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I had employment in both the steel industry and the construction industry so I always applied the greatest respect to safety. That was 50 years ago; now when consumers are instructed in the accompanying literature of a microwave oven , not to stick their head in it I despair. Common sense amongst other traits would save a lot of lives rather than a nanny state. I was once fined in the UK for dropping a passenger off at a bus stop. I was fined because stopping at a bus stop for an 'unauthorised' vehicle was deemed amongst other things to be a Health and Safety issue.

How much do you think the 'store fine' would be ?

No news on the insurance requirement, which was completely confusing information. I'll put it down to translation problems.

Yes, so 'Why don't you get in position now and take a deep breath, because'

Hi Ray, apologies for the delay in responding and thank you for your question. Firstly I genuinely sympathise with regard to you own personal experience ‘created’ by Brexit. This is my personal experience. I have run 5 businesses over 54 years. On occasions I’ve lost money, I’ve also made a good living at times and throughout that I’ve worked my fingers and brain to the point of exhaustion. If I include caddying as a 12 year old I’ve had 6 businesses as well as being employed for around 25 years. The stress at times literally brought me to tears but I persevered and fought against the myriad of problems I was faced with on a daily basis. Some of that stress was caused by larger companies ‘screwing’ me over, some by people I employed, some by customers that would delay payment, once for 9 months and several times not pay at all. Then there was the interference from Local Government, then interference from National Government, then to cap it all the EU piled on more regulation. So how did I stand on the issue of the vote to leave / remain in the EU. Despite all the comments questioning my intelligence and business acumen because I appear to support Brexit. I didn’t vote. Neither have I voted in local or national elections for the last 30+ years. Simply, to quote Ricky ‘I just don’t care’. I have family in the UK and family here in LoS, that’s about as much as I can muster in terms of ‘supporting’ anyone, least of all some politician I have no allegiance to, and that includes ALL parties. Back to your final question, I have an export business in the UK and return there twice a year then globe trot to sell my stock. So this is how Brexit has affected me. 1 hours more paperwork on my shipping documentation the first time, thereafter I simply re-use the template. I understand there has been an increase in the cost of goods in the UK, obviously that is going to create hardship for some people, but that’s been the case for a long time. There have always been people that haven’t had the opportunity or resources to ‘ride a storm’. The NHS problems, GDP, unemployment / free movement in Europe. Together with homelessness and poverty are all problems that can be replicated in their own version in any other country in the world. I’m simply too busy and concerned that I won’t wake up tomorrow to care about it. It would not have made one iota of difference to my ethos if the vote had been to remain in the EU. I’ll finish with what matters to me. 7 friends / family dead in the last 3 years. Covid 19 restrictions on travel reduced my business turnover to zero for over 2 years (whilst expenses were still being accrued). I’m not crying about it, just soldier on. I agree it would be better if we could see some tangible benefits of Brexit, but also be a little less negative unless as in your case you have provable hardship for which again I sympathise. Best regards.

I couldn’t ignore the European Green Deal with maritime transport that cost me an extra 10% of my shipping expenses. Had no choice. Meanwhile my business in in fine shape thanks all the same. Helps being an optimist and working to find solutions rather than problems.

I wonder if the vote had been to remain this topic would have seen 100 pages of defeatist bitterness from the leavers. Always found people that accept change to be more stoic and come through as winners in the end. No pain no gain. PS I run a business in the UK, I ignore the reporting of the economy by the media and get on with my life. Try it you’ll suffer less stress, sleeplessness and fatigue.

Hospital fees. I woke up with an eye infection about 1 year ago blurred vision, swollen but no pain. I was in Chiang Mai at the time and was directed by hotel staff to go to one of the public hospitals near the airport. I checked in and was seen by a specialist within 30 minutes. She gave me a thorough inspection, then wrote it all down (longhand) on a piece of A4 for reference as she knew I was coming back to Bangkok. 1600 baht including the medication. Personally I was relieved to be seen so quickly, dealt with professionally and on that particular occasion I found the fees more than fair.

Where on earth did he think he was going to be able to 'out run' or 'escape' to on Kho Chang ?

