NongKhaiKid

I did the overnight bus trip, Bangkok to Chiang Mai late last year, and never again will I place my life in the hands of an local bus driver. For the cost of an airfare you'd have to be crazy

to do it. I did it to see the country, albeit at night, but for the adventure of passing through villages etc, but, seen one villiage, seen the all. Our driver was all over the road, and it didnt really help matters that most of the time, he spent looking out the side windows and boy, did he like Tick Tacs. I hope thats what they were anyway. If you value your lives, plain and simple. Dont do a bus trip in dear Thailand. Its just not worth it.

Sot on Jumping Jack, I have done the Udon - CM bus trip by day and night. Now I fly as in the words of Monsieur Alfonse on "Allo "Allo " I 'ave a dicky ticker ", well i didn't until the bus trip

Just saw the news on TV3.

It was reported that passengers informed the driver that the brakes appear not to work properly - the driver choose not to look into the matter and kept on driving.

One has to wonder why anyone who suspected the brakes were faulty stayed on the bus? I for one would have asked to get off as soon as I was aware.

But if the bus couldn't stop would it be a case of " Geronimo " ?

Are they sure it was a Chalerm adviser ? i didn't think he would need any, doesn't he know everything ?

What a wonderful article with so many little nuggets, e.g the call for the PM to show leadership in solving the issue of time for the charter debate. Show leadership is a good one as she never has and is always on overseas trips anyway.

I especially liked the call to suspend sessions over Songkran as MPs feared they would not get tickets to go to their constituencies - most have luxury cars and some have drivers but the idea an MP could not get a ticket is ridiculous.

Public disorder of this nature is happiness for others , DSI will issue a statement later , after Songkran, the 200 commando's are regrouping and licking their wounds. Memo: Don't use this lot in a Coup.

Will DSI now investigate the Democrats over this ?

As an retired cop I have to say i would have been embarrassed to take part in a press conference like that and say things like " message sent " and " seriously cracking down ". I have no great respect for BIB and although they proved it's easy for them to botch things i have to wonder if there was more to it.

In the force I served in their would have been serious questions asked and repercussions for such a foul up but TIT.

It will be as strictly enforced as everything else illegal is. Talc will be banned, I haven't met a Thai lady yet who doesn't carry a travel size container

Most dictatorships start off in this direction , Thaksin is a past master, if it wasn't for the academic's pointing out to the press the shortcoming of amendments, the public would never have known, that's what they work on , that the public are not interested , then bang, one day you have a dictator , hence the reason for the Coup of 06, also appointing all your mates to command positions, makes the path easier to dictatorship.

If Thaksin was a past master he wouldn't be sitting in Dubai.

The last two generals that he had not replaced , pulled off the coup, he is only in Dubai because he brought it on himself by jumping bail at HK and going to UK.after the Beijing olympics the Dems are as much to blame for the mess for trusting the prick in the first place and allowing the dear, go to the olympic's.

Look how long it took then to revoke his passport and there never was an Interpol Red Notice requested. They didn't want him back

Another committee, the greatest way to put something on the back burner.

A committee has been defined as " a group of people who can decide nothing individually and who decide together nothing can be done. " The purpose of a meeting is to decide when the next one will be

Thailand has no shortage of labour. The problem is that most of it is involved in inefficient and uneconomic industries, and subsidies are being paid to maintain that situation. Keep them poor, uneducated, and grateful.

Some years ago the staff of a school where I taught were shown a video produced for the Thai government by a consultancy and it absolutely shafted the educational system. The bottom line was " far behind other Asian competitors " especially in English and now they have to be ready for 2015. As an old girlfriend said many times " the government does not want us well educated ". She has a BBA which was up to Thai standard, spoke excellent English but knew nothing about much of Thailand far less the outside world

Didn't Charlem say the other week there were no terrorist activity in Thailand?

I thought Tarit was paid to say what PTP told him. Oops lads wrong hymn sheet

On again, off again.......who knows what's going to happen......the authorities???....it's all guesswork....

