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20 hours ago, marko kok prong said:

Well the extent of tinting on windows here cut's down night vision when driving a lot,to be honest i have thought of investing in night vision goggles.

I had a toyota Altis bought it secondhand. My first night drive was for about 200 kms ,all the vehicles on the road appeared to only have side lights. Next day had the film removed from the windscreen and replaced with a lighter film. Could then see perfectly and not shake at the thought of driving home in the dark

On 12/15/2018 at 1:45 PM, fruitman said:

Shopping malls are the ONLY decent places to shop so we can't have enough of them.

Obviously I have no idea of the whys or what caused the fire. But I spent three years in Singapore in the late sixties. There. Kampongs regularly seemed to get burnt out . But Lee Kwan Yue's government always had an empty block of flats for the people. Look at Singapore now no Kampongs. Just sterile housing blocks and for all its riches a sterile culture free society

13 minutes ago, boonrawdcnx said:

 

It‘s quite easy to understand - the corrupt police supports the corrupt armed forces who staged an illegal coup to take over the country illegally and then pardon themselves for all the crimes they committed - the corrupt judiciary lets them get away with it - the victims parents who dare to protest are arrested - not the officers in charge and responsible for the killings of unarmed civilians.

The corrupt union of state legislature and executive has to keep the peasants in check by any means -

First - with the threat of “legal” action which only applies to the peasants but not to the “above the law” elite who can commit crimes and stage or organize any protest they want without being held accountable or arrested and charged by the corrupt police.

 

Secondly - If the peasants should get organized because they had enough of all I mentioned above - which happens every decade or so - the armed forces shoot them dead and get away with it using lethal force against the peasants to intimidate them and let them know who really owns this country.

 

In fact most of all the combat the Thai armed forces have done in the last 30 years is killing their own unarmed civilians - very convenient - because they don’t shoot back at them - and they don’t even shoot them always - sometimes they suffocate them after they are handcuffed by stacking them on military trucks- which sends the peasants the message that we can kill you any way we want without being held accountable.

 

If the armed forces here should encounter other armed forces who actually fight back they do not fare so well as many of us witnessed during the Baan Rom Klao disaster in 1987 which was the last major armed conflict with other troops where barefoot Laotian soldiers drove them back from hill 1428 and the glorious air force dropped bombs on their own soldiers.

 

And guess what the real reason was for the “border conflict” - money of course - corruption and disagreements over payments from illegal logging carried out by the Thai army in the area - and the Thai people where told the army defends their borders!

 

So to put it simple - how dare the peasants protest the murder of their children - and for the foreseeable future we will still see the corrupt arresting and prosecuting innocent parents protesting the killing of their children and the guilty “elite” get away with their crimes - business as usual - nothing new here.

 

 

 

 

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Sounds remarkably similar to the October revolution  that started in St Petersburg. When the russian Cavalry charged peasants who were rioting outside the Palace. Starting the Russian revolution??????

1 hour ago, lust said:

I’m ok if the teacher uses a ruler on my son’s hands or legs if he’s naughty in school. Kids need to learn that there are consequences for their actions at an early age imo.

 

Too many sissy parents these days who refuse to discipline their children unfortunately. 

The rule of law is broke on a large scale in most walks of life in Thailand, laws are only for those who cannot afford to break them, no enforcement by any authority.

3 hours ago, Somtamnication said:

What a joke! Sorry for the pun. Corruption is a lot higher than that!

This is Thailand corruption starts at the top and works its way down. Top = efficient seamless corrruption bottom your local chaps their share is minimal .  Bottom =  couldn't careless

18 hours ago, wgdanson said:

Please tell me where you gleaned that bit of knowledge. No-one else seems to know of this method.

The requirements on the application for a visa, state the monthly deposit method above. 

16 hours ago, John Answer said:

What are you afraid of? 20k is not a lot of money in Thailand. 

No but getting robbed is his fear. You may like to give your money away but some don't have enough to throw it away

1 hour ago, fforest1 said:

I like my plastic....I would be very upset and make a scene too if a store did not have plastic bags for my purchase.....Plastic works...Its just that simple...

Your  name may be fforest but the forest will be a garbage heap of plastic. "Oh look I'm the only one in step, !?" yes another plastic bag  please

7 hours ago, connda said:

If they want to eliminate foam use, then the retailers need to stop purchasing it and using it.  This is not a consumer issue - it is a retailer issue.  If a retailer serves 1000 consumers, and stops the use of foam, 1000 consumers now no longer use foam.

The media loves to play 'Blame the Consumer' for the foam and plastic problem.
But the reality is that if the retailers stop purchasing and using foam and plastic, then the end-consumer no longer consumes foam and plastics, plus it puts the manufacturers of this junk out of business. 

I have gone over to refusing to buy everything in a plastic bag. The local shop keepers just think I'm a mad farang. The mind boggles at the lack of interest and understanding at gras root level.

5 hours ago, arithai12 said:

What do you mean?

When you get a new passport while in Thailand, you just go to Immigration and transfer your old extension & re-entry permit to the new one.

