JonnyF

He should have gone with Cherry.

Exactly. Forced to take a ripoff ATK test and risk being quarantined for a week at your own expense for the privilige of sitting on a beach covered in crude oil. They certainly know how to tempt us.

My god they're all trying to jump on the bandwagon. Typical knee jerk reactions all round to try and appear virtuous. "Quick, say something for god's sake. It doesn't matter if it's ridiculous - just look like we're doing something until this awkward incident blows over". And all because of the status and attractiveness of the victim. As I said on another thread, if this had been some poor, dark skinned, "ugly" cleaner from the same hospital we'd never have even heard of it. It's not like traffic fatalities are rare in Thailand, there have probably been a dozen already today and it's only 10:30am. This is the Thai equivalent of missing white woman syndrome.

I'd say it starts with education, and ends with strict enforcement of laws (irrespective of wealth, connections and social status). Somewhere in the middle you have the issue of over-confidence, arrogance, impatience, selfishness etc. Good luck fixing all that.

I saw a passenger van today with a huge sticker covering the back door/window reminding people of safety and to stop for pedestrians at zebra crossings. I guess it was a recent addition following this 'hot topic' with the pretty young Doctor. I noticed after he aggressively moved into my lane, forcing me to either brake suddenly or swerve to collide with oncoming traffic.

Fortunately for my health I ignored the law on this and switched to e-cigarettes about 5 years ago. I was then able to wean myself off them gradually and haven't smoked at all for about 4 years. They are a great tool for quitting. Which is probably why they will remain illegal in Thailand since the government collects the tax and then gives very little back to help the people who suffer health problems as a result of smoking.

They should probably go after the Grab riders weaving through traffic one handed while checking their phones before they worry about people who are stationary and waiting at a red light.

You have to allow Democracy to mature. After the people have voted for corrupt leaders a few times, sooner or later they will see the error of their ways, new candidates will emerge that are less corrupt and people will vote for them. This is the way that things improve, although it takes many decades. Things will never be perfect, even our own countries have corruption. But by resetting the clock with the illegal theft of power every time people like you disagree with the democratic choice of the electorate, we end up with the current regime, taking down their political opponents and generally ruining the country for their own ends. It certainly doesn't make me happy. I'm just pointing out the irony of your criticism of the regime when you supported them stealing power. I know you'd rather not be reminded of your support of the illegal power grab now that you've finally seen what was blindingly obvious to most of us in 2014, but that's life I'm afraid.

That's why it's good to be able to vote them out. That's also why it's so baffling when people like you support military coups. These coups simply replace corrupt politicians that can be voted out, with corrupt politicians that cannot be voted out.

Buying online is no problem. It makes sense to have a guy on a little scooter deliver it alongside 5-6 other deliveries for people at my condo than for 5-6 of us to sit in our cars individually going to the store. The other benefit is that I pay the correct price. Unlike Mom and Pop style hardware stores, markets, local furniture shops etc. where everything is unmarked so they can pluck a price out of their head, often based on your race.

Prawit is just appearing to do the right thing because the victim was of relatively high status and very attractive. Let's be honest, had this been a poor, dark skinned cleaner from the hospital none of us would have even heard of the incident. That's how Thailand works. As others have said, stopping on a busy road often endangers the pedestrian because cars on either side of you fail to stop. They end up 'trapped' in front of your car, peering around to cross the lane next to you as cars and motorbikes speed past.

Why choose between the 2? They actually compliment each other quite well (in moderation of course). This is great news if it happens, I'll definitely have a small allotment on the farm for some.

I wish this guy a speedy recovery. Let's hope he doesn't get charged 2-3 times the standard price for his treatment due to his race, as recently endorsed by the courts because it is "good for Thailand".

Great news. So it's legal to grow it and the only stipulation is if you make the extract, which I won't. I'm in like Flynn.

Make up your mind guys. I've got a few nice spots on the farm earmarked for the devil's lettuce. Just waiting for the green light...

Great news if true. Always nice to have options ????.

I'll let you into a secret. When company A acquires company B, company A doesn't typically lay off the key employees that made company B such a success in the first place ????. Really, some people are best off just collecting their old age pension and keeping quiet on things they know nothing about...

It's very clear that they are not the same person (unless it's a case of Dissociative Identity Disorder given that one interviewed the other in length on the Stickman website). If that was your (very obvious) point then maybe that's what you should have written. Instead of "Stickman" and "Not Stickman" are nothing to do with "Stickboy/Mike McKay" which is factually incorrect seeing as Stickboy acquired Stickman so they are intrinsically linked. I was simply correcting you. What was that? Oh, you're welcome.

Surely nobody is really this clueless ????. He built up StickBoy over a period of years and used the revenue from that to acquire Stickman several years later. It's like saying Bill Gates didn't build his empire from nothing because Microsoft acquired Linkedin in 2016 ????.

I'm planning to visit my family in the UK in July. But I won't be booking anything until the last minute. Too much chance of another variant sending the world into mass hysteria again. Best to wait and see the situation a few days before the trip and then deciding whether to go or not. I work here so the last thing I need is to get locked out due to some new strain while I'm overseas. IMHO we are over the worst of it now and things will get easier from here on, but I'm not prepared to put several thousands of pounds on it by booking now and then sweating on it for 6 months.

They need to decide on a policy, make it clear to everyone and then stick to it. All this ambiguity over Test & Go being available, what the insurance requirements are, what the insurance covers, what will be open when you finally get here, what happens if you test positive etc. is a nightmare for tourists. 99% will just book something easier. Ironically, the only tourists who will put up this are the mongers desperate for a bunkup after 2 years without. The very tourists they claim they don't want.

This is terrible news. Ruined my day.

Most of the time it's just a literal translation from Thai. They think how to say it in Thai and then change every word to English without restructuring the sentence which is why they will say close the fan or close the power instead of turn off the fan/power. It's also why they often don't use "the" and will just say Close Door instead of close the door. I get the impression they spend more time in school on vocabulary than grammar/pronunciation as they often know the word for most things but don't know how to use it properly within a sentence or pronounce it properly. They all make the same mistakes so it must be what they are being taught by Thai teachers. Reminds me of when I started work here and the girl I was working with was called Apple. She said I could call her Pun. I asked what Pun meant and she kind of rolled her eyes and said "short for Appun" ????.

Actually that's not correct. Stickboy bought the StickmanBangkok website and then paid the previous owner to continue writing the column for him (until Covid struck and removed all the ad revenue). There was an interview about it between the 2 individuals on the Stickman Website but the last 3 years worth of columns have been deleted from there as well. Anyway, good luck to him. He built something from nothing and had a good run of it. Not even hinting at his departure until he was safely back in the UK (and removing most of the content) does imply that he had some issues with someone but that wouldn't be unusual for someone who was effectively on the payroll of gogobar owners who are often more than a bit shady. Edited for a typo.

Thai is a nationality not a race. Therefore criticising one of Thailand's policies cannot be racist. If I was criticising Asian people in general it might be, but not all Asian countries have such ridiculous policies so it wouldn't make any sense to do that. Just a word of advice, better you learn the meaning of words before you start throwing them around in an attempt to discredit someone - otherwise you end up looking uneducated and ignorant.