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Restaurants should always list the prices of their food items to ensure that they are being honest with their customers. Unfortunately, this is not the case in Thailand. Now this particular group of customers who were charged for 3,820 baht have probably ordered the menu items without asking for their prices in the beginning, giving the restaurant owners a chance to manipulate the food prices after ordering. A som-tam dish for 300 baht? That's ridiculously expensive.

 

"...both acting sub-lieutenants."

 

What is that?

 

It means they were acting. Not real cops, just lieutenant wannabees.   They obviously can't shoot, either.

 

No. It means that they are temporarily performing their duties as a sub-lieutenant for another officer(s) at that moment.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acting_(rank)

Maybe he could tell jokes to his fellow inmates when he's in jail. That should lighten up the atmosphere in Thai prisons a little bit... 

"Thailand Post stated that restricted or prohibited items include" ... "and bank notes."

Means I am not allowed to put a bank note in a birthday card for a small cousin? I protest.

How nice of you. However, I think it's better to give that money directly to your cousin. Mailed items in Thailand get lost frequently due to poor delivery services. Therefore, I assume that the Thai Post are preventing the delivery of banknotes to protect their own customers.

Some mailmen in Thailand also attempt to pry open the delivered packages to see what is inside in the hopes of getting some cash or other valuable items. Unfortunately, this is an all too common problem in Thailand where respect for a person's privacy is sometimes not really considered.

Your name says it all...Rob...eeelokkk. havent a clue what you are talking about as usual

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Your very first post on ThaiVisa criticizing somebody with a negative comment. What a way to make an impression!

Pay back is a bitch

Tell that to you dear leader and his sister.

This guy is a hero of Thailand, he helped to bring down a corrupt government that supported terrorist. By not acting / catching those reds that killed children and threw grenades they were supporting terrorism and lost their claim to be a proper government.

Good thing the army came in and now all of a sudden its crystal clear that 90% of the political killing was done by the reds (as al the wise people on Thavisa knew but the reds denied).

Thank you Rob for being brave in defending the senior monk against all the red-shirt supporters on this thread. I salute you for it.

sticker very high tech so if the van is used for multiple routes will driver be able to see out of windows

Haha. What a strange comment. Each particular van is scheduled to run in only one fixed route, my friend. They represent the starting point of the route and the final destination. There is no such thing as multiple routes.

I assume you can't read Thai, so I'll explain what the last line of the sticker says. It reads Anusawaree-Rangsit. Anusawaree is the starting point and Rangsit is the final destination.

For example, just think of the MRT. The blue line runs from Bang Sue to Hua Lamphong, but it also stops at several other stations in between such as the Sukhumvit, Lumphini, and Chatuchak stations.

Well actually there are multiple routes, especially with reference to longer routes. You refer only to local routes, within which there are also multiple routes

Everyday, vans leave Mo Chit, or wherever, to travel to Nong Khai or Ubon Rtachatani or Aranyaphatet and, depending upon pick up points or required drop off points, such vans can detour upto at least 80Km off-course, which is not a fixed route - is it? Or is it, in your opinion?

Even in the example you give: Anu Sawaree to Rangsit, you seem to assume the van will take Phaholyothin Road, do you? Elevated freeway, or under road? Which under road, or even frontage road?

I know vans taking many alternative journeys, even from Anu Sawaree to ABAC, Nonthaburi, and then onto Rangsit - never hitting Phaholyothin. That is not a set route

Please show me an example of ALL vans being required to take ONE CERTIFIED fixed route, and I'll show you my **se!

Congratulations on your wife's translation for you, by the way.

Never heard of a van that can choose an alternative route to reach their final destination as you mentioned. Wouldn't that confuse the passengers who normally wait to get picked up at a particular stop? Buses can only travel in one route, so vans must be required to do the same.

