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1 hour ago, hotchilli said:

Works for Thais too... Just look at Thaksin for starters.

Or just about every politician in the opposition as well.

Talk about inflation. 10 years ago it was only Bht 200. Not going to change until the BiB are paid a proper wage and receive professional training.

I cannot understand why all the foreign anti Shin haters in this forum don't have the same feelings against the opposition parties who always support the coup makers. Apart from the last election, the Shins have always won the popular vote. FFS, let the Thai people decide. Always over ruled by the elite in this very class conscious society. Do you really think any of the the others are less corrupt than the Shins? Pita wasn't outed by the PTP. The unmentionables are always in the background. Do some research.

10 hours ago, steven100 said:

and clean up all the soi dogs around the country.  get rid of them all.  

 

start putting heavy fines on owners.

start impounding stray dogs.

start euthanizing soi dogs everywhere.

start eliminating all dogs off the beaches so it's safe for families.

 

 

I'm no lover of bullies. I agree these particular dogs should be put down. But think about it. Humans are a 100 times worse. Wars, terrorists attacks etc, etc. And who breeds and sells these dogs in the first place? Man's inhumanity to man (and the animal world) far exceeds any damage the animal world inflicts on us. Anyway, that's my 2 cents worth of contribution to this conversation..

Look at the size of their luggage. Must be staying for a couple of years.

3 hours ago, daveAustin said:

😋 The Aussies won't like that.

Much of your successes/inventions are borrowed (or had a helping hand) from the Brits or Germans... the nuke enrichment, von Braun in the rocket, examples. Look in the history books for who did what.

Young Einstein from Tasmania split the beer atom and put the bubbles back in beer

On 4/5/2024 at 7:32 AM, Ralf001 said:

 

 

 

No way would I book that seat on a long haul flight. Half the seat across the isle and right next to the toilet. Not much privacy and would be constantly bumped into by passing passengers.

He may have been corrupt. Aren't they all. He was on the wrong side of the corruption fence at that particular time,

Great article here by James Clark in the Future Southeast Asia magazine

https://futuresoutheastasia.com/the-mixed-gauge-mess-of-thailands-railways/

4 hours ago, recom273 said:

Nope .. this has been predicted on a website that can’t be mentioned here for a while, PT to team up with Prawit, getting rid of Phrayut. 
 

I would love to see Thai people rise up and make a forceful protest that changes something, but I really don’t see it. Active protesters are such a minority here, but let’s wait and see. 

If you are on the wrong side of the fence it always ends in a coup d'etat 

a long time ago when I was a youngster my dad always keep the best bottle of whiskey aside for when the local priest paid a visit. Different country, different religion but same same.

Get the boat propellers back on the job.

It's been my favourite desert for nearly 40 years. Thai mangos in Thailand, Queensland mangos in Aus

57 minutes ago, Timwin said:

 

The New Commonwealth of Karenists! ???? 

 

Don't forget to breathe. Like few times per minute at least. 

 

 

Plenty of room to breathe here mate. It's a big country with lots of room to travel about. Do I detect a hint of envy? 

Increasing the posted speed to 120 km/h would be ok if the road was originally designed to that standard. The design speed is usually 10% above the posted speed. Lots of factors need to be considered when designing a road including horizontal and vertical geometry as well as the crossfall applied to the curves for the proposed design speed. It should be noted that these standards are based on dry road conditions. Most of the freeways/motorways/tollways in Thailand are designed for a 100 Km/h design speed hense the 90 km/h posted speed. Why do I know this? I've been designing roads for nearly 40 years. Not safe just to replace the 100 km/h speed signs with 120 km/n speed signs without making the necessary changes to the road geometry.

Thailand is the worlds  fourth-largest sugar producer and second-largest exporter.  The relevant government departments are aware of the pollution problem and are working on various solutions. It's not an overnight fix due to the huge number of smaller family owned farms. Most of these are not wealthy and without government subsidies would find it difficult to change their harvesting practices.  

This is a great article related to the subject. Give it a read before you next blindly criticise the farmers -  https://southeastasiaglobe.com/thailand-sugarcane-burning/

Landed on my face more than once by tripping over an obstacle on the footpath after a big night out in Bangers.

The majority of rubber farmers live south of Bangkok. Who do they mostly vote for? Can this be compared with the Shin rice subsidies? Guess it depends on which side of the fence you stand.

21 hours ago, Just1Voice said:

Can anyone name 3 people who give a damn?

Me, my best mate and his sister