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Me begs to differ with this commentator's view. From the standpoint of how Thai politics & (to some extent) culture is quite clearly going to change towards a more 'progressive' shift, away from a half-century+ curse of socially-engineered elite-rule status-quo - whether the wretched elite likes it or not - then the honest & resolute declarations the respected & more senior MFP members may make seem not adolescent at all, but worth being taken at face value and with wiser consideration of its message and they (14+ million voters) who 'understand' it and support that message.

I have never before wished & hoped, as much as I do now, that what I am certain will happen in the PM vote....will NOT happen. I refer of course to the peculiar charade going on of MPs, inside & outside of the coalition, speaking as if Pita might just get those required votes to become PM. Ain't gonna happen cos it can't. The appointed senators are poised like assassins. With their deed done, protest and outrage will follow and MPs will then speak of the injustice of it, but those same people seem - to me, anyway - seem oddly & conspicuously quiet about that injustice now. But then....I suppose they can't, in a way, cos the senators can't be accused of sticking the daggers in until they actually do, which they will, but they haven't....yet. What an awful farce. ???? (I'm sorry my post is so gloomy!)

Yes, a 'peaceful and prompt transition of power' must of course be of tremendous importance to you, Prayuth, and have you up at night worrying, given that you have such an unblemished reputation for being one who has abided by the most democratic and statesman-like principles of leadership in your time as PM. The Thai people ought to be jolly grateful to you for your selfless service to the nation and for you to offer a reassuring declaration that you'll meanwhile hang on in there doing your duty as caretaker PM is.....well, quite touching.

My personal, earnest wish for MFP to make it all the way through the traps & ambushes set by their opponents is strong to the point where I'm unsure how much more of this charade I can handle without striding out onto an upstairs balcony beside the street and letting go with the angriest of primal screams......but I still have some admiration for the way that some MFP members, like the lady mentioned in the Khana Ratsadorn incident, are not afraid to say such things and....to my knowledge....NOT do an embarrassing damage-limitation U-turn that betrays their own apparent principles. And anyway, maybe she know what everyone knows.....that MFP are sadly scr*wed no matter what. Why not show some flair? After all, there's the long game, and the long game IS MFP's to win.

To Mr Kittisak - if I may for an indulgent moment imagine he might read this - I say: I have no gift of prophecy, and have lost most bets I've made, but I'm seeing things ahead for you, Mr Senator, that I'd stake certain odds on. The moment you uttered these words ascribed to you, after pocketing your pieces of silver, you kicked a karmic ball that'll roll on and on in your background while you meanwhile forget the whole thing.....until that ball stops outside your door with a jarring 'clunk'. As I have not one tiny bit of doubt that MFP - or they who follow in their footsteps - will sooner or later prevail over the corrupt, repulsive system of which you are a part, I would ask you whether or not you think any future honest & factual histories of contemporary Thai history shall give accounts of your own role in this s***show of events in ways that you would favour? UNelected, only SElected, by the other UNelected (they with guns & tanks), you were and are it seems best described as just a disgraceful nothingburger. (You're welcome.)

I feel bound to say this straight: a great & tragically consequential crime against the Thai nation is about to be committed, in accord with how it was 'constitutionally' (ya gotta laugh ????) designed to operate, by they who most ironically purport to 'love' the nation and its people. My goodness....nearly 10 years after the criminal coup, it's worrying to think that the real, long fight for progressive change, hasn't really even begun. Ain't looking good. Feeling sad as heck. (Forgive my self-indulgent catharsis.)

Splendid sentiment expressed here by Mr Sita and unarguably is what PT & MF OUGHT to do...but also terribly naive of him or anyone to think it's that simple. But he gets a bit of media exposure....and why not? The issue has, imo, now become very much more than PT getting the position for political gain & purpose (or 'clout'). It's now also about not losing face. Now I myself may sound naive, but I feel MF have less òf a concern about keeping or losing face, than they do about allowing themselves the greater authority, later, to better push through politically-sincere manifesto promises. Personally, I rather admire their stubborn resolve to take the position themselves. It shows political grit, which they're gonna need.....in spades.

