 10+ with 1 Terabyte of Ram every three months, or I could buy LEO for three months, and <deleted> it all away.

 

I just hope that everybody, from now on, will follow my example.

Then, we will have Note 10 phones out the kazoo.

Take heed, everybody.

 

Am pretty sure there won't be many following your example, you do know the vast majority of people who enjoy a beer or two have absolutely no issues whatsoever, and regarding your OP if the area you live is that bad i would suggest you move.

12 hours ago, Yinn said:

Like TVF moderators? 

 

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Not ban me na! Only joke. 

Please Charlie. Not again!

 

I think TVF say the same thing again and again= believe. Not really understand.

 

Is hard to control thai people. Prayut try, he can not, that why he angry a lot! Funny. 

Eg. Remember he say not go in back of pickup? What happen? Ignore and mock, not do. In U.K. can do? 

 

If Mrs Charlie not want do something, Charlie can make do it? Not think so Charlie.

Maybe she refuse, maybe fight you, maybe she acting do it, maybe lie, but not do she not want. 

 

TVF scared a lot. If I post what on thai social media everyday mock and criticize Prayut etc, you guys will panic.

 

Thais like to fight. Muay Tai is national sport, chicken fighting, bull fighting, political fighting, teenage fighting etc etc.

 

Yellow shirt fight red shirt fight a lot before.

BUT

If foreign country come that time want to fight, we stop fight each other immediately and join together. Sure. 100%

Not want to invade other country same farang, colonial, world war, Iraq, Afghanistan, Vietnam etc etc. 

 

Burma. Before. Revenge must be paid.

Would never normally comment on threads such as these and am pretty much like the OP, generally enjoying my life here but realise the place is not some Utopian dream.

However i can't believe some posters actually liked the comment above from Yinn, admitting to laughing when the Thai people ignored Prayut's statement to not travel in the back of pick-ups, just last year some 20 young teenagers died in one accident doing just that, how many of their loved ones are laughing now ?

I went on to read the rest of the thread and unfortunately for a supposedly intelligent native the comments lack any understanding of other posters views and a serious lack of historical knowledge.

I like many others would really welcome more Thai members as i believe they could help us all understand this place and her people much better, however comments like above only serve to enforce the stereotype that many posters already have.

These people are worrying.

They talk about a new normal as though living with a crashed economy, millions of people jobless and on the breadline is the way forward and we all need to get used to it.

It's like an engineered new world order and i wonder just who is behind it all ?

3 hours ago, Matzzon said:

See, that´s gonna heat up the temper in the bodies of some stock pilers. However, like posted above. First Thailand bans sale of alcohol, then many scream that are wrong. Now WHO are going out and recommending the same. Let´s just scream again that they are lunatics and wrong too. 

In reality, It looks like only the ones that can´t leave it alone for a short while are the ones that are wrong.

No matter what the thread topic you always default against what you perceive will be the popular view. You probably don't believe half of what you write, just enjoy the wind up.

This kind of ban is nonsense, how would it be enforced? and as far as any WHO recommendations do you really take any of their advice seriously.

Banning alcohol sales to try and stop large gatherings during Songkran is understandable to a certain degree but extending it to the end of the month and then trying to stop the consumption really proves the lunatics have finally taken over the asylum.

Do the numbers really matter ?

Unless they stop this complete lock down nonsense the world economy will also be dead.

Why Thaivisa feel the need to include Brits in the headline, wasn't foreigners descriptive enough ?

Before you start digging up concrete i would make sure you are 100% sure it is an internal leak.

Last year my pump started doing exactly the same thing and i was advised by 2 contractors it was an internal leak, However i actually lifted off the water tank lid and looked at the water level every time the pump started with no service opened, the water level did not drop.

I thought if there was internal leak the water level must go down.

Eventually a third contractor installed a non-return valve in the outlet and problem solved. 

Just when i thought it could not get any more stupid the Government come out with this gem,

I reckon they are really having a laugh between them, must be some prize to see who comes up with the best "worst" idea and see if the press print it, like a permanent April fools day.

45 minutes ago, mstevens said:

I feel safe in Thailand, generally. I am someone who avoids trouble so at the slightest sign that something is up or someone is "off", I get out of there / make my excuses and disappear.

 

The worry for me in Thailand is what happens if something does go wrong. Perhaps not a safety issue per se, but let's say you're hit by an out of control vehicle. Will you be attended to by a professional ambulance crew....or perhaps hauled in to the nearest pickup truck by a bunch of well-meaning motorbike taxi riders? And what happens if you find yourself in a situation where you need a lawyer? So many horror stories fill me with dread at the prospect of feeling like I needed the help of a Thai lawyer. I do everything I can to avoid these sorts of situations in Thailand.

 

i think the key for me to feeling safe in Thailand is to avoid anything that could be unsafe / become a problem later.

 

Do you really feel that way ?

No malice intended but feels like your walking around on egg shells.

Regarding the OP, never really think about safety unless at work.

I don't think Thailand is any different to most countries, just act and think like you would at home and you'll be ok, unless you're a <deleted>

This country is swimming in plastic and something needs to be done.

I think its a good thing the supermarkets are at least trying to raise the awareness of the locals,

However it seems some foreigners are not interested in ridding the place of plastic either.

Is it really so hard to buy a re-usable bag or bring your own ?

1 minute ago, Myran said:

Nice move, will sign for sure. But they should've let someone proofread the letter beforehand. It's a bit of a mess.

Agreed it is a bit of a mess, still will sign also.

Turn it around, if you were the owner would you return the deposit ?