Bday Prang

As has been discussed many times on this forum over the years, the legality of many things in Thailand is a very subjective issue.

Whilst what you say is true ,Its certainly not that simple Just because they have mirrors, and even if you can see their mirrors, it does not necessarily mean that they are actually using them , So its unwise to assume that they have seen you. Sometimes you can't see their mirrors because they don't actually have any

What sort of vehicle would survive a high speed head on collision with bus ? , There would be little chance of somebody driving an armoured car surviving such an accident . Its not these vehicles that are inherently dangerous, but the same cannot be said for many of the people who drive them.

Airline pricing policies are one of the great unexplained mysteries of life, There is not a huge difference between the distances from Khonkaen and Udon to Chiang Mai so the difference in price might well be related to how many people are expected to travel on those routes. Either that or Udon is at a much lower altitude which requires the planes to fly "uphill" resulting in higher fuel costs

Good luck with finding a roller, the only ones I ever see are on large highway / construction projects, Smaller contractors are unlikely to posses one and would probably be reluctant to hire one in. They may have a vibrating plate compactor which would be better than nothing ( but only just) To be honest all the fill under the proposed driveway should have been compacted as it was being spread out ( not just the stone on top) 300mm of stone will be fine, spread it in layers as thin as possible and compact it as best you can with whatever is available, Backhoe, Tractor and even the wagons delivering the stone will all provide some compaction but obviously a roller is the best option. Depending on how heavily the driveway is trafficked some wheel track ruts may develop over time but that would probably happen to some degree no matter how well you compacted it. Any such ruts can simply be filled with a sprinkling of a little more stone if required It would be a different story if you planned to lay concrete over the stone as any settlement due to poor compaction might result in the concrete cracking, but assuming you don't intend to do that then no need to worry about it

I keep mentioning what ? You appear to be confused , I mentioned people feeling uncomfortble once , just once , and that was in response to a comment you had made, You said ....". If that sort of extrapolation of information leaves some people feeling uncomfortable I have to wonder why. I said ..... "People being told by others that they are going to suffer either a heavy tax bill or some draconian punishment are feeling uncomfortable , and you have to wonder why ? Do you often find yourself prone to exaggeration ?

The very mention of the word "hash" for me brings back sad miserable memories of the 70's and 80's back in the uk. Some of the hash that people were smoking in those days was pretty low quality, often tainted with the smell of diesel, oil , or rubber I lost count of the number of Tshirts , sofas, and Duvet covers that I ruined with burns from the white hot particles that were prone to fall out of spliffs, I even burnt the cat once . There was occaisionally some better quality stuff floating around but it was the exception rather than the norm I was lucky, my best mate at school was a jamaican lad and he had 2 older brothers who were quite well connected, so I had access to decent grass and was mostly able to avoid smoking the hash. Once the skunk type stuff found its way over to us in the early 90's there was no way I would ever go back to hash. I even tried it a couple of times on trips to Amsterdam but never really liked it, even in a bong

nobody here is able to help him, despite what any of the self appointed experts say or think, nobody yet knows how this will play out. The OP invited people to share their experiences and opinions, well its too early for any experiences to have been reported, , so in reality , all he is going to get is opinions, I really can't see what use any persons opinion would be to the OP unless the person giving the opinion was a senior player in the Thai revenue department, and even then, it would still only be an opinion

No need to apologise I didn't request your assistance, you must be confusing me with somebody else,

People being told by others that they are going to suffer either a heavy tax bill or some draconian punishment are feeling uncomfortable , and you have to wonder why ? I would have thought it was glaringly obvious Again most of what has been said by the various posters on this subject over the past 9 months has been totally irrelevant ,

and anybody else who stays 180 days or more in a year

Only the first time (duh!)