Bus No.11 in Bangkok, for example, runs from Pattanakarn to Pratunam only and are prohibited to veer off direction. They cannot go and pick up passengers at Ramkamhaeng or Sukhumvit, etc. Hence, that was my point in replying to kartman about the fact that each particular van cannot go off their intended route they're scheduled to travel.

You mentioned about vans that travel from Bangkok to Nonthaburi or Aranya Prathet. How interesting. Those are called interprovincial vans. Never rode on any of them. Too dangerous because of those reckless drivers.

P.S. For once in my life, I wish I could be wrong because if I was right, I would get to see your **se! I don't know if it would be a pretty sight or not! How about giving some money instead?

By the way, I can read some Thai without needing my wife to help me. Surprised?

sticker very high tech so if the van is used for multiple routes will driver be able to see out of windows

Haha. What a strange comment. Each particular van is scheduled to run in only one fixed route, my friend. They represent the starting point of the route and the final destination. There is no such thing as multiple routes.

I assume you can't read Thai, so I'll explain what the last line of the sticker says. It reads Anusawaree-Rangsit. Anusawaree is the starting point and Rangsit is the final destination.

For example, just think of the MRT. The blue line runs from Bang Sue to Hua Lamphong, but it also stops at several other stations in between such as the Sukhumvit, Lumphini, and Chatuchak stations.

In response to those who wanted a picture of the sticker, see the image below. It is an orange sticker that specifies the license plate number and the route destination of the van. Check to see whether the vans' license plates are yellow-colored as well to ensure that they are passenger vans.

"NACC unable to prevent former Prime Minister Yingluck from leaving the country"

A military junta with no power or am I missing something?

Yes, you are missing something. The article was referring to the NACC, not the NCPO.

Raping and murdering an innocent child is a heinous crime. The young girl was tossed out of the train like a piece of garbage after she was raped twice. She had a bright future ahead of her and that was destroyed by some low-life scum who happened to be high on drugs.

Speaking of the death penalty, it surely has been a topic of constant debate. Evidently, there has been a lot of argument on this thread. Proponents claim that it is a totally appropriate sentence to punish the wrongdoer and it should be done to set an example so that others don't follow suit. However, there are opponents who state about the possibility that a person might be wrongfully convicted.

From a moral standpoint, I feel that execution is a totally appropriate punishment to fit the crime. However, I am also concerned about possible repercussions that will follow. Enforcing the death penalty may also increase the tendency for other rapists to kill their victim immediately after committing rape in order to prevent the victim from giving testimony to the police and eventually identifying the killer.

Although I mentioned both the positives and negatives of the death penalty, I must say I support it in this case. The Thai justice system has long been a cruel joke against people who commit such atrocious acts. There are several rapists in Thailand who get sentenced to jail, only to be released a couple of years later and commit the same rape cases against other women. Unless something is done about this, there will always be cases like this happening in the future.

Posted below is also an attachment of the killer's identity (the one sitting at the bottom). Look at the expression on his face. He doesn't seem to show any remorse for his actions. Do you think people like him deserve a second chance in the society? Absolutely not. As for the opponents of the death penalty, I am also eager to see whether you would change your mind to support it if one of your sons or daughters was brutally raped and murdered.

300 meter blast radius !?!?!?!?!?

Holey Crapola Fat Man ! A modern 155mm High Explosive Artillery shell only has a lethal blast radius of 50 meters and a casualty radius of 100 meters ! And that is for a shell that is 155mm (obviously) in diameter, 603mm in length and 44 kgs weight (approx).

The 105mm rockets that the bad guys try to (and sometimes do) hit us with in Kandahar have a lethal radius of approx 12.5 meters, if they even detonate at all. Considering how many rockets they've fired at us over the years, it is actually quite surprising how few actually detonate, and, fortunately, how few casualties we've had from them.

