DaLa

100% agree. Especially with the 'can't be ar**d' part. Whenever I've been confronted with a situation that isn't personal to me I give it a wide berth. That include anything to do with politics , picket lines, protecting the continued existence of the 3 legged octopus.. Simpler to just work around the problem, move on and not get heated about the subject. Life's too short.

I have a very good friend (cough, cough) whose wife came home late one evening bearing the signs of 'intimacy'. She continued to wind him up when confronted and the guy grabbed his coat and headed for the door, whereupon she followed and grabbed hold of him. In response he pushed her away and the scene was witnessed by a neighbour who called the police. The police arrived and questioned both parties. The wife did not wish to present charges , however the husband was taken to the police station to give an account and then presented with a 'warning'. That 'warning' created problems for me him for years after when applying for jobs and when applying for a retirement visa in LoS.

This is absolutely not my experience here in Bangkok. I actually live in Nonthaburi which you would believe to be a problem from the city centre ( Sukhumvit). After midnight some taxi want to charge flat fee, others don't want to travel that far out but after 3 or 4 taxis I'm set to go. Pleasant guys that will take my left/right/straight on directions, all on the meter. Biggest problem is standing around waiting for a few minutes and some lovely looking girl wants to drag me into yet another bar.

Same as when they were planning changing driving on the left to driving on the right in Ireland back in the 70's. Gradually over a period of a few months.

4 days! luxury, you're spoilt. 4 hours with the bananas my wife brings home in LoS.

'Better procedures' ! What I take from that is that the company had sent out numerous loads incorrectly secured in the past. I've had employment in the steel industry, construction and shipping and it scare me to death when I'm behind people on the road transporting anything heavier than a few bags of leaves. 12 tons of metal travelling at 30-40 km/hour no longer weighs 12 tons.

I’m not familiar with jewellery gold, so thank you for the detailed information on that subject. The reason they don’t use ‘pure’ (99.99%) gold as jewellery is that it is too malleable, which metallurgically is the opposite to brittle. Gold is actually the most malleable of all metals. 1 gram of pure gold can be rolled into a 1 square metre sheet, that sheet becoming semi-translucent. Reflecting on that outstanding information made me realise why I took redundancy after 15 years in the steel industry to move onto more exciting employment.

I had an insurance agency 30+ years ago. A (not English) guy approached me (rare occasion when you sell insurance) and subsequently took out a policy for £24,000 of jewellery on an all risks basis. The premium was mouth watering but my commission was most refreshing. 2 months later he travelled and ‘left it on his seat in the departure lounge’ of an airport whereupon it disappeared and that is most of the information we received on the claim form.

Thank you. Excellent post . As a footnote and to remind readers that the governments during that period were, ( in no particular order) Liberal,Conservative, Labour and Coalitions.

You missed off phone and television.

Terrible, no one should have to pay 500 baht to go to the hong nam.

Never heard of her so I never saw any of the 100 films Nora Louise made when she was under the age of 18, nor the one she made at 15. Was there a common theme? Some sort of Franchise?

I've been here 12 years and obviously been mistaken all that time. I thought you gave them money to ENSURE you never see them again.

Thank the lord I have no chance of ever listening to, let alone believing, any politician.

Webfact makes a good point regarding crushing at UK grounds. Football and its well documented mob following by a minority is one of the problems. Just been to F1 in Singapore , 300,000 spectators over the 3 days and as far as I know there wasn’t any rivalry associated violence. I’ve been to a good number of grounds in the 60’s and the violence was evident then.

Apologies , I will clarify. Unless you have a fancy (expensive) Thai Elite or whatever, or have gone through the (almost) impossible application for permanent residence here, or have a legit (tax paying etc) business here (most bars don't count) the remainder of non Thai in Thailand in my view are temporary travellers. They are here on a temporary basis and have to comply every 90 day to remain here on holiday. If he was born in the UK and lived in the UK a substantial time before travelling the world I suggest he retains his UK residency. Unfortunately the UK gov. have a different view that suits their agenda. My view is it's not their business where and when people go on holiday.

He is probably a 'temporary visitor'.

Yes, correct and thank you for pointing that out. Unfortunately it isn't made clear that you don't need to add to the congestion in Cha Am to get directly to Hua HIn. DoH don't have to do anything other than change the sign I posted above. Such as Hua HIn - shortcut - by passing Cha Am. Is it a shortcut though ?

It would be a good idea to cost in a link from this road into Hua HIn by-passing Cha Am. There is a significant amount of traffic into Cha Am at the weekend visiting the town, but this is compounded by all the traffic heading for Hua HIn.

So easy to confuse ‘cuts’ with an increase. If I could have a pound for every time I have read about Tory cuts to the NHS, I'd be able to fund a new hospital. Between 2009/10 and 2018/19 health spending increased by an average of just 1.5% per year in real terms. Between 2021/22 and 2024/25, total health spending will rise on average by 3.8 per cent a year in real terms. Source: \\https://www.kingsfund.org.uk/projects/positions/nhs-funding

Actually no. Anything else you wish to try in an attempt at disparaging me? The ladyboys I know are customers of my wife's business. There aren't too many black people in this country and to my knowledge none of her customers are black. If she did have black customers and I came in contact them I would form an opinion on them. Unlike yourself who attempts to have an opinion on someone you've never met.

Did I really just read .... 'sparking a police investigation' ? Ok, but RIP to the guy, I'm 100% hetro but some ladyboys are a good laugh.

You saw the non reference of ‘refugees’ in my post but missed the two question marks ? Questions specifically asking what the impact of only 1 illegal immigrant entering the UK in the next 10 years would have on you personally. I would suggest returning to my original post, however I’m still not confident we will receive a straight answer from you.

I know you haven't answered the question.

Two very opposing opinions on this, so lets explore the impact on each side of the discussion.. If there were to be only 1 more illegal immigrant enter the UK in the next 10 years, what impact would that have on the supporters of immigration?. If there were to be 5 million illegal immigrants enter the UK in the next 10 years what effect would that have on those individuals that wish to limit the influx? Unless of course all those 5 million suddenly become doctors etc. as the argument is commonly presented. The impact is neglible for the supporters and could actually be catastrophic for those wishing to limit / exclude. The present situation in terms of the numbers of non UK (and I’m not excluding those born here) individuals living in the UK suggests the balance sides with the supporters. Now show me the benefits.