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2 hours ago, Moonlover said:

You did read the full article did you?

 

'Editor’s Note: Over 800 people responded to the online poll but the cross-section of the poll skews heavily towards foreigners and young Thais who speak English which makes up the majority of our audience.

A wider, more comprehensive poll is needed if one were to better gauge the sentiment of the Thai population'.

I agree with you. So just under the number often used in a Dusit Poll that the government use, so with the same credibility.????

20 hours ago, webfact said:

He is completely innocent of any wrong doing and will therefore not be recommended by the sub committee for further action at the main committee of the NACC, reported Thai PBS.

 

Prawit is completely clean.

Give him a another watch for the inconvenience.

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Thailand’s property market showed signs of recovery after two years of Covid-impacted earnings with several of the country’s top developers predicting a better fiscal year 2022 after a lacklustre 2021.

Totally misleading article and headline when the crux of the message is that it is predicted by the top developers.

Sacks of desperation once again.

I can't wait to see next weeks 'hopium" headline.

27 minutes ago, NanaSomchai said:

Also it's not limited to Facebook pages, twitter accounts, VK profiles and other well known blogging sites, nor it is limited to the UK.

 

Let me introduce you to Bjørn Lisd*rf, or simply Bjorn, is a Danish former YouTuber, live streamer, and internet personality.

 

https://youtube.fandom.com/wiki/Bjorn_TV

 

Basically this guy is married to a Thai woman whom he travels the World with, live streaming "worthless trashy content" from Denmark but also most notably the USA, Thailand, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands, all that while receiving a Danish Disability pension along with the equivalent of Universal Credit for unemployment.

 

During 2015 he was reported to the Danish authorities by one of his livestreaming competitors (presumed), shortly after the tipping, the Danish authorities carried a thoughtful investigation resulting in stripping him from his disability pension, his unemployment pension, but also forced him to reimbursed the ill-gotten funds as he was sentenced to 3 months of jail time for having committed a benefits fraud.

 

After serving his 3 months of jail sentence, as he got out the revenue service launched then a separate and second investigation based on the allegations that during these livestreams he was getting substantial donations and tips from it's viewers. While the amounts were ridiculously low (we're not even talking of 300£ per month in donations here), it was still considered as palatable income. Income which he failed to declare to the Danish tax office, so he was forced to pay some taxes on these donations with you guessed it... hefty fines and penalties for 1) failing to declare income and 2) overdue payments.

 

While this case may seem rather extreme, it should serve as a reminder that committing benefit fraud, pension fraud is never risk free and should you get caught, well... it rarely ends well.

 

In all and all, what prevails here is discretion, at all times.

 

 

Thanks for that. Interesting read. I am not Danish. I also am not suggesting I would be committing any fraud at all. Discretion is always important and i tell nobody nothing, always have lived that way.

But if you feel that you want to "dob me in' go ahead. Assuming you know who I am, when I will claim my state pension, if at all. Where I will be living. I could go on and on.  ????

6 minutes ago, NanaSomchai said:

The DWP has acquired a bot software from an Israeli firm which scrapes facebook pages, twitter accounts, VK pages, search metadata, etc to gather proof you are a law breaker

I knew there was a reason not for using these, besides they waste valuable time and leave a carbon footprint.

As much as I love Thailand for all its faults and issues. One that has always annoyed me is the one that people like in the cabinet have no real idea of what the country is like compared to the rest of the world.

The amount of times I hear Thailand comparing itself to Singapore which is absolutely ridiculous on so many levels, especially infrastructure.

I am all for being positive but constantly sprouting nonsense, does get tedious. Thailand is a great place for sure but has so many problems compared to many other countries.

These ministers are like having the Jones as neighbours who are always trying to trump and do better than you put really they haven't a pot to p in.

I wonder when the masses in the country will wake up and realise that the idiots leading them have no idea what the rest of the world is like and that they are continually failing them and just don't care.

As a guest in the country when I am there, I have no say and just shake my head and wonder with disbelief.

7 hours ago, webfact said:

During the session, he asserted the government concurrently addressed pressing economic and public health issues to mitigate impacts on the public.

Yes we just ignored the people, shut the country down and don't care what the consequences are. That is about the crux if it.

6 hours ago, hotchilli said:

That'l get them flapping.

Well I suppose it is 5 times more that a Dusit poll.????????.

I agree I bet they are quaking in their boots.

As I get older it starts earlier. In my  Teens and Twenties i wouldn't be seen out earlier than 8pom and home before 4am.

In my thirties, started a bit earlier at 7pm and home for 12am.

In My forties love a drink on a hot day at 4pmish and home at 9pm.

In my fifties, I like a drink around midday and want to finish at 6pm

As I got older I started earlier and finishes earlier. 

But I also get up earlier as I get earlier and go bed early. So now I get up at 4am (often earlier), bed at 8pm. Midday isn't too bad for a drink.  Couldn't drink everyday, as the enjoyment would go and it never gets in the way of exercise. 

I think the important thing is drink when you want as long it doesn't affect your normal life and that of others.????