(ps: "anti-tank" missiles don't generally have a "blast radius" as they are designed for armour penetration. Normally they have a "range" (300 meters is pretty generous for that era) and either the weight of the shaped-charge warhead, or the amount of armour it could be expected to penetrate. For example, the M-72 Anti-Tank weapon has a 66mm diameter rocket with an "effective" range of 200 meters and and "expected" armour penetration of 250mm or 9.8 inches.)

While the M-72 is considered to be an "anti-tank" weapon, these days it's more useful against armoured vehicles (APCs, LAVs, MRAPs), bunkers, hillbillies hiding behind concrete barriers and so on. Not so good against things like bank vaults though........

Hmm, I really don't know whether the 300 meter blast radius sounds as deadly as you've mentioned. Maybe they're just referring to the fact that anybody standing close to its vicinity within the 300 meter range is susceptible to receive harm in some way. Have a look at the image below though, which is pulled from the Thai news website Khaosod. It is the actual item that was found.

The Khaosod article and other Thai articles also mentioned that it had a "300 meter blast radius" as well and that it was a bomb. To me, it looks more like a missile. Doesn't look that powerful, right? It seems pretty old since the weapon was used back in WWII. However, I don't know how much damage it was capable of causing back then.

10,000000 known guns in Thailand. long way to go!

I know you're referring to the speech that scumbag Jarupong made about Thais having 10 million guns.

Are you kidding me. Do you mean there was people who took him serious. I know with the education system being what it is there was Thais that did.

But foreigners?

When you hear somebody make a claim like that, your first reaction would be that this guy exaggerating. However, the main motive behind the speech Jarupong made was that he was threatening the anti-government protesters back then to not demand anything from the government or else he would let his red-shirts use physical violence. Foreigners won't take him seriously of course, but most Thais know it's not a laughing matter.

10,000000 known guns in Thailand. long way to go!

I know you're referring to the speech that scumbag Jarupong made about Thais having 10 million guns.

1. Do you think RS has legal rights in this case, at this time? Not really clear what you mean. Please elaborate before I can give you a yes/no answer.

Some are arguing that since there is a coup and since there is no government and since the NCPO says (brags/admits) it "suggested" that free-TV of the World Cup be arranged, and since there was no public negotiation and since the TV Pool was not involved and since the NBTC has refused to give details of its payment and since there is no public transparency such as the *alleged* promise by the NBTC to spend public money on this private company... then RS seems to have no legal rights at all here. Do you agree with that view, some of that view, none of that view, etc?

And if you don't agree with it, could we know how you conflate the "independent" NBTC with the military "suggestion" that something happen - and it almost instantly did happen after six years of nothing at all happening?

To put it another way: If RS felt somehow aggrieved - it didn't get its money within 15 days from now, or it didn't get all its money, or it has been put under a military order not to discuss the deal, something like this - do you feel RS could launch a credible lawsuit that the courts would consider? Or do you think the military authorities would "suggest" RS not do that or the military authorities would "suggest" the court not consider such a case? Or do you think some third something else?

And of course you are not restricted to yes/no, the ThaiVisa poster is not your mother. It's merely my feeling it would do. It's your personal Ascii supply; use it as you will.

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Point well made, although a bit lengthy here and could be winded down a bit. Regarding the first paragraph, I have to say I agree with none of your views. First off, there is no way that the NBTC would be able to defraud RS by not making any payments to them because after all, RS is the exclusive broadcast rights holder of the World Cup and would not have chosen to air the games on free TV in the first place if the NBTC did not provide some kind of compensation for them. Lack of transparency? Not really in a major case like this where the public is watching.

Remember that the NBTC lost the court case in the beginning to RS? RS won the case and the initial agreement was that RS would show only 22 games out of the 64 matches of the World Cup on free TV channels. However, under the military's intervention, the NCPO has persuaded the NBTC in convincing RS to find some way to make all the games available so that the public would be able to watch it. That some way is the 427 million baht compensation.

