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3 hours ago, jak2002003 said:

But in Thailand gambling is illegal, yet there are so many addicted to gambling.

Not really: Like everything in Thailand, the laws are bonkers. So most gambling is illegal, but betting on horse racing is not. And let's not talk about the National Lottery.

18 hours ago, DLock said:

I'm just amazed everyone believes what the Thai lady says the hotel said about her.

 

Thai's will lie to suit any situation...it's in their genes.

 

I am very skeptical of what the hotel supposedly said. They don't blacklist for no reason.

Unverifiable screenshots of the exchange (although nothing I can see about her being called a prostitute)

So the NCPO which should be in caretaker mode, issues an amnesty that will affect legal proceedings for the next 2 years. No wonder Prayuth is dragging his feet in forming a government - things will take time when you actually have to debate them in parliament.????

4 hours ago, Jonathan Fairfield said:

Meanwhile PM Prayut Chan-o-cha said yesterday that court rulings over one MPs suspension could not be used as a precedent in other cases.

Oh look, the prime dunce doesn't know what precedent means.

I've never understood how relatively minor currency fluctuations suddenly change everyone's mind about travelling: So last year this time a 10 day, 40,000 Baht holiday (Not including flights since that is bought locally) would have cost 1,041 Euros, now it's going to cost a whopping...wait for it... 1,145 Euros, so 10 Euros more a day. Hardly earth shattering is it? But we are led to believe that 100,000's of people have changed their plans because of the currency - nothing possibly to do with pollution, crime, dirty beaches, and the small matter of a military junta running the show. ????

Does anyone know where I can order a sugar (refined) free cake? Natural sugars from fruit and honey are fine.

10 minutes ago, GeorgeCross said:

airbnb is not illegal, short term lets are, airbnb does longer lets too but it is up to the user to set minimum days stay (and obviously abuse thai laws if they feel inclined)

 

anyways looks like all this is mute anyway the 'hotel' in question is still taking bookings so i assume they were doing nothing wrong 

 

carry on nothing to see here

 

 

 

Well, technically you're right: Monthly rentals through the AirBNB portal are not illegal, and licensed hoteliers using the platform are fine for short terms ones, but considering the difficulty of obtaining a hotel licence, I suspect that very few (if any) of the thousands of AirBNB hosts would have them.

My response to Justin Case was going on the assumption that he was talking about the short term private rentals available through AirBNB. He could correct me, of course, but a hotelier would not be worried about AirBNB becoming illegal (without mentioning other platforms such as booking.com, trip.com etc. etc.)

On 6/13/2019 at 3:18 PM, justin case said:

soon AIRBNB will be outlawed

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news: AirBNB has been illegal for a long time already. But so has driving on the sidewalks, driving against traffic, running through red lights, driving on the hard shoulder, buying alcohol on religious holidays, buying alcohol near educational institutions, paying bribes, accepting bribes, and the list goes on and on.

The point is: Whether something is illegal is of no consequence in Thailand - if the RTP isn't enforcing a law, you basically have permission to do it. The fact that you assumed that AirBNB was legal (due to the thousands of publicly available rentals in Thailand) proves the point nicely. 

19 hours ago, Vacuum said:

You're right of course, but you're talking about tourists. 90% of the rot daeng users are local Thai, are you suggesting that they should use "an airconditioned modern car with a pre-arranged price"?  That would mean they must introduce thousands of these grab taxis in the city.

So if the 90% (Probably higher I reckon) of the users are locals, then the Rot Daeng crowd have nothing to complain about. Unless, of course, they make such a killing by illegally fleecing tourists that it is cutting into their profits. So screw 'em.

Air-purifying towers are a waste of money. It would make more sense the mount some of the Chao Phraya flood boats upside down on top of somesSkyscrapers and use their props as high speed fans, hence blowing the pollution away.

13 hours ago, stanleycoin said:

Oh dear.

We don't like competition, says the taxi mafia of Thailand.

tough luck, boys. 

 

With regards to the cabbies - It's not even competition in this case: Grab is a service which any regular cab driver can use. And in fact, I'd wager most people use Grab Taxi rather than the more expensive GrabCar, Limo etc. The flag fall, rate, and everything is the same. Even the off peak booking fee (20 Baht) is the same as the Radio taxi fee. I suspect that these cabbies are just not aware of what Grab is and think it's like Uber or something.

3 hours ago, webfact said:

arguing that these cases were different from the one faced by Future Forward Party leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit.

True, because Thanathorn's company actually didn't operate any media business anymore (It stopped printing the magazines years ago)

3 hours ago, Artisi said:

Guess for an 9 YO, it's difficult to choose between deck chairs and lottery prices without considering street vendors cluttering the streets... 

 

Wrong honcho ???? ????

30 minutes ago, Eligius said:

I do not, however, think that injustice can rule and reign forever ... 

Maybe not forever, but 87 years and counting...still going strong. Hell, I had a kid tell me the other day that it was difficult to single out one thing the new head honcho had did as being great, since he did so many great things for the country. ???? Nine years old - the future wailing song pra cha lern crowd

Why, with these guys, does allegedly holding media shares lead to losing MP status only, but with Thanathorn it could lead to party dissolution ????

3 hours ago, Chang_paarp said:

 I wonder what became of the pronouncement that Prayut was going to pick his own cabinet. How does this fit with the parties scrapping over who they want to be in "their" ministries.

He did. The parties are scrapping over deputy and minor positions in ministeries controlled by PPRP.

3 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

But the party had already done a qualification check on all parliamentary candidates before the election, he added.

Is that Junta speak for "Got rid of the evidence"?

12 hours ago, cornishcarlos said:

About as much chance of him spending time behind bars, as the Democrats getting the generals to stick to their promises !!

...or the Democrats sticking to their own promises. ????

18 hours ago, webfact said:

and the party should keep its promises to them.

So PPRP has to keeps its word, but you don't mind if the other parties break their promises through joining you. Holeass!