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The real reason I would guess is a lack of projected participants. If they would have contacted the DC's in Krabi, Phuket and Khao Lak and ask for cooperation, there would have been far more people interested. But the organisers never did that, which is a real shame.

Iceman, you sound like a bitter old man.

Well, all the bar girls tell me I am sweet, and we all know they are a good judge of character.

Thanks for your input into the discussion, Steve.

You're welcome.

Siunce this discussion was about the reasonable or not mark up for a glass of wine, I think maybe you could start a discussion about this (again) somewhere else?

Iceman, you sound like a bitter old man.

In stead of going all the way to the busstation, I would recommend to go to the main road, and catch the bus from there.

The bus Maybe full , I thought of that ,Better to go to the Bus station, 400/500 baht taxi ride at least you know you will get a bus.

yes, 450 baht taxi plus an extra 2 hours on the off chance the bus will be full? That is a chance i'd take all day.

Yes, finally.

If the percentage of yearly increase/mark-up/rip off etc continues at the current rate, which is way more than the global CPI, I can only see it becoming unafordable for expat farang in the future, especially for retirees whose pensions only increase by CPI.

In stead of going all the way to the busstation, I would recommend to go to the main road, and catch the bus from there.

Immigration would also transfer a current re-entry permit across to the new passport too.

And what if the new passport is a normal travel passport, whilst the old (which still valid for several years but full of visa's, entry and exit stamps) is an official passport? Meanwhile I am retired and cannot apply for an official passport anylonger from my Government. But I recently received from the immigration police another one year stay permit as I continue to do the same job not as a staff member but as contractual.

A markup of 412%. Even at 100 baht per glass is a 343% markup.......no bottle..no problem...... Crazy.

Well are least they were honest that it was from a box - rather than refilling a random bottle.

I thought the profit was a big factor in why people bought and ran bars in Thailand?

yes, that is what a lot of people who buy/rent a bar think. After doing so for a few months they know better.

Shell does not have regular 91 anymore. So for regular 91, go to any gasoline station but Shell. For regular 95: AFAIK not available on Phuket anymore.

I only know about the first one you're talking about.

The car tried to avoid another road user, and in doing that lost control and banged into the flower shop.

But: the shop was closed, there was nobody home as well except a kid, who was unhurt.

At least, that is what I heard.

If true: hardly worth mentioning in the media

Could it be that the second accident was the same one as the first accident, but things got mixed up a bit in the local reporting?

The sooner you lot get out of this negative, scam-hunting mindset the better for everyone .... especially yourselves.

totally agree, try to enjoy life instead of worrying about it.

And from what I've seen, they come down way harder on farangs for minor drug violations than Thais.

I wouldn't trust the owner to give accurate information in the case of rabies risk. I would get the shots! (In the entire known history of rabies infections I think there is only one person that did not die from it when it got ahold of them fully. There was a great documentary on the girl that they treated. She is even able to talk now!)

If done properly they might even have a booklet with the vaccin history. So why not trust that, in stead of getting painful and expensive shots that you would not need.

They are approximately 600 baht each and if the dog's owner can be identified they should pay.

Not a smart move.

Yes, can

Why do people post a new thread without a clear title;

Why do people post the same subject over and over again;

why do people post about things they don't know anything about (since the op is asking a question this is not applicable to the op in this case);

etc.

They own the land that provided access to the beach. So to get to the beach you have to cross that land, and it is the landowners right to charge for that.

Next time go there via the sea, and see if they charge for that (which they are NOT allowed to do).

400 Baht each time I fill my tank....usually twice a month.

Most of this water is pumped out of old tin mines by the way i have seen them doing it.

Depends on where you live. In rawai most of this water is ground water, in patong it mostly comes from the tin mines.

I think 18.30 hours.

If you are a Uk national and you arrive by international flight then you will get 30 days on arrival at no cost.

If you arive in another country and enter by road or travel out of thailand and back in by road then you will only get 15 days.

13 April.

In most places just one day, but in Patong it tends to start one day earlier and end 1 day later. Official celebrations are 13-15 April, so those days banks and government offices will be closed.

Yes, you can, but: the company has to be an active company.

So what happens to the foreign journalists that come here to report (US, UK, Japan, Korean, Chinese)? In order to report they have to be at the protests.... This could be used as an attempt to suppress un-moderated information.

Reporters have nothing to do with this.