mikebell

How did she get a licence? Are Chinese allowed to use their own country's licence in Thailand?

AI will never replace good old-fashioned bribery.

Nodding dogs. Why are they 'impatient'? They get paid a monthly salary to say yes when ordered.

Thaksin was deposed by an army coup; the same generals are still running the country irrespective of the election. If I were Thaksin I'd continue to enjoy my ill-gotten games in Dubai & fly my friends/family out for frequent visits.

The proposed ferry/yacht terminal in Pattaya will only take 3 years and they haven't even started dividing up the 'commissions' yet.

Like the farang owning a house scam?

They should bring in airfare increases for overweight passengers too by weighing them AND their luggage. I once got charged 90 UKP for excess baggage then spent the next 14 hours wedged between layers of overspill flesh from the passengers next to me. A cab driver should be allowed to refuse a drunk fare if there is a likelihood of vomit; a motorbike taxi should be allowed to refuse an overweight passenger if he feared for the equilibrium of his vehicle.

I singled out drainage chambers which is hardly scattergun. 'Curtailing the movement of humans would be more effective than all the insecticide you can lay your hands on.' How does one do this? Lockdown?

Especially those pretending to be police; real or not.

Help for the police; he's at his mother's.

Which is precisely my point. Humans (Thai engineers) build breeding chambers AKA drainage. They occur on all major roads and expensive moo-baans. When I served on the committee of one of these, I personally put Sai Bait (? a muslin bag of insecticide down every chamber effectively cutting back on egg laying.) The town hall often provided this free of charge.)

I saw 'Oppenheimer' - an hour too long; confusing construction; running two trials simultaneously (one in black & white) AND I knew how it ended!

Just posted this review on IMDb - How disappointing! You wait years for a follow-up to the previous 6 series then come up with this pale imitation. A dramatic title cannot hide the paucity of plot.Raylan is a great character yet hampered by a pale, insipid daughter. I note with satisfaction she is now being shipped away to let her dad get on with his real job of taking bad guys of the street.How many times is the villain going to be interviewed & released to kill again?I could just about cope with the accents in Harlan County but those of a number of Detroit characters defeat me. I will wait till it ends and download it with subtitles.

I find it insufferably complacent. It is a mere vehicle for Steve Martin's ego.

What ever possesses superb icons to take this part in such a one-joke show?

AKA police force? Local Plod can't find its own arris.

Laem Chabang port is 26.4 kms away. https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Bali+Hai+Pier,+ถนน+พัทยาใต้+Pattaya+City,+Bang+Lamung+District,+Chon+Buri+20150/Laem+Chabang,+Bang+Lamung+District,+Chon+Buri/@13.0114347,100.8400641,12z/data=!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x3102c090be001f0d:0x493d4a0fdaad4fb1!2m2!1d100.8678184!2d12.9260047!1m5!1m1!1s0x3102bed673b9abed:0x2b37eb8c3bf71a16!2m2!1d100.9158073!2d13.1040552!3e0?entry=ttu 'The port is expected to begin construction in 2026 and be completed in 2029' - how long has Sukhumvit road taken? 2nd Road? Thepprasit? Still unfinished!

Divided by two - probably not enough to cover the fuel costs to the gas station.

The farmers themselves will see no extra money; they are held over a barrel by the mill owners and shafted twice a year, if they are lucky.

First there will be regular meetings with free lunches; Committee members can invite all their pals; preferably those owning lucrative businesses. Many photos will be taken of police stopping a black-smoking vehicle driven by a farang. Acres of burning fields will be ignored; temples will be granted special dispensations to continue burning their refuse. Double glazing & solar panels will be made available at 'special' prices through Committee members.

Not helped by Thai engineering. Because no-one knows how to use surveying equipment, drainage is achieved by creating perfect breeding grounds for mosquitos every 10 metres. The pits are permanently under six inches of water till a downpour allows the rain to move on to freshen up the next chamber.

I've been banging on about Pattaya Plod for over 15 years. Nothing has changed except they seem to be working fewer hours and have more holidays. The deaths-on-the-road figure is directly attributable to speed. With all the CCTV cameras at their disposal this offence could/should be eradicated in months.

The usual level of police work.

But will there still be enough to pay the nodding dogs in the senate?