Mr Meeseeks

55 minutes ago, Grumpy John said:

I know the complete story.  The cleaner knocked the crystal ball off it's perch it rolled across the floor and hit the wall and is now out of alignment.  The cleaner fearing getting fired from her 300 baht a day job put it back on it's perch and said nothing.  So all their predictions are out of kilter with reality.   Zender the witch is not due to come in for the annual realignment ceremony till June next year.  This gives the cleaner plenty of time to find another job as Zender the witch will know all...a bit like Prayuth! ????

You post in jest but the irony is that fortune tellers and mystics will have been consulted. 

19 hours ago, Huckenfell said:

Why on earth does your tiny mind think that only sex tourists come to Thailand. Do you live in Pattaya or Soi 4.

I don't think only sex tourists come to Thailand. In my 30 years here they have been on the decline. They are still quite prevalent though. 

However I do recognise, as do the Thai authorities, that poor Thai women are subject to exploitation through marriage hence the difficulties in married foreign men obtaining PR, which was the point. It is not only Western men we are talking about, Asian men especially Chinese are known for exploiting Thai women en masse. 

You seem to have gotten rather annoyed with my post and dived straight into some insults... Are you a sex-tourist? 

Complete buffoonery considering the plans for the proper cruise ship terminals in Laem Chabang and Sattahip as part of the EEC development. 

24 minutes ago, polpott said:

I was lucky, squeezed a Cambodia trip in just before the borders closed. I expect to be back there, or Vietnam, within a year.

Me too, got there and back start of March.

We were planning on opening a business there this year too, which makes it even more frustrating other than not being able to go there for a jolly.

????

9 minutes ago, Sydebolle said:

Maybe it escaped their attention but the internet is also accessed outside Thailand; those thousands of passengers waiting for refund look eagerly forward to their handbag - I am pretty sure about that! 

Refunds will be in fried donuts and ridiculous handbags.

Who am I kidding? You ain't getting a refund. 

13 hours ago, polpott said:

Newin is no friend of Prayout.

But he stabbed Thaksin in the back to join the Abhisit Democrat coalition. He was needed then. 

14 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

Watching the Yellow shirts march around in Lumpini Park yesterday, and then walking to the US Embassy, without even having more than a few policeman watching them, shows the dispirit treatment that each group is receiving.  Those that support the Government have a free get out of jail card and can walk when and where they want with impunity, but the Protest group trying to dislodge the current usurpers is arrested, charged and then shat upon by the yellow shirts.  You talk about inequality and who has more rights than others, all you have to do is look at how the sides are treated differently.

Been that way since 2006

Trying to squeeze every last drop out of it prior to inevitable liquidation. 

Whenever I see Prayuth on TV I am reminded of this song by Oysterhead.

Barber
Get this mirror cleaned
I'm troubled by the face I see before me
As we shave our nations face
Keep a steady hand
Listen to these words that soon will ring across the land
Wield the Spade
Ready the blade
Sacrifices must be made
There are many fools who dare propose imposing limits on my power
Those ungrateful who've been swayed by intellectuals in their ivory towers
They will pay for crimes that God and I will not allow
Some before the firing squad and some behind the plough
Wield the spade
Barber
Get this mirror cleaned
I'm troubled by the face I see before me
Be careful not to miss a whisker
Soon I face my people who adore me
As you shave our nations face
Keep a steady hand
Listen to these words that soon will ring across the land
Wield the spade
Ready the blade
Sacrifices must be made
Barber
You've done very well
Much cleaner now
The mirror's telling no lies
I know I'm not imagining the telltale glint of death I see in your eyes
I can't trust you
So I must do something with my knife
It's a shame to lose a damn good barber
But that's life
Wield the spade
Ready the blade
Sacrifices must be made

2 hours ago, DrTuner said:

You mean the dozen or so at US embassy?

No, there was a gathering of them at Lumphini as well. Looks like their numbers are growing.

Bin Bunluerit, the Thai star that does all that stuff for charity, has given up his philanthropic role to join them looks like.

Big Yellow rally at Lumphini today too. 

5 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

Don't know about social, but according to the Dept of income tax, only 4M Thais ( out of 70M) pay income tax = 6%.

 

True, but social is a different kettle of fish. Most Thais that earn under 150,000thb per year and thus avoid income tax will be paying some sort of social payment.

1 hour ago, holy cow cm said:

Hahahaha. You are funny. affluent men exploiting the gals. More like the other way around. And for the foreign woman can easily get it, in a sense it is degrading in looked at like ownership.

So in reality it depends on how the girl looks and acts. And this would apply in any country around the world. But generally most gals won't come off as hussy or a floozy. For the PR. Come on now. You can regurgitate and spout that stuff out until the cows come home, but fact of the matter is it isn't easy, you shouldn't have to get a job and it should be widely more accepting than and open for what is is, and presently is only a bunch of BS. Want me to pay taxes? Well sure I could pay into a social Security fund or a trivial 1000 baht per month if they would like. That would be more than 95% of the Thai population pays. I pour enough money into this country, but all this regime ever sees is give me give me give more while disregarding what you have already done. I actually help build their population base having 3 kids.

Now you are just waffling and posting nonsense to suit your own agenda.

95% of Thais don't pay social? Piffle.

16 hours ago, Mike k said:

No county should allow Thais to own property or more than 49 % of a business 

Now you are starting to make sense. 

1 minute ago, possum1931 said:

Them all????

Among other things, the following measures were introduced under Thaksin or his affiliated parties:

• 90 day reporting
• An end to honorary Consulates (Brissy, Hull, Houston) being able to issue Non-immigrant multiple entry visas to Brits, Aussies and Americans
• Limits on tourist visas and 30-day entry stamps
• An end to easily available multi-entry tourist visas
• Funds being required for extensions of stay for marriage and retirement
• Additional scrutiny of education visas

Those are just what I can remember off the top of my head. Ultimately the Police are the ones responsible for all implementation as Immigration is a division of the RTP. 

1 hour ago, Destiny1990 said:

Hopefully easier visas.

Yer dreamin'.

It was the civilian government before that introduced all the restrictions.