How dependent? Too much I expect. But it is what it is. ???? Ol' blue eyes himself (Frank Sinatra, for younger members of this forum!) once famously reflected - about teetotallers - 'When they get up in the morning, that's the best they're going to feel all day'. This reflection is full of holes, in many respects I know (please don't crucify me!) but I kind of agree as it pertains to my experience and know from where he's coming from. Booze certainly makes those sharp edges in life a bit more manageable. For me. All I'm saying. Others my criticize that view. No prob. ????

Yes, I have, jimn. It's useful, isn't it? ????

Interesting! ????

With or without Netflix, youtube is my go-to option. Without youtube, not sure I'd survive for long! It is, for me, a level of dependency almost up there with heroin addiction! ????

Thanks, nchuckle. Yes, the tv & router thing is already set up in the way you describe, fortunately, so I should be ok to access and register with Netflix ok. Well....should! I did do it once before, long ago, when someone gave me their password to use, but for me even that was a nail-bitingly fraught process! People in this forum have very helpfully assured me that the process is very simple and I must admit it does seem to be. Although, I would have confess that I know that level of do-ability, in terms of being able to manage all the process & steps involved, myself, IS about my limit! (I sometimes read the stuff on this forum about router/tv box/media-connectivity-related systems.....and I have not got a SINGLE clue what they're talking about!!????)

????????......Well, I agree Netflix can be just as you splendidly describe! However.....my wife likes it a lot more than I do, and doesn't mind the 'twaddle' too much (!), so the infrequency with which I use it means I don't exhaust all the good ('better'!) stuff too quickly, while it still being worth paying for (basic package). But I have my old copy of Moby Dick to fall back on if reading required!

Thanks for that. Embarrassingly (for me!) I wasn't quite sure at first what you meant by having to connect to a hotspot. Yes, sorry, you meant wi-fi of course! Which I have.....plus we do have fiber internet connection to house already. Sorry to appear even dumber than I already seemed! But cheers, anyway. You've been very helpful. ????

Ok. I appreciate that head-up info. I'll see if the AIS staff can help me with that 'hot-spot' business! ???? Thanks, Brianthainess! ????????????

That is SO helpful, marin. Yes, it does seem to really be 'a snap'. ???? Even I can understand that! Will head to AIS and add basic Netflix set-up to my monthly package. ???????? Thank you

I'm in Thailand, looking at getting a subscription to watch Netflix on my smart TV. (Well, 2 smart TV's, each at different location, to be exact.) Ok, so what's the problem? Well, the simple, honest answer - as shameful as it is to admit it - is that I don't really have a clue how to do it. (Old and out of touch, I suppose, as is my Thai wife also, unfortunately.) Am familiar with USING Netflix, as used to enjoy being able to connect on someone else's subscription, but that all expired ages ago and now want to set up my own subscription. So how best to do it? Buy cards at 7/11? Use via my AIS phone internet subscription package (somehow)? Where do I go? What do I do? Advice for this old dummy appreciated. (Btw: basic, cheap kind of package, on 2 devices) Cheers ????

I recall getting a shot of triamcinolone - to treat a 'rotator cuff' problem in my shoulder - at Phaya-Thai 2 hospital in Bkk a few years ago.....if that's of any help.

Know what you mean. But when you consider how well he would have been rewarded (by the junta & co) in the past, for similar petitions, in his long standing career as 'activist-assassin' (ie, very, very well rewarded), it's not hard to see how his ill-gotten reward this particular time must - imo - be just too great for him to consider those dangers to him or his family, now or in the future. Avarice and immorality trumps all. ????????

'Ruangkrai Leekitwattana'. It is my earnest hope that the name will live on long in the minds of Thais, and of the history of this poor beknighted nation itself, as something to be reviled, symbolising starkly the distinction between two eras.....the past of military/m...y & elite dominance & exploitation of the entire, rigged & runaway show, and a troubled but enlightened beginning of something really worth waving a flag for, in genuine pride & respect.

