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USeful link thanks, however I see it mostly useful for repatriations. If you live and die in Thailand and don't mind this being your final resting place, either you are alone and then frankly who cares what happens "after", or you have dear friends or family and they should be able to take care of everything without calling in some outside company who would certainly increase the costs considerably.

Yes, but it looks very much like a pedestrian crossing, doesn't it?

Do you really miss that nauseating adverb, "allegedly"? They admit to killing him, what else do you need? Only question is whether it was self-defense or not.

You mean he was not on the plane? And they killed 10 just for appearance? I'd say he's dead, thank the gods and might this bring some light at the end of the tunnel in the Russia-Ukraine-USA-NATO madness.

I understand that shops can check the buyer's ID to verify the age, but how are they supposed to follow the other two rules?

You are right, the UK is a stellar example of how a government should work. No nonsense, straight to business, no lies to electors, no private little parties, a good solid strategy when dealing with international relations. Right, right.

The whole city, really? At night? Anyway, how many km do you bike? If you do it for exercise and bike a lot, you could try Canal road there is a wonderful 6km stretch of 2-lanes bycicle path that goes from Convention Center to the turn for Mae Rim intersection, you can do back and forth to your legs' content. They are now expanding it southwards. There is also a 2km loop around the 700y stadium.

Certainly there is a plan, Thaksin would not come back to rot 8 years in prison. But two simple considerations for all those who think that the transfer to Police Hospital was part of the plan: a) the conditions he has, and they are probably real, do get worse with time. He could probably jet out to HK or play golf when it was his decision, but now somebody high up very wisely doesn't want him to risk his death while in custody. b) say what you want, but he isn't an idiot. Why would he want to be transferred after just 12 hours, surely he could wait a week or two without his favorite wine.

Fair point, but that was from a coalition of parties who saw their convenience in being allied AFTER the election. The headline is wrong, people do not get to vote for PM in Thailand. As for "not allowed", one could say that it was not allowed by Pita himself.

It should have been if this was a truly international forum. In reality, as we can see everyday from the angle of the news and the spirit of the comments, it is primarily a forum for Brits (with Australians and US following). Proof: the link is to a BBC article. There is an excellent English-language version of the main Spanish newspaper, El Pais, which has the headline "Spain beats England to claim first Women’s World Cup title". I fear to link it, but easy to Google.

I don't know where you are based, but here in CM a small minority still wears them - unless you are in a hospital then I agree the majority.

I assure you we understand that you hate Thaksin with all your heart, perhaps to the point that hating him is your main activity in life. You don't need to post more or less the same over and over again 20 times in each possible thread. You could perhaps make it your signature, and done with it?

Being retired and being allowed to work seems a contradiction. You may well be right BritTim: perhaps the OP's friend saw "WP" in his papers and interpreted it as Work Permit instead of Wealthy Pensioner?

True. But there are defences like mosquito nets, and repellants. By experience, it's not fun. Luckily I was young and strong at the time, strong fevers but stopped after 2-3 days in the hospital. A friend got it this season in CM, ten days in hospital and feeling like s - 4 letters.

Right about first part. About second part, I see your point of view and I agree with it, but consider that smart phones are also excellent for alarms. They are very useful for people who have multiple things to do in the night, eg feeding a baby at regular intervals, taking medication, teleconf with other time zones, etc. Unlike a bedside clock, they store many different alarm times that you can select easily, with different settings of sounds, volume or vibration. This said, I'd never let it charge under my pillow and I'd never buy Apple anyway.

Some comments if I may - I was also gold with EK for a few years until Covid. of course if you don't pay, no brainer as you say. However: -lie flat not true, almost. but more importantly, they are short so tall persons cannot really sleep well, besides they are also too narrow. Unless you are a sound sleeper, anyway, no chance to sleep on a 5-6 h from BKK to DBX with all take-off, landing, announcements, meals. -that was on the A380 only. on the Boeing they are regular BC seats, and the service is also less than great. -what did it for me in the end was the atrocious stop in Dubai, middle of the night, km to walk from your gate to the lounge, invariably full. -pick up from home maybe if you start from BKK. If you come on a connecting TG flight or such, not. -42kg... which frequent traveller uses that? and again, what about connecting flights. -BKK has fast track imm for all BC travellers regardless of airline Also slight annoying, when I was in Economy, to see that their staff flying to their vacations for free would get 3 seats whiile Gold do not even get 2, and all the attention from the staff while you can die waiting for a coke. This said, not a bad company at all. About OP, it's marketing, sorry, normal practice. Edit: for those who value comfort and don't like to spend too much, some airlines offer premium economy on some routes, no special service on the ground but good leg room.

Complainers will complain, bashers will bash... why can't Thailand try to progress in some areas? How does it harm the average pathetic keyboard warrior on this forum? Money can be spent in better ways? Surely that is the case also in a certain superpower, with zillions of homeless or poverty-line citizens and yet a very active successful space program. Or consider India, a major player in space while hundreds are killed in single train accidents.

IMO yes, a lot. I live in CM, I observe very often cars stopping at the pedestrian crossing, I know that I am more confident to do it now without fear of being rear bumped. Much better than a a couple of years back. Of course, not always. Back to OP, totally speechless at the daily reports of such accidents in Pattaya, as long as they hurt themselves it's a nuisance, but when they start being a risk for everybody on 2 wheels at night then it has to stop.

Sad, and unfortunately not uncommon, tragedy. RIP lady. As an aside, I have to say that while I generally appreciate the witty and ironic headlines of the news on this forum, in this case perhaps it might have been better to avoid "cutting ties" for the hair salon victim.

I read the story yesterday and it was so sad. Poor innocent boy, poor family. No punishment will ever make up for this. About your fair question, the local news report that the cuplrit used to be in friendly terms with the boy's family (until the turning down of his courtship) and he used to pick up the boy from school until the break-up with the family. So at the school the teachers were familiar with him picking up the boy, unfortunately.

17% increase on the main food ingredient is not something to joke about for some families

It's a free service indeed, if you care to wait. If you want express, you pay. Seems the norm to me for many services in many countries. They used to give it for free earlier, they might be overloaded or had to hire more staff now. Don't confuse kindness with obligation. As for a foreigner living far away from the big city, the exta cost in driving is part of the equation. Surely they can plan wisely and do several errands in town with one trip.

Educated yes... but smart? everything he did and said starting from one minute after the election was closed, was political suicide.

You'll find that an extremely low number of Indonesian women wear burka. The majority wears a jilbab (head cover). You will also find that there are more than enough ladies with jilbab in the UK.

OP, you want hotdogs from a supermarket. I suppose you mean just the sausage, the bread is something you should buy separately and dress according to your taste. Rimping has a good (expensive) selection of frozen imported sausages from Europe, and also some not bad at all cheaper local ones. Both Maya and Meechok, other branches not sure.