JonnyF

Quite a jump in numbers. This explains a couple of very "Thai" solutions that have been proposed in the last few days. 1. Stopping insurance payouts for asymptomatic cases. 2. Proposing that daily cases are not reported.

He loves the power, control and limelