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Of course that is correct. My point is,(maybe you missed it the first time), that at say 9.45 in the morning I am shopping for a dinner party. I cannot buy a bottle or two of wine, but I can buy 10 litres of it.

In all our shops here, Tesco, The One, Makro, Big C. However, I always remember arriving on December 5th. in years gone by. Being the old King's birthday the bars were closed, a no alcohol day. Yet I could go to the tops supermarket below McDonalds on Sukhumvit and buy whatever I wanted.

I to am confused, as this is the dictionary definition........ A service establishment is a business that primarily provides services to the public, rather than selling tangible goods. These services can range from personal care and grooming (like a salon or barber shop) to maintenance and repair (like laundry or appliance repair), or even professional services like legal or financial advice. Essentially, it's a place where people go to receive assistance, benefit from skilled labor, or have tasks performed for them. Have tasks performed for them..........happy ending massages.......maybe.....

Yes, barking mad is it not.

What really makes me laugh is that at 8:30 in the morning I cannot buy a bottle of wine, but if I want to buy 2 x five litre cartons.......no plomlem. I cannot buy one bottle of beer, but I can buy 2 cases. I defy any sane adut to find the logic behind that.

There is an unseen, but established hierarchy on Thai roads. In order of importance are....... Hi-so Drivers in expensive cars are at the top, next comes your average car owner along with delivery trucks / pick ups, then come the motorbikes, along with their various additions, after that there are the pushbikes, and finally, you, the pedestrian, at the bottom of the pecking order. Lorries and buses can be placed anywhere in the group depending how rich the owners are. In the countryside Buffalo and Cows are at the top.

Nailed it Sir, exactly right, along with a manipulated currency.

Brilliant.... but I always find an oily rag cleans better on a pull through.....

I went to a doctor with a wax build up problem, he said they are reluctant to syringe nowadays because of the risk of damage. Just given drops, which worked. Now you can see clear through from one side to the other. Maybe try sleeping on the affected side, it may drain out.

My take on this, right, or wrong, who knows, is that they want to introduce more stringent tests, but do not want to be seen to have dual standards, so foreigners will have to comply too, regardless of qualifications. A bit like the introduction of tax on income, they want to grab money from Thai expats abroad, so include foreigners so they are not seen to be just picking on Thais.

If they put A-nut-in as P.M. then definitely so.

So true Mike. Once they are gone let us hope the Baht is put where it belongs on the exchange rate, which could only benefit Thailand and its people.

What democracy, they do not know the meaning of the word. If it was a democracy the Move Forward Party would be in power.

Nail on the head, the elite government do not want us unless you are a multi millionaire, so they slowly turn the screw to push us out. Marriage, having children, buying houses, non of it matters to them.

Totally agree, and stop the crazy taxing farang pensions scaremongering.

To be fair, he was the only bike rider in the whole video wearing a crash helmet, so easy to pick out.

Dual pricing, poor infrastructure in national parks, rip off tourist scams, extortianate taxes on wine, etc. flip flop visa rules, artificially strong Baht.....A five year old could tell TAT what is wrong.

Indeed it does, but all the time the driving test has stupid answers it will continue. When my son took his test one of the questions was "what is a safe stopping distance between you and the vehicle in front". Now, I taught my son to drive, and drummed into him the stopping distances, and the extra for wet conditions, etc. Now, he had multiple choice, so he chose the distances......wrong.....the correct answer (according to the very important well educated Thai authority is)......."what you feel comfortable with". There is no hope....

Yes, there are a lot, He plays a mean fiddle to get them dancing to his tune.

I do not expect the relatives of the students, and others, who died at his hands in the events known as Black May in 1992 are too sad to see him shake off this mortal coil.

26 cats to look after, definitely a madman.....

Exactly so, lots of little fiefdoms that are a law unto themselves. I have found that out with the resident letter for driving licence renewal. In Surin it was 500 Baht per licence, apparently in some places farther north it is free, yet in Hua Hin it is 1,000 Baht a licence. I guess the price is comensurate with what the local economy will support. Must be the same for these visas, certain offices stalling looking for a little hand out to "expedite" matters.

Yep, spot on.

So true Sir. Even my Wife agrees with that statement, with the additional caveat of "They have the money, what can you do".

I still get amazed when I keep seeing all these photo ops of him visiting this department, or that department, etc. As a condition of his release he should not be anywhere near any of these offices, yet nobody is willing to stand up and say, oi, thaksin, sod off. Yes, I know, this is Thailand, he has money, etc. it just makes the country look totally incompetent.