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I totally agree . You get what you pay for . In my ladies restaurant a small breakfast is 150 baht and large 200 . The large sets you up for the day . 80 or 99 baht breakfast ? how ridiculous . How can they be making a profit when you factor in the overheads ?

I was going past a building site recently and was happy to see the workers wearing high visibility tops and hard hats but then I looked again to see them all wearing flip flops . Another guy welding with sun glasses . Then there were 2 guys working off a scaffold with only a single plank to stand on and of course no harnesses . Such is the concern for safety in Thailand . In the Western world , a bidding contractors health and safety records will determine if they get the job . All because the buck stops at the top with the C.E.O. and h&s violations / non compliance can result in heavy fines , prison and even closure of the offending company . Thailand's safety at work is in the dark ages . Asian immigrant workers are cheaply replaced .

Gambling and booze are not a good combination . I would go to a Thai casino . I also pop over to Cambodian casinos occasionally . I generally stick to the slots because I do not understand most of the Khmer tables . MIL won 4.5 million baht on the slots about 15 years ago . I reckon she must have given it all back by now .She goes there at least 4 times a week . I would like to know if there will be any regulation on slots payouts in the new Thai casinos . Or throughout Asia nut I doubt if there is any regulators / inspectors .

I am surprised that you say drinks earn the profits . Maybe if the price is hiked up by 4 or 500 % , as is the case in some Thai tourist areas . For a business to survive on just wet sales is almost impossible , hence why most bars have some sort of catering . My ladies restaurant is 90% Thai customers and caters for mid range priced food . Cannot compete with low priced street vendor food . BTW our beer prices are , small bottle Chang / Leo etc is 45 baht . Large is 80 baht .When you factor in refrigeration costs there will be little if any profit

Totally agree . People who post anonymous emojis have little intelligence , otherwise they would leave their reasoning . Constructive criticism is fine but going incognito is gutless .

But not too many expenses for street vendors . Amazes me when they park their rig outside of a restaurant to sell their food . It seems to me that less wealthy Thais get by on eating noodles or rice alone . Very high rents in popular areas are the main cause of closures , IMO . A 500% mark up on say a small beer that costs 30 baht to the business to buy but retails in some tourist spots for 150 baht is astonishing but even a hike like that cannot always save a business in touristy areas .

very informative video , thanks for sharing

An investigation already ? I doubt it , probably an excuse by the builder . Unless you have a link ? The building design and specs would have taken the Thai climate into consideration but whether the specs were complied with is another doubt . I digress but road construction is a prime example of the low quality of some Thai construction with corruption as the main cause . Near where I live in the north east of Thailand the newly built roads have much resurfacing every year . I am not a civil engineer but in the UK construction , when structural concrete is poured , there will be a test cube taken . Do you think that happens in Thailand ?

Correct . If internal walls not built and no window casings = no bracing

Ordinary Thai domestic houses are mostly built with cheat building blocks and only a single wall . No double walls with a cavity . They will have little resistance to any earthquake . The high rise that collapsed looked to me , when I first saw the video , that it was built above a sink hole because it dropped vertically . Then I saw the support pillars which to me looked to be too small and certainly not earthquake resistant .

I use the same cream for any new shows and catching them early works well . I also have had many growths removed mostly by freezing and 3 operations on my arm , forehead and the last one on my ear , where the surgeon cut a top section of my ear away . All ops under local anesthetic in the UK . Growths on ears are common because they are exposed to the sun most of the time and me , once a keen golfer I use to wear those baseball hats but they do not give sun protection to your ears . In Thailand where the sun is strong a sun barrier cream is important as well as a broad rimmed hat . Skin cancer treatment in Thailand is not easy to find , as it seems that Thai folks do not get skin cancer to the extent that Westerners do .

I have dined at Nickys and had good food . Is 99 baht todays price cos when I looked it was 2023 . Our breakfast is similar but we have large pork sausages and thick fresh home made thick bread / toast . Most of our customers go for our small b/f cos cannot eat all of the larger one . We have only compliments and no complaints . At such a low price I cannot see Nickys making much profit . It must be a loss leader cos I know they have a varied menu with more realistic prices . Nickys is my number one eaterie in Pattaya.

My lady runs a restaurant up in Issan . 99 Baht breakfast ? What's that ? cornflakes ? Our English breakfasts are 150 or 200 baht . We have many 5 star reviews . Running a restaurant in Thailand is not easy to make money . Most go bust . A lot of competition around . Employing good reliable honest staff is a challenge . You have to pay staff , no matter if you have customers or not . So on a bad day you lose money by being open . Electric bills can be high , especially if you have air-con as we have .Not to mention the rent . Buying good quality food is a mine field . Working in a kitchen in Thailand is far too hot for me , especially in the Thai hot months , My ladies business has been going for nearly 20 years and she has some good customers but that did not happen overnight . Are you prepared to lose money in the first year ? cos that is what almost certainly happen .

me too plus I am happy to pay using my Bangkok Bank transfer app

Thailand does discriminate against non-Thais / foreigners . Following recent legislation by the government, public hospitals in Thailand are now legally permitted to charge expats higher rates for treatment. With four tiers of rates, the new pricing system means working expats on non-immigrant visas and retirees will pay more for public healthcare services – up to double the costs charged to Thai nationals. The four tiers are as follows: Band 1: Thai nationals Band 2: ASEAN nationals (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Band 3: Expatriates on non-immigrant visas Band 4: Tourists and retirees A pal recently had a hernia operation in a Thai gov; hospital at 50,000 baht which he was told was 25,000 baht for Thais but I could not understand that because I thought that Thais were covered under the 30 baht scheme . Also there is a set fee for every procedure /operation across the country in Thai government hospitals .

