mikebell

No pointing; no crime. How do we know she didn't flog the phones?

How can Pattaya Plod tell? The only way is to stop & search; ask for passports; if no have, take to station. Welcome to Thailand. Wait till TAT hears about this!

It's the roads with curves that defeat Thai drivers. If the Romans had come this far there would be no problem.

Why would Thailand vote for another be-uniformed candidate who has no views or opinions but there to get his snout in?

Soi dogs and RTP are the biggest turn off for potential tourists. Get rid of both and the Banana Republic tag will go away.

'Pattaya Walking Street painting is now finished, and ready to impress tourists,'. Damn! I thought it said 'pointing.' I was looking forward to the photos.

Because local Plod can't tell the time.

Ah - there's the fault.

RTP do so little, they are continually dependent on whistle-blowers AKA 'concerned citizens'.

but only four will ever be open at one time.

You could say this of almost every Immigration office/police station across the land. It is so ingrained that the villains don't see it as corruption like a perk of the job.

The whole of Thailand suffers at the hands of six monopolies/cartels. They fix prices and supply. They are more powerful than the army or police who they bought long ago.

'They're all wrong.'

Never thought I would see the words 'praise' & 'Thai police' in the same sentence.

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.