mikebell

He wore a mask to hide the sardonic grin as he spoke!

Prayuth fears none of the opposition members; he has more guns.

In Thailand? They wait till the exhaust falls off on the road then still do nothing. They couldn't service a garden gate.

Thailand does. Their brothers are cossetted from cradle to grave; families are brought to penury to pay their entry into the monkhood and later sin sot. You can count on the thumbs of one hand how many women, not named Shinowatra, make it to a senior position.

I used a branch of a national company for a 10,000 kms service. The 'engineer' told me the rubber hoses needed renewing. I paid up and returned home with the defective parts in the boot. Home Inspection revealed no problem with the originals. Only by naming and shaming will scams be eradicated; that is why police receive protection money.

Cops looking for an extra pay-out?

There goes Pattaya's reputation again. Is there a police force on duty after 4pm? Or at weekends? Public Holidays?

Never glance back at a group marching towards you - they could be soldiers.

Went back to UK this Summer. Both Outbound & Inbound flights at BKK were a doddle; no waiting at Immigration (I played the age card.) What a different story at Manchester - a sh1thole of the 1st order. The staff were rude and belligerent; their check-in procedures were tedious; it cost ONE UKP per MINUTE to drop-off a passenger (you are charged for 5!) I'm 80, my brother 77 saying goodbye (at our age for possibly the last time!) was rushed. Security check-in took over an hour of queues; I was treated like a terrorist because they found a packet of mints in my shirt pocket. Give me Bangkok any day.

Where did they find eight suckers to cough up millions for something that could be abolished after the next coup due any day now?

Better odds than on any Thai road.

You forgot rabid dogs and predatory police.

99% of Thais too.

The scruffy individual who extorted my wife wore a brown uniform.

He'll be back on the beat in 48 hours after a wai, 200 baht fine and a million in a brown envelope.

Do they have committees for every thing? I believe Prawit is on over 300; it's the free lunches that attract him.

Forewarned is forearmed. I bet you could test 329 patrons in any pub in the world and get better (worse) figures than these.

Unless you are one of the few in power who is being paid to look the other way.

I've been a full-time non-resident for nineteen years.

As opposed to the polystyrene ones that silt up the system for months?

BA haven't.

How can you tell the difference between the invisible cops of Pattaya and those of Sattahip? Having suffered at the hands of both, I can tell you there is no difference.

Thainess. This story is just above the robbery of a wheelchair bound victim. Isn't it about time Pattaya got a police force?

Another triumph for Pattaya Plod in stamping out speedsters. I venture out on the roads about four times a week. I never see a cop but watch horrified at the four vehicles who run EVERY red light; keeping a wary eye in my rear mirror for the speedsters who are going to undertake and veer in front of me. Why are traffic police never seen?

Well that's a relief! I thought the pictures were post by TAT.