Golden Triangle

They finished laying new drains and resurfacing the road I live on a few months back, now after all this rain the drain grates are full of rubbish, leaves & sand so are effectively blocked, does anyone come and clean them ? No. Do the businesses and suchlike that face the road suffer ? Yes.

It really wouldn't take much for City Hall to get some of these.

7 hours ago, jingjoke said:

 

Disgusting beast and disgustingly lenient sentence. Fate was not kind to  Ms Gavios to have encountered this depraved guide.

 

 

He sure looks like a Pork pie short of a picnic. Should have been castrated at birth, you would not want his type procreating.

And so another tragic loss of 5 young lives,  I'm not even going to go into the whys and wherefores of this tragic accident, needless to say the armchair Sherlocks will deduce that whoever or whatever was to blame so no real point going there.

Sad, so very sad. 

RIP to the unfortunate souls, as for checkpoints yes they do have them and they make up offences as they go.

I was with a mate, travelling to Korat from BKK, he got pulled over, the reason ? The officer said the film on the windscreen was to dark and he couldn't see properly who was driving, at the time the said officer was wearing a helmet, mirrored sunglasses & a white face mask, my mate told him he must be joking as we couldn't see him either and drove off.  

I always thought that the daylight robbery was the other way round.

Poor old Steve, he doesn't seem to have many friends on here, more like Billy no mates, I actually like the crap he turns out, if even just for an hour or so's distraction. Lighten up people for gawd's sake.

37 minutes ago, onemorechang said:

Anyone know what the correct toll charge will be in the end ?

No toll as far as I am aware, the idea is to speed up the traffic passing through Pattaya in both directions.

No problem for the RTP and Special forces, if bombs go off they will round up the culprits within 24 hours, just like they did the day or so after the memo was 'leaked'. It really beggars belief sometimes. 

^^^ Well the IRA brought the fight to the mainland UK, I know, I was involved in the aftermath of some of it. Lets just hope that they can nip it in the bud, so to speak.

23 minutes ago, PeeJay1959 said:

Maybe they were trying to avoid the car?

Maybe, who knows 

So how come they had no intel on the bombings in August then ?

How come all the damage is on the left hand side ? If he was overtaking another vehicle I would have expected the damage to be on the RHS, were the boys driving down the middle of the road ?

Another senseless waste of life, RIP.

5 minutes ago, SheungWan said:

 

One item to keep your eye on is the cost of flights out of the UK. Flight fuel is priced in dollars. At some time flight prices may begin to push up so it may be prudent to book earlier if possible.

A valid point, but as I said I am already here so that is one thing less to worry about, but it is going to have an effect in all sorts of areas, and air travel will be one of them for sure.

So, inflation (The bad sort of inflation) is due to rise next year, why ? Because many of our High Street stores hedge their currency, come Christmas or early in the New Year those hedged funds will have been used, that means that all goods bought from abroad will cost more, hence prices will rise, this is effectively a tax on the working populations hard earned cash which is totally different to inflation caused by consumers going out and spending their dosh.

This really is a serious situation that we (I use the term WE loosely) as I am over here, find ourselves in, sure if the financial services sector is blocked from trading in Europe that is going to be a massive blow to both jobs and the Exchequer, firstly banks and other financial institutions will move their operations away from the city with the resultant loss of jobs and the Exchequer stands to lose appx 10 Billion in tax revenue. AND that is just ONE sector of our economy, what about the car makers ?  Oil revenues have already plummeted, costing 1000's of jobs.

We don't export enough even with a weak Pound, I really do see a period of unrest and uncertainty for the next 18 - 24 months.

But as long as I can pay my bills, have a few beers and maybe eat out once or twice a week I will consider myself lucky, I would much rather be on a budget in Thailand than the breadline in the UK.

I hope, rather in vain I think, that the politicians get their fingers out and start to sort this mess by sending the right signals to the rest of the world and engage in meaningful dialogue with the EU before we're totally scuppered.

