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George FmplesdaCosteedback
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Terribly sad.
Loose hanging wires are everywhere on every street.
I hope someone sets up a "go fund me" for her dependents.
It would be a worthy cause for once, not pet care for the rich etc.
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The seagulls follow the legend that is Eric.
Thank you for being polite, and you got the reward.
Not only Man United fans should appreciate what he contributed to Football, a majestic few years with only the very best in his class of great players.
And a nice guy too (if not excessively provoked).
Well done Prinya , respect for those with true talent has paid off.
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Sensationalist reports are everywhere in all the media and SM these days.
Central Pattaya, "Walking Street" is a den of vice, anyone that tries to defend that has a serious case of denial.
Many retirees have properties in the suburbs and have no or little contact with the sex trade.
Tourists know well enough where they are going. If it is a beach holiday they crave Pattaya is not the venue to book. Pattaya city downtown is not a family destination.
If they want night life and all that goes with it, plus a sun tan and a companion Pattaya is a likely destination.
What adults do behind closed doors shouldn't be a problem unless it is against the law of the land.
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57 minutes ago, nontabury said:So everything must be sacrificed for the financial services, I don’t think so.
As I’m sure you’ll agree Sandy, the UK now manufactured very little. An example, you used to live not far from Mexbrough, in Sth Yorks, a town which until about 25 yrs ago had a Hotpoint factory employing hundreds of your fellow British citizens. Unfortunately that factory has now closed.
Forward to last Saturday, I went to the local Currys store to purchase a washer/ dryer. To discover, Unfortunately that all these machines from all the different manufactures are now manufactured on the continent. This is after the British funded E.U. gave incentives to these manufacture to reallocate to the east.
If this was’t bad enough, this also applied to many different industries.
So what would happen, if the UK were to Brexit without an agreement. Presumable we would revert to W.T.O trading, would this not be a good thing?
well it certainly could be for the thousands of British workers who would hopefully start to be employed in U.K factories, as it would then be more profitable for these industries to manufacture in the U.K with a population of 67-75 million customers.
Just a point, all the finance industry needs a kick up the arse, if some lose their jobs it is time these incompetent bloodsuckers got a problem.
The industry doesn't want to go to the EU, too much politics with US and world trading involved.
PS. The House of Lords is a worse joke now than it has been for hundreds of years thanks to Tony Blair and Nick Clegg filling it with their useless numbskulls.
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11 minutes ago, nontabury said:What U.K manufacturing?
As for the Irish Republic, if there is no agreement, their beef industry, will be very badly damaged, probably resulting in bankruptcy, along with their economy, that relies so much on the U.K market.
I would however contend that there is a considerable manufacturing industry in the UK still. We constructed more cars last year than ever before, even if the companies are not UK owned, for instance.
The boarder problem is not insurmountable, there are viable options.
The EU needs to trade with the UK, they cannot afford to lose the money we contribute plus the trade excess gap they enjoy.
We have been milked enough by the EU dictators.
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17 hours ago, The Deerhunter said:
You are saying that auto gearboxes are now standard in most Thai trucks? That really surprises me a lot. I will.have to follow that up. Of course the pic shows the truck that stopped the pile-up, not the one that started it.
Maybe badly explained, sorry, but the OP states: The driver - Manot Suaylam, 29 - said his truck carrying frozen chicken suffered brake failure before plowing into vehicles waiting at some lights in Nakorn Pathom on March 20th.
My point, as I think you understand, is that the drivers have no training or basic understanding of how to control a vehicle (auto or manual).
Plus there is little effort to ensure vehicles are fit for purpose and drivers are not regularly and randomly tested for drug/alcohol or restricted from excessive hours behind the wheel.
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15 hours ago, The Deerhunter said:
Yes the vehicle needs to be impounded and tested by a certified trustworthy mechanic, (if such a person can be found.) Everyone must be well sick of this lame excuse now. Of course it could be caused by unmaintained brakes with worn out pads/linings etc; then railroad the owner!!! Note that according to a resident of Patong (Phuket) most of the brake failures on the notorious Patong hill are now out-of-town trucks/busses whose brakes do not hold when they leave it too late to change down and stall on the hill. Locals have apparently mostly learned to maintain brakes & change down early. Learning to double declutch might still be essential for anyone driving an older vehicle because those who cant are often too scared to change down.
Unless this truck was very old it would have an auto box.
It is down to the lack of driving knowledge, stay on the brake until it fails is all they know.
No hope: the carnage will continue unabated.
