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in answer.....https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/watch-tory-leadership-candidate-rory-stewart-candidly-explain-why-no-deal-brexit-on-wto-terms-is-a-disaster-and-anyone-who-says-otherwise-is-lying/30/05/?fbclid=IwAR1NxKjpoIARvMRuZw1o61xhAZUC6eLENVyjDVenV7cV22nhyKrkF3ngYNc

11 hours ago, Loiner said:

Still not Armageddon or chaos - those are just the usual Remainer propaganda, spin and deception. Where's your usual wailing about empty shelves, no drugs and truckstops? They're not going to happen either.

..and the Brexiteers' arguments???????? - NONE! 

7 hours ago, Loiner said:

Brexit has also been foreseen for three years now and they still have another six months to prepare. Industry, commerce, governments and everybody except rabid Remainers know that and have been making provisions to avoid the mythical Armageddon which didn't transpire after the Leave win either.
Sorry Chicken Licken but the sky is still there and looking good. 

......and those preparations re things like the exit of the motor industry, the removal of London as a financial centre and the closure of UK trade and manufacturing.....

Brexitears now to want to remain in the EU?  Why? Because Macron has said they must leave! - Daily Mail.

On 5/26/2019 at 10:30 AM, The Deerhunter said:

his chances of survival are almost as good as in his home country

Purely speculative and grossly misinformed

2 hours ago, Thairealist said:

And who wrote this Wilipedia entry?

You are showing that you don't understand, how wiki is compile....... it is your ignorance on display here, not Wikipedia's

3 hours ago, Thairealist said:

 

But not of the British people- “get over it”,Remoaners.

Fraid so - read the votes and the polls - m majority is now well and truly REMAIN

the Referendum is old out of date and has lost any credibility it falsely claimed - "get over it"  we need a G/E.

4 hours ago, Chelseafan said:

I have no idea if it's going to be damaging or not

 - Only a Brexiteer could say hat.......

1 hour ago, Sticky Wicket said:

Just unpleasant dig

Only "unpleasant" if they hit home.

1 hour ago, bristolboy said:

despite already supporting (as far as I can make out) a second referendum.

No they didn't - Corbyn is a Brexiteer and a vote for Labour was a vote for Brexit........so all but the blindly loyal have deserted them.

one of farage's complaints abut the EU is that it is undemocratic, yet he has been and ELECTED member for some time.....and now he seem's to think that this "undemocratic" vote gives him some kind of say in the UKc negotiating team. Hw never has been a member of the British parliament despite standing for election many times.

What is undeniable however is the thew largest number of votes in th EU elections were for a remain stance.

What is needed now is a General Election - no party could justify remaining in power after the cock ups of the last 2 or 3 years

Police and general emergency call – 191

Medical emergency call – 1669

Fire – 199

Tourist Police – 1155

Highway Police – 1193

Ambulance and Rescue – 1554

The OP raises an important point concerning road safety in Thailand.

There are no centralised emergency services.

Just look at the numbers above and th4n guess how many people know which number or numbers to ring and can even remember them in an emergency situation.

People love to go on about Thai drivers when it comes to the published road death rates yet they ignore sme vital factors when doing so. THey ar4 happy to blame drivers but less ofte refer to riders...Over 70% of these deaths are motorcyclists  …..and Thailand has aout the same number of COLLISIONS as the UK but a death rate that is at least ten times higher….. So what’s going on? A major factor has to be that RTI victims in Thailand done get medical care in time. It is well established that victims with relatively minor injuries if not treated quickly enough ca go into shock and just shut down. The quicker the emergency response tw more likely the victim is to survive …. In Thailand the victims are hit by a double whammy. Firstly the emergency services ae trdy and disorganised and secondly when they eventually turn up, they have neither training nor equipment to deal with much of the traumas involved.

In most countries you are give ONE number to call and the service then asks which service you require - usually Police, Fire or Ambulance, but Thailand has no such thing …. emergency numbers are unmanned at times, unresponsive and incompetent. The vehicles for hospitals are usually unsuitable  or unfit for purpose, privately owned and the personal either partially or totally untrained. It’s no wonder the death rate is so high, people die needlessly i the hands of tardy and untrained medics and there vehicles - FGS - Thai international has SPEED BUMPS on the ramp into A & E dept!!! Not only due they defy logic, they could serious aggravate any spinal injury being taken their…..

