NoshowJones

What is the distance? I think maybe about 50 Ks? 800Bt does seem a bit excessive.

Yes, I was never good at shaking hands.

Do you ever read any UK newspapers? You will read of plenty of knights "Sirs" there. Have you ever been in a UK court, you will see plenty of lawyers wearing wigs there. So yes!! I do believe what I write.

Not as far as the UK. They still have knights, dating back to the 12th century, all these "Sirs", even the present PM. Then there is the lawyers in UK courtrooms wearing wigs and prancing about like transvestites dating back from a few centuries ago. Thailand doesn't even come close to that in any shape or form.

I remember in America buying a glass of orange juice and the glass was so full of ice I only got a couple of swallows, so next time I asked for a glass of orange juice, I asked for no ice (the drink was cold anyway) and I was handed the glass half full, I asked for the glass to be filled and I was told no! So I just walked away.

A few mornings ago when on my new desktop, my Wifi completely cut out. I thought it was just my BB internet connection. I switched on my laptop and the Wifi was fine, so that told me it must be something else. I bought my desktop from my local computer shop, so got the guy in the shop to come to my house to find out what was wrong. He fixed it very quickly but cannot speak a word of English, so could not tell me what was wrong. Every morning since when I switch on my computer (I keep it on sleep overnight) the wifi does not come on, so I tried all the normal things then eventually I manage to get it on. Can anyone tell me what could possibly be wrong? Why can the Wifi not come on along with my computer? Could the fact that I keep it on sleep overnight have anything to do with it?

I don't drink coffee at all and always drink my tea without milk. I love drinking milk but in my village there are two 7-11s and a Lotus mini mart and none of them sell skimmed or semi skimmed milk, only full cream so I have to reduce my milk intake to maintain my normal weight for my height.

I actually meant having any interest in the working class after being elected as MP's, government ministers etc.

I am a non drinker and do not frequent bars, but that is a full days pay being lost to employees and owners, all just for religion. I think it is way out of order.

I would doubt if any country could be any worse to it's expats than Thailand. Many decent people who have taken Thai families out of poverty and made great contributions to the Thai economy and still being treated like a criminal having to do these ridiculous 90 day reports.

In that case there would hardly be any politicians left.

I cannot say whether you are right or wrong here, but I cannot imagine countries jailing former PM's for things they did while still in office. Look at Blair in the UK, if any PM deserved to be jailed it is him, does WMD and Iraq not spring to mind? I cannot believe that Yingluck has done worse than that, and don't forget the soldier who led an illegal coup and stayed in office here for nine years, protected only by soldiers, guns and tanks. Neither Yingluck or her brother have done worse than that either.

I did not see any of the other replies until after I posted this.

Your last paragraph is rubbish, what do speedhumps do for the emergency vehicles? Just think about this. I personally witnessed an ambulance with flashing lights have to come to an almost stop, then there are another two speedhumps further up the road, then the three on their way back to the hospital. How much time is wasted there because of speedhumps when someone needs to get to the hospital in an emergency?

I agree entirely with this post, but imagine you are a stranger in a town driving along a busy road, you are not going to see a crossing until you are almost on it, true you are driving quite slow because of other traffic and parked vehicles, so you are unlikely to be involved in an accident. What is really required is the UK way of flashing lights and zig zag lines. Better still do away with crossings altogether and replace them with pedestrian operated lights. Though I suppose this being Thailand it would be too much of an inconvenience to make sure the lights are always working.

Could you please explain a "couple hits"? Is it to do with alcohol, smokes, or a couple of visits to one of these short time rooms?

I have seen a couple if signs on the walls of restaurants in the Soi Buckawo area asking that no customer comes in shirtless. If I came into a restaurant and there was anyone dining shirtless I would ask to see the boss and tell him/her why I am now not dining in his/her restaurant.

The miners caused the election with blackouts etc then Wilson became PM in the early 70's then led the country to bankruptcy in 1976, then the country had to get bailed out by the IMF. At no time did I mention that Labour were in power all through the seventies.

No, I remember as a young guy Harold Wilson leading the country into bankruptcy in the seventies and every Labour government since robbing the working class with all sorts of tax increases, and made up taxes ie SET whatever that meant, and what about Blair and Brown? Need I say more?

Labour has never had any working class roots in my adult lifetime.

Respect has to be earned, it is certainly not been earned with their very obvious dislike of ex pats.

Cheap Charlie's may have good cheap food but the actual service is dreadful.

I bought a pair from Lazada too, can't remember the make, but very poor like a lot of their products.

Bluetooth, I bought the earbuds from Amazon for about 25GBP. Great value.

I hope the dirty coward is made to pay the old guy's medical expenses.