Amazing, well not really, how this has gone from dire predictions and government warnings to conserve etc. to the usual Thai " all right on the night " attitude.

No surprise here

Personal profit always come before anything else in Thailand

Safety ... who cares ...

Rules and laws ... who cares ...

Make a quick commission ... now you are talking

Right On, LL

So the Police corruption will be stepped aside !!??

This will be tackled with as much vim, vigour and success as the " war " on drugs and corruption, and the ever popular, and equally useless, road safety campaigns. The BIB will make extra money by " fining ' anyone breaching the ban. What's the bet that after Songkran the government will announce it was a success ?

I really am getting old and out of touch, didn't know you can grow condoms

Wow it must have been some pretty serious fraud if he was sentenced to community service! Doesn't interpol have more important things to do then go after someone who skips out on community service like maybe some of those crooked bankste

Thai citizen arrested in Dubai, wanted for tax evasion ,various pending charges , jumping Bail ,extradited back to Thailand, interpol reports.

Only thing is INTERPOL ignored that request because it was political and they were trumped up charges based on political motivation so INTERPOL refused that request and right at the time when all you T haters said oh Interpol will now pick him up I SAID IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN and it hasn't has it

He's still to answer charges and broke he's bond undertaking, so who cares who arrests him ,he;s still a crim

Interpol is a clearing house for information, requests etc from member countries. Our friend in Dubai was convicted on criminal charges and a Red Notice could have been issued if the Democratic government had requested it. Remember how slow they were to revoke his passport ? I suspect they didn't want him back as he would have been even more of a focal point. The current government say " political charges " so Interpol won't do anything as it's not in their charter

Picked up in Thailand and yet his lawyer states he is not a flight risk .....?

Picked up in Thailand and yet his lawyer states he is not a flight risk .....?

Picked up in Thailand and yet his lawyer states he is not a flight risk .....?

Picked up in Thailand and yet his lawyer states he is not a flight risk .....?

Lawyer language for " I've got to be seen earning my fee ".

And how and who is going to enforce this one

Yingluck could call in the DSI, they do everything else the government wants

Pot calling the kettle black... me thinks !!

Talk about diverting the attention away from the "Trillion Baht Scam"

It's " Yah Boo Sucks to you, our rice scheme is corrupt but your one was worse and our tame DSI will sort you out ! "

It's a puzzle, isn't it?

Thais aren't interested in what happened 500 years ago so why worry about what happened 500 days ago.

They also have an " all right on the night " attitude so everything is left to the last minute

Corruption by those in power in Thailand is endemic. It is the one of the essences of Thainess.

Exactly yet they have to debate the" possibility for corruption ".! How can anyone take this seriously ?

Perhaps it's a bit hint - stop making excuses and get yourself down South.

The IN Channel news at 0700 has just announced he will be visiting the south BUT NOT SURE WHEN ! The was some ducking and weaving about him having to represent the government in a debate

How many tourists will bother with this ridiculous app ? In my time here I find visitors fall into two main categories, 1. " I've been here many times and know what's what " or 2. " I'm always extra careful when on holiday overseas ".

Why bother making up such stupid lies? So what if you met him? We already know you're in his pocket anyway.

No doubt the lie was delivered in his usual arrogant " don't dare argue with me " manner. So he went to meet Thaksin without finding out where he was staying or arranging a meeting, and this clown is a Deputy PM ! Says it all about Thailand

Note that the gambling equipment is not destroyed on site (after collecting forensic evidence) but carefully dismantled and taken away by a private company.

It should not be destroyed at scene as it may be needed in any subsequent court case then destroyed by court order but I know what you mean - needed elsewhere ! Once again we read " transferred ", " inactive posts " and the like but never suspended pending disciplinary proceedings. I suppose everybody has too much on everybody else and nobody comes too hard as one day they might want a similar consideration when they are caught with their fingers in the tills

Can some one clue me in?

What is an inactive post?

Is it a bar stool while still getting paid,

I believe it's a post where you do nothing, have no clout and can't get get your nose in the trough. That's a major punishment here