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2 hours ago, metisdead said:

 Referring to Thailand or the government as a dictatorship, military dictatorship or other such terms will be removed.

Quite right.

Many people using the words above have absolutely no idea what living under the above really means.

2 hours ago, colinneil said:

Must identify themselves with 13 digit id number !!

So any person saying anything negative will have to be taken in for attitude adjustment.

Meaning only good responses will be sent in, pathetic bloody pathetic.

What about stopping people wanting to express their idea 10 times.

Or people posing as someone else?

15 hours ago, ffaarraanngg said:

You're a wonderful individual to say his women were mail order brides, his wives were/are all we to do... and all apart from this one were close to his age.

 

Difference between a successful businessman pulling a beautiful well to do younger woman on his own patch and someone travelling to Pattaya and buying poverty stricken bar girls to form a relationship is pretty vast.

 

 

The fact Trump is very rich while his wife was relatively poor before.

What is the real difference then between him and men going to Thailand to find a woman.

The article may have some points, certainly about the money coming in.

But if I may believe the article, the disappearance of western tourists was only related to the decline of the pound.

Although the economic downturn in  the economy worldwide played it's part the real underlying reasons might be the Thai quest for "quality tourists", the artificial strength of the Baht, the Russian takeover of businesses, the Chinese tours, and the business killing by the authorities due to the stepped up anti everything checks.

While in the same time not doing anything at all about the real problems.

Pattaya was famous for it's R&R style entertainment, if that fame falls away tourists will stay away, including "quality tourists", simply because Pattaya has not much on offer otherwise.

The end result will be that many poor people have no more income and the big cats loose out.

14 minutes ago, tompelli said:

Make the Chinese sit at the back of the bus, job done.

 

Just imagine the stampeding horde trying to get out of the bus first.

Shocked?

Really?

7 hours ago, just.a.thought said:

The high number of Chinese tourists have very little positive effect on the ordinary citizens economy. Seems to have been better days 10 years ago with less than 20 million western tourists.

Probably.

But the Western tourists, in general, stay longer ad spend more per day in the local economy.

The Chinese tourists come on package tours and that money goes to the organisers of those tours.

In general that is.

4 hours ago, happyas said:

 I don't think it would  be probable or likely for it too have been the Aussies fault, but it is quite possible.

As is posted, these particular guys have 10 years operating previously without an accident.

Not saying it was or was not, but wait and see what comes up, instead of constantly Thai bashing and conspiracy theories that abound .

This is not Thai bashing.

If running an outfit like this, there should be strict safety rules and measures in place.

Obviously, something went wrong.

And also obviously blame should also be for the exploiters of this business.

Stating that for yen years nothing went wrong and the blame must be laid at the customers coffin, so to say, is an example of not taking any responsibility for your business.

And sorry to say, that indeed is a trait found very much in Thai people.

Knowing how often a death of a tourist is easily dusted over, an idea of this happening now also is definitely not strange.

And that is not Thai bashing either.

14 hours ago, saakura said:

Yes sure. If they are able to do this, then it will be a paradise for a lot of well to do retirees.

In fact, the plan is there, the state hospitals know about it, the premiums are not too high, in short, all is ready but the government needs to give the nod.

It even might be profitable.

51 minutes ago, blazes said:

 

You are in Khonkaen-on-Sea, then?

Actually the nearest beach in Khon Kaen is quite clean, and so is the water.

Mind, not salt water but fresh water.

But it might be called Khon Kaen beach.

5 minutes ago, saakura said:

Wow, a lot of bitter posters here today. Thailand has excellent medical facilities as compared to CLMV and certainly the affluent from these countries will welcome this. Similarly, there may be a lot of affluent retired people in the other 15 countries with monthly expenses over 100k and good health cover who will be encouraged by the 10 years visa. The foolish thing is the insistence on the 90 days reporting.

The problem is for many, the health insurance.

The government should tackle that problem first by speedily implementing the planned state health insurance for foreigners.

57 minutes ago, henry15 said:

The Bangkok cit slicker leave home at 05.30am  going to work and arrive back home 20.30 pm. With 10 day's vacation a year. While people in the banook spend the day in theire hammock drinking Lao Kao

Oh really?

Wrong on both counts.

4 hours ago, ben2talk said:

Anyone would think they were surely not soldiers for doing such a sloppy job - but I guess we're talking about 'Thai Soldiers'. Not the same thing...

Are you implying Thai soldiers are no good?

Taking into account most are drafted for national service, they are in fact rather good.

2 hours ago, idman said:

Ah yes, a perfect opportunity for the B.I.B.s to show their softer side. Showcase this guy and maybe we will all forget what a rotten, corrupt bunch of earslings these guys really are.

Sent from my SM-T805 using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile app
 

Generalisation is dangerous.

