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They're friends with everybody when it conveniences them The Chonburi clan has on-again off-again relationship with Taksin's Pheu Tai, during the Junta rule they were alighned with the Junta's party and even had a cabinet seat which they rotated their heir or relatives in, this Pattaya mayor even had a stint as the minister, last election they were with (Thaksin Clan's) Pheu Thai party but lost many seats to the orange party upstart

Anything south of Hua Hin, while nice is too far. I have a place in Ban Krut myself and rarely go there anymore, while the long drive through Prachuap is enjoyable Rama2 has gotten so bad that it's not worth it, I agree with trying to distance yourself from the expat community in these size of town though, it's just the same face all the time If you really want boring life with no beach or mountain, Nakhon Pathom in the west and Chachoeng Sao in the east is suitably boring and devoid of any expat or tourist oriented service, Nakhon Nayok on the other side of 'posh' Khao Yai is cheap with plenty of land but is catered towards working class Thais and can be rowdy during Thai holidays and traffic bad

Actually it does, you can make it condition of delivery that the car be delivered with plate, businesses and government department do this when buying cars, and you won't accept the car or hand over the final cheque until the car is plated, what will happens is that your brand new car is ready, but sitting in the dealership garage until the day plate arrives, vs you driving home with the brand new car today with no plate or red plate, knowing that consequence from police trouble is negligible I certainly went down the route of getting the registration kit to do it myself after chasing for plates from the dealer for months,

Is the slip for reserving your 'special' number In my experience getting plate from the DLT is just turning up to the DLT with the paperwork and coming home with plate and blue/green book you just had to ask the dealer that you'll be registering yourself and they won't charge you the 3-500 baht registration service Getting your own plate at the DLT is simple, if you had the necessary paperwork (Registration Kit) from the dealer, which they don't have as the manufacturer won't release it to the dealer until they've been paid, hence the delay Some brands are strange like Kawasaki and Ducati that they never release the 'registration kit' for self registraton ever

They actually earn more commission from finance companies, so there's no incentive to cash buyers, at least they don't put the price up for cash buyers like motorcycles. Sure you could argue cash buyers take less of their time filling out forms and back and forth with the finance companies/credit check Take off the 'free' film and accessories and you might get more discount, the sales person has a 'margin' of discount they can work with getting you freebies thrown in, any more and they're cutting into their commission

The settling of cost to the Manufacturer (Hondas, Toyotas...) to get necessary papers are probably bigger than calling the courier

advised against red plates? that's a new one but it's understandable if the dealer knows local police are tough on the issue Maybe the dealer ran out of red plate, unscrupulous might give you fake red plate without informing you which lead to trouble with the police later no plate is better than fake red plate definitely, driving with no plate is minor ticket vs forging government documents Insurance is not a problem there is a shortage of red plate, some dealer would ration real front plate with fake rear and vice versa to stretch their supply, or fake plate with real log book while other customer would have real plate with no logbook, there was talk of scrapping the red plate scheme years ago, DLT said problem's not on their end, and in me experience when registering new car, if the paperworks are in order getting real (black letter) plate from the DLT took only a day If you paid cash, hound them to get the plate to you as soon as possible, in the future, you can ask that the car be delivered fully registered, it's between the dealership and the manufacturer that has to release the 'registration kit' to them, this is often with conditions that the car stock was 'on loan' or free credit to the dealer and the registration kit released to dealer to get registered to the buyer after they have settled the cost of the car, if you had paid cash and the dealership dragged their heels for months to get your car registered, you can see there is incentive to the dealership to delay paying the manufacturer as long as possible Other reason to delay registration is to save on the courier cost going to the DLT with many customers' paperwork all at once

your best bet is probably go to your bank that you sent the original funds from and ask that they reverse the transfer, say your daughter doesn't have access to the account or whatever

To date I don't see any distinction between the retail shops that operate as a medical dispensary with thai traditional medicine licence vs just shops that sell recreationally, are they even being policed?

With a poll tax of 2,500 baht that makes it out of reach of most commoners, but cheap enough to stuff with cronies that'll vote for whoever you want

Prachanban means battle, fight

getting back on topic, to be fair, if you know what the name Prachanban means in thai, the restaurant is almost asking for it

Samsung seem to have phone specific interpreter called live translate, is it better than standard google translate? Even google own phone the pixel has live translate, the difference seem to be that it doesn't need data connection to work as it stays on the phone

Ah, behold the grandiose spectacle following the momentous media exposition we've beheld! We're now ensconced in an opulent opus overflowing with ostentatious adjectives, parading as pertinent news, yet alas, it regurgitates content previously presented. Does the website garner gains based on the gargantuan gamut of gratuitous articles generated, even if they merely echo past pronouncements?

I'd say I've seen professionalism and enthusiasm more in Australia from retail workers - looking at the minimum wage they're paying it's understandable restaurants- in Thailand if it's not big chain owned and the owners are hands on in training and on-site the service is usually good, if they have incentives for the waiter to sell wines and such they learn to become knowledgeable

Crowd's different, lots of girls with cameras taking photos of everything, whereas before it was more 'grown up'

While elephants are in their natural habitat, humans happens to build into their land, and now with elephant numbers on the rise due to either various conservation effort or lack of food forcing them into human occupied area, it's only a matter of time before it become big problem like monkeys in Lopburi, elephant attack/encroachment on built areas were unhearad of but are now daily occurrence in Chantaburi and areas around Khao Yai, it's cute tourists can come see elephants until it is not, Lopburi was like that too a decade a go with a few monkeys in isolated area

Most split unit installation in Thailand don't use plug and sockerts, but instead wired in often with separate breaker from the consumer unit, so smart plug/power monitor that can go between will be difficult, getting smart breaker to replace the existing one is probably easier

Most Thai restaurants in walking distance of Sukhumvit especially around the BTS stations are probably catering more to tourists like Soi 4 or corner of 11/1, or really upscale, cusine specific like Southern restaurant in Soi8, Plenty more around Soi 11 and 23, but all are on the upscale side

Yong Lee on the corner of soi 15, the cuisine is more Chinese Thai, especially 'Cook Shop' style from Chinese cooks that used to work in western hotels and embassy, some dish looks like they are from the 70s probably on its last legs now, but a piece of history with original decor, used to be popular hanging out spot for GIs back in the day, some chairs and bars even have metal plaque of the regular patron etched on them https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQJiz5CfTxQ

Triple? law says 1.5 times, triple is only when you do overtime during the 'day off'

to be fair, happens to thais to, teenage boys hook up with the daughter, next day the parents come after the boy's family, pay up or we go to the police

Not up to her, up to the parents to press charge or not

Consent for sex is one thing there's also the 'taking away a minor away from their parent' or abducton which in this case minor is 15-18, doesn't matter if she consents to having sex or not