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If this story is true, than kudos to this farmer who thinks forward and deploy a lateral thinking

of the future instead of standing in line for a government's handouts..

Thailand need more like him, give him a medal and make him a model framer to immolate....

This made me laugh, do you think the farmer would really like being Immolated?

Well its a good idea in a way, they'll certainly learn more studying by themselves than they will at school

Such a shame that they aren't taught enough English to serf on real education websites rather than Thai ones...

There must be different varieties of it. This is what we buy in the market known as Phak Khana. If you goggle Phak Khana it comes up as Chinese broccoli or Chinese kale. If you go to any vegetable vendor and ask for Phak Khana this is what you get. It's grown just down the road from us.

The peeled stalks of this in long slices are actually one of the ingredients of classic Pad Thai, along with Prawns & flat noodles, & its what I understand to be Thai kale...

I've done exactly that in my kitchen, 3 years later still no problems...

All good points so far..

One major point: Don't bother getting into arguments of principle... a far better response to any situation is to stay calm, smile and if you can walk away and seek alternative arrangements.

The single best piece of advice on here, along with don't make any male Thai lose face especially if he has been drinking...

As long as you remember this, plus being able to speak Thai you will have a great time. You will also find that as soon as your outside of the tourist areas into the countryside, nothing much has changed from your memories...

Cut a long story short, the runaway is an x partner who was ordered to pay large some in resuscitation to the plaintiff

under a amicable agreement in from of a judge in a civil court which the defended agreed.

fair to say that are 2 criminal cases were also initiated for issuing for 4 bogus bad checks knowing

knowing full well that the will not be honored,,

while and when we have reached an agreements by arbitration in the civil court for the defended to pay

the well over 2 million baht debt in installment over 4 years Which he failed and paid only half,

( the amount has grown up to well over 3.5 millions baht now ) so the matter went to the bankruptcy court

where he was deemed TO BE insolvent,

One month was given by the court for until it was publishes in the court's gazette, last minuets futile negotiations that led to nowhere and now he's

in the wind, fee to go back to his sub continents home country and run the very same business we're trying to stop

him from doing and taking it over with impunity,

the question is, with the 2 criminal cases still pending against him, will those be still in effect in 3 years?

will the guy come back after 3 years with clean slate and free to resume life as if nothing happened?

isn't a very glaring huge loophole staring us in the face here?

Knowing practically anything here is trumped by brown envelopes the answer is unless you are prepared to pay a bigger brown envelope to whatever dept. could stop him leaving the country there is nothing that you will be able to do about it...

Cannot find much on personal bankruptcy here but would like to know more so that I could advise a Thai friend. In one place I read that the creditor has to initiate bankruptcy, not the debtor. Also read that a debtor's wages can be attached for years until debts are satisfied which is very unlike a western bankruptcy. Would like to know if the above is true.

Farang who has no knowledge of Thai bankruptcy proceedings goes on to farang forum to ask farangs mostly on retirement extensions "how to deal with bankruptcy" so he can "advise Thai friend". This is about bankruptcy in Thailand I should add! Can you see the weaknesses in this strategy?

If you were a professional advisor anywhere in the world, you have already clearly breached the principle of professional competence. Best thing to do now is to stop trying to help your friend, say to her, "I don't know, it is beyond me, I do not have the knowledge," and suggest she contacts a qualified lawyer or accountant with the experience of dealing with insolvency or at the very least debt collection. It may well be the amount involved makes that not worthwhile. In that case, try the local police.

I would have thought that the last place to go would be your local police, & unless there are huge sums involved the second last place would be Lawyers...

No, of course not, for all the reasons above & more....

Koh Chang last month...

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Theres not much that you can say to this level of ignorance & stupidity is there???

I hope this comment goes viral worldwide, just so that tourists know what level of support to expect when they come here...

But before doing that, consider the possible consequences for these dogs if their owners have to get rid of them.

The question is why do they howl all night? Well cared for dogs will not do this unless there is an intruder or other reason to raise an alarm.

Some whining expats love to exaggerate things, the reality is far from it.

In my moobaan, when i first moved in there were robberies on daily basis.

Since my gang of 6 moved in, there has not been a single robbery or a break in.

On the opposite side, robberies are a nightly occurrence.