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On 12/12/2017 at 8:34 PM, Riojasue said:Oh so pleased this thread has new messages. I didn’t actually add anything at the time - wasn’t sure a middle aged Farang woman would be able to add anything. But I have really felt for all of you who’ve had a bad time and many of your stories have really helped me to understand the Thai psyche. I’ve got a really lovely Thai son in law but sometimes it’s hard to understand what’s happening in the thought process and your experiences have helped enormously. Wishing you all the best and please keep us updated with how things are going where you are. Regards. Sue
Sent from my iPhone using Thaivisa ConnectReading the post I guess your daughter married a Thai man.
Maybe you can pass on some info on how the relationship started and progressed to marriage from a female perspective?
TV members can then make a comparison that you might find interesting in the PC equality era.
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13 hours ago, Grouse said:And see how nasty we have become.
It embarrasses me ?
You should not be embarrassed at all.
Have a look at the number of immigrants to the UK since the end of WWII.
The land mass of the UK is small, and the vast majority of that immigration has been successful up to a point.
It is the EU open boarders policy has destroyed the balance.
Many immigrants from the 50s-60s are not happy to see a mass influx of more muslims and now east Europeans jamming up the health service and housing etc etc.
Integration is the problem that persists.
Respect for the culture of the country you have moved to is the key, then the locals will accept you much more easily.
It was a Labour government that agreed to the short term deal before the ex-Warsaw Pact countries had the right to migrate to the UK, and the Windrush cards were destroyed.
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3 hours ago, EyeOfRa said:
One taxi, one driver, now bearing the wrath of thousands of foreigners living cheaply in Thailand with pent-up taxi rage.
One smug American digital nomad sitting back in his Bangkok apartment checking the hit count on his Youtube channel and Facebook page.
Nail on the head! A bit like the "my mate Nate" idiot.
I have little sympathy for either of them, as I said earlier.
Taxi driver was wrong though, and he took advantage rather than get another cab.
More clicks = more money.
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19 hours ago, greenchair said:
Just how many of those tourists come to thailand for sex. Sex and the seedier is the biggest tourist drawcard. Fake products were a huge tourist draw,I remember the saying "buy a suitcase there, fill it up with brand names" so cheap. Thousands of tourists flock to the drug infested full moon party every year. All those retirees come here for the women, "sex pats " comes to mind. As the Thais are finding out, large quantities of Chinese families, does not equate to large quantities of revenue. They can buy everything cheaper in China. They spend little, but put a huge burden on the infrastructure. People that make money on the blackmarket and live on the fringes of the blackmarket, spend spend spend. If you have visited even 1 bar with girls selling themselves, or bought 1 item that is fake or taken 1 viagra that is generic, then you would be one of millions contributing to blackmarket. You should be deported bad guy out .
You had me in hysterical laughter.
How long have you been in Thailand?
Yes you know what happens from newspaper reports and sensational TV programmes.
I said genuine tourists, oh holier than thou greenchair...
Presumption breeds contempt.
The economy is not based on knock-offs and prostitution.
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This kid falls into the "do you know who I am" category for 'internet star' farangs.
Was there only one taxi?
For someone that speaks Thai he seems pretty dumb.
I have little sympathy for either of them.
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On 4/17/2018 at 10:58 AM, wgdanson said:
And that is why the NHS is BROKE.
Yes it is one, but there are several other reasons.
Simple stuff, like the owners and managers of the buildings charge way too much for maintenance.
A friend of mine was a computer manager at an NHS hospital. He wanted a coat peg on his office door and bought one for £2 from a DIY store and was going to fit it himself. He was stopped and the maintenance crew were instructed to do the job. His department was billed for £250.
Just the bottom of the pile. The whole system is corrupt.
It is so sacred nobody can do anything about it.
Remind you of anywhere else?
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17 hours ago, greenchair said:
Thailand got so strictly normal these days.
At the end of the day, it is the blackmarket that has driven the Thai economy since always. It is a multi trillion dollar industry. Time will tell if thai economy can flourish without it. I'm not optimistic that it can.
"At the end of the day, it is the black market that has driven the Thai economy since always."
And rice, genuine tourism contributes nothing?
Most of the knock-offs come from China.
Good guys in, bad guys out is something other countries should do, like not selling off the land and companies to foreigners.
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10 hours ago, colinneil said:
Even the lowly council road sweeper gets paid more than 7 pounds per hour.
So as previously stated porkies are being told by someone.
If he is getting such a low amount he is part time, and eligible for several benefits to top up his wages.
Gig economy? Zero hours contracts?
Taxi App firms, delivery firms etc etc
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22 hours ago, partington said:
It is about time you provided some evidence for your claims. The two year period you refer to does not exist, and the word "immediately" in the above quote is unambiguous.
