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2 hours ago, over it said:

What did you expect when the education system is inept and the culture is, for the most part, lazy?

I agree the education system is not optimal, for the culture being lazy for the most part, I wonder if you have any idea what is happening in the west, where girls in their quest for mobile phones, bags, clothing, scooters, whatever, are doing g just the same thing.

And face it, virtual "prostitution" is less dangerous as the real thing.

Again, the "face" thing rears it's head.

Might this be the first sign of something the Europhiles in Brussels will not like?

As for the supposedly amateuristic way Britain is handling the Brexit, well, seeming to be amateuristic certainly is the trademark of Britain.

Wonder who furnished the reports.

20 hours ago, Father Fintan Stack said:

Banning Uber and Grabtaxi was never about regulation, simply about them not getting any money from it.

 

It is the single reason they do anything in this country - money. It's the key to working out their behaviour.

 

If you don't pay the bullies in the uniforms/suits they don't want you here, and the don't want the locals getting all creative and earning without kicking up the patriarchal pyramid. 

 

Money number one. 

Are you serious about money?

Last time I looked it's about money all over the world.

Money speaks, words don't.

22 minutes ago, aussie11950 said:

I think Thainess and "Face" has a lot to do with the problem. 

 

I bet stupidity is the main problem.

6 hours ago, Justgrazing said:

The local dignitary had a hat and a microphone .! What were they doing a bit if kari'oke at the same time .? 

No, these attributes were proof of his dignified status.

4 hours ago, scorecard said:

 

Why no mention of a monorail / skytrain system to avoid 'on the ground' traffic problems?

Well, a monorail system is hugely expensive to build and maintain, while both monorail and skytrain are enormously ugly.

While a kind of lightrail, be it tram or real lightrail, isn't so disturbingly ugly, the cost for building and additional traffic measures are very high, not even mentioning the noise pollution due to railbound traffic.

Why is nobody mentioning a trolleybus system with, if possible, dedicated traffic lanes.

The overhead lines can be very light nowadays, the electric buses are rather silent and can be built in Thailand, while the power on the overhead wires can be switchable, if power needed switched on, if not needed switched off.

On 6/23/2017 at 4:25 PM, thaipod said:

I think Lumyai could do it better

Who?

It would be nice if Thailand followed up on this report.

But, the advise to spruce up the prisons for women?

The prisons for men are more in need of sprucing up.

In fact, the whole prison system needs a lot of sprucing up.

7 hours ago, yellowboat said:

Any government involvement in trade is prone to poor management and corruption.

Reliance on government leads to certain and swift failure. 

And reliance on business and trade is a guarantee for success?

With that I mean for all involved, not only the businessmen and banks?

If governments are involved, greed rears it's head, if businesses are involved greed rears it's head also.

5 hours ago, tonray said:

This is a case where the Democrats and Republicans will have to sit back and allow people to suffer to bring the responsibility for failure of the healthcare system back to Trump. Repeal and Replace if you can craft a plan, otherwise your responsibility is to help people in the US get health care under whatever plan is the law of the land.

 

If he precipitates the collapse of the the ACA by cancelling subsidies, then so be it. Let millions take their lack of healthcare right into the 2018 elections.

In my view Obamacare is the only thing brought to the US by him that had a positive impact for the people.

I agree with Mr Trump on a lot of things, but NOT his view on health care.

There should be a general an affordable health care insurance for all.

1 hour ago, wvavin said:

No problem. Keep the water for Songkran.

There should be a way to store all that, or a big part, of all that water.

2 minutes ago, PattayaJames said:

Totally unrelated.

We need to reduce pollution, and look after our environment and natural resources, don't think you will find many who disagree with that.

Man having any significant effect on climate, fantasy.

20,000 years ago there was a huge climate change.

Most certainly not man made?

That said, man should take care of the environment  but if that care is translated into taxation, no way I can become a believer.

May I wonder why our taxes need to be spent on finding goods that are produced for sale with a lower price,

and called counterfeit because they tend to look like the overpriced stuff produced, probably, in the same factory by the same underpaid workers?

I think it is disgusting our taxes are used to pay authorities to do work for big companies.

5 hours ago, trogers said:

A gardener has this advice: you need to unearth the roots to kill off the weeds...

And that you and I will never see.

Be it drugs, underage sex, forced prostitution, human trafficking, it are always the "end-users" and "end-retailers" that get nicked.

The big fry always stay out of the wind, whenever and wherever in the world.

On 4/13/2016 at 7:55 PM, NancyL said:

If you're more than 5 years older than the average Payap student, I'd say creepy. Why not just go to Korea if you want to meet Korean women? Korean Air has great non-stop flights, you know.

If you are more than 5 years older?

Creepy?

Maybe even classifiable as deplorable?

Like in pedo?

I presume this qualification is only valid for westerners?

You would be surprised about the age differences acceptable in Korea.

Come to think of it, Asia.

Typical Chinese Quality Tourists?

Saves 3 baht for the public toilet!

15 hours ago, overherebc said:

The ubiquitous flying rat.

Fine the Chinese that are feeding those flying rats.

Huge fun guaranteed!

Including finding out and experiencing the real quality of those so-called Quality Tourists.

5 hours ago, colinneil said:

Just another senior policeman spouting sh++e.

If these clowns were serious about getting that scumbag back, he would have already have been here.

He is jetting around the world sticking 2 fingers up at the police, because he knows that if they go after him  he will name those that got bought off.

Fingers?

More like the whole fist.

9 hours ago, JoePai said:

if someone could make something sturdy, functional, safe and cheap they would make a fortune

 

They have already - it is called a "car'

A car?

Really?

Sturdy?

Oh well, it depends what you call sturdy

Functional?

OK, mostly.

Safe?

Are you serious?

Cheap?

Not really, and artificially expensive because of price agreements between manufacturers and taxes.

You really think the good misery doctor will feel any shame?

Don't think so.

The real question is, if the vehicle was stolen, how did it end up at an auction house?

48 minutes ago, Lupatria said:

R.I.P. poor guy. I hope your family will get an adequate compensation and nobody will blame this on brake failure.

Don't wait for the adequate part, I guess.

2 hours ago, VocalNeal said:

Aetna is a health care provider? Well, knock me down with a feather. I didn't think they had any hospitals I thought they were simply an insurance company. Oh wait...they still are.

And being an American company, I am afraid the customers benefits will be minimised as far as possible.

4 hours ago, Thechook said:

Some serious mental issues

Mental issues that will be cured very fast by applying some, ehhhh, rattan medicine?