Scott Tracy

Something very wrong here with the basic sums.

Here, in a local.store, beer is 60 baht for Leo. Someone tries to sell it for 148, they would have no customers. As has been said, 142 bottles  is less than 1 bottle per day.  Lamphun province has a population of  405,955. Chiangmai has a population of 1,763,742...4 times more than Lamphun. Extrapolating, 4 times more drinkers...4 times more tax....?I

The article is flawed, the statements therein are likewise flawed. Same thing said twice, in case it was missed.....

Some would say the PM has a shady background, being a leader of a coup... some would say that someone who was convicted of a drugs offence in a foreign country had a shady background. Some would say someone who collects and shows off watches that he got under dubious circumstances has a shady background... Some would say. I'm not saying that at all, but some would say...

2 hours ago, worgeordie said:

its up and down

like a fiddlers elbow, speculators at work ?

It's 'in and out like a fiddler's elbow', 'up and down like a whore's drawers'....

On the other hand, nobody votes and no body explains why? Or, nobody votes and they all explain why.

number one would invalidate the election and everyone would not be able to vote for 2 years...

number 2 would invalidate the election and inundate the functionaries with excuses of Why no one voted.

Perhaps, during this pandemic, a little thought would have gone a long way. Asking 'non-natives ' to travel 'home' to vote, seems a little shortsighted.  There are other ways to vote without travelling. Postal voting, online voting. All those methods so beloved by a certain person who is no longer in a position of power. Worries of election fraud have yet to be confirmed. A bit of, how about: I live here now, I'll register to vote here.  Joined up thinking, boys...

2 hours ago, Dtaw said:

Chinese vaccines are definitely garbage. 

You know this how?

Unless there is evidence upon which a statement is made, there can be no excuse for this. Making statements that cannot be proven as factual constitutes a lie in my book.

It beggars belief that a parliament cannot change a constitution. A constitution written in such a manner that a previous, no longer applicable entity was the only body that could change it is no longer valid. The body is extinct, the constitution cannot be valid, thus it must be changed.

A  court ruling stating that a referendum is necessary before parliament can authorise itself to change the constitution is madness. If the referendum fails to authorise Parliament to change the constitution, then what? It will never change until the next coup?

I'm surprised Thailand has any AstraZeneca vaccines after Italy prevented a shipment to Australia and the European Commission threw its toys out of the pram about trying to force AZ vaccines produced in the UK to be sent to the EU. 

That being said, there have been comments here which are valid, e.g. Thailand does not have the death rates of many other countries, so a rush is not required, in my view, and safety is the number one priority. Better to be sure of the batches and the vaccines themselves than rush a solution that need not be rushed.

One of things I don't miss from Blighty...

I wonder if it is cold enough in Korat for them though.

Brussels sprouts grow in temperature ranges of 7–24 °C (45–75 °F), with highest yields at 15–18 °C (59–64 °F).^[2] Fields are ready for harvest 90 to 180 days after planting. 

From wiki: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brussels_sprout

National identity card optional; however, a national identity card or passport is compulsory for German citizens aged 16 or over, and valid identity documentation is compulsory for other EEA citizens

according to wiki, referring to German citizens.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_identity_cards_in_the_European_Economic_Area#Overview_of_national_identity_cards

If the Thai government misses this, it would be a great shame. The poo Yai here used to ride his 125c.c. Motorbike to the Cambodian border (90 kms each way) at least 3 times per week and there was a free bus service there as well, daily. The wife could well support the casinos on her own, given the chance. Roulette on machines, a killer.

Make it legal, raise shed loads for the Thai government coffers, instead of other people's and government's pockets.

Good. Pay more attention, and perhaps others will stop their complaining about Thai drivers doing the same.

Nice to know red light cameras are available and working. Now all that needs to be done is to ensure all motor vehicles have registration plates fitted.

I seriously considered taking them off my pick up, no one seems to care.

Conveniently around 65,000 a month.

22 hours ago, Solinvictus said:

They are all half Germans aren't they? His wife probably can't stand it over there.

Where do You get 'their half Germans'? 

A story, told me by the wife, so it is gospel...

A 'cousin', of which she has an enormous number, was burning the stubble in his rice field prior to planting corn. He thought it had gone out when he left. Later, it was revealed that the rubber tree plantation next to the to the field had been burned by the fire in the cousin's field. The owners wanted a million and took him to the cops. He can't pay a million, so he said he'd go to jail. His wife and family, not me or the wife, I hasten to add, contributed a sum acceptable to the rubber tree plantation owners, of, I am told 300,000 baht. No jail time, but now he owes a number of peop!e a large sum of money.

as to:

1 - the veracity of the story. I have no doubt the wife believes it.

2 - the rubber tree plantation owners being opportunistic....I can't say, but the rice stubble burning I have seen in this neck of the woods is just the detritus catching. The stubble remains mostly untouched. Charred lines between the still standing stubble and shed loads of smoke.

3 - has the wife asked me to help out? No, not yet. But I wait in anticipation. If 'we' do, I'll want the land paper in the wife's name, quick smart. I think I'm dreaming....

I don't really care.  There are other news services in Australia. Why use a social media site for getting your news. Use a news service. Some news papers charge punters for online content, Facebook have said no, we don't want to pay, therefore we will pull all news service links and posts. If Facebook has to pay for services they do not want, the punters using Facebook will be required to cough up.

Australians who want free news... tough poo. Not from Facebook, mateys.

21 hours ago, webfact said:

Suthep claimed that the decision to terminate the contract had the consent of the Office of the Attorney-General and relevant agencies, after the project’s owner, Hopewell Company, could not fulfil the contract and repeatedly asked for a review of the terms, which was rejected.

No Parliamentary privilege?  Nice to know the Office of the Attorney General still works after the Boss debacle.

I thought Pattaya beach was no more, after the deluge...

8 hours ago, webfact said:

Dr. Nakorn Premsri, the director of the NVI, said that AstraZeneca was the one who told Thailand that it would be better to reserve vaccines from them because they will be manufactured in Thailand. 

How come AstraZeneca has said nothing?

Aw...The big strong ex-soldier who executed a coup cannot engage other big strong ex-soldiers who weren't listening to him.

and we wonder why Thai men appear to have a short fuse. Stems from nature, nurture, education and from the top of the country. 

She knows the rules. Face the consequences. I agree, devastated to have been found out.