NeoDinosaw

2 hours ago, SteveK said:

Those bollards are all different sizes.  

Not all   !       There are perhaps many different sizes,  but is is not really possible for them all to be different

7 hours ago, trucking said:

Impossible to be too accurate about how fast the car was being driven but I don't think it could have been 177 kph judging from the picture of the damage done :

 

 

 

A 177 kph collision would have sent the bike flying. Assuming this is that bike, apart from bent front forks it doesn't look that bad.

7 hours ago, trucking said:

As I pointed out eisewhere, both ferrari and bike were travelling in the same direction so  if Boss was clocking 177 kph and the cop was exceeding the speed limit (I know that sounds impossible - sarcasm)  the impact velocity would be much less than some people here are thinking of.

 

 

3 hours ago, rkidlad said:

“Meanwhile, former Bangkok deputy governor and trained engineer SamartRatchapolsittecalculated the Ferrari was travelling at 126km/h. Both calculations far exceed the 79km/h estimate by university lecturer Assoc Prof Dr Saiprasit Kerdniyom, which was included in the investigation report”

Yes, it was. But you didn’t answer my question; have you moved away from your he was traveling at 77kph theory? Are you now looking for another way to defend the Red Bull rat’s abhorrent actions? 

As I pointed out eisewhere, both ferrari and bike were travelling in the same direction so  if Boss was clocking 177 kph and the cop was exceeding the speed limit (I know that sounds impossible - sarcasm)  the impact velocity would be much less than some people here are thinking of.

7 hours ago, kingdong said:

theres a whole world out there once we,re free of the shackles of the eu the world will be our oyster

dodgy things oysters -  many of them give you the runs and make you proper poorly !

1 hour ago, mlmcleod said:

 

 

The American diplomatic corps is useless and their primary effort is to kiss the bums of the current rulers while offering little if any help to their citizens.  

That is also the primary function of the British diplomats !   I had that explained to me once , straight from the horse's mouth  (a Consul)

3 hours ago, stouricks said:

No way. Who know how many Bht 135's I , or you, or anyone has left to go. Stop worrying and cut out those two big bottles of Singha on a Friday night.

If you cut out the big bottles of Singha, life will not be worth living !   It would be like living in the UK

Looks like one officer has his knee on the man's neck.  Is that allowed these days ?

4 hours ago, CorpusChristie said:

What are the tourist attractions that other towns  have, that CM doesnt have ?

Before the days when every one lived in an air-conditioned house, drove in an air-conditioned car to work in their air-conditioned office, the great attraction of Chiang Mai was the climate.  Coupled with the mountains, country-side and hill-tribes.  When I lived there, there was only one set of traffic lights in the whole city.  Those were the good old days.,,,,,,,,,,,,

6 hours ago, Srikcir said:

 

Agent Orange use in the Vietnam War is still the cause of death now for some veterans. Example, ultimately causing death in 2018 of a veteran who died from Hanson's malignant lung cancer.

6 hours ago, Srikcir said:

How many Vietnamese are still dying from this ?   Do they get any compensation from the US ?

6 hours ago, rct99q said:

 

I ....... believe .... there are enough people around the world who wouldnt find spending $1000 and up on a quarantine hotel and losing two weeks as a hardship.Medical Tourists, the pot is endless.

6 hours ago, rct99q said:

I don't see too many peorple wanting to spend 2 weeks in a hotel room - and not allowewd out during that time.  Many sane people might go mad in solitary confinement !

 

6 hours ago, kamma said:

The requirement for quarantine is not unique to Thailand. Most countries in Europe are requiring tourists to quarantine upon arrival. 

6 hours ago, kamma said:

In the UK you can do the quarantine at home.   Those of us with properties in Thailand might me more prepared to come back if they could serve the quarantime period in their own property.

 

3 hours ago, Don Mega said:

something definately amiss.

 

Boiler room scammer is my guess, call my cynical but Russian wife and living in Thailand...... I'll leave it there but defo aint an Investment banker.

what's the diference between a boiler room scammer and an investment banker ?

I remember back in the 70s that each week the Bangkok Post reported cases of younger men raping old ladies.  Te ladies were usually in their 60s and the men in their 20s. It seemed to be quite a common occurrence. More recently I had assumed that the lack of such stories indicated that either hey were no longer news-worthy or that it had stopped.

8 hours ago, Skallywag said:

Why fly when you can take a nice train ride (book now for 2022) .  LOL  

This is hardly Pan-Asia - it's just a bit of Indochina.  Once these routes are established I should be able to get to UK entirely by rail :  BKK - Kunmig - Peking -  Ulan Bator - then link to trans-siberian express - Moscow - Warsaw - Belin - Brusselles and Eurostar to London ????

perfect holday ????

Looks to me as though it has been felled already  !

It has happened already. Went to Morrissons yesterday (SUnday) with the wife to buy cocnut milk to make Thai curry fpr guest coming for dinner.  The shelf where the A-Roy boxes normally are was empty  with  a little stcker saying that some products have been withdrawn.  Lucky we still had some at home. Now we wll have to find a little gorcery store that will still sell Thai coconot milk and cream .......  will have to visit the Indian and other asian food stores/ No real problem - but inconvenient ...

11 hours ago, Saint Nick said:

I bet you have talked to the several hundred thousand, who work in the tourism industry!?

There can be little doubt that the several hundred thousand in the tourism industry want farang tourists back.

'They' who do not want us back are rich and powerful. There income does not depend on tourists, and many are anti-farang.

Also, with no work from the tourist the rich an powerful can cut salaries to the poor workers and make more profit. For the many who enjoy Thai ladies, they will have the pick of the bunch of loverly Thai ladies for peanuts because that are so desperate.

On 7/1/2020 at 1:33 AM, richard_smith237 said:

 

 

Married foreigners can get back in...  they have to apply for a Certificate of Entry, not as simple as just jumping on a flight, but still possible nonetheless.

 

They have to apply for the certificate at the Thai consulate. They also need to have a medically certified Corvid-free test no older that 72 hour before departure, and they must have this verified at the consulate before taking the flight. The flight will cost about £700 one way  - non refundable if the certification is not forth-coming. Then, on arrival in Thailand, pay for 14 days in a hotel a between 2,500 and 5,000  a night.  I think  that (1)  they did not think this one through or (2)  they do not want us back.  I shall spend the next few months (?or more) waiting for this to improve

22 hours ago, digger70 said:

Yes it maybe so. but it says Spouse Right? 

A spouse includes another person who was registered under a prescribed state or territory law.  

Is your spouseship registered according to Thai law ?

I stayed at the Railway Hotel for a night in 1972 with a group of students making a round Thailand study trip. It was, therefore, most certainly not up-market. Wherever we stayed the students would unload lots of camp beds so as to squeeze as many people as possible into a room. Staff were lucky and had a room each. The only thing I  remember about this instantly forgettable hotel is that it was close to the sea  !  Bet it's more than 50 Baht a room now !

The amount clearly visible on the check suggests that is for only 1 million  ..........................

7 hours ago, johng said:

And which Thai University is in the top 10 in the world ?    err hold on   top 1,000 in the world then ?

Mahidol and  Mae Fah Luang University are in the top 800; Chula is in the top 1000;  all other Thai universities are below 1000