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4 hours ago, webfact said:

The DDPM has been proactive in trying to reduce the number of road accidents during this period. Their initiatives include setting up road safety checkpoints,

Where we are the road safety checkpoints are a bigger hazard than not having them. Always set up just after a bend, or where the road already narrows. A line of cones in the road, absolutely no prior warning, and a bunch of mindless morons sitting around playing with their mobile phones while motorbikes stream past on the wrong side of the road, no helmets, no number plates, three on a bike. It is a pathetic sham by the people in power to try to show that they care, which they do not. DDPM.......What a fiasco. 

4 hours ago, rexpotter said:

Dam, honk the horn and we get stabbed or shot.

Fragile mummy's boy Thai male's egos.

Can someone please tell me the relevance of the age of His lawyer.....

10 hours ago, BritManToo said:

They would have called him farang if he was white!

Correct, and you cannot get more racist than that Britman...

So He has never noticed the massive hoardings in and around Bangkok, and other cities with L** and Ch**g logos on them and in small letters at the bottom....mineral water.......

5 hours ago, Scottie12 said:

I totally agree with bradiston,look at the houses and cars he's got on a policeman's salary. This is the man that stopped the annual income letter from consulates to support retirement visas thus making life more difficult for many law abiding retirees.

He also was quoted as saying in about 2017 that He believed the 800,000 or 65,000 per month income was too low. He also, in 2018 was involved in the instigation of the money in the bank rule of two months before, and three months after, and not to fall below 400,000 at any time. 

On 4/15/2024 at 6:44 PM, worgeordie said:

Sitting in the kitchen watching YouTube on the PC , it starts raining ,well drizzle really ,then a gust of wind blows through the window ,then a Bang ! off in distance , Electric goes off,

it's not thunder I know that sound well now ,it's a transformer blowing up , well I don't actually know if the transformer blows or if they have fuses, but it's a big bang.

 

It's only rained 2 times this year and been windy and both times a Transformer has blown , electric off , so it's not looking good for the rainy season ,when it starts ,

 

It's not as though I am out of the way ,it's a Moo Bahn , and if I could stand on my roof ,two story ,I could see the Electrical plant ,maybe 3 Kilo away , so am I living in a twilight zone ,where everytime the wind blows and it rains the electric goes off, or is there anyone else that   has the same problems ?     over an hour later it has come back on.

 

The problem is just not mine, there's a  wet market ,many other shops , a Tops but I see they have a big generator and it's been going on for years.

 

Thailand wants to be the Hub of everything ,buy Subs,Fighter jets, Space ,give everybody 10K,would be better spent on the Hub of reliable Utilities , then there's the water supply .........maybe for another time

 

regards worgeordie

 

 

 

 

 

Like you, I am waiting for the rains, and will guarantee the power will go out. About two years ago they cut the power from 7 am until about 8 pm. When I asked why, they said they were upgrading the system so that the power was not interrupted when it rained. No points for guessing what happened about four days later, when we had a thunderstorm.......no power for 4 hours. When I asked why I was told it was another part that had not been upgraded. Snakes, are a common problem, yet when I suggest the wire rat cones on the poles I am met with blank stares. Our biggest culprit though are the drunk drivers hitting the power poles, normally one a week, depending on how many weddings or funerals there are.

11 minutes ago, champers said:

Will all this have a detrimental effect on the price of baked beans? Heinz. Obviously. Asking for a friend.

Well, the price of olive oil is going through the roof...so...maybe.

23 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

When the police stop you, there are two options (at least for me on motorcycle for the last two decades):

a) They want cash there and then. I paid often 100B.

b) They give you a ticket and you have to pay that ticket at the police station. Earliest on the next day, and I think officially within the next 10 days or so.

 

If you have a driver license then they confiscate your driver license and keep it. When you pay the fine at the station then they give you back the license. 

They are no longer allowed to take your licence away I believe, I think the law changed about two years ago. However, apart from that, what is this moron doing riding without a shirt. Apart from the insult to the culture, it is bloody stupid, has he never heard of gravel rash.

Just another day. Until the address the Me, Me, Me, Me attitude on the roads, Ignorant driving actions, cutting in, dangerous overtaking, ignoring the signs, no licence, unroadworthy vehicles, overloading, speeding, drink driving, and the police who do not give a rats ass. It is bad on a good day near me, so I will not venture out on the roads for another three days yet until all the morons have gone back home.

2 hours ago, bristolgeoff said:

He lived in dubai in luxury with everything he needed include the best medical attention if needed.He comes back on a deal we all know this and his health is below par.A photo on the plane shows he is  well.Everybody knows the end result and how much the brown evenlopes carried,Thais must see this at what the rich can do to get away with it .If they think it is right I don,t know. But I think many are not happy with how this went down

When I try to talk to the Wife about it, all I get is "This is Thailand, He is Rich, so He can do what He wants."

15 hours ago, TroubleandGrumpy said:

Behave yourselves everyone - this attack on Farangs by Thais with a grudge and a phone camera is not gonna stop anytime soon. 

Yes, and you can blame the xenophobic imbeciles in power for spreading the hate speeches. 

They are only peasants, plenty more where they came from. As long as it does not affect the Hi-So ruling class there is nothing to worry about......

8 hours ago, ikke1959 said:

But  Songkran must go on... Let's waste millions litres of water all ove rthe country, and in the meantime we face rationing the normal use of it...

Exactly, and this stupid government has extended it so they have started throwing water today near us. and the Wife says it can go on until the 20 or 21st.......absolutely ridiculous.

8 minutes ago, bluejets said:

Immigration would have entry records.

Surely a fairly straight forward process to raise alarms on overstay people.

Perhaps a good move would be to offer say 1000 baht for information leading to an arrest (kick 'em out) order.

Many Thai have their head stuck in mobile phones these days so some kind of app perhaps.

Unfortunately in many places if there was a system that you advocate, there would be a long queue of locals waiting to dob in any foreigner in the hope of getting the equivalent of 3 days salary.

2 minutes ago, Colabamumbai said:

Be smart wait until immigration tells you what you need if anything. 

My thoughts too, maybe a completed tax return, and receipt every year when renewing the visa.