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So why is this BRITS face not pixellated out as is usual when suspects are arrested?

16 hours ago, frank83628 said:

I wonder what nationality he will turn out to be.

Obvously not British or Aussie or it would have been mentioned!

Wow! Great "head" "line"!

DELETED for asking for nationality

15 minutes ago, denishuahin said:

Let us get practical. My problem last week was that I had a 10-meter tree fall. This makes a lot of mess and leaves branches and a trunk, you don't want. A year ago I had 6 large trees cut down the workers took the trunks and large branches away.  About 7  truckloads. They were supposed to clear the garden of all the smaller debris, as that was the deal, they got the wood free. 
They never came back, very normal with rural workers. 
What are you supposed to do with all this put it out for the garbage collectors? 
 Many people will put rubbish in their trucks, drive down the nearest dirt road, set fire to it, or just dump it. In my village, there are small fires outside houses every day, collectively making a large area of burning matter.
I put my bottles, cans, and any metal in a large bin bag, put it out on the side of the road, and it was gone within an hour and recycled.
In England, I had a large plot and had to cut and clear trees, which you can remove and take to the local refuse and reclaiming facility.  This is what is needed here.
But maybe this is too hard technically for the government at the moment or maybe there’s no money in it for them.    

Your last phrase says it all!

5 minutes ago, GregKeo said:

There's an organisation, ASEAN (Association of South East Asian Nations) that is perfectly suited to driving progress on pollution from the top down. It isn't only Thailand and Cambodia poisoning the air we breathe and only a concerted effort by all will move the dial.

* Agree on action to begin to bring air pollution levels down

* Legislate provincial laws with penalties for failing

* Educate farmers on best practices and subsidise them to modernise practices and equipment

* Legislate vehicle emission standards and police drivers/owners with strict financial penalties

* Assist with incentives to speed the transition to EV transport.

 

Of course there is much more - for example the tourism industries should be pressuring governments to reduce pollution before tourists choose cleaner air and destinations. Periodic directives won't cut it.

 

What will it take to have government leaders to act in the best interests of other than their own?

"What will it take to have government leaders to act in the best interests of other than their own?"

A lot more than a concerned poster on AseanNow!

48 minutes ago, MalcolmB said:

I am tipping Anutin is  bigger man than you, flies his own planes, powerful in the federal government, successful in business, house on 700 Rai with personal golf course.

 

 

And that makes him well qualified to do what exactly - apart from make money? 

2 hours ago, Woke to Sounds of Horking said:

 

A grave mistake by the Thai govt was to legalise weed.

 

Now every punk from Norwich to North Dakota wants to come here to get high... eventually leading to trouble.

 

Idiots.

".........eventually leading to trouble."

I have never seen "potheads" causing "trouble". Whereas on the other hand, alcohol and yabba/meth.............!

2 hours ago, FritsSikkink said:

Billions of dollars to let the police do their work?

Do you not mean to GET the police to do their work?

3 hours ago, Tropicalevo said:

Stop the smoking of weed would be a good start.

Set and example.

Tobacco smoke is nasty, but the stink of weed everywhere is offensive.

"Stop the smoking of weed would be a good start........."

Rubbish! A good start would be on the vehicles emitting clouds of black smoke, and post photos of the arrested drivers AND  owners to show that something is actually being DONE about it.

I have lived here for nearly 20 years and have yet to see police stop a vehicle for emitting too much smoke, but there are plenty of vehicles doing it!

5 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

What a goon. Such insincerity. Crack down on the refiners who accept burnt sugar. No? They are too rich, and they are all your friends? Exposed again with your callous lies? 

 

Real men act. Small men yak, yak and make proclamations and then never do anything about them. That is just who you are. 

Bravo! This problem has been there for years and after years of empty rhetoric it is still there, and will stay there for years to come until something is actually DONE about it!

Yes, the fires might spread to his cannabis plants - can't have that! 🙂 

When I first saw the headline I thought they were swapping tips!

I mentioned this sort of thing as an example of animal behaviour yersterday when an elephan ran amok due to being scared by fireworks.

How many more people have to die as a result of being attacked by these savage beasts? It seems that in Thailand the life of an animal is more important than that of a human:- 

"With the abbot now gone, the future of Jord hangs in the balance as the temple, understandably, fears keeping him on the premises."

The dog should be put down - full stop. NO passing it on to someone who is better qualified to train it - it is beyond training! It had already bitten  before this tragic event. Sometimes Buddhist logic is beyond me. If a human kills another human, they are jailed - usually put on Death Row, but if a dog kills a human - find it another owner! Doh! 👿

19 hours ago, The Old Bull said:

Sounds a little harsh for a few days overstay. Maybe the old squeeze has contacts in the BIB and contrived to do him in.