32 minutes ago, evadgib said:

Check the small print re residency. I found a clause there some years ago, not that mine will ever come up.

 

HTH

Check the small print re residency.

I bought mine before I moved here, and as far as anyone that matters IE: Taxman, bank, ERNIE et al I am just on an extended holiday enjoying my twilight years LOL 

11 hours ago, chiang mai said:

On a practical note, what to do with Pounds held in Blighty for people not needing or wanting them converted to THB at such a low rate? Bank savings rates are pitifully low and the FTSE at 7,000 must be a gamble in the current climate, I know Premium Bonds!

 

A serious question actually, if anyone has sensible thoughts.

I have nearly the maximum allowed, as yet I have only ever won low grade prizes, waiting for that e mail that tells me that ERNIE has given it to me big style, I do win a decent enough amount 75 - 100 GBP most months though. 

I was always under the impression that the dealers of these super cars offered driver training to anyone who bought one ? 

Maybe he forgot to take the course or was an old hand at driving them, and surely he had insurance ? Either way he is now out of pocket by a hefty sum.

TBH, they could demolish all the sidewalks/pavements along beach road, most are unusable anyway due to the fact that they lay the bricks on sand which then washes away with the first rains and the whole thing collapses, the amount of times I have nearly sprained an ankle down there is unreal.

Why oh why can they not set them in concrete for crying out loud.

16 minutes ago, mettech said:

Welcome to the reality of global control moneywise am from Canada and I could see my stay in this beautiful country will become very difficult since the required money guarantee is fading away with the value of the dollar.

Hopefully after The USA election for president there will be a lot of changes in the world and not towards internal conflict.

In the meantime enjoy every day in the land of smile.

You think you've got problems, this Brexit crap has knocked the stuffing out of the GBP, not good for my pensions or transferring money over here right now, gonna have to live on what I have in the bank and hope it turns around within 18 - 24 months 

3 minutes ago, tropo said:

Until you have the problem yourself. It's still a cloud over our heads, even if it doesn't always rain. Next time you go for a holiday you may have to deal with it when you return.

I'll find out in January then, I'm taking the little lady to a small island to celebrate her big birthday, have to do my retirement & 90 day reporting early February 

More and more I let the Mrs drive, she locks the windows so that I can't stick my arm out and give yet another moron the finger (it tends to wind them up)  That way we get from A to B other wise known as home to bar in one piece 

Earlier this year me and her indoors spent a month driving around Thailand, we covered nearly 5000 km and stayed at some lovely resorts along the way, I never told immigration that I had been out of our province and relied on the hotels and resorts to report our presence to local immigration. I did my 90 day reporting a couple of weeks ago at my usual office with no problem, in and out in a few minutes.

So I really think it's a bit of a storm in a teacup.

Nice bit of Origami 

8 hours ago, cumgranosalum said:

It's nice to see what superb drivers some TV members are as they assert their superiority over Thai people based on a 4 line translated post from the local press....hard to imagine what it's like to be such a perfect driver..........

Maybe you need some lessons then, I have driven everything fro motorcycles to HGV 1 and  coaches all over the world, every bend, every corner, every junction, every other road user and pedestrian equates to a hazard that needs to be recognised evaluated and taken into consideration.

Something the idiot drivers over here don't comprehend.

Sample of Thai driving thought processes = Oh bugger it's raining, I know, if I go faster with no lights on I will get home more quickly, oh poo where did that other car with no lights on doing 140 KM in this weather come from. Hello Buddha.

And you have the temerity to defend them.................... 

1 hour ago, sydneyboy said:

Can someone please tell me where the immigration office is in Pattaya.  I know the one in soi 5 JOMTIEN,  but unaware of 1 in Pattaya.  5555. 

I think one is being either pedantic or sarcastic, you know full well that Jomtien is as much a part of Pattaya as Naklua and Pong & Nong Prue. If it wasn't for the massive over build in Central Pattaya Jomtien would still be a wilderness. 

As would the dark side naa naa na naa naa