But the problem with the whole system is inefficient training half the officers while good at a meeting the angry public do not have suitable training that is consistent across immigration, they have to fumble for the correct answer It is not the officer in the office, IT is poorly administered training investment

On 11/13/2018 at 9:09 AM, Borzandy said:

Don't be sure, you don't know what Thais are able to put in their diesel.

Ask yourself how does a diesel engine work . It runs by exploding the diesel without an external ignition source. Ok in cold countries they have to use heater plugs and the old method of starting a tractor was to give it a squirt of ether but again no flame. Most aircraft run on 

Avtur 

An aviation diesel, the use of petrol etc in flying a plane only occurs in piston engine air craft, not your modern jet liners

So a good old fashion hot exhaust will do the trick, but not explovively as it would with petrol as the vapour level is far less when not compressed. Being an ex aircraft fire fighter I have seen people die from diesel roaring through an aircaft at extremely fast speeds. Sorry for the oldmans lecture

5 hours ago, worgeordie said:

The ways to die on Thai roads is astounding,seems 

strange that the motorcyclist ran into the back of

the truck,when the driver says he turned the emergency

lights on,I suspect he must have turned them on after

the accident,we will never know. RIP the Motorcyclist only 21.

regards Worgeordie

Yes but how far did the extended load area extend past the trucks lights. Seeing some the extensions here he could still be three metres away from the lights when he lost his head

23 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

You could just give up without any ban - if you want to give it up.

That's right,I'm weak so everybody else has to suffer. Do it on your own it takes two things, willpower and strength of character. You don't get them from other people no matter how you try so they would not be helping you  just suffering because of you. GO FOR IT SUCK IT UP, after a short while you will wonder what all the fuss was about.....posted by me an ex 60 a day dumbo

On 10/12/2018 at 9:09 AM, james.d said:

Why not just scrap every single law here already passed and any that may be in the pipeline.. would win plenty of votes.

What's the point in scrapping the laws, no one enforces them apart from pocket money, the minority who obey them would be the very few to gain from scrapping laws

42 minutes ago, gunderhill said:

No, she enjoys  ride on a chopper????

Gunder hill you are on the double endtentre border you queuing up for your turn... in the defamation queue????????????????????????????????????????????

16 hours ago, wirat69 said:

Spoilsport..... the odd tip or two is quite pleasant, occasionally!!!!!

Was that a shirt implying the ladies are now charging double. Are they the new source IO income

2 hours ago, Andrew Dwyer said:

If they just stopped them queue jumping then I’d be happy !!

When you have been in Immigration for...well... forever !! and it it’s getting close to your turn and some smarmy lady walks into Immigration wais all the IO’s and on the premise of asking a simple question sits down next to some bemused farang and while still “ chatting “ pushes her huge pile of passports and papers over the desk to be served next !! Happened to me twice last week !!

Okay, morning rant over

That doesn't mean she is doing anything illegal just queue jumping,many companies hire labour from ajoining countries and the factories etc stand warranty for them the office lady takes all the visas/ 90 day due and gets them stamped up. You should try a 90 day at Pratchinburi. They have three staff just on 90 days and they are working flat out I hate the reporting bit but it is the waiting that is the pain

15 hours ago, 0815 said:

...and not named !

Thai's become tourists when they take a holiday to kill anything that does'nt shoot back.

On 9/29/2018 at 4:26 PM, Krataiboy said:

An everyday story of country folk, Thai style.

You want an everyday story of Thai moo ban living. A large percentage live in shacks were they all bed down together. A friend of my had a stepson, return to live at his house, he slept with his granny in the same bed and conned her to buy a motorcycle for him. Oh I failed to mention he was 17 yrs old had slept with granny until he was 14 before he left to live with his dad. He wouldn't work and came back to granny. Now in prison sold the motorbike to buy Yaba and sell it

22 hours ago, lemonjelly said:

Is it true that Asians lack a certain gene re: alcohol tolerance?.... they seem to lose the plot in rather odd ways when getting pi55ed


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I think you are right about the alcohol tolerance. I know that there is the same type of Problem in Aus with the aboriginal population

6 hours ago, Orton Rd said:

Yeah that's they way people describe a dog before it attacks the family baby! Poor bloke probably thought the family actually like him as well.

Probably but one can only speak as they find, conjecture and doubt will kill your relationship, so go with what you have in your own mind and heart. Me 10 yrs, nice family no one asking for anything not even for the old English joke cup of sugar. I cannot be the only one on this forum who doesn't worry about a knife in the back. but the analogy of the dog biting the baby does correctly point out there are animals out there

4 hours ago, dickjones2018 said:

anybody knows how toxic the spray is they use ? might affect lungs ... and is it not funny... you or your neighbor are spraying and mosquitoes can travel from other places nearby where neighbors just leave water standing in whatever pots, pans, cracks and they will come back to you, so pretty useless of all that fogging

Afraiid I have to differ I lived in Singapore for three kyears inthe early Seventies an d fogging was the regular event on every street ,monsoon drain and water mass, three years four bites ,not wearing any repellents whole family the same. Thailand sporadic fogging ten years, bites mostly monsoon season daily wearing the famous deet Some one ,Called Lee Kwan Yoo, got it right with the persistent determination to fog,fog, fog.