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13 hours ago, Lantern said:

Very suspicious.

On previous form that makes the two Burmese staffer guilty...

The mills are a major problem.

7 hours ago, Grumpy John said:

If the government just came out with a sensible workable strategy and stick to it things could improve rapidly. At the moment it's a bit like the committee set up to build the perfect race horse that Ended up with a camel! 

Meanwhile Issan the south and the students work towards the return of Thaksin.

And do you know the colour of a dead chameleon.......grey

Common sense.....Logic....Peoples government....in Thailand are all oxymorons.

6 hours ago, Destiny1990 said:

This age difference of victims does partially explain the lower death rates here in comparison with Italy for example.

The  death rate here might go up once the virus hits areas unlike Bangkok where the elderly folks are living..

6 hours ago, Assurancetourix said:

It does not bode well for Thailand. 

 

In Italy, 99% of the people who died from Covid-19 are over 80 years old;
and people with an average age of 40, even if they have the disease have no symptoms and are immune to it without needing to go to the hospital.

3 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

and then another month and another month and another month...

Or does anybody expect that that virus will just go away anytime soon?

And there shall be much wailing and gnashing of teeth....

No comment

 http://www.sypollenpath.com/  He would not appear to be a novice, so one wonders what the problem was other than engine failure, he had sails, so why not? unless he was otherwise incapacitated.

11 hours ago, Moonlover said:

Why would they give a murder victim a life jacket?

 

I was a bit confused by this at first. A rock tied to his neck and a life jacket by his feet. How puzzling.

 

Then the penny dropped. Float the rock out to sea in the life jacket, throw the rock overboard and down you go. I'll go for suicide. Very sad and somewhat disturbing that there are so many here.

Life jacket to his feet....rock tied to his neck...which way is he going to hang. Salmon fishermen in Scotland wear chest high waders, great, until you trip or fall over, you then have two rubber boots full of air with you underneath. So if you're ever fishing on the Tay and see a pair of wellies upside down go bobbing past you can bet there is some poor <deleted> underneath.

Just now, clarky cat said:

i've heard similar 

 

pretty sure in his situation he won't be entitled it

Well by all accounts he's not missing much.

O>K> so lets step back and take an objective view

1. Cancer is anaerobic so get lots of oxygen and starve it.

2. Cancer can only live in an acidic environment - so switch to alkaline, half a teaspoon of baking SODA in a glass of water every morning.

3. You live in Thailand <deleted> Marijuana is a proven cure for cancer and guess what it's both legal and available in Thailand.

4. A different attitude e.g. a positive one would go a long way.

5. Chok dee. 

4 hours ago, holy cow cm said:

There’s the Article 44 trigger button happy finger I was wait-in to hear about ready to save the Junta day! 

 

So predictable!

Is it my erratic sense of humour or does article 44 put me in mind of a older version of Catch 22 

On 11/28/2018 at 5:29 AM, Samui Bodoh said:

"...Govt offers free dinner, free visa too..." 

 

'We'll even bend over and let you have a go if you come and give us money!'

 

 

 

 

And they call girls trying to support their families prostitutes

10 hours ago, PoorSucker said:

That's what Bangkok hospital on koh samui charges, transfer him to government hospital in Nathon and cut the cost to a fraction. 

I suppose it would be a bit much for HMG to issue a earning to travellers to avoid the scamming Bkh anywere.. it's an ongoing joke in Thailand...you see a bh ambulance miles out of area racing along..

Another rip off...and they are actually not that good.

23 hours ago, lovelomsak said:

I feel for you. Men sometimes are their own worst enemy. It sounds to me like you are in denial. I would say the wife is no good just a problem.But love is blind huh

 If you want to stay together with her here is what i would do.

  Let her know since sex is finished together you want a live in mia noi. The wife will become the housemaid. Clean house do laundry take care of children and such.You will sleep with mia noi.

  Give her a set budget to live on for food etc. And tell her you will take care of yourself if what she cooks is not to your liking. Or you and mia noi will eat separate

  You will do as you please and she will do as she pleases but her budget will drop considerably.

If she does not like that leave her get another from the village to care for the children and you.

  

Spot on. No.1 turn the tap off financialy..get a decrnt housekeeper and a tasty girlfriend. Chok dee.

6 hours ago, transam said:

So all the parents that give the zillion under age  kids the keys to bikes to go to school on are now going to be in deep shit, including cops...?

In the bans where many live in isolated areas, many kids go to school on mcycles...but they all go at 7.00 when there is little or no traffic. The police are well aware of this and road checks start at 9.00 and usually finish at 12.00 Kids then return around 17.00. Thai police unlike USA & UK work with their communities.

6 hours ago, sometimewoodworker said:

My brother's U.K. Samsung Galaxy A5 works perfectly on an AIS pre-payed SIM. 

Buy one in Thailand

They are not locked and will take 2 sims..best of both worlds.

..

9 hours ago, Eligius said:

'Causing a public nuisance' ...

 

Well, the biggest, most mammoth 'public nuisance' in Thailand at the moment (and for the foreseeable future) - is the 'government' itself!

 

That goes for just about every government.

From my somewhat limited experience of insurance in Thailand I find the service excellent. Same with Insurance on arrival in Laos. It should be no great shakes to issue Insurance on arrival... eg. 30 day on arrival 1000Bt. 90 day 3000 etc. The entry stamp doubles as your insurance validation. It will cover the costs of drunken idiots on hired scooters - who have mostly never driven one before. Without entering the realms of American or UK insurance pros? and cons! KISS. The only ones to miss out will be the ones on overstay who trip over.... of course if you wanted to be pedantic you could backcharge for all the insurance they would have had, had they followed the rules.

I personally am not a fan of rules Fools and wise men etc. However in this case yes. Again KISS... this is not a lottery to benefit from compensation it pays hospital bills ( somehow I cannot see Bangkok Hospital getting onto the approved list). In the case of the recent boat disaster death and compensation should have been covered by the operator. Probably wasn't but bet it will be next time.

Depends where you are, up in the Bans the village headman will put a cap on it, farmers need their sleep. Towns etc Police will respond, but tread softly. Thais are party people and weddings, funerals and birthdays are the norm. If it's constant then have a quiet chat at the local station and ask their advice, respect and politeness are a valued currency in Thailand.

On 8/3/2018 at 4:18 PM, Wake Up said:

If these same people were overstaying in your home countries you would be screaming out loud and clapping for the police. What hypocrites you are when you criticize the thai police for doing their job. 

That's one of the main reasons most of us are here. There are no immigration police in the UK

On 8/3/2018 at 4:18 PM, Wake Up said:

If these same people were overstaying in your home countries you would be screaming out loud and clapping for the police. What hypocrites you are when you criticize the thai police for doing their job.