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Send me money and I will send a prayer to the Flying Spaghetti Monster for you.

http://www.mfa.go.th/main/en/news3/6886/97217-The-Case-of-Mr.-Hakeem-Ali-Mohamed-Ali-Al-Oraibi,.html

Because he was told by au government he was able to travel no problem. That's why, your point is he needs never leave au. The red flag notice should never have been in place and is now been removed. Absolutely ridiculous that Thai have not released him to return to Australia. Complete assup stuff up by Thai legal system. Hey but what's new. Maybe should have a bidding war to see which country he is sent to.

Why didn't he stay in Australia?

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I hope the article does not end up giving him problems with his work permit.

Easy to track a bank account one might think?  if it was fake what's the point as the funds could not be transferred. 

The statistics do not match the WHO figures...
The WHO figures for Thailand give an annual average of 38.6 deaths per 100,000 population . About 68 per day average

It takes a little time for the old eggs to hatch into ticks bite the dog and die.

Hi just a follow to this pension thread My pension 2008 2015 frozen as the topic states. We returned to live in UK July 2016 after a lot of form filling waiting it went  up to the new level, nearly+ £300 PM I got my sons tax credits and tax.  pension income slowly going down the pan in Thailand  with the pound devaluation/baht strength
all the best

British expat pensions are frozen in more than 40 countries. You could easily mistake a list of them for one of expat hotspots. It includes Australia, Brazil, Japan, Singapore, Thailand and Hong Kong, plus most of the Caribbean and all of Africa. In fact there are only 13 countries outside the EU where UK pensions are uprated.
The policy (in many cases combined with loss of free public healthcare) is a major obstacle to retirees moving overseas. Bear in mind a basic state pension is worth only GBP 102.15 a week.
The British government usually trots out two main arguments in defense of pension freezes:

• Most countries outside the EU refuse to sign reciprocal treaties with the UK.
  

• It’s not fiscally prudent to uprate pensions.
  

5 pages of everyone stating the obvious and arguing or criticising each other because of some are wealthy some are not. This freezing of the state pension is not a new thing it goes back years.
So instead of writing the same thing over and over on TV write to your MP, get your friends to write and badger them, they are the only people who can change it!!
Remember the majority of us here have not emigrated we are and remain "Non Immigrants" which requires a Visa or an extension to. Expats who emigrate are not in this category. Something the UK Government chooses to overlook.

Thats the number who would have died any way

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Thought...

According to WHO figures Thai road deaths average a little over 68 per day. Is Songkran the safest time of year on the roads?

I think you are correct, as The English Diplomat's  wifes in Bangkok , during Queen Victoria reign, complained about the Thai women going around bare breasted.    Shortly after there was a new rule that women should    wear bra and cover themselves and the men should wear clothes that cover their tattoos. Some history buffs can find that somewhere and there are many historical photos to support that.

No, but if you have time watch and learn. The Thai drivers seem to have more accidents because it is commonly agreed  that they are less competent operators. You probably never hear of these European accidents for the same reason Europeans probably never hear of Thai accidents, unless there's a large number of fatalities.
 
https://www.google.co.th/search?q=american+truck+brake+failures&oq=american+truck+brake+failures&aqs=chrome..69i57.10385j0j8&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
https://www.google.co.th/search?q=truck+brake+failures+in+europe&tbm=vid&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjhqIn1wLTaAhVMrI8KHU75BTsQ_AUICygC&biw=1366&bih=637&dpr=1

Unfortunately, it has been sorted out already and the government won.  I believe the ruling said that the government was within its rights to deny yearly increases because the expats were no longer involved in the UK economy- spending money and paying taxes. Sadly, the campaigners were so cock-sure of their case that I think they also wanted back payments.  They chose the wrong strategy in my view.
 
So that's that!
 

Why do we never hear of cars and trucks having brake failures in European countries? Do they have different braking systems?

If you want to survive Songkran, stay away from me and do not throw water at me.

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Not much point talking about training and reading highway codes. I would not be surprised if all the motorbike riders were unlicenced and underage.

 
Jews are not a race, they are an ethnic group which, together with other specific ethnic groups, are described as Semitic Peoples (Semites).
 
All of whom belong to the Caucasian race.
 
You are confusing Race with Ethnicity.
 
 

Do you call modern Italians Romans too?