NoshowJones

I do know that certain motorbike rental shops in Pattaya were owned by police officers, although I am not sure if that is the case today.

Border bounces have never been stressful for me, But I would not deal with any of these border bounce companies now. Since the pandemic, the cost of these have almost doubled, mainly I think using the Russia/ Ukraine situation merely as an excuse for their greed.

I think the Thai banks are the biggest rip offs, adding hundreds of Bt for doing little or even nothing at all. Bangkok Bank charging me 500 Bt for replacing a lost debit card, 200+ for withdrawing money from ATM with UK debit card etc.

Would any Thai vote for a soldier for next PM especially old sleepyhead? Are the ordinary Thais going to be allowed to vote? Is this going to be a democratic election? If it is, would all the soldiers in parliament just now not be better just going back to their barracks and parade grounds? I think we all know that it will only be a matter of time before some general, or even the same unelected flip flopper who is in office just now, will gather up the soldiers, guns and tanks and it will again be as you were.

You can if you want. ????

Yes starting with the present unelected PM, his sleeping partner, Anutin etc, etc, I am not saying whether Thaksin should be jailed or not, but he was democratically elected, which can't be said about Cha Cha and his crew.

I wish, but we can all dream.

I stand to be corrected here, it was before my time in Thailand, but did Thaksin not start this 90 day reporting nonsense?

"Come on Thaksin, what are you waiting for? Be a man, return now." I agree, and when you do, do something, anything that will get rid of this unelected, Military Academy educated clown and his soldiers.

Very true, but Labour the "party of the working class" are no better. Don't believe me? How much percentage of the UK population are ordinary working class families, at least 70%? In my adult life time, the Tories have been in office maybe about twice as much as Labour, ask yourself why that is. Wilson, Callaghan, Blair, Brown, all Labour PM's, were any of them for the working class?? They were as much liars and hypocrites as the Tories, perhaps even more so. At least the Tories never presented themselves as the "part of the working class".

"In the UK people no longer have to pay for heating?" Maybe in some odd cases, but there is an article in the UK newspapers today of an 83 year old lady who died because she could not afford to heat her home.

"It's a good thing energy costs haven't skyrocketed in the UK." But they have, and very drastically too, mostly due to greedy capitalists, making enormous profits while people, particularly the elderly, starving, freezing and dying because of it. I cannot understand why the UK people are not revolting and protesting in the streets.

I have described the UK way, different nationalities will use different terms just like you mentioned the Australian way.

It is a sort of sea food.

Zebra crossings are the term used in the UK, pedestrian crossings are the term used for the crossings which have lights for the pedestrians to stop the traffic.

Zebra crossings are painted on the road while pedestrian crossings have lights where someone wanting to cross the road presses a button to show a red light which is supposed to stop the traffic.

The unelected PM and his sleeping partner.????????

Why not just do away with these crossings altogether and put pedestrian crossings in their place, surely that would be much safer. That applies to any country, not just Thailand.

A stall that sells whelks.

"Many times over the last several years Prayut has promised to eliminate government corruption." Being a downright liar is the only one thing this unelected PM has in common with the normal politician that he claims to be.

The vast majority of these posts are inactive anyway.

I have a big dinner around 4 pm with potatoes or French Fries always cooked in the air frier.

After having two thin slices of white bread mostly toasted in the morning at breakfast with a mixture of either cornbeef, spam or marmalade, keeps me going until dinner at 4 pm, then another two slices about 8.30 in the evening.

Is 4 thin slices a day moderation?

For taste, I prefer white bread to wheat bread although I know white bread has more calories. As I do not have a weight problem and not looking to lose weight, I eat four slices a white bread every day. Can this do any harm to my general health?