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Head line :- "Two deaths linked with cannabis use and violent incidents reported in recent days by Thai police...." "The suspect told police that he had been smoking marijuana but had also taken two methamphetamine tablets." The man admitted to police he had taken methamphetamine pills and smoked marijuana So, why is marijuana blamed? I think the headline could have been more appropriately worded more appropriately, e.g.:- "Two deaths linked with methamphetamine use and violent incidents reported in recent days by Thai police...."

Not in the best possible taste - I'm sure her husband would be able to explain the prognosis quite eloquently to you!

"........ISOC under the RTM ............" Am I the only one who doesn't like the use of/understand a lot of the acronyms being used on this site?

After chasing you in a roadworthy vehicle!

Guilty until proven innocent seems to be the guideline! When the the Covid restrictions were at their peak, a mate of mine sat down with some others outside a bar that was selling alcohol illegally. He hadn't actually ordered a drink, but was roped in with the others who had drinks in front of them. He was going to plead not guilty, but was persuaded otherwise by the Court interpreter. She said he could plead not guilty, would probably spend the next few nights or a week in jail, would have to hire a lawyer (not cheap) and at the end of the day she "guaranteed" that he would still be found guilty, and end up getting double the sentence that the others had received - so he pleaded guilty!

"would of" - hate that misuse of the English language!!

More emotion shown by her lawyer No, the lawyer is after "MONEY"!!! Should be "End of" but most certainly will not be! Without being callous, the baby is dead, so the death penalty is a possibility- any bets on whether that happens? Forget it - I'm in my late 70's and can't wait that long!

Trying to get your posts count up? Try wearing a gold chain round your neck in Pattaya, and say hello to a couple of lady boys - that should get a bit of action and reaction as far as posts are concerned!

Here we go!

There's a fair chance that if it's a Brit or an Aussie, their nationality is mentioned - otherwise it's quite often put down as "a foreigner", hence the impression that Brits or Aussies are more often the main offenders.

"Meths"? That's a paint thinner! I presume you mean "meth" (Commonly known as "Methamphetamine" Anyway, you're right - ganja gets a bad press, because normally it has a sedative effect. I remember way back in the 60's, if you smoked "pot" (ganja), you were immediately assumed by family (and some friends who didn't know better) to be a drug addict. Fortunately, things appear to have changed for the better recently!

Wow! What a lot of words to not give an explanation or meaning to a 2 word description!

"His fall appeared to have caused extensive damage to the car’s front glass" Well who would have thought that a body falling 6 floors could do that?

UPDATE: POLICE said a carbon dioxide fire extinguisher that exploded during a fire drill at a secondary school in Bangkok killing one student and injuring 29 others was a reusable one but not fitted with a safety valve, Thai Rath and Matichon newspapers said.

Not good news for Thais or ex pats. To attract more doctors the obvious answer is to make the job more attractive financially, and that would partly be funded by charging farangs even more for medical services. A friend of mine has just been told by a doctor at the local Government Hospital that if he requires a certain treatment he can expect to pay double that which a Thai pays. And that is at a Government Hospital - Private Hospitals will probably charge substantially more.

"He emphasized that these actions flagrantly violate the law, jeopardizing public safety, lives, and property, tarnishing the nation's reputation, and involving foreign criminal elements exploiting both Thai and foreign nationals while using Thailand as a base for illicit activities." For selling a few bits and pieces on a roadside stall on Sukhumvit? ???? P.S. Not one "farang" among 'em! Yippee!

Only one comment to make about your post above, because you seem to accept all the official data rather than the facts that fly in your face when you walk down the street which is this:- "And, once again, observations of empty bars, restaurants, hotels, etc., in your 'neck of the woods'---wherever that might be and whether accurate or not .........." implies that I am a liar and consequently I will have no further discussion with you and you are going on my "Ignored" list.

Stupid to have a bag worth that much money anyway! Was it decorated with gold coins like the rhinestones on Liberace's piano?

I can beat that - a "blind singing" beggar at the end of the main street, round a corner out of sight (pun intended) counting his evenings takings!

Yes, the young flower sellers are back in my neck of the woods, when they should be tucked up in bed readying themselves for school in the morning!

"You can't, however, make the leap that if 'they ain't here' they must not be anywhere else, either,...." I didn't - TAT said that they were "elsewhere" as I stated earlier - "Ooop North"! "An empty bar is just that--an empty bar.........." But taken in context, with all the other empty bars, the empty restaurants, the empty hotels, and empty streets, the message would appear to be that "things were quiet"! And let's face it, even the Chinese/Asians have to eat and stay somewhere? Oh, I forgot - you said they were all over Thailand - yes? (P.S. I am actually quite glad that the Chinese in particular were not swarming over my neck of the woods!), I must admit to being a bit of a cynic as far as "data" is concerned, especially from TAT, because I have seen too many U turns in their figures to class them as a reliable source - and before you ask - no, I do not have any examples to hand, because they went strangely quiet over the "Covid years", and we were talking about 2019 figures?

"............it has been blatantly obvious from the empty streets, hotels and bars that their figures were way off the mark." I don't need "data" - that's where the doubt creeps in! I go by the above - not "an empty bar", and the testament of quite a few bar owners, hoteliers etc who said that if there are so many tourists, where are they all, because "they ain't here"!!! "Lies, damned lies and statistics" (Mark Twain)

Maybe their figures in this post have been taken from the wrong out of date source, then:- "Despite concerns surrounding China’s current real estate market downturn, the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) remains optimistic about its prospects of attracting 5 million tourists from the Asian country in 2021. Hmm? 2021, I thought that was a bad year for tourism worldwide? I have seen posts in the past (pre Covid) where TAT have been trumpeting their success about so called tourist numbers, and it has been blatantly obvious from the empty streets, hotels and bars that their figures were way off the mark. Their justification (from memory) was that people weren't staying in the tourist resorts, they were going "oop North" to see and stay in "the proper Thailand" to investigate its culture by "visiting temples and places of cultural heritage" ????

"TAT aims for 5 million visitors despite real estate woes" Another TAT dream in the making? Why do they consistently give ridiculously exorbitant estimates? (Don't answer that!) I think most people who have been here for a while are used to TAT's nonsensical claims!

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