Geoffggi

6 hours ago, webfact said:

 

Quoting figures from deputy mayor Manote Nongyai the media reported that hotel bookings in Pattaya since the middle of October - the start of the High Season - have dropped dramatically by 20%. 

 

It is not really surprising, Pattaya must be the most expensive building site in the world why would anyone come for a holiday........LOL

1 minute ago, sunnyboy2018 said:

One of their few pleasures which happens to be cheap. Im very pleased that this lifestyle continues. When you say 'young thais' you mean younger than you.

Is this relevant ?

What I can't understand is how the younger Thai's can afford to go drinking every night until 06:00 or 07:00 hrs the following morning, there are plenty of Thai bars along third road from Soi Bongkot up to Soi 17 catering to crowds of people every day

Another interesting fact is the results were confirmed within a matter of hours and not months........!!!!

And the reason the lorry crashed into the post was.....???

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Thai media Naew Na referred to them as long haired "hippies" taking jobs reserved for Thais. 

Does this mean only Thais can be long-haired hippies?,,,,,,,,,LOL

4 hours ago, webfact said:

of interest, was the Ministry of Public Health’s activities to draw attention to World Toilet Day on 19th November every year.

Will this activity cover all the BS that is spoken.....LOL

I hope the eggs have been collected by qualified animal rescue personnel so they have a good chance of hatching and returning to the sea....

The only good thing to come out of this mishap is there is one less of these double decker death traps on the road.....

17 hours ago, dimitriv said:

It’s easy to blame the baht as the butt of the problem for a decline in European arrivals to Thailand. The issues are wider and deeper than just currency appreciation.

What a load of rubbish, of course it is the hight value of the baht that makes holidays expensive in Thailand change the exchange rate then do the math for the price of rooms....LOL

12 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Rodchomphu have submitted a draft for a revised Conscription Act calling for military service to be voluntary except in dire circumstances.

Normally I would agree with this concept, however, in a country like Thailand where discipline is in short supply and the feelings of others abused it could result in even a wider spread of lawlessness throughout the country.

14 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The main factors influencing a tourist’s buying decision usually include room price, competitiveness, and marketing strategies such as plane ticket prices, said Bungsrithong, adding that the cost of air travel to Chiang Mai would rise in line with increasing number of visitors to the province. 

And the common denominator is the high strength of the Baht.......QED 

4 hours ago, webfact said:

The criticism started on Thursday, after entrepreneur David Heinemeier Hansson railed against the Apple Card in a series of Twitter posts, saying it gave him 20 times the credit limit his wife received.

He should have told the truth when mentioning how much she was paid....LOL

Ha ha ha!!! It appears to me that he knew exactly what he was doing - literally......LOL 

13 hours ago, Just Weird said:

How on earth do you not understand that a "wheel failure" could be caused by a seized wheel bearing, metal fatigue causing cracks around the wheel nuts area, a broken track rod and I'm sure there are other causes.

 

"...it had a puncture of the wheel fell off..."

What on earth do you mean by "a puncture of the wheel fell off" [sic]?

Bearings & track rods are not part of the wheel and cracks around the nuts must be a 1 in 1000,000,000 chance of the wheel coming off unless all of the nuts fail at the same time, highly improbable

4 hours ago, rooster59 said:

Morales, Latin America's longest-standing leader, won the election on Oct. 20 but a delay of nearly a day in the vote count has sparked allegations of fraud and led to protests, strikes and road blocks.

Ha ha ha!!!! Good thing these people were not in Thailand for the vote count....LOL

Lock him up and loose the key