Dene16

Your post count indicates you have been here awhile but your thoughts imply that you are completely new to the experience of Thai politics and culture? Why do you believe 250 pro junta senators will vote for a candidate from the opposition? knowing that their man Prawit will be knocking on the door with 250 votes already in the bag when no one else is able to get the required votes. The question is, will the remaining MP's vote for Prawit in order to get the country running again, rather than let it stagnate. Prawit may not be in the equation yet but I'm sure he's just waiting and biding his time.

Not if the commission has anything to do with it. Looking more and more likely they are going to ban him from politics for 10 years just like they did the previous Move Forward leader I find it hard to believe Pita could of been so naïve as to of fallen foul of the same thing (holding shares in a media company) Only needs 50% of any commission to be pro Junta and he will be out 198 senators abstained from voting which was as good as a vote against, in order to keep some credibility with the Thai populace. Fact is they have shown that they have less credibility than the MP's who actually voted against, at least they showed who they were prepared to support.

You have hit the nail on the head. There is probably very little, in any pre-existing conditions, that cannot be used as a contributing factor(however small) of a heart attack or stroke and thus a refusal to pay out. Health Insurance over 60, in itself, is a gamble on whether they will pay out or not However the actual costs if treated in a government hospital are quite affordable, I have been led to believe from previous posts. If it's cancer then maybe it's better to except your fate as you are unlikely to be remaining on the planet much longer with or without treatment

As someone has already stated i also have visited these clinics (2 different clinics) once to be stitched up for a cut on my finger and another time had my blood sugar level checked as others were having it done. I was not charged on either occasion. I offered payment but it was refused. i doubt any Thai is going to be turned away

we will have to agree to differ. of course its a cost to taxpayers we pay into the foreign aid budget which is covered by the tax payer. The UK reduced that payment because of the increased costs due to our present circumstances. It is still a cost to the taxpayer. It is only now that you state that there is no extra cost to the taxpayer. Maybe I am being pedantic? However those costs or payments the UK government has held back are only acceptable for the first 12 months after which the UK will then have to bear the costs. once asylum has been granted we will have to bear the cost. Most will have to take unskilled jobs unable to provide enough income for housing etc and will require extra welfare payments at best So in answer to your statement(if it makes you happy) there is no immediate cost to the taxpayer but we will have to bear the future costs for many many yeas to come. So if your statement simply implies there is no extra cost to the taxpayer then you are wrong. i am sorry you will need to humour me as i have no idea what relevance this holds. I have already stated I was encompassing the welfare state and the migrants affects on our society/country as a whole. For some reason you seem to have a fixation about the cost of unemployment and now comparing it to the cost of retirees. So your simple statistics are wasted on me. whilst I have no interest in googling irrelevant information I don't care if the budget for retirees was 10x the amount you state, they have been paying their NI for the last 30+ years and most still paying tax on their work pensions which is probably not taken into account I thought we were talking about migrants and immigrants in the UK in a slight tongue and cheek response albeit true( I was anyway), however you seem to need to put the world to rights while implying that people that read the sun and daily mail are idiots Don't worry there is always one