Rubbish , your example above assumes that the Thai buying the 1 million baht car has not paid any tax on the money they earned to buy the car with !. Theoretically both the foriegner and the Thai would have paid an Identical amount of tax

As is usual on this forum, certain topics , provoke certain members , to promote themselves to the level of "expert" Often based on whatever work they did back home prior to their retirement. Its not surprising, when one considers the age of many who frequent this forum its only to be expected that some retirees in the autumn years of their lives might feel the need to appear "relevant" once again, by dishing out well meant ( but inaccurate ) advice, Then there are those who despite knowing even less about this subject, delight in spreading panic and posting speculative , scaremongering, rubbish with no basis in fact. Finally lets not forget about the all dubious "professionals" only too keen to offer their totally unessessary services for a generous fee to those shaking in thier boots with fear Astonishingly some people appear to have actually acted on the "advice" handed out by these charlatans, and reports of people visiting tax offices, only to be sent packing, tells us all we need to know about how seriously the authorities are taking this matter. Would anybody on this forum who found themselves in trouble with the police, seriously seek , take , or act on any advice dished out by an annonymous sttanger claiming to be a retired police officer from a western country ? I sincerely hope not

Would you really like to put that to the test? Just imagine your bank accounts / pension pot got cleaned out due to some sort of internet hacking scam and you were left penniless. You might find their loyalty and support diminishes rather rapidly over time once they realised you were totally broke

Its been explained clearly in several recent comments on this thread. one directly above by @topt and one slightly earlier by @Ralf001 its not rocket science

Of course nothing will happen to him and your predicted outcome is probably not far wrong, But an enquiry is always a welcome bonus, and all part of the trappings of power It won't achieve anything but at least couple of minibus loads of the white uniformed elite can enjoy a week or two of short, easy, days sat round a table laughing and joking for a few hours before heading off for a good lunch, and then off to a gentlemans club for a soapy. All whilst claiming various attendance allowances and paid for on expenses, Its a tough job but someone has to do it

maybe we should have a forum vote , I seriously doubt anybody other member considers you to be normal , by any definition of the word, how do you think people would vote?

Actually I am calling you and your ilk weirdos for overly concerning yourselves about the sexual activities of others, and judging them ,

everybody else except you and a couple of other repressed weirdos. Its notable that the moral minority are the first to hurl unprovoked insults at everybody else who's views on this subject do not align with their own.

Well its about time this country gave it a try, You appear to know as little about this subject as you do about road safety. culling if done properly is the only solution. Releasing them back onto the streets along with restricting food supply is madness, How does a pack of starving dogs normally behave, a baby could easily become a victim , ripped to shreds in minutes They don't just need vaccinating once , some vaccines are required annually. its not just rabies either, there are plenty of other diseases and parasites to be dealt with. some of the nastier ones can be passed on to humans following contact with the dogs or their excrement. I'm sure there are many schemes to deal with this plague that look good on paper , but remember where you are, none of them will be happening here anytime soon mainly due to a lack of interest and the costs involved,

They are all wack jobs or god botherers one thing they have in common appears to be severe hang ups, coupled with the mistaken belief that they understand women. Sex to these people is not the normal natural activity that it is for the rest of us, for whatever reason they see sex as an inherently dirty activity, Religion has a lot to answer for

Sadly there are many people who would strongly object to your plan to put an end to dog suffering. Ironically they consider themselves "animal lovers"

Of course culling works if its carried out properly, its used to control the populations of many different species, however its not a one hit solution and should be thought of as a continuous "work in progress" What happens in the UK is absolutely a cull. It has just been cleverly disguised so as not to upset the usual objectors The releasing of stray dogs back out onto the streets under any circumstances has got to be one of the stupidest things I have ever heard in my life

And it would have happened a lot quicker and cost significantly less if they had removed the Neuter , Vaccinate, and especially the "return" part of the programme , It should have been simply a search and destroy operation. There is absolutely nothing to be gained by releasing stray dogs back out onto the streets once they have been trapped , whether vaccinated ( which doesn't last forever) or neutered ( which does not stop them biting) These feral animals and their filthy excrement are a blight . Simple as that