Ossy

Would it be politically correct enough to have a T-V posters poll, inviting members to support ONE of the following mindsets, fully aware as most of us are, as visitors, that we won’t be able to cast a ‘proper’ vote, next year?:

• I admire Prayut and am generally impressed by what the NCPO have achieved in their 4 ½ years.

• I want Prayut to be the next PM, ‘outsider’ or otherwise, after the election.

• I have the strongest dislike of Prayut and am hugely unimpressed by what the NCPO have achieved.

• I believe that if Prayut remains as PM after an election, it will be one of the darkest days in Thailand’s history.

• I have no strong f eelings, either  way, about Prayut but, with security concerns in the absence, as yet, of a viable alternative, support a military-backed regime remaining in power.

And remember, only ONE and, if approved, feel free to proffer a brief supporting comment.

1 hour ago, baboon said:

...AND I tried to cop off with her and her mate one drunken evening...

A very drunken evening . . . she was on her own that night.

1 hour ago, baboon said:

Really? You won't like this then:

 

What a coincidence . . . I used that very track, some time ago now, when my burglar alarm's bell broke. Was able to switch off the whole system . . . once the word got round. Yes, scary stuff.

22 minutes ago, Thailand said:

Twice

What . . . in one day? And, for that matter, twice x what, anyway?

34 minutes ago, baboon said:

...and now for some decent music:

 

Music? . . . sounds more like a head-on collision between a high-speed train and a . . . and another HS train.

2 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

So when's the deadline?

I need to know so I know the best time to deploy my secret weapon.

Like setting the S100 parasite free into the atmosphere?

12 minutes ago, geronimo said:

and Streetcowboy should be a titanium member

Like Geronimo, he's in the unique spot of being a cuntry member

10 minutes ago, geronimo said:

Yet I am but a lowly advanced member and according to this, I should be promoted to platinum. Perhaps you could have a wee word in the right ear.

You're in a class of your own . . . unique, you might say.

On ‎16‎/‎12‎/‎2017 at 9:36 AM, Scott said:

My thoughts are with you (and the cat).   I have two cats and I fret a great deal about them.   

I have no cats and that's just purrfect.

8 hours ago, zaZa9 said:

I just had a car camera installed. I dont understand the instructions. Does anyone elses screen just go dark for long periods ? Anyone know of a Forum that answers questions about  those things ? 

Try raising it as a new topic or ask TV support (More/contact us)

29 minutes ago, ricktak said:

All new 10 wheel trucks and tractor trailers are required by law to install GPS monitoring system that is connected to a government system that monitors vehicle speed and amount of time the driver spends behind the wheel, before starting off the driver will have to swipe a card into the GPS system where where all infarctions are recorded. If this monitoring system is actually policed, that is another question, all used trucks are supposed to have the GPS system installed by 2019.

Fantastic news, Ricktak and far better than either dash-cam or tacho. How about the govt. paying to have these GPS devices installed in ALL minivans, too . . . maybe a bit too much of a cost penalty for the van owners to do it themselves.

20 minutes ago, impulse said:

 

You just have to ask yourself who benefits by working drivers too many hours and giving them ridiculous schedules to reduce the cost of transporting goods and people around the country. 

 

I suspect there's a lot of overlap with the very people who would have to legislate mandatory dash cams and tachographs.

 

 

In which case, we farangs set to work on 'sleeping policemen - phase 2 - enforcement'.

Step 1: Big truck, DCL let's say, police checked and Tacho showed excess hours.

Step 2: Truck taken off road and driver issued with bar-coded and numbered ticket and assisted, if necessary, in phoning home and for help, etc.

Step 3: Unless cops are all bent, I can't see how DHL could manipulate things to favour both company and/or driver.

But, then again, my innocent farang mind isn't used to 'working around' laws of inconvenience. Any less innocent law benders, out there, to tear a hole in my life-saving initiative?

6 minutes ago, madusa said:

Ha, ha, ha, getting things done, talking to minister to solve problems ha, ha, ha. Farangs living long enough in Thailand finally succumb to delirium.

Those who side step delirium manage to stay wide awake for a little longer finally said I had enough I am selling all my properties and getting out of here. Good move I would say, take your good woman & kid to better place.

Greed, Evil, Extreme selfishness, Ignorance, these are adjectives appropriate to describe a country in desolation.

Please this is not Thailand bashing, each individual see things differently, I could easily get 100 farangs who would agree with what I wrote or may be agree 70 percent that's a lot. There are about 10 millions farangs living or working in Thailand.

Yes, we all know that things are a long way off perfect, a long way off what we'd like, maybe. That said, do you have a view on my 'sleeping policemen' argument that dash-cams and tachos might deter 'dodgy' drivers from driving that last mile too many?

7 minutes ago, sanmyintmaung said:

Caterpillar is working on a dash cam that will monitor the driver's eye for the frequency of blinking, duration of blinks and the velocity of the eyelid. If drivers do close their eyes for longer than expected -- generally anything longer than 1.6 seconds -- an alarm goes off.

 

A sleeping policeman, indeed, and just when I was on the point of speaking to the Minister of Transport . . . Jitapong or Pornpach or whoever it'll be, next month . . . cheers!

7 minutes ago, OJAS said:

And it would presumably only be possible to prove conclusively whether or not a particular accident had been caused by a driver falling asleep by having a second dashcam trained on him/her in addition to the one facing the direction of travel. Which drivers would realistically be prepared to risk incriminating themselves by having a second dashcam installed in this way?

Fair comment but you have ignored my preceding post, emphasising that it's not my idea to use the cameras as post-accident apportioning of blame, when the cams, too, will probably have been mangled along with the wreckage. I see them looking both road-wards and on the driver, but as an extra and maybe life-saving passenger - the sleeping policeman - who is watching over the driver that may be tempted into driving to the next fuel-stop . . . I see them as never being involved in a sleep-related crash.