Yeah , I guess once bitten twice shy . I have had 2 refunds paid to me by P/P within 1 day of complaining about the seller . Using a Q/R code to pay is ok and doing a payment by bank transfer too . But giving your card details to an unknown company is dangerous . Similarly , I have heard of some restaurants that take your card , for payment , to their cash till area and copy / clone the card . Having your card details , including the 3 digit security number on the back of the card , gives them access to illegally use your card . Also card details are sold to third parties online . Also I never use an outside wifi without using my VPN .

When making an online purchase , are you happy to pay with your credit / debit card ? Especially if buying from a seller that you have never used before . When doing online banking I always use my VPN , do you ? If making a purchase from a new seller I always use Paypal as it has decent security . What protection do you use when making purchases online ? ?

My ISP has subcontracted from 3BB . I spoke to 3BB who confirmed that they did not control the service to my house and that I must deal with the local business that uses their cables . Paranoid ? No , just aware and careful . PayPal do provide financial protection greater than that of banks . Secondly , giving card details to an online business , particularly if unknown to you , is taking a chance . There are many scams on the internet where folks have given card details to internet sellers . Finally many IPTV companies vanish overnight and no chance of getting your money back .

Thanks , I had a look and a low price compared to other IPTV companies . My only concern is the payment method . I always shy away from giving bank card details on line . My preference is Paypal that does not use the family and friends method . ( No security )

Not using a VPN . When I get buffering it will be on all the IPTV channels . However , if I do a speed test , the results are plenty enough to do streaming . Strange thing is that the buffering can even happen at 04 00 am morning time . So not much demand for Internet at that time . My one suspicion is that my ISP is a small business subcontractor who I believe is using his own servers which may be low quality .

I have seen cars parked on a crossing . If a crossing has not got traffic light controls , vehicles will not stop , even if you are half way across . Nearly got run down on a Thai crossing when I first came to Thailand . My assumption was that Thais treated crossings in the same way as the UK . Little if any highway driving law enforcement in Thailand . Only road block check points for tea money .

The Peace Treaty Deal . Problems . Zelensky wants all land that has been annexed by Russia , since the 2022 invasion , to be returned to Ukraine and also the return of Crimea . To date 20% of Ukraine is under Russian control . Zelensky wants the Ukraine borders to be restored to those of the pre 2014 year . The U.S.A. will not support this . Zelensky wants Putin to be tried for war crimes . The mineral deal will be signed by Zelensky if Trump agrees to have the USA border security .Trump says no way . So Trump promised to end the war in 1 day . How naive ? Trump decided to pick on the weakest link , hoping Zelensky would collapse and comply to Trumps wishes . This tactic has failed and has left Trump in a defeatist mode and is now in the making of U.S .A. global isolation . Europe must go it alone . Starmers invitation letter to Trump from king Charles for a state visit ,was made purely to encourage trade deals and not apply tariffs to UK imports and Trump will know that . It was a finger down the throat job . Real cringe moment . Amateurish .

Starmer has just made 2 more contributions to Ukraine totaling 3.8 billion pounds . WFA withdrawal has left many elderly struggling to pay heating bills . The rubber boats continue to invade with no defense made to stop them . UK economy looks to be at an incline . Starmer & Macron have aspirations of being the bosses of Europe . Starmer trying to be liked by the E.U in order to get some sort of reverse Brexit done . Trumps meeting with Putin was behind closed doors and the extent of the whole discussions have not been told . The ambush of Zelensky at the Oval was premeditated . When Zelensky arrived and got out of the limo he was immediately hit by Trumps derogatory remarks about his dress . Same from Valance and also a news reporter who asked why he was not wearing a suit . The reporter was given a wink from Trump to ask start talking and ask the question . Is Trump in collusion with Putin ? Why did Putin invade Ukraine ? Quite involved but in the early 1990s the U.S.A. & NATO promised not to expand the alliance into the former Soviet Union bloc . That promise was reneged on . Areas of Ukraine still have many Russians living there who want Russian control . No doubt that Putin wants Ukraine back to re-form the Soviet Union . Ukraine's massive rare mineral stocks could have been secured by Trump on Friday but he engineered the meeting to be a destructive shouting row and leave that deal in abeyance . Why ? I think that Putin told Trump that Zelensky must go and Ukraine will be back in the Soviet Union . Then a cease fire and the U.S.A. can have a deal with Putin over the minerals .

Can someone explain why IPTV buffers / freezes say for 1 minute but then starts again from where it stopped ? Is it the IPTV companies server or my set up ? 400 Mbps download and same upload

UK emigration is happening , not only going to work in other countries . Unlike the UK , these new motherlands only accept applications from those who have skills or high levels of educational qualifications . So while the UK loses talent they are being replaced by uneducated , unskilled , uncivilized persons who are adding to the burden of the public purse . Brain drain . This Labour government are changing the British way of life , for the worse . They have only just started and there will be much worse to come . The Spring Statement on March 26th , rumored , a rise in income tax , a means test on pensioners triple lock state pension increase . Up to 100,00 foreign workers brought into the UK to build the 1.5 million new homes ( needed for the 3 million immigrants already here ? ) , an amnesty for 350,000 illegal immigrants . Is there no control or regulation on how governments perform ? This bunch of Labour muppets need to be kicked out asap . The UK now almost beyond recognition .