richard_smith237

IF they were originally planning to move the deceased lady into a business class seat out of the way and struggled to get her there instead placing her in an Economy Seat... ... the very least they (cabin crew) could have done was relocate the 'other' nearby passengers to business class so they don't have to sit nest to a dead body...

Or Beckton Sewage Treatment Works.....

Why would that be a joke... My 6 year old (at the time).... Loved walking / running through Kensington Gardens... Its great for them to be outside in an environment where they are not perpetual over-heated and sweating.... (there is also a play pirate ship which they'd enjoy).... ... And the street performers.... in both Covent Garden and Leicester Square simply captivate the kids... from the jugglers, the magicians, mime artists, living statues, clowns, one man bands, singers... the list goes on.. kids love it.

One idea.... Is he into Football ??? A stadium Visit ??? (even a game if it times out) ???

Presumptuous fool, if only you had read the entire article before embarrassing yourself with your foolish speculation. If only. Oh... you're at it too.... So... What exactly happened... ???? How was the Grab Rider 'touched' there is no clear informatoin. AGAIN - I'm not defending the Iranian... but I am suggesting the 'pile-on' of some who seems to be bigots and want an Iranian hung consider other possibilities.... I have highlighed how a Thai friend of mine has been 'banned for 3 months from riding grab' after a female rider reported that she was 'touched inappropriately'.... when he held on to her shoulder while getting on and off the bike.... something I have done and perhaps many of us have.... So... before you play your 'presumptuous fool' virtue signalling card along with the other halfwits, consider pocketing your 'dumb presumptions' and consider real world possibilities... At least wait for the CCTV before condemning..... Given what happened to my friend, I am certainly cynical about this.... I think rightly so. BUT... IF the Iranian guy did in fact 'sexually assault and grope' this lady, then of course, I would hope he receives the full punishment of the law.... except, in none of the reports has the words 'sexual attack or sexual assault' been used.... So... read the article - What words were used exactly ????..... now careful there both of you, it gets slippery on that soapbox, especially when the lofty heights of sanctimonious judgement cloud intelligent evaluation of whats been reported. Again - just to reassure you - IF he did try and sexually assault and grope here, then yes, throw the book at him !!!....

hmmmm.... Perhaps take him to Soi 6 and teach him to prop up a bar all day long... Seriously though, my Son loved the Transport Museum, Natural History Museum and playing in Kensington Gardens... *he was about 6 at the time.... we're probably due a return visit. Also good.... though I think Kensington Gardens next to Hyde Park is better (and has a good kids play area etc)... Covent Gardens and Leicester Square are great for the street performers that will surely capture and childs interest.

Natural History Museum – Primary choice (excellent, but gets busy) Science Museum – Excellent Choice (less buys than NHM – very interesting). Victoria & Albert Museum – Depends if he’s interested in art (most kids would find it boring) Theatre – The Lion King – All kids love it. Street Performers in Covent Garden, Leicester Square. London Transport Museum – my son seems to love it there. Ice Cream (yes – its on the list) Venchi Gelato – Voted best Icecream in Europe (worth a visit and nearby the museums above). https://maps.app.goo.gl/bzAVNEF5vLNZaNUaA Walk Through Kensington Gardens – pleasant and just takes you away from the hustle and bustle Camden Town – Gets busy (maybe your son is too young) but some astonishing people watching. The Tate Modern – IF Art is his / your think (interesting displays)… St Pauls Cathedral Across the river from the Tate (across the Millennium Bridge) Palace of WestMinster and Big Ben – (if interested – just to see it) Buckingham Palace (good for a drive by in a Taxi) Things to Avoid IMO: The London Eye – Rip off, long queues, boring (*get a window seat flying into London and out – excellent views, especially in good weather and landing from the east) Madame Tussauds – Rubbish waxworks, busy and waste of money. London Dungeon – Poor displays, busy and waste of money.

Same here... there are not many car's where the Seat is not 100% back. I think the Volvo XC-90 I wasn't 100% slid back.... ... the other issue is then seating position as we are kind of 'reaching' for the wheel, which makes for a somewhat of an awkward position... some cars are designed for taller people, others are not. I do wonder if the Chinese and Asian manufacturers in general are designed for an 'average' shorter person...

I don't... I've been in them !!!.... I'm make the same comment about NETA's too !!! In fact, if I get a NETA as a BOLT or GRAB, I cancel it !!!... I just don't rate them at all, not even in the slightest much to KhunLA's sphinctal clenching... I'm negatively bias against MG's... I admit that... Its not an Anti-Chinese thing.... as I really want the new Xiaomi when it comes here.... Its an anti-MG thing, I just think they are cheap rubbish, but for some, I can see how they offer value for money.... I'd rather have a BYD. All personal tastes of course.

