15 hours ago, ChaiyaTH said:

Not that difficult to obtain weapons if one is a soldier in the first place, secondly willing to kill the people trying to avoid him doing so.
Kind of a pointless question if you ask me. When I was in the Dutch army, I could have done the same too.

Doesn't matter if security is tight, you are trusted and you can kill the person handing the weapons out / collecting them at the safe rooms.
He could also have gone to a shooting range and kill the ones stopping him. So actually something that can not be avoided if he/she really wants to do like this.

...i agree totally..he would not have approached the armory dressed as a civilian..but as the drama unfolded his dress still did not alert anyone and he just drove up to the shopping mall in the army vehicle, got out dressed and armed to the teeth and just walked in un-challenged into the mall, firing randomly at any one.

Let me add; why were there not any military personnel on duty at ALL the Kingdoms shopping malls, in light of the mass killings a few weeks earlier at the Lopburi gold shop heist. Im sure the public would have expected this and would have been appreciative of the military's' presence...RIP to all those who have been slain.

6 hours ago, petermik said:

Total ineptitude on the Army,s so called security sorry......

...agreed...and the Police and the Government, particularly hot on the heels of the last tragedy at the gold shop heist..wouldn't you think ALL public malls for starters would have doubled/trebled their security presences..Im quite sure the public would have appreciated it if the Army had have been deployed around the country, after all it is still a military regime here...these mass shootings are steadily on the increase and all the crazed offenders are choosing areas where the public are easy targets..all to make some point in their twisted minds..whatever happened to annual assessments and ratings of all military and police personnel..Im stunned and flabbergasted..and may i had qualified to say these things...RIP all those victims and may the injured recover quickly.

23 hours ago, soalbundy said:

Definitely the coronavirus marching South

..there used to be boom-boom sounds emanating from the Loi Kroh Road area years ago..maybe they're back again.

23 hours ago, graemeaylward said:

I note from the picture above, that this plonker, whilst making his racist speech about not wearing face masks is in fact wearing his under his chin, and if he has contracted the virus his saliva will be spraying all over the media he is addressing!!!!!

...well you can't 'keep face' with a mask covering it up can you?

...any Cabinet Minister who makes false and misleading statements should be kicked out of any government

23 hours ago, Throatwobbler said:

Openly showing what this government thinks of us. 

..so the Health Minister includes our fellow Chinese in the category "farang'.

...bring it on.

3 hours ago, keith101 said:

Totally agree stupid as a  

...som nam na

7 hours ago, petermik said:

ooh that,s reassuring news.......we can all breath much easier now.....

..isn't it pathetic..next thing will be the Health Minister drinking someone's sputum sample.

..Thailand...please DO worry about this Virus.

21 hours ago, bluesofa said:

While looking at the picture I can see the result.

It's unnecessary to resort to rudeness by asking if I'm blind, and getting all the facts to get a clearer picture.

 

In the report it quotes only the pickup driver: 'He said that the couple were riding with another couple on another motorcycle when the deceased pair rode into his lane and there was a collision.'

 

There is another possibly (although unlikely) that the motorcyclists could have been driving in the same direction as the pickup, but in front of it. The motorcycle driver could have braked hard for whatever reason and the pickup ploughed into them at high speed.

 

Hence my comment about waiting to know the facts regarding the accident, not just making a judgement on an horrific accident and the statement of the driver alone.

 

...well regardless of what you all speculate..none of you know where the point of impact was, only where the vehicles came to rest or where they have been moved to. To establish that you have to examine the scene or use a video clip, or rely on witness statements to assist in making any decision.

8 hours ago, Yinn said:

Revenge is paid.

...he was sure making sure.

..ask the tester to 're-calibrate' the device in your presence.

1 hour ago, blazes said:

 

I have to assume you're being ironic, right?  Cos the very first time I saw him stumbling along with a walker I laughed out loud.

He's probably the very last person in New York you'd expect to be using a walker.....A masterstroke would be a pair of crutches and really filthy ragged clothes and down-at-heel shoes...and anything else (matted hair?) to make him look like a tramp.

..looks like he forgot to shave too..adds to the 'poor-me syndrome', don't you think?

6 hours ago, BobBKK said:

"sit on the bed and performed oral sex on her" like she could not bite? scream?  and she 'told no one'?  Weinstein is a creep and no doubt a predator but...

..are they sympathy calipers he has?

3 hours ago, ThomasThBKK said:

Seems so, looks like a surgical mask not even a n95 mask.... 

..humans will absorb more droplets of viruses through soft tissue, particularly the eyes...her nose isn't sealed correctly either.

6 hours ago, ThreeEyedRaven said:

The woman is an idiot who simply shouldn't be driving if that is how much attention she pays to what is going on around her. It also shows perfectly though the reason why kids should not be riding motorbikes. They simply do not have the understanding and awareness of the craziness that occurs out there and are not prepared to react quickly enough to avoid such danger.

...i keep checking myself from roaring with laughter..sorry the young lad was injured...why did she run into the tree..unbelievable driving skills.

...well mister informant, i hope you sleep well in your bed knowing you did the right thing...just wish i had have been there with my little tote bag and scooped her up and taken her to my home.

On 1/30/2020 at 10:59 AM, AhFarangJa said:

I do not know where you are located, but here in Hua Hin we had a visit when I did my first retirement extension 4 years ago. Nothing was asked from them, but the Wife did give the guy 300 Baht for "Gasoline Money".......Always get a nod and a smile when we visit Immigration. But 2,000 smells like a scam to me. Why not ask for a receipt and see what happens.

...they maybe driving one of the new 'Smart-<deleted> BMWs'...???? 

39 minutes ago, BRUFC said:

Mr. Smith, very nicely written, I think, and although I've only been here a couple of years and live in a small village in a Central Province I can relate to just about everything you've said.

In my opinion, perhaps the most pertinent point you make, and this includes a more recent post from Yinn about her nurse friend seeing the injured falangs (Westerners?) in the hospital is that 'if one can get away with it one will'. You sum it up nicely with....

'Thank you for your response in providing another facet of irresponsibility where Thailand and its lack of enforcement allows dumb tourists to flaunt the law and cement the fact that Thailand has an atrocious approach to safety.' 

Stupid is as stupid does whether Thai, falang or anyone else. 

As an aside, I'm always happy to read Yinn's responses to what many here would call 'Thai bashing'....all credit to her for providing a defence of her country....but tell us Yinn..how long have you lived outside Thailand? where did you live? why did you live there? why did you come back?

...after all the annual deaths caused by reckless driving, one would think the remainder would be a better quality of driver..but it seems not.

8 hours ago, RotBenz8888 said:

My money is on the Corona virus.

...hardly funny.

3 hours ago, moontang said:

All the big Telecom companies have retail outlets in most malls...50 THB for a sim.  I just set my gf up with True sim and 4 Mbps speed and 30 GB of data..30 days for 100 THB.  

...that's nice dear.

1 hour ago, SunsetT said:

Coming to Bangkok, what do I need?

 

...........A lobotomy.........lol.

...a frontal lobotomy is better than a bottle in front of me...so they say!