Scott Tracy

15 hours ago, hotchilli said:

The whole world should publicly condemn the military leaders,  stop all monetary aid, trade and businesses. Bring the junta to its knees as a failed state and refuse to negotiate with them until a freely elected government is back in place.

Why...?

As in Thailand, the people seem want this this sort of thing, every so often. It has been said that the people get the governments they deserve. 

Wiki says there are 590,000 Myanmar people in the army. 2.4 billion dollar budget in 2014. 53.5 million people in Myanmar. So the armed forces are 1.1% of the population.

The West is so focussed on this. It's a travesty, they say, beating their chests. Wailing and moaning. The people could sort this out in no time. 

You are my son, my daughter, you will not obey unlawful orders given to you by your superiors, who are also sons and daughters of the people. The people rule, if only they realised this. 

How can my son kill other Burmese, arrest other Burmese in the night, torture other Burmese...?

Because I let him.

More forest land to be encroached upon.

23 hours ago, rooster59 said:

expand forests to help in prevention of forest fires and to address pollution in the north.

This, surely, is an oxymoron. The more forest, the more fire...removing detritus is good forest management, as is controlled burnings, apparently. Controlled burnings is forest fire, no? 

How does this idea lend itself into addressing pollution? 

You stop having forest fires by not having forests.

That's making a meal of it.  Just hitting the power pole should have been enough. But a house, power pole AND and roti stall is just making damn sure, I guess.

I would suggest that if you're still alive, that it's not an earth problem but a static problem. 

If you still intend to go down the road of earthing the appliance, ensure no extension lead, or , 3  core extension lead if used. Ensure that the socket has the facility for earth. Otherwise, direct earth cable from the cabinet to a copper rod deeply embedded in the soil. Preferably keeping the soil damp enough to ensure good conductivity.

If you are lucky enough to have metal water pipes, that's good, but in my experience, plastic pipes are what are commonly installed.

All my sockets seem to have an earth cable. Not sure where the earth is after the consumer unit, but the shower heaters have an individual earth cable, and most of my appliances seem to have 2 pin plugs, or 3 pin plugs on 2 core cables. 

I know elsewhere, double insulation exists in domestic appliances so no earth is required, or facility provided on the appliance.

13th out of 44... I'm sure there are more than 44 major cities in the world, most of which will be 'healthier' than Bangkok. 

83% probably lie....

Cheeses. Get a life.

You could only employ an actress that will die at the same age as the character. 

How's that? 

It seems that all the characters have had their ages changed to protect the innocent.

What license...?

I did my stamp transfer in Si Saket the same time I did a 90 day report. No embassy letter and no photocopies.... I probably signed some papers, but at the office and no papers to take home, read and sign....30 minutes and done.

Another election pending? Coalition governments are wastes of time in Italy. Politicians grandstanding or corrupt as <deleted> there. There is a saying that says people get the government they deserve....doesn't say much about the Italian people, if the saying is true....

No civilian government in any country in this region has the balls to get to grips with their military. 

Most of the so called civilian leadership is ex forces, so they have a vested interest in keeping their military sweet. Those that are not, are accused by the military of corruption and fraud, if they are not kept sweet.

Having said that, I echo what has been said before, although with a caveat. Aung Sang Suu Kyi is guilty of permitting mass relocation and genocide. Guilty because there was nothing she could do, even if she had wanted to, as that was the will of the military.

5 hours ago, natway09 said:

Because of the vast difference in living costs between country & city living some differential could be developed or is that also against human rights here as well?

My understanding is that no country has made a differing payment scheme depending upon where one lives. Human rights does not come into it. It would be too damn difficult.

Capt Praweena declined to confirm to The Phuket News whether or not the driver of the car was tested for alcohol.

“I have yet to question the driver. I am still looking for him,” ...

He's run off? 

The pickup driver was Lucknow impatience got him.out of a bad situation.

The lorry pulling out bullied his way into the road.

I saw the other day a 6 wheeler they use for soil transport edging his way from a side road into the main carriageway on the opposite side of the road at a U turn. The driver couldn't see anything out of the passenger window due to the angle he was at, but he wasn't going to stop until he had forced his way into the road.The

We were taught, never use the size of your vehicle to intimidate other road users. We were taught, but when you are driving a loaded tank transporter, no one will argue....

3 hours ago, Golden Triangle said:

Would it be rude to ask if these asswipes are aware of the damage that they cause not only to peoples health (including their own) but to climate change & pollution problems ?

Does the average rice, corn, sugar cane farmer care? I think not.

Bit of an exaggeration in the headlines. 

What happened to inactive posts?

Protectionism at its finest. Just like rice farmers and sugar cane farmers and rubber farmers in Thailand. Can't take market prices. 

As for taxes and excise and duties on vehicles in Thailand. Wow, I thought UK was expensive compared to the US, but Thailand have made it an art...

3 hours ago, Kiujunn said:

have seen this a couple of times (TG married to farang took his name, ID card says "Kanjana Rodriguez" written in Thai, so Thais cannot read it and farang cannot read it)

Edited 2 hours ago by Kiujunn

The wife's ID card has her name in both Thai and English.

I don't think anyone has said that bad driving is confined to Thailand.

I do think, however, fatalities are higher than in most other countries.

nice to see the White Van man avoid the car by heading towards the rear. Also noted that the van managed to miss the pole on which the camera was mounted.

3 minutes ago, spetersen said:

Its a document from the  your bank that shows the origin of the funds. Date, Sending Bank, Receiving Bank account, amount, etc. Basically a statement of the transaction.

Ah, understood. I use Transferwise as described in my last post.  The UK bank statements and Transferwise info would cover those....

I ask, as I have done my last renewal in Si Saket and presented statements, bank letter and passbook. I also provided a print out from the tax authorities with regards to UK income. I prepared UK bank statements showing transfer to Transferwise and ran off a copy of each of the transfers to Kasikorn Bank.

I highlighted the 65,000 baht incoming to the Kasikorn Bank on my statements and also on the Transferwise information. As I pay Transferwise from an account other than I get my pensions paid, I ran off those bank statements as well, highlighting the transfers. 

Forgive my ignorance. What's a credit advice slip?

23 hours ago, webfact said:

The Center for Air Pollution Mitigation has asked all provinces to ban outdoor burning from now until 23rd January, while the air quality index in Bangkok has reached the code-red unhealthy level in several areas.

A ban has NOT been announced. As can be seen from the quote above, provinces, preseumably, the Governors, have been 'asked' to ban outdoor burning....oh, wait, today is 23rd January, so that's ok then. No change....