BigBadGeordie

55 minutes ago, webfact said:

Bt126B in benefits for Bangkok switch to digital pay: Visa study

55 minutes ago, webfact said:

according to a Friday press release from Visa.

Well I never, who would have thought.

1 hour ago, Just1Voice said:

But that's Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for Thailand, so what's the problem? lol

Perhaps the problem could be that someone is not getting thier cut?

33 minutes ago, Russell17au said:

So I am not interested in life, because I am not interested in going to Pattaya, To each his own

22 minutes ago, Grumpy Duck said:

 

World class beaches? What a joke, if one enjoys beaches with brown trout floating by. (Raw sewage).

1 hour ago, overherebc said:

Can someone remind me why I have absolutely no intention of visiting Pattaya.

Well where do I start, maybe you do not like shopping; entertainent; world cuisine; 24 hour cities; fun?

Or maybe you do not like World Class beaches; sports hubs, comferece facilities; the worlds longests marathon; highest maritime safety standards.

Or perhaps you are xenophobic, many Chinese, Russians etc frequent Pattaya.

To bastardise a phrase from Samuel Johnson.

"When a man is tired of Pattaya, he is tired of life."

As a side issue I do not live there, I live in Issan.

2 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

First up was the arrest of two taxi drivers in connection with the robbing

Well done only X,00 to go.

2 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Tourist police and 191 cops announced the arrest of seven romance scammers preying on gullible

Meawhile in Patpong, Soi Cowboy, Pattaya, Phuket etc.

Also reports are coming in of many sick buffalo and motorcycle accidents involving father, mother, sister etc in the provinces

2 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

arrest of eight Ugandans and one Nigerian for not having permission to be in Thailand.

 

A further five people were arrested on overstay

The Immigration Police estimate there are 200,000 people in the Kingdom without visas. Ah but, not all of them are.......oh dear me.

I take it that the drink of choice at The Nation is Kool Aid.

Excellent news. Shoot the messanger. Freedom of the Press, my ass.

The OP is about the AHo on the front of tbe bike.. Not about the pillion passenger. 

30 minutes ago, sklmeeera said:

Should have been a lot harsher . Promoting homosexuality should carry 3 years mandatory prison plus life ban on coming back .

Oh come on lighten up, get out of the closet " I fear thou protest to much".

Or maybe "An empty vessel makes the loudest sound" 

Plato

I prefered the original, but I think I would enjoy a Friday night doulble act featuring Ms Pinky and Gen Perky

Just when you think you have seen it all. Amazing Thailand pops up and proves you wrong.

37 minutes ago, crazygreg44 said:

guess, since these children don't receive any education by their parents and never learn to obey,  they continue to act as they like in Kindergarten or school, not listening or obeying the teacher or the nanny.

 

Which leads to such violent outbursts by teachers who wish to make themselves heard. A form of expressing their helplessness by playing out physical strength

 

If the children would just obey . . like the boy who starts wandering around, if it was for the Nanny who told him three, four times "please sit down with the others" without him reacting . . . well WHAT would you do in her place? Freak out or keep your calm? 

 

a difficult situation . . . if parents pass their educational responsibilities to nannies and teachers, they must be willing to accept that this education is based on learning & obeying

Yeah, blame the victims.:-(

"UN not my father" Thaksin.

March 2003.

Dejavu perhaps?

Just now, oldgent said:

on the fact two people lost their lives and on many possibilites speeding/ mobile phone

not paying attention lack of driving experience is that enough for you

Or perhaps the car was travelling on the highway the motorcycle and side car entered from a side road without looking, no lights etc......

I prefer to wait hear the full details before I join the "hang em high" crowd.

Revocation of the regulation, why bother, just do the norm, ignore it.

1 hour ago, oldgent said:

shocking  that young lady should get the maximum

penalty and never been allowed to drive again

And you base this on what?

The OP does not give any indication as to the cause of the road traffic crash.

Failed Seppuku.

2 hours ago, webfact said:

Phuket Governor takes action over heavy rain,

Buys umbrella.

4 hours ago, tryasimight said:

Except there is no such thing as an accident.  It is an event or series of events that have defined and avoidable criteria involved. Often removing one or more of these ( speed)  in this particular instance would have a dramatic difference in the outcome.  

Agreed. That is why in other countries it is refered to as a RTC, Road Traffic Crash.

However, and perhaps, it appears that a lot of drivers are "accidents" waiting to happen.

But that is enough on my views about birth control.

"More inhumanity has been done by man himself than any other of nature's causes."

Samuel von Pufendorf.

"Kobkarn Wattanavrangkul, Mr Weerasak’s predecessor, wrote a farewell letter in her own handwriting, saying that the past three years as tourism and sport minister was a valuable time in her life as she had worked with the people of all sectors, particularly those of a new generation, to develop the Thai tourism toward quality and sustainability."

I for one will miss you, for you have brought Thailand the delights of Pokemon tourists, changed Pattaya from the "Sin City" that it was, ensured tourists are in a safe place. Also stopped zero dollar tourists, brought the Kingdom the "Tour de France" , F1, the longest marathon in the world etc.

However, I will remember you as the great creator of the most unbeliverable statics ever.