Mr Meeseeks

500thb and a wai. Oh sorry, just saw he's a foreigner. 10 years in prison and a hefty fine.

Special fried rice forces.

I remember going to Amsterdam when I was 17 years old and I didn't care about the prices back then and I was on a very limited budget. We wanted to try all the best stuff which at the time was skunk, NL, big bud, super skunk etc. I expect that is going to be the case here for many visitors, price will not deter those wanting to sample the best strains. Also, as you compare to alcohol, there are many bars / restaurants selling craft beer here in Chonburi / Pattaya for upwards of 200thb a bottle, to mostly local customers. There's always a demand for premium products in a free market economy.

Correct. If you want the best you will have to pay a premium for it, which is true anywhere.

Probably never on the table but even if it was, the Thais aren't purchasing or getting the advanced weapons systems.

Don't forget the Police ripping off the tsunami relief fund. ????

Locally trained no doubt. Lifting safety is woeful here. I have caught workers at my company using cranes and hoists improperly, once I caught them using a truck crane to change a light fixture... the guy was standing on the boom which was extended to reach the light 10 meters above the ground! No harness or anything... Will lessons be learned from this incident and preventative actions implemented? No chance. RIP to the deceased.

Why are they still one of the biggest plastic polluters of the World's oceans? Why is the atmosphere hazardous to humans in certain areas during certain periods of the year? Why are there no checks on heavily polluting diesel vehicles? Etc. ????

That overpass is an incident hotspot, just outside the Harbor Mall in Laem Chabang, there are regular accidents and fatalities there.

Again, they think they can do what they want without consequence. In this case they have been rumbled but it took 16 deaths to make it so. Thousands of other illegal venues will continue to operate around the country with impunity. Money Number One.

That's a big problem in Thailand, they think they know everything and cannot be told otherwise. As to government experts or inspectors... chocolate teapot, motorcycle ashtray etc.

Interesting that this had to be so clearly clarified. ????

Completely believable. 12 hours in the temps here, body would have been stinkin'.

Idiots. They need to go hard and mete out proper punishments so that motorists get the message and obey the law. Never will happen it is antithetical to the mai bpen rai culture here.

Probably one of the most misinformed and ignorant things I have ever read on this forum. Congratulations.

What percentage, if any, do the Police or local authorities get from that cheque?

Must have a lot of Chinese or German customers.

They don't have to imagine, they own a lot of the bars. This quote sums up Thailand: Hypocrisy is not a way of getting back to the moral high ground. Pretending you're moral, saying you're moral is not the same as acting morally. - Alan Dershowitz

It's an old trope but it is still true even today... Money Number One.

Definitely. Keeping those natural instincts at bay is difficult especially when under such pressure.

Typical from the child-like mind of a Thai.

Sounds like too much hard work to me. File in the 'too hard' basket, thanks.

Note that his name is deliberately omitted from the article.

Hookahs were made illegal years ago during the Purachai purge under Thaksin iirc. Another law that is selectively enforced.

Personnel transfer basket failed looks like. Transferring by personnel basket is common offshore in the Gulf of Thailand. In the Uk they use rigid personnel transfer devices, and the net type are banned.