b2bme

Perhaps trying to give themselves some cents (sense).

I might try it with the wife. Put a coin in the slot and see if starts making sense (cents).

23 hours ago, StevieAus said:

A few years ago I saw a place in Chiang Mai selling very good quality used products from Japan including car seats push chairs etc

We bought a very good quality timber “ high chair” for our daughter which is still in use and  has been passed on a couple more times.

Maybe you could send out a container full and I will be your agent here !!!!! 

I've thought about it over the last few years since moving back to Oz but it is wishful thinking. The amount of kids (and adults) bicycles left out for collection or thrown in a council skip blows me away. Even worse now as everyone wants an E-bike so the regular ones are getting thrown out. When I think of how grateful a Thai kid would be to get a free bike.

I shipped a 20ft container from Singapore to Oz some years back and that was 10k SGD and with container prices through the roof at the moment you would have to think hard about how to cover your costs. Then there is Mr Customs in Thailand wanting a slice of the pie. 

With regards to car seats its a step in the right direction but Thailand has a long way to go and they haven't really thought it through (like many of their ideas). Even getting adults to wear seat belts is a challenge. I've upset more than one Thai relative in my time saying we ain't moving until you got you belt on. 

Then you still see the 2-5 years olds standing up on the seat of the scooter between rider and passenger. No safety there.

I think the wife has ideas of a 40ft container when we do return to Thailand and I shudder to think what will be in it, but hopefully we can bring some stuff that will be of help to others.

4 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

There are multiple facets involved here. 

 

Safety in the work place: The Engineer putting out cones was doing so without watching out for traffic and without measures in place to prevent an idiot in a car from mowing him down. The ‘company’ are partly to blame for not ensuring the safety of its workers (I know par for the course here - life is cheap). 

 

The primary facet with this incident is of course the nationwide attitudes towards the acceptable of drink driving. 

Law enforcement regarding this issue is a complete farce and purely reactive. Beyond the law enforcement issue is the social acceptance of someone getting drunk and driving.

Friends and peers will have known this lady is getting in her car and mentioned nothing, no social judgement or pressure not to put the lives of innocent road users (pedestrians) at risk. 

 

We all write this off as ‘This is Thailand’... it is unfortunate that while Thailand is a fantastic place, in aggregate it is so heavily marred with a total and utter reluctance to accept responsibility for anything, this facet of the Thai mindset is prevalent through all socio-demographics of Thai society and is the primary contributing factor to unnecessary innocent deaths. 

 

A tragic shame that this cause and effect is so obvious yet so many are willing to take notice. 

I couldn't see in the story where it said the engineer putting out the cones was not watching the traffic or there were no safety measures in place to prevent a car hitting him. 

I see 300,000 doses of AZ turned up in Sydney Australia this morning. 

1 minute ago, b2bme said:

In 2019 they had 19.8 million tourists. Multiply x 500 baht (which I'm sure most people don't know they are paying as its embedded in the ticket price, and they never got to experience the machines of 20 years ago) and it adds up to a reasonable sum of money. I wonder where this money actually goes. Considering airlines, hotels, hotel apps, golf resorts, do most of the advertising, what role does the Thai tourism department perform. 

Maybe they advertise (or pass on incentives) in those "quality" tourist countries. Perhaps it pays for their functions and dinners.

Its not only revenue from departure tax but they get a cut from other tourist attractions and I wouldn't be surprised it was their idea some 25 years ago of double pricing. 

I meant 39.8 million tourists

4 hours ago, ukrules said:

 

You still pay that exit tax but they make the airline collect it, in fact they increased it well beyond the old 500 Baht level, can't remember what it is now though.

 

At least you don't need to stand in line to pay it any more.

In 2019 they had 19.8 million tourists. Multiply x 500 baht (which I'm sure most people don't know they are paying as its embedded in the ticket price, and they never got to experience the machines of 20 years ago) and it adds up to a reasonable sum of money. I wonder where this money actually goes. Considering airlines, hotels, hotel apps, golf resorts, do most of the advertising, what role does the Thai tourism department perform. 

Maybe they advertise (or pass on incentives) in those "quality" tourist countries. Perhaps it pays for their functions and dinners.

Its not only revenue from departure tax but they get a cut from other tourist attractions and I wouldn't be surprised it was their idea some 25 years ago of double pricing. 

5 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

and awaiting an update on their class and financial status 

I'd say for sure he has a list. The list contains the names of the people who give him his cut of the bribes in a brown envelope each month.

What he will be investigating is that there is no information that will link him or his cronies in anyway about their knowledge or involvement. 

15 hours ago, mr mr said:

so a community that makes up less than 10 percent of the population dictates morality to all ? 

 

frack off. 

