Geoffggi

It is a shame the government do not practice what they preach, e.g. the concerts on third road which is located in a built-up residential zone yet open air concerts are permitted at way over the top sound levels. When the X-ite building was there the government ordered the place closed until they had installed suitable sound protection, yet now with no building in place they have opener concerts until 02:30hrs with noise levels way above recommended levels, I suppose local government officials don't live in the area and have to endure the noise.

19 hours ago, Bluespunk said:

Beware Johnny walker full stop, horrible stuff. 

Could not agree more, their marketing department is first class but the stuff they bottle is absolutely crap no matter of which colour it is

17 hours ago, Guderian said:

Blimey, Big Joke's become a real poster child!

 

"Immigration chief Maj-Gen Surachate "Big Joke" Hakparn was pictured on the IB site on a board related to the crime but not mentioned as having played a role in the arrests on this occasion." 

 

I wonder if Prayut will use pictures of him on his election posters next year?

Quite correct, the way he is being force fed to the public he is certainly being groomed for a high position 

If he is found guilty he should be struck off the medical list and no questions ask.

15 hours ago, Titan1962 said:

It all boils down to common sense,after living here for 3 yrs I now see that a lot of Thai drivers just don’t get it or have it. That’s why they have become number 1 in the world for road related deaths. Things will never change.

You forget, here there is nothing common in sense.....

2 minutes ago, Henrik Andersen said:

Again do you only have stupid comment as this it will be better if you keep quiet not me 

Obviously humour is beyond your comprehension so I apologise for your lack in understanding

16 hours ago, Henrik Andersen said:

Sorry but your comment is sick 

try stick your head out of the beerbar and see the real world and real people 

 

Lighten up and get a life, if you can't see or understand what was said keep quiet

Thailand WAKE UP, if anyone wants to have an animal as a pet then why not make it a law to registrate the animal be it a dog, cat, squirrel of buffalo then there is traceability regarding the animal, stop all this pussy footing around and make laws that mean something instead of confusing every issue

Well they have tried every other colour so why not white! - none of the others are worth the money or drinking for that matter, time will tell !!!!!

The government said it had cut by 11.5 percent its forecast for the number of Chinese arrivals for the six months from July, to 5.1 million.

Every cloud has a silver lining !!!!!

13 hours ago, Chassa said:

Try that with kangaroos, I hit 3 at different times - never got a cent.

Same with the Soi Dogs here, they cause no end of accidents through people swerving or suddenly braking and nobody is responsible, there appears to be a theme here - No-One is responsible!!!

17 hours ago, upu2 said:

Joke as you will when I worked in Qatar in the mid 80's they had rats the size of small dogs. They got rid of them by bringing into the country a lot of cats. Now you will be hard pushed to see a rat anywhere over there

The problem in Pattaya is the cats are afraid of the rats, I have seen it many times where the cats just look at the rats then move away from them.

3 hours ago, ezzra said:

Hey, bring him over at our soi, plenty to eat all sorts of feral things to eat here, a free buffet...

You beat me to it, this snake could live for months on our estate....Respect...!!!

I really cannot understand why they don't build some culverts to channel the flood water into the sea, as has been mentioned above they know where the troughs appear in the sand as it is the same every time the rains come therefore build to accommodate - Not rocket science!!

Good thing they didn't have any children ......!!!

1 hour ago, mikebell said:

Meanwhile in Pattaya there are NO meters anywhere!  Pattaya Plod's record is, I think, 2 publicised arrests!

In addition to the above Pattaya police were quick to report that all taxis would no longer be able to wait at the end of beach road leading up to the lights at walking street end of beach road, this did happen for a short while but I notice the taxis are back once again with no hassle from the plod.

1 hour ago, tomacht8 said:

it is better to link the amount of the penalties proportionally to the income. for the red bull driver even 10 million baht are peanuts.

This does nothing to elevate the problem, fines should be a deterrent, therefore equal for all, if it is easy to pay it is not a deterrent therefore useless.

17 hours ago, rebo said:

There is hardly a single morning without seeing someone sweeping the road in front of a shop, and then getting rid of the rubbish by dumping it in the road side sewer grate.
Hope these people joined the dredging event ...

The above quote is very correct, and I for one have also witnessed this type of action by the street cleaners, although they are not the only guilty ones; having said this, it is very good to see that some sensible people have taken it upon themselves to do something about the visible problems, one can only hope the local administrations take notice and follow the peoples lead.

Why waste any further time on him, 1x lead injection should do the trick.

Why oh why don't they take the opportunity to dredge the existing reservoirs and make them deeper at times when water levels are low and the country is predicting water restrictions

5 hours ago, madmitch said:

It's pretty bloody obvious really.

 

Thailand:

Weather - unpredictable. 

Sea - polluted and dangerous

Flight price - Expensive

 

Europe (talking about Mediterranean resorts here):

Weather - hot and sunny

Sea - warm and swimmable

Flight - cheap

 

They're the basics. The only advantage Thailand has at this time of the year is on price of accommodation and food. And it has nothing to do with the Chinese boat disaster!

Not just the price of flights, the overall cost of living in Thailand has risen dramatically over the past few years resulting in Thailand not being such an attractive place to visit in relation to other more attractive & safer neighbouring countries.

20 hours ago, worgeordie said:

"before teasing it with a stick ", you would think common sense

would tell you ,don't do that to a crocodile.

regards worgeordie

You are forgetting mate. this is Thailand  - nothing common in sense here