Phuket Stan

1 hour ago, LivinginKata said:

 

 Brain failure plus not lose face by giving way. Plus far to fast in channel. Must be some sort of speed limit set by marina.

It used to be 5 knots per hour 10 or so years ago....don't know what it is now....90% of them should never be allowed in the sea never mind in charge of a boat

35 minutes ago, legendcat said:

The hotel industry is facing a big  Challenge from airb&b and other condos rental. I.am not sure why the hotels do not put up a fight about this.

The Hotel Association is always complaining to the Govt about short term rentals instead of fixing and cleaning up their own backyard

Yes she certainly was a great talent and a great humanitarian

In previous elections bought voters were to take a pic of themselves and the ballot card to prove to the money man whom they voted for before they collected their bribe money.....suppose the EC  are just closing this loop hole

 

It always happens among school sport competitions. They always try to throw in some older stronger players. It's so common that it is considered a norm.

And it does not only happen with the Gov schools....its rife amongst the so-called private schools

2 hours ago, Jingthing said:

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2 hours ago, oldrunner said:

Replace LGBT with Lambs; Goats; Babys & Teens....no problem now.

2 hours ago, Jingthing said:

Oh, very naughty. 

But so true 

2 minutes ago, bristolboy said:

And the highest cost of living of any state.

You can't have everything in life.....unless u r one of the 1%

1 hour ago, rgraham said:

Many of us living in Florida relocated here for the warm winters, fishing, and most of all no state income tax. The socialist Gillum wants more money for those who do not provide for themselves by way of imposing state income tax to support social programs. I escaped the liberal wasteland of Colorado and do not want to spend my retirement in a similar condition here.

Shift.....easy solution.....HAwaii is a great place for sun, surf and fishing and oh beer

3 hours ago, alex8912 said:

I’ll take back more than half if that’s what I said but not much less than half. I’m not saying it’s good but I know it is extremely widespread in the states in an extremely large group of different professions. Just like I responded to the carpenter just now. His profession and others like electricians and plumbers are making incredible $$$$ under the table. In those professions it’s more than 50% and often even if you bribe them with more $$ for some emergency that comes up they are too busy or too rich to take on another job. It’s really widespread especially in Boston and New York City area where I have first hand experience just this past six months. I know 27 year old plumbers making 175K a year and reporting much much less. Others as well. Not bragging and not saying it’s a healthy way to go , but but but that money is going back into the economy as well.

This happening world wide....20 years ago no one wanted to work with their hands and were not encouraged to do so....everyone was going to be a computer engineer etc etc and that was what education systems were built around....no the penny has dropped and there are fewer and fewer tradesmen hence they are in such high demand and the market has to pay what they want.....20-30 years ago u got real car mechanics....now its replacement experts and the game goes on

5 hours ago, Pomrakuhn said:

This is pay back for insulting Trump I hope he gets one year in jail.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

He will get a Purple Heart with Honours and deservedly so

33 minutes ago, keith101 said:

When i first started coming to Thailand i bought these type of things knowing they where fake because of the low prices as did most of the people i knew that came here for a holiday golf or whatever took their fancy (bar girls) . Most of what i bought outlasted the genuine stuff so am always happy to buy more except for watches and phones . 

I bought a knock off Bally wallet in Patpong Bangkok 15 years ago.....have used it everyday ever since….now some of the stiching is starting to fray....if I took it back would they give me a refund ???? 

2 hours ago, Emster23 said:

A reference to "Bridge on the River Kwai" which I believe was shot there? Well done.

A lot of it was shot in Malaysia

1 hour ago, Jingjock said:

Thats the latest designer shirt, can you keep up with the fashion

Just because Meeghan the Princess of Sussex wore one....I saw them for sale at Big C for 199 Baht the other day ?

If he was coughing up this much blood he would need a wheel chair and then immediate hospital treatment....

When will this dimwit drop off the planet

Siam Paragon did have an emergency power backup about 2 years ago when I was there one late Friday afternoon 2 years ago and it all worked fine....I cant imagine that they would have disposed of it...many people here have assumed it was Siam Paragon whereas there are many shopping malls in the area...The owners of Siam Paragon are very very good operators of malls so until the actual name of the mall is released it may be a good idea to keep your slagging to yourself

Try other banks.....I have had one at Kasikorn Bank for 20 odd years

A friend of mine just got one there....ok its secured but as u say at hospitals etc that's what they want

9 minutes ago, owl sees all said:

I cannot agree with the maths in this post.

 

It is a multi trillion dollar industry. That's a lot of dosh.

Why do u think the Thai Baht is so strong....its because of the hgh overseas reserves that Thailand holds....one of the highest in the world....don't think they got those reserves from black market activities....being Number 1 or 2 exporter in the world of rice , rubber , sugar, sugar tapioca  plus hell of a lot of other stuff....