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3 hours ago, ChrisY1 said:

Are they on tourist visas..I guess that staying in a hotel answers that....to be deported?

I can imagine if I was doing this and got caught, I'de be kicked out...it taking Thai peoples' work:)

Probably turned in by the Chinese begging gangs... can't really picture Thai cops looking into this from their own sense of law enforcement, duty

Hardly qualifies as a "rampage" in my book.... but then again, I am an American

Need an easy to access eyeroll response emoji.... how about a job well done (aka "law enforcement") would be thanks enough for coming to visit for most tourists I would imagine. These stunts (like that mass of cops the other day) seem to underscore how woefully clueless and inept the BIB here in sin city truly are

Just hire this guy and be done with it!

5 hours ago, hotchilli said:

So what's the average number of calls when measured against the number of residents?

2,195 calls in a major city means nothing...

it does mean something if you are on the receiving end of a violent assault

3 hours ago, jacko45k said:

They have an odd dress sense in that respect, saw what I thought was a small Russian family at a restaurant recently and what I presumed to be a 14 year old daughter was dressed like an LA streetwalker... very strange. 

15-20 years ago the women looked like 1957 tinsel Las Vegas bad taste hookers... a bit better now

I live off of 2nd road... there are large stretches without other people around or decent lighting. I don't go to those areas after 8 pm

She went to 7/11... maybe it was 'that time of month'. Unlike the "women" some of her detractors date here, real women have what it is known as a "period" monthly. Need supplies

Given Thailand's record of being on the losing side(s), I would expect any mercenaries to join up with Hamas

Interesting (?) choice of stock photo for this story: crashed motorbike and driver on ground with a full helmet with mask.

I'd say masked helmets will never catch on here: too hard to see the text you're working on while driving down the road here

What a dastardly thing to do: stockpile a commodity to wait for  a price rise

Meanwhile, the gov passes a bill to spend millions (billions?) to.... stockpile rice to wait for a price rise

gotta love this place

16 hours ago, mrfill said:

Pelican and Puffin crossings are British ideas.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puffin_crossing

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelican_crossing

 

There is also Toucan crossings (where bicycles and pedestrians can use - Two-can use) and Pegasus crossings (shared between pedestrians and horses) where there is a button 2m high for mounted riders.

 

A veritable menagerie of crossings....

Thanks for the info... interesting

I suppose here in Thailand they might have unicorn crosswalks: they don't exist... nyuk nyuk

I've been here about 20 years, and this is the mega whopper, the leviathan of are-you-kidding-ville, off the charts you-can't-make-this-up absurdity award.

But all makes sense: look who gave this out:

"The ITA Awards, organized by the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC), were chaired by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy, Pirapan Salirathavibhaga."

Odd... wonder why The Pattaya News has to be source of story about Bangkok... My experience in Pattaya crosswalks if 50-50 at best.

Puffin Crosswalks? Pelican crosswalks? I'm a geezer and have never heard of such things.

Nearest thing I know of is Chuck Berry's duck walk

23 hours ago, Dickie Dee said:

Pornhub is Free and you don't have to pay to make it leave…

I did a rewrite of Hotel California for this place, last bit goes like this:

"Last thing I remember as she headed for the door

You help family me maybe pay a little more

"forget it" I said "That's all you'll receive

I don't pay you to stay.... I pay you to leave"

11 minutes ago, Skipalongcassidy said:

It's there... go back and read

I did. I'm asking you to point out where you got the info... copy and paste or otherwise provide link in article please

14 hours ago, hellohello123 said:

What is it with these men that try and kill their wife, fail at that, and then kill themselves

Maybe this sort of action should be encouraged... rid the kingdom of these pathetic types!  Over talking with a man while taking clothes to wash?

3 hours ago, Skipalongcassidy said:

More Thai bashing from the ignorant... statistically Thailand falls in the middle worldwide... Violence against women: the statistics around the world | ActionAid UK

I saw no stats or other numbers regarding Thailand  DV in the article you cite. Can you help this ignorant person out and show where it is hidden? Much of what I have heard is anecdotal or from the news, but my perception is that Thailand has more than its share of domestic violence, tho no where near as high as the middle east

14 hours ago, Ben Zioner said:

I'd rather masturbate than use a condom. Sex is folly, they've tried to destroy this for the past 50 years.

Just to be sure, use a condom when you beat your bishop. "You can never be too safe. Think of where that hand has been."

23 hours ago, hotchilli said:

Thus removing himself from the gene pool, highly commendable.

At age 43 I reckon he's probably spread his DNA about enough to ensure his sort of intelligence didn't die with him

it is a good idea to send a pen along with paperwork: in my experience the ink often coagulates and makes them unusable.

"My pen's dry"

“The army is using them as forced labor to build bunkers, dig trenches, and carry timber. They are practically human shields.”

said who? They apparently have no understanding of the concept of "human shields"... Burma and Thailand should understand slave labor, what with death railway of WW2

20 hours ago, RayC said:

 

Agreed. In general, I believe that an individual should be taxed, and be able to vote in the country, in which they reside.

 

 

I don't understand your point? Are you suggesting that Brits in the UK should be able to vote in, say, an Indian election?

 

 

70% of Brits vote according to party allegiance. Of the remainder, imo it is domestic issues, notably tax and the NHS, which decide how they will cast their vote.

Regarding "sun never sets", was referring  to very long history of Britain and it's colonies all over the world that were manned by a large number of British citizens (I reckon); whom I assume would have wanted to vote, and  I wonder why that whole issue of absentee voting wasn't solved at least a century ago (dang, long sentence!)