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3 hours ago, Don Chance said:

The white plastic is not food grade. Even in Nepal they have PET refillable bottles.  I have even found worms swimming in the plastic jugs on the table that was filled with the big white 20l jugs.

If you smell the white plastic jug you will smell plastic. It is no brained not use these.

No idea what you are talking about. Taste of bottled water varies all over the world.

4 hours ago, hotchilli said:

They treated it with chemicals which sinks the oil... it doesn't get rid of it, it only hides it from view...

until it shows up somewhere else.

This was NOT a clean-up operation.

Correct. 40 years in the oil industry, and be assured there is little that can be done to meaningfully control an oil slick other than to allow it to disperse over time, and to clean up wherever it makes landfall.

13 hours ago, topt said:

I am struggling with why you bothered to post considering it's about Pattaya and not Chiang Mai and you said  

 

A lot of people In Pattaya, especially the operators and their workers, probably care quite a bit.......

Well said.

7 hours ago, big dendrobenaes said:

time to have the mutt put down !!!

Pathetic.

Is it beyond you to go in person to make an appointment ?

1 hour ago, Orinoco said:

Right on mate. ( so your skint then ) LOL.

You have failed to see the point, the point was.

if you meet the requirements to vist or to immigrate to the uk

you will get the benefits of the uk.

unlike Thailand does for us expats.

 

Just for the record, my wife and I shall be moving back to the uk when I get closer to pension age.

( growing old in Thailand , no thanks.

 

 

 

 

Growing old in the UK, no thanks. Care homes, disrespect, back of the queue in the NHS. 

It's called a come and go massage.

The way they are tryjng to stop this will do more damage than the slick itself. Spilled oil moves with the tides. I'm afraid the only thing that can be done is, in due course and over time, to clean up the beaches it pollutes. 

On 1/27/2022 at 3:53 PM, daveAustin said:

Have stated as such on innumerable occasions since the junta took up office. Some won’t see any difference, but in general it does look like it’s getting trickier and marriage would be the first port of call for change. If they are indeed doing a squeeze, do folk think it’s in favour of incoming long stay visas for the well heeled and Elite visas?

Yes.

Extensions based on marriage and income are the most complicated of the available options, while extensions based on retirement and 800k permanently on deposit are the most simple. Why did you want to switch from retirement to marriage ?

13 hours ago, Tropicalevo said:

Star Petroleum Refining have already stopped the leak and repaired the pipe.

They have commenced clean up.

As always PM, your 'orders' are reactive and not proactive.

The oil slick is the problem. It is heading east towards Samet and coastal beaches. 

If this does reach Samet in force the consequeces could be a disaster for all aspects of life on the island. Hopefully the slick will divert due to tidal movement. Not much can be done by the authorities to control the direction of the spill.

I simply cannot understand why you want to do this. Very strange. Don't change anything.

Dictatorship looms...

6 hours ago, giddyup said:

Never shed a tear for the loss of my parents or a close friend, but cried like a baby when I had to put down my dog of 15 years.  A  dog can get into your heart in a way people can't.

Well said.

Ban Bueng, again....

4 hours ago, ezzra said:

Drugs in Pattaya, i'll be dammed, what's the world is coming to?... I wonder what the police will do for fun when growing pot will be legalized soon...

'damned' even...

23 hours ago, jwest10 said:

So very sad indeed and yes RIP and normally it would be the other way around and accepted that loud music would be played at a wedding or special occasions and that would be no problem and a get together of a few friends.
There are also very many other instances of very annoying noises at all hours of the night  by bike riders but also and not just from the Soi dogs but so-called pets which are not properly trained and allowed to bark and bark  for a very long time and disturb a lot of peoples sleep and people do get very upset and most sleep at night and not during the day as these dangerous dogs do.
I do hear of people rattling their metal doors and also understandably occasionally  some swearing and yes even from the most mild mannered.
Sometimes, I really believe that they care more about any animal before any human beings and yes including their own family but yes of course the proper pet lovers look after their dogs and family too.
So cheap the price of  life but same as when one is owed a substantial amount of money and then you hear it was given as a gift but they drive top of the range cars and own loads of land.
 

Personally I care more about animals than I do about most human beings, Animals don't usually play loud music in public, in a foreign country, at 3 o'clock in the morning.

Hardly noticed the pandemic. We are fortunate to have a substantial place in Rayong to retreat to from Bangkok. Miss Bangkok night life though...

I thought plastic bags were banned in Thailand.

Recently went through this process via VFS/Thai Immigration with no hassle. Applied for new UK passport 9 months prior to current passport's expiry. The key is to apply personally, well in advance. You appear to have left things very late and to be using an agent, neither of which is a good idea for passport renewal. 

23 hours ago, ThomasThBKK said:

He knows damn well, he was supporting them when they took over.

Indeed he was.

Low life garbage. 10 years in jail minimum. That will never happen, of course.

Killing and eating animals is disgusting.