Brian Hull
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Phuket hotel boob: Portuguese guest’s topless strut causes chaos
Brian Hull replied to snoop1130's topic in Phuket News
Her name suggests Russian or Polish rather than Portuguese -
UNESCO-recognised Songkran festival goes global
Brian Hull replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
Is this the Thai "culture" that we farang are expected to respect? -
UNESCO-recognised Songkran festival goes global
Brian Hull replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
It just proves that humans are absolutely nuts. it's the most childish stupid festival imaginable. -
Trump is a Big Star. Let us hope he implodes into a Black Hole, never to be heard from again.
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Karenni Army Mounts Fierce Attack On Town Opposite Mae Hong Son
Brian Hull replied to webfact's topic in Chiang Mai News
Good news for a change. Keep up the good work Boys. -
Kick them out. Let them practice their art in Ukraine
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Songkran festival in Chiang Mai to draw in millions of tourists
Brian Hull replied to webfact's topic in Chiang Mai News
It won't happen of course. The government's predictions are never even close. I can't imagine grown-up foreign tourists wanting to come to CM to have buckets of water thrown over them. I lived there for 6 years and all the expats stayed indoors and avoided Songkran like the plague. It's only fun for kids and immature adults. -
Move Forward party wants to defend itself in Constitutional Court
Brian Hull replied to snoop1130's topic in Thailand News
Despite Thailand conducting democratic elections it seems the bigwigs have no idea whatsoever of what democracy is all about. They are still back in a previous Century. Your people have spoken. Haven't you heard them? -
Your article states "democratic regime of the government with the King as the head of state" is an oxymoron. With a head of state who is untouchable the democratic regime of the government is NOT democratic.
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PM Srettha pledges to woo back Russian tourists with revived flights
Brian Hull replied to snoop1130's topic in Thailand News
Why don’t we scrap visas altogether? They were originally introduced for the purpose of vetting would-be visitors to a country, so that the applicant could be screened to see if he or she should be welcomed. This is no longer the case. Visas on entry are often granted, in which case none of the information is pre-checked. Of course, governments need to know who is in their country, but this could be achieved by the simple expedient of a simple questionnaire at the time of entry accompanied by an entry fee. Stop gilding the lily by calling it a “Visa”. Thailand was surprised to find that when they offer visa-free entry they get more tourists which should be obvious. And the common current practice in some countries of granting more generous terms to some nationalities than others smacks of racial discrimination. -
Netanyahu publicly rejects US push for Palestinian state
Brian Hull replied to CharlieH's topic in The War in Israel
Israel has no propriety rights to Gaza or the West Bank and so Netanyahu's objection to a Palestinian State should carry no weight. The world at large should endorse a Palestinian State with or without the cooperation of Israel (just as it endorsed the creation of Israel in 1948). Israel will have to learn to accept it or lose the financial and military backing of the US, and risk an international boycott. The land grabbing Jewish settlers who have set up home in the West Bank and might choose to remain will come under the authority of Palestine. -
Using dollars in Cambodia is stupid
Brian Hull replied to MrPancake's topic in ASEAN NOW Community Pub
You are correct. The problem is that everything is priced in dollars - in shops, restaurants, bars, even tutktuks. If you hav riels you are always converting them in your head. -
Extending bar trading to 4AM won't add one baht to the economy. Tourists have $X to spend on food and booze and if they do so at 3AM or 4AM they will spend less next day or later. All this will do is make the current breed of badly behaved idiots even more obnoxious, with a great increase in violence plus damage to health and safety. I am on the side of the cops. Who needs even more booze after 2AM? If they do, then they could drink in their rooms.
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US English teacher arrested for sexual relation with 16 y/o student
Brian Hull replied to webfact's topic in Bangkok News
Does it really need a Lieutenant General to lead this arrest squad. I would have thought a single cop would suffice. -
There is no shortage of potential retirees for Thailand. They don't need to be LGBTQ. The problem is that Thailand makes it as difficult as possible with their bureaucratic bull<deleted> and money in the bank requirements. I moved to Cambodia where I just need to pay US$300 for a 12 months multiple entry visa. No financial requirements, no periodic reporting, no contact with the government - just a payment to the visa agent once a year. Thailand can't get their head around the fact that EVERY dollar or euro or yen that comes into the country through pensions is spent in the country and supports all the little traders. This is foreign currency that the government doesn't need to lift a finger to get. Scrap the 600,000 baht bank requirement - LEARN FROM CAMBODIA.
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House fiasco opens early rift between government and opposition
Brian Hull replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
It's great to see Move Forward sticking to its guns. Keep it up boys, if you want Thailand to become a true democracy.