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I am the King of the Castle so why should I talk to the Serfs.

It seems to me that this particular King of the Castle is not as comfortable as he would wish to be if he is worried about lifting Marshal law. All those televised addresses for Happy Thailand may not be working too well after all?

And democracy will never come about without discussion with other people and parties.

Oi !

I'm coming back and certainly do not intend to do any inane posts - Well.... not while I am sober anyway

Though having lived there for several years you might exempt me, Swissie, your honour

Yes, good to hear of excellent service.

Cannot go far wrong with COD especially if you can return it if faulty / not up to standard.

Two scenarios.

Usually in a restaurant it is no problem as the change is left on a small platter or inside a wallet.

Almost everywhere else they give or try to give change to the woman I am with unless she is standing some short distance away. Rarely do they offer it to me first.

As CharlieH says... ATMs only give, they do not receive

Besides, what is yours is hers and what is hers is hers too

When in Thailand about 2K per week but I do the cooking. Chicken, sausages, bacon, eggs, bolognaise, potatoes, home made burgers, fish. Most food acquired at Macro. The veggies all come from the market every other day.

When out and about eating meal seems to average 300 Baht or so. Gammon steaks especially.

I do love sticky rice though especially with sweet chilli sauce with crispy fried chicken or pork.

Food courts too at 50 - 60 Baht when I am out at Tesco / BigC or similar.

Thai style BBQ all you can eat are great at times too. 80 - 100 Baht

IE does not work for me.

But I got the gist of what little I could read.

Torture by boiling water seems to be the basic allegation.

If someone has a better link other than IE - which I do not use for security purposes, I like to read it all

My wife and I hold hands and are touchy..I think it's called affection. We don't kiss in public but that's just a personal choice.

We aren't overt in the way we touch and I think is healthy for married couples to show affection and love

The kissing bit.

I was always told - strictly no kissing in public - by all my Thai women. Not a problem at all for me.

A few have been reluctant with a hug at the airport too - departing or arriving.

Yet all would hold my hand and if I took my hand away it would be seen as some form or rebuke or a sign of me being in a bad mood.

But, yes it is a sign of affection. Like being in that comfort zone, warm and cozy

I too, along with many others wish to see some form of independent examination of the 'facts' in this case.

It is my hope that someone or some organisation like the one mentioned in the OP can get something done to prove things one way or another.

If these arrested men are guilty, so be it. If they are innocent I would hate to be in their shoes.

I have to admit, I agree with break the lease & lose the deposit. The landlord (or agents) must now find a new tenant and as already said that deposit is a buffer against breaking the lease as well as possible damage and utility bills.

The rules in Thailand are different to those in France itself.

It seems pointless chasing the deposit too.

Seems to me to be a case of live and learn.

There has been nothing on the Uk news today about these arrests, but then again another Uk hostage has just been beheaded by Islamic state so that was wall to wall covarage.

Daily Mail, Daily Mirror amongst others including the BBC have covered this today. The Mail went overboard with pictures. So where you get that from I do not know.

What a cheapskate. Should have been 700K each

If you had a GF she could get the food for you while you sit and wait.

That's the way I usually do it.

I get the water and cutlery and grab a table while she gets the food. Simple really.

It'll be a party bag of painkillers and anti-inflammatories. That's the usual cure for everything around here.

You forgot the obligatory antibiotics

When I read about the condom (yesterday in the Daily Mail) and it said her DNA was on the outside of the condom, Icannot help but wonder why no mention of whose DNA is on the inside?

Does a rapist carry a condom?

More to the point, do Burmese workers carry condoms around with them?

Seems very fishy that no mention was made of the DNA inside the condom.

Really? A Burmese?

From my understanding, what goes around comes around. No sympathy for the man.

Yes, yet again it has to be anyone but a Thai.

I'd be very worried if I was a migrant worker on Koh Tao.

Pitiful.

Will they arrest the dead victims for allowing themselves to be killed? Seem one of the very few options the RTP really have unless they have beaten some more witness into giving information.

Chipped and tattooed like a dog. Not even a pedigree one in their eyes.

Did you never stop to ogle an E-type jag or a Ferrari on someones drive when you had never seen one before? Would you expect to be called creepy or to be casing the joint simply for looking at such a beautiful machine?

David, thank you for bringing this subject up.

My problem is that in the past I used to speak to myself a lot, about everything and anything

Nowadays, I don't even dare to say a word to myself, being afraid that I will be accused of being a troll.

Everything I say, everything I write, somebody will come up and tell me I'm trolling.

I've missed my conversations with myself in the past.

Do you think there is any chance to be my old self?

PS. Am I trolling now?

Because you are not from Holland and speaking double dutch it may well be all Greek to some

Better edit this to say I have nothing whatsoever against the Dutch