ChrisKC

This topic is about a so-called teacher who claims the earth is flat and it most certainly is not. Flatearthers are not usually autistic - they are stupid. You need to watch some debunking videos as well and be corrected with your "impressions"

I thought it was three months from September. That means starting from yesterday. In any case, the traffic laws and their enforcers get another 5 weeks holiday from doing their job. The whole thing is a joke (but I am not laughing). Points will only be deducted if one has a licence and if they are caught. The 365 dangerous days is the default position.

The "future" is any time after today! I am 77 and have many ideas for the future that include projects at home, travel within Thailand and abroad, continuing my regular bike riding and generally enjoying the pleasures of my everyday life. Whether I can complete some of them will depend on my survival, however that may or may not be seriously compromised at any time. I am planning on living forever, So far, so good!

HGV is for heavy goods vehicles and not what bus drivers need; it is a PSV - "Public (or Passenger) Service Vehicle" licence

It sounds like the man had an epileptic fit. It depends on the precise circumstances of the case here, but from experience of a man who worked in my office, his fits looked quite distressing and serious but he always recovered after a few minutes and continued on "back to normal". By the time an ambulance arrived, they would be asking, "what's wrong with him?"

Leave the Gamblers alone; let them have their flutter! Let them free to lose if they want to! What is the great problem? They are going to bet whether you go after them or not! You will be telling them next they aren't allowed alcohol while watching the football! Make the World Cup the exception, only every 4 years!

Better you give us your full bank account details; don't worry, you can trust everyone on this forum!

Hear. hear to that one!

Trying to do this at a distance places you at a disadvantage as it relates to your specific situation and that of funeral arrangements 10,000 kms away. From the replies so far it seems, anything between B15,000 and B600,000 is possible. As you can see, there is no set cost and so much depends on the donations others have mentioned, and the "catering" for potentially many of those invited. If you were sentimentally close to your mother-in-law and she featured much in your life, then a sizeable donation as a contribution to the funeral Organisers (close family and friends for example), would seem one way of dealing with this, rather than a particular share of the costs, which to me would seem like an assumed responsibility!

Never trust a woman - if the man is the victim Never trust a man - if the woman is the victim What a sad world we live in where nobody can trust anybody! And there are many people who cannot trust themselves!

He was caught by HER pants down!

Good for you and so many others. But it is NOT the case now, where it matters! Not funny in my mind! Did you watch the video?

Crypto is nosediving right now - not much better than a Ponzi scheme. I am glad I never went there. I can thoroughly recommend this channel and in particular this link to yesterdays video about the real current situation with Crypto. Lots of real detail.

Maybe you don't take your phone everywhere but the vast majority do, even taking it into the toilet, taking it to bed.. Just about everybody is already "tied" to their device. Not an inconvenience at all it seems, to use it for making payments wherever they go. I have only one possible issue, that is if I encounter somewhere that refuses cash and for some reason my phone can't do the job. But I have yet to experience it. Smart phones are certainly smarter than many people.

Why is the Supplier selling products on lazada that lazada can't carry? B30 k is a lot to risk and if you are not sure, try elsewhere?

The island I am calling Koh Kut has another name that I cannot now remember and is often confused with Kok Kud. The island I went to IS privately owned, has NO accommodation and DOES have only ten official population. If there is any mistake, it is in the name, not of my facts! My wife has reminded me of the official name of that island - Koh Kradat. My understanding its other name that it is given by other Islanders in the group confuses many people, including me!

"We will all be screwed", "they want to control us". I have no such feelings; even by 2026 there will still be 50% cash transactions. It is a gradual process of change that I won't even notice! There is no hidden agenda. If you don't have a smart phone, you are definitely in a very small minority and therefore has little relevance to the scheme to ultimately go cashless; that is becoming the way to go. Some people just will not change rather than unable so to do and having a planned idea to object will have little effect except to those who it would seem are getting themselves stressed about something that they cannot control in the overall scheme of things. I remember when UK went decimal and metric: many objected in principal and openly rebelled but it made no odds in the end. Going decimal and metric made sense then and it makes sense now. At first, I had some reservations about paying without cash, but soon got used to it and in any case, I didn't , and don't now, allow it to bother me. If this matter is one of the biggest issues in your life, then you will be absolutely fine!

Tyres (tires) are always going up - with inflation!

My wife and I spent four days there about two weeks ago and it was very nice. I don't like the crowds but I DO like to see some people about enjoying themselves. In the previous two years during covid we visited a few of the islands and just about everything was closed but what was available was very acceptable to us but there were no people anywhere. That was nice in its way but... After being in Koh Chang for 4 days, we visited the island of Koh Maak that is much smaller and while not so many visitors over three days, everything there was a quite a lot more expensive but still had a great time. Our highlight though was a one day trip to Koh Kut, a private island owned by the owner of B2S (the stationery and Book Store) Only about ten people live there and we had a full trip round the island on a motorbike and sidecar. The beaches were fantastic and we were quite alone - except for the deer that when approached with patience would come right up to us. No shops, no accommodation, only some evidence of Campers from a while back. We were able to buy a nice chill beer and sit on a short causeway that separated the sea of either side when the tide was out.

So, will half the ATM's disappear?

He's wrong, Ivor. Your name alone is highly suggestive you are more than adequate!

This is definitely a difficult matter to tackle and saying or writing anything the "right" way, however well-intentioned, can lead to more emotional upset. The nature of the "difficulty" is that Loi Krathong is a celebration and a death in the family is obviously the opposite. Combining these opposites (not a greeting) is extremely tricky. Maybe a solution is to send a "sympathy" card - which is far a more important message to send, leaving out any mention of the Loi Krathong aspect.

This post is about all those hospitalizations re covid and suggests more to me than scaremongering and that there are probably many more infected out there than the zero being stated in the Bangkok Post every day. It also suggests that if we believe that covid is a mild flu, that for some it is a lot more serious. I therefore support this post and that it is justified in alerting us that covid has not gone away. It may be a blip, who knows?

My comment refers to the use of "decades" and I think two of them satisfies my refutation of something not being the case "decades ago". If one means 40 years one shouldn't use the term "decades" in general, instead, four decades or more appropriately the 40 years.