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26 minutes ago, cookieqw said:

1000 for me 900 the other way pre booked 

So what are the prices at the airport taxi stand? I can understand pre-booked being cheaper, but I'm just comparing the AOT counter to the taxi stand. I read that prices were 1,500 but could be wrong.

26 minutes ago, Srikcir said:

Doesn't the next elected government require royal endorsement in order for it to be officially installed?

So while beyond Prayut's control, the date of the coronation might be critical.

Otherwise, governance by the next elected government will be stalled with PM Prayut remaining as the Head of Government and chief of the NCPO. The potential for the resulting time span may explain the EC's anticipation of elections being delayed as late as May 2019.

The king is already the head of state - the coronation is just ceremonial. Also, all laws up to now have received royal endorsement - the next government can receive royal endorsement without a coronation ceremony.

7 minutes ago, CGW said:

Dam peasants are getting uppity! they will wont a living wage next and the chance to be a capitalist ?

Need to bring down some more of those red shirted peasants who have to work for nothing!

Not that many of them left anymore though - what next! ?

 

The scumbags make 2 - 3 minimum wage on a single journey into the city. What "living wage" nonsense are you talking about? Most taxi drivers I talk to in the suburbs despise the Airport and CBD taxi brigade because they give the rest of them a bad name.

On another note, I don't even know why people bother with the Airport taxis for long distances either - Taxi to Pattaya, 1,500 but for 1,700 you can book the AOT Isuzu Mu-X which is comfortable and has actual space for more than 1 person's suitcase.

6 minutes ago, zzaa09 said:

That only applies to you city slicker types who keep exclusive Farang company.

In the sticks, no such alcohol bans exist.

Oh yes, the bars in the sticks. ? In the small town where I spend a few months a year, real bars and restaurants don't sell alcohol either, and there isn't another farang in sight. Back in the city all you need to do is walk to any corner shop and you can buy alcohol. ?

8 hours ago, baboon said:

'Legal' having no bearing anyway, considering the junta simply do what they want.

Well of course not, but there's only so much I could say under the circumstances. Remember the whole Head of State death and legal requirement for a replacement fiasco...totally ignored by the power that is.

Luckily, we've got people like zzaa09 that know the truth and can guide us to the light ?

15 hours ago, Jonathan Fairfield said:

dictate that an election date must be formally announced between 90 days and 240 days from now.

Only yesterday we were reading that an election MUST take place within 150 days - now it only needs to be "announced" within 240 days. So on day 240 they will announce an election date 150 days later than that. 

13 hours ago, Spidey said:

You need to read your own quote, participants on both sides consider it "good humoured banter". They can do this because they are good sports. Never aimed at officials.

You should watch videos of Steve Smith (Ex-Captain) confronting umpires. The man was a disgraceful brat long before he was caught cheating. 

1 hour ago, elviajero said:

Yes. When you apply for the extension you can buy a re-entry permit. You’ll need to return before the report back date.

What about the home-visit. If I'm out of the country will they just skip that part?

Would I be able to be out of the country during the 30 day consideration period for an extension of stay based on marriage?

Eg: Current extension of stay (work) ends 31st October - Apply for extension (marriage) at Chaengwattana 28 September - Leave country 29th September and return 30th October - Get new extension 31st October.

1 hour ago, webfact said:

adding that a general election must be held within a 150-day time-frame after the enforcement. 

He noted the earliest election date is February 24th, 2019 and the latest would be in May 2019

Which is way past 150 days, so his definition of "must" is very different to mine. ?

On 9/7/2018 at 9:04 PM, Chomper Higgot said:

No they used the argument that Trump’s statements over Twitter were public and necessarily subject to comment because he was communicating via Twitter in his role as President.

 

Heholds public office, his statements were public,blocking people from seeing and commenting on his public comments was unconstitutional.

Thanks for the "non-exclamatory/shouting" explanation. I was not aware that blocking people stopped them seeing your posts on twitter - I thought it just meant they couldn't comment. 

10 minutes ago, DM07 said:

Oooooh...I can answer that: if you are dumb enough to announce, that you are using twitter to announce and explain your policies and you are the President of the United States...how can you exclude American citizens -who's prsident you are- from having access to your wisdom!?

That makes no sense and so you are rightfully prohibited from blocking people off your account!

That is just logic!

Trump's dumbness isn't really a legal argument though. If twitter was the only avenue he was announcing policies then the courts should have also ruled that all citizens must be give a smart device and a personal twitter account - similar logic.

7 hours ago, Chomper Higgot said:

He can speak his mind.

 

He just can’t do so via the privately owned Twitter platform.

 

Soapboxes on street corners are still an option if he wishes.

 

This is not a ‘freedom of speech’ issue. 

True. But then I was confused by the recent Trump/blocked users thing: If twitter is a privately owned commercial platform, what right did the courts have to force Trump to unblock followers? Didn't they use the argument that twitter was a defacto PUBLIC space?

On 9/2/2018 at 10:57 AM, disambiguated said:

There's a great Web site called https://www.google.com which provides pointers to the answers of common-asked questions like this one - you should check it out!

Strangely enough, often when asking Google a Thailand legal or visa question, Thaivisa.com often appears among the top entries - why is that do you think?

11 hours ago, JAG said:

Given that his future is will rest on the results of a general election, would it not be more accurate to say that his future is to be decided by the Thai electorate?

 

Or am I just being silly?

You're just being silly I'm afraid: "The results" will be announced 60 days after the election - and the Junat are in charge of counting the votes. ?

3 hours ago, Rimmer said:

Is that a bus stop the the pink bus is waiting at and the blue bus is maybe trying to go around him?

It is. It's the connection for Phahonyothin Rd. to Ladprao Rd.. The problem is that some bus drivers park off and wait for the bus to be full (sometimes 5min) and so cars and other buses try to go around. In this case it looks like the blue pass was passing but then Pinky decided that it was time to go too.

Tomorrow's headline: "Prayuth invokes Art.44 and women allowed to join police academy again".

He creates a problem behind closed doors then "solves" the problem to garner votes.