NoshowJones

"The tourists is not the problem, the low wax rate in Thailand at around 38 % is the problem." Yes! and we all know who is responsible for that. Don't we?

A lot of members of the "scared of your own shadow" brigade would dispute that. ????

What rules? Common sense is enough for most people. But Thais?? Not so much.

89.

I wouldn't be surprised if I was. ????

What's the matter Steven? You are supposed to be blootered at this time of the evening. Oh! Wait! You are blootered, you have just given me a confused emo, when what I said is very obvious to us sober posters.

Depends on the brown envelope situation.

No problem, the brown envelopes don't have far to travel.

I would rather see someone with a decent education, not a Military Academy graduate with probably the average Thai IQ of around 90.

I think the answer to this question will confirm what we all know about the unelected governments attitude to us expats.

I read somewhere a good few years back that it is reckoned that two thirds of the Thai adult male population use prostitution in some form.

The unelected soldiers caused a lot of tourism to dwindle before the pandemic came with their immigration policies, also caused a lot of retirees to leave Thailand for good, though I'm not so sure the two or three week sexmongers dwindled that much.

I don't take part in the sex industry, but I still think Thailand needs it for the countries economy and peoples jobs. Also I do not drink, but I still think Thailand is wrong to shut down bars etc, which again is affecting peoples livelihoods just because of Buddhist days and politics.

What other countries are run with people with low IQs like the Banana Republic of Thailand?

You mean you think Thais and brains are compatible??

That's true, but every time you see resurfacing being done, they always leave the lanes badly rutted for the following 1 or 2Ks leaving motorcyclists having to ride on rutted lanes, which is very dangerous in itself, and even worse in wet weather, which is fine if you are driving on four wheels, instead of doing one lane at a time and leaving the other one safe for motorcycles.

Thanks Joe.

The Thai IQ rate being very low is like that for good reason.

So if I am in the UK and married to a Thai, and want to return to Thailand and don't have a re entry permit, can I arrive in Thailand, get visa exempt which I think is 30 days, then get 90+60 days? Before that 90+60 days is up, can I apply for the retirement extensions?

Pity about the Thai employment laws. ????

As you mention Agoda, remember to read the small print.

It would be very interesting to see what these AQ hotels prices were (not including the PSR test) before the pandemic, as the owners would probably have brown envelopes to fill.

Try to imagine a normal Thai political party, trying to do what the unelected PM and his soldiers did in 2014, that is where the point of a gun comes in. Get it now?

OK. There is the odd poster who will give you a "like" emot, if you make a comment on a certain subject, then the next time he will give you a "Sad" emo when you give the same sort of comment on the same subject. To me, that is trolling.

How can anyone vote for him when he took the country at gunpoint in 2014? He is always going to be there. As long as he keeps his Generals offshore accounts going up, he won't need anyone to vote for him.