RobU

300 baht is peanuts tourists and potential tourists won't even notice it. This is a roundabout way of raising money for government coffers. That's fine if it goes into improving the infrastructure, but I seriously doubt it. It will probably be used to fund bonuses and pay rises for civil servants

In fact hide anything that isn't fastened down

He's a troll winding you up. It's obvious to anyone with a brain cell that you were not being racist but merely pointing out the rarity of black african people in nordic countries, which is a fact.

True, I was trying to be sarcastically funny which obviously failed. Another point to note is that the body will not rehydrate until the alcohol is excreted so drinking copious amounts of water immediately after you have dehydrated from alcohol has no effect for at least 4 hours

Still no excuse to try and grab a 7 year old child. It's a tradition of many years and is promoted worldwide. I spent 2 very happy days with my nieces and nephews throwing water and having water thrown back from complete strangers. He knew what he was letting himself in for when he decided to come to Thailand in the hottest months of the year during Songkran in my province it is very much for children.

Perhaps it is global warming but it is a natural phenomenon. The earths climate fluctuates between ice ages and extreme heat with 'moderate' temperature in between over periods of millions of years. In Victorian times is was so cold that the Thames froze.

Headache, cramps and constipation are the result of dehydration. Drink plenty of water/fluids and stay hydrated. The many drinkers of Pattaya who drink copious amounts of beer shouldn't have a problem there.

The water thrower was a 7 year old boy. I doubt whether it was a 'soaking'. The tourist must have been aware of the time of year and what happens just an ignorant pig.

😂🤣😂🤣😂 Very good, a rambling post with no point whatsoever

True. It's a cultural trait of extreme activists trying to destabilise current western society. They practice racism, misogyny and extreme discrimination themselves but try to hide it by creating a smokescreen of accusations of the same against those they want to dominate

Not het up, not racist just making a reasonable observation. You shouldn't post your Far Eastern racist anti British propaganda in a forum where at least one of the members (me) has a qualification in semantic logic. Your language is the product of an education using terminology only used by China, Russia and their totalitarian associates.

Which part of China (or perhaps Russia?) are you from? British imperialist? Your language is giving you away. Nobody in the west speaks like that anymore, only pundits from the communist and former communist states

I agree. The main culprits for inaccessible steps seem to be the chain convenience stores like 7-11 or little C also many pharmacies

Point taken

Sorry I meant that the disabled are even more badly catered for than normal pedestrians. Steps everywhere but no handrails for people like me who walk with crutches and can negotiate steps as long as there is a handrail to hang on to. Ramps for wheelchairs are too steep almost impossible for someone in an unpowered chair to get up extremely difficult for anyone pushing. An expectation that disabled people have 'carers' and are not independent. Thai workmen coming to my house talk to my wife not me etc.

Travelling here is now very expensive UK tourists tend to go to cheaper destinations. Recent horror stories about ill maintained travelators and monorails (which were published around the world) don't help. Tourists walk and gawk, yet pedestrians are the worst catered for group in Thailand apart from the disabled. The sidewalks are atrocious and difficult to navigate and crossing the road is extremely dangerous, even if the crossing is light controlled. It is not family friendly children are in constant danger of being hit by motorbikes on the sidewalk. Many of those UK expats settling in Thailand were retired, often living on the UK state pension. They visited Thailand previously on a dream holiday and decided to retire here because they could live better. The UK state pension is the lowest in Europe. Thailand looks at the relative wealth of expats from other countries and targets it's charges accordingly. Thailand is simply pricing itself out of the UK market by making it very expensive to live here (visa requirements, tax etc) for uk expats

Good point Barry

Sorry I missed your comment about why does he work if he is wealthy. You seem to think that if someone is wealthy they shouldn't work. That is a rather silly assumption. He joined the police as a vocation, the amount of salary he receives is irrelevant to him, he doesn't need it. He is probably the least corruptible officer in the RTP.

The Met is noted for it's corruption and was as bad as the RTP in the past. Perhaps the delayed response was deliberate to allow the perpetrator (who may be from an influential family) to escape. The Met is very much under the control of Westminster

The sergeants are usually the gophers doing all the grunt work. If the leaders had been lower rank they would have been simple police officers. and they can communicate better with the lower ranks getting information where the rank of the senior officers would intimidate

You forget that the people making the accusations are also corrupt according to your philosophy. Therefore the whole thing could be a fit up based on lies

He was wealthy BEFORE he joined the police force. He and his wife come from wealthy families

Seems to me he was targeted by extremists for being a collaborator. RIP

I agree, the camera network has been in London for over 20 years. Most of London is covered by it.

You have a point Lou