Bday Prang

12 hours ago, Bangkok Black said:

And because it's not Thai, the Thai authorities will care even less.

 Why the thinly veiled accusation of racism?   According to the OP the "authorities" are continuing to investigate the incident.  Clearly the drunken father is responsible, what would you like the authorities response to be? 

This applies to not only to Thai police but to every police force around the world. Its not limited to the police either , any large organisation will act in a similar way , look at the hospitals , plenty of cover ups there, governments too.   Its human nature

On 6/11/2025 at 2:31 PM, nickswift said:

 guys, if you dont want to believe that they make synthetic cannabis in thailand thats fine.  However, its been stated in the OP that....

The notorious Golden Triangle, where Thailand, Laos, and Myanmar meet, has emerged as the world's preeminent hub for opium and synthetic drug production. With production levels surpassing even Afghanistan's opium output, the area remains a focal point for trafficking operations that increasingly implicate unwary travellers.

 

Don't shoot the messenger!

 

There was just lots of confusion about why they are saying Kush and Cannabis.... why not just say cannabis if its all cannabis?

It does not specify synthetic cannabis, more than likely refers to fentanyl or similar synthetic opioid 

8 minutes ago, Dasekel said:

I am using European systems, which means it it is tomorrow, 12th June.

Some european geniuses (my accountant for example) are now quoting dates the other way.   very annoying and confusing . nearly as annoying as their  opening line being "i hope this email finds you well" in all correspondence

3 hours ago, impulse said:

I wonder if she has any actual skills? 

 

Like one would need to find an honest job...

Come on , with an attitude like hers she is totally unemployable

This must be the sort of pressure countries with no nuclear deterrent have to resort to when threatening each other. 

On 6/10/2025 at 7:24 AM, dinsdale said:

Like saying the fight against the common cold is far from over. Both endemic non-severe viral infections that ain't going away.

That doctor looks a bit too smug for my liking. Basking in his 15 minutes of fame prior to inflicting his will on a nation of sheeple who will obey his every instruction,   

16 minutes ago, nickswift said:

 

As I said nothing to do with cannabis, Its purely a coincidence that some African country has used the name "kush" as a slang for synthetic cannabis  I could not be bothered watching all the video , but no doubt the BBC failed to clarify that. The OP referred to high grade kush, There is no such thing as high grade spice, there is however high grade cannabis

In Russia there is a rather nasty "drug" called Crocodil  I can assure you that no crocodiles are involved in its manufacture

Nobody is smuggling synthetic cannabis to the UK as there is little demand other than amongst the homeless or in prisons

Anybody seeking cannabis would be far from happy if they were given spice

And lets not forget there will come a time when it won't matter who runs the hospital, but there's no point in paying over the odds for morphine or fentanyl injections which will work just  the same no matter who administers them 

2 minutes ago, nickswift said:

 

Yes, I was at a loss for the wording they used, some reports suggested that the 'kush' was a synthetic cannabis think of 'spice' in the UK.  I really hope its not synthetic as that stuff is v.bad - I can only think that its a mistake on the reporting.  If they are making synthetic cannabis here, then its probably going to be in the golden triangle where they now make a lot of meth as ive been lead to believe from a recent news article (not just opium production anymore) - I just dont know what news article to believe and if it was normal cannabis, synthetic cannabis or just a poorly researched news article. 

 

Kush is a well known strain of cannabis that has been around for years, Anybody with any knowledge of cannabis would have heard of it. Probably best for you to do a bit more research and not to take too much notice of what you hear from the mainstream media.  Kush has nothing whatsoever to do with spice and any idiot suggesting otherwise should be ignored

1 hour ago, nglodnig said:

"It's easy put these bags in your luggage it's perfectly safe" On a scale of one to ten how stupid would you need to be? "Unwitting"? More like mentally handicapped

How stupid indeed, its a question I keep trying to answer, Its actually amazing just how stupid some people can be , I mean unwanted pregnancies in so called developed countries being another perfect example. 

