2 minutes ago, webfact said:

 “I’m quite concerned that in the future newly graduated students, who are still selecting jobs, will be under unemployed, being replaced by robots,” said Suphan.

They are raised to BE ROBOTS!

Completely idiotic.

I did this when I was 8 years old (1975 or so). There was an ancient train that came by twice a week in front of my Grandfather's house.

Oh yeah.....He's appealing to 4.5% of Thai folks (3.2 million/ 70 million). 

Where is his stupid hat in the picture above?

Just now, webfact said:

ALIBABA GROUP founder Jack Ma has urged Thailand to “move much faster” to implement digital projects.

Good luck with that.

Had to get my neighbor's wife to drop a few hundred baht to the internet "Installation" guys in Pattaya a while back.

Otherwise it was going to take them 3 weeks to bring out a modem & plug it in.

300 baht later....it was installed the next day. They're worse than the cops!

Got it from AIS.....Pattaya TOTALLY festooned w/ BBB internet  posters & a giant, honking phone number to call.

I called...and called.... and called. No answer.

On 12/7/2016 at 11:35 PM, JoePai said:

Simple - double park (but leave the handbrakes off)   

But...The brakes failed!

What an absolute joke of a customs Department!

YOU!. You must to give me money! is all it's about.

Amazing Thailand indeed.

A field raking contest?

All the rakes are down on Soi 6.

54 minutes ago, Ulysses G. said:

EVERYONE has an accent - to people with a different accent.

Just watching Housos (whatever that means?)

Just like a bunch of Florida or Georgia rednecks, but the accent makes it funny.

I say Viva Australia!

Oh yeah...I grew up in Florida, so I know.

Folks always accuse me of being from Texas...Close enough I guess?

I worked in Indiana for a while & nobody could understand me.

3 minutes ago, Bangkok Barry said:

Correct. I have a friend whose house was broken into, and they found the keys to his SUV and stole that along with his other stuff. He was in a so-called secure complex with a guard at the gate, who lo and behold vanished on the same day as the robbery. The police refused to do anything at all unless he paid them 100,000 baht. He's now left the country as he's had enough of Thainess.

Don't you just love the "Security Guards"? Dressed to the nines like a commando...wearing shower shoes.

17 minutes ago, Thechook said:

Us Aussies are unique, no other could meet our standards.  We love to bash and hang it on ourselves.

 

Trip to Thailand.

 

 

Thanks!

7 hours ago, oldhippy said:

Thailand Wants More Tourists Who Act Like Australians

 

These guys sure act like Australians:

 

 

I recall going through security at Sydney airport once in 2000. My pockets were empty & the guard started asking me "E-oohaveaobile?"

He said it about 5 times. I apologized profusely & told him we theoretically spoke the same language, but I couldn't understand him.

I finally got it..."Do you have a mobile phone?"

6 minutes ago, YetAnother said:

wish i hadnt read that; really ? 'you dont buy my fake crap, so i beat you up' ?

Usually, after about 18 vendors have pestered the living shit out of someone, they start telling them to F*^k off.

I've wanted to do it more than once, but usually I just move on to someplace else.

1 minute ago, carlyai said:

Yeah, the Poms are cheap charlies.

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Aussies apparently have more MOJO & drop the other 1,455 baht on an afternoon soapy. 

4 minutes ago, rkidlad said:

Extremely dumb and arrogant. He clearly has no idea what rape really is and how serious it is. He's made it all about him. 

 

In this guy's little head, he thinks he's so good looking that all women want sex with him. Unfortunately, rape is taken less seriously in societies where women are taken less seriously. 

I'm not fluent in Thai, but it seems he was just joking.

Why does everybody want to "throw their toys out of the pram" when somebody cracks a joke?

My 84 year old Aunt recently saw Blazing Saddles for the first time & thought the part about rape was hilarious!

1 hour ago, webfact said:

requires thorough thinking

......I think this is where it all starts to fall apart.

One of the funniest lines in history was Slim Pickens.

3 minutes ago, Laza 45 said:

The Australian tourist.. like the wombat...he eats, roots and leaves...

Aussie's are decent folks....I'm from Florida & have met many. Been to OZ a few times.

Certainly beats Chinese tour buses.

You should try a breakfast buffet in Taiwan.

I got more elbows in my ribs than Dust Rhodes ever meted out in a lifetime.

9 minutes ago, webfact said:

Of those polled, 50.48 per cent believed police should retain investigation powers.

Most Thai cops cannot inspect/investigate their underwear for dingleberries....unless they think there might be some money in it for them.

8 hours ago, AhFarangJa said:

No worries, I too sometimes forget the conversions......I was just trying to instill a little humour to the proceedings...I think I realised what you meant........Re your better half driving.............All thanks to your tuition !!!.....   .

No Worries Buddy. 

On 7/14/2017 at 5:10 PM, MarkusAUST said:

Only ten years from start to finish. The wheels of justice are being turned by a sloth it would seem.

More like a snail.

Took 10 years to sentence the guy to 2 years.

If they weren't all grinning, and trying to not "defame" nor make someone "lose face" the justice system might work better?

44 minutes ago, AhFarangJa said:

I do believe there are no 125kph zones in Thailand. Is the speed limit not 120 ?

Sorry, just an observation..

Yeah, you are right.

Been in the USA a bit now & my kph math is off......Anyhow, I was 2-3 kph over.

"YOU! 200 baht is OK".

I just let my wife drive now in Thailand....Even though she couldn't drive a ten penny nail into a piece of cornbread when I met her.

She's a good driver now..

9 hours ago, tomacht8 said:

Poll shows people expect police reform will put an end to kickback practice
 

In the OP photo they do not look interested.
One half is sleeping and the others are playing with their smartphones.

 

 

 

The only time I've ever seen a cop interested in anything is when they were wanting 200 baht from me for doing 127 kph in a 125 kph zone.

Errrr. They seem to be off by 1.2 million visitors.

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BANGKOK – The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) governor aims to improve Thailand’s earnings from tourism as a global top seven, while revealing that 18.2 million tourists had visited the Kingdom during the first half of 2017.

http://www.pattayamail.com/thailandnews/new-tourism-target-tat-governor-180738

9 hours ago, Orton Rd said:

Many seem to get away with pimping with a bar or 'club' as a front

Here's the loophole for that one...

"2. Farming including looking after livestock, forestry and fisheries (exception: farm manager)."

They forgot to warn folks to "not run with scissors" and to "not stick their hands in fans".

3 minutes ago, bkk6060 said:

Yes you are right which is why they are buying condos and think it is great here.

 

Took this  a few hours ago.  Some sort of a collection area across from SOi 6.

I looked inside and there must have been tons of garbage.  The dude was trying to scoop it out with a net. HA. 

 

 

That's a Pattaya sewage treatment plant! Hi-Tech Shit Bro!

1 minute ago, bkk6060 said:

I disagree I think it is growing more then ever.  The Chinese don't research their trips?

Take a walk in the mornings along BR and see.

Was in Chiang Mai and BKK now here over the past few weeks.  Chinese to the max.  Groups every where even walking around the malls with their flagged escorts. 

I will say I think it is declining or steady for falang.  I walk alot and many of the same faces in places, not many new.

 

Ever been to China?

Thailand is clean and barely even crowded at all compared to the limited places I've been in China (Beijing & all over Taiwan).

I've had the displeasure of being in the US Army (dig a hole), and quite a few places where a Port-a-John/Potty was the only option for a latrine.

An hour outside Beijing was the worst shitter I have ever been near.

Pretty much ANYTHING outside of China is better than INSIDE China. At least that's been my experience.