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Decades of hand over fist profit.....gone in a few weeks? Highly unlikely.

Most boat captains have found that boating to Myanmar more profitable.......

Soi 11.....try checking behind the planters and don't just drive on the street.

It's like asking where to get a "good" case of herpes. None of it is good...you just have to deal with what you got.

KerryD is 100% correct.

So I guess in the meanwhile, all the pumps and drains down stream will be cleared of all debris and in good working order? It may be a good time to get that all accomplished before we have a flooding problem.

I guess they don't mean the litter and garbage spewed everywhere....

CB

I consider the two to be the same. Business/Mafia garbage is just as dirty as the literal garbage.

Looks like a dead snake.....

Sounds like someone got their wang in the ringer for announcing something that could affect tourism.

I guess my Thainess meme was making too much sense.

Thais will only care about the animals when there aren't any left to exploit. Then they will sit around and complain that it is the foreigner's fault the animals are gone.

Take tons of quality video and post it on Youtube. Title it in a way that will garner attention to the situation then release it to the news media and other social media outlets.

I got my first batch of the small stingless bees today from Samut Songkhram. Super cool guys and really like the hobby. These little bees are 100% hobby bees and only give a small amount of honey and wax. I tried the honey today and while it is a bit thinner than regular honey, it has a small citrus kick to it. I really enjoyed it. So I brought my little guys home and have them set up out back. If I can keep these guys going, I will most likely be back to get some more.

Imagine how much money police could make if they actually enforced the rules all day, every day and not just when the mia nois or the bosses need topping up.

Anywhere else in Asia, she would be shot or hanged for drug trafficking. Anywhere in the west, they would have tracked down the buyers at the bus station and made a ton of arrests. But, TIT.

Imagine if they legalized gambling, drugs, and prostitution at the same time. Enforcers would go broke overnight leaving millions of unemployed mia nois and giks.

How about they eye tons of garbage thrown into the klongs everyday? Don't need Dutch software to make sure Water Dept is doing their job by keeping the pumps running.

We have to burn the village in order to save it.

This should be interesting. I hope the kid's parents are giant oil barons in Kuwait and the embassador gets involved. That would be magic.

If it is at the end of a busy night the establishment may be running short of fifty or twenty baht notes as they have been given to previous customers , or the staff keep the notes to exchange for their tips as they don't want to be carting home their tips in loose change.

A very good and reasonable explanation. Thank you!

Thai's can't even get on the same page to run a beach, let alone a big casino. I'm all for casinos, when managed properly. Just imagine the type of taxi, tuk tuk, and other nonsense outside a Thai casino. They would hire the same security monkeys that take pleasure in beating foreigners on a whim. Pattaya would be the last place I would put a casino. It would be better if they pulled a "Vegas" type route and built it out in the middle of nowhere to keep the criminals in one spot.

I'm not quite certain how to respond since the OP makes it clear that responders are either "Thai bashers" or Thai apologists.

Yes, I've seen it in Bangkok (and many other places not in Thailand). It's a strategy to garner tip money....I had always presumed most people understand that.

Who are the people you would "let people know about it"?

Maybe the newer members here or maybe the older crowd who might not pay attention as much.

More and more here in Bangkok (a few times in Phuket), after a meal out, Thai food or other, I am noticing they are giving 40-50 baht in coins back. I'm usually a very good tipper at all venues (expenses). I feel as if the server thinks most don't want to carry change or that farangs don't care about it (becot only samall moneeee), but if they are putting 40-50 baht in 10 baht coins among the rest of the smaller money for every customer, that could end up being quite a tipping scheme, on top of the service charges etc.

Thais can do no wrong crowd: You must be a cheap charlie who never tips..etc. If you don't like it go home. They do the same in your country. They only make XXX amount money, they have a family...etc. You must be too lazy or stupid to count your own change.....blah blah blah.

Thai bashers: Yes, they are ALL in on it and they ALL are trying to steal your money. That's why I don't go to Thai restaurants.....blah blah blah.

Just wondering if anyone else is seeing this more or maybe to let people know about it.

Metaphor of the day:

Your doctor has told you that you have Stage 4 Brain Cancer. It is very bad and has been there for years with all the signs and symptoms, but because it unreported for so long, it will be very difficult to cure. Not impossible, but extremely long and tenuous. Now, it may be a bit premature to declare yourself cancer free and cured after the first Chemo treatment.

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