Frankie baby

Welcome to Phuket, by-the-way its every man for himself, now get the f---- out of my taxi, I think you can walk from here?

I bet he doesn't get ripped off with the extortionate medical bills the farangs are having to pay.

THE BIG PARTIES OVER. Get use to it?

Why doesn't the Prime Minister get the TAT to look into the extortionate prices charged by the hospitals at the first instance.

I use "Thai Visa Centre" in Bangkok. Trust these people with anything. Excellent quick service. Will continue using them for as long as I'm here? No, I'm not on their payroll.

For years now weve talked about change in Thailand. Even the Thais will tell you that the only hope for change will come from the youth, its just taking a little to long?

Well done all round - time to dish out the promised brown envelopes. Just make sure everybody gets what they were promised at the beginning. Remember the Pied Piper?

Its time the Thai authorities looked into the great hospital rip-offs, they just seem to charge whatever they want. I wonder what the insurance companies have to say on these exorbitant medical bills for sometimes , something so basic?

Two people dead over nothing. Hope justice prevails. RIP

Got covid at the present (must be the latest strain). No different than the last time, off the beer for a while & lost appetite. Just hope I can lose a few pounds this time round.

The cost of medical care here in Thailand as gone from one extreme to the other. The cost of getting your ears syringed 15 years ago would not get you passed the information desk today. The holiday medical operation farms advertised years ago must be on their last legs. My last medical operation here cost three times more than the original estimate, no reason was given for such an excess, although the operation was a simple one and went OK without complications. However, future treatment on the same scale would need better reassurance of costs. Operations in Malaysia & back in the UK are now seen as viable options. The Thai hospitals have all but priced themselves out the market except for emergencies of course?

Don't see how an accommodation data-base is going to help much. Maybe a police corruption data-base would be more appropriate.

Like the UK MPs and US Senators, he can now make a real fortune sitting on the boards of wealthy companies were he can use his influence & government pals to generate a proper wedge.

The Thais need to be very careful they don't break any international sanctions regarding Russia. It will only take a mention at the UN meeting to point the finger at Thailand & the Thais would be facing some real financial sanctions. If that happens the free visa lark wouldn't be worth a carrot compared with what could happen as a back-lash.

foreigners have been given a lifetime ban after an incident Wish Europe would do the same, it would sort out so many problems?

Don't know how they tie consumption of alcohol with religion. However it would be better to have a no-scams day instead, I think this would be more in-keeping with religion, although I'm not to sure why?

Pat on the back for the police. Credit where its due?

Nothing new hear, if he is still in the hospital, then a few baht should get the required signatures from the physicians.

Doesn't matter what you weigh in the end, supply & demand will rule, as it always as?

Innocent or guilty, Id claim what-ever Taskin's claiming?

I've been here for 20yrs (Phuket) and don't know anybody who uses Tuk Tuks on a regular basis. Hence its only the new arrivals who keep getting ripped off. Its time for the airline magazines to print permanent articles on the do,s & don'ts of the destinations they are traveling to, Phuket being the first.

Are Israelis coming are going. The title claims they are coming & then further down states that all out bound flights to Israel are just about full in which case the numbers of Israelis in the country should be more are less the same?

Israel are now going to do what they always wanted, take out Hamas & bomb the s--t out of Hezbollah. The only difference this time around is that they will have UN & international backing. For the sake of the hostages we can only hope that international pressure holds the Israelis at bay why some sort of diplomacy can be established in order to get as many hostages free before they kick-off?

This guy sticks to his principles, how better would it be if the rest did?

The ministers just doing a little future planning, so what?