The question at this point is when RS would be able to receive all its 427 million baht because the matter has not been finalized or made public yet. What I know is they obviously have been compensated by a certain amount. Of course RS would be able to file a lawsuit if they didn't receive all their money. Somehow, I get the feeling that you're thinking that we live under a military dictatorship under the NCPO and I can tell you that is not the case. They have no power or control on RS and other companies' decisions.

Anyway, there is nothing to worry about at this point. All games beyond the round of 16 will be televised for free.You're making it a bit of a big deal here really.

All the bull about matches free . There hasnt been a live game on 5 or 7 at 23.00 . Same old useless thailand . Without the internet it truly would be shitty place to live.

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I feel for you. Luckily, I bought a PSI box and set up a C-Band satellite dish to receive the games before the World Cup began. All for a price of around 4,900 baht.

Back to the main point. After the Round of 16 matches are over then the games from the quarter finals onward would be available on Channels 5 and 7. FYI, a Thai news source said that RS would be airing the remaining matches of the Round of 16 at 11:00pm between France VS Nigeria (last night) and Argentina VS Switzerland (tonight) on Channel 11 after receiving public backlash.

Go ahead and turn on your TV on Channel 11 tonight to see the Argentina vs Switzerland game. If there is no game, then it means RS is lying.

Four more lines of nonsense without any substantial meaning to it. Just a typical troll who wants to provoke a reaction on TVF. Nice attempt in trying to get me upset "wandasloan" but you're out of luck today.

Yes, yes of course. Do you feel better?

Now. Do you think RS has legal rights in this case, at this time? Do you think the NBTC has bullied RS over their property? Very simple questions with one-syllable answers, I'd say. And your answers certainly would not be nonsense.

My answers are: No, yes. How about you?

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Well, if you posted some constructive feedback and questions like this then I wouldn't have attacked you in the first place. Regarding your two questions, I will answer them one by one with a simple yes/no but allow me to give me explanations to back up my points.

1. Do you think RS has legal rights in this case, at this time? Not really clear what you mean. Please elaborate before I can give you a yes/no answer.

2. Do you think the NBTC has bullied RS over their property? No. Honestly, I don't know where you get the idea that the NBTC is bullying RS. RS is being compensated by the NBTC for at least 427 million baht, which is much more money than they could hope to generate by selling their World Cup boxes alone.

Ratcatcher and lostsoul49 have some great points. You two guys seem to be the only ones here who truly understand the terms of conditions that RS agreed upon after the NBTC decided to compensate them. Some people here also raised a valid point that the NBTC probably did not pay RS the entire 427 million baht at this point (due to government red tape), so RS agreed to not play by the rules. If no compensation was agreed upon in the beginning, then it would be a different story because RS would have every right to not air the World Cup matches on free TV.

Have you ever heard the word "intimidation" used in a sentence? Here is an example:

Nice little TV cable outfit you've got here. Be a shame if anything happened to it during a time without any government or functioning courts just over something like a few football matches, hmmmm?

What's that? You don't see the word "intimidation"? 555555 hahahahaha Sure you do!

Rights? We don't need no steenking "rights" senor.

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Four more lines of nonsense without any substantial meaning to it. Just a typical troll who wants to provoke a reaction on TVF. Nice attempt in trying to get me upset "wandasloan" but you're out of luck today.

Ratcatcher and lostsoul49 have some great points. You two guys seem to be the only ones here who truly understand the terms of conditions that RS agreed upon after the NBTC decided to compensate them. Some people here also raised a valid point that the NBTC probably did not pay RS the entire 427 million baht at this point (due to government red tape), so RS agreed to not play by the rules. If no compensation was agreed upon in the beginning, then it would be a different story because RS would have every right to not air the World Cup matches on free TV.

Even if RS did not receive their payments in full at this point, they have breached the terms of agreement that they initially agreed upon to make the World Cup available for all viewers across the country. Not everybody across rural Thailand have a digital TV or are able to afford a PSI Box for the World Cup matches. RS should be punished for violating such an agreement.

