daveAustin

It sure is a mental disease. All people should be able to express opinion, but when it all starts going one way and freedoms are threatened, as the past few years have shown, something is wrong.

Yep, although Starmer is a trickier prospect. He is one slippery robot and just does not care. Go Elon!

Posting international is already exorbitant. Returned a letter to UK last year and it was something like 3-4x the cost with a 2-3 week delivery. EMS was well over 1000 baht, with ‘maybe’ one week delivery. Shocking. Never used to be this way.

More woke. Thai coup.

… or ill treated. On a trek in the north years ago, mahout repeatedly whacking the thing and it just had enough and charged into the jungle with us on its back, knocking into trees and other riders. Pretty scary. Took ages for it to calm down. They’re sensitive beasts, easily spooked. Always weary around them, trunk alone can do huge damage. What a thing to happen to the young lass. 😢

Yep. Simon and his wishy washy ilk should look a bit more into it, though I guess when you are that far left gone, there's no reasoning. It is a shame they can't just be ignored, but unfortunately their puerile opinion counts more than any nowadays. Tommy may be antagonistic, but he says it how it is and at least the guy is born and bred and gives a S about the people of Britain. Of course, we can't have that can we, flag waving and whatnot! It is pathetic. Britain as we knew it is well gone (the brainwashed above have seen to that inside a generation) and you could not pay me enough to live there again. Apparently Musk reckons even Farage is too soft for not getting behind Tommy. Dunno about that, but I hope he brings the whole system down. If ever a once proud place was in dire need of a reboot...

Pretty amusing to see the childish lefties getting all worked up and hateful (their standard MO). The people have spoken and don’t care for trivial trumped up 😋 charges. Get over your fragile egos and just move on.

A bit of severe turbulence would sort them out! Seriously, if they don’t listen, captain should get on the blower insisting the cattle return to their seats. If ignored, land at nearest airport as an emergency. A budget airline wouldn’t ever do this of course.

Not as much as I used to. Echoing Mike on meat quality... although never had food poisoning from it, main bugbear is overused palm oil and MSG. If you request to leave the latter out (if at all possible), it all of a sudden tastes very ordinary. On occasion though, no worries as with anything. Having said that, the guys pouring score over Thai street food will think nothing of getting hammered on crap beer every night of the week of course lol. Not impressed with Cambodia street food compared with Thai. Found them overly aggressive and ready to hoik up the price, though not huge experience. Good a topic as any btw. Shame you got so many dislikes for your trouble... perhaps posted to the wrong forum, or more likely people in this space now prefer to just talk about women and football. 🙂

Me neither. Many clearly do it for 'likes', others bored with no life, others drunk and don't know what they're doing, others unhinged, others just plain manchild stock etc etc, and all of the above. Then you get the numpties bunging in laughing emoticons when someone has been killed. Seriously worry about this forum at times. Those that have not been and don't where Chiang Mai is, it is in the north amidst mountains and 'dirt' bikes are ten-a-penny and as legal to ride on the road as a Honda Dream. Just because one chooses to do so does not mean they are an idiot or are riding idiotically. if this guy was, then fair enough, but for all we know he wasn't.

As will be the continued systematic dilution of cultures and degradation of Western society.

They’re a menace and should be culled. Several urban areas here are rife with them, getting into schools etc. Worse than packs of feral soi dogs.

Same same but different, and although never really had dramas coming in, it would be nice if they had an expat line. Having said that, although different kettle of visa fish, my country lumps ‘others’ into one bracket, too.

I dunno. A scoundrel he may be, but a mere pup in comparison to what has been going on. He’s just been successful and has ruffled feathers. Sis was not really devious enough to orchestrate what all this was about; more a convenient pawn. She’s probably even a nice person.

Step in the right direction. No one will want to be born anymore if they’re not gonna be looked after. 😋

If they look at any period there will be a similar amount of deaths. All this bs does is highlight a normality.

Perhaps she accidentally flipped the table at the Flipper Lodge with that substantial chest of hers?

Phuket is such a pleasant place. Really miss it.

Didn't read replies as it will likely be the standard fare from people in tourist spots that don't speak a lick and think Thais as some kind of alien race. Have many genuine Thai friends that I know would have my back if the stuff hit the fan, and I likewise. Prefer to surrounded by them than my own to be honest, who seem to have turned into a bunch of prissy wokish numpties. Want to meet genuine Thais?: get out of the tourists spots, be kind, don't lord it up, learn the F language a bit! 🙃

Yawn. Same same, different year. We've heard the following before ad nauseam, but only proper driving tests, real enforcement (many cops will DUI home), MASSIVE penalties and a better regard for life (put it out that there is no reincarnation) will curb it. The current licensing thing every 5 years is a joke, a monumental waste of time and monies which in itself causes more accidents and does not educate drivers one iota. Not bashing Thailand, it just is what it is and this type of tripe needs a response.

Enjoy some Beatles, but prefer PM by himself, Pipes of Peace etc. However, have you ever considered a bit of Kajagoogoo?

Well done, for a change. Havisham a btch, but Estella one of the best story arcs of all time. Although a brit, was never much into the Beatles; they were more a brooding boomer thing afaic but each to their own. For upbeat, the sound of the '80s is more where it's at. Get some AHA, New Order, and Collins up in ya!

Nowt will happen and 'they' don't give a F anyway (esp her family) because it wouldn't affect them. And neither does it so in my own county, one of the supposed bastions of (now long gone) democracies... a place where the non-elected privileged pass over this 'n that law. Where is Guy Fawkes & co when you need them?!

Easy tiger or they’ll have you & yours back in Dubai.

The 90-day thing has always been a ball-ache but it is what it is. Thai officialdom is also a bit hit & miss but the deadlines on the 90-day are clear. Thankfully, in a place where it is easy face-to-face and the IO guys are thoroughly decent chaps. Bottomline: to thrive and enjoy oneself here, one should accept and not resist too mutt as a Westerner would have it. 😋