DaLa

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.

I recall at least 2 movies with that theme. It did not end well. Also reminds me of when I tried to pick up something in a night club once. It was live, lithe and unfortunately attached to a guy that was a cross breed of Al Capone and Reggie Kray.

Agreed. I've been using LibreOffice for years and it has most of what the average user needs. Also will accept MS documents to work on and then save in MS format.

We have a place down in Cha Am and use Rama 2 at least once a month. I have to agree with the other opinions that it’s hit and miss regards to traffic congestion. Personally I believe it gets better every time we go as the overhead work progresses. Wifey missed a junction (out of Nonthaburi) and rather than U turn she decided to head for Nakhon Pathom; only added about a day to the journey. The other alternative is taking the outbound Borommaratchachonnani Rd towards Phutthamonthon and then cutting into towards Amphawa floating market where Rama 2 quietens down considerably. That’s a slow road though. It will all be better soon, so long as Thailand doesn’t run out of concrete.

I don't know most of the names of the bars there, however I was there Friday last, busy as ever and looked like 90%+ of the venues now open.

I don't know the name of the place , second bar up soi cowboy on the lhs next to Country Road bar. Small venue, but sensible prices on drinks and the band do great covers.

Didn't take long for the structural failure of Champlain Towers South condo to disappear from peoples memories. It's not new structures that concern me , walk around NY and witness scaffold at street level to protect pedestrians from windows that are falling out of multi storey buildings built 40 years and more ago.

plenty of opportunity to partake in that sport here, so I've heard.

That's the theory. Makes it 'that much harder for the would be hacker', sometimes makes it impossible for me to access my bank accounts.

Plenty of restaurants in los like this, or is it this particular 'dish' you want? My guess is she's the owner and will more likely be shopping in EmQuartier than working in the kitchen when you finally track the restaurant down.

4 or 5 other girls , That's 6 at 500 baht a pop so 3,000 baht. Wow, seriously rich.

Better English than most TickTockers though may I say. I’m 69 and thankfully I have only been in hospital 3 times in my life; understanding a Thai (or any other nationality) doctor’s English isn’t the only problem. I’m useless at describing my symptoms and on all those 3 occasions I just go with the flow. I have to believe they know what they are doing (to the best of the knowledge they have) and have my best interests to heart. On those 3 occasions I haven’t even been in a state that allowed me to make rational decisions. One other point to consider when using an interpreter in Thailand. The Oxford Dictionary has 273,000 hardwords in it. The Thai equivalent has 2,864 words.

Even in central Bangkok at Siriraj the level of communication in English was patchy. I’m not certain it would be any better in a private hospital. Absolutely correct regarding documentation. I was admitted straight into ICU. However only after completing a form ( granted it was in English) and for some crazy reason they wanted my parents first’s names. Unless those first names were on that form I was a dead man walking.

Apologies, this doesn’t answer the op’s post but you are absolutely correct. I’ve just been in Siriraj hospital Bangkok with Pneumonia, and had to leave most of it to the Thai wife. Interpreting, paying for treatment, feeding me, staying overnight to make sure I didn’t escape. Especially letting the doctor who wanted me to move to another hospital because ‘they were very full’ know I wasn’t going anywhere. But is that any worse than going to 3 different private hospitals , receiving 3 different diagnoses and then receiving a bill double the original quote. 12k baht to come out alive from a government hospital is good value in my book.