Jane Dough

8 hours ago, legend49 said:

Meanwhile, phases 1 and 2 of the development project for Chiang Mai Airport aims to increase the airport’s capacity to 20 million people annually. The project is now awaiting EIA approval.

 

Brilliant Muppets, more people they want. The International departure lounge is incapable of seating people now, you have to wait for at least 2 Chinese airlines to leave the terminal to find a seat. But the worst issue is car parking. Since 15 years ago when parking was borderline it is now totally hopeless, but no one thinks about that , just cram more bodies into the building.

Why do you think that the AOT are muppets? Are they not now addressing the issues you describe?

Rooster

I got rich by teaching Thai to Thais. 

Rooster

1 hour ago, kingdong said:

Not really you,'ve just got to look back at Labour's last term of office where Gordon (they,'ll be no more boom and bust ) Brown who devalued the £ to bail out his banking buddies in the city

The last person to devalue the pound was Harold Wilson in 1967. 

Rooster

1 hour ago, mok199 said:

This Nation's need for convienence ,is what is destroying the paradise  we once loved....scooter taxis on evry corner, bumper to bumper diesel smoke belching bhat buses, tour buses triple parked from end to end on beach rd,.old run down 2 stroke tuk tuk's and speed boats ( which are even banned in India). thais eating every meal from a street food cart with all that plastic and foam..the list is long..no sir , convience is killing this Once great Kingdom....

You seem to be talking about Pattaya. Even that was horrible in the 1980s.

Try Bangkok - it is getting to be a cleaner, better and more convenient city with every passing year. Yes we might even slip into the sea....win win. 

Rooster

5 hours ago, justin case said:

if they would not force some people to do visa runs ... blabla correct visa, try that with an evil ex that is ...after 10+ years correct visa, I am a visa runner now, against my will, to be able to raise my kid...ex only shows up (alone, friend or police) to cause trouble !

Why don't you apply for a visa based on having a dependent? 

Rooster

7 hours ago, the guest said:

Of course not, must be in partnership with a Thai, 49/50% ratio.

 

Thailand protects the country from foreign dilution, whereas in Europe they don't. If you don't like Thais buying up properties and companies for 100% ownership, then better to get the law changed as they have done in Switzerland (the smart people).

It is comforting to see that you understand that both the Swiss and the Thais are smart in this regard.

Rooster

8 hours ago, trainman34014 said:

And now you know why the Baht is being allowed to stay so strong !

No, I don't. Can you tell me?

If you are implying that there is some government conspiracy to affect the exchange rate please post your evidence for this. 

Rooster

12 hours ago, chingmai331 said:

Many folks have been hoodwinked and duped by bogus foods, including honey which turned out to be 87% white sugar; stuffed pork buns which were made of back-room processed cardboard; red wine highly adulterated with chemicals and containing only 13% grape but 12% alcohol; and very well known super-virginal olive oil, mostly soy bean oil but even the gourmet testers were fooled.

 

And no olive oil is grown in Thailand so all must be imported, adding to cost and probability of cheating.  I suggest rice bran oil or peanut oil for all your needs, except gear lube.  And, as an aside, i have found coconut oil best for sex lubrication and i will never use that crappy KY jelly stuff again.

Why would the fact that olive oil is imported add to the probability of cheating?

What do you mean by 13% grape? 

And please provide links to pork buns stuffed with cardboard. If you are referring to the news report from China that was debunked as a hoax. 

Rooster

21 hours ago, Bruce Aussie Chiang Mai said:

Only about 5% is true olive oil. 

95% be ok for the car.

Choice magazine tested them in Australua last year, look up results.

The figure is much higher than that. 

I wouldn't put it in a car. 

I have never heard of Australua - is it in the south pacific?

Rooster

3 minutes ago, sanemax said:

I do believe that you also have to report everytime you stay in a different place , or the hotel does anyway

A hotel would, but then they would assume I am a visitor to Thailand and I have never found it necessary to put them right on that assumption.

Rooster

17 minutes ago, Jane Dough said:

Interesting. Could you please point me to the evidence that Jeremy Corbyn said this. 

 

And what is exactly the problem of an influx of Asians or Africans?

