jaywalker

1 hour ago, klauskunkel said:

obsession. he wants to wear that bikini bottom... on his head.

Me too!

Yes, this large crowd are gathered to hear the "talking dog" and hoping they get some winning lottery numbers from the pooch.

Why don't they stick undercover officers in the maniacal mini-vans?

I mis-read the headline at first and saw "Woman bites dog" LOL.

Aah...The endless soidog problem. Bitten on the way into a hospital...

3 minutes ago, gk10002000 said:

a man can't hold the elephant under water, but he can pressure the ears and sensitive points, and the animal learns to not disobey or it gets punished.  Sometimes of course the animal has had enough and it reacts violently

My heart bleeds.

2 hours ago, madusa said:

You keep your fingernails very short? You don't carry a penknife in your bag or backpack?

If your fingernails crack while trying to open the  seals then you are short of calcium and magnesium. Your nails should be able to crack the seal, strong fingernails. 

 

More like short of interest in fiddling w/ the aggravating things.

I've stabbed a few water bottles to get at the contents.

I usually hand it to the female & let her do it.

I don't carry bags nor backpacks (unless you count that night I carried one home from the Thermae at 0400 hrs, 18 years ago.

2 hours ago, IDP1 said:

My dog loves to swim too. But I don't jump on him or hold him submerged under water. This is the difference between swimming and water boarding, and it's disgusting.

Some folks get offended/disgusted at everything I suppose.

Can you read the elephant's mind?

For all you or I know, he might be enjoying every minute of it.

Kinda like this dog appears to be doing.

Elephants and dogs can be trained, but you'll be hard pressed to force either to do anything they don't enjoy doing.

How, exactly, can a man hold an elephant under water?

They should start using this picture for pretty much all BIB photo op's.

I say it's great news!

I know that when I'm hung over, with a raging thirst in the tropical heat, trying to get those little seals undone is a nightmare!

I have a Golden Retriever that LOVES to swim.

Many animals like to swim. I do.

14 hours ago, YetAnother said:

more and more and more attempts to control

From an unrelated article, but it applies here.

In 1483, just as Johannes Gutenberg’s new moveable type printing press was spreading across Europe, Sultan Bayezid II of the Ottoman Empire issued a staunch decree banning the machine from his realm.

At the time the Ottoman Empire was the dominant superpower in the world, having conquered most of the Middle East, North Africa, and southeastern Europe.

But Bayezid was afraid of the new technology.

He and his advisors felt that the printing press would too easily allow information and new ideas to spread across his empire.

And they believed this would threaten their control and offend the religious establishment.

So not only did Bayezid ban the printing press, he imposed the death penalty upon anyone caught using one.

The Ottoman Empire remained so closed off to new ideas, in fact, that the only western book to be imported and translated for the next 3 centuries was a medical text on the treatment of syphilis.

Needless to say the Ottoman Empire did not remain the world’s dominant superpower for long.

Source: https://www.sovereignman.com/trends/the-real-reason-to-own-bitcoin-21892/?inf_contact_key=b7a82bfcf6cc0fd8113a29e52d2b42dbd68dcd70940a65e12e42ebc1b1da1824

19 hours ago, Lupatria said:

Now imagine what it looks like in a Chinese submarine after one year in Thai possession 

I saw one of their military trucks where the steering linkage was held together with an old fan belt once.

Good on the moto taxi dude!

Most every single one I've ever met are really nice guys.

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Who else recalls this one?

"Fly Tipping" is a new phrase to me??? How about illegal dumping?

Thought maybe it was like "cow tipping".

Forgive me, but I'm from Florida.

10 hours ago, Matt96 said:

and the story will end up like Panama canal's - remember Noriega?

It's already like that.

22 hours ago, Matt96 said:

no way Singapore will allow it. they will do whatever it takes to keep their monopoly.

They should allow Singapore to build it & run it for 99 years (like the US Panama Canal).

Then it would be done on time and under budget probably/maybe.

Will never happen I know.

World Class Tourist Resort!

They better fix this before it "Damages the image of Pattaya".

My wife went from Pattaya to BKK once to see a friend who was a former airline hostess, but had recently taken up the beauty parlor business.

Wifey woke me up when she got home, her face about 6 inches from my face. I almost had a heart attack!

I thought a katoey had broken in and was robbing me!!!

15 hours ago, webfact said:

Pattaya finding it hard

I shall say no more.

24 minutes ago, yellowboat said:

Seems like the iron fist of government wins again to the determinant of the average Thai and Hi-So's as well.  Don't waste time coming up with a reasonable solution. 

Wait for it.......The Guv't will back-peddle on this one most likely.

If all the idiots that feed soi dogs would haul them down for both services offered, it might be the beginning of putting a dent in the overall issue.

7 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The election clock will start ticking next year and political parties will have five months to organise and campaign before the poll, Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha said on Wednesday.

If gambling were legal in Thailand, I'd bet anybody 20 baht that we'll see this same headline this time next year, and for several years to come.

19 hours ago, Valentine said:

Headline is perfectly correct. There were 2 separate fines, one for the van owner & one for the driver.

"Transport Company Fined 20,000 Baht. Driver Fined 5,000 Baht for Violating The Law"" 

5 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

Any and all polls are to be completely and totally discredited, as having political interference. Let us not forget the media is being highly censored. For the most part, we are only hearing what they want us to hear.

I'll tell you what I want you to hear.

If you don't like it, we'll beat it into you.