Purdey

The police should search his house for a Kuman Thong, a roasted still-born baby thought to give its owner magical powers like invisibility. Disgusting old Thai and Lao belief.

It isn't nice, but then every country where people drink to excess faces this issue. In the UK there isn't a specific law against urinating in the street, but local rules might get you for disorderly conduct. Doesn't seem to stop people finding a convenient (no pun intended) wall down a side street. In France you used to be able to pee up against a tree or into the gutter but that seems to have been banned now. Doesn't stop Frenchmen from peeing in the street though. A lack of enough public urinals is probably a cause. Wish Thailand had them.

I guess if a Malaysian came to Thailand she would be treated no different from Thais.

it seems like people have be warned for years not to put valuables in checked luggage. Many airports put cctv in the bag sorting areas but there are ways to get stuff.

It might work, if retirees here went back to their countries of origin or on yo Vietnam or wherever, the Thai government might rethink whether they prefer to have retirees here to spend instead to taxing them away.

So, does the Thai government rely on taxes or not? Confusingly, most Thais avoid paying taxes so lowering tax should have a negative effect, no? Saying tourists will buy more alcohol and thus raise revenue means people who avoid taxes will make more and spend I guess. it would be more helpful to expand the tax base, wouldn’t it?

The majority of people here are farmers and other cheap labor. Having more babies under the current education system mean a nation of dunces one day. Giving people a future of poverty is not a choice.

If the authorities keep insisting this is all lawful, why not reveal how many times over the past 50 years has a prisoner been kept in a hospital for over 120 days? Seems pretty straightforward.

I am not so sure how deadly the Covid (probably not that deadly) is but more concerned with the NHS's ability to cope with the number of hospitalizations. The amount spent on the NHS is abysmal under the Tories.

Honestly, if you aren't doing much except browsing the web and emailing, and you have an old Windows XP or Win 7 CD-ROM at home, wipe the disk and install one of them. Add an antivirus and it should be enough. I still use Windows 7 on my home PC and Windows 11 on my work laptop. There isn't a lot of difference when browsing and emailing only. I have used several Linux flavors on very old PCs and they are great too.

Once you receive money in exchange for services, you have technically worked and need a work permit.

I tiny part of me wants to feel the Schadenfreude of Trump winning the election and tearing up the constitution, then being laughed off the global stage, creating mass unemployment and destroying the US economy to the benefit of Russia and China. And then I wake up in a pool of sweat.

Hold up a mobile phone and pretend to take a video as you cross.

Most Italian pizzas in Italy are not the same as pizzas from elsewhere. They tend to be plainer.

There have been reports that the top three Hamas leaders live in Quatar in immense luxury with a wealth of 11 billion dollars. Perhaps they should be the main targets. https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/qatar-hamas-israel-1.6999416

Maybe they jumped the gun but can file it again very quickly.

Anything that teaches Thais about saving money is good. Putting 50 Baht into an interest bearing account would obviously be better.

So, after all said and done, the Supreme Court says she was not guilty of one charge of abusing power. Perhaps the SC could look at other charges and exonerate her.

An army-backed court can give you any result you need. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asi https://www.dw.com/en/analysts-say-verdict-in-yingluck-case-a-foregone-conclusion/a-18450204a-41410047

Strange. I remember Mark Vejajiva touring the South as prime minister in early 2011 and promising he wouldn't allow this to happen again.

Any charges laid by coup leaders really should be called illegitimate as the result will always be aimed at shutting down the previous democratically elected leaders.

Perhaps go there with several kilos first. You may be able to judge how they react. Taking a Thai along (no matter the fluency of your Thai) is a way of gauging their reaction.

To be frank, even the cheaper rice types would be appreciated when they don’t have enough.

Been arranging for rice to be sent to Duang Prateep Foundation every month since Covid. Rice is always useful for school meals so just go ahead with what you can afford.

It's not much of a mystery. Corruption.