 

Rooster

People who spout complete and utter nonsense like this need to be questioned repeatedly. 

They can't be allowed to get away with it.

It is actually time that the moderate, sensible people on TVF hit back at the drivel presented as fact.

Rooster

On 11/4/2019 at 6:17 PM, sanemax said:

In open jails, you are allowed out in the daytime and have to report back at night .

Same as Thailand , although you can stay where you like, you still have to report where you are staying every night

I have to report where I am staying once every five or six years. Might I suggest you try applying for permanent residence......if the Thais will have you, that is.

Rooster

9 hours ago, pokerface1 said:

Lame excuse he should have said brake fail instead. That one works all the time. 

Can you point me to an occasion when the brake failure excuse worked. Would you not agree that it is just a claim, not a serious attempt to avoid responsibility. 

Rooster

1 hour ago, Orton Rd said:

Any promises on up rating expat pensions? thought not ????

What is an expat pension?

Is it different to a government state pension?

Why should it go up?

Rooster

9 hours ago, gk10002000 said:

coincidentally my first trip to the LOS was 15 years ago in 2004.  And in my view the place went downhill every year since then.  I was enamored with the place in 2004, went twice that year.  I immediately starting making plans to semi retire there, changed my investment strategy to yield income, i.e. dividends and interest.  That decision has worked out fine so no regrets.  But as far as retiring to Thailand, well that is now very unlikely.  At the moment can only see two 60 day SETVs with one extension each for a total of 180 days give or take in Thailand.  And after each of those first 88 days, a trip to a neighboring country for some tourism that I wanted to do anyway, thereby avoiding the 90 day reports. 

 

The second trip in 2004 we had reservations for Phuket that would have put us there the days of the Tsunami but fortunately my buddy changed our reservations the night before to go to Ko Samet.  So Saturday AM woke up on Ko Samet and saw the news on TV

The tsunami was on a Sunday.

Rooster

The UK came up with a biodegradable crisp packet. It was 11 pence (four baht) each. Made from eucalyptus.

At that price absolutely useless. 

Rooster

3 hours ago, MaxLee said:

Well I still see enough Motor bikers riding on the sidewalks.....

That is what the story said....did you not read it?

Rooster

5 hours ago, Cadbury said:

This is good news. It is about 12.6 kms from Mo Chit to Ku Khot and it has taken about 5 years construction to get that far. About a rate of 2.5 kms per year. It was originally intended to open in 2017. So in Thai time they haven't done too bad really.

I wonder how this rate will compare with the HS train line between Don Mueang and U Tapao which is 220 km. The Chinese will need to do better than this otherwise PM Prayut and the rest of us will long be dead before that line ever opens.

Your post is erroneous. The northern green line extension to khu Khot was started to be built in 2016 with 2020 as the target. They are on course for that. The first four stops to Kaset will be open on December 5th this year. It is amazing what they have done and though traffic has been severe the entire area of Ratchayothin is undergoing a remarkable and much needed renewal. Property prices are skyrocketing - quite handy as I live there. In fact I have lived there for 15 years and now we are seeing great improvements. 

Rooster

3 hours ago, chrisinth said:

Need to have a few more Indians from Bradford visiting long term then. Not sure if you have ever had a curry from India, but they are different than proper British Indian curries.............

That might be because 90% of Indian curry houses in England are run by Bangladeshis.

Rooster

Thank you to all the people with positive comments about this week's column. 

Your encouragement is greatly valued. 

Rooster

The reality is that many "wins" are under pressure from the public to ride on the sidewalks so they can get to their destination quicker. If they don't comply they face losing fares. 

Rooster

21 hours ago, Enoon said:

Thanks for the info, but I am unlikely to be watching it.

 

It looks as if it may be rather focused on Western/Thai stereotyping/types, had quite enough of that already thankyou.

 

Would prefer to see a film based on one of Pira Sudhams stories. 

 

Suggest that anybody should read his work before visiting Thailand.

 

He is Thai, but writes in English.

 

Pira Sudham - Wikipedia

 

https://www.thaiworldview.com/lao/isan7.htm

 

(Re-written to correct attribution mistake.)

 

 

 

I met him several times in the early 1990s both in the NE and in Bangkok. Quite a character.

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