Ch8 is a free channel so I don't see RS broke the law.

Further more Ch5 announced that it will show the other games that are not broadcasted on Ch7 and Ch8. If the game is shown on Ch8 it will not be shown on Ch5 and 7.

Did NBTC actually paid already for the games to be shown all on free to air TV?

NBTC is just a rubbish organisation that have done nothing to this country. They forced everybody do go digital and once they go digital the signals can't be picked up more.

In our village no one cares about the World Cup games because it's planting season for rice and everyone has to wake up at 5-6am in the morning. I missed 80% of the games because I wake up 6am every morning but I do love RS that repeats the games in the morning and afternoon.

The Bangkok slite has True or the money to buy an RS box. My dealer called me last week and asked me if I want to return the RS box and I said no, I love those English commentaries. BTW Anyone that is able to see Ch8 is able to watch the games in English.

Did NBTC paid already RS? If they did ok RS might have to refund a small percentage but if they didn't paid they should just back off, because RS might never get paid, after all this is Thailand. When I deal with companies in Thailand it is 100% advance payment or no deal.

The Bangkok slite has True or the money to buy an RS box.

I can't find a good definition for your word. Who is the Bangkok slite?

slite (uncountable)

1. (dialectal) The act or process of ripping up; rending; wear and tear.

I think he meant to say the Bangkok "elite", but it seems he didn't run a spelling and grammar check on it.

Come on guys, give poor old dinger a break.

For this reason, they’ve confiscated at least two automobiles

Among the cars that were confiscated, at least 50 of them were cars under finance, 51 of them were privately-owned cars, and 22 of them were still pending investigation.

Seems things don't add up at NNT.

Probably, they referred to the number of motorbikes that were confiscated instead of cars. If it were motorbikes, then the numbers would add up since the article mentioned that 123 motorbikes were confiscated (50 + 51 + 22) = 123 motorbikes.

The second sentence should say:

Among the motorbikes that were confiscated, at least 50 of them were under finance, 51 of them were privately-owned, and 22 of them were still pending investigation.

This is obviously one unchecked news item...

She was charging 20% interest which is above the rate specified by law. So if she was charging say 18% she would have been okay?

According to the law, the legal interest rate for personal loans in Thailand are supposed to be only 15% per annum. This is roughly only 1.25 percent interest per month. Therefore, anything beyond that is considered illegal.

Source: http://www.refworld.org/docid/52ab0f4b4.html

Just be careful so we don't end up with a Thaksin style of "war on drugs".

Not to worry, the NCPO would never repeat the same mistake as that fugitive criminal on-the-run. The real reason behind Thaksin's war on drugs was because his only son Oak Panthongtae had abused drugs back in college. Thaksin then started hating anybody who was found to be involved in drugs because it messed up his son's life.

Over 2,500 people have died from his war on drugs and more than half of the victims were innocent. Thaksin implicated anybody who were suspected to be involved with drugs without having sufficient evidence to convict them. I am sure that the NCPO's reasons are clearly different from those of Thaksin's.

I don't think it's possible to be more wrong.

Agreed. It was closer to 6,000 wasn't it? And Chalerm proudly announced he could produce more corpses on demand from the Boss

To be honest, I don't know the exact numbers. 6,000 seems a bit high for me. Here's the link to my claim on wikipedia though:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premiership_of_Thaksin_Shinawatra#cite_note-nation2007nov-43

"Of 2,500 deaths in the government's war on drugs in 2003, a fact-finding panel has found that more than half was not involved in drug at all. At a brainstorming session, a representative from the Office of Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) Tuesday disclosed that as many as 1,400 people were killed and labeled as drug suspects despite the fact that they had no link to drugs. ... Senior public prosecutor Kunlapon Ponlawan said it was not difficult to investigate extra-judicial killingscarried out by police officers as the trigger-pullers usually confessed."^[43][44]