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3 hours ago, Moonmoon said:

Racial profiling is everywhere. When me and my thai wife travel from SG to BKK, the immigration officer wants my wife's ticket to be stamped checked by the airline but not mine.. 

 

When ask why mine is not needed? Reply. Becos she is Thai. 

That has nothing to do with race. Both Thais and Singaporeans are Asian. Thais are well known for overstaying visas in Singapore and working in the grey economy.

4 minutes ago, Moonlover said:

Airport check in scales are never wrong. They are regularly calibrated. Pilots need to know the total baggage weight, amongst a host of other data, in order to calculate the aircraft's take-off parameters.

If that is the case then why don't they weigh the passengers too? There's likely to be much larger differences in passenger weight than luggage weight.

1 hour ago, Baerboxer said:

It seems this sort of target robbery by thief or thieves using motor cycles / scooters is becoming very common. See a lot of reports in UK about this now too.

 

Everyone just has to be more careful; and at a time when many countries take measures to prevent their citizens protecting themselves.

Which countries are taking measures to prevent their citizens protecting themselves?

What measures are they taking?

I only ask so I can avoid those places.

Thank you for you advice.

3 hours ago, nev said:

This is very refreshing unlike our home countries where the result would have been shoot and ask questions later if by a miraculous chance he survived.

Maybe your home country, but not mine.

17 hours ago, biplanebluey said:

OK I give in, what's schadenfreude .

 

Schadenfreude  is malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune.  Borrowed from German into English and several other languages, the word gained popularity in English in the late 20th c. and likely entered mainstream usage through an episode of The Simpsons.

2 hours ago, Borzandy said:

At least a funny video..

It always amazes me how popular schadenfreude is on Thai Visa.

520 tonnes of plastic cap seals = 520,000 kilograms

520,000 divided by 2.6 million cap seals means that each cap seal weighs 200 grams. That simply isn't true.

A half litre bottles of water weighs about 550 grams including the water.

That means that these cap seals, weighing 200 grams must be for 100 litre bottles. I don't know about you but I've yet to see 100 litre bottles in Thailand.

33 minutes ago, sanukjim said:

Indochina War? Then these explosives are from 1954 or before.The last battle was over in April 1954 in the Red River area in Vietnam ( Battle of Dien Bien Phu ).

The Indochina Wars were a series of wars fought in Southeast Asia from 1946 until 1989.

3 hours ago, AlexRich said:

Those dolls would traumatise a child ... they look like the Thai version of "Chucky"!

Why did you write that when clearly they don't look anything like the aforementioned character?

Since this case first came to light there has not been any mention of what law she broke. Does anyone know?

12 hours ago, whatawonderfulday said:

Those who believe in 2500 year old superstition must all have mental issues. Fools that really think by giving money to "Monks" and they will get it back in the next life must be bereft of any common sense.  Especially whilst those self same monks enjoy the riches of their donations by flying business class, renting private places, owning luxury cars etc etc.  the list is endless thanks to the absolute brainwashing of so many, desperate to cover their own sins in this life.

Buddhism is not a 2,500 year old superstition and is nothing to do with belief, unlike the theistic religions of the world. It's a philosophy which if followed sensibly can only be of benefit to the individual. The superstition that has been added to the philosophy in Theravada Buddhism is nothing to do with the philosophy itself, it is a human corruption of said philosophy. What's happening at Wat Dhammakaya is a cult with very little connection to Buddhism.

IMHO

7 minutes ago, cloudhopper said:

Can this train be boarded without a passport?

Have any members been asked to produce a passport when travelling on a train within Thailand? I was never asked in the five years I lived there, although that was in the early noughties.

3 hours ago, AlexRich said:

Never had this issue - I simply don't go. All foreigners should do likewise if they want to see 'farang price' stopped.

I'm not saying double pricing is right but really if you think about it, approximately 10 pounds, euros or dollars will not be considered an outrageous amount by a tourist to visit a marine park. Why should they spoil their holiday by missing out on the trip just to make a political point in a country where their voice will not be heard?

You'd have thought that the diving company he was diving with might have noticed he was missing and reported his absence to the Marine Police or who whoever the appropriate authority is. Even if he was diving alone he would have still needed a tank which he must have got from somewhere. Tanks aren't cheap; someone must have reported it stolen.

1 hour ago, Merylhighground said:

I think you/the editor of the article mean 'Anglers' not 'fishermen'.....a world of difference...

A fisherman being a professional and an angler a hobbyist?

Arrests are only the first stage of the process.

Prosecutions are what count.

Where are the figures comparing arrests to prosecutions?

41 minutes ago, LawrenceChee said:

What a racist amount of BS !

If that is true, why bother with the refugees ? They are not westerners ....in fact it's probably better the west stop interfering with the ME ...no part of the ME culturally is identical to the west and probably hard to understand and get consensus

The introduction of modern weapons and bombs and arming groups have given the tribes more devastating tools to inflict harm

They should kept the conflict tribal and these guys will be shooting a few thousands dead probably annually vs giving them mortars IEDs etc which now has changed the war zone and tactics used and impacting millions

Guess the factories and their policy influence has the western Politicians literally by the balls !

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In the context of kidnapping in the Middle East, westerners have more monetary value than indigenous people. To say otherwise is nothing more than a show of ignorance. 

It's all very well being an SJW but it's important to work with facts to support your emotions.

13 hours ago, baboon said:

They might as well sell up and move to a cubby hole on the outskirts of town for all the use they are...

Do you mean the embassy or the consulate?

They have completely different roles.

Have you ever dealt with the embassy rather than the consulate?

Why would they have returned to the deep south when the police have already advised us that the bombings were not connected with the insurgency in Southern Thailand?

38 minutes ago, gchurch259 said:

"Much to do about nothing", sound familiar ??

Sounds very familiar but I'm not sure what Shakespeare has to do with this story. :-)

Do any police spokespersons in Thailand have any idea at all of what the truth is?

How do they know whether or not they're still in the country?

What is their definition of "closing in on them"?

Obviously the ladyboys are at fault but what about the stores they are using the cards in?

Why didn't the stores check the names on the cards compared to the people using them?

Why didn't the stores check the signatures on the cards compared to the signatures of the purchasers?

I know the signature problem happens all over SE Asia. Whenever I use my debit card in Vietnam, where I live now, they always give me back my card before I sign and have never once checked the signature.

2 hours ago, Plutojames88 said:

Destiny Rescue Facebook page has the image below of Baptism -

On its website it suggests $1500 will sponsor a rescue and also says 26 rescues last month.

 

The article says its hard to find underage girls in bars in Pattaya these days.

So , in reality their targets they admit are elsewhere.

 

Which leads us back to the closing of sex industry making them happier?

 

Not that this will happen.

However, the agenda is clearly influenced by dogma .

 

All we need now is their sponsored mouth pieces to turn up here again with the shame tactics.

 

Whilst they may have a role , ( Destiny Rescue) clearly a Christian fundamentalism is at work.

The question is: "Are they Christian fundamentalists or fundamentally Christian?"

What's the difference between a passenger van and a minibus?

I presume I should know but a photo in the article would have helped.

On 30/07/2016 at 0:39 PM, FritsSikkink said:

Grow a pair of balls and sort out that woman

Wow, thank you for that.

That's the most pointless, fatuous comment I've seen in a long, long time.