Anant72

Note the condition of the truck tires. They are never checked and brown envelopes make sure that nothing is being done.

8 hours ago, Geoffggi said:

Either that or driving too fast, as has been noted many times some people forget that Ice is heavy and can cause the vehicle to be overloaded there by reducing normal steering & braking capabilities

Don’t expect them to know anything about the laws of physics and anyway, laws, whatever they are, are meant to be broken, consequences be damned.

23 hours ago, toofarnorth said:

Serves her right , no sympathy !

3 hours ago, The Hammer2021 said:

Who is asking for sympathy? A request  for information  and advice  was made. Your knee jerk judgement  is neither appropriate or warranted

What prevented her from doing what (almost) everybody does and do her TM 47 every 90 days? After 3 years in Thailand, she should know the score. Now she has to face the music. Besides, don’t tell me she didn’t know about the consequences of flouting immigration rules. So, yes, no sympathy.

5 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

Thailand could ‘easily’ adjust its laws and commit to trail in absentia.

 

The elephant in the room.... Do they really want to ?

 

 

 

 

Of course not. They got their brown envelopes. I wonder how much money has been spent by that brat’s family to keep him out of harm’s way. 

17 hours ago, pattjock said:

Traffic accidents kill much more than corona and can be prevented by proper work by the police, but nothing is done. Corona is very hard to control but they shut down the society completely causing economical problems for the entire country. Why cant they deploy the same effort when it comes to traffic accidents?

We know why. Inconsistency, lackadaisical attitude, laziness, excessive leniency. Rules should be STRICTLY enforced EVERYDAY OF THE YEAR. How much do these accidents cost society?

4 hours ago, Tarteso said:

Government is not doing enough on air pollution.

 

 

..They meant they do Nothing. ???? From years, Chiang Mai has the Honor to be the worst polluted City in the world.

looks like they love to be number ONE in everything.

What else is new? Needless to say this pollution will no doubt be a powerful magnet for “quality” tourists.

An added incentive for “quality” aka wealthy tourists to come to this fair land and spend away their dollars, billions and billions of them. Be sure, TAT, to have big enough coffers to store this manna.

9 hours ago, tonray said:

Let's see ..I'm not what would be classified as a high earning, big spending foreigner...but...in the past 3 years I helped with down payment on a townhouse (where I now live and maintain), I bought 2 cars, I bought two insurance policies (one for my health and one for my extension), and of course I spend money for food, domestic travel, etc etc. But tired old expats like me...out....big spending high flyers in....5555

What they want are cash cows to milk and they are advertising their greed so unabashedly that it is almost comical. The TAT is the pits. 

4 hours ago, SuwadeeS said:

1. Fact is, the police does not enforce the traffic laws.

2. Nobody cares about road safety.

3. They said, they want to bann motorbikes from sidewalks and reward people who report with pictures. This never happened.

4. When people enter a vehicle, they switch off their brain and turn on arroganz and decadence.

 

I could continue forever...

 

My thought exactly. Add to that Thai fatalism: if I am killed in an accident, it is because I was meant to. Nothing I can do about it. No amount of prevention, will….prevent it. 

2 hours ago, hotchilli said:

I wonder what the well heeled tourists will think when they step off the luxury of the cruise liners and greet Pattaya up close and personal.

This hub was missing. What will the next hub be?

4 hours ago, anchadian said:

Why would anyone buy a Ferrari to drive on Thailand's Roads is beyong me?

Show off.

7 hours ago, sezze said:

Do not forget something i said earlier in this thread .

Russo Ukrainian border . True Russia got a large troop force there . But remember how it got there in the 1st place . A tiny bit of history , taking you back to the default of USSR and the Warsaw Pact . The countries holding on the borders from USSR back then , well they actually were USSR , did ask for going independent . USSR has no role to play at that time since they were basically bankrupt , and all was crumbling apart . USSR , since they had enough problems closer to Moscow let their grip on those "states" go , so the Baltic states and Ukraine and many others broke lose of USSR/Russia . The Moscow command let it happen without problem with giving 1 promise , never to form allies with NATO . What did the Baltic states do ,... right ... Then we go over down to Ukraine . When they overthrown the local government which was close to Russia/Putin , and EU parliament members came also raising their voice there , Russia with a strong leader could not let that happen . Not forgetting the importance of the Black Sea fleet which is housed on Crimea . Now you see everything unrolling ....  imagine Mexico turning to Moscow , and after USA sees Canada having their eyes on Moscow also ... what you think will happen ?

Does not make it all alright .... like i said in previous post ... but gives you a bit of perspective and understanding . Politics and media make you show only their side , from Russia they only give their vision , from USA their vision , but the truth is somewhere in the middle .

