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It used to be condo projects came with a pool and sometimes also a gym and that was about it. Unit sizes were generally larger. Think the View Talays with just a pool amenity and 48 sqm studios. New projects are loaded with all sorts of amenities, but the unit sizes are generally smaller. That 48 sqm could be a 2 bedroom in a new project--or a 1 bedroom with a 'bonus' space. With limited and expensive commercial time to highlight a project, it's natural that the amenities, location, etc. might be featured to draw buyers.

True for Bangkok condos during work day hours. I use mine then and usually there's only 1 or 2 other people using the pool--500 unit project. Sometimes 1 or 2 mothers with toddlers will be at the baby pool for short periods. It gets busier early evenings and on weekends. Pattaya condo pools, I've found, are much busier--more people not working 9-5, more people on holiday.

Makes total sense. A tip of the hat to Occam's razor. Someone falling on the moving walkway, or a small object lodging in the walkway, previous explanations thrown about, would not cause a properly serviced and maintained moving floor to collapse, resulting in grievous injury. Nice to see the word 'loose' in the headline.

Totally agree. She definitely should sue and she should receive a big settlement, which she certainly deserves for what she has gone through. Falling down, which is a normal occurrence, should not have triggered the walkway collapse. I'm of the opinion that if the CCTV footage exonerated the AOT, we would have seen it by now. I wouldn't be surprised if we hear in a few days that the footage has somehow been lost or accidently erased.

Look around. It already is, not 'will be'.

Not to mention a two-time loser with the American voters in both elections where he was the Republican candidate for President.

Had he used 'our' more often, I would have found his description to be more focused on his child, and his child's well-being, rather than himself. I used 'our child' in my post to refer to the OP and his wife thinking in the plural rather than the singular when it comes to their child, as I think you knew. I agree that supposedly excessive homework is not a hill worth dying on.

I agree in a conversation such as you describe you would naturally say 'my child'. However, the OP is writing an account of a serious conflict with his wife involving the raising of what should naturally be described as our child. Not, 'my child'. We, not me. That is what struck me immediately as I read the post, the repeated use of 'my child'. I found it telling. I don't want 'my child' doing this. I don't want 'my child' doing that. There's very little in the way of 'our' in the post, and therein lies the problem. Both parents should be working harmoniously together for what is best for 'our child'.

Let me take note of that excuse for future use.

A pauper among the political class.

I think you said 'my child' or 'my kid' nine times if I counted correctly. Shouldn't that be 'our child'? I think it would be if you and your wife were in harmony in raising the child. Obviously, that is not the case, you are both on opposite sides, hence the 'my child', not ours. My way of doing things, not our way. The poor child is caught in the middle, not good. Keeping in mind we are only hearing your side, I tend to think that doing homework and studying can be good discipline for a child. And, these days, going to bed at 9:40 doesn't seem terribly late for children. I think I went to bed between 9 and 9:30 when I was a kid. I would suggest marriage counseling to see if you and your wife can reach a middle ground. And, a middle ground definitely is needed, for the sake of both your marriage and the child. Get to work with her, not this forum. As far as staying in the marriage, I'll pass along the same thing I said to another poster in another thread. Ask yourself if your life would be better with or without her.

Ask yourself if you are better off with or without her and go from there. In order to help you with that decision, I think you need to sit down and have a serious conversation with your GF, laying out all your concerns.

It's been my experience that it's a rare project, indeed, that can keep a water feature of any kind working for a continuing period in Thailand. I've lost count of the number of projects I've encountered where there was a water feature at some point but it is no longer working. Or, part of it is working and part isn't. Or, the water is still there, usually dirty, but the fountain part isn't working. Sometimes they've wisely given up the ghost and turned into something else. My Bangkok condo, fairly high-end, had a water fountain set into the pavement, somewhat like Bali Hai, at the center of a circular driveway entrance, to guide traffic around the circle. I never actually saw it working--before my time. Unfortunately, at some point years ago someone drove over the fountain and that was that. For at least 3 years the fountain space has been blocked off with ugly orange traffic cones while the condo committee dithers and dithers and dithers about what to put there. So far, it seems they have only managed to decide, not another water feature.

He's conveniently forgetting that there was a drop in tourism in 2014, the year of the coup.

Translation: We haven't found anything the least credible to disqualify Pita so give us even more time than the weeks and weeks we've already had to see if we can dig something, anything up that might work to disqualify him. Just pathetic.

Born to Run

Or he my have finally passed away at the ripe old age of 150.

As others have said, look for a pan made specifically for induction cooking. My partner loves cooking with induction and we've never had a problem with our induction-type pans.

The answer to your question is in your post. Why, as you ask, 'ruin a country with hordes of Tourists'? Because Thailand needs large numbers of tourists of all types, not just those who stay at 5-star hotels. As you say, most of Thailand's hotels are not 5-star. These hotels rely on regular tourists, not the wealthy tourists staying at the priciest hotels. Would you have all these establishments close shop and go out of business because they are catering to a tourist demographic you don't care for? If it's ok for France to have 66 million tourists, why is is not ok for slightly smaller Thailand to have 40 million? (I have a sneaking suspicion that not all those 66 million were millionaires. Well, I know there were 2 less in 2019 when my partner and I visited.) The reality is that Thailand's tourist industry is massive and it is set up to handle large numbers of tourists, and Thailand needs large numbers of tourists of all economic strata to fill all those rooms--from cheap hostels for backpackers to the 5-stars, and everything in-between. The reality is that every tourist who visits Thailand, whether budget or millionaire, is contributing to Thailand's economy. What is not, in your words, 'feasible' is what we saw during the covid years, when Thailand was not getting the large numbers of tourists it needs to sustain the huge tourist industry that has been built here.

I'd rather see electric motorcycles, starting with the noisiest ones.

Oh, goody, a committee! Always the first step in making sure the fault is spread around multiple departments so, in the end, nobody is held accountable.

Good service!

I would guess some sort of retail rather than condos or hotel. We'll see.

I don't believe that for a minute. I'd like to see a demonstration of how a leg could fit into the space of a couple of combs falling off because a small object hit them. The small wheel could have been a contributing factor but, as another has said, a moving walkway should not cause a serious injury such as this due to a small object getting stuck.

A security guard there told us it is all going to be re-developed.