20 minutes ago, HappyExpat57 said:

Everying - INCLUDING immigration officers - wish the same thing. They got almost all the bad guys out, kept the good guys in, so it's time to put it to a rest.

The craziest = most idiotic thing is: 90-days-reportimg was created against crimiinals! That means, watching where they stay (by reporting)? That was the intention of IMO!!!

What a laughing stock. Just those criminals would like to report their location ???

On 5/8/2022 at 2:58 PM, LomSak27 said:

I buy the half loafs of Rye, German, or Pumpernickel at Rimping. Four weeks back no more Jo's bread.  The "Jo's" shelf at Nim City branch has been empty since. This morning, just as mysteriously, there they were. Date on the loafs; May 7. 

 

 

Jo has been on a holiday what I didn't know ( and of course, I believe he deserves it).

Then after calling him I've got my bread again and enjoying it as ever.

On 4/27/2022 at 6:18 AM, OneMoreFarang said:

Why not wait for any court cases coming up and looking at the evidence?

With Thaksin there was/is plenty of evidence and he was already convicted a couple of times and many other court cases are still ongoing.

 

Where are the court cases against Prayut? I would love to hear about evidence against him.

OneMoreFarang; " And I mean it. If there is evidence then show it and prosecute him."

.... yes, with the guarantee, next day  you will stay in prison !

That's the Thai military style of freedom of opinion. You must have a big hole in your memory/brain if you don't recognize or remember how a lot of opponents habe been "eliminated". Only 2 examples of many, many: the leader of the "Future Forward" etc. and his party.

Did you ever learn that the jurustic power should be the independent and the reliable THIRD POWER in a state? Today here in Thailand it doesn't work. That's the main reason, why there is "nobody to prosecute him [P.]". What a pity that you don't do it.

Some people look only at the price ticket.

Reducing the volume/wight is often the same as a price increase.

The WHO is not ashamed to trust all reports of the military junta

2 hours ago, trainman34014 said:

All understood but we are in a Country ruled by Gangsters in the cause of Gangsters.    Never kid yourself that Thailand will ever be a 'normal' Democracy or that normal Democratic rules will apply; it's never going to happen !

Why? Because of the military junta! They don't want to lose their power and .... hm.... money!

Can anyone give me an information about Jo's bakery- I'm his longtime customer. Living in the remote area of Pang Mapha - 4 hours by car to CM - I ordered all time a 10kg package of good German bread and stored it in our icebox.

Yesterday I failed to contact him, per I-Net ---> not working; by mobile and netline ----> no answer, not working.

Thank you for your support in advance.

@Banana7

Your name here in the AN says already a lot about you. Thinking only with a small brain and not further than to your tiptoe.

It's not hard to guess you are an US-boy, because there they didn't learn how to avoid plastic waste. (Not your problem ....?). In Germany, the kids in kindergarten learn already about this environment problem. Namely,  that those plastic bags  are waste which desolves only within maybe 200-300 years and is not very healthy. Burning them is very unhealthy, too.

On 4/21/2022 at 10:20 AM, ubonjoe said:

In reality that is not correct. It is what agents often state.

This from immigration order 327/2557.

It is fairly clear that a immigration officer in charge of a immigration office can do it.

In my opinion they sign off on a application without any verified documents (bank letter, bank book copies and etc) to support the application.

 

 

The IO-order, as shown in the small letters, has a good intention. But because TiT, it is the open (legal  )  door to make money for the agents and the IO.

That's one of the reasons the IOs in many areas press the falangs to use an agent. The same legal ( ) situation: if you use ore don't use an agent. But  YOU are refused, whereas if the agent uses exactly the same documents .... big wonder - it is working, suddenly i.e. no time limits for the deposited money etc. ....That only because of immigration order 327/2557.

A welcome  §  for curruption. That's all.

Í don't have any experience for these flights.

But one idea: check the (daily?) flights (departures and arrivals) of Dubai to Glasgow and vice versa. Then you will have results of real time!

5 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

I seriously fear for Thailand if they ever have a war with these incompetents in charge -..-......

I have had this idea alread many times. When "the enemy" would cross the Mekong the military junta would still think about what to do or how to react.

1) they would form a comittee coming together next week.

2) then they would order that all the +1.000 generals should  come back from the USA, China or anywhere else to make a plan for the  future of the war.

3) then they would go to the Wat to be blessed for making the right decisions. and being lucky.

4) All "falang" news reporters would get the order going back to their home country, because this war is a Thai problem  they should not report about

5) ... the list goes on.

That's the system how they work with the covid problem.

Thai Tourism Industry Hopes for More Chinese Travelers in October

A dream of the Thai tourism industry with no background of reality.
 

1. The Cinese have still problems to fight the Covid by their own Chinese medication Sinovac. That has a low quality, about 10% of the Pfizer/Biontech. Now they recognize this mistake relying on their own vaccine. But changing this habit is a little bit too late and more expensive.

2. Xi, the new emperor, does his best that the people of his homecountry stay isolated. Meeting people from other countries i.e, during their holiday in Thailand or elsewhere, will open their minds and eyes. A danger for him and the party. They fear  the influence of freedom.

