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CantSpell

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  1. What ! they are sending it out by the container load,is that

    what the picture implies .

    regards Worgeordie

    Aye, tho those containers are full of 100$ bills, not THB.

    Heading straight for Dubai smile.png

    It's the last payment for the rice supplies: one simply cannot eat caviar and lobster every days, need to have some rice too...

  2. AirAsia was lucky they were not party officials smile.png

    Look at this one

    YouTube Comment:

    Chinese official flips-out at airport

    Communist Party official Yan Linkun smashes two boarding gate computers and tries to break a window after missing his second flight at Kunming Changshui airport, China.

  3. 28.9 billion baht / 3183 buses = 9079484 baht / bus. BMTA set a budget cost of 4.5million for air-conditioned buses.

    Well, something wrong again here in the maths... Or maybe we gonna see more rich hi-so kids on Ferrari in the near future?

    Which would lead to think they have enough to buy those swedish buses at 8 M per unit...

    But then 10% cash back doesn't cut it :) So no thank you...

  4. From the link in the OP:

    The officer did not elaborate on the exact operations of the “network,” but added that the military is also organising 4-day camps for students who want to learn more about the Twelve Values and His Majesty the King's teachings.

    I am sure "most or 46%" of all the Thai children have made a booking already: that exciting camp must be fully booked...

    Because why think about girls, motobikes, big cars and booze as a teenager when you can learn about the twelve values clap2.gifcheesy.gif

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  5. Politicians, who had supervisory control over the financially-ailing Bangkok city bus agency, did not seem to be able to agree on the simple task of drawing up a coherent and clear-cut TOR to ensure a fair bidding process.

    Loosely translated: "Politicians don't want a fair bidding process".

    30% of "brown" out of 3000 buses priced at 4M THB each is 4 Billions THB in the envelop.... Around 100 Mils $ w00t.gif , enough to secure a lot of new mia noi...

    They don't want a fair bidding, fair and transparent process, fair TOR; they just want their fair share of that brown.... saai.gif

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  6. There is very little that PT did that I supported but the minimum wage was one, the only one I think.

    It is the duty of a govt to ensure all its citizens have a living wage, if this means forcing private companies to pay one, then so be it.

    A society that does not allow all to have the basics of food, shelter and security is a pitiful thing indeed.

    300 baht isn't enough, but it is a start, one that must be raised.

    Sooner rather than later.

    I would tend to agree with you except that as for other policies implemented; nothing would work without proper enforcement and proper guidelines.

    Some companies turned around an unclear law to include benefits already provided to the staff to match the 300 Thb without actually increasing the salary:

    Eat at canteen: 20-30 Baht charge per day, housing 50 Baht charge per day, transport provided 40 Baht per day:

    Look, your salary is already well over 300 THB, no need to increase....

    Hospitality sectors have it even easier: just include service charge (usually paid on top of salary) to match salary, 300 THB and lower volume paid so more cash flow...

    Others would just employ foreign workforce (Burmese, VIet, Cambodian): Salary 5000 THB but we give food and you can sleep on the floor here: Take it or leave it; hurry up, decide, got 200 more waiting outside...

    And as mentioned by someone else, what about the self employed? Must easily be 10-20% of actual workforce....

    Those laws are just heavy make-up to keep a fresh face...

  7. Maybe all those big cheeses of those perverted association hiding behind big association names should take a month off and enroll on a few of their own boats...

    Then come back in a month and ask again smile.png

    Those associations are fishy at best lol

    Trat Fisheries Association....

    Aren't most of slaves on those boats from Cambodia?

    Where is Trat? saai.gif

  8. "Thailand remain safe for traveling, Gen Worapang asserted"

    unless you go to koh tao

    And as long as

    - You do not take a minivan with a drunk driver

    - A bus with a driver high on yaba

    - Stay as far as possible from crazy trucks drivers that can't control their vehicules

    - Stay away from the snakes

    - Do not encounter any RTP

    - Don't get mugged by a BG or a LB

    - Do not make anyone lose face

    *non-exhaustive list*

  9. They just don't get it do they ?

    So many Thais know nothing about the Second World War as it related to their own country so what happened else where is a likely combination of don't know and don't care.

    Can understand, WW2 was like 50 years ago....

    Tried asking some people (not in BKK) about Vietnam War: they had no clue what I was talking about either...

    "You know, when USA attacked Vietnam in the 60-70's"

    They don't know either.....

    Not like USA R&R center was in Thailand :)

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