Regyai

Seems more suited to a role in policing or politics

That they'd all sprouted full face masks for the photo shoot is perplexing - when none prior

Some crank probably declared that it glorified slavery

On 11/20/2020 at 1:59 AM, Kwasaki said:

I keep forgetting my 2 baht bag from 7-11 I've got 9 so far, ????

On 11/20/2020 at 2:02 AM, transam said:

Me too, the back of the car is full of them, but I always forget to take one into the shop..........????

No probs - when it gets that you can't see out of the rear view mirror drive to the sea (or any convenient body of water) and feed the fish

????

2 hours ago, david2923 said:

If taxis can charge this, why is it trains and busses cannot?

Well the anomaly is that only the buses are actually fit for purpose in this respect.

The much lauded purpose built Airport Railway link is completely user unfriendly if encumbered with luggage (from an international airport it shouldn't take the wisdom of Solomon to foresee the requirement).

As for the Green & Yellow bludgers - seriously, a special fee to carry the luggage they have negated their ability to accommodate with a blasted LPG tank! Half the time the pax have to cuddle their suitcases in the cab or endure  it hanging from the trunk lashed up with ties enduring rain and damage. Realistically speaking only the rare in numbers small SUV type taxi-meters should be plying the airports, and have the gall to seek extra for toting luggage.

Thread shouldn't go without a nod to this old Bangkokonian brainwave:

4 hours ago, Formaleins said:

UK Royal Mail Registered or Recorded Delivery is the best bet from the UK. (unless you are sending airgun pellets as they will just seize them)

 

DHL are by far the worst in my experience, in fact I think they work for Thai Customs, Fedex are the next worst. From past experience,  DHL will make sure that you get stung 99 times out of 100, Fedex probably 70 out of 100, Royal mail, less than 10%.

 

Better to get stuff sent from China or Hong Kong as it never gets stopped.

 

(Is there an EMS in the UK these days? not sure if they ship from UK to Thailand, but Thailand to UK never gets charged when I have used them)

They dont 'work' for Thai Customs but what most users seem oblivious to is that they have a 'cosy' hand in glove existence with customs departments worldwide.

They will for their part exact the full measure of every chargeable penny of duty and tax on behalf of customs. Whereas normal (Post Office) shipments, whilst technically being subject to the same rules, require customs physically intercepting and investigating each and every item. Therein lies the rub - with DHL the levies are a 'given' with Post Office they are atypical.

10 hours ago, cardinalblue said:

Thank God the people I know don’t carry knives or guns on themselves 

Have you slapped them on the head and checked?

Most of this bric-a-brac I've seen over the years on occasion in local markets 

Needless to say always being hawked at a fraction of these ambitious prices

Try a different Post Office

Nothing is wrong with the mail

Issue is that the instructions disseminated out to the counter staff by the Office manager often obfuscate the Head Office 'memo' along the lines of the old army jibe ' bring three and four-pence, we're going to a dance'

As always - Mai-mee, mai-dai, no hab, can-not, etc are a far more palatable stance than any declaration of lack of knowledge &/or competency

Vacation paradise 'sans doute'

Best I start seasoning a bundle in the bank post haste and use the ensuing six months to fathom out how to negotiate all the tedious hoops 'n hurdles

On 11/9/2020 at 8:37 AM, ourmanflint said:

The western worlds values are wholly incompatible with modern Islam, at some point we have to accept this

That would be a positive first step in acquiescing to the Mohammedans' age old philosophy of subjugation  

Or

They could just draw on their copious (undistributed) money reserves ????

(or heaven forbid prune a little from the overhead)

7 hours ago, mr mr said:

i thought in life respect was to be earned not given ? 

 

 

tayeb you are your attitude are unacceptable. either you understand and respect the laws and rules of the society you life in or you can scram.

 

any insult against the prophet is TOTALLY ACCEPTABLE. if tayeb wants to live in a country with freedom of speech he should stand shoulder to shoulder with me in defending said right..... no matter the subject.

 

if not you can always leave and go someplace where that kind of outlook is acceptable.

 

salam.

 

somewhere like....

the Middle Ages

Or another interpretation

Slow news day, a tenner's worth of Lidl flowers and a bottom feeding Mirror hack thrills his editor and makes copy

You would have thought that the article would state where the queue for relatives should start

Just show then a piece of rubber, tell them its part of the dinghy you paddled in on, shout allah hu akbar and tell them you are only here to stab people...

They'll not only treat you medically, but put you up in a four star spa hotel, give you pocket money and day trips to football stadiums

Frankly, from the snapshot (literally) of the incident I only see a very typical Car totaled-driver unscathed- lucky amulet/plate# photo. 

Wholly benign and undeserving of this misconstrued outrage. 

Maybe they thought ze Germans where coming

Is she interested in a reseller in Calais?