daveAustin

Said already it'll be more like 2020, but even if it were tomorrow, what of it? Democracy is generations away.

I foresee two options: get on the lao cow and join her or just divorce her. 

You should always have a letter of consent (with ID copy/sig of mother/father) wherever you are travelling in the world if you have your kids without the other half. They check because some parents do a runner with their kid(s) and are well within their rights. It's up to the parents to know this.

Yes, it would be better to live above the south if you'd be doing a lot of flying. Kamala and Surin are better placed than Patong or Karon regards getting to the airport, for example, but bearing in mind they are a lot quieter. The only real traffic issues, aside from the main west coast resorts, are Phuket Town (and the intersection at Central) and Chalong (Circle area). Expats are all over. Take it you've checked flight connections of Phuket Airport with your prospective Asian centres? 

Only way is to take their wheels off them altogether. Make Phuket a traffic-free island like that place in Hong Kong.

^^ Lately? 

Got as much chance of crashing if she drove herself.

At least 15,000 vans + DRIVERS could be taken off the roads.

Just to make it more appealing.

It's a hassle, in CM in particular, but just think yourselves lucky you aren't being charged for the privilege of making them busy. 

15 hours ago, little mary sunshine said:

It's only money......why kill yourself?????

Probably easy to say if one is moneyed and not in debt. One cannot live without money in a monetary society.

Debt has to be right up there with poor health and relationship problems as reasons behind suicide (if we could ask them).

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It hurts, no matter how tolerant I am,

He added that only with co-operation from locals, could his government restore peace in the unrest-plagued deep South and turn it into a tourist paradise.

 

lol

The woman who filmed this will be charged with defamation,..... wanna bet?

And so they should. It was a bloke btw - reread op.

People don't speak like that 'in a polite society'? Do me a favour!

It's complete BS and I hope they do get the shaft for filming without consent or whatever it is. He was a bogun but didn't do anything illegal IMO. Locker room talk and the passenger was egging him on.

he fled the scene because he's culturally programmed to avoid responsibility for his own actions

Widespread cheating in Thai... land. 

That'll keep the coppers on their toes. 

I hear ya, but why not go for an 'even' 5% and 40M tourist arrivals?

1 hour ago, tagalong said:

Only a FOOL would buy a condo or any property in Thailand...  I do not know how anyone can live with Thais  in a condo...or next door in a house...

 

I tried it and never,never again....  They do not give a damn about the noise they make all night and day long mainly, they can never shut a door quietly...

 

Have a nice day ...I am...I do not live in a condo...

So you live on top of a mountain by yourself, or dictating from farangland?

I've 'owned' and rented here. By far the biggest problems have been living next door to farangs (and Koreans). By FAR! Non-tourist areas I may add.

Op, all depends on if you have a decent owner or not really as to whether you're made to pay or not.

51 minutes ago, thenewgoo said:

Very sad. Debts, debts and more debts. Most of this country seem to be swimming in them.

Thais don't have a monopoly on it. Try most of the world.

Yes, they will easily do a ton (even the 4-seaters)... don't know where 500kg came from. However, overloaded indeed. If the driver could say what happened, it would likely go something along the lines of 'well I normally do that speed around there and no problems'... while disregarding all the water on the road. Sadly he paid with his life. Glad no-one else was killed. 

In the '90s, Pai was a little slice of heaven. It is certainly more uptight than years gone by, but then that could be said for most of Thailand... ever since the tourist dollar has been 'reaslised' to the extreme.

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since the Germans know about their chocolate, I figured I was getting a quality product

They do cars ok but first I've heard they know how to do chocolates. I think you're getting mixed up with the Swiss.

I'm not a lover of murderous Muslims and the bastardisation of their twisted faith, but anyone who sees the actions of the Israeli solider as being fair play need to have a long look at themselves. Good on the judiciary (and now I see they have received death threats), but it is clear that a swathe of the country agree with his actions, including that pillock Nutanyahoo. Alright, we don't live there so can't comprehend how it must be to know your next door neighbour wants you eliminated, but still it is wrong wrong wrong and they are as much the aggressor as the Palestinians.

1 hour ago, stament said:

what benefits will the agreement bring to the consumer, nothing clear from the article or can we expect reduced airfares?

The consumer is not even part of the overall equation. You could come here, spend all your money, have a crap time, get mugged and raped, whatever, all is immaterial aside from the spending all your money part. And if you do have a really bad time, mai pen rai, just move along and keep your mouth shut. Ooh, the cynicism!

Would be better off and cheaper phasing out the minivan companies and their drivers in 6 days and employing a bunch of monkeys to drive the things... oh wait!

^ From England apparently.

Op, indeed, borax works really well on ants. Mix it up roughly 50:50 with sugar and blend together in warm water - drain and dry. Workers/soldiers take it to the nest, they all eat it and perish including the queen. There is a product in 7-11 that does similar called ARS Ant Killer (yellow pellets, about 50 baht), but not as effective.

Invest in the car repair business if it's doing well (get her involved in the running of it?), also keeping her out of Pattaya and its allure. Doing taxi run might pee someone off, big outlay and pretty dangerous.