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There is almost NO police presence on the roads. Until that changes - nothing will change here. In my area , the police drive 10-15 year old decrepit Isuzu utes, so they cannot apprehend wrong doers anyway! The only ‘law enforcement’ I have seen, has been from speed or red-light cameras. (-and it appears that many people ignore these too)

Wow! where did that come from? Are you feeling okay?

last month I sent a small package from Kanchanaburi to Germany. it was tracked all the way, taking 2 days to get to Suvarnabhumi Airport - then no data for 9 days, until it arrived in Germany, followed by detailed tracking until it was delivered 2 days later. I assumed it had a short Euro holiday stopover - lol

Unless you follow Chinese (and Thai) social media, it is very unlikely to have known about it! They couldn't give a hoot about your response - it is the millions of Chinese reading his posts on social media that concern Immigration .

The cattle in Thailand are Bos indicus species - ie Brahman type cattle. These breeds are better adapted to hot tropical conditions. The good cattle (I am very biased here - like hereford and angus) are Bos taurus species. They are suited to more temperate climates and cannot cope with tropical conditions. Dairy cattle require great nutrition to produce milk - so are found in areas of more guaranteed food supply - eg Chiang Mai or Prachuap Kiri Khan.

Come on now Bob , surely it's not that bad?

I live in rural Kanchanaburi. Driving into the city on Wednesday this week, I was amazed to see that at least 3/4 of riders WERE WEARING helmets. Maybe the message is getting through? Most of the riders not wearing lids were school kids (who don't have a licence ....(and probably no insurance either) ). Out in the sticks, where I am, nothing changes.

darker coloured tiles/pool lining will also make the pool water hotter - making the pool a less pleasant place to be!

It was 20 years ago when I went.... Air France had regular flights from Paris Orly airport to Cayenne. There were flights from Cayenne to Surinam & Georgetown in (British) Guyana.

Just now - rural Kanchanaburi

so, you used to be Bear Grylls?

French Guyana is easily accessible from Paris.

oh my buddha! what a pack of old fuddie duddies we've got here on this forum! get out & live a bit (while you still can) this lad was having a bit of fun in his diesel car at 1am in an empty car park - give him a break!

and also at peak busy time at 1AM. ...... surely the death penalty is called for ....

I'm sorry. Some kids are <deleted> and need a bit of a touch up. I know - I have a rotten step-son that would have benefitted from this. It might have stopped his first or second trip to the big house....

You have no idea what ‘features’ I have in my house. thanks for your input…. agrivation? Lol

btw. I deserve some sort of award for reading through 8 pages of this nonsense! maybe I need to get (another) life?

paid hitman. no - veterinarian

So why is it that we only think of humans, ie Homo sapiens, going to heaven or hell, or perhaps being reincarnated. Is it only Homo sapiens that has a 'soul' or 'energy'? Why?? Religion is a tool to control the masses, or a crutch to allow people think that their next life is going to be better than the sh%tty one they have now. So many religions?? Which one do you chose to be sure you have the right one?? In my working life I killed thousands of my patients. They are all still dead now. As we used to say - if the drug or the black bag doesn't get them, the freezer and then the fire or land fill always will.

Thank you for solving the riddles! You rock! (& no - I am not being sarcastic)

I just completed this quiz. My Score 33/100 My Time 165 seconds  

Having built 2 houses here - my main piece of advice is choose your builder wisely! Our first house, 5 years ago, 1.7Mill Baht for a 4 bedroom 190m2 house. Not premium, but no problems with this one. Our current house - 5+ Mill Baht for 3 bedroom 2 living area 2 storey house - about 230m2 living area. With this build, we had to watch our builder (who came highly recommended!) like a hawk. He was constantly looking for ways to shaft us. Cheaper materials, poor building practices etc - but we called him out on most things, and made him rectify issues. Less than 3 months after moving into our house - he was ghosting us! Not a great issue - as we didn't want him working for us anyway! - and in the next 18 months we have spent another 1.5mill repairing/replacing/rectifying his faults! When we built our separate gym/pool room/motorbike house - we contracted our builder from our first house - have had no problems with this. Don't expect to 'make' money from a house in LOS. Our first house is still sitting empty after 2 years. Thai are not keen on buying second hand houses. Too many Ghosts!! LOL

In my area , I am frequently overtaken by 30 year old corollas held together by duct tape, bog & the power of the amulet! - and of course delivery vans and fortuners...

No consequences for your wife. Some of our cars are registered in my name, some to my wife - but I pay all of the fines. I have never been required to show my drivers licence - only my id. (pink card or passport). AFAIK the 'points scheme' has not been instituted here in Thailand - it is only about making a little bit of money. But seriously, 500 Baht is not much of a deterrent.

Why would she want a 'real' boyfriend? If he is Thai, all he would do is spend her money!