I resigned from my job in Thailand, intending to retire and stay on here (annual marriage 'visa' extension though) and ended my own work permit by the book (so to speak). Two trips to a Labour Dept office at Laksi (two, as didn't have the correct papers signed by employer the 1st trip) got it done. Did I HAVE to do it, in terms of not having it - as you say - bite me later? Not quite sure, tbh. My own view, at the time and now, is that it might have been (sorry for my own apparent lack of certainty about this!) useful, documented proof thereafter that I had paid my income taxes......and generally done what I was supposed to do, and thus avoid later anxieties, etc. The only time that I was asked to provide that doc ( that I got from the Labour Dept office) was the first time I applied for the year extension based on marriage. But never again after that.....AND....I've personally never seen such a doc listed as possible requirements for getting retirement or marriage extensions, depending on your circumstances. ???? So....what probs I might have had if I hadn't ended the wp by the officially-correct route....I just dunno. But my hunch is that.....it wouldn't really be a prob for you later at all if you had skipped that whole process - especially if you had not owed unpaid incomes taxes (either knowingly or unknowingly!).

Fair play. ???????? You're right to point out how my comment was at fault, factually. And you're right, his colour IS irrelevant (though I never said it was, in any way).

Side-note but one I'll darn well make if folks don't mind.... '...first person of color elected British Prime Minister.' Misleading. By whom was he elected to be PM? Certainly not the British people. Sorry, but not one tiny morsel of undeserved credit shall I allow Sunak in regard to this matter to which I refer. (Any matter, come to it.)

Sorry, can't submit comment that is in any way helpful or insightful re the issue at hand (Pita witchhunt) but beg forgiveness for indulgently taking this opportunity to declare my limitless loathing for that toady legal-errand-boy of the junta, Wissanu. Since 2014 coup, I've subjected myself, all too frequently, to a grimly masochistic tendency to wonder who, among the junta govt, cronies & suppprters, I loathe the most. (It helped pass the time.) Have to say it's long been a close neck & neck (& one more neck) between Prayuth, Prawit and Wissanu. (Though for those who can remember - and I ***ing can! - Suthep was for a long time undisputed champ of the chumps to loathe the most....but Wissanu's shown an ability to gain ground - even on the two P's - and, like I said, is now a frontrunner. Gotta hand it to him. ????????????????????

Never liked the ban. Or the idea of any such imposed religious ban. Kind of reveals.....imho.....an inherent weakness of that religion's capacity to hold itself together......stand on its feet as something worth a hill o' beans......blah, blah......something like that. And anyway, is in practice a means by which its so-called faithful display revolting levels of hypocrisy. My (very dear!) Thai wife, for example, abstains from eating meat at a certain time of year, for just a few days. She clearly figures that the hardship of missing out on khow khar Moo only makes her virtue that much more worthy. And in her mind, sadly it does. And FGS, the Buddha big-fella only ever advised that intoxication can hinder one's ability to attain calm & insightful degrees of meditation, not that it's in any way wrong. (And tbh, reckon he was wrong about the calm & insightful bit....I can achieve Olympic-gold levels of very calm meditation after some fermented grape and the insights are off the scale.) Final add-on: while the MFP are at it, ditch the dumb licensing times booze can be sold. (That self-righteous Thai Rak Thai fella Purachai Ponsomboon mandated it way back....) Putting a six-pack of 5% by vol in my shopping trolley at 4.55pm, getting in the checkout line quicktime but actually getting to the cashier at 5.05pm....ain't cool, makes no sense at all and.......is the reason I STOCK my booze like a champion! But I resent having to. End it, please. Soon after the army/establishment coup power grab in 2014, there were army units of (military-uniformed) 'entertainers' tasked with 'bringing happiness to the Thai People'. Surreal nonsense. The wrong people got happy. Hope that 'real happiness' can now be - if not here yet - on its way down the pipes. Can I get anyone a beer? It's on MFP. ????????