Classic Ray

Marry a Government employee like police or teacher and then all healthcare is virtually free at Government hospitals, 50 baht per visit and free medication.

No bank account to keep the money? Who keeps 200,000 baht in cash lying around, unless you can’t account for where it came from?

Why are the dogs not exercised on leads/leashes? They should not be just released to roam free where they can attack other dogs.

In many Western countries, pedestrians are king and have priority. In Thailand only the poor walk and are treated like crap, priority given according to size of vehicle.

I have a 10 yr old Avanza and a 5 yr old Hyundai H1, both of which have had only normal servicing and occasional batteries (cheap) because of the heat. I expect soon to replace the a/c compressor in the Avanza and just had one window regulator in the Hyundai. I, and I expect most motorists in Thailand, want our vehicles to carry on and have some value even after twenty years. With cheap spare parts and mechanics and no salt on the roads, this is possible with ICE cars. How many EVs will last this long and what total cost of ownership will they have over this time? Or are we suddenly just going to throw them away after 5 to 10 years?

Very convenient for kids meals like sausages and chips, chicken tenders etc. Microwave veg while it’s cooking. i also occasionally bake two loaves of bread in mine when i can be bothered to mix it all up. Bake two because one disappears almost immediately.

35 micrograms in 100 ml of breath equals 80 milligrams in 100 ml of blood. I expect they were quoting 58 micrograms.

Quite ironic that the popularity of cats (and dogs) as domestic pets was based in part on their ability to control rodent pest populations like rats and mice. Bringing home a few sparrows and lizards was just seen as bycatch. Somehow that is not now seen as a relevant reason to keep them, mad.

I just watched an old movie called “The Front” on YouTube starting Woody Allen, which dealt with the evil nonsense called McCarthyism that blighted the careers of many in the media industry in the 1950s for supposed Communist leanings. This debate on cancel culture exhibits many of the same traits.

So instead of saying normal service will be resumed, they have to say neurotypical service? Not very clear.

I was posted to London, needed a cheap car to get around and bought a £300 LHD Opel Kadett off the side of the road. Did many thousands of miles in it for about 5 years with only repairs being £150 of sill welding to get it through an MOT. Didn’t care about bumps and scratches, eventually passed it to a mate who ran it for a couple of years more. Most memorable deep toned horn, I loved it.

My local one in Bangkok charges only 100 baht for this service. Plus they do test brakes, steering, lights, emissions etc and take the results to the DLT when they renew the tax and reissue the compulsory insurance. Great service.

The government seem reluctant to take any effective action that would affect large business operations or use up tax revenues. This includes stopping crop burning, dealing with dirty vehicle exhausts especially trucks and buses, and industrial pollution from factories. Instead they concentrate on mitigating the effects of their inaction on the population instead of dealing with the causes. Meanwhile children (including mine) and particularly the old and infirm, suffer. I think it’s disgusting and keeps Thailand still regarded as a third world state.

Usually hazardous materials should be stored outside the main building in a chemical store to minimise the effects of any fire. Plus with the low cost of employing a night watchman/woman to conduct regular patrols I’m surprised this wasn’t discovered sooner. Icing on the cake, no fire insurance. Maybe no company would cover them with their unsafe working practices, or just saving money, look where that got them. Expected better from such a large company.

Comforting to know that the rescue/medic team are so untrained that they have to rely on a couple of schoolgirls to give proper treatment.

In spite of air purifiers the level in my house is still above WHO and Thai safe levels, and I have to send my kids to school where they suffer unpurified air. I see just as many diesel pickups, buses and trucks as always emitting black smoke particles. When will the Government actually get off their ar*ses and actually do something about this solvable problem? Start with local crop burning, polluting vehicles and polluting industries, then move on to international discussions. What’s the point of a Government if they don’t actually protect their children’s health?

It’s all about the money. The PEA would lose revenue, the officials in both countries would lose commissions from the call centre and casino operators, and the cross border smuggling of goods and people.

Has the forthcoming release of five Thai hostages by Hamas been reported in Thai media? Surprised to see nothing mentioned in ASEAN NOW about this joyous event.

The police should seize the necklace from the shop that bought it, as it is stolen property. The gold shop will have to sue the thief to get restitution, the woman should get her necklace back. But TIT.

The problem comes with incompatible tokens/fare collection systems between BTS and the other operators. Plus it would necessitate revenue disclosure when apportioning the shares of the revenue generated by travel across different operators. MRT never been keen on that. Someone closer may be able to update us about that.

The more I hear about monk’s behaviour here, the less I like them. Vow of poverty but rich enough to drive a car at 12.30am, clearly been out partying not looking for non-existent son. No mention of whether his car was actually examined and why he was only interviewed for five minutes. As a religious man, why didn’t he stop at the collision scene to help whether he was involved or not? Still people treat them like gods, feed them, donate to their temples. I just don’t understand it.

It’s the waste that upsets me. Burning the sugar cane to ease manual harvesting means lower prices for the sugar cane. If they harvested it mechanically, the increased cost would be compensated by higher prices. Stubble is actually a good compostable material as someone pointed out earlier. Again mechanised harvesting is better, takes investment by CP or cooperatives to enable it, but cuts down fertiliser cost and improves soil condition. These methods were adopted by lots of Western farmers, known for their thriftiness, which stopped the burning. I just can’t see why the Government and farmers just don’t understand. If Thais started doing it, surrounding countries would soon latch on.

Rubbish. Armed response to reports of firearm use is always swift in the UK. Response to anything here usually slow.

The road carnage here mostly victimises motorcyclists, who have no protection of a steel cage and seatbelts/airbags. Proportion of motorcyclists in most Western countries much smaller. Cars here also much more expensive, and wages lower. Until most road users are car drivers, the situation will be unchanged.

What some people don’t realise is the ability for high voltage current to “jump” the air gap (like in a spark plug but over a greater distance) to kill you without you ever touching the wire. Proper training, proper separation of HV cables from buildings and safety precautions avoid this but TIT.