Grusa

The wet chicken has croaked....

Thais are not educated about hygeine. They do not wash dishes effectively, they use unclean water, much if not most of their "crockery" is worn-out plastic crap, where the scratches collect and store pathogens. Dishwasher products are way overpriced and recently are less effective because the West has banned phosphates - essential for a low-temperature wash, not that any indigenous would know that or care.

The OP has correctly answered almost all of his own questions.

On 7/15/2019 at 7:05 PM, Samuel Smith said:

Seen some very big rats around the moat in Chiang mai ????

They drive taxis.

9 hours ago, Skallywag said:

There is no statement on HOW she got into the room safes?  Were they left open?  Mine has a 4 digit combination and a key.  She stole the spare room key to gain entry is all it says.  

These safes are so easy to get into, you would not believe - it's one of my party tricks.

A friend was closing down her hotel, several rooms had safes but the codes were not known and the backup keys were lost. I opened each one in less than 30 seconds, no tools or equipment needed, and no damage to anything.

I am not going to tell you how, but Mr. Google knows!

A fascinating story that tells me exactly nothing.

Use Avon "Skin So Soft ". It's what the SAS use. You'll smell like a poof. Biting insects hate it.

8 hours ago, neeray said:

This is akin to the story where somebody found a dead fly in their raisin bread. The restaurant apologized and offered to replace the fly with a raisin. 

Or the fly in the soup. The waiter promised not to charge any extra for the additional meat.

Was his nickname "Big Joke"?

2 minutes ago, CGW said:

I would wager you are good at crossword puzzles?

You would lose!

12 hours ago, CGW said:

I don't believe we can answer that question ???? 

We can't say it, but we can think it. Booze, fags, and perfumes spring to mind, but that would be a mis-perception.

Try the 17track app. It automatically tracks all the major carriers, and many  not so major

So how long do you have to stew Glorias' jeans to get a decent brew?

18 hours ago, phantomfiddler said:

Don,t do it ????

Best advice I have seen so far in this thread.

I thought it was called "Cattle Class"!

Surely it would be easier to ban the manufacture, importation and sale of tobacco products. Of course there will be smugglers, but it's a lot more difficult to hide several hundred ciggies and keep them in useable condition, than a few hundred grams of white powder. And of course, no more "duty free" at the airport!

17 hours ago, Mavideol said:

sorry if this is off topic but have been trying to find a good dash cam (front/back) that can record day & night, my insurance it's up for renewal and it appears if one has a dash cam there is a discount/credit whatsoever, appreciate feedback

Look on Lazada/Ali Express . There are some good mirror cams with rear cameras. Be aware they are heavy, so the mirror may droop at every bump!

Walk away and find another rental. I Leave my Thai car licence, as I don't need it when riding a bike, most are happy with that and 1000baht deposit, cash, refundable. Be sure to take multiple photos of the condition of the bike, in the presence of the agent, before you ride off on it, and keep a copy of the car licence just in case they lose it.

If you don't have a spare licence, try a PADI card or similar photo id, or an encapsulated mini-passport copy.

Is that "bad  music" festival, bad "music festival", or "bad traffic". Or all three. 

16 hours ago, geoffbezoz said:

"Thailand is facing a double burden of poor nutrition and obesity, leading to non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as diabetes and heart disease, which are now the top cause of death among Thais."

 

As I said in another thread that is simply untrue. The highest cause of deaths in Thailand is cancer.

 

https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/leading-causes-of-death-in-thailand.html

Think again. From your source, "Cancer (19%) is the leading cause of death in Thailand, followed by Ischemic (12%) heart disease and stroke (10%)."

As the latter two are both caused by sugar, and/or carbohydrates which are turned into sugars by the body, and  sugars 'feed' cancers, there is no doubt that sugar is the leading factor in most debilitating and deadly diseases. Also it is more addictive than cocaine, Big Food and Big Pharma know this, and use sugar both to drive food sales and to keep the population sick, hence medication sales.

Big Food does not care about health, only about sales.

Big Pharma would be decimated if disease caused by sugar disappeared. Their motto is "keep them alive, but keep them sick".

5 hours ago, HampiK said:

When you receive Interest on your savings, the Thai Banks hold back 15% of your interests. This 15% you can claim back in begin of the next year!

So I can claim back 15% of zero. Sounds like a good deal.

I pour mine into the crack between concrete slabs, and onto gravel, around the wall pf the building. It stops weeds growing, kills ants and other insects, deters snakes, and disappears into the ground quite quickly. The effects last about 3 months, 3litres will treat a length of wall and doorway about 50 metres. 

I he been here 12 years, and still don't fully understand the concept of withholding tax! I certainly did not know there was any way to get anything back from anybody.

Can some kind person explain to me in simple terms who pays it, how it works, where it goes, and who can get it back when? I am fairly sure I am not the only one in the dark!

(I do know about VAT, which in UK means Value Added Tax, and here means Vague Additions to the Total.)

21 hours ago, hellohello123 said:

I see a lot similarites,

2 eyes

1 nose

1 mouth

2 ears

Each has only one ear in the pictures. Most people have two. So it's the guy. QED