China i told you in previous post also , the economic power is shifting towards the East , which is something US don't like . China's power is growing and they feel they have that economic power , is investing huge amounts in their military and they , as large nation ( like Russia , check if you turn everything around if it happened to USA) like to keep control over the waters and islands near them .

This all is scary stuff , and it can lead to disaster , but like i said , always look both ways and not 1 single way . Hope for leaders who do keep their calm ( thank US voters to vote Trump out , since in situations like this you need diplomacy and not strong language ) .

It seems NATO had promised it wouldn’t expand and include the former Soviet satellites but did not honor that promise. The West is harvesting what it has sown. Let’s hope the Biden-Putin phone call  brings the temperature down. 
By the way, I am reading “Never” by Ken Follett about a possible scenario for WWIII. Let’s hope it remains fiction.

16 hours ago, worldexpress said:

China's golden age had reached its peak around the time of the Olympics and it's been all downhills since, credit to, in part, their carelessness in introducing the corona virus to the world. CCP is well aware of the bubble and its inevitable pop. Their nervousness about its impact can be seen through their sharp escalation in threats to Taiwan. They are looking to rechannel the domestic public outcry and dissent that will follow to a national war rally. That's a classic proven go-to play in the authoritarian playbook. With the Russians helping distract the US, the timing may be right, though the window may be small.  Their decline may be just as rapid as their rise and the time is ticking. How determined is Xi to put himself in history books as the modern day national hero that finally achieves the grand territorial goals?

The Thaiger article makes scary reading. Add to that, as you mention, Chinese provocations in the Taiwan straight and concurrent sabre-rattling by Putin at the Russo-Ukrainian border and one gets an ominous picture of things to come. 

On 12/4/2021 at 12:47 PM, sanuk711 said:

Are we talking about America--where someone "Mired in Superstition paid over 66 million Baht for a number plate

Or maybe the superstitious English Guy who wanted 25 O so much he paid out over 22 Million Baht.

 

I agree with you Anant 72...it boggles the mind the stuff that goes on in these countries that are mired in superstition..............................

 

I was just talking about Thailand. This said, religion being a superstition, one could say that most countries are indeed mired in superstition. 

3 hours ago, nobodysfriend said:

There are still people who have money to spend on useless things ... oh , no , a fancy number plate shows their status ... and that they are idiots to pay for this .

It defies common sense but common sense is in short supply in a country mired in superstition.

3 hours ago, Pib said:

They definitely need to pursue digital transformation as they have a lot of catching-up to do based on how their various new websites/apps typically bomb when initially released like the Thailand Pass website, the hot-off-the-press new 90 Days Address Reporting website (didn't even make it thru the first day of operation before going down), multiple COVID apps full of bugs/downtime, etc.  

 

Yeap, Thailand definitely needs to pursue digital transformation.

I didn’t know they had started. They good begin by upgrading immigration to 1.5.0 

7 hours ago, bobandyson said:

Yep, I hope they keep us posted.

 

The results will be illuminating, no doubt.

8 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

Personally I think stories of people getting covid after the job - which they will, it was not meant to stop it 100% - is a reason for opening the economy and just living with. Just try and do the best we can, wash hands, wear a mask, vaccinate, isolate the extreme vulnerable if they want it.  if not now then when ? If we wait for zero covid infections of vaccinated people the world will be closed for the next 10 years up

This makes sense, I agree.

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3 hours ago, WorriedNoodle said:

Personally I find the paperwork negligible to doing an 80km round trip in Bangkok, but respect your own view.

 

Another point is an 80km round trip is a larger carbon foot print than going to a post office. I always choose post and plant some more hydroponic cress in the condo to offset my excess paperwork. Indeed I like to send as much paper as I can to keep the shelves full at the receivers end for what seems like an archaic procedure. More cress for me as a bonus.

I’ll keep that in mind.

19 hours ago, Digitalbanana said:

Cannot you do it by post?n

19 hours ago, Digitalbanana said:

Cannot you do it by post?

I could and have been encouraged to do so but I still prefer to go there myself rather than rely on the post office. Besides, the paperwork requirements for reporting by mail each time is ridiculous.

I didn’t know there was a ministry of culture in Thailand.

On 11/9/2021 at 8:18 AM, BangkokReady said:

It goes directly against how you think an academic institution should behave.  Very sad for a university to not want to conserve artistically and culturally important buildings.  Should be preserved and turned into a museum or gallery.  Very disappointing.

Chula is a big grocery store with money-minded grocers at the helm. Culture means nothing to them.