ThreeEyedRaven

It could well be argued that it would be best to sack the whole damn force and start again with some people who have the correct moral fiber for the job. When the biggest bribe and protection money takers in the country are the cops, seniority just means a bigger slice of the illicit pie.

3 hours ago, RotBenz8888 said:

Can foreigners send reports and get rewards?

I'm sure you can, but given there will be tens of thousands to report, you will be very busy and when you go for your payout, will probably get arrested for working, fined the whole lot and some more and get kicked out for taking money reserved for Thai grasses.

I am very surprised he is still here after the machete wielding incident. And once again he seems to be getting off very lightly after annoying loads of people, acting dangerously around swimmers and refusing to stop for the harbour officials. With people like this it is probably only a matter of time before he goes mental again, at which point you can only hope they kick him out, so he can go piss people off back home.

27 minutes ago, webfact said:

whose family are famous for having a racetrack in Isaan

Maybe they are diversifying into providing medical emergency and funeral and cremation services and want to give the business a bit of a boost.

Clickbait Sir! Clickbait, I say! I read the headline, and threw my hands in the air, like I just didn't care. 

Then read the punchline. Deceiver thou art. Worse still, I have to read your continued, at least somewhat amusing drivel for the foreseeable future.

Better than many I will grant you, so forgiven this time, though you really should consider taking up a new career with a cheesy tabloid, or a dodgy governments propaganda department, given your propensity for making bad news at least seem good for a few seconds. 

I probably should have turned the sarcasm alert on at the start of this.

13 minutes ago, webfact said:

This all pointed to a fourth quarter rise that would enable the TAT to post figures at year's end that met their annual targets. 

I have no doubt whatsoever that TAT will show us the figures at the end of the year, showing that they have exceeded expectations. The only problem being of course that they will be totally fabricated.

Fair enough questions Don, but given the level of mistrust you keep running into, have you stopped to consider that maybe it could simply be that you might look like a really shady character? 

I write a lot of blog articles for an SEO company and have had to do a couple on penis enlargement. The (dare I say it), long and short of things, is that the whole thing is a waste of time. You will only make your pride and joy permanently bigger, by increasing the size of the blood vessels inside, which simply can't be done. Clinics use a fat injection which makes it seem temporarily bigger, but often ends up looking misshapen and as the fat breaks down, you end up having to keep doing it. Only the truly stupid would consider it, which may explain why Thais are being warned not to.

30 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

Staff told police that the two arrived in a pick-up truck and checked in at 5.40pm.

30 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

the two did not check out as scheduled at 9pm

So obviously a short time hotel, where the staff had to have noticed that the girl was obviously underage. Sickening what people will turn a blind eye to when there is money flowing around.

I have friends who normally come to Thailand once or twice a year, quite a few of whom are not coming this year. The strength of the baht is the number one reason, while comments about the Chinese in their hotels, and especially about the way they behave where there is a buffet breakfast also ranks up there. Thailand put its eggs in the Chinese basket, despite as was proved in Sihanoukville, that when the Chinese arrive in numbers, everyone else leaves and don't come back. There is no easy solution to getting tourists back, and I suspect things are going to get a whole lot worse, before they (if ever), start to improve.

Those who rely on the tourism market for their livelihoods, must also take a big chunk of the blame, for very poor behaviour across the board.

9 minutes ago, webfact said:

My amulet saved me!

I'm sorry, but anyone who thinks that an amulet is going to save them in an accident, should be considered too stupid to be allowed to operate a vehicle.

I don't even want to get started on the next bunch of fools coming down the track, who will want his licence plate for lottery purposes.

13 minutes ago, Jonathan Fairfield said:

we should stage big sports events here

Why not go for the Soccer World cup? Thailand is perfectly qualified to make the under the table payments necessary, which seems to be the way Qatar got it. 

Someone who stole an entire country has no right to tell the citizens that dishonesty is not acceptable.

22 minutes ago, webfact said:

 

The other driver had failed to stop despite her husband honking his horn.

Horn or police siren? As many here know honking your horn at another motorist inflames them in a similar manner to insulting their mother. If he was off duty and felt the BMW driver was at fault, he should have taken the vehicle details and reported it. That said, the BMW driver now most definitely needs to be found and suffer the consequences of his seriously stupid and dangerous actions.

I am not sure which is most sad, the shockingly racist attack by Trump, or some otherwise good men and women from the Republican party not standing up and condemning it. Trump is not making America great again with such vitriolic hate filled speech, he is dragging it further and further into the gutter. 

It shows how far we have come as understanding individuals that the British Government can so publicly acknowledge and laud a person that it vilified not so many years back. I am sure some very serious discussion went into the decision, and am extremely happy that the consensus at the end of things worked out like this. It is so very tragic that he never knew about this recognition and accolade.

Now who on earth would recklessly put a bloody great tree in such an inconvenient place, that an idiot hammering along way too fast in the dark would run into it?

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.

58 minutes ago, from the home of CC said:

rooster reporting on a chicken, okay.. (and such a catchy headline!)

Yes, the story would have been far more interesting if he had beaten the thief to death with a chicken (frozen would help), and then cooked and eaten the murder weapon. Would have left the forensics department with a really shitty job on their hands too.

Pattaya has sunk as certainly as the Phoenix, but it is difficult to see it rising from the ashes.

High baht is one thing, but years and years of corrupt cops, fleecing taxis, violent assaults and thefts all put a damper on travelers enthusiasm, and nothing seems to ever happen to stem any of it. It is a pit they have dug for themselves.

50 minutes ago, webfact said:

"If we had confidence that the president clearly did not commit a crime, we would have said so," Mueller said.

And they did not say so, which clearly means they believe he did commit crimes. Trump fans can argue till they are blue in the face, but Mueller has made it very clear he was NEVER going to bring charges, regardless of what he found, as he had to leave that decision to congress. Now the Trump administration is obstructing the search for the truth every way possible. IF he had nothing to hide, they would cooperate fully, to enable them to show innocence and put it behind them. Rationally minded people can draw their own conclusions from the fact that they are not doing that.

4 minutes ago, neeray said:

I am full of anticipation to see what childish name Trump coins for Ambassador Kim Darroch.

Indeed. he definitely doesn't like being made to look foolish and normally responds with abuse. 

I wonder if any who blindly follow will take note of the seniority of the person making these comments. it's hardy like he is a biased reporter from CNN or the like is it?

Shame that it is only apparently happening in Udon Thani. Local cops made a song and dance in Pattaya that they were going to crack down on this, but of course have actually done nothing whatsoever.