mikebell

Thai males are hardly famous for their chivalry particularly towards women and children.

There's hardly a day in the year when a car ends up on the beach or in a ditch, mostly inadvertently.

The figures suggest 40 people a DAY die (but only if we accept figures at the scene). We get the same warnings about the SEVEN Dangerous Days at least twice a year. What is needed in Thailand to bring these horrific numbers down, is a police force.

I love a dog thread; it brings out the tree-huggers and besotted dog owners who hold themselves up for ridicule. Thailand is 60 years behind civilised countries in this respect. Not a week goes by without a story of accidents caused by strays; humans disfigured by bites; all the fuss about hygiene whilst tonnes of dog-dirt/urine are distributed in every soi in the country; rubbish strewn by scavenging strays. The do-gooders cannot see that allowing sick animals to continue in their painful existence is cruelty not kindness. The solution is obvious to anyone with an IQ of over 80 - a cull of all strays.

I have all the talent necessary as the author of a Thai-centric trilogy but I thought the 10 year visa also came with a many-million price tag?

See Ralf above. My distances are extracted from a book I wrote when living in Bang Sare. Any exaggerations were for the purposes of humour as I was making the point that anyone seeking a licence had to drive on highways without one.

Things must be serious if the club is named & no attempt was made to censor Fahrenheit from the other fracas. It's the latest weapon in the police armory; Pay or Be Named.

A python in the roof space keeps the rats down to merely plague proportions.

Many such centres are police-owned or 'protected'.

I feel sorry for Pattaya Plod; they've just overcome their fear of the dark and now are expected to confront bad people!

Similarly I wouldn't eat chicken from street sellers that's been marinating in carbon monoxide for several hours by a man with no toilet facilities and guarded by a pack of wild dogs.

Read what people say about Finnair's Cattle Herding journeys.

It won't happen; the police will never allow it. It's bonanza time for Plods all over Thailand. 'nightly raids in tourism zones at 2 AM,'

Never thought of that unless you can give the company a new photo. I always have six in readiness at Immigration along with my GCE Certificates & Sainsbury's Nectar card just in case!

Hence my willingness to supply them.

Macro use milk as a loss leader & often sell it at below 90.

I tried to pay a water bill late that arrived while I was away on holiday. A couple of 7-11s tried & failed but the assistant in the soi 9 Kao Noi shop phoned the office and sorted it.

I've applied for a job writing amusing articles for Aseannow so people don't have to read posts like these. Despite four emails + help from a mod, I've had no reply.

[email protected]. I think they only do BKK run? I've used them & couldn't believe how good/safe/cheap the journey was.

25 National Holidays + regional ones. https://www.officeholidays.com/countries/thailand/2022 Tomorrow is Rama 9's Birthday - I think he earned it.

I'm a leg & wing man myself.

I deplore the place. They had a grumpy farang hater as the greeter. Thais were allowed in 1st & farangs later IF there was any spaces left. I'm paying a company on my next birthday.

There's a company touting for business along the queue outside Pattaya Immigration. I'm using them next year; the test centre 30 kms out of town is a disaster area.

Agreed - the young conscripts in the Army/Navy take care of their officers' gardens/houses without pay. It teaches them to know their place and obey their 'betters'.

It's the loss of face that Thais can't face.