jaywalker

13 minutes ago, lvr181 said:

And the serious limitations are?

Probably none if installed & maintained at home, but the RO machines around the moo-baans that dispense water are seldom if ever serviced or cleaned.

They are installed & the vendor collects coins is all the attention they'll ever get. I've seen some that were broken down for months on end.

If the vendor can't afford to have them fixed when they quit making him money, then I doubt he'll ever spend a satang on maintenance.

35 minutes ago, webfact said:

Internet of things (IoT) devices

Had to Google that term. I hadn't heard of it before.

"IoT is short for Internet of Things. The Internet of Things refers to the ever-growing network of physical objects that feature an IP address for internet connectivity, and the communication that occurs between these objects and other Internet-enabled devices and systems."

https://www.webopedia.com/TERM/I/internet_of_things.html

Here's my first impression. SKYNET. LOL

Who would'a thunk it???

3 minutes ago, r136dg said:

Agree with most everything said.

They could also make it worthwhile for recyclers to pick up. 

Always get a funny look when I say mai ow tung

Yeah they look at me like I have carrots growing out of my ears when I turn down a straw to go with my beer also.

2 minutes ago, Briggsy said:

Read again, grasshopper. (Hint: This is not a government announcement)

So solly Masta Po. I just skimmed the article and was going by the headline.

"Thailand to declare war on plastic bags - by charging for them"

I should have known it made too much sense for it to be something the gov't would come up with. Silly me...

2 hours ago, isaanbanhou said:

 

I find it hard to believe there are more Nigerians in Thai prisons than people from Myanmar.  

The article I read was in about  2001 or so.

4 hours ago, coulson said:

They are, it's called racism.

I recall reading in some BKK newspaper before the internet was around that the BKK Hilton  had organised its own World Cup tournament. 

It also mentioned that the largest population of foreign prisoners were Nigerian.

24 minutes ago, Psimbo said:

An empty pickup is far easier to brake than one with 16-20 people in the back but Somchai doesn't get that.

Especially when the "Brakes Fail".

25 minutes ago, champers said:

Not a very bright student.

About as sharp as a bowling ball.

11 hours ago, canuckamuck said:

Backwards logic again. This would be the time of year when you think they might look the other way because so many people are on the move, for the special occasion.  It should be the other more normal times of the year where people should be encouraged to make other plans to get around as they should not make this a daily practice.

That would require *cough* planning.

14 minutes ago, rooster59 said:

the driver of the white Isuzu that caused the accident ended up in hospital.

Som nam na.

He should be cuffed to the hospital bed & spends at least 6 months in the slammer after the hospital & his truck should get sold at a police auction that he is forced to attend.

1 minute ago, bleble said:

I am not superior, but as least I am not retarded as so many.

Could'a fooled me.

26 minutes ago, orchis said:

January is next year.

"TMD director general Wanchai Sakudomchai said during Dec 16-22 the upper part of Thailand will be generally cooler."

The guy said December.

7 minutes ago, chickenslegs said:

Advise them to do what many of us did when we first visited Pattaya.

 

Rent a girlfriend who knows every street, shortcut, baht bus route, tourist attraction, etc. despite herself having only arrived in Pattaya 2 days ago to take a job as a cashier.

Best tour guides out there!

However, many Russian guys bring their wives/girlfriends, which is a mystery to me. It's like bringing a bucket of sand to the beach.

19 hours ago, Jingthing said:

They ask.

If they don't ask can't read minds.

I get your point though.

Often in life no good deed goes unpunished.

 

 

To add maybe sometimes it would be good to try to read minds. The other day on the same trip some Russians waited until Central Mall to ask for Walking Street.

 

How do you say Oops in Russian?

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You should give directions like a Thai, when asked in Thai.

Vaguely point in a random direction and then ignore them.

22 hours ago, Emster23 said:

They work at being absurd. You can't get to their level simply by being uneducated. All sorts of other factors at play here

I found the school they attend.

6 hours ago, pattayadgw said:

Perform 'maintenance'... i'm surprised they can spell the word..... no such animal in LOS...

I've often said the "M" in the word Thailand stands for maintenance.

13 hours ago, NanLaew said:

Not to mention the 6-wheel 'bus' with standing room only, 3 boy scouts sitting on the back step an another 4 hanging off the ladder and railings.

...And the kids are blocking the brake lights.

See it every day though.

Basic, human instinct/will to survive would keep most folks from blocking brake lights with their bodies, but you see it every day.

16 hours ago, nikmar said:

"However, he warned, new cameras should be procured without corruption and at market prices."

 

Say it often enough then you might start believing it! 

The best propaganda is that which, as it were, works invisibly, penetrates the whole of life without the public having any knowledge of the propagandistic initiative.

https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Joseph_Goebbels

18 hours ago, Ulic said:

Not sure I can connect the dots. Does this information mean the money will

be returned or does it mean the money will still be confiscated but nobody in

Thailand did anything wrong. 

The money is NEVER returned by the BIB.

Hell, they gave themselves the reward for catching the Erawan bomber(s).

13 hours ago, NanLaew said:

Reasonably new Vigo from Budget in Udon had cruise control.

 

Brand new Accord from Avis at Suvarnabhumi had cruise control.

I bought 2 vehicles in 2006, prior to that I never saw one. I guess the times are changing.

You ever use your cruise control?

1 hour ago, LazySlipper said:

LOLOLOL

 

Should get their fingers out of their noses!!!!

Get their thumbs out their asses.

11 minutes ago, NanLaew said:

You need to rent up-market and not from Somchai-rent-a-car.

Brand new stuff from Budget and Avis is what I rent.

45 minutes ago, r136dg said:

I should add; the roads need massive work. More lanes also & probably a minimum speed limit. The ultra slow vehicles get many worked up to pass radically at high speed.

Never mind, it's hopeless.

Absolutely. There is no "Flow of Traffic'. It's either balls-to-the-wall, or going 40 kph.

I've had numerous vehicles in Thailand (mostly newer rentals), and I've never seen a cruise control on any of them.