I do not believe there would be such a role/service in Thailand. Although the land registry in Bangkok did value some land we were buying. Once it has a building on the land the nearest you get will be called a 'purchaser'.

You could afford shoes? I lived up north and we were so poor we couldn't afford feet.

I have a business here shipping 40 foot containers from the UK, up to 4 containers a year of household goods. I have an excellent agent here that I can recommend, you would have to supply a list of the goods you wish to ship and your valuation. The agent will then give you a price for the import documentation and duty payable. If you pm me with more details I will give you professional advice.

K-Y jelly any good. But don't get it mixed up with Swarfega.

He should have known, all Nuns have a habit.

First thoughts are why with only a 20 cm gap it's getting that wet. Usually an overhang of the roof should give the wall some shelter. Personally I wouldn't want to be creating an additional inner surface as that's just going to trap the water . I ran my own construction business in the Uk and never liked the idea of giving advice if I couldn't view the situation, so if possible find someone with some knowledge and let them view the issue. Finally is there any way to get a roller on a long pole down into the gap to 'treat' the area. If so Thai Watsadu have multiple products that can help with waterproofing. By the way waterproofing is all you will achieve, most buildings aren't watertight. Sorry I cant't be of more help than that.

Street circuit in central Bangkok? Should be exciting with all the Panda / Lineman / Grab motor cycle delivery guys riding in the opposite direction to the race.

It would be interesting to watch and I would say you would be correct in your conclusion of the outcome. I don’t personally think that it’s down to the athletes if you are referring to athleticism, more that US football has a lot of common elements with Soccer in terms of running, passing, kicking whereas there are elements in the US game that are totally alien to the game of soccer. Just starting with the dressing up in fancy gear would be enough to totally disable any level of competence in a soccer player. John Harkes was a terrific player. https://www.eurosport.com/football/usa-footballers-who-have-played-in-englands-top-flight_sto7071606/story.shtml

This may or may not work for her , but here goes and give it a try. There are no 'charity shops' in Thailand. The first time my wife came across a charity shop she was bewildered at the amount of womens clothes that were available. Most in nearly new condition and also some 'last seasons' new stock donated from the big store groups. When ever my wife goes to the UK with me she hardly takes any clothes and stocks up on perfectly nice shoes, coats etc. She also buys (again nearly new) childrens clothes for some of her relatives kids. If they have British labels even better. Footnote, the problem if it does appeal you'll be bored stiff for an hour whilst she's umming and ahhing over what to buy.

Good advice and whilst on that sorry subject educate her on leaving anything in the car. My wife would (try) to leave her handbag on the passenger seat of the car when we parked up.

Quite the contrary, I’ve successfully managed to have full employment, better myself, help others and have a meaningful life without the nonsense that 1 party is all good and can never do anything wrong and the other party is immediately wrong in every decision or action they take. It must be a sad life for someone that goes into fits of depression whenever a decision by the party they don’t support slaps 2 pence on a pint of beer. It’s your choice if you want to wake up every morning of your life when your preferred party isn’t in power and live the day in mourning.

Indefensible, even as a non voting conservative, I agree it’s absolutely wrong. Supports my position in not voting, but also proves my stance in not voting Labour either as we obviously will never know if the same situation would have arisen if Labour had been in power. Given that the Conservative party are more likely to have a leaning towards business it makes sense they had ‘friends’ that were in business. Doesn’t matter if that is wrong, it’s going to be a fact of life. There were many issues around the decisions made to mitigate the Covid-19 pandemic. Personally I would have hoped there would have been a greater cohesive policy created and managed by the WHO rather than individual governments that ended up confusing the issue with their divergent opinions and restrictions. Back to the op, I’ll side with the ‘it was morally wrong’.

Tried that, useless on my Nokia.

I thought Escorts were professionals.

That explains it, i've only been here 12 years. I've used taxis here at all times of day, and my comment is based on my experience. Maybe the op should change his travelling time to after midnight then.

Firstly it’s not happening to pensioners, its a report on 1 single couple of pensioners. Delivered to us by Tic Tok from the hash tag ‘Tories out’ So more to the point, what’s happening with journalism and reporting in the UK. (World for that matter).