Mr Meeseeks

Problem is that these 'EMS' or 'Ambulance Services' are privately owned, and don't belong to the State, so they operate in a grey area.

The reason that this is coming to the fore at this time is Thailand and Cambodia are in negotiations about the Overlapping Claims Area, or OCA for the oil and gas in the surrounding 'disputed' waters. Estimated $300billion worth of reserves there. Sovereignty of the islands were always going to be a sticking point for nationalists on this issue.

Good article on Bill Heinecke from 1990: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-08-21-wr-1112-story.html There was some disagreement with Pizza Hut, I remember reading about it at the time. Then he founded Pizza Company which in effect was a similar business but just their own brand. Don't be surprised if something similar happens here with the Subway franchises.

Amazon is a lot less consistent than Starbucks especially for the hot coffees such as Lattes and Cappos. Get a good one at one location then a terrible one at another. Starbucks product is consistent and standardised across all branches. That is a hard thing to do when you rely on a worker (in this case a barista) to ensure the quality is consistent. In a Maccas burger the worker is not as crucial to the process as all the ingredients are pre-prepared and only assembled by the worker. Absolutely correct.

The last upgrade to the railways that the Japanese tried in the 1940’s didn’t turn out too well. They needed foreign engineers then as they would now. It did however expose the Thais as the distrustful quislings that their neighbours already knew them to be, when they assisted their Japanese masters in the POW slave trade. Not all of them of course, a minority in the Seri Thai fought back.

Hardly enough blow for a decent night out. 🤷

Yes, but which bar is she now working in? 😆

Yeh, swimming near dams and other dangerous water features is not a good idea. RIP to the two kids. 😢

When will this sub sink and/or break down? Within 6-months of deployment, I reckon.

Just being realistic. My advice to you would be to stick to ad hominems and confused emoticons and leave more challenging topics to the better informed.

I have been observing this story since earlier this year. It appears that the Joint Venture contractors (Petrofac, Samsung and Siemens) on the 160 Billion Baht Clean Fuels project at the Thai Oil refinery in Sriracha have not paid the sub-contractors and now the workers are on strike. Apparently Thai Oil paid them, but the money did not get filtered down to the sub-contractors, and work is at a halt on the site. Latest is that PTT will have to pump more money in and is negotiating with Bectel and Wood Group who are overseeing the project. https://www.kaohooninternational.com/markets/546588

For very good reasons. Nobody wanted the antiquated Ford or Holden models they were manufacturing.

The diesel multiple units they intend to build will likely be built on tech from the 60's and 70's, retrofitted with modern interiors. Look at the buses. Built in rural workshops, to no safety standards whatsoever. Expect similar for these trains, if it ever happens, which it won't.

No.

They still can't, not without Western or Japanese oversight, technology and management.

It is not all about Thaksin but the modern conflict started on his watch as PM, worsened and continued under his successive puppet governments; Somchai, Samak, Yingluck etc. and is set to kick right off again with this denial of justice for the victims. It was Thaksin's policies that led to the conflict kicking off and ultimately the incident at Tak Bai. He also excused the Thai Army and said they did nothing wrong. However, the military is certainly to blame and now nobody will face justice for the deaths of 85 people.

Flipper scammers have always been active in Bangkok, especially in the Sukhumvit area. Remember the card scams they used to run?

Repatriation is inevitable.

Imagine losing your rag and stabbing folk in front of your four-year-old daughter! Imagine being sixty years old and having a four-year-old daughter! This is the Thai equivalent of the trailer park boys.

Further evidence that many Thais, including women, carry weapons in their vehicles.

If we are going to measure d*ck sizes I have more employed than you in one factory alone. 😆

Too much white rice.

Thais actually work? 😕

Justice for the victims delayed for 20 years, and now denied. Conveniently suiting the convicted criminal who was the sitting PM when the modern conflict in the South started and is now the de-facto leader of the party currently in control.

Thais building their own trains 🤣 Maybe in 20+ years, but likely never.