Grandpa Cool

Greed.

14 hours ago, Harrisfan said:

When were flights $ 300?

Up until the pandemic I flew to Bangkok from the Gold Coast (Queensland, Australia) many times on budget airlines (Air Asia and Flyscoot) for as low as Aust$160 one way and not more than Aust$220.

It seems that a lot of foreigners don't realise that we are guests in this country. It's not a good idea to get involved in disputes with locals. After all we are obliged to respect the locals and their culture.

As for the opinionated chaps who think that they are too smart to end up in a Thai prison you never know when that may inadvertently happen to you. I'm looking forward to your woeful stories!🤣🤣🤣

On 2/12/2025 at 8:34 AM, black tabby12345 said:

 

One Perfect Example of the Black Market Economy here.

A kind of Win-Win Deal.

Rider/Driver: No bad marks on their lic.

Cops: Some extra money.

No real problems as long as no actual victims.

You're wrong with your assertion.

In "civilized" countries there is an instituted system of revenue raising which goes towards road maintenance and upgrading.

So instead of improving the standard of living and road safety, saving lives, lessening danger on the roads the short term "fix" by way of a bribe is actually contributing to poor roads, poor infrastructure, more accidents and more misery.

There's a lot of long and convoluted replies to this topic. But, to me it all boils down to the circles in which you move....and it goes both ways.

It has now become a cultural norm.

On 10/14/2024 at 9:22 AM, bendejo said:

She may end up doing commercials: Branded Cream is so good it's worth going to jail for!

 

You are a marketing genius!

I flew Air India Singapore/Mumbai return twice last year. The food and entertainment were good. Everything ran to schedule. No dramas. Nothing remarkable happened.

I've flown with many different airlines over the years and Air India was average. In fact, none of the airlines I've flown on sticks out in my mind (I always fly economy) except I was upgraded once on a Qantas flight from Heathrow to Dubai. It was exceptional!

Perhaps he has some mental decline.

13 hours ago, steven100 said:

 

well how about cleaning up your own backyard   !!

This is the backyard!

8 hours ago, YaiJung said:

More anti-cannabis fear-mongering.  No way this was just weed.  People suck so much. 

I wonder how much alcohol he drank?

22 hours ago, NativeBob said:

why 27 yo khun Thai would fancy 32 yo farang woman while there are so many cute and sexy thai ladies?

Out of curiousity? I don't think so.

Bob, that's a seriously sick attitude that you are harbouring. It reeks of sexism and misogyny. You display a total lack of compassion, kindness and empathy and make light of a serious violent crime.

22 hours ago, NativeBob said:

why 27 yo khun Thai would fancy 32 yo farang woman while there are so many cute and sexy thai ladies?

Out of curiousity? I don't think so.

Bob, that's a seriously sick attitude that you are harbouring. It reeks of sexism and misogyny.....a total lack of compassion, kindness and empathy.

22 hours ago, NativeBob said:

why 27 yo khun Thai would fancy 32 yo farang woman while there are so many cute and sexy thai ladies?

Out of curiousity? I don't think so.

Bob, that's a seriously sick attitude that you are harbouring. It reeks of sexism and misogyny.....a total lack of compassion, kindness and empathy.

ALDI sells Sim cards for $5.00 and they have a wide range of options.

They use the Telstra network under licence.

Google ALDI mobile and check it out.

I wonder how he's been financing his long stay? 🤔

5 hours ago, Dioj said:

Thus, operating shops selling weed for recreational use can only be owned, operated, and profited by locals moving forward is the real underlying message here. Fine, if that's the real agenda then stop pretending that wide spread use of cannabis in Thailand is harming society, is damaging public image, is a health and safety risk, blah, blah, blah. If it is all just bluster to simply squeeze foreigners out of a hugely lucrative US$1 billion business that they want the locals to dominate then they should stop all the buffoonerous flip-flopping about the cannabis laws and stop pretending it's all about cannabis being a health and safety risk to local society.
 

Also, nothing new in Thailand. So all the foreign run cannabis businesses will now have to bring locals into their businesses to insure the locals are getting a larger piece of the pie. This is actually something that has been done for years. Bring in foreign knowledge and experience to start with in order to develop an industry new to Thailand and once the locals have gleaned all the skills needed to do it themselves then they no longer feel they need to exploit the foreigners now involved who taught them the new techniques and methods to grow a new industry that they had no knowledge of before. 
 

Also, Srettha, and the rest of the PT goons, are probably only acting as if they want to make it an illegal narcotic again because they are pandering to their base of anti-cannabis supporters. At the end of the day they know the cannabis genie is not going back in bottle, but, when the laws aren't changed later, then they can at least say that they attempted to live up to their campaign promises, but they were blocked by other uncooperative parties in the coalition. It's always about the blame game and not about having any morals or values, doing things they claim are in the best interest of civil society, or even doing or achieving anything that they originally promised. It's always only about individual personal interests of "public servants" and political arse covering. 

In other words, it's career politicians playing politics. That's what they do in every country on Earth.

10 hours ago, lexxy said:

 

Travelling to thailand to get a handy from a russian dude

Might have been more than a handy!

On 5/7/2024 at 7:41 AM, ChipButty said:

Im not telling you my favourite beach, 

That's the best idea!

I started travelling in Asia over 50 years ago and was early enough to enjoy  many beautiful, unspoilt beaches. The "hippies" discovered so many fantastic out of the way places...... unfortunately people ruin the reasons for going there. We've loved these places to death! 

Cases in point : nearly every beach in Bali, Phuket, Koh Samui.....the list is too numerous to mention everywhere that has lost it's originality. Bars, resorts, shops, roads, traffic, the maze of cables, the influx of people all contribute to deculturing.

Keep your secrets!