jonclark

Mate - the car is insured no matter who drives it. Insurance is not based on a single named driver - its based on the car. How long have you been dating your GF and how did you meet - no reply needed. If yo have been dating her less than a year and you met her in an 'entertainment venue', my advice is that she is trying to scam you. This relationship will end up going south - I would suggest you leave dodge. I guess her brother must have a well paid job to afford a Ducati - wonder how he got the money - maybe the previous boyfriend.

Even funner if they all defected to prawit, so they were the majority of his MPs and then forced him to review section 112.

Mate, we are all here legally and we pay taxes so we will say what we want. If you don't like it feel free to be offended, but our freedom of speech to 'poke into things' is protected under Thailands constitution (Section 2). "a person shall enjoy the rights and liberties to perform any act which is not prohibited or restricted by the Constitution or other laws." Please do not say the constitutution does not apply to foreigners in Thailand - because if that were true, that means foreigners are not bound by any Thai law as all Thai laws are underpinned and guided by your constitution.

No - dear god - no roundabouts. In the west of Thailand (Kanchanaburi, Uthaithani, Tak) you find many more roundabouts - probably due to British influence in the Burmese road system tbh. And using them is a total nightmare as no-one seems to have a clue as to how to use indicators or how to go around them or get off them - people stop randomly to let other onto the roundabout. and once I have seen motorcycles go the wrong way around the dam things - no. Thailand and roundabouts do not mix.

The joke wouldnt have worked if stoner had said. 'Gets round more than a soi dog...or gets round more than an idyllic beach' . Just not as snappy.

Just treat him like any section 112 suspect. Jail with no right to bail. No double standards....lol. One rule for the rich...and one for the poor...please say it aint so Thailand.

Life is only as difficult as you make it. No point getting your knickers in a twist.

Obviously i can only comment on the current situation and not speculate what may or may not happen in the future, as i have no crystal ball unfortunatly.

What has luck got to do with it Bottom line - if you currently work in Thailand and pay taxes on that income - keep your mouth shut about overseas income and maintain a plausible story that your income in Thailand is your only income and they will leave you alone.

Filing income tax is a breeze - No accountant needed - although they will have to start printing .91 forms in English as they are all in Thai at the moment and most staff at tax offices have a very basic understanding of English. But it is a breeze. Getting tax rebates is also a doddle - my tax office fills in all the necessary bits for me if I give them the correct supporting documents, and a couple of months later my cheque turns up for 40 - 50k. Remember if you pay tax you can now claim all the rebates the government offers - including hotel rooms and household appliances as these are frequently made tax deductibles depending on how the government wants to boost the economy by increasing consumption. Even healthcare has been a tax deductible which should help pensioners.

Well, as you haven't mentioned who the US will allegedly start a war with, its might be pretty hard for Thailand to decide on sides...It could well side with the US rather than the losers. Lets not forget the US is the worlds strongest military power by some considerable margin. Period! Even the Chinese and Russians know that and that any conflict with the US will involve the US <deleted>ting on them from a great height and the decimation of large parts of their military.

Duh....do you not understand sarcasm? As a Thai tax resident for over 25 years I have had plenty of luck, especially with my tax rebates which have been very generous.

You do know that i was taking the p!ss Makes no odds to me either way as my overseas income goes into a bank account not in my name and the person lives outside of Thailand but I have their debit card with their consent. Whilst my income earned in Thailand is taxed already and has been for many, many years. So absolutely technology does make our lives easier.

So I guess that means all of the foreigners who are currently classed as 'guests' can now claim residency. I am surprised that the ultra-nationalists have not put the brakes on the whole idea of using the words foreigner and resident in the same sentence...

"widespread misinformation"...aka the truth. lol If the father is so concerned about misinformation his son should return to put his is of the story - and lets remember he son is on Interpols Red list (allegedly) Maybe he should also consider sue Interpol for defamation as well. On a side note: "Red Bull Heiress" eh - So Mr. Chalerm is actually a Mrs. Chalerm, right? Complete with a dress and stockings.

Superb - So now we all know that as foreigners if we gang up and kick the living daylights out of a couple of Thais, all we have to do is apologise, wai and all is forgiven correct? In light of this inccident I am struggling to see why all the fuss was made about the Swiss man kicking the Dr in the back. By the standards and consequences applied to the three guards here, all the Swiss man should have done is said sorry to the Dr. and given her 20 baht compensation - Revoking his visa, investigating his business and trying to wreck his life for a single kick and a bit of verbal seems huge overkill by comparison.

So you in your however many years of life have never got so drunk that you do stupid uncontrolled things? Not having a dig at you, but drunk or not, the security guards (thugs) are 100% in the wrong as a huge part of their job is to deal with drunk people and de-escalate the situation. Even if the person being dealt with is screaming and being aggressive. de-escalate not make it worse. Come to Thailand for a good time - that is the message being sent out by TAT around the world.

Previous co-operation with immigration on Samui, and now he lives in deepest darkest issan and claims to be 'immigration' - he sounds like a grass rather than a mercenary to me tbh. I wonder if he was ever on the inside of a foreign criminal group working for the Thai authorities ???

The problem with your entire response is that they were likely drunk - and made an unwise decision possibly - but to expect a two-week visit tourist to have some sort of understanding and acceptance of Thai culture is nonsense. I would not expect a Thai person on two week holiday in the UK understand or accept UK culture. The guards however, should have been the ones calming the whole thing down and calling the police - the job of a bouncer is not to see who can deliver the biggest kicking, but to de- escalate the situation, violence in defence is the last resort, not the preferred option. Especially when your job involves interacting with people who are a little bit worse for wear after a night on the lash. If the roles were reversed and the tourist had delivered a similar kicking to the guards - Off with their heads, deport, hang em high etc etc would be expected outcome - not siding with them!!

Ah an 'emergency meeting' is it. Would this be the same emergency meeting of economics gurus that Taksin instructed the PM to have, as reported in yesterdays BK Post?? Taksin is obliged as a condition of his parole to not be involved in politics. I am sure Taksins' puppet is now giving Taksins instructions sorry orders to the economics team. Such duplicity and disrespect for the public, it makes you yearn for the good old days of a military coup. At least you knew where you stood with a coup.

Maybe she was naked??

Who said she is a victim - what crime has been commited against her? Going missing is not a crime. Calling her a victim without knowing the full story is rather contradictory don't you think.

Just pulling your chain with that one tbh.

Pump attendants are waaay above white foreigners on the social ladder here - even the Burmese pump attendants are higher than whities. Both however are a million miles away from the elevated position of nigh untouchability of the good Maj Gen. So whilst old baldy here will get crucified for a minor skuffle (aka a misunderstanding using the Thai vernacular here) - the Maj Gen will have no consequence for stripping a 14 year boy naked and kicking him in the head twice (for smoking a ciggie). Honestly the 'dance' between the foreigner and pump attendant is much ado about nothing tbh. Why its on the news is anyones guess? unless public opinion is being molded by someone?

They both have similar styles of hissy-fits and use of violence when they are challenged. The only difference is one is a foreigner (so howls of indignation, and cries of 'deport him' from the assembled netizins can be heard) whilst the other is a member of Thai High Society and Ultra-royalist (so everyone keeps it much more low-key and the event is ushered off the front page and under the carpet). I hope the police also charge the gent with drunk driving as well as he appears to have driven off after the event as!!!