NeoDinosaw

2 hours ago, The Now Factor said:

It's now easier to run the gauntlet for a C of E. 

What's the Church of England got to do about this ?

10 hours ago, Traubert said:

All the cheapskates will. No revelation there.

We are not cheapskates - just more sensible than you appear to be

4 hours ago, vinny41 said:

you put property up for sale, someone makes an offer which you accept , transaction appears to progress then a couple of days before exchanging contracts, buyer wants a further 10-20% discount no reason given.

This is what happens in England  (a barsteward tried it on me once). In civilised countries like Scotland (and France, I believe) this kind of thing cannot happen.   We poor English must suffer because our politicians  like to support people who cheat and lie.

57 minutes ago, bluesofa said:

True.

However the cables are sold for scrap, not reused. Therefore the value is purely for the weight of the copper cable without any insulation.

It's usually scrap dealers who tend to buy them, making tracing virtually impossible, as they know the copper will be melted down to be reused.

Back in the 70's the US had cables from their seismic monitoring station on Doi Suthep running all the way down to the Consulate on the river in town.  Two Thai men would come along in the middle of the night, run up 2 telephone poles and cut off a length  of cable and disappear. This happened so regularly that they had a small specialist detachment to replace the cable. The US was listening for atomic tests in China.

1 hour ago, Dogmatix said:

 

Ice creams on the pier at Soufend and Essex gels in the evening. Ho Ho.

I remember goin' darn Sarfend on my scooter to play at the bowling alley at the end of the pier.  Those were the good ol' days .........

Later I come to Thailand when is was beautiful. Then the mass tourists came and the back packers were no longer intelligent students on a gap year but out-and-out <deleted> artists. It never really recovered which is why it is no longer attractive to 'nice' ,people   (? like me ).

7 hours ago, Cali farong said:

Why do they think Thailand is so ducking great.  Why would

rich tourists be attracted to lousy streets, terrible drivers, polluted water,

trash everywhere, prostitution at all tourists areas, scams etc etc

Thailand is for cheapskates like me who don’t mind all the chaos.

I buy food, hotels, drinks etc.  but don’t arrive in a private jet,or yacht 

regular tourists made Thais rich and were never appreciated 

I think Amazing Thailand is going to get a wake up call

100% on the ball - my feeling exactly

4 hours ago, Jake72 said:

You can't do business in Thailand without engaging in corruption, that is big problem for many companies all over the world trying to do business in Thailand, because any under the table money paid in Thailand could easily end them in jail in their home country.

Nobody from Rolls Royce went to jail in England

7 hours ago, Soi Dog said:

And I hope to get a date with a supermodel.

That's quite feasible ........

or have you only just arrived ?

14 hours ago, webfact said:

Govt hopes to make Thailand one of the top countries for business in two years

By The Nation

 

 

 

Phongsaward Guyaroonsuith, director-general of the Strategic Transformation Office, said the office aims to complete 85 per cent of laws related to doing business within the next year

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/business/30398838

 

-- © Copyright The Nation Thailand 2020-12-01

 

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I hope he does not kill himself working so quickly ! 

When will the other 15% of laws be known ?

Things have not changed in the lst 40 years - we still have TTTT

Things Take Time in Thailand

2 hours ago, Bangkok Barry said:

The only people that the Thai army has fought in living memory is its own people

I can remember that they fought the communists in Laos in the Vietnam war. and I think also fought in Vietnam itself.

8 hours ago, nobodysfriend said:

 

May be if a working vaccine is found , potential tourists who have been vaccinated and tested can be allowed to board a plane and enter the country without quarantine ... but for the moment it is still far too early for that .

That's when I will be coming back 

9 hours ago, pacovl46 said:

Since when is Thailand responsible for Indonesia? Indonesia is free to make a deal with Astra/Zeneca as well! Also, you can’t blame Thailand for what’s going on in Indonesia and you also don’t know whether Indonesia has already a deal with one of the two other vaccine producing companies! 

I think the deal for production of the Oxford vaccine in Thailand was on the condition that it supplied surrounding countries; and they may have inserted a clause about costs

22 hours ago, Oldie said:

Every tourist should have a cowbell around his neck so that others can be warned in time of the approaching danger. 

I bought one of those for the wife. Nice bright red collar - entirely clean and new ......... but she refused to wear it.  How ungrateful

3 hours ago, hotchilli said:

As witnessed in most facilities... dinosaurs rule and obey your elders.

everybody thinks that dinosaurs became extinct 64.5 million years ago  !

But they are wrong !!

57 minutes ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

Happened next door in 1975 but most round eyes that were still there were executed, not deported.

From Cambodia all the round eyes were  trucked out from the French Embassy , where they had been gathered, through to Aranyapathet.. It was slow moving because of  the number of massacred locals blocking the roads.   

4 hours ago, Andrew65 said:

Some are fully, not mentioning any names.

 

After saying that, us Anglos went all over the world colonising, why shouldn't the Chinese?!

Colonising is a job restricted for Brits !!  (or at least it should be enshrined as such in the UN Charter)

8 hours ago, Colabamumbai said:

Dinosaurs don't want money invested here. 

STOP blaming Dinosaurs for everything that goes wrong !!

9 hours ago, wayne07836 said:

my plan would be to go back home to the UK and renew my passport as I only have 5 blank pages left and not sure if they would renew my extension with so few pages left (maybe someone could advise).

 

A couple of years ago I  got a new Visa in London with only 2 blank pages left in my UK passport ... and they were not together !     I didn't have any problem.  Maybe things have changed so you ought to get clarification from the horse's mouth