Not all are bad, not all are good.

They are, in short, human beings.

19 minutes ago, colinneil said:

Do the staff wash their hands before cooking omelets?

Yes, between the handwash(?) and the eggcooking there will be counting money and combing the hair.

14 hours ago, Cadbury said:

Is it hard to imagine how many steps army officers take?

From the officer's car park to the officers mess? How many steps is that?

They talk about heart rate. What does a twerking lustful dancer do to a military heart rate? Answer me that.

Your point is?

3 hours ago, wump said:

Seen one one the highway from Korat to Bangkok in May. Can't be that much news. 

 

When they were still doing big business in Germany some 25 years ago they were among the upper end of the price scale, so don't get too excited folks.

That was, as you say, 25 years ago.

But, convenience shops are about convenience, price is secondary.

The prices nowadays charged by the private hospitals are getting higher day by day.

So I presume this hubthing will get to nothing.

Hospital B

Cataract plus lens, day treatment, no room, 63,000 baht.

Shopping around in Holland prices from €800 till €1240. (30,000 till 47,000, so-called passing patients tariff)

Including intake visit, operation in day treatment, 2 control visits.

Which is not included in the price for the Thai hospital.

1 hour ago, SABloke said:

Not sure: Now I have little respect (if any) for religious organisations, but at least (as far as I'm aware) in Christianity , Islam and Judaism you have to get some 'qualification' (degree in theology, years of apprenticeship etc), before you are considered to be leader of the religion. In Thailand, however, any Abbott can make you a monk with the drop of a hat (Last I read there were about 250 000 full time monks in Thailand, but with 30 000 Temples these numbers seem low. If we add in the part-timers I think we can triple that number) So we're talking a 1 - 100 ratio of monks. TO put this in context there are apparently 600 000 members of the clergy serving the US pop. 320 million. Too many monks 

Monks, as I believe in RC as in Bhuddism, are not religious leaders per se, but in the monkhood for their own personal "religious" purposes.

In RC you need to go to a seminary to become a priest.

In Bhuddism most monks are more or less part of a "background choir".

Only the longtime monks, revered monks might be called religious leaders.

But the thing is, Bhuddism is not really meant to be a religion, but more a way of life.

Comparing with other religions is not really possible.

I guess the way Bhuddism is organised in Thailand is just too inviting for less "religiously inclined".

1 hour ago, impulse said:

 

The whole story is that falang volunteers after the tsunami showed up unannounced, in an area where pretty much every standing accommodation was already spoken for.  The government had no way of knowing who was a bona-fide rescue worker and who was a scavenger looking for goodies to loot, nor how they were going to get basic necessities in to feed the victims, never mind a bunch of newly minted foreign visitors.  

 

Anyone associated with an organization that could show 200,000 baht in assets in Thailand qualified for a temporary volunteer work permit.  IMO, any organization that didn't make advance arrangements with the government and have $6,000 registered in Thailand had no business showing up in a devastated area where they would need to be sheltered, fed and otherwise provided for.  

 

I applaud the volunteers' initiative, but I think the government did the right thing for 90+% of the volunteers, in light of conditions.  Sadly, I'm sure some of the guys who did show up could have helped save lives.  But I'm equally sure a lot of them would have been a net drain on the situation.  Lots of horror stories worldwide about NGO's taking up entire 5 star hotels, eating all the decent food, partying 20 hours a day and doing pretty much nothing beneficial.

 

NGO's, most of them anyway, are mostly wrongly motivated.

1 hour ago, Lupatria said:

"free" only refers to the choice of payment method: credit card or cash

Wrong, cash only.......

Shows again that drivers in any Mercedes Benz can not be trusted.

Always prepare when confronting them, for trouble.

4 hours ago, Samui Bodoh said:

This would be an epic mistake.

 

While I understand from a Thai point of view the desire to keep things in the family (That's how Thais do things), I cannot imagine a scenario whereby the military and the Powers That Be would allow another Shinawatra to attain power.

 

It would be great for Thailand if a non Shinawtra were to lead the party, then perhaps things might quiet politically.

 

 

In the meantime you might see the PTP as a part of Shinawatra Ltd.

Blatant mixing of business, family and a political party is, in my view, only done for personal gain and unrestricted power.

I am not a fan of combinations as above, certainly the Shinawatra club is going too far in this.

5 hours ago, Nemesis7 said:

So for money they are willing to compromise national security , truly amazing 

Not a typical Thai thing.

Happens everywhere in the world.

2 hours ago, Chang_paarp said:

Wow!!

 

This hasn't been brought up for at least a year or two. Lest's see if it has more traction this time.

Actually there is a much cheaper and more flexible system.

Trolley buses on dedicated lanes where possible.

No track laying in the road, only overhead wires.

Clean and quiet transport.