Dr B

The OP stated that the capacity was 50 million visitors, and the cost was over Bt 2 billion. That's Bt 400 per entry, and even not knowing anything about IT costs, I am sure that is way over the top. But then why would any Government Minister care? All they want is their cut of the Bt 2 billion, so why should they even bother to check if the spec is OK, or if there is a need for a future top up budget? Now they are quite happy if another substantial sum is required, because that is another opportunity for a commission. Do you ever hear any news about this Government discussing, planning, or doing anything that is just for the benefit of the population? Answer - No. All they are interested in is capital expenditure from which they can take a cut. Unless and until that is sorted out this beautiful country and its longsuffering people will never be able to make real progress, though most of them have put up with it for so long that they have accepted it as normal. Hopefully the younger ones will grow in understanding and take more control.

If they want to increase the traffic, they need to increase the number of flights, which they have no power to do if they are handling the number of people who want to travel. All of the proposals from the Deputy Minister are either a construction contract to extend the runway (has anyone established that it is a limiting factor), or capital purchases of fancy equipment. In other words, things he can get his greedy cut from.

Simply not true. If you buy at wholesale quantities the ban does not apply.

Last year, when in Australia, my step-daughter had a device that looked like a reasonable sized biscuit barrel on their bedside table. When she turned it on it porjected an image onto the wall at the foot of the bed. Very bright and sharp, and automatically adjusted for focus and to be recatangular. Very smart bit of technology. They do not have a TV screen in their house! I could find out what brand etc if you need it.

Because they cannot sell the land?

Very successful businessman, by paying politicians and officials to allow him to obtain monopolies. In the end he tired of that, and decided to be a "politician" so that others would pay him. Just corruption whichever way you look at it, and not a good business model to be found anywhere.

I don't know anything about cryptocurrencies, but if 1 bitcoin is worth $105,000, how would I use it to but a beer, and how would I get my change? Thai Bt 3.5 million! Also, with regard to the OP, how many tourists are buying property?

Mosst important, in my opinion, is the lack of understanding about women and women's clothing. It was clealry stated at the time that she was wearing a jump suit, a slightly outdated fashion item which covers the whole body, a bit like a boiler suit but prettier, and has a zip up the front from crotch to neck. It would be an ideal garment for Tangmo to choose if she thought she might be at risk of groping. However, in order to urinate or defecate, it is necessary to remove the garment completely. So then you have the question, would a respectable 30+ year old woman, on a boat with at least 3 males with whom she was not familiar, strip naked to urinate over the back of the boat when she could have asked to be taken to a pier? Again in my opinion that is a 100% no. I even saw a computer graphic recently illustrating exactly that, and showing where the others were located on the boat, all very highly improbable.

I guess you don't use it as a rule.

I do not know the situation in Pattaya, as I live in the south, not far from Phuket, but here the space to the left of the while line is not classified as "hard shoulder" as used by used, but is generally intended for motorcycles, scooters and bicycles. There are many blue signs with white pictures along major roads indicating this. As a driver I find it irritating when mootorcyclists do not obey. So, number 1, the motorcyclist was not breaking the law. Secondly, judging by the fact that he stepped off the bike after the impact, I would suggest that there is no strong evidence that he was "blasting along". Thirdly, and probably most importantly, the Hyundai driver was in the outside lane and made a sudden left turn across the inside lane and into the path of the motorcycle, despite the fact that there was another saloon car there. This meant that (i) the Hyundai could not see any motorcycles using their correct lane, because his line of sight was blocked, and (ii) the motorcyclist could not see what the Hyundai was doing as his line of sight was blocked by the saloon. If the Hyundai had been in the left hand lane he would have been able to see the motorcyclists in his wing mirror, and the motorcyclist would have been able to se his turning lights, if he had used them.

I think you will find that it is basically the same as the box junction sign in some other countries, for example the UK and Australia. There is one in front of our local Lotus's, between the main ground level entrance and the Pizza Company opposite, which is also the footpath from Lotus's to the covered motorcycle park. I assumed that it meant no stopping, in accordance with your post. Some months ago I was driving across the yellow box, slowly but closer to the saloon in front of me than normal, on the assumption that he would not stop, when he suddenly did. I was too close to pass without reversing, so I tooted my horn. He signalled with his arm for me to pass, but at the same time the farang in the rear seat opened the offside door, so I still could not get past. Eventually made my way to one of the aisles in the covered car park, and was reversing into a space when the same car reappeared, stopped in the aisle, and the driver got out. I have no idea what would have happened, but suspect that it would not have ended well for me, as I had upset his ego. My wife intervened and apologised on my behalf, which I certainly would not have done, so knowing the "rules" doesn't always help. I still believe that he, as a professional driver, had absolutely no idea what the yellow lines mean.

There are 15 posts above this, including 3 from "quake" who got it wrong but then admitted it. 9 of the remainder could not even be bothered to read the OP properly before hitting the keyboards with their bile and venom. Pathetic and disgusting at the same time. There is nothing that says that Charlotte Austin went to Cambodia. That was Parichat who was paid to set up a Thai bank account. The group then scammed money from Austin into the Thai bank account, quite possibly using the same or similar routine as that described by "bfc180". Faced with documents that nearly fooled a judge, video calls that appeared to be from an official police officer and threats of prison, what would you superintelligent tough guys do? If you cannot be bothered to read, that's fine, just don't start typing.

The photograph on the front page shows an AOT member of staff, presumably a nurse, and wearing some sort of plastic apron. The photograph above appears to show and empty "Health Control" area, and two AOT staff wlking past. Presumably arriving passengers need to have placards round their necks clearly stating that they are carrying "Disease X", probably in 3 languages, so that they can be picke dout by the vigilant officials. That should work.

I had misunderstood the OP, because the TURP was described to me as a procedure, and was done as an outpatient. I had had an enlarged prostate for a few years (85 ml) with increasing issues of getting caught short, especially when driving. Had a TURP with no unusual issues, just a bit of stinging and bleeding for a few days, but the TURP debris showed some signs of cancer. Carried on for a few years monitoring PSA, which rose from 2+ to just over 4. Was then recommended either surgical removal or radiotherapy, and opted for the latter. Had to have a minor procedure to remove a bit of scarring from the TURP, and also have ADT. The combination of the TURP and the ADT had reduced my prostate back to 25 ml! That meant that I could have the more intensive radiotherapy in 4 weeks not 8. All went well and the therapy was very easy, would have gone back for more! The after effects, stinginag and bleeding, including blood clots, started a few months later and went on for18 months. Now all over, no more stinging, no more blood, quite often do not even need to go once in the night, e.g. last night 6 am. PSA has been between 0.1 and 0.2 since the therapy in late 2019, in Australia. I have now found an excellent urologist at Krabi Hospital. Carried out a endoscopy, and sees me very 6 months. Just one medication which my Australian urologist confirmed was good. Hope that helps.

It is a very obvous fact that there are many homosexual people in the world, and almost all of them, except perhaps for some of the very youngest, will have been raised by heterosexual parents since other options were not available when they were young. So you would be very hard pressed to show that the sexual orientation of the parents has anything to do with the sexual orientation of the children. My partner had three daughters, but the middle one was adopted by her elder, childless, sister and her husband, both of whom are heterosexual. That middle daughter, who has a well paid professional job in the global market, has a relationship with a female. Certainly no suggestion there that the family was any sort of influence on how her perferences turned out.