ThreeEyedRaven

21 minutes ago, webfact said:

official rhetoric that something was being done. 

Official rubbish more like. In all the years I have been here I have not once seen the cops doing anything about tackling unsafe driving. Tea money stops everywhere, but those just enhance the cops wages rather than preventing accidents. The reality is people can drive how the hell they like with impunity from prosecution in this lifetime, and the longer they get away with it without killing themselves first, the higher the numbers will be, which this article shows is what is actually happening.

Transferred? He should be sacked and charged with assault. Only when the law starts getting serious with these sadistic teachers will the continuous stream of such stories start to decline. If you can't discipline your students without resorting to violence, you shouldn't be a teacher. 

6 minutes ago, webfact said:

Corporal punishment is illegal in Thailand and teachers should be dismissed but rarely are. 

They should be given a public thrashing in front of the whole school, then sacked. That should slow a few of these sadistic scumbags down a little. There is NO excuse whatsoever for beating children.

Nasty! Think I will stick to the safely tried and tested methods thanks.

11 minutes ago, TopDeadSenter said:

Airspace rules will take much work to implement worldwide. But, in the meantime common sense dictates that giving 100s of billions of dollars to rogue regimes who are going to spend the money on weaponry to attack the US and civilian targets is criminally stupid. Thankfully the Daily Express is shining light on the outrageous payment(which one side of the political divide still deny happened!) to the terrorists that launched the attack on the US base and then shot down the Ukrainian airline. This is where the blame lies IMHO.

 

"As part of the disastrous JCPOA Iran deal, Obama released more than $140 billion dollars to the murderous Mullahs of Iran.

“That emboldened the regime and helped fund Soleimani’s deadly covert operations against America and our allies.”

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1228493/World-war-3-donald-trump-barack-obama-us-iran-conflict-qasem-soleimani-jcpoa

You are missing out the very valuable point here that it was not a donation, but the return of Iranian assets which had been frozen under sanctions.

"As part of the deal Tehran regained access to its own assets, which had been frozen abroad, and as a result of which the Iranian regime received up to $150 billion."

It was an internationally agreed deal, so to suggest that Obama alone was dishing out free money is plain wrong. As per the majority of your posts, information gets twisted and other highly salient information left out trying to score questionable political points.

22 minutes ago, darksidedog said:

The cure is going to be very painful and largely needs to come at grass roots level. The whole basis of a market economy is about supply and demand. When demand is low you need to reduce prices, especially when the local currency is strong. Of course, lowering prices is anathema to Thais, who normally just keep putting them up, thus further driving away customers. Then of course we get into the realms of the rip offs and treating your customers like dirt, none of which leads to repeat business, but a fast few baht now has always been more appealing here than taking a long term view.

Yep! Them there chickens have come home to roost, though the idea that it is themselves that have driven customers away will not sink in, as they will always seek to blame someone or something else.

It will be most interesting to see the reaction of the authorities if this actually brings tourists back, at which point they would have to accept that it was their actions which caused such a significant downturn in tourism in town to start with. That family friendly resort thing just isn't bringing in the crowds after all, is it?

I recently got pulled over by the cops for one of their routine collect money stops, and while I had everything, I heard more than one tourist moaning loudly that they were paying out money for the stops that were "everywhere" every single day, and would never be coming back. Fair enough, they didn't have the right documents, but I have never been to a tourist resort that so actively looks to fleece their guests in such a way. Combine this with the murder of the town as it used to be and is it any surprise that the place is a ghost town?

33 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

Good luck with sympathy from TVF. None from me.

 

I am told that sympathy can be found by everyone in the dictionary somewhere between shit and syphilis.

When a poster is asking for advice, it is customary to offer some if you are able, or shut up, if you cannot.

Not everyone has been here for years and is totally up to speed with Thai visa restrictions, many of which would seem absurd and draconian in many other places.

Edogthong, follow the advice of the better posters above and you should be good, though be aware Thailand is being super paranoid about repeat visitors. I guess the place is just so damned good, they have to keep people out to make room for the hoards rushing in. Immigration probably hasn't heard yet that tourist numbers are through the floor, but the red carpet will probably be out for you once they do.

I don't think many who live in Pattaya use the beach, as no one likes swimming amongst a bunch of turds and the film of diesel from the marine craft. If I am going to the beach, I head down to Sattahip, near the naval base, just past Utapao airport. Clean sand, clear water and no beach vendors pestering you every five minutes.

I am not as old as he is, but I have insurance. I would be ashamed to have to put my hand out on a go fund me, or other money raising effort. If you live here you absolutely need insurance. If you don't have it, you should be in a position to cover all of your bills. Relying on the generosity of strangers is just wrong. I do accept in this case, someone else started the funding.

7 minutes ago, faraday said:

37 minutes ago, colinneil said:

Got that excited after reading Darksidedog, and Jipp posting humbling words about me.

I went outside, and my bloody wheelchair collapsed, had to call the wife come home, get me into my spare chair.

Her first words were, no more french fry, no more bacon butties for you fatty.????

Oh, so rude!!

 

Perhaps your dear wife doesn't know the words: 'portly' or 'excessively stout'.....

 

Maybe though, because soon you will be wearing those stained pink tights, you ought to just eat vegetables from now on...?

 

Or embrace the hidden Social Justice Warrior within you & become....

 

Vegan!!

 

????

Lord, give the poor man a break. Suggest taking away one of the few pleasures in life and worse, going all the way to the V word. What should he do next? Give up drinking? 

A leper walks into a cafe on a wet and miserable day, orders his food and looks for somewhere to sit. The place is packed apart from one guy sat alone at a table, so he shuffles over and explains that while he will quite understand if the guy says no, but is there any chance of sharing the table. The guy agrees, but the leper asks one more time, "Are you sure I won't put you off your food?" The man assures him so the leper sits and begins to eat. The man at the table brings a mouthful of food up and as he puts it in his mouth, looks directly at the leper and for a moment it seems he is about to vomit. 

The leper pauses and says, "Are you OK? I will leave if I am putting you off your food." The man assures him this is not the case, so the leper continues to eat. A second time the man takes a mouthful of food and the same thing happens, though this time he has to make a serious effort not to throw up. The leper starts to get up, but the man apologises profusely and assures the leper that it is not him that is making him queasy. Unsure, but not wanting to eat outside in the rain, the leper once more starts to eat.

A third time the man takes a mouthful of food, and as he does so, looks directly at the leper and once more he is assailed by vomiting actions and this time he cannot hold it in, and sprays the contents of his stomach all over the table, everyone's food and the leper, who is incensed.

"You sick scumbag!" he screams, "Three times! Three times I asked you if I was putting you off your food, and now look at me! As if life wasn't tough enough already, my food is ruined and I am covered in foul smelling puke. What the hell is wrong with you?"

The man says, "I am really, really sorry, but I swear to you it wasn't you that was putting me off my food and making me feel sick. It was that evil fella behind you, who kept dipping his bread in the pus at the back of your neck!"

This really is a terrible, though totally predictable situation. Those with cognitive thought have long known that Trump was unstable and not fit for the position. It is tragic, that they are so caught up in politics that no one has the guts to stand up and do what is right by getting rid of him. He is bad for America and bad for the world.

Well there's another big bunch of votes the current mismanage-rs of the country just lost, IF we ever have an election that is, of course.

They seem to have the opposite of the Midas touch, in that everything they get involved with turns FROM gold TO crap.