Not really improvements are they?... its urbanisation due to the explosion in industry and population that is imminent.

At present it appears some businesses are moving in in anticipation of the large increase in foreign mangers expected as well as a general increase in the labour population and house building.

Whereas mega infrastructure maybe in place one wonders at the capacity of local systems to cope.

However there is one thing a helmet can never protect you against and that it torsional shaking.

The brain is layered in an onion-like manner and during an accident even though the skull may be completely undamaged the torsional twisting and shaking may cause unseen yet fatal damage. It is not uncommon for rescue crews to come across a victim who is outwardly unscathed but later in autopsy revealed to have fatal brian damage,.

On 5/24/2019 at 11:19 AM, Uptooyoo said:

It seems a helmet would increase the likelihood of decapitation because of the added mass on the head. Added mass means more inertia, leading to higher stresses on the neck when the body decelerates during impact. From the description of his remains, he would have likely died anyway, even if he hadn't been decapitated. Also, is it necessary to show what appear to be entrails laying on the pavement?....gross. It should be a warning to others though.

That is a highly dodgy premise and overlooks some of the fundamental concepts of wearing a helmet for protection.

Basically no helmet however expensive can protect you from direct high speed impacts, their function is to DEFLECT glancing blows that would damage the skull. This is what actually kills most unhelmeted riders, even at pedestrian speeds.

One of the most important properties of a helmet after sheer strength is its low friction characteristics....far less than an unprotected head. This means that on contact with asphalt it will slide over the surface better rather than stopping and wrenching the head and neck backward and, which of course makes decapitation more likely for ana unprotected wearer. I think this illustrates the point

In LAOS a year ago its was 20 k per person......

I was emphatically told that in Kota Buru it was 50,000.

23 hours ago, madmen said:

Telling him to hit the ground marching around dragging suitcases trying to chat up people asking around for some cheap rent is just nonsense

Nobody is saying going that.....I think you are now just making things up as you have been clearly shown to be wrong.....a clear case of hard cheese.

As said if and when the P wants a house between 8 and 10k , I can show him several.

Just because you can't find one doesn't mean they are not there.....show show that relying on individual personal experience can be.

You looked on one site and you looked on the wrong one........learn how to research not just search.

5 hours ago, madmen said:

single link because for some reason the cheaper landlords refuse to advertise ??? huh?

Landlords don't need to advertise that much...word if mouth is sufficient. However there are several Samui Community facebook pages you can start from 

I could put you into a 2 b/r house today if I thought you were a serious punter.

I got a house BEFORE I moved to Samui fir less than 9000 baht per month.

On 5/21/2019 at 10:16 AM, Peterw42 said:

I hope you realise you wont be able to work legally. And given your age (I presume 20s-30s as per OP) will need to be doing border runs for visa etc. Being on an island will add to the travel/expense.

Day to day life would/could be similar in Phuket, Pattaya, Hua Hin. 

 

Of course the OP can work legally....it depends entirely on the job.

13 hours ago, AAArdvark said:

I went there once during rainy season.  Scheduled for 3 weeks but I gave up after 1.  Constant minor flooding and rain rain and more rain.  Very unpleasant during the rainy season.

Samui has a double whammy rainy season. It has the mainland Thai season from the South Westerly monsoon, which is anything from May or July to beginning of November and then when the Northeasterly monsoon kicks in instead of bring cool dry weather like it does to the rest of the country, it picks up moisture in the Gulf and dumps it all over the island creating the double whammy wet for November and December. One of the possible origins for the Samui name is "Sea Weather".

17 hours ago, madmen said:

You guys have links to super cheap housing? When I search air bnb for 10k I get not a single listing

 

https://www.airbnb.com/s/Koh-Samui/homes?refinement_paths[]=%2Fhomes&query=Koh Samui&place_id=ChIJF7iQYFn2VDAR48nhXzVMZqU&checkin=2019-06-01&checkout=2019-06-30&search_type=FILTER_CHANGE&room_types[]=Entire home%2Fapt&price_max=10116&allow_override[]=&s_tag=tzEBfXaj

Then you are not looking in the rightis place......I can get a 2 bedroom house ... 1 year old plus garden for 10000 today.

Plenty of accommodation between 8 & 10 k you could move into one right now in several locations.... up to 2 bedroom new houses etc.... 

I've lived in Thailand for nearly 20 years and was pleasantly surprised by how cheap accommodation on the island was....largely due to over-supply.