George Aylesham

5 hours ago, Dmaxdan said:

It's because people in other places are capable of thinking for themselves.

Clearly not in the USA where 450 people a day are dying from Covid.

17 hours ago, peterfranks said:

The recommendation from the government is advisory.

 

Since when are banks and supermarkets crowed places?

 

When I go to Big C xtra, 10% of the checkout counters are open, and no queues. You think they are crowded?

 

 

Their premises, their rules.

Indonesia has already decided to move its capital from Jakarta for this very reason. Saigon (HCMC), Manila and further afield, Shanghai, Tokyo, Taipei and Dhaka face similar fates in a foreseeable future. See the UN report 'Sinking Cities, Rising Seas' for more details.

No more or less so than the USA's universal wish of "Have a nice day". Both are simple gestures of courtesy, and courtesy is one of the lubricants of society.

4 minutes ago, proton said:

Says who? just a few muslim terrorists. OK have a referendum in Thailand over keeping them or giving them up. 

Have a referendum but only in the three provinces. (Clear parallels with the Northern Ireland situation?)

Yes but it was Britain which gave away the three southern provinces (Treaty of Bangkok, 1909) to Thailand. in fact Britain is pretty good at giving away other peoples territorities and the consequences are still being felt in for example, Palestine, (The Balfour delcaration 1917).

4 hours ago, huangnon said:

The State threatening to confiscate private land.? Has Thailand gone full Communist or something?

 

 

Many countries have laws relating to squatters rights too.

1 hour ago, RandolphGB said:

Thai gold shops buy for a better rate than in the west, but still only a fraction below the spot price.
 

However, many are backwards and regimental about their rules so they’ll only pay the ‘Thai price’, which is for the country’s inferior 96% purity gold.

 

Chinatown is the best place, but don’t hand it over unless they meet the price you want. 

Actually four years back I got a fair price for some gold jewellery in a market gold shop in Chiang Mai - one piece of which wasn't even hall marked. (Fair price because I got a reliable jeweller to value the pieces for me first)

1 hour ago, Rampant Rabbit said:

really I couldnt care  less about THEM, they know what the ultimate  price  is, so  up to them, the only enforcement should be kids.

Any adult  injury if found  not wearing a  seat belt= no free  medical care form the state.....or their insurance, let em die

Actually that's a pretty good idea - insurance invalidated by non-wearing of seatbelt (just as life insurance is invalidated by suicide)

3 hours ago, realfunster said:

It's an absolute disgrace that Thailand are indirectly legitimising the existence of an independent Taiwanese state by providing scheduled air services there ! A disgrace I tell you.

 

Please China, don't accept this kind of public and international disrespect for your intentions to re-annex land that is rightfully yours and urgently put in place some broad economic sanctions and/or ban sale of military hardware to Thailand. If you want to flex your military muscles more openly, some live-fire naval exercises in the gulf of Thailand should do the trick to get the message through. The Thais are currently defenceless whilst they are still waiting for their submarines. 

 

 

 

"land that's rightfully yours" - cart before the horse here; it was Chiang kai-chek who was pushed out of mainland China by the Communists, so in principle China belongs to Taiwan, not the other way round. Anyway sadly that puts paid to the holiday I was planning in Taipei unless the People's Republic gets over its silly tantrum quickly.

7 hours ago, 2baht said:

They'll stumble their way along in the dark and eventually the pieces will fall into place, it seems to work for them in most things! No need to think too mut!

 

 

Well it certainly worked with the management of Covid with far lower numbers of deaths than most of the countries in the Western world and an effective, cheap app, Morprom, which actually works.

“This is what I had to learn but I am not thinking of learning anything more as I am now old, "

  Me too, I'm 80 but learning new things every day is what gets me out of bed every morning.

3 hours ago, bamnutsak said:

Yes, some nine million Thais registered as (potential, not claiming all of these have a solid business plan) growers via the PlookGanja app/web site.

 

I feel (right now) like personal use may survive, but with quite a few restrictions. Of course if someone goes on a murderous rampage and they are said to have been high on Cannabis then we can kiss that goodbye.

 

The CCA simply empowers the formation of other control mechanisms, from a few dozen government agnecies. At least that's what a version of the first draft I read said. It is then up to those agencies, boards to issue regulations on anything from seed to sale and beyond.

 

 

Not forgetting of course taxation. But one major advantage has been to reduce the prison population.

7 hours ago, Photoguy21 said:

Net  Zero is ridiculous, it will never happen but why not get China and India to cut down? They are by far the largest contributors.

And the USA?

16 hours ago, Chomper Higgot said:

And cut public services in a society already floundering after over a decade of Tory austerity.

 

 

Yes the tax cuts will be financed by selling off even more of the National Health Service, Channel 4 and reducing Council grants even further.

Just now, Mansell said:

This is what happens when you elect a sociopath. They have no conscience or guilt, and only care about one person….themselves.

They will lie about anything to anybody.

My brother was a sociopath, and he was recruited by MI5. Why? Because he would do anything they wanted, including killing people.

And that type of person lead the USA. We are lucky he didn’t get us into a war. Putin is another sociopath….doesn’t care about anybody, and that is why he was a perfect KGB operative. And he has got them into a war. Also why he threatens the West if they physically interfere in his war. He would have no problem going nuclear, only his military could stop him.

Boris Johnson in Britain too - even to the point of being a KGB operative.

2 hours ago, vivananahuahin said:

Vaudeville.

Just like dear old Blighty - 18 July: British Government wins vote of no confidence by 349 to 238. Vaudeville!

Thanks Rooster - a cracker article this week.