Mr Meeseeks

Everton and Leicester going down tonight please.

I used to have a company in Samut Prakharn. Once I went for a Non-B extension for work permit, and they would not extend my employee's visa unless I paid a 17,000thb bribe. I suspect the agent I used may have been in on the scam. Horrible experience, but it gave me a push never to deal with them ever again.

I was just about to mention I saw several Thai women that looked destitute or vagrant while sitting on Soi Buakhao yesterday.

Evidently, they are not able to manage the crisis on the roads and are too arrogant to bring in foreigners to do it for them. 'Investigation' will be done by the local plod who don't have a clue.

Speeding. Suddenly changing direction at speed. Driving under the influence. Driving too fast for the conditions – wet road. Not trained properly or competent for such a scenario (license issued without proper assessment etc.) Possible poor maintenance on truck – bald tyres, brakes not functioning correctly etc. Not paying attention when driving – on phone. Container loaded on the very back of the trailer which would distort the CoG. Many other reasons, but these are the ones that spring to mind as possibilities.

Relisting it as a cat 5 narcotic means that possession and cultivation will again have to be a crime by definition. If they are looking for stricter controls through new regulations that is fine, but relisting it would make it illegal. If seems as if they are talking about relisting to please part of their voter base, but in reality it would be very difficult for that to happen, especially considering the hundreds of thousands of people now growing at home.

We are talking about South East Asia here. The Gulf of Tonkin incident started the Vietnam War. The US supported and propped up the Lon Nol regime which led to the Khmer Rouge taking power in Cambodia. Not to mention your ‘secret war’ and carpet bombing of innocent civilians. The US then supported the Khmer Rouge as the rightful govt. of Cambodia at the UN even after the extent of the genocide had been uncovered.

Thailand’s support too. PTTEP, the Thai national oil company exploration and production division, controls most of the oil and gas fields there and makes the Burmese junta billions. There are many Westerners in Thailand working on these projects for PTTEP and their subsidiaries without concern for the moral or ethical issues.

Malaysia just had a very free and fair general election. Cambodia has elections but it is a sham democracy run by Hun Sen and his cronies with all opposition and dissent crushed.

I’m a bit of a snake wizard myself.

Cannabis is no longer on the narcotics list so not illegal. Besides, loads of drugs are available all over the place, nicotine, caffeine, alcohol etc. Correct.

He used to pimp young Thai women in his soapy massage parlours, I wouldn't want any young schoolgirls anywhere near him!

They need to limit the top speed of these pickup derivative SUVs (and pickups too for that manner).

If they put it back on the narcotics list it will mean it will be illegal to possess, consume, grow or distribute it again. A massive step backwards from where we have got to so far imo. Can see it happening though, they are never any good at managing things properly here.

I drove that road yesterday. Very dangerous. Loads of idiots driving way too fast for the conditions, tailgating, weaving in and out of traffic etc., just to be in front. Not only foreigners, a Thai in a pickup and a minivan were the worst culprits from what I experienced.

I arrived at the airport when the Yellow Shirts first arrived. They were a young armed militia. I initially mistook them for security as they were erecting a roadblock. I parked my car and flew out on one of the last flights to Phnom Penh. Got stranded in PP for a few more days than I originally planned, but it was the best kept secret in Asia at the time so wasn't bothered. Funnily enough, I was in Phnom Penh years before when the coup happened, and watched in unfold on BBC in Heart of Darkness and Howie's next door.

If Sondhi Limthongkul didn't get billions to pay off his debts and prop up his failing media business from KTB. Then Thaksin would never have had to remove the CEO Viroj and stop the bank haemorrhaging money. Then Sondhi would have had no vendetta against his old friend Thaksin. Then Sondhi would not have used his media empire to start a revolt to force a coup to remove an elected government. Then the Yellow Shirts would never have existed. Then the country would not have lost billions due to airport shutdowns and border conflicts with Cambodia. Then there would have been no judicial coup. Then there would have been no need for Red Shirts to begin with.

All from Scottish cattle stock originally. The best beef I have ever had was in Scotland. Grass fed Aberdeen Angus.

Funny, as everyone that has actually tried it, likes it. Including my many English friends.

Sounds like premeditated murder to me.

This. ☝️

His restaurant is still called Tropical on Soi Khao Noi, opposite True Blue Aussie bar.

Well done Bert. Well deserved.

Thailand is our home mate.

Guys, you can post confused and laughing emoticons all you want, but I am a grower, and it is impossible to grow outdoors, where the brick weed is grown without some sort of pest control. Thai farmers use a lot of glyphosate on other crops which has been proven to cause cancers. Here is a study from the US about brick weed containing harmful chemicals. Paraquat was applicated to control the illicit grows in Mexico. Until recently, paraquat was widely used in crops in Thailand. https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/data-and-analysis/bulletin/bulletin_1978-01-01_4_page006.html I can assure you the Thai stuff will not be organic, so I suggest be mindful of what you are consuming.