Traveling Sailor

TOT are in a mess in Chonburi somehow they seem to have lost bandwith on upload in my part of Chonburi.

Result is one click will start a video and you can watch for an hour. But try clicking you way through a long list of emails and you go mad waiting for your email and often the upclick dies on the vine beause the download times out.

Worse if you are form filling or typing your pass word the individual keystokes are so slow that you time out or your password keeps getting scrambled. Worse still when typing on line at the moment the charactors and words get scambled because of numerous micro time outs.

The technicians that come to my place don't have a clue what is causing the problem. If any of you can offer me a advice I'd be most grateful.

If you have a choice, dump TOT. If I had a choice, I would.

The key word here is, "SHOULD". Let's wait and see how bad the PTP will screw this up. It will probably be years before everything is converted and all the glitches have been eliminated.

Stupid is as stupid does Forrest...

Just goes to show that rich people are not necessarily smart, He should have gotten his lawyer involved a lomg time ago.

Just another example of the intelligence that permiates the PTP. Shades of the Rice Pledging scam.

And the government actually pays this numb nut to come up with stupid ideas like this. This project is almost as well thought out as the rice pledging project. Amazing Thailand!

Need taller Thais? Have them wear higher heel shoes.

When will foreigners learn, you cannot steal from Thais and get away with it, only Thais are allowed to steal from Thais.

And Farang!

"I was heading down the hill in top gear and the brakes failed. I did my best..."

OK, I added the bit about top gear.

I wonder which gear he was in?

Maybe neutral to save diesel and/or engine wear?

save cost krub

Far be it for most anyone on TV to give a Thai driver the benefit of the doubt. I, for one, would like to believe that just maybe this driver is telling the truth. The fact that he didn't run gives me a reason to believe him. I hope that he is telling the truth and that he is thanked for doing his best to miss other cars, people, etc. Maybe I am a dreamer, but I would like to believe that there are good Thai drivers amongst the crazy ones.

Simple solution to this problem: Get the money before you pump the gas. OOps! I forgot. Solutions require thought.

Hmmm! I think I smell smoke and see mirrors.

Well, leave the bathroom and stop bending down, then you will understand life and not what you see in the mirror!

Are you that obtuse or just being rude?

Probably both.

I, for one, am laughing out loud. I am sure that before too long, one of the PTP firebrands will get on the band wagon and demand that all posters of desent be arrested and thrown in jail. Good job PTP! This will show the whole world just how evil and corrupt the Taksin Banana Republic really is.

Send in NCIS. They will have it all figured out by next weekend.. :-)

I am not surprised to read that the police are in no rush to investigate one of their own. Seems to happen in lots of countries.

Hmmm! I think I smell smoke and see mirrors.

Much different than punishment in the LOS. LOL! I bet they will never do that again. "Spare the rod and spoil the child". Could be that Thailand has more spoiled children over the age of 18 than any other nation in the world.

They got what they deserved! I have no sympathy for drunk, rowdy, stupid tourists from any country. Send them packing.

Really too bad. I was looking forward to being able to go to a good hospital without traveling to Phuket. Bummer!

Here is a resolution for them: Put all 30 of these illegal taxi drivers into the same small jail cell. Take a picture of them in the cell and give it to the Phuket Gazette with a promise to do the same to all the other illegal taxi drivers that can be rounded up. Post a 1000 baht reward for the delivery of any illagal taxi driver to the jail. Make sure there are empty cells, sit back and wait for deliveries to arrive. :-)

Sad indeed. But it's the parents and children's fault. Circumstances can change of course... but far too many people who can't afford children have them. If you can't afford to pay your electric bill, you're in that category.

What utter BS! The kids were conceved/born over 9 years ago. Neither of the kids are responsible for what has happened in the last 9 plus years. To blame the kids for their parents inability to keep the marriage together is sheer lunacy.

"Thanit Sorat, secretary-general of the Federation of Thailand Industries, said the government should ensure that a similar event would not recur and it should find out which party would be held responsible for this instance."

Responsible party? In Thailand? I won't hold my breath.

It says someone "asked" it doesn't say that he didn't pay.

I mean honestly, they created a 4:3 verdict claiming that having his maid and gardener in ownership of shares in his companies didn't represent a conflict of interest. Anyone please explain the legal logic behind that one?

This is Thailand. Logic is not practiced here. Logic requires thinking. How many Thais do you know that actually have the ability, and use it, to think something through to its loqical conclusion?

GOOD JOB! It is heardening to see a positive conclusion to police efforts. It proves that not all police are corrupt and just in it for the money. Cheers to all those who helped.

I don't buy the line that they don't have enough to buy helmets, but somehow always manage to have the money to make sure the old man has his whiskey or beer every night.

I remember an article in the paper a couple of years ago and some Thai Minister of Something or other, was talking to a western journalist, and the subject of helmets came up. This man actually stated that it really wasn't important if Thai wore helmets, as they were naturally born with harder heads that other people, and that protected them. This same guy also stated that Thai were perfectly capable of talking and texting on the phone while driving cars and motorbikes, because their brains were developed in such a way that it allowed them to do this, while other people could not.

Yes, and in Thailand, pigs fly and there is no corruption.

Power went off at 6:54 and returned at 7:33 here in Thung Song, Nakhon si Thammarat. I didn't think anything of it because the power goes out all the time here, for short periods. When it does, no internet, no running water.

A wonderful dream, FDog! I would love to be a "fly-on-the-wall" for that one. And, I'll bet the cheering section would be HUGE. :-)

If this plan works as well as the plan to supply students with the tools necessary to compete in a global market, it is doomed to failure. A 13 year old I know has had three years of English classes, 80 hours per year, and still cannot speak or understand a simple sentance.

Having surved on the Forrestal and Enterprise, I would love to be able to go aboard. Does anyone know if a visit is possible?