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No, it's not the same brainwave - according to the publication that can not be name on here, the Min of Tourism & Sports and TAT announced on Mar 12 that the 3 WEEK MAHA SONGKRAN WATER FESTIVAL would begin on April 1st in Chiang Mai and wrap up on Apr 21 in Chon Buri and Samut Prakan (which is open to being misconstrued/misunderstood due to the poor wording) The Chinese guy was upset, poor thing because he had nobody to play with! (Not just my imagination!) And I used to like Songkran about 15 years ago, but I admit, I don't like what Songkran has become due to irresponsible behaviour from a few ill informed "farangs" who continue to "fight" long after sundown! However, I'm pleased that things have improved for you in Pattaya, but I do think that 9 days is far too long - IMHO 2 to 3 is enough! Next! 🙂

I see the latest brainwave to boost tourism from TAT has gone awry! Their announcement that Songkran will last from 1st April to 21st April seems to have upset a few (Chinese) people who were expecting to go around soaking people for 3 weeks, only to find that "nobody is playing" yet! 🤣 And another Government adviser is telling the would be revellers to "be patient"! Personally, I won't be leaving the house tomorrow (13th) which is the main "Dousing Day" where I live, and I've had too many buckets of iced water thrown in my face by drunken tourists who don't seem to realise that to do it to someone while they are riding a motor bike is DANGEROUS! Add to that, the washing up liquid, and other irritants to the eyes, and no thanks - been there - done that, so I'm staying on my balcony with the fan on full blast with a couple of cold beers, and let the "revellers" get on with it! 🙂

Yuk!

"Let the system deal with it how it normally gets dealt with." One could argue that "how it normally gets dealt with" is for the case to hang around until an offer of money is accepted.

Where's the "Pointing Finger" when you need it?

"Kershaw issued an apology for his inappropriate action in the public place and claimed that he acted under the influence of alcohol." Good old standard British excuse for misbehaving and getting caught - at least he didn't blame cannabis!

Makes a change to have 2 "Top Stories" running side by side that are about Thais! One about a Thai lady behaving badly by "vaping" on a plane in Chiang Mai - naughty lady, but not exactly crime of the century! The other about the fact that "Thai people ranked #1 in Asia’s list of top shaggers" Who knows - maybe in the next few days we might see a top story about a Thai behaving REALLY badly - like walking naked on Krabi Beach and getting a 500(0) baht fine for doing so! 🙂

They're not reporting any news about Thais!

"Phuket hotel evicts foreigner who threatened taxi driver with knives" I think if I was confronted by a taxi driver with knives I would threaten him as well! 🤣

They've done that once or twice recently "Related news" when it's not related at all - apart from the fact that sex seems to be involved!

Correct - we are "aliens"! At least that's what it says in the application for extension of stay!

Plus size obese old women? Or plus size obese old men?

" Important Documentation " or "Incriminating Evidence"?

No plomplem! I'm also a Quizmaster (QM) and contrary to what other QM's say - the QM is not always right, and if I'm wrong, I'll admit it!

Always have - always will as long as I have a choice! Fed up of standing at checkouts while people are fiddling with phones and taking photos of a machine!

My apologies - mistaken identities!

Big boys' toys!

"Imported" "forcing them on the Australian colony" Same, same but different!

"Foreigners in Thailand want as much as they can get for as little as possible,..." Total bullpoo - Foreigners,especially tourists, want to pay a fair price for any services or amenities, but they don't expect to be charged 4 or 5 times the amount that Thais pay - especially for "Tourist Attractions"! "They have no say..." Correct, but they can have an opinion! "...and the Government has no interest". So why the constant emphasis on Tourism by the Government if they have "no interest"? Visa free entries which appears to be letting anybody and his dog into the country including Chinese Mafia types, and Russian draft dodgers, all in the interests of making BAHT for the country/Government.

Thought so!

Maybe you should have used the correct acronym ("PSYOP") in the first place , and explained what it stood for!

Then America would belong to the North American Indians, instead of immigrants who almost destroyed their way of life along with almost making one of their main food sources extinct. And a similar scenario in Australia, except they imported boat loads of criminals to colonise the place. P.S. Sorry, SIRINEOU, I posted this before I saw yours! But nice to know that somebody agrees with me!

Sir David Attenborough made a very telling comment right at the end of his "Life on Earth" programme. Filmed at Cape Canaveral/Kennedy Space Center beside a huge NASA rocket, he said, "America has proposed to spend billions of dollars on investigating the possibility of establishing a colony on another planet. Would that money not be better spent on looking after (improving?) the one that we've got?" A wonderfully incisive statement from a great man!

"Phyops"? I'm from the UK and never heard of it - mind there are more acronyms flying around these days than 737's! Googled it and it came up with nothing for "Phyops" - but it had this:- https://www.google.com/search?Psychological operations (PSYOP) are operations to convey selected information and indicators to audiences to influence their motives and objective reasoning%2C

My understanding/definition of "BOT" is obviously different to yours!