My dogs know all the people who live there and ONLY go nuts when someone who they do not know approaches the house or walks past.

This most certainly wakes up the neighbors, but then who would be wondering around in dead end street in close gated housing?

One neighbor decided to complain and was abused by all others, stating if it was not for my dogs, they would be robbed daily.

I always keep mine inside the house, but all neighbors insists i put them outside at night, as it really gives them peace of mind.

PS. I am certain dogs do not howl all night long, but might let out a few howls here the there.

I agree but only up to point. What would you do if one or more of your dogs consistently attacked and sank their teeth into passers-by?

Last year I moved to a rental in a resort having one owner. On this plot is a policeman who has no less than 14 dogs which roam all day and night. Three of these dogs will attack and bite without provocation including neighbours that have lived there for years. In the last couple of months a small boy, two girls and the owner's sister living on an adjoining have all been bitten, the boy seriously. I'm told that nothing can be done because the dogs belong to a policeman.

I have had many pets in the past including cats and dogs, birds etc. but in my view there is only one place for dogs anywhere that have a taste for human blood.

What usually happens to dogs like that here, is they are thrown some meat well dosed with Rat poison, Policeman's dogs or not, by Thais, not falangs, if they carry on biting Thais, it will happen...

Medical cert. driving license from home country, I bluffed my way through with a provisional, translation into Thai of that license. Heres the hard one, letter of residence or yellow house book, might get away with a letter from your landlord saying you live at his property & a signed copy of his ID card, not positive about that though, you wont get a letter of residence from immigration on a tourist visa or a yellow house book though. Good luck...

I took my step daughter along when I updated my 1 year to 5, I expect they just wanted a Thai there to translate for them, no Thai, no license, because too complicated for them...

A few people on marriage visas around my way who have been here for years (NE) have been visited in the last 2 or 3 months, but the worst thing about it is that the Immigration Police visiting have demanded 3 thousand Bahts "petrol" money,, "or we can make your life difficult"

And no I'm not going to go into detail about where & from which office as I don't want a visit myself thanks...

So whos going to give the intensive training to all these Thai workers then? All most of the trainers could do is train them in how to use influence & buy jobs... TIT

Well, obviously an idiot for trying to sell to unknown Thais, but what a ludicrous punishment in a country where murderers get away without even being locked up...

I live in the middle of nowhere & have no trouble at all getting a battery for my Lifan just show the shop the old one, obviously you need to go to a shop in a bigger village, one big enough to have a seven eleven in. Not just a scooter shack...

I think all the Thais will be up in arms when their Facebook stops working, because there's no way that Facebook will put a server in Thailand, there will be a huge backlash....

Point blank or Heroes of Neuerth or fifa 2015 on the Thai site/server garena, you need to d/l the client & sign up, which is problematic as its in Thai, you need to get a native to help, I suggest taking a laptop to a Thai internet cafe, I'm sure you'd find someone to help you set up an acc... This is what all the Thais play on. As its internal to Thailand you should get good ping, Voice chat will be a no no though unless you speak Thai...

Silly bugger, not a good career move...

You can PM me too, but need more info on the NGO...

Ah ha, those pesky foreigners with yachts have money, how can we screw them for some???

This is going to be a disaster for Thailand. You can't put the genie back in the bottle - Thai people have tasted (relatively) uncensored unencumbered Internet, and there will be riots (perhaps digital riots) if it's taken away now.

They are clearly following the Chinese Internet implementation, down to making foreign content be hosted locally. BTW, China is still not a digital hub, as a direct result of their heavy handed control over information. In fact is there anywhere in the world where a country with a single Internet gateway is also considered a regional hub? It's an obvious contradiction, and CAT and the general believe (wrongly) that the population are too complacent/stupid to know better or do anything about it.

This all sounds perfectly true to me Clokwise, It will be a disaster, Webwise Thais will be doing DOS attacks against the gov sites, & their minions CAT sites, It will go down like a lead balloon amongst the middle & Hi So classes, the Juntas very supporters & kill what internet commerce there is, Another shot in the foot by the "alleged" government heading, full speed back to the middle ages...

Of course they shouldn't, It defeats the whole ethos of what being a policeman is supposed to be about, however they should definitely be better paid, wont hold my breath waiting for that to happen though...