You might hurt the feelings of the less than 10% population Thai Visa morality brigade with that comment. 

Many first world countries make up less than 10% of the world's population. Do they matter?

Different Unions around the world probably make up less than 10% of their countries population but they carry a lot of weight and persuasion.

Australian Aboriginals make up less than 10% of the population but they have huge rights.

White South Africans were less than 10%.

The world moves on. For better or worse it's yet to be seen. 

I've made similar comments as yours many times

but I try to be more open minded these days and not say its all a load of nonsense. I look for the humour in it all actually and compare it to the "Right to have Babies" scene in Monty Pythons Life of Brian.

11 hours ago, AlexRich said:

I feel quite sorry for them, as that would be difficult to deal with. 

Olympic gold medalist Caster Semenya. How many in history not recognised? 

Does it only cover Covid or will it cover anything else I catch from this 29 year old girl? Me thinks Covid might be the least of my worries of all the exotic diseases I might catch from her. 

8 hours ago, ChipButty said:

I have some condo's for rent and it's a no smoking building, it's difficult to stop people from smoking they will find a way, they only thing we can do is we have smoke alarms in the condo which are wired to the security office we have it written in the contract set that off it's a 2000 Baht fine, go outside or go on the roof to have a fag.

Not being racist but I have found the Chinese the worst one time a group of them standing outside the reception on the steps all smoking and they just threw the fag ends on the steps, about 6 meters away is a ash tray bin I told them to pick them up and pointed to the bin, There was about 5 taxi drivers standing there and they all thanked me

I know where you are coming from. I was glad to get out of my Condo in BKK Sukhumvit 11 some years back. The place was becoming a haven for short stay Chinese tourists and they would smoke in the lifts, corridors,  pool area, and they would flick butts off the balcony. Just one of their disgusting habits. Don't get me started about the noise and rubbish they left around. Weak condo management were no help.

I think people who own apartments in condos should have the right to do what they want but then again their actions affect others. I've lived in condos in Singapore where quite often the fire alarm was going off caused by smokers dropping their butts in the garbage chutes. This results in all lifts becoming inoperable until fire dept resets alarm panel. Not great when on the 28th floor.

I recall some condo or hotel fire caused by someone smoking in bed. Was it Pattaya? I've been on a ship with a fire in a cabin caused by someone smoking in bed who fell asleep.

Many smokers are considerate to others but many aren't and I guess these are the ones to blame for these draconian measures. 

It's not just Thailand! Singapore had the same data breach with Lazada, Red Mart and a few others about 6 weeks ago. 

Using an average price of 20 million USD per plane (based on a quick Google search of the individual values of the used planes) then they won't even fetch 1 billion USD. A higher average of 30 million gets just over 1 billion. So even if they manage to sell all these planes in a market already flooded with used (and some new) planes for sale then they are still a long way off from settling their debt. There are plenty of private planes of this size for sale as well already fitted out with luxury decor so I don't think there is a market there either. 

Wish them good luck though. Was a Thai ROP Gold member for about 15 years. I enjoyed flying Thai. 

4 hours ago, Misterwhisper said:

You've got to understand that the true reason for that blocking is to entice legislators to actually follow parliamentary debates instead of surfing their favorite porn. 

Parliamentary debates??

I think this could be about Mass Debates.

2 hours ago, nausea said:

The only thing I know is that whenever I spend more than two or three days in BKK I inevitably get a throat infection; something I've never experienced in any other city, and I've been around a bit, which is a bit weird given I'm a two pack a day man; so breathing BKK air is worse than being a chain smoker?  Though, I must admit, I did once get a similar reaction to smoking some knock off Ukrainian cigarettes. And yeah, mentioning BKK and throat infection in the same breath probably sets me up for some lewd jokes.

Aircons could be a factor, or moving in and out of aircons. Taxis, bars, shopping malls, restaurants, hotel rooms. Water cooler fans blowing in open air pubs. Many in an unhealthy condition. 

If you want to cut down smoking move to Australia. 1000 baht a pack. You'll either quit or go broke trying.

3 hours ago, colinneil said:

What a priceless comment.... A policeman that does not accept bribes, he must be the only 1 in the whole country.

Notice his name is not mentioned.

To be fair Colin, in my 23 years driving in Thailand I have many stories to tell, but I have come across 2 (maybe 3) that refused a bribe and wrote me a ticket. Good on them. I was the one at fault.

Plenty of others though that got cash in the hand.

9 hours ago, TomnearCentral said:

The rate of people tested per million in Thailand is HIGHER than in Japan, just for your info.....

Using your data source 

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

Both Thailand and Japan seem to be rather <deleted> at testing. Rated 144 and 153 in the world table of Covid reporting counties.