paul1804

Staying on "residential visa" yes you know the brown envelope type!!!

Its the sad reality of Thailand, they just cannot help themselves from being corrupt! Why would they need to import BMW's for the RTP when they assemble many other less costly brands in Thailand. Like others on this forum have mentioned, probably most of them have been repainted and are now personalised vehicles of RTP employees or their wives & girlfriends!!!

I would say the usual poorly written Thai article, they not refugees. Some are genuine tourists and some are avoiding the conflict or maybe a bit of both, also some actually work in various industries. Who can blame them for not wanting to be part of the war and right now its cold in Russia and life is tough so if they can afford it why not come to sunny Thailand. Some are very nice people and others are undesirables!

Sadly another typical Thailand ridiculous idea, the driving test is a joke and this along with no road discipline is why Thailand has one of the highest road fatalities on the planet. Some idiot will have been paid a nice fat wad for dreaming up this stupid idea that defeats the whole purpose of a points deduction system.

It will just be another Chinese scam, so many people believe china is a great country but I have to ask myself why do so many Chinese not live in china and how many foreigners actually live in china ??? Why do so many Chinese immigrate to other countries?

More than likely just a spoilt little mixed Indian boy trying to lie his way out of a situation and of course the Farang are the real culprit of this sort of behaviour. Unbelievable what goes down in Thailand!!!

I have used Q-Con blocks which are a light weight L= 600 x H = 200mm with vary widths from 75 - 250mm. They also do lintels up to 3.6m in length so great for most windows and doors. They are fantastic but you have to know and follow the correct construction procedures, they have a web site which is very informative. They are more expensive than your old style concrete blocks but so easy to use and so much better for almost everything from construction to noise, sound and insulation. I would absolutely use them again if I were building a house.

Yes & so true which is very sad for humanity.

There 2 sides to every scenario and without knowing the facts how can we positively comment. Sure he has got some Thai chick on the go so its fairly certain there's no "go" at home! He's probably at bit naughty but again we dont know the facts and sadly the old girl maybe getting a rough deal. She has a house and is most likely well looked after so maybe she should just get on with what she has left of her life and enjoy what she can while she can.

And he doesnt own factories that manufacture E cigs but he does own Canabis plantations!!!

Well we are all on the same page are we not, very obviously it will be someones private slush fund! Thailand when will you rise above these practices, rather obviously not in my life time!

If you are Thai you are allowed to not follow the traffic rules but foreigners must abide by the rules. Standard in Thailand as Thais never obey the traffic rules and foreigners observe this behaviour and try the same!!

Why am I not surprised, I was married to a Thai lady for 13 years and know first hand how they think. When it coms to money all the rules & ethics get thrown out the window!!! I know they are not all tarred with the same brush but sadly a large percentage are!!

I stand to be corrected, seems a little strange why you would need 2 passport from the same country under the same name but obviously with the response its ok!!

It is not unusual or against the law in many countries to hold 2 passports issued by different countries, I presume these offenders have 2 passports issued by the same country which is an offence.

So those old 767 keep tyres under their wings now do they??

Well it all went rather quiet so maybe he never actually made it to jail, I wouldn't be a bit surprised and someone had to oversee the dividing of his assets to all the police and authorities involved so who better than Joe himself, that was probably his agreed punishment!

Yes well we all know that RTP would never extort money from people dont we, such a fine upstanding bunch they aren't!!!!

Making statements like this I think this guy wants to become a Thai politician!!! He certainly has some of the right credentials to not look out of place as it were!!

Is there any country on the planet where there is no prostitution, I doubt there is even though many countries try and claim there is none. Its the oldest profession so get real, Thailand would have to be one of the largest prostitution hubs on the planet and its not going away any time soon so make it legal and support it.

I have often said the Thai Department of Transport really needs to teach its citizens how to drive properly, the driving test here is a joke. They must learn and obey road rules, the lane marker lines painted on the roads mean nothing, they dont stop at pedestrian crossings, they pull out in front of you on a highway, they stop in front of you on the highway to let another driver enter which disrupts the main traffic flow and causes congestion and accidents. Roundabouts are complete chaos, they have no idea or training on this yet roundabouts are so practical. Motor bikes are the biggest offenders, no helmets, 3 on a bike, pull onto a main road with not so much as a glance left, weave in and out of traffic, drive on the wrong side of the road because they would like to turn right up the road somewhere, It is an appalling situation and really needs to be addressed by the authorities. I wonder why Thais drivers, especially motor bikes have no sense of self preservation?? Having a drivers license is a privilege and road rules should be learnt and obeyed, not taken for granted. When I sat for my Thai drivers license I watched a movie for about 40 minutes, I was the only Farang and watched the entire rediculous movie while the other 20 or so who were all Thai's slept! So I am not surprised when I see the road accident statistics here, it is very sad and the outcome of an irresponsible road transport department.

There are approx. 70 millions Thais and probably several million migrant workers so thats a lot of mouths to feed, how else would they earn a living if there were no tourists? This is a major tourist destination so if you are not happy with that I suggest you move else where, I hear Burma is pretty quiet right know, also Laos as long as you dont mind lots of Chinese!!

Sex with a 13 yo is rape even if consensual??? sure its criminal & illegal but how can it be rape if its consensual? Rape is where it is non consensual !!!

I dont think that applies in Thailand

Maybe there is hope for Thailand !!!