NongKhaiKid

13 hours ago, Johnniey said:

Can you tell me why you say "Thais" here?

 

In my experience(31 years working here), Thais are less likely than other nationalities to engage in any confrontation. 

 

Your mentioning "Thais" could be misleading to some.

It depends how many Thais are present or if they need to round up some friends first.

You are probably right about being non-confrontational if a one to one situation.

1 minute ago, greenchair said:

So I see the new date is 2018 lol.

Early 2018 of course. 

Any advance on 2018, do I hear ... ?

36 minutes ago, scorecard said:

 

"However i do believe he loves the welcoming ceremonies as he looks the type who revels in being fawned over."

 

Why do you say that, any examples?

You need specifics !

He's ex-senior army, hiso and now PM and used to being ' someone ' or do you think he's cut from an entirely different cloth and really rejects what's standard practice ?

Have you instances where he's proved he's different to the usual elite and I don't think ' because he says it ' will do.

So reassuring to see the Pol. Col. taking it so seriously but maybe just so happy it was easily settled and paperwork etc kept to a minimum plus he got his picture in the media.

Job Done !

What's all the preparation for, surely passing the laws are a foregone conclusion so need to read them far less understand, just do as you're told.

As for the general election absolutely no rush as you've all the time in the world before that comes.

Incidentally, what's a ' retreat trip ' , is that just a euphemism for a free piss up ?

Q. Aren't there any conference halls where a meeting could be held without the expense of using a high end resort or hotel etc. ?

A. Yes but why pass up the chance of a half decent freebie.

Exactly, faults should be found as far away from home as possible so no chance of any criticism or comeback from any link no matter how tenuous.

However i do believe he loves the welcoming ceremonies as he looks the type who revels in being fawned over.

12 hours ago, mcfish said:

Thai bashers want to see Thailand implode, tourism suffer, the baht and real estate sector destroyed. Civil war would be the ultimate vehicle so yeah makes sense to me.


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Sad comment. What pleasure would the average foreigner get from a civil war ?

If there isn't one you are likely to be the one most upset.

7 minutes ago, elgordo38 said:

Yes I do a daily check with my g/f on my sanity. She has to proclaim me fit before I walk out the door. It was a levity comment sadly I need a daily dose. I have noticed myself getting rather grumpy lately must be a weather thing. I did not mean to ruffle your feathers. Actually I often think your one of the more saner people on TV right after me of course. 

My doc says he sees a definite improvement but he did get his qualifications in Kao San Road

Just now, ratcatcher said:

"New Thai restaurant opening in Benghazi, staff needed"

Do they ever look at a map of the world or read the international news in their Thai newspapers or on line.?

 

Too many never get beyond what the supposed salary will be and nothing else matters.

This has made social media so can we expect a statement from the national police chief about it being of ' public interest ' or is that only when a so called celebrity is involved ?

It would be nice to hear from him on the aspect of the couple supposedly being told by his officers to come back when, in essence, they'd done the BIB's job for them.

2 hours ago, colinneil said:

Toys for the boys.

And boys have a habit of breaking their toys !

8 minutes ago, atyclb said:

an easy solution could have been someone claiming they need to take a leak. once the van is stopped overpower driver 

That is presuming he would have stopped.

Will the psychologist who spoke of ' bereavement related ' violence now claim I told you so ?

I hope so as he'll be howled down since this is the type of violence that is bubbling away just beneath the surface at any given time.

6 hours ago, nausea said:

Nobody can predict what will happen in 5 years time. Did you predict BREXIT five years ago, did you predict Trump. OK, I predict an alien invasion. Where does that leave your predictions. I suppose the Aztecs were in a similar position prior to the arrival of the Europeans..There is no certainty in this life, everything can change on a moment.

 

 

An alien invasion, that should please the Minister of Tourism as it will boost her dubious visitor arrival figures.

A very necessary warning but how many will simply ignore it as when it comes to the lure of making big money commonsense and caution goes out the window ?

If something sounds too good to be true it usually is doesn't seem to be  much of a consideration here far too often.

12 hours ago, elgordo38 said:

Please the minister of Propaganda sorry Tourism is a nice lady. She does have add and subtract problems at times but what a sweetheart. I wonder if she was "up in the air" over Halloween. I was just a little shaver during the last one of these and I guess I will not be around for the next one. Maybe by the time the next one arrives all the ugliness and despair will have exited the planet.  Maybe the human population will have exited one way or another by then.  

A sweetheart, really ?

Eehm, just a small suggestion but have you ever thought of seeing someone about this ?    

Experts !

As soon as we see that word we know we're in for something really profound.

7 minutes ago, ratcatcher said:

The RTAF has orders to launch cloud dispersal aircraft in order to creat clear skies for better visibility.

Yes, we need to be able to see the Minister of Tourism on her broomstick silhouetted against the moon.

He tells 100 envoys to adapt and present Thailand in a positive light in the international community.

Considering his own behavour,  how he treats people and the rubbish he spouts maybe he should think about practicing what he preaches.

On 11/11/2016 at 0:22 PM, rkidlad said:

'Police brought Thanawat and Aneerut together and encouraged them to reach a private settlement on damages, Samart said. Aneerut demanded 30,000 baht for his emotional and physical trauma, but Thanawat would only offer 10,000.“They couldn’t agree, but we still made them apologize to each other,” said the police colonel. “We won’t know if they were really sincere to each other deep down. Still, the accused brought his mom to the police station, who wai-ed to the victim.”'

Encouraged them to make a deal, eh? That's awfully good of the police. Free of charge, I assume. 

Made them both apologise to each other? Why did the guy who got assaulted have to apologise? Heck, why did anyone have to apologise. That has nothing to do with the police. 

Don't know if the apology was sincere? Who cares? You gonna prosecute them for not being sincere? <deleted> me!

 

Like a sketch from Monty Python. 

What was the guard's apology, " sorry I did my job and put you in the terrible position of having to decide to do as instructed because your vehicle was in the wrong or smack the shit out of me because of loss of face " ?

20 hours ago, fish monger said:

So...How long has this been going on...?

There are none so blind as those who are paid not to see !   

What's next, going through the motions of transferring some senior BIB to inactive posts ?

2 hours ago, Thechook said:

He will probably see the next sale as a political gathering and a threat to national security, the troops will be sent in and grandma will be arrested and the rice she purchased confiscated.

He might want so much to do what you suggest but I don't believe he's got the balls to risk it.

17 minutes ago, Brer Fox said:

Yes it is amazing how many people are employed within the Thai government. Not sure about how many of them work though.

One time British PM John Major's government was know as the ' cabinet of chums '.

Here it would have to be ' relatives, cronies and friends '.

Is this really the sort of thing Article 44 was designed to deal with ?

The way it's going it looks like the article will have to be invoked to cover almost every existing law which only suffer from one thing and that's Lack of Enforcement.

A fire needs to be lit under all the relevant agencies including the BIB instead of waving the magical 44 around.