Pottinger

I smell a hub on the horizon....

16 minutes ago, BKKBike09 said:

Love the backdrops the Embassy use these days ... not. Looks like he's in a broom cupboard. Come on guys, at least put a bit of effort into looking ambassadorial, or is that, these days, likely to be interpreted as looking colonial and therefore off limits. 

He's a funny-looking little fella, it's true. He could do with some starch in that collar or, better still, a new shirt. But he makes a very creditable stab at Thai, and one mustn't be overly ad hominem these days.

The Thais do seem to be past masters at making their vehicles perform undreamed of contortions and acrobatics. I remember being in the Siam Society building on Asoke many years ago when there was an enormously loud crash outside. Naturally, being voyeurs almost to a man (and woman), there was a rush outside to see the spectacle. Someone had managed to land their car on its roof on the sidewalk immediately outside - independently it seemed, for there was no other stationary, damaged vehicle in sight.

Excellent article on this ongoing fiasco just published by a certain Scottish journalist. Makes interesting reading.

25 minutes ago, Pottinger said:

Nil

https://canitravel.net/

Nothing quite as shaming as getting lubed up then busted in the act.

Not exactly a warm welcome, but hey ho, somebody's got to do it.

23 minutes ago, Lemonltr said:

The Delta variant here doesn't need assistance from Delta abroad..it is taking over. quickly anyway.

https://asiatimes.com/2021/07/everyone-is-dying-myanmar-on-the-brink-of-decimation/?mc_cid=029acf5b92&mc_eid=b535c38408

20 minutes ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

And the Good news is that Bulgaria has now been moved to the Green list by the U.K .

   The bad news is that the U.K has been moved to the red list by Bulgaria and so Brits cannot go to Bulgaria 

It's not entirely clear, but if you can prove via visa stamps in your passport that you've spent two weeks in an amber or green country immediately prior, you may be able to enter Bulgaria, despite holding a UK passport.

4 minutes ago, unblocktheplanet said:

There is precisely the perfect person in the Kingdom who has strong associations with Germany. Beseeching BioNTech on our behalf would go a long, long way. This is not playing politics, just caring for loyal subjects. And think of the positive PR!

Problem is, they have dug themselves into a hole; there is no possibility that it can be openly admitted that existing plans are inadequate, and have been from the beginning, without it reflecting extremely badly on certain powerful people.

Sister Ray

A paean to 1960s New York

Yeah, it was the same at Wembley last night, all these over 75s pushing and shoving.

54 minutes ago, Pottinger said:

England fans doing their usual party pieces:

 

Draw Excaliflare from these buttocks and thou wilt verily be crowned King of Ingerlan!

14 minutes ago, CharlieH said:

Your actions could have cost the delivery guy his job !

He is just the delivery guy, what you did was wrong and unfair to him.

No payment, no parcel, should be the correct procedure. Its "cash on delivery", not cash after inspection.

If its wrong or whatever thats between you and the seller.

 

 

If you suuspect foul play, video the parcel being opened.

That's certainly not the case with Lazada, which encourages people to unpack their consignment to check the contents are as described while the delivery man is on hand, if possible taking a video while doing so, and only then handing over the COD if all is in order. 

Not convenient or particularly nice for the driver, but it does avoid the kind of ripoffs described by the OP.  

Breathtaking ignorance for a Minister of Health.

I remember it well. I lost my job as the financial sector collapsed and consolidated, sending me spinning off first to South Korea then to Vietnam. It seemed at the time that the currency devaluations were following me around Asia - as soon as I arrived somewhere and changed some money, the value halved. Later in the same year, 1997, I was back in Thailand briefly, relatively impoverished and unable to take much advantage as the Baht for a couple of days traded at over ninety to the Pound. Would that I had been prescient, with pockets stuffed with USD or £!