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6 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

Fear, fear and more fear. That is the Prayuth/Anutin creed. Keep em scared, and maintain power. A power play as old as the hills. Once Covid is gone, so are the creeps, hopefully. 

And the other creeps come in?

19 hours ago, 2 is 1 said:

Have you live in every asian country? Dont know how officially count level of corruption but in daily life what shown ,Thailand is much more corrupted than Philippines! LIke if you DUI in Phil you cant just pay police and continue driving!

On the other hand trying to secure the forms necessary to apply for a passport or a driving license is an expensive nightmare in PH.

16 hours ago, GarryP said:

Many of us have a horse in the race too. We have family here, we have lived here for ages and want what's best for the country and for the benefit of those we love. Surely, we have the right to comment on the rights and the wrongs in this country. And one of the biggest wrongs is this administration and Prayuth's lapdogs who are totally lacking in ethics.    

And, for example, the Thaksin governments were shining examples of ethical behaviour?

Name me the differences, please?

I seem to remember, some years ago, a tourist tax had to be paid entering the country, 500 baht.

Later the 500 were incorporated in the price of the ticket.

And now another 300 baht tourist tax?

Well done Thailand, exactly what tourism needs.

4 hours ago, tgw said:

If Thai Railroads were any good, there would be performant rail transport between the country's most important spots.

 

Bangkok - Chonburi - Pattaya - Rayong

Bangkok - Patchaburi - Hua Hin - Chumphon - Surat Thani

Bangkok - Chiang Mai with some relevant stops

and

Bangkok - Korat - Khon Kaen - Udon - Vientiane

 

should be no brainers and built for 200 Kph, with one train every hour at least.

 

I would be so happy if there was a good commute between Pattaya railway station and Bangkok.

 

They got that huge rail yard at Huai Kwang and it seems there is big construction work going on there... I wonder when the tracks in the provinces will also be worked on.

Most tracks in the provinces are very well maintained, actually.

However, metregauge in Thailand and elsewhere, is not really great for anything faster as 150-160 km/h, it can be done but needs a lot of work in bends.

20 hours ago, MJCM said:

I have only seen it for sale in 7/11 in Pattaya never in our local (Isarn) 7/11 (don't know about Bangkok sorry)

 

You can also check out Tops supermarket they usual have it and they sell per bottle as well

Many 7/11's in Khon Kaen stock Beer Laos, also the IPA kind which is great.

14 hours ago, Led Lolly Yellow Lolly said:

You ever tried buying land in China? A lot of Chinese wealth sloshing around and they want somewhere to put their dead so they can go visit.

In fact the dead and the living are taking over........

You might try Lao Beer IPA.

Not a lager beer, but no more stomach trouble for me since drinking it instead of Thai beers.....

Even Lao Beer Lager might give some relief.

Me, I choose IPA.

I wonder......

Thailand has a gauge of 1000 mm.

JR Hokkadoi has a gauge of 

1067 mm.

Don't think that will fit nicely.

Or maybe the wheels can be repositioned on the axles?

3 hours ago, Captain Monday said:

JR Hokkaido is the big money loser of JR rail those cars look they have not been used for many years.

Seen it before somewhere however.

Yes, indeed.

As soon as any country builds a high speed rail net the existing lines will generate a loss.

Two rail systems in a country is a recipe for disaster.

I wonder......

Thailand has a gauge of 1000 mm.

JR Hokkadoi has a gauge of 

1067 mm.

Don't think that will fit nicely.

Or maybe the wheels can be repositioned on the axles?

Medical hub?

The pricing nowadays in private hospitals makes medical tourism to Thailand less attractive.

There are other countries offering the same for less.

Greedy shareholders.........

3 hours ago, Denim said:

I agree entirely with what you say and am aware of how impossible it is to totally avoid Chinese products.

 

Nonetheless, I am not going to make things any easier for them by giving up and just buying a Realme phone and to hell with it. Dito with all other products. Chinese components are in almost everything we use but not use bending over a table and presenting our sphincter to them. Do what you can because its all you can do.

 

As for other regimes I dont like I treat them the same way. Never buy anything from Israel either.

Never buy from Israel?

Then don't go to any hospital when you have medical problems, good chance the machines and medicines are Israeli inventions, don't drive any car with chips in it, don't step in a plane, do away your mobile phone and lots of household electrics and most of all don't depend on your homeland security and army.

Most of these have Israeli inventions in it or are made in Israel, or use Israeli technology.
No need, really to show your jewhate in an article about Chinese products.

I think the numbers pro and contra are about the same as in any country in the west.

However I suspect the nay sayers are not all honest......

Do remember that only 500,000 or even 250,000 is guaranteed.

Spread your 800,000 over two or more banks.

My Thailand tax is filed every year with my Thai ID number.

No need to apply for a TIN.

6 hours ago, RafPinto said:

Shouldn't colour her hair so often.

My idea indeed.

5 hours ago, Thailand said:

And you still get a "military" government!

You think the "civilian" governments were better?

Unbelievable.

5 hours ago, khunPer said:

If you read the news you'll know that it's almost impossible to find staff. Some has mentioned that even offering double as high salary normal wage for the job won't help. It might be that Thais considers some work as too low status for them to do - numerous migrant workers left earlier due to the pandemic - I know it as facts from some kind of work, which is often considered too low status for Thais.

Really?

Where have I heard this kind of reasoning before?

3 hours ago, ezzra said:

Not that i have anything against porn, infect, i have my own.. but is this really the need of the hour to make noises about? aren't there more pressing issues at hands other than legalizing porn?...

Yes there are.

But legalising porn may lead to a lot of changes in many fields, it might be a breach in the offworld thinking of many.

6 hours ago, keith101 said:

He is Military and knows nothing about the real people and their lives and just thinks it makes him look good for re election .

Really funny!

You think there are many politicians that know about the common people?

You think Thaksin has any idea, to name but one?

Simple.

King Bhumibol had the right ideas

Plant trees, millions of trees, all over Thailand.

To start with.

All that can be done now is battling results.

16 hours ago, fangless said:

 I think it is meant to read

"90.2% of the passengers surveyed said all taxis should be equipped with this kind of partition, while 83.76% of the drivers say they were confident the partition would help protect them from droplets outs and airborne pathogens muggers"

Those screens will do nothing to stop the spread of Covid but they will help protect the drivers from their passengers!

And the other way around also?