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14 hours ago, Dogmatix said:

Lucrative police jobs generally incur an upfront fee and then monthly rental payments. In most cases it is said that officers higher up the chain set a rental amount and the officers can keep anythiing they make over that which means they could end up making a loss or a big profit. This is the most pratical way to manage things, as it is difficult to get audited accounts for roadblocks etc. This system according to a study by Chula goes all the way up to the police chief who also has to pay for his position.

Which begs the question who is the Chief of Police paying for his position?

On 1/31/2023 at 9:47 AM, internationalism said:

at the very same time a group of 5 korean female tourists were stopped at that checkpoint, also lileky for some extortion.. 

Through all night they might have 10 such cases - so 270 000 by 8 almost 35k.

And that might be going every single night

But they don't usually keep all of the money. They take a cut and pass the rest up the chain. Checkpoints are usually given monthly budgets of how much they are expected to collect to be passed up. How else are the guys at the top going to be able to buy condo buildings?

6 hours ago, steven100 said:

oh believe me !  ......  I understand their culture alright ....  every bit of it. 

The evidence of this thread strongly suggests you don't

6 hours ago, jacko45k said:

One time he was berating foreigners, because one had the effrontery to complain about the noise he was making..... my Mrs suggested his attitude was not as to be expected from a senior monk.  Sometimes preaching... sometimes listing those who had donated, name and how much, other times telling others they should come and donate. 

Yep, sounds like an oddball exception

23 hours ago, steven100 said:

They did up near Udon Thani ....  they visited the down and outs every now and then.

Visiting down and outs doesn't amount to preaching. What were they saying to the down and outs? Were you listening?

My point really was that people don't go to temples to be or to show themselves as being good people. It's a totally different mindset that you seem to not have understood. Perhaps you haven't been in Thailand long or if you have you have not made much of an attempt to understand the culture

23 hours ago, jacko45k said:

We had one in our village who used to get on the microphone who certainly did..... fortunately he seems to have moved on. 

What was he saying? Was he preaching or just giving out news (in place of the village headman) or simply rambling? Even if he was preaching, he shouldn't have been and he was one single monk 

1 hour ago, steven100 said:

I think it's got alot to do with it, they are so fake, all their temple visits and tree wraps and worships is suppose to mean being a good person, a person of credibility and honesty... geeze i wouldn't trust one person here,  but that's just me, obviously you believe it and that's fine, each to his own.

Seems you have misunderstood such things as temple visits and have transferred your understanding of what that would mean with Christianity onto Buddhism. More often than not people will visit temples or shrines to ask for something (good luck in exams or finding a boyfriend etc). It rarely has much to do with piety. Hence you never see congregations and people preaching (Buddhist monks don't seek to lecture people)   

On 11/9/2022 at 11:43 AM, LukKrueng said:

 

Proven you say? So where is this proof? You are more likely to find that the proof, proves the exact opposite. See below

https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2021/09/surgical-masks-covid-19.html 

https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2014564118

On 11/9/2022 at 9:26 AM, thaibeachlovers said:

LOL. scared people can protect themselves with proper masks. It's not non mask wearers job to protect them.

 

But it is their civic duty to not willingly spread a virus that is potentially very harmful to some of those they come into contact with. What a selfish attitude.

Do you also advocate that men with STD's should not have to bother wearing condoms?

On 10/15/2022 at 7:49 PM, happydreamer said:

I've heard boxing announcers use it.  It sounds fairly dramatic and ostentatious at best.  May I ask which English-speaking country you hail from?

Hi Happydreamer. I'm from England. I just finished a book (Troubled Blood) which uses it too. It seems to be quite an ordinary unassuming phrase to me.

14 hours ago, happydreamer said:

I can only hope the authors first language is not English.  In that case they get a pass.  But seriously what native English speaker writes..."she hails from..."

I, likewise, think the article is poorly written and presumably/hopefully the author is not a native English speaker. However, many people (including novelists) use the phrase "hails from". Perfectly proper use of English (in that instance).

51 minutes ago, pavloh said:

Oh look cnn in the house

Oh look Russian state TV is in the house

14 hours ago, BritManToo said:

Another wine cooler .........

Death by wine cooler... interesting ????

2 hours ago, BritManToo said:

I'm planning to die!

What's penciled into your planner?

12 hours ago, BangkokReady said:

Because it used to mean that and is based on the word "execute" which means to be killed.

 

It should never have been allowed to change.  I don't really understand why it was. ????‍♂️

This article explains it very well
 Electrocution: A Shocking Misuse? : Word Count : Thinkmap Visual Thesaurus