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As usual, a "nail on the head" post! I especially like ".....as good as the word of a snake oil salesman,....." 🙂

Joking apart, it just shows what the Thai "elite" think of the mentality of the average Thai person, when they expect the "man in the street" to believe such bull****! Reminds me very much of "The Watchman's" (Prawit) pathetic excuses re his hoard of expensive watches - borrowed from a friend and he can't give them back because the friend is now dead"! Pfft! (We never did hear who the dead "friend" was, and I presume he still has his "collection"!)

If you actually read my post in the way that it was intended, you wouldn't be up on your high horse spouting statistics - get a life!

"Comfy" is what the exchange rate was when I first came here about 20 years ago - 73 baht to the British Pound. Don't think we'll see that again but 50 would be nice ! 🙂 And stupid me for telling the Brit Gov that I lived here - now my pension is frozen at 2015 rate 😞 Double whammy!

Very droll! "Rhetorical affirmation" (OK - I had to Google it too!)

I presume that "Confused" doesn't do humour or sarcasm?

Can someone please have a word with the new British Labour Government to do something about the number of Thai Baht I get for my British Pound which seems to have gone into freefall since they got in? 😀

And tourists IN and foreign long stayers OUT?

"Anutin is being quietly lined up for the PM position,...." I do honestly hope not - for the sake of the country and the sake of the farang ex pat community. There'll be a few on their way out of the country if that happens (and not just the dirty unwashed ones - without their masks!) The man is no diplomat, that's for sure, and even as Health Minister, he showed his lack of knowledge of even the current legislation regarding his own job when he was refused admission to an important meeting of leaders in Europe because he did not have the necessary vaccination certificates! 🙂 And his penchant for U turns makes any decision he makes questionable at best, which would not sit well with other countries representatives or leaders. For instance, should he (Buddha forbid!) become Prime Minister, I wonder what would become of the Government's cannabis policy, bearing in mind his personal financial investment in the trade?

"In related news, authorities in Thailand are set to take decisive action against the illegal use of e-cigarettes, emphasising the need to protect children from the health risks associated with vaping." And what about the health risks associated with smoking tobacco? Ignored, but tell you what? Why not put the price up, so that The Tobacco Authority of Thailand can make more money from sales, and the Government can make more money from taxes? Apparently vaping is supposed to be a way to help you break the habit of smoking tobacco. Hmmm? Wonder why it's banned? 😦

Not "Ex Scottish footballer" or "Ex British footballer" then? Well done!

"Anticipates" a record 2.2 million arrivals next year, buoyed by a new 60-day visa-free scheme. However, a shortage of aircraft in Russian airlines poses a challenge, according to the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT). In 2025, TAT aims for a 7.5% increase in revenue, targeting 39 million foreign tourists and 205 million domestic trips. Funny how the words "anticipates", "aims for", "targeting", "record" and "39 million" all seem to go hand in hand with Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT). Doesn't it give you that lovely warm feeling inside?

Which are as old as the hills! Running horse and 2 halves of a coconut shell springs to mind, along with kazoos, penny whistles and canned laughter.

Oh no?

Didn't I hear a rumour that he had a lot of money invested in the "ganqa" business?

OK - last words from me on the subject as you are being so disagreeable:- I did NOT say you were English, I said that you were using "poor English" (No full stops, and also your spelling isn't brilliant (exageration?) And doctor's writing is renowned for being fairly unintelligible, but as English is not your native language, you're forgiven! And I am not insulting you, I am just not wanting to get into stupid disagreements about "not totally true" or "totally untrue" - I did try to bring it to a halt by saying it was all getting "a bit pedantic", but you immediately insulted ME, by saying "Yes, you are".? As I said before - good night!

40 years as a doctor, and "seeing thousands of lives ruined ...." (Slight exaggeration, perhaps?) you still differentiate between drugs AND alcohol - I thought they were both drugs? And I have never heard a doctor use the terminology "druggie", or use the words "Best is not to drink alcohol or take drugs". (Poor English) - Just sayin'! Anyway, I (and probably a few others) are getting tired of this "repartee" - I tried to tactfully draw it to a close earlier but your doctor's skin is obviously not made for compromise, so I bid you good day and enjoy the rest of your drug free and alcohol free evening. Bye!

Nothing to do with you, I suppose? You can get on to your back foot again now!

It was on here (AN)a couple of weeks ago that Phuket was at "saturation point" with tourists, and they were going to try to reduce the numbers somehow.

I can read quite well thank you - I don't need you to tell me to! And I think you are really nit picking a bit with your "not totally true" and "totally untrue" comment. Nobody said it was "totally untrue" except you just now. The point being made is that for the most part, people who use cannabis as a recreational drug rather than alcohol are less likely to become violent and beat people up "like drunk football supporters", but you have to say "not totally true" and then go on a "rant" about the negative effects of cannabis? Who is saying that it is totally true - not the poster, because the way I read it, he has already made the point already by the use of the word "usually". It's all getting a bit pedantic, don't you think?

I think it goes a bit deeper than that. He seems to think like a lot of Thais that Thailand is the centre of the Universe, and Thais are the master race - obviously you can see where that leaves "farangs"

But if he was PM, you can guarantee that he would try to make life as awkward as he could - he doesn't care about TAT figures/stats. That is one of the conundrums about living in Thailand - one part of the Government wants as many tourists as it can cram on to the beaches, and the other says there are too many! But that is for another post - this one is trying to make sense of how such a buffoon could even be considered for such a position

I concur! The king of turnarounds who seems to make a habit of shooting his mouth off, and making decisions before engaging his brain resulting in him being a human hub of uncertainty - not the ideal man to have as PM of a country.

He doesn't like farangs!!!