Normally it's 500 baht a day fine:-

"In order to depart Thailand, it will be necessary to pay an overstay fine. The fine for overstaying a visa is 500 Baht per day, up to a maximum of 20,000 Baht. The fine is payable to the Immigration Bureau, the Suvarnabhumi Airport Immigration office, or other departure point."

4 hours ago, Yagoda said:

 

If you knew anything about the subject other than what you get on Instagram you would realize that instinctive behavior in trained wild animals, domesticated animals and self domesticated animals is sometimes not so easily turned off: cattle, horses, pigs, dogs all can act unpredictably to stimuli. Since instinctive reactions by any animal are a function of chemicals as well as "mind", the important thing is to recognize what stimuli secure a reaction and to determine methods to ensure that no reaction occurs or is uncontrollable.

 

 

".....dogs all can act unpredictably to stimuli."

True - hence all the (sometimes fatal!) attacks by Pit Bulls/XBullies on their owners and passers by.

2 hours ago, MikeandDow said:

When you think about it, the fear of fireworks for animals, is basically the same as it would be for humans, but more painful,

Animals, perceive sounds much louder than humans because they can hear better. so the noise can be painfull for them,They associate such noises with danger, and all their (survival-) instincts tell them to run to a place of safety.

The flashes of light produced by fireworks seem just as threatening as the noises.

What’s more, the lights and noises are accompanied by smoke and acrid smells.

The noises and lights from fireworks can trigger an animal's fight-or-flight response.

I think if i was that elephant and fireworks were let off near me i would run !!  but Thais do not think about the consequences of there actions or about the safety, all they think about is money!

 

"..........Thais do not think about the consequences of there actions or about the safety, all they think about is money!"

100% correct! And the rest of your post is spot on too!

Sheer stupidity to have fireworks going off anywhere near animals - especially big ones!

4 hours ago, PomPolo said:

🙂 Accept my spelling statement was wrong, apologies

But felt the need to defend "Isan" 🙂 

No plomplem - there are various ways of spelling it, but they all sound the same! 🙂 

P.S. My wife is from Esan there too!

2 hours ago, AgMech Cowboy said:

Hi bum, AI, really?? I'm just not to the point of trusting AI until I know that it won't show me images of America’s founding fathers depicted as black folk or Ancient Greek warriors as Asian women and men.  And Wikipedia is open source... people can put anything they want (if you've got their codes). Personally, I've no idea of the exact transliterated spelling from อีสาน is to British, American (that includes Canada) or Australian English, but have always seen it as Isaan, except on aseannow forum, who prefer that you spell it Isan.  😆🤣 (How about we all just settle on the Northeast?)

Wot a good idea Mach!  But you might confuse the Geordies on here! 🙂

13 hours ago, PomPolo said:

A bit harsh that considering your profile says you live in Phuket - everyone is perfect down there 555

You just haven't found Isaan yet (not Isan please get it right) probably because you are too judgemental by the sound of things and the misses doesn't think you could handle it yet 😉

"You just haven't found Isaan yet (not Isan please get it right)" -   Stop being so Pompous PomPolo! :-

From AI :-The northeastern region of Thailand is called Isan, but it is also written as Isaan, Issan, Isarn, Esan, or Esarn

From Wikipedia :-Northeastern Thailand or Isan (Isan/Thai: อีสาน, pronounced [ʔīː.sǎːn] ^ⓘ; Lao: ອີສານ, romanized: Īsān; also written as Isaan, Isarn, Issarn, Issan, Esan, or Esarn; from Pāli 𑀇𑀲𑀸𑀦 isāna or Sanskrit ईशान्य īśānya "northeast")^[4] consists of 20 provinces in northeastern Thailand.  . 

"Suggestions include installing additional signage in multiple languages to inform visitors of local customs and regulations,....."

Don't pee in the sea - that's the fishes job! Well, it was until they started pumping sewage into the sea!

"A foreign man has been arrested after allegedly threatening his Thai wife and child with a firearm and forcing them into a vehicle."

Obviously not a Brit then otherwise the nationality would have been mentioned!

(P.S. The headline does mention Swiss - maybe another rich p**t who thinks he can do as he likes with total disregard for any one else?)

2 hours ago, hunkidori said:

The French just like the UK have been importing this <deleted>e for years, basically giving the country away because that's what is happening and it's already too late to stop.

 

I applaud the Thais in the measures they put in place to stop the same thing happening here

What measures? And it appears that they don't seem to be spurring any reaction from the police other than a few words akin to "Please stop doing that, and don't do it again,please!"

Or wave to an imaginary friend, and say "Hi Jack"! 🙂