As somebody once said , once you realise how stupid the average person can be and then remember that half of the worlds population by definition is more stupid than that to one degree or another it all starts to become plausible

Something doesn't seem right about this whole issue to me , Is there really such a huge increase in people doing this or is just the way its being reported ? 

          I mean its purely coincidental of course that any proposed changes to cannabis regulations always seem to be accompanied by a heightened  media frenzy on the subject.  How many "multiple suitcase" would be smugglers have there actually been recently ?  I don't think its as many as it appears, sometimes the same occurrence can generate multiple threads.

3 minutes ago, frank83628 said:

They have written kush in all the articles, i guess it makes it sound like something special, rather then just saying cannabis

journalists trying to look informed  , and failing

15 minutes ago, Woke to Sounds said:

 

I wonder how many children they've killed with this shhhiiiiiiiit!!

why don't you make an "educated" guess  

3 minutes ago, Yellowtail said:

I said: "Anyone can go to a government hospital here, with or without a pink ID." I did not say it was free. 

 

 

You seem to have no idea how arithmetic works. 

insurance companies do not expect ones premiums to cover ones claim. that would render it pointless. The 1000's of people who never claim more than cover the costs, if that was not the case they would all be bankrupt

9 hours ago, josephbloggs said:

Guess what? I don't want to watch those videos either. I am sure 95% of people don't want to. So is everyone a Hamas loving anti-semite? Or perhaps I just don't want to see such horrendous things happening to humans. 

I also don't want to watch videos of people being bombed in Gaza either. Does that make me an pro-IDF anti Palestinian? No, I just don't want to see people getting blown up.

You are honestly ridiculous. 

nobody is suggesting you should watch those videos, but some people need a reality check think of it as akin to showing persistent drunk drivers pictures of the victims of such behaviour.

7 hours ago, Yellowtail said:

If genocide is defined by "Intent to destroy a people”, does that mean Palestinians are trying to commit genocide on the Jews? 

quite a few lefties guilty of that 

On 6/7/2025 at 1:47 PM, Yellowtail said:

So, you would fall into the category of I described as never having had insurance, yes? 

 

If one has a preexisting condition, they are not buying insurance, they are buying healthcare. If you can wait until after you have an accident to buy insurance, everyone would wait. 

 

Anyone can go to a government hospital here, with or without a pink ID. 

 

I no longer have medical insurance either, it just got too expensive, but I don't blame the insurance company. Even at $800 a month, you have a knee replaced, the insurance company is out a couple of years of premiums. 

 

 

government hospitals are not free for foreigners 

"Even at $800 a month, you have a knee replaced, the insurance company is out a couple of years of premiums."

You appear to have no Idea how insurance works  

On 6/7/2025 at 10:02 PM, Magictoad said:

Check it out for yourself. PIE...It was around in the early 70s and was finally disbanded by the police. Their front was a campaigning organisation to reduce the age of consent.  Just to be clear PIE were a UK organisation.

Ask harriet harman, I'm sure she will  confirm that

1 hour ago, Nick Carter icp said:

 

   Apart from catching Covid .

That doesn't make you stranger if it doesn't kill you

Polio is a bit like that too

6 hours ago, RSD1 said:

The 5th has come and gone. Meanwhile, nothing in the news anywhere so far about any new changes to the cannabis laws.

I would have expected it to be headline news too, but, then again, maybe its just not that important, except to a few bigots on here of course

10 hours ago, BritManToo said:

So my wife thinks she's coming into a few million Baht (almost no chance).

And wanted me to sign a document stating any money she gets is hers, and I have no claim on it.

I say, "sure, no problem", and she brings over a notepad for me to write out the agreement.

I write "any money you get and half belongs to me" she tells me to sign and date it to make it official.

She asks me to read out what I wrote, and I read out "any money you get belongs entirely to you"

She walks off happily clutching the document to keep somewhere safe .........

 

You can't fix stupid!

excellent solution , job sorted and case closed, happy wife =happy life.  well done.   There are some on here who would have refused, tried to argue with her, (for months) involved lawyers even etc etc,  all futile and counter productive.  Like you correctly say   "Can't cure stupid"