I won't contribute any further to this except to say I find your attitude utterly baffling.
Clearly you have managed to avoid any dealings with UK authority and know little about it other than quoting stuff from Google...
The "immediately" is qualified by the stipulation the residency test can be used if deemed necessary (reports I have seen say that over two years away is the recommended starting point).
As I said, I hope it all works out easily for him, but he should be well prepared just in case, after 22 years away.
What is so "baffling" about that?
MY last reply to you too.
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23 hours ago, ezzra said:
everybody liked Thaksin Shinawatra
You missed the 2,500 dead and others missing.
Apart from the quote the rest I agree with
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Depends where you are.
Some cities have different dates, so those tourists that have not had enough can spend more money in their province.
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4 hours ago, altcar bob said:
Just where does it say 'two years'? Its all a bloody load of rubbish anyway,some crap over the years,arrested at airport for not informing, fight for pension its in there somewhere crap1 crap crap..and more crap from you If this guy is ex forces they get priority housing
I don't know the guy. He wants to buy a property, so that is not a problem.
I have read several reports that say the current "away time" to apply the test is only 2 years, and the information people have provided only states that the test might be required in certain circumstances (like his being away for 22 years and no family in the UK etc).
I hope he has the documentation they could ask for if they do ask questions, so forewarned is better than a surprise. Better to sort it out as quickly as possible if the need arises.
The authorities will be as skeptical as I am, why go to live in Lancaster after 22 years in Thailand?
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19 hours ago, MrJohnson said:
Plenty of laws. No enforcement.
Well, selective enforcement anyway...
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21 hours ago, partington said:
More for other people's reassurance than to convince you, as you are evidently one of those people who are unable to acknowledge an error, this is the third independent written account of the rules for NHS eligibility and returning from abroad that shows your beliefs are incorrect.
It is from Age Uk , the UK's largest charity organisation focused on helping older people. A large part of their work involves giving advice, and this is from their factsheet on returning from abroad, updated in December 2017, that is four months ago. It is in full agreement with the official UK government and official NHS websites quoted separately before which you also choose not to believe.
https://www.ageuk.org.uk/globalassets/age-uk/documents/factsheets/fs25_returning_from_abroad_fcs.pdf
5 Doctors, dentists and hospital treatment
The UK has a residency based healthcare system. This means provision of NHS treatment is based on being ‘ordinarily resident’ in the UK, not on your nationality, payment of UK taxes or national insurance contributions, owning a property, being registered with a GP or having an NHS number.
A British citizen who resumes settled residence in the UK is immediately entitled to free NHS care [my emphasis].
Yes already read that thanks.
The trouble is he will still be subject to the test (if you read the relevant clauses).
The current time period for applying the test for returnees is having been away for only 2 years. Although that isn't mentioned, and doesn't seem to have any mandatory time period, it is the starting point they use so after 22 years they might want to ask a few questions.
Being otherwise self supporting he should pass after handing over financial details, family ties etc, etc.
I hope he is accepted, but they often do not make the process easy.
I'm just warning that he might not find things straightforward as you insist they are.
Better to be prepared, than listen to barrack room B/S.
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On 4/10/2018 at 11:20 PM, Mooner said:
The Thai beer scene is changing slowly. Cheers have done riceberry, orange and strawberry beer lately.
Beer Lao has entered 7 11. Asahai white is also in 7 abeit expensive.
The new Snowy beer by Singha is similar to Hoegarden.
Support the new options then things may change
Yuck!
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7 minutes ago, partington said:If you are not ordinarily resident in the UK, you are considered to be an overseas visitor and may be charged for NHS hospital services."
This link is either out of date or missing recent relevant regulation amendments or the small print.
Quote: "ordinarily resident in the UK" is the key to this.
If you have not resided in the UK (or EU) for over 2 years (the part missed): "you are considered to be an overseas visitor and may be charged for NHS hospital services."
I believe the chap returning after 22 years with no family, residence, or even a library card he might not get the welcome he is expecting from the NHS unfortunately.
Good luck to him.
Anyway, I would be delighted if you are correct.(I could PM you with an experience I had after returning to the UK after 4 years away.)
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All this carnage and just a 1,000 baht fine after ten injuries following "brake failure".
in Thailand News
Posted · Edited by George FmplesdaCosteedback
A good friend of mine was killed on that hill and I have ridden and driven it hundreds of times.
It requires driving skill, something seriously lacking in this country.
My friend died as he was forced off the road and over the cliff by a vehicle on the wrong side overtaking. His choice was a head on collision or the cliff.
If the vehicles are fit to be on the road, then the problem is with the driver.