You'd save yourself a little effort and time if you were so neurodivergent literal... Its obvious what he meant... I'd also like to believe you are cleaver enough to know that without being pedantic for the sake of it, LL.... there's no need to 'let yourself down like that'...

Your 'urgency' to climb on that virtue signalling soap box without fully reading the comments has made you look rather a dim silly numpty...

I direct correlation between atmospheric CO2 and Global Temperatures has been proven. The relationship 'could' be more complex than just atmospheric CO2, or it could be 'just down to CO2..... ... nevertheless the evidence is damning..... Accepting it an living with it is a little weak. But we cannot life without energy... So we need Oil & Gas until we find something better, which we have not done yet; with the exception of nuclear which the world is scared of, but we'd still be significantly reliant on petroleum (Oil & Gas).... So I believe we really should be concentrating on carbon recapture, while also looking for alternatives. Batteries are not the solution by any means at all... they just give us cleaner city air, thats all (and are a future catastrophe in the making). Correct - in fact they are 'doing worse' their coal consumption has increase 3x over the past 10 years. The USA and EU is playing it cleaner... jumping through hoops with clean energy clean products, starving ourselves and ruining our own industry as we can't comply with our own clean demands, meanwhile we purchase so much from China who obliterate the rulebook our own nations are forced to play by by our on governments.... With struggling economies, we are then forced to get into bed with countries such as China as we have killed off both our own industry and expertise.

You're comparing two Chinese cars... as much as I see the improvement of Chinese Vehicles, Its not a comparison thats filled with critical credibility...

IMO - thats exactly the way it should be.... 'Have a child and get to stay Visa Free'.... Or... Be Married (and / or) have Children and get to stay on a long term visa, similar to ILR and enter the pathway to residency and citizenship. Just my opinion of course - but I see no reason why after 15 years of Marraige here that I shouldn't be permitted Citizenship.... ( I can't becasue I dont work here )... But, if we move to the UK, my Wife can 'step on the road towards nationality'.... on the basis of being both the Wife of a British National and Parent to a British Child... there are hoops to jump through, but it easier than me getting a Thai Passport (which I'd like for future medical care reasons when health insurance care becomes to expensive). Thus: Imagine the Chaos - What Chaos exactly ? people living with their family's but without having to do years extensions of stay ??.... that would make Immigration's life a lot easier.

Yeah... But its an MG... Your Son could look at any other car...... AND... as mentioned the physical attachements of the runners could be adjusted backwards (mechanically) to shift (alter) the minimum and maximum 'slide positions' so that he comfortably fits... Depending on the car, this may not permit for much rear occupant leg room (on the drivers side) but thats always the case with tall drivers anyway....

Nope. What I was saying was that nobody on here who has an EV bought it to save the world. Seems they bought them because they are excellent value for money, they have better performance and comfort, lower running costs etc. I don't believe there is a single person here who's primary reason was to save the world, they really don't care. For some reason... ExpatOW has an extreme negative bias against EV's but I just can't work out why... it makes for a rather pathetic 'gone down the rabbit hole of irrelevance' arguments that make no difference. I don't for a moment think that EV are any answer to offsetting our carbon footprints. I do believe that the raise in CO2 levels in the atmosphere is related to an increase in temperature. I do believe that work needs to be carried out to remedy this - I don't beleieve electric vehichiles or any battery tech is the soloution to any of this. BUT... there is also the other aspect of 'clean city air' and I think that battery tech is an ideal solution to this. Thus: If someone is driving less than 300km per day and can charge their car at home and EV is an idea solution. I never thought I'd get an EV... I never really liked any of them, I didn't believe in them as a solution. I just bought the car I liked and it happened to be an EV. Is is better.... Yes... Much better... and No, also much worse... Its a LOT more convenient to use. Its faster, quieter, cheaper.... but on corners its notably heavier so not as nice to drive (when comparing like for like - but then again no one drives an SUV for its 'drivability').... I think a lot of the EV - ICE debate involves those with the loudest voices arguing flawed and readily refutable points over and over again just to express their bias.... ... when in reality.... the world is sutiable for both.... EV's in your driving is mostly in the city, ICE's if you live well away from infrastructure... As far as bias arguments commonly used - I just find them stupid and the user of said arguments allows their bias to mask their intelligence.

Really? Which are the "many" UK banks that have "closed down" recently? He means the 'actual physical branches' themselves are closing down not the 'establishment / business' itself.... and a lot of them are doing so.

