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2 hours ago, Burma Bill said:

General Election??

Even if you could call it an election (how many months to release the results)

those who voted for other parties  where  stabbed in the back when those same parties decided to form a coalition with the military !

And cue the stampeding hoards at the supermarkets , tomorrows hand wringing that people are being irresponsible pushing and shoving to get their hands on  the "banned substance"  so we might have to reintroduce the ban !! ????  

2 minutes ago, lexlam said:

current non-o visa was expired on 28th April, following the visa updates will auto-extended till July 31st,

Wouldn't be too sure about that !

3 minutes ago, lexlam said:

renew driving licenses during this time?

You have up to a year to renew..but also understand the are also shut for licence renewal till the end of emergency is anounced.

2 minutes ago, Moonlover said:

Both are inconsistent with the 'rear end shunt' version that the lady claimed it was.

Knowing very well the area where this happened  and knowing that the Nissan NV lived in the

"Eua Arthorn Village"   I'll speculate  that the NV driver came out of the village entrance onto the main Sukhumvit  road  wanting to make a U-turn which is just a couple of hundred meters further south,

lots of Thais for some reason will not "merge" into traffic  they wait till they think the coast is clear and then dash straight across/slightly diagonally many lanes to the far right lane at a slow speed..the far right lane is often occupied by speeding minibuses  there is a slight left hand curve in that part of the road and often  vehicles blocking the  left hand lane view (minibus drivers view) as they turn into the village..so  both drivers could have easily not seen each other till it was too late.

5 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

But the minibus driver will be.... oh dear.

Yes unfortunately the minibus drivers  are still always "in a rush to meet their fathers"  constantly weaving and changing lanes,pay more attention to their phones  some are drunk   quite a few on amphetamines so they can drive all day and night  which eventually leads to a "microsleep" or "brake failure" and  crashes like the one above... one day the "government" might wake up (in a few hundred years)

and  implement   strict licensing ,testing of driver and vehicles conveying the public around along with a strict limit of total hours driven in a day speed limited  vehicles and tachographs  instead of making them fit a GPS !!!!!  and carry on as normal.

16 minutes ago, webfact said:

The accident proved to be a he said-she said affair, with Pongsatorn claiming that Ladda Kangkan, the 42-year-old driver of a Nissan NV, cut him off, causing him to rear-end the car

Quite possibly the Nissan did the  cut into the U-turn lane in one foul swoop manoeuvrer  instead of merging

and at the same time  speeding minivan comes crashing through at light speed.

I saw the remains of the wreckage yesterday  big blue bucket and lots of tarpaulin  all in the central reservation and wondered what had happened.

No mention of the live animals that where sold before WuFlu struck....are they banned now ?

Why the hell are they making people  line up and fill in bits of paper in crowded conditions..

surely all that is needed is to input Thai ID number and a bank account for the funds to be paid into  via an phone app or online..those from the 20 richest families  wouldn't claim the 5,000 baht per month ?

1 minute ago, mtraveler said:

I have an international license

Just use your home country licence..the "international licence"  is just a translation of that licence and not even  translated into Thai.

I thought the latest Vin Diesel  "Bloodshot" was much better.

12 minutes ago, gamb00ler said:

Here's an interesting product.  It wouldn't take much computer hardware to create a copycat device.

I saw something similar  at a shopping Mall art exhibition a few years ago  they where showing

Mandelbrot fractals.

Gone this morning  however they  where slow to remove  the barriers put up on Jomtien beach and second road  so had to go in via Chaiypruek road.

3 hours ago, banglay said:

Has anyone actually gone to Immigration for a 90 day  report and been told "Not needed"

I went to Jomtien this morning  at the gate they have a sign up saying  no need for 90 day report

(as I posted earlier) but put face mask on

went in, temperature check hand stamp   got a 90 day  queue ticket  9 people in front of me   everything  working as normal  quite busy   less seating as every other chair has been reserved for "social distancing"

2 hours ago, cornishcarlos said:

the old jokes drawer,

I thought it was still quite "novel" 

(novel coronavirus (nCoV) is a new strain that has not been previously identified in humans)

3 minutes ago, Rigsby said:

I thought there was an amnesty on this till July 31st

Yes supposed to be an amnesty  but with all the flip flops its not surprising some are confused.

Just now, vogie said:

Cheers XTra?????

Yes and some Chang for 2nd reserve  stock.

1 hour ago, vogie said:

Did you try the Big C next door for stock,

Yes I did  and they had some of my favourite beer  so bought all they had (only 10 cans)