Thank you for letting google explain that you are talking a load of tosh, who do you think pays for the foreign aid budget (Father Christmas)we have been sending less due to the 3.5 billion we now have had to spend in the UK https://news.sky.com/story/uk-overseas-aid-response-to-floods-and-drought-very-limited-due-to-spending-at-home-commission-says-12844413#:~:text=The UK's foreign,of hotel accommodation When i talk about the UK welfare state i encompass everything, why are immigrants encamped on French shores waiting for an opportunity to get to the UK (at any cost) 9.5 million people in the UK were born outside of its shores, that alone is an astonishing amount London houses 259k polish citizens alone. that's not to say that they (poles) take out more than they put into the system but it is the affect on our hospitals, schools etc that cannot cope. Polish being the first language in some schools in my mothers area Asylum applications is back to it all time high at 70k + per year. The sharp increase in crossings and the pandemic has led to approximately 37,000 destitute migrants and those on resettlement schemes being accommodated in hotels, costing the taxpayer £4.7 million every day. (From our own government website) https://homeofficemedia.blog.gov.uk/2022/04/14/factsheet-cost-of-asylum-system/#:~:text=The sharp increase in crossings,to be in the UK. Once asylum is given stats show that 20% of that total will claim welfare payments, 3 times the average of normal residents. They can then also call family members to join them. I grew up in the 70's in a migrant area where fathers and mothers would make the transition to the UK. once residence was secured they would send for their children who were working happily in the country they had left. I don't hold it against them as i would do the same I could quote stats(not fiction) till the cows come home I don't believe anything a newspaper reports regardless of its name. but i am not a do-gooder who wants to look at the humane aspect of everything I try not read stupid conspiracy theories if that is what you are reading In your own quote google is your friend

Its jam packed full of foreigner's bleeding our welfare state dry

Thank you for emphasising the fact you have never lived in a village environment as your comments seem to imply As you feel it is important to highlight parts of the report i will do the same, They had a dog named Big, which freely roamed around the front of the house. The dog's owner, who is also a relative and lives across the street. I have lived in a village for approx 8 years, i see, every day without fail, adults throwing stones, sticks, you name it at dogs to get them off their property to stop them killing chicks, stealing food etc I go to great lengths to make sure they know and like me so I don't get bitten however it does not help me once I am out of my localised area. Apologises for not explaining that only at night they get together with the other dogs and turn into vicious pack animals. During the day they will most often stay solitary. Unfortunately no adult is going to educate a 5 year old child on how to treat a dog as they have no idea themselves, but he can see, how they do treat them. In my eyes that does not put the child (who will naturally copy his peers)at fault but the people around him In twenty years i have never found a dog that knows how to play in Thailand. throw a stick a ball etc they all believe they are going to be hit. If and i must empathise IF the dog has not attacked a child before, baring in mind, he roams freely. Any child walking past him is now in great danger of being mauled should he get irritated The dog needs to be put down regardless of whether the boy was at fault or not You seem to be devoid of all logic in this matter

BA have been doing this for years(on all flights) used to pee me off as you would start the booking and then at the end would say would you like luggage which would add £75+ onto the cost(now states hand luggage only). No longer a problem now as they do not fly to Thailand there was another airline that did it but can't remember who as i never ever used them. I did read, but it has yet to happen that eventually all airlines will operate this way but that was pre covid. Good old EVA Air (by far the best)offers 2 checked bags at 23KG on economy

I have already stated that your comment/quote was correct. where you live has everything to do with it as your statement implies that the problem lies solely with the young boy. I doubt there is a village in Thailand where it is possible to walk the street in the dark hours of the night without being attacked by a pack of dogs how many times do we hear in a year where children have been scared for life and ultimately lost their life If you lived in a village your perception or opinion of the events would be completely different Why would you quote this fact unless you are of the opinion that its the boys fault? I guess you think he got what he deserved being all of 5 years old?

you obviously don't live in a village. Whilst i don't disagree with your comment, these are vile and nasty creatures through no fault of their own but due to their owners bad neglect and treatment. Very loving and normal dogs one minute and a dangerous ravaged dog the next. I've seen/known them kill chickens, cats, calves here in the village and no one does a thing. the bottom line is they are a danger to all children Dogs know that its a child and could just walk away but they are left to roam and have a pack mentality to inflict as much pain as possible. I am a dog lover but regrettably still think that all soi and uncontrolled dogs here need to be put down

the dog should be euthanised and the owner fined and not be allowed to own another dog. continuing to harbour a known dangerous dog should incur a prison sentence. (The dog had already bitten on numerous other occasions)

have not done a yearly extension since covid caused it to run out but in the 8 previous years of doing extensions i was never asked for a rental contract to be seen and to my knowledge was never required

