SABloke

Just now, webfact said:

Photos and videos of the airport showed uncomfortably long queues as passengers crowded the terminal as a result of the outage.

Looks like a normal day at Swampy. 

Just now, Cadbury said:

Wonder who the individual was that voted against the bill? And importantly, why did they vote against it?

Wash he/she courageous, stupid, have high moral beliefs or just put their hand up at the wrong moment?

They sometimes throw in a "Nay" to make it seem like they actually deliberated something in parliament. Just go look at all the votes from the past: Usually 190 - 205 in favor, a few abstentions and a "Nay" or two for good measure. 

Just now, webfact said:

Passengers need to submit serial numbers and two photos of each item before leaving Thailand, the websites states.

Just now, webfact said:

According to Thairath, the requirement is not new and has actually been in place since in 1926.

Yes, Thairath, because everyone had cameras and often traveled overseas back in 1926! 

19 hours ago, webfact said:

Please keep an eye on the election because we don’t want anyone to have problems.

Translation: If Hun Sen's version of a fix doesn't come in, we're all <deleted>.

So 15 a day. Wow. If I travel in any direction out of Bangkok for about 100k's I usually spot (consciously) about 1 every 2 minutes. 

8 hours ago, SicTransit said:

Must be the first embassy ever to implement a crazy requirement like this

 

Edit: this requirement seems highly impractical for any kind of tourist visa applicant as he would have to possess an open-jaw (flying in to Malaysia from home and flying back out of Thailand) or a one-way ticket, often same price as return.

Not quite true, this caveat is the important part: "...if u have more than 2 tourist stamps in ur passport or have been in thailand for long time.."

So your normal tourist flying to Malaysia and wanting to visit Thailand shouldn't have a problem. I also suspect that the "2 tourist stamps" refers to having them in quick succession rather than one from 2009 and one from 2015.

This just seems to be another way (rightly or wrongly) people that they suspect are working in Thailand on tourist visas.

On 04/03/2018 at 6:13 AM, gunderhill said:

Never been wetter than down in Prahcuap KhiriKhan  this year and last after the years of 2014-15-16 which were very dry 2017 and  now 2018 have been very wet.

So the seeding is obviously working then.

I shudder to think about how many people with syphilis and elephantiasis must have slipped through the cracks and been allowed to drive cars - thank Jebus for this newish regulation. 

Just now, Darcula said:

So, forget the bribery attempt. Just being found camping with "possession of three rifles and the carcasses of an endangered black leopard, a muntjac (deer) and a Kalij pheasant" is not enough evidence?

He wasn't camping there - he got lost and scared and stumbled onto the hunting camp in the dark. Yes, that was/is his original story. 

Just now, Somtamnication said:

LOL. More than 40% of the GDP and he wants to shut it down? Reminds me of a Supertramp song "dreamer, nothing but a dreamer"......

 ??? Thai prostitution is estimated at about $8 billion, a lot for sure, but it is not 40% of an economy that is $400 billion. 

2 hours ago, 4MyEgo said:

When we hit December this year, another announcement will be broadcast, stating the elections will now be held in 2020 for security reasons, we should have just about cleaned everything up by then, or is that out

Who remembers all the "Thailand 2020" ads just after the coup? 

3 hours ago, mikosan said:

Car B, if the diagram is correct. End of story and a stupid question.

If it was such a stupid question, why did you get the answer wrong?  Car A is at fault - you can read Posts #10,11,14,and 18 for clarification. 

18 minutes ago, Monomial said:

 

Question:

 

Is this actually explicitly stated in the road code or is this just some Thai policeman's twisted opinion of conflicting requirements and deciding to apply a rule when another one should logically have priority?

 

It's in the code. I learnt it because when I saw the question (Mrs.SABloke was studying for the test) I answered wrong and we were both dumbfounded until her instructor explained the rule and 'logic' to us.

2 minutes ago, mogandave said:

Would that only be if they arrive at the intersection at the same time?

Apparently not - Car A needs to give way if they see Car B turning- It's a problem if you're already in the turn and focused on driving straight ahead. And how do you determine if you've arrived at the same time. Car A is turning into a side street - Car B is driving on the opposite side of the road so are we supposed to stop before turning left just in case someone suddenly decides to turn into the same side street from the opposite lanes? 

The rule makes little sense because it takes the onus of responsibility to stay safe away from  Car B. 

5 minutes ago, robblok said:

Hard to say car A is not on the right side but its car B that slams into him. Id say both maybe to blame. Can't be 100% sure but seems A is the least guilty . Though it depends on things like speed..  WAs A waiting there and B slammed into him (B to blame). Was A going really fast and B already turning when out of nowhere A appeared.  

For today's purpose both cars were travelling at "normal" speed. There is not a stop sign for Car A. Car A arrives at the corner 1st.

In the picture below Car A turns left into the side road. Car B turns right and crashes into the side of Car A. Who is a fault?

A) Car A

B ) Car B

C) Both Car A and Car B

I'll leave the question up for a while and then compile the answers later.

21 hours ago, colinneil said:

Yes i feel for him, but at the same time, what he did was crazy.

He honestly thinks Thai officials would be on his side, no way, Thai mother wins every time.

 

I'm going to have to disagree with you for once, Colin. He did break the law so the why should the Thai officials be on his side? I've heard the "Thai wins every time" sentiment repeated a lot on this site, but I've only got first hand knowledge of ONE guy who went through the courts when he divorced his wife: He got custody of his daughter and 50% of everything they bought since they got married (as per Thai law).  The fact that he was British and she Thai did not seem to disadvantage him in any way. 

13 hours ago, The Old Bull said:

Trump is a showman and a good one. The US dollar has dropped about 5฿ over the last year, so somebody on a $3000 pension has lost ฿15,000 per month but is he good enough to keep expats and people in the US rust belt still supporting him?

He single-handedly controls the exchange rate? I thought he was an idiot?  You must have hated it when Obama made the dollar hit below 29.