6 hours ago, Harveyboy said:

think you might have to up the  numbers on the bar girls  from what I've seen  in Pattaya 

I believe they had pre-warning of the new arrivals and fled town.

6 hours ago, Pedrogaz said:

Really funny......you should add a zero somewhere for no women allowed, boys only.

and a couple of straws!

5 hours ago, RandiRona said:

They need to hire right 'Specialists' for the job! 

Yes but the problem is the right members of the appropriate families are not all that special to be 'specialists'....they do what they can with what theyve got......or are you suggesting they hire someone outside of the family and risk disloyalty??

No prostitution?  How do you ban something you reckon doesnt exist?

Police policing their own establishments?  How does that work?

6 hours ago, WEBBYB808 said:

He will probably  be hired for other security  jobs very soon.  After all are they really Vetted here?  

I believe security is one of the lowest paying jobs here....doesnt sound very secure does it.

5 hours ago, khunjeff said:

Their cunning plan somehow always involves 20+ personnel in one big group at a static checkpoint under a tent with a refreshments table, and no one even pretending to look out at the road. Actually going out on the highway and pulling over reckless drivers never seems to be an option.

As my wife would say  "Oh no, not in Thailand, not the same" lol

RTP promise strict action on DUI at Songkran

Oh come on RTP, I know its April 1st but that joke is getting really boring now after how many years!

I used to use Ozforex to move money from Australia to here but recently changed to Wise due to better rates.  However, coincidently yesterday I received an email from Ozforex warning me about forex scams.  I'm not sure if they were just promoting themselves or maybe this is becoming more prevalent??

Check with your traffic office first, some wont accept tests done by clinics.

7 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

 

Wait he was just talking about killing the virus on a used ATK test by drowning it in the toilet....reality is if he thinks that what about masks etc....

You just cant give up on the subject of masks can you lol!

6 hours ago, Will B Good said:

Thai economic theory.......it must be taught in schools.......if you have fewer customers you must increase the price to make up for the lower numbers.......cannot fault that logic.

And that is not a joke!

Blah blah blah!  Rinse....repeat!  Ok bye, see you all again next year!

I heard the Thai government has developed a system now which is tied to Yahoo Calendar where these press releases are saved and the default set so they are automatically released to the media on set dates every year to save them having to type them up every year.

5 hours ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

Wow??  

 

Ouch 

 

Who's the insurer?

Time to sell your shares in this insurance company. 

 

Yeah seems to all be a bit too convenient to me.

On 3/25/2022 at 1:36 PM, blazes said:

Why was it relevant to mention his occupation?  I mean, the story could have happened to ....well, anyone....a Wall St banker or a Saudi oil sheikh or a Premier League footballer....

Or ex Australian PM Malcolm Fraser, they even took his trousers.  (should have had sympathy but he was a stuck up arrogant prickle and it delighted many hahaha).  Maybe this guy had it coming too especially with his ailing mother in hospital, if so.......som nom na!

3 hours ago, Misterwhisper said:

Note to Mr. Anutin (in case he isn't aware):

 

- Portugal already has decriminalized "ganja" years ago.

- Hemp cigarettes are freely available in Switzerland, Luxembourg and Belgium (and perfectly legal).

- CBD oils and extracts (the supposed panacea praised so highly by Anutin) for medical purposes are available on prescription practically everywhere in the EU. So are CBD e-liquids for vaping, while e-smoking in Thailand is banned, thus illegal.

- Very soon Germany will completely legalize cannabis, including the THC-rich varieties whose possession and/or consumptions still leads to lengthy jail terms in Thailand

- Canada and a number of U.S. states already have legalized cannabis, too.

 

In short: Europeans and North Americans do NOT need to embark on an expensive and time-consuming flight to Thailand just to partake in your ganja bonanza when they can legally obtain "the real thing" in their neighborhood.

 

Thailand's so-called "cannabis liberalization" is a complete misnomer, if not to say a sham. The only cannabis strains that are legal (if a license is obtained through an extraordinarily convoluted application process, mind you!) are those that have been cultivated around the world for millennia  for their fibers, which are used to make linen. All THC-rich strains - and particularly the female buds/flowers - remain just as illegal in Thailand as they have always been.

 

So... what "liberalization" are we talking about exactly, Mr. Anutin?     

Ive said it before and I will say it again.  Facts, wide ranging research results and pure logic do not count here until Thailand does its own studies to eventually find results that suit their own ignorant belief systems and particularly if they help to fatten the rich and powerful even more.  

Anutin has kept his promise and given ganga back to the people.  For example those people who are connected and rich can legally commercially grow the weed.  Those who are super rich can just sit back and skim from the others doing the work.  Our Pu Yai Ban has been trying to get the locals to form co-ops to get registered and grow.  It started off at 10 to 12 people to form a co-op and because of the disinterest it has now come down to only 6 people currently.  The disinterest has been partly caused by a lack of start up finance and a distrust of each other to not rip off the crop. 

The biggest problem however is the lack of any real information and planning by the authorities.  Firstly all seeds must be purchased only from the local authority at a cost that is not yet clear just as it is not clear if their will be a reliable supply.   Secondly 100% of the crop yield must be sold only to the local authority at a price that is also not yet clear.  The farmers may be simple people but they are well aware that if their is money to be made out of this new venture they certainly wont be getting any where near their deserved share of the cake.  Now try and put that on paper as a business plan in order to approach your bank for a business loan lol!

Some are also concerned about how the police will react to such a venture.  The police dont always follow what the government says here and a prime example is the recent arrest of the sick granny caught growing just one plant for medicinal reasons.  And this not long after Anutin assuring the people that if anybody is caught in possession of or growing weed to contact him and he will fix it because its all perfectly legal now??!!

I'm all for legalising weed however maybe it should be kept illegal if only to keep it out of the hands of these politicians.  Its bad enough now, imagine the mess we would be in if politicians started choofing up during break time in parliament!!

I always pay 80 baht including 20 baht tip in local town.  The price in our village is the same at 60 baht but he only sweeps up once a week lol!