Scott Tracy

1 hour ago, Bim Smith said:

If the ID is fake wouldn't the number on the ID also be fake. So what would be the point in phoning the number on that ID.

If the number is fake, no problem. You've confirmed a villain. The problem is, that the fraudster may be in cahoots with someone at the other end of the phone. What to do then?

Troops on the street... What does that remind me of...oh yes 2014, 2006....

Perhaps they like it out in the fresh air and won't be going back to barracks anytime soon...

This is not a competition to be number 1 is it?  We're only number 8 boys, we need to do better.

23 hours ago, Wuvu2 said:

In normal times there are an average of 65 road fatalities per day in Thailand (2019). In that year the Songkran “7 dangerous days” totaled  386 death on Thai roadways

I did some.basic arithmetic. 386 divided by 7 is 55.14... Less than the normal average of 65.

Comparing covid deaths to road deaths is a little fanciful, I would suggest. How about comparing it to deaths caused by old age, heart attacks, cancer, flu?

We, when I say we, I mean the wife, have a 2018 Ford Ranger Limited which the wife likes to drive at around 140mph sometimes. A bit bouncy, but otherwise not a bad ride. Keeping to speed limits doesn't exist. Overtaking sometimes can be fraught, but not that often.

Figuring out what other drivers are going to do is a real test. I have found that the worst things on the road, for me, are: racing minibusses, blacked out window VIP transport, boy racers, other pickup drivers, busses that don't signal, the bloody 2 wheeled tractors with enormous trailers with no lights pulling out of fields without looking, and don't get me started on bikes...

Last night, driving back from a dinner out, we were progressing nicely from traffic lights, when the Bangkok plated car in front decided to pull off left, onto the off slip road of a dual carriageway to go on the wrong side presumably to go back to Bangkok.

I watch YouTube videos of idiots in other countries to remind myself that Thailand doesn't have the monopoly on moronic drivers.

A mere bagatelle to a retired General who has shed loads of dosh. Free housing, free expenses, pensions, servants. All the lovely lo!oh accumulated over the years.

Do you think it makes a jot of difference to the average Thai person? Get 60,000,000 over 3 months, gives 1 baht per person. Not per.month, either, just a one off, 1 baht...D

virtue signalling, I believe it's called.

So, I hit the article on the email page sent to me that said... 'No curfew, but new restrictions set to be announced for Bangkok...'

I opened the article and the headline says...'Thailand imposes tighter restrictions...including curfew'. So, my questions are...when is a curfew not a curfew? When will the click bait reflect the headline and the headline reflect the actual article.

Many years ago, I used to think that Thailand had sold its soul to Japan, with all their investments. I wonder who pays for it all now. 

First one to fall...

Next in line...?

Oops. 

The truth hurts, so they say.

Input from the Education Department will water the report down, as will the authors, judging by the snivelling and obsequious apology.

Tough pooh.

you makes your bed....

He aint been here long then...

flummoxed, a word that's been around about 150 years and is new to some people. Just shows, you learn new things every day.

Who the <deleted> cares. Get a grip boys. People are dying on your watch.

And still, the US expats get <deleted> all from their own government. Unlike the French, who seem to care.

5 hours ago, mtls2005 said:

Foreigners, like me, should not be reimbursed.

and why not, pray?

So, it's not send them home, as they haven't been conscripted yet...

headlines and articles here seem to get further and further away from each other.

If ever there was a time for a 'No <deleted> Sherlock'....

1 hour ago, csmith said:

In Chiangmai you can get a Covid test for Baht 1,800

Here, that would be 30 bottles of Leo. I know what the vast majority of the folks would spend their money on here.

And I could die tomorrow...

Why is this statement made? Testing public opinion? Frighten the natives, frighten the Government to get their act together?

Just goes to show red notices work, when issued. When issued....

4 hours ago, grandpa said:

Why is this article in the Thai News Forum?!!! It is about the Philippines!

it's in the right place...read the top of the page, Forum Home/Phillipines/Philippines news

Let them all go. Most Thais don't seem to csre.

1 hour ago, BritManToo said:

Amazing Thailand, immigration officials can't phone their office to check your VISA status.

no smart car available either.