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Thais were wearing face masks before covid. There is the belief that it will stop you from getting the cold or spreading germs. They were also worn against the dust and <deleted> i the air when it was high. Thais have gotten comfortable wearing them and feel safer (rightly or wrongly it is how they feel) It has very little to do with the government. Thai parents still have their kids wearing masks because covid is still in the school system. As to people being punished for not wearing a mask that is crazy Thais understand that some people have decided that they do not need the ask and it is their choice. Once covid gets to a point that it is not in the news and is not as prevalent in society then you may see people taking masks off but it will not be for awhile and will probably start with the young people.

Couple spits up and she figures that he had as much to lose as her by reporting her so she played chicken.

I think the problem that they have is the hypocrisy of saying that you can not smoke in buildings, You cannot smoke shisha but you can smoke Maiojuana. There is a bit of a WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAA. to that rule. Personally I could not see making pot legal but keeping shish as illegal. Will be interesting to see what happens. Question for my indulging friends here. If a bar was set up and you could buy beer and smoke weed would it be legal

I think there is a difference between the girls in the bars and the girls and ladyboys on the street. Looking at it from a western perspective the bars are more like a brothel. The girls all work for the house/bar and any issues that a customer has will come back against the bar so the girls are on relatively best behaviour. Street prostitution in any country is a risky thing as you really do not know what you are getting. The girls have o one to answer to and if they get caught ripping off a customer oh well they pay a fine and are back on the street the next day or they move to Phuket or a different part of BKK.

I thank you for the lesson. However I wonder how many Thais know this

Just wondering when farang became a white western person. My interpretation from everyone Thai and non Thai was that it was a foreigner meaning that it was multi cultural and multi colored. Recently in a chat on here I used the term and got called a racist because I used the term and they felt I was only saying that white people smoked pot and got drunk. Looking up online the definition for farang is foreigner which to me includes all races and people from all non Thai countries. Is ASEAN news now gone Woke.

As added insurance, tell them to go in the opposite direction of terminal 21.

To us Foreigners, it seems like the military is corrupt. Unfortunately, too many of the older Thais, the military, is looked at as the saviour of the country. I think with today's youth, that is changing, BUT the challenge is to get the people to elect a government that is not Putting someone in power that has no business or political knowledge or track record. the young people need to start voting in groups that are larger than the older wealthy crowd, Last the party coming in must forget those that have been exiled and just concentrate on running the country properly and with transparency. Also get rid of party list MP's This removes the extra wasted bodies and makes the people running responsible to the people that voted them in not beholding to the person that appointed them and made them rich. LAST THING TO STOP MILITARY RULE Quit overthrowing the government with protests. That is how the military keeps getting its nose in the door. If you do not like a party, fine, protest but then wait for an election to remove them.

BB the easy answer is YES. But then again I would probably want to do it at the police station. Could get messy diong it ont he street.

Not really a mixed message. The drugs that they are testing for are YABA and it's friends I think that more tourists and foreingers use cannabis than Thais. The drug of choice of youg Thais is YABA.

If the cops were watching it I would say very few just before the raid.

Nope you got it wrong. Watch for the grand opening of ไม่ธรรมดา 96 owned by different owners with different names but funded by the current owners. The new owners willget all the licences that is why it will not open right away.

The funny thing is that this is not just farm kids. I have a friend whose daughter goes to a Prestigious Thai school. She got excited because she was one of the top 5 in Chinese and asked her score, but she would not tell me. Could not tell me how she did in other subjects either. The funny thing is that the U.S. seems also to be having an education problem. The solution is easy. get back to the basics, get away from Multiple choice tests and make students really think.

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I am in the same boat as you. The solution is going to have to be that the police set up check points outside these establishments. The other rule that they have in Canada would be interesting here. If you serve someone that is drunk and they get into an accident you as the provider as just as guilty and libel as the driver. You come to my house have a few beers and are a little over the limit go out and hit another car. I can be sued and charged just like the driver. Bands in Bars used to start at 9 pm then they moved the closing time back so they come on at 10. Does that mean that bar bands would start playing at midnight?

I don't think it is laziness I think, in part it is because the education system is screwed up. Not just here but in other countries. as well. You can not expect people o learn a language if they only use it for 50 minutes a day at most. One of the problems I have is tutoring kids to do the homework and then forget it. This do-and-dump is also prevalent in the U.S> and North America. If you look at the high-end schools or schools that have an English-only curriculum the kids come out of it great. It is like those that teach in schools. The ability is there it is just a matter of showing them the need for it.

Every police force in the world has traffic police and police that deal in larger crime. It seems that you want to make Thailand like California, where no law is enforced if it is minor. Do you really think that if they let people drive without a license or shoplift in stores things will be better and the police officers that are not doing traffic stops will be good police officers for investigating major crimes? Police officers in every country and city start in the same lace walking a beat and looking after the community. Checking driver's licence and arresting drunk drivers or people that do minor <deleted>. Imagine if there wre not beat cops what it would be like. OH WAIT I KNOW you complaining that the police are not doing their job and looking after the tourists Don't forget these guys with no licence also have o meter therefore they are ripping tourists off., and if there is no way to identify the car anything can happen. It is part of the system.

Thai police will still have to maintain checks on businesses because if you let them stay open until 4 they will be serving breakfast to customers at 6 along with another beer. Something that is not taken into consideration is a. how do these people get home at 4 all the transit systems are shut down. b the longer hours that people are going to have to work c. what is an entertainment area and how does it affect the people living near it. Are there going to be a lot of people showing up at 3 to get a girl in NANA I question whether it will make a difference for bars that is financially profitable once they have to find staff and pay extra bills. I do not see it being a bon to NANA or Cowboy I really don ot see it being a boon to the small bars in villages.

It is not so much a small minority which I think it is a minority the problem is that it is wanted by an even smaller minority of those that actually vote

Just on patpobg 1. My apologies you can get mixed drinks. Anyway the news on the soi is that the bar I referred to is open sort of chairs are up but big screen tv for football This bar is supposed to open on the first. There is supposed to be a night market at the silom entrance starting 5 December. Raining there so not a lot of foot traffic for bars

All most of the bars with girls offer beer only. Thought it was the only bar on pp1 that offered liquor

This is not that much different than any hospital I have been in or worked at. If you want to wear a naughty nurse costume then do it at home. A hospital is a business and a nurses uniform is exactly that a uniform

Also don't forget that he has to leave 400 k in the account. I use the letter method (CDN) and PT imma still want bank statement for 12 month.

Name me a country that doesn't have work permits and restrictions

Only went 1 time lilke you just to see what the noise about it was all 3 girls were real.