1 hour ago, Bob12345 said:

But on a more serious note: a cam will only show what happened AFTER THE CRASH. Maybe they should look into things to avoid the crash in the first place.

Great reply, Bob. Re your 'after the crash' comment; yes, you're right . . . looking at an accident aftermath wouldn't be much use for the folk that had just been beheaded. That's why I referred to the dash-cams as 'sleeping policemen'; my thinking being that those drivers who know they're approaching the dangerous 'eye-closing' period, will regard the dash-cam almost like their responsible guardian, and stop for a break. Yes, maybe I'm too much of an idealist, espec in this country where, as you say, there is so much expertise in cheating whatever systems are put in place.

1 hour ago, Rhys said:

... erasure is a problem..

 

Or, how about UK style tachographs . . . anything that would guard against drivers driving excessive hours.

12 minutes ago, Rhys said:

... erasure is a problem..

 

Explain, please

Why don't the vehicle licencing and testing laws include the compulsory fitting and use of dash-cams in EVERY minivan, bus and truck, i.e. in all those vehicles where the likelihood of driver-sleep is a reality? That they were in correct use could be immediately verified, along with the familiar Police licence checks.

The Nimble Cabinet of Positive Optimists (or the New NCPO, to avoid confusion)

Are you guys ready for some serious input towards the ‘sorting of Siam’? We’re always going on about the ills within a number of key political areas; road-safety, police, education, infrastructure for example. Well now’s your chance to put your muscle where your mouth is and do some real fixing.

Below are listed the 19 Ministries, within the Thai government, plus the PM’s Office that some poor sod must get paid a king’s ransom to sweep every evening.

I have a table of all the Ministries, here in my Word doc, but an Active X ban by IE is preventing me from copy/pasting it. Let me know if the forum idea is feasible and we can sort the table then.

The New NCPO is required to fix, i.e. to restore common sense and effectiveness to each of the 19 Ministries, in order of importance, as agreed on-forum. Around mid-March, upon completion of the New NCPO repair programme, a T-V poster will be ‘elected’ as PM and placed in office, prior to the new cabinet being presented to PM Prayut and his formal acknowledgement that our NCPO wipes the floor with his and his public resignation . . . at one of his Press Meetings (*), maybe.

In order to avoid all the committee, council and consortium nonsense, currently favoured by the Junta, all issues and elections will be overseen by an appointed General Secretary, whose first task will be to oversee the decision as to which Ministry we fix first.

To summarise, the New NCPO’s remit is as follows:-

1. Day 1.  Appointment of General Secretary. I would suggest a senior (i.e. long-serving) volunteer poster, who is both happy to undertake this mammoth role and fully committed towards ‘A Better Thailand’. In case of a split decision, the highest ‘Reputation’ score will decide.
2. Day 2.  Posters will debate, in their normal considered and respectful fashion and under the watchful eye of the GS, which current Ministry of Mayhem needs fixing first. I propose that one day should be sufficient for the GS to observe that a consensus has been achieved and the most needy Ministry confirmed. Volunteers will be invited for the post of Minister of this, the first Ministry to be fixed; the post being offered by GS to the volunteer with the highest ‘Reputation’ score.
3. Day 3.  The selected Ministry for fixing will need to draw up an agenda, by means of normal forum discussion, of all matters needing attention and this will be overseen jointly by our over-worked GS and by the newly elected Minister, who will confirm the setting in stone of the New NCPO’s first agenda, to be known as the Ministry for Whatever Fixit Agenda  . . . a big moment indeed and one which must be celebrated late into the evening.
4. Day 4.  Next day, hangovers permitting, each agenda item must be given normal considered and respectful poster attention and all feasible repair-jobs recorded by you know who . . . just as well he agreed to be Minutes Secretary, too.
5. Next day, Day 5., we can sit back and admire our first ‘fixit’ programme, passing appropriate comments were deemed helpful (?), before getting down to the serious business of which Ministry to fix next. Again, the GS will oversee that this is done with due diligence, before opening the floor for Ministerial volunteers and the Minister decided as in 2. (above)

The process has thus acquired a 4-day cycle, which, given that there are 19 Ministries, plus the bonus appointment of Secretary to the PM’s Office, will require 80 days, taking us nicely into 2018. Allowing for delays, which even with our dynamism and planning are still a possibility, a mid-March completion date will be aimed for.

With 2018 being Election Year, the GS, as stated above, will hope to present the New NCPO cabinet and our dynamic Siam-Saving programme to Prayut, during one of his regular press updates, perhaps with a song, highlighting its best bits and sung by his favourite girl band. The date pencilled in for this mega-event is Wed 21 March . . . Prayut’s birthday.

Anyone in? Any volunteers for the ‘key’ post of General Secretary?

Zzzzzzzzzzzz Just a good dream, of course.

9 hours ago, hyku1147 said:

The primary thing to remember about colons is that you only use them after statements that are complete sentences. Never use a colon after a sentence fragment.

When you study a set of words searching for the main clause, you need to find three things: a subject, a verb, and a complete thought. If one of these three items is missing, a sentence fragment results. For example - " On the other hand: "

"But then again . . . :,*?" Notice correctly-placed quote marks, not separated by a space from the quoted text. Jeeze, I'm getting as bad as you lot. It's R E, next, so that should be fun.

11 hours ago, pgrahmm said:

Hi, Gladys . . . I haven't got the slightest, but, whatever you do, don't open your door. I'll call the farang firing squad.

1 minute ago, sandrabbit said:

14 pages of people stamping their feet, not got anything else to do?

Probably not

2 hours ago, hyku1147 said:

 

Well, that MUST have taken some serious thought . . . by you!