In the UK we are practically there. Only one, max 2 (out of 10) of the self service tills, in supermarkets and will except cash payments. Rarely are drinks brought in a pub with cash it's only a matter of time Even in Thailand, all of the youngsters and growing number of adults are using their phone to make payments or get cash from ATM's. It's supposed to be quicker and easier but every time i seem to go to the ATM there is always someone using their phone who only decides to open their phone at the last minute then signing into the app and taking twice as long as normal. Then doing it all again when they do another transaction for auntie, uncle or send money etc. More convenient yes, quicker no until it becomes second nature for everyone

Thanks???? just made me waste an hour of my life looking into the difference between the 2 sodium and potassium(Difelene). I didn't realise you were talking about the tablet form as apposed to the gel. However, without getting too much into the science of it all it does seem that there is differences. The main differences between the gels/tablets is that Diethylammonium, whilst basically the same, has been found to absorb into the skin at a far greater rate and is more protective of people with high blood pressure.

This may surprise you but Diifelene is just a trade name for Diclofenac ?

late last year had an extreme attack of gout. brother told me to get Voltaren (took for one week) which had no effect whatsoever. went to a gout clinic where i was told that it would have no effect on my symptoms as Voltaren is very basic Had an injection which had a minimal effect before getting even worse upon which i then went to the hospital as the pain had become truly unbearable and could hardly walk. was given colchicine, Allopurinol and diclofenac in a liquid spray bottle(can be brought as a gel off the shelf) in any pharmacy. The spray is expensive by comparison If you google diclofenac it can be dodgy if taken in tablet form over too long a period (which is why the doctor would not give me the tablets) but when used as a gel or liquid on the affected area the dangers are minimised a hundred fold. In other words there is little to no danger when used in this manner.

I cannot say this is not true in Australia but the notion of a common law wife is a fallacy and not recognised in UK law. I know this to be true as a previous partner tried to grab a share of my house. i was already aware of this fact ,however, the lawyer told her that unless her name was on specific utility bills, council tax bills, mortgage statements that proved that she had contributed to the house she would be entitled to nothing. We even had a child together. The house was mine previously and she provided nothing to the house and its upkeep. when i pulled her up about it she claimed her parents forced her to go to see a lawyer.

According to the guys in Thaiwatsadu, everyone in the village, and the guy that did it, that is absolutely normal practice, I appreciate your logical reasoning and I questioned this myself but the guy doing it said it was not necessary, That does not change the fact that having a pipe all the way down is by far the better option as it was also stated that if you choose to have a submersible pump they can sometimes be difficult to remove, The only reason i can see, if that would be an issue, is if debris was obstructing retrieving the pump

yes only 1 PVC pipe was used. This is normal practice as it is only used as it goes through the top soil/earth( i presume) after which you will hit rock and does not need any piping. It comes up looking like scalpings. I believe they only go deeper so that you have less chance of running out of water in particularly dry seasons as the water level drops obviously. Yes you did read correctly 12x3 36 metres. they hit water before that, obviously, but I have no idea at what depth

Just had a well drilled in Surin they turned up with 12 x 3 metre rods ( used all of them) so I guess this is quite normal. We brought the 5 or 6 inch pipe ourselves which is approx. 4 metres long (only about 1000baht if I remember correctly) The cost to drill the well was 4000baht GF's friend was having it done and stated it was a very good price so if we wanted one, get it done now We needed water to build a house on the land, have yet to place a pump onto it as decided that the contractors can bring their own pump to use, rather then destroy ours over the next 10 months

Point taken, apologises ☺️

You are obviously the epitome of goodness and never been arrested. Police are not there to babysit everyone brought into custody which is why shoe laces, belts etc are removed so that people can not harm themselves, custodians are checked on, maybe on an hourly basis. He was placed into a detention cell to calm down according to reports indicating that he had already upset a few people Bad things can happen in the spur of the moment when you upset people, both in custody or not in custody, especially in Thailand.

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, I guess it depends on who's on duty as i had to pay the 500 baht fine.