kennw

For those who have not been here so long, some background. Originally every taxi negotiated the fare, then the authorities decided that traffic congestion would be reduced if meters were introduced thus alleviating the time spent negotiating the fare. This led to taxis displaying "taxi meter" to differentiate from those that did not get have a meter. Of course this being Thailand greed surfaced again and that is where we are now.

I'm no prude and have seen much worse in the NaNa bars but such blantant exploitation for pure commercial purposes seems inappropriate in such a venue, the company involved should be punished but then again maybe this is just real Thai stuff ! ​

Hope they come to Soi Jai Samarn joining

Soi 4 to 6 in Na Na area, taxis illegally park up to ten in a row, only accept tourists for sight seeing, no meter.

A bus driver who runs away or anyone who does the same should automatically get 10 year in jail over and above any other sentance.

In IT server rooms fire suppression is achieved by filling the room with an inert gas which displaces the oxygen - the hardware remains functional. Guess it's one of those systems.

A friend said Thai language report indicates the fire suppression system was activated and doors automatically locked, released by finger print activation unfortunately no one with authorization was there so it seems they were asphyxiated .

Like others I have experienced this type of event numerous times, at lest in this case it is a bus with a company name on the front, often it is just it is a large truck passing in the same manner.

Been Prime Minister twice.

Never achieved the job through winning a general election.

Thailand's "new norm"?

But he was one of the best if not THE best PM Thailand has had for the last 30 years.

LPG is heavier than air so any leak in connections will flow to the lowest point. A bout using LPG needs special attention to piping generally a pipe within a pipe the cavity between should then be vented to a safe area (overboard etc).

Seems unbelievable that a country as great as USA co even consider proposing a contender for president who has so little real diplomatic skills or experience, maybe the combed hair forward is supposed cover more that these deficiencies.

And from earlier reports the boss of channel 3 also ran away after reportedly being involved in another event involving fire trucks.

Basically if you have enough rice to eat you will be happy, Thai's should therefore have stomachs be bursting at the seams with all the available unsold rice from Yinglak's (Taksin's) brilliant scheme.

It seems to me there is a principle involved here, the FBI wants to see what is on the phone of a mass killer. Should Apple put their commercial interests ahead of assisting in the fight against terrorism. Surely in a single case they can in-house access the data under court order and then destroy the means to do so. Or is Apple afraid that it cant control security within it's own organization. If so its only a matter of time that a rogue will work a way and then sell it to whoever.

It just shows how the American political representation miss read the political situation here. Christi palling up to Yinglak, never mind the corruption and undemocratic governance. If the US had accepted that the house needed to be cleaned and had adopted a more helpful attitude things may have been different. But maybe we underestimate the power of the lobbyist hired by the Dubai fugitive.

"Obama also appeared to raise the question of whether Trump was prepared to be commander-in-chief."

Well, Obama thought a community organizer was. He'd never done 1/10 of what Trump's done including internationally when he was the green pea. Obama had done exactly NOTHING when he became POTUS and it's showed embarrassingly for 7+ years.

Cheers.

Well he hasn't started any new wars, And he has brought troops home, And he has rescued the economy and raised the employment level, And health and .................and yes he hasn't been able to stop Americans shooting themselves.................

he had the standard excuse for many wrong doings in this country, i was drunk. then he just needs to give some B.S. excuse for why he was drunk, girlfriend left him or something like that. in my 9 years in thailand, living and working, i have found it very rare thais admit to their mistakes or apologize. this is just my personal experience. i actually remember the one time one of my thai staff apologized to me, remember it because it was the only time it happened.

The wrongdoing was being drunk. He didn't use being drunk as an excuse for being drunk.. He has manned up and admitted he was drunk. Kudos to him for being honest. No kudos for you for trying to slag off Thais

Get your ethics right, he is a public figure, great example for others including children. Why are so many posters not able to determine right from wrong as a basic principle

The decision reasoning is sound, we also know that the charges were originally brought to try and establish a bargaining basis for the fugitive's amnesty. Many believe as I do they should have cracked down much earlier as this may have avoided some of the bloodshed.

The question as posted is wrong, by international law the Thai police do not have the right to hold a passport because it is the property of the government of holding national not the national person.

Use the finite approach. TRACK THE MONEY !

should have spent his money on brain improvement, Phuket, motorbike, no insurance ? Sorry mate this in not the nanny state country.

