SABloke

Good riddance to bad rubbish. If I believed in hell I would wish on him to burn there.

Thanks - much appreciated 🫡

I usually rent a car or book an airport pick-up through the airpot directly when arriving at DMK, but this Saturday I'm arriving at 02:00 and only have a very short trip (15min). I don't want to use local taxis (kids get carsick), but also don't think 600THB for a 15min trip (airport booking) is worth it. Does Grab do pick-ups from the terminal? I know in some place like Samui they're not allowed to go near the terminal but that at Swampy they now have their own little zone/tent set-up. Thanks in advance for any input.

Indeed. Changi had the right idea - smoking areas out in the fresh air.

If they HAD to do it, it would make sense to use the roads in and around Suan Rotfai/Chatuchak: traffic disruption will be less; lots of open land for easy construction of grandstands; tons of transport links.

No need to raise it to 2000. 500 would already have been enough of a deterent IF the police ever did active policing rather than random checkpoints once a month that the community knows the location of. So until they actually start fining people they see breaking the law (including stopping 10 year olds and fining their parents for giving them access to the motorbike etc.), the amount doesn't really mean anything.

Exactly, local small business are making money - it's just not the business that the government cronies are involved in and hence the fear-mongering. 🙄

Sure, if your family member are a bunch of leeches that only come to you for money 🤪

Seems pretty clear. A young man dangerously crossed in front of one truck before trying to illegally join the main road. His bike then got caught by the side of the truck passing him which pulled him under the wheels, crushing his skull. He's probably done this thousands of times with no issues, however, it just takes that one time - this was unfortunately his time.

Would she complain about the lack of white models on the billboards in Lagos?

Ah, yes, because maths is different in "the Thai context" 🤔

I read the opposite - seems like almost no exceptions: "Service establishments" cover all restaurants, so you can basically buy/consume anywhere.

Where to cut spending? Thai budget for the special ones = 1 Billion USD. Compare that to the UK special ones = 100 Million USD. Bizarre when comparing the total budgets of each country. As an article last year put it (paraphrased) "The cool billion usd is JUST 1% if the total budget"

Millions? The current draft still contains the 50 Million baht net balance for Thais to enter:

At this point these casinos are looking likey to just be massive laundromats doing a lot of cleaning - how else will they take in money except from dirty clothes? I mean, Thailand potential market is only 10,000 (50 million net requirement) and criminal background checks means basically zero foreigners: Rock up at casino on holiday "Where is your background check?" "Don't have one. Where can I get it?" "Easy, go back to your country and get one" 🙄