Mistake #1 - even bothering to try and discuss it.... Correct: Stress free simple course of action... Pull over pay the metered fare and get out. --------- The issue is when its not a metered fare and you negotiated - the driver wont understand about the seat belt - safety like that is simply not on their radar so its a tricker thing to deal with. Thus: Always check when getting in... If no seatbelt stalk - get straight back out again.

Not take them,.... It was better a few years ago as the Police checked up at the 'bases' (taxi base) now they don't bother again. So... If the taxi has no seatbelt stalk I just say - no seatbelt and don't get in... Taxi driver never seems to care. OR.. if I'm in an area where its more difficult to get a taxi, I get in the front. IF with family, I want them all in a seatbelt, so we wont get it. I once had a Grab that had no rear seatbelt... (I needed it for my son, 6 at the time) we weren't going far, but I wanted to put the belt across his lap. I refused the journey, the driver argued, I told her the car was not safe. She charged me for the ride anyway. I told Grab I didn't take the ride because the car had no rear-seatbelts and was illegal - I was refunded. Meal out of a molehill ???..... It always is until the car hits something at 50 kmh... I've also had to ask the driver (on numerous times) not to watch a video on his phone while driving (flagfall driver)... If they agree, then no issue. But sometimes they are ayholes who refuse... no issues, I just tell them to pull to the side, pay whatever is on the meter and get out.

That speaks volumes of a) the general attitudes towards safety in Thailand and b) the general attitudes towards the welfare of Children. Firstly the Driver - needs to be held on serious charges for driving this unroadworthy vehicle. Secondly The School Director / owners - needs to be held on serious charges permitting this unroadworthy vehicle to be used. The reality - the school director / owner will blame the company they outsourced to. The van company will blame the driver. The driver will had no leg to stand on - he would have been fired had he refused to take the children. Meanwhile - ALL of this is still safer than kids getting shunted in the back of Song Thaew or 4 up on a scooter...

Google - TukTuk Phuket / TukTuk Krabi / TukTuk Songkhla / TukTuk HatYai OR... just look at the Article itself (this thread) and see what Authorities themselves have called a TukTuk... Then google TukTuk Trang and you'll get something that looks different again (a three wheeled TukTuk, but the drivers cabin has doors). We could go around in circles - you'll just have to find out for yourself what the locals call them.... In reality - a TukTuk now means a small means of tranasport, smaller than a Songthaew, non a Taxi, not a samlor (motorcycle with side car)... and there are many variants... It doesn't really matter... if you want to argue only 'one specific variant' is a TukTuk...... fill your boots... after you've been here longer you'll be able to identify how the 'lines a always burred'...

Thats actually the way they are taught... As I understand it, the inside (left most lane) is tought that its the lane for slower vehicles, lorries etc travelling well below the speed limit and the central lane is the driving lane. Of course on two lane roads, its quite often that the left lane is in such poor condition that people drive in the right lane.

I think those were EU Rights - not to be separated from family. Certainly, in the UK, certain conditions have to be met (savings or income) to sponsor a Thai spouse. In Thailand - we'll, he's just blown up any chances there for the next 10 years. Cambodia or the Philippines looks like the next option for him if the UK is too expensive.

I have to agree with Classic Ray, I have been taught that the 1st Picture is a TukTuk, and the lower two is called "Song teaw, sɔ̌ɔng-tɛ̌ɛo" (Two row) สองแถว. Look at many cities and towns around Thailand see what the locals call them... If in any town in Thailand ask someone (a local or the hotel etc) to get you a TukTuk... - You will get either the small 3 wheeled or 4 wheeled variety, depending on where you are If in any town in Thailand ask someone (a local or the hotel etc) to get you a Song Thaew - You will get the larger pickup variant... you will never get the smaller type. Thus - Song Thaew while while transliterating to two rows, also means the larger pickup based vehicle. - TukTuk, traditionally meaning the PutPut noise made by the three wheeled rick-shaw type model is now widely accepted to mean any of the smaller forms of inner town or city transport, and can be 3 or 4 wheeled (it just depends on the area you are in).... Photo below - All are TukTuks...

IF he has family here that he is supporting... this would be a very humane manner in which to deal with this. However, a 25 year overstay is a significant violation of regulations - it could be argued that leniency enables further overstayers and encourages further breaches of immigration regulations by others. After 25 years here, I hope he has something and someone to return to in the UK - but yes, I really would like to see leniency in such examples, especially if he is supporting a family. IF however, as LL pointed out, the manner in which he funds himself involves criminal activity then sympathy diminishes.