3. I'm not sure, but think I've read that even Chineses have to quarantane after returning. Much, much longer than in other countries. 3 weeks? Another giant hurdle for the Chinese tourists without earning any Yuan during this 3-week time.

4. The economy will not return to the old days of 2019 and before. That's a reason not to spend some hard earned money on holidays in Thailand or other countries.

On 4/7/2022 at 2:27 AM, MarkerB said:

Makes sense it is in forests.  Was told by rhe Other Half it was done as the people want the mushrooms that appear after fires.

This is a tall tale, at least here in the forest behind our house. After every yearly (17) fire in the moutain behind us we didn't find any mushrooms, except a few you would die of.

If you believe all these fire-mushroom stories, you can trust all mirtacles written in the bible.

Maybe the Thai generations are not divided watching this short video:

You will have good news, if Prayut is condemning the Russian war in Ukraine.  But When?

19 hours ago, CygnusX1 said:

400 billion baht = $US12 billion, not a huge sum for Thailand, compare annual GDP of $US500 billion, and compare revenue lost from tens of millions of tourist visits.

Agree logistics wouldn’t be easy, but don’t all Thais have an identity card?

„$US12 billion, not a huge sum for Thailand, compare annual GDP of $US500“

Very abstrus, it's easy to explain why.

1. this money – let us think of only 400 billion Baht = ~$US 12 billion - had to be payed out of the Thai budget. To compare this large summe with the GDP is nonsense, because it's not payed by the GDP, it has to be taken out of the budged. Like all payments by the state.

2. And the Thai budget is „a little bit“ smaller than your mentioned GDP of $US500 billion. The Thai budget for 2022 is ~3,1 trillion Thai Baht,

   Let me say the actual exchange rate is 1US = ~33,1 THB. Then the 3,1 trillion THB (=3.100 billion THB) has a vallue of 3.100 billion / 33,1 = 93,7 billion US$

3. If I compare now 12 billion US$ (payout to the Thai people) with the Thai budget of 3.100 billion then it would be 7,8% of the Thai budget. And you do think this is „not a huge sum for Thailand“ ???

4. Paying out this large amount of 400 billion Baht would cause another problem for the budget of the year 2022. This before explained 7,8 % would have to be cut (= taken off ) from other parts of the budged, already confirmed by the parliaent before October 2021 (=the start of the Thai budget-year)

On 3/30/2022 at 9:27 PM, Gottfrid said:

DHL is the only trusted choice in my world.

For me the problem seems not to be DHL or another service, but the BKK-Airtport service. One time I received my card after 2 1/² weeks. 3x it took 6 weeks, only after reclaming. I learnt by tracking where the letter had "rested".

11 hours ago, champers said:

Comparing Covid deaths in my home country (UK) to here, I would say that Thailand have done a far better job. They lag behind in vaccinations, especially boosters but so too did other countries in the region includung S Korea, Japan and Australia, all 1st World nations.

Thailand has announced a staged approach targetting changing the status of Covid from pandemic to endemic on 1st July.

Three more months and Thailand should be fully open for business. Fingers crossed that there are no serious bumps in the road.

Of course, Thailand has done a better job ..... in NOT testing and manipulating the numbers . Only one hint: the people in the remote moutains, At the moment it's very dangerous to go in their villages, because of the spreading virus. And there are a lot of them in many parts of Thailand. The cases are only "reported(?)" when seeing a doctor.

4 hours ago, CartagenaWarlock said:

When is dollar going to be 40 baht. Waiting to transfer 50K USD. 

Ask Prayut/Anutin  (hmmm)  or a soothsayer!.

On 3/28/2022 at 2:46 PM, Jimbo2014 said:

Im not sure whether its me who is delusional or you are just use to sucking in the good old camp fire smell.  I have friends who live there and they report very differently to you, albeit this year is much better, it would still be considered toxic in most developed countries.  Previous years have been unlivable.  Chaing Mai has topped the most polluted city list for several years in a row.   This was a recurring article the last few years:  https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2080855/chiang-mai-the-most-polluted-city-on-earth

I don't need friends to confirm, if there is a burning or not.

Here in the Mae Hong Son area it is total diferent to many years before. You can breath a fresh air, see the mountains in the background very clear after the fog has disapeared in the early morning hours. All the years before we had to flee the smoke and relaxed in Hua Hin until the burning stopped.

Market people of our village reported already that Chiang Mai was clear this year, and the same happened here. The officials had given a stronger, serious warning. In addition we had rain on same days. Within the last 3 nights only 1 minute! I said to my wife, better than no rain. The tookay under our roof also tells us every late evening that he likes the clean air and the insects!

There might be a "simple" excuse for the hospital;

40,000 -   in English wrighting is:        forty thausand (km)

40.000 -   in German wrighting is:       forty thausand (km)

40,000 -   i.e. German wrighting is:     forty (km)

Only a "little" difference ???? concerning comma and point.

The "best" self entertaining thread in Asiannow I have ever seen.