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There are actually classroom courses to become tourguides with an exam at the end. Wifey took a course several years ago with a couple of friends mainly for a few days out travelling I think. The exam was easy for anyone with basic English. After qualifying you have to renew your certification every so often to keep your tourguide status. Most don't because there is very little work available in that particular field.

Thriving for a tiny rich elite who hold power by way of draconian law enforcement.....ring any bells?

One of wifeys relatives is a staunch supporter of this man, his politics and any other extreme monarchist group for that matter. Every weekend they either go to Bangkok to protest against PT or the PP or off to a far right retreat to learn how they are the only people who can save the Thai people from themselves. It is genuinely scarey how people get indoctrinated by this cult of a select privileged elite whose sole aim is to trample the rights of the overwhelming majority.

What a joyless, pathetic man this waste of skin is.

As my dear old mum has always said, "you can't teach pork"

Such a big fuss over something so small.

Just had mine delivered today. Very simple setup and topup and nice to know I'll have a UK sim in my phone when I next touchdown at Heathrow.

Toyota have really screwed themselves the last decade letting the dinosaurs continue running the company.

The good Major General must have been listening to the lessons on Concentration Camps during his days in the military to come up with that gem of an idea.

Elephants lack the fingers to roll on a condom.

555 Beat me too it

Success, your scheme works perfect with Kerry and Flash.

"The cause of the accident is currently under investigation by local authorities." First thing to investigate is the nut on the end of the throttle.

I had money disappearing from my account so phoned up their helpline and said I would leave their network if my money was not returned. It was all returned to my account within a few hours.

No need for school, I know that being fatally injured in an accident is not surviving the accident.

English born and bred. You seem to be the non native English speaker if you can't comprehend dying shortly after an accident is not surviving the accident.

"Despite being rushed to the hospital, he was later pronounced dead at 16:50." They don't.

"The video shows a woman riding an electric suitcase while simultaneously dragging a large piece of luggage and using her mobile phone on Vibhavadi Rangsit Road...." I blame the makers of the electric suitcase. Why on earth don't they include a mount for your satnav?

Surprised the problem has gone on for a while. Dogs that bite passersby in our village don't last very long at all.

I'd guess that there was a problem with the pump at the bottom of the well and one went down to try and fix it, got into trouble and the second followed down to try and help and hit the same trouble. The air at the bottom of those wells can be very low on oxygen. An old guy in our village used to hand dig deep wells and says he knows several people who died of oxygen starvation whilst digging.

"Authorities noted that Tiny Club, operated by an influential local figure, lacked a business license and stayed open well past legal hours, with lax security allowing firearms inside. Police are pursuing legal action against the pub owner and scrutinising CCTV footage, which seems to have been tampered with post-incident." Amazeballs Thailand, par for the course for late night entertainment venues.

Can't see any sign of the passenger safety cell, impact protection and forward facing seats with belts for the passengers in that pic. I'd wager 4 deaths and almost all injuries would have been prevented if this was a purpose built passenger vehicle but then again 'life is cheap' is proven to be the case yet again.

Yeah, shoddy reporting. Original project was for completion in 11 years. 36% of that is 4 years so maybe completion is now expected in 2032 instead of 2028......anyone's guess anyway. It there's a high-speed link all the way from China to Bangkok within 15 years I'll be gobsmacked.

28 kids sardined into the back of a pick-up does not a school bus make.