Mr Meeseeks

5 minutes ago, vandeventer said:

Just how many of the road accidents were from big bikes? Enough for us to get a new license? Drivers training is needed by many. Every time I am on the road I see so many stupid moves, and they act like they control the road and will drive any way they want.  Have you noticed when you beep your horn if means nothing to them, they just keep doing what they were doing. I can only tell you what my area is like as I ride almost every day.

They regard beeping the horn as an aggressive act, they lose face! But is is absolutely necessary for letting them know you are there and/or they are doing something stupid.

Comes back to that inability to take responsibility for one's actions...

Pathetic schleppers.

Tourist venues should be exempt from this nonsense.

Why should people on holiday and staying in hotels or at resorts be subjected to ill-conceived election regulations?

From my experience they actively target the tourist areas with enforcement.

For context, Mr. Silpa-Archa is the son of former Thai PM and construction billionaire Banharn 'slippery eel' Silpa-Archa.

Not defending his actions, but as the foreigner is an expat and had been married for seven years to a Thai, the deportation order does seem a little draconian. 

I guess another warning that as foreigners, we're all only temporarily here. 

10 minutes ago, Spatiumus said:

That is not "Thai logic".  Multiple tickets of the same winning numbers mean multiple payouts, i.e if you buy 10 tickets with the same winning number your prize is multiplied by a factor of ten.

Isn't that what I explained?

They charge more for purchases of multiple tickets because you may win more. Thai logic.

2 hours ago, Sheryl said:

Thais do not have to get a COVID test before returning in repatriation flight. For most, test done while in quarantine will be their first test.

 

In addition it is quite common for people to test negative early in he infection.

 

 

I think you need to pin that in bold at the top of every one of these update threads!

10 minutes ago, Pattaya Spotter said:

I, of course, mentioned the invasion of ???????? in 1979. As for the rest:

 

"Manchukuo" was a part of China taken by the Japanese during the Sino-Japanese wars of the '30s...so China was '"invading" ????????????????????

 

Invasion of China in 1949...they invaded themselves..again? ????????????

 

Tibet may or may not be considered a part of China, depending on one's point of view. 

 

North Korea invaded South Korea...and then when South Korea and it's American ally invaded North Korea,  and then made explicit threats to "cross the Yalu River" into China, China intervened on behalf of their North Korean ally to push South Korean and American forces back to the 38th Parallel. 

 

China didn't invade India in 1962...the exact demarcation of the border between India and China is disputed. This was one in a series of border squirmishes between the two countries that continues to this day.

 

It would have been pretty unusual for ???????? to invade the Soviet Union in 1969 considering they were Cold War allies at the time. As I was only 4 at the time, maybe I missed it.

 

Good or bad who's to say...they are a country of 1.5B people, re-asserting themselves on the world stage after 200 years of mistreatment by colonial Western powers, invasion and occupation by Imperial Japan, internal civil wars and conflict, and mass poverty and starvation. It's probably best if we can learn to get along because China isn't going anywhere.

 

 

Yeh, like I said, the Chinese, great bunch of lads.

14 minutes ago, djayz said:

Not talking about anybody owing anybody anything. Simply saying that those of us who live here long term, work here legally, pay taxes, support our families and the economy in general, not only in these dire times, but year after year, would like to be treated as "members of the community". We'd like to be treated equally and enjoy the same "privilages" the locals enjoy. As other members have pointed out, things like paying the local fare when entering national parks or not having to register our whereabouts every 90 days. A thorn in my side is that, despite a well paying job plus having all the documents, contracts, visas, etc., I am still, after 11 years here, treated like somebody who's going to do a runner. A case in point is applying for a cc. Simply too much hassle so I gave up. 

 I'm definitely not here for the lifestyle. 

I got numerous CC's without any hassle, even through the company as a director.

KBank will give you a CC with 3-6 payslips and WP. 

KTB need you to be working here for 2+ years before you are eligible. 

Must have WP in either case. No experience with any other banks but KBank were incredibly easy to deal with, minimal paperwork and card came within days of application at the branch.

3 minutes ago, Ireland32 said:

Who would pay 120 No way 

Vendors typically charge 10% on top of the 100thb ticket price so if you are buying 5 at 100thb per ticket they will charge you an additional 10% so 550thb.

The Thai logic being if you win you will win more with more tickets or so I was told by a local vendor here in Chonburi.

The Thai lottery is simply a tax on the stupid.

10 minutes ago, Pilotman said:

too late, there is one on the 331, 15km outside Sattahip and it's a rip off.  Called Coffee War. 

 

https://www.google.com/maps/uv?pb=!1s0x3102f394ae552e29%3A0x5990c615658191fb!3m1!7e115!4s%2Fmaps%2Fplace%2Fcoffee%2Bwar%2B331%2F%4012.7572102%2C100.9914793%2C3a%2C75y%2C248.78h%2C90t%2Fdata%3D*213m4*211e1*213m2*211sU5MPR-JXbM9LfT1pjj6QAg*212e0*214m2*213m1*211s0x3102f394ae552e29%3A0x5990c615658191fb%3Fsa%3DX!5scoffee war 331 - Google Search!15sCgIgAQ&imagekey=!1e2!2sU5MPR-JXbM9LfT1pjj6QAg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiKxKKD2MztAhXC73MBHSYxBX8Qpx8wDHoECBcQCA

 

That is the one I was referring to... ????

2 hours ago, soi3eddie said:

The chances of THAI selling any of their planes is close to zero in the current situation. The French government has recently listed some older (still airworthy) A340s at a starting price of just €80k each. 

https://simpleflying.com/french-a340s-for-sale/

Wow.

My dream of opening a airliner coffee shop / theme restaurant in Thailand just came a bit closer to reality. 

????

4 minutes ago, soi3eddie said:

 

Stranger things can happen. Your expectations may be realised. Most likely a one-way trip for the A380 to a rice field to be left to rot in the sunshine whilst awaiting a purchaser.

 

Most of these big uneconomical lumps will turn into coffee shops and restaurants as has happened to several of the other Airbus wide bodies that were used by Thai. 

The main thing is the accrual of further losses in terms of assets at an insolvent and heavily indebted airline. 

With no miracles in sight and international travel in the doldrums Thai must be losing billions per month, on top of 350 billion thb debt. 

It's merely a question of when to pull life support. 

2 minutes ago, Pique Dard said:

no wonder! tourism is a matter of death or life for thailand

I would think it had more to do with free food and drink at a top hotel at a time when people don't have much income rather than anything else. 

Reads like a sponsored article.

If things are so bad maybe cut out the lavish sponsored meetings at top hotels? 

And a Gmail email address? Tinpot. 

4 hours ago, Glaswegian2 said:

 

If only it were that simple.

Telling people what to do without a proper formulated plan seems to be fairly common here.

5 hours ago, CorpusChristie said:

 

   If you really did love your GF , you wouldnt consider getting a lap dance from another woman .

Out of respect to your GF, if not yourself 

It's ok to look at the menu, as long as you don't order anything.

5 hours ago, CorpusChristie said:

 

    Your point was that because one person made an unsavory remark , that means the whole Nation made that remark 

As Deputy PM, surely he represents the nation?