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Which office ?

6 hours ago, Lingba said:

Thai Math...makes sense to them

 

20000 baht per month in their heads is better then 0 baht per month

1 hour ago, yosib157 said:

I just had to and found this link. Buildings are certainly more attractive than anywhere in Thailand and night time 0000's of people. I would have taken a 'once in a lifetime look' ----- if 20 years younger.

 https://th.images.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search;_ylt=AwrxhWhXF1ZdrSAAjinHTQx.;_ylu=X3oDMTB0N2poMXRwBGNvbG8Dc2czBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNwaXZz?p=long+street+cape+town&type=gsp_oprwin_00_00&hspart=dcola&hsimp=yhs-001&param1=1&param2=cat%3Dweb%26sesid%3Db4e7e61177387b9c237a9c37380c8933%26ip%3D115.87.128.247%26b%3DOpera%26bv%3D56.0.3051.66%26os%3DWindows-7%26os_ver%3D6.1%26pa%3Dgencoll%26sid%3D71a18c7db0126155871b610965ae659d%26abid%3D18765%26abg%3D22516%26a%3Dgsp_oprwin_00_00%26sdk_ver%3D%26cd%3D%26cr%3D%26f%3D%26uref%3D&ei=UTF-8&fr=yhs-dcola-001#id=81&iurl=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.robertharding.com%2Fprevieww%2FRM%2FRH%2FHORIZONTAL%2F774-801.jpg&action=close

I was there 20 years ago, not been back since but even then put Pattaya to shame in terms of quality buildings and bars as you say.  Not  the typical cheap tacky rubbish fitted out for the least price you find generally in Thailand.  However having said that the Thai ladies make up for it IMO.

11 hours ago, thaiguzzi said:

If that's a photo of Cape Town's nightlife, i'm flying out tomorrow....

Long Street, google it

1 minute ago, Fex Bluse said:

Hi - I usually start to feel the same.

 

Then I consider that, if your friend is anything like an average Thai, would she be corrupt just like so many other Thais if she had the opportunity?

 

I think the answer to that question says much.

Unfortunately when the Thai social and education systems brainwash Thais from birth it is thus considered normal to kowtow to those above that say they are better than you and when an opportunity does arise by some chance for to better yourself then it is felt to be the dutiful thing to cheat  on those you have risen above. Its Thai culture these days unfortunately, for many of the population.

34 minutes ago, neeray said:

A great post with the exception of your final 8 words.

Yes, I would like to see P and P declare "ALL their assets".

But if all Thais  did that it would no doubt make the Nigerians look like a bunch of amateur embezzlers and Kim Jung-Un kind and considerate to his nations poor.

1 hour ago, smutcakes said:

Will be interesting to hear the real reason for him beinf pulled up. Call me cynical if you will be there is ni chance he has been fingered because of undisclosed wealth. He must be suspected of or done something wrong. Perhaps links found to anti Government side.. will be good knowing the full story if ever.

Or maybe he had threatened to expose others with billions of baht stolen from the country.

27 minutes ago, gunderhill said:

TM30  will give  them all the answers

Well should give them a bit of a heads up anyway ????

1 hour ago, Thaiwrath said:

What chance is there for the country, when you have a <deleted> like this as deputy chief of counter corruption commission ?

And that is small fry I expect compared to all those above him

7 hours ago, NanLaew said:

This would be so practical here.

 

 

Which country are they available in ?

On 8/13/2019 at 9:36 AM, Tropposurfer said:

Radical solution to kill someone.

bullying people is never good , but murdering someone is a tad over the top.

 

But in Thailand it is quite common.

1 hour ago, dcnx said:

That doesn’t look like a small explosion.

It does to those with a small brain, it is the "Thai authorities" we are talking about here after all.

7 hours ago, Dogmatix said:

 

Then there will be an English embassy in a squalid townhouse in Minburi or some other far flung suburb which can organise a street party to celebrate St George's Day and final indepedence from everything and everyone along with total economic collapse.  

It will only be a consulate by then perhaps accurately reflecting its diminishing world status.

Possibly it will just be a general apology caused by the actions of Big Joke when he was running immigration  ????????  Or else reversing the insistence that Embassies verify anything and revert to the old method of each embassy just endorsing, in many cases total codswallop, income statements.????????

2 hours ago, Denim said:

Birth certificate yes. A new wife should also come with a 10 year warrenty. 

And if second hand a full service history too

15 minutes ago, KiChakayan said:

They never get any safety training? Worked in a chlorine factory during my student years, the first thing they taught us was to never provide assistance to anyone without wearing a gas mask.

The first guy to die had an excuse, the three next ones died as idiots. R.I.P

Lets be fair. Given lax training and education they may not have been idiots, rather uneducated and hence unaware of the dangers and precautions necessary. The real idiots are the hiso Thais or hiso wannabes that think sufficient training of labourers is not justified due to the fact they consider them as members of the lower classes. And there are a few of those on TVF unfortunately.

You could also minimise your exposure to many health hazards by moving out of Bangkok if that were possible for you.  Your wife is working in BKK supporting you ?

1 hour ago, d2b2 said:

While a Thai life only has a value of 100,000 baht. So if you do the math it is cheaper to keep the unsafe vans and pay out the compensation after deaths. The policy (now voluntary) was sound and reasonable. There is little to no hope of Thailand ever reducing the number of traffic related deaths and injuries, if the government repeatedly repeals or neuters sensible laws. There will be very few transport operators who will now purchase safer new microbuses, but I bet there will be quite a few new Mercedes sold to high ranking officials.

Most Thai high ranking officials won't need to buy their new Mercedes, they will get them as "gifts"

24 minutes ago, Krataiboy said:

Probably aiming for where he felt the guy's brains were.

Nah that would have been his backside being Thai male

9 minutes ago, mrfill said:

np. I can remember jute sacks being used for potatoes, flour, coal and the sack race on school sports day....

Me too and billions of sand bags

3 hours ago, fforest1 said:

The number of malls now in Bangkok is not only unbelievable and downright strange is almost like a disease that is consuming the city......And they just keep building more and more and more...  

For a city that is sinking it appears short sighted given this quote from the Asian Correspondant ;  "The latest estimates suggest that Bangkok is now sinking as fast as 2cm per year in parts of the city. In fact, The Global Post reported that by 2100, Bangkok would be fully submerged and unliveable"

That is a mere 81 years to go or possibly less with the predicted increases in sea level rises.