For all the whining and bitching of some posters I don't see limits to their freedom of expression, and you may like to remember that prior to an earlier election some newspapers were paid to be biased in their reporting. Some people have short memories others know what they are dealing with.

This was a great day of recoginizing the humanitarian contribution to Thai society of His Majesty The King over his lifetime. Wonderful, Long live the King

Lets hope they include the Na Na area and accept that illegally parked taxis and motorbikes are a prime cause of congestion in this area.

I'm not a visitor here, I'm not a guest here. I'm a person who has chosen to make a home and a life here. I contribute to the community and economy in all sorts of ways. Where I live people know me, are nice to me and never overcharge me. In fact my local noodle shop don't charge for the ice and tea that I see other local customers paying for. I save 2 baht by this which means nothing more than it makes me feel valued.

It is NEVER about the "couple of quid", it could be 1 baht or 1m baht, I'd feel the same. It is ALWAYS about right and wrong. If you feel you're a guest here, fine but I don't. I feel like I live here and with that I feel like I should be seen as just another person, not special, just a person.

I don't know why so many posters here don't get it.

Well done! you have hit the nail on the head. And while we are on the topic of, right or wrong, extend it to why so many of the road laws are ignored.

Pretty obvious it is not an official UE invitation if it had no seals or stamps to indicate it as such. Given the world sees YL and even Thaksin as political targets it is easy to make the assumption that this invitation has nothing to do with the UE. At any rate, with YLs pending court hearing she should not be allowed to leave unless the current gov sees it as a way to be rid of her. In which case they should make her pay a surety bond of a few hundred billion baht.

Its on official paper. What do you want? Candlewax and a cygnet ring?

Believe it or not, unlike in Asia, not everything has to have a stamp to be official......If you think PTP is going around forging letterheads, then they really are playing with fire.Letters from Mps, Presidents and PMs all over the world are sent with no stamp.

A signature is sufficient....

Did you see the EU presidents signature on there ?.

The point you are missing is that it is not an official invitation from the EU Parliament. It is from two blokes who work there asking her informally.

I'm afraid you missed the point once again. Nobody is saying Pheu-Thai have forged the letterhead. They are saying these two guys have been put up to it. The most compelling evidence is that the language they use is more like Asians style rhetoric than anything I normally see in the West, but I wouldn't expect any Thai to realise that.

No one said it's an invite from the EU parliament.

In their positions they can request who the hell they like to come and pass by. There is no obligation to go. It's not a court. This request isn't personal, it is in line with their responsibilities and jobs.

Are you claiming they didn't write it? Are you claiming they have no right to write such a thing? All they ask is that whenever it's convenient that she visit and discuss.

I don't see why everyone has their nickers in a twist. It's a committee member covering Asia asking to have a meeting when it's convenient. It's not a summons.

They will probably ask Abhisit next as a member of the opposition. Not sure they will ask Prayuth. This of course is also made all the harder since basically they can't meet her in Thailand because politics is frozen solid there.

Of course the two EU guys could have decided to come here to get their information, they could also have met both " sides" and thus be better informed. But the cynic in me see a different motivation in the background.

There are plenty of arguments and discussions for and against Dual Pricing, either in restaurants, markets etc or National Parks....

Ultimately - all arguments are correct - anything can be justified when we think about it deeply enough...

However, do we really believe any business who practices dual pricing has really thought about it beyond simple 'opportunism' ?

Where the practice of dual pricing is applied, rightly or wrongly, agreeably or not, there will always been some who are offended by it and some who are happy with paying less.

Ultimately it is a system accepted by those it doesn't effect or those too lazy to avoid it or disagree with it. It is argued against by those it may financially impact. Of course there are those who find anyway to support and justify anything which happens here and those who seem to fight or complain about almost anything even remotely objectionable.

For the most part I'm in the 'just suck it up as a part of living here' group, which means for the most part while I do my best to avoid Dual Pricing and sometimes stand on principle if the practice is carried out in a way which is directly insulting, but, I don't let it effect my every day life....

It is what it is... I don't like to make a big deal of it, but I don't think the practice of Dual Pricing should be defended either...

Dual Pricing clearly isn't right... but IMO there bigger issues to be concerned with - Most balanced minds would agree but as is often the case on a web-forum the discussions often slip out of balance and become exaggerated in text.

Mr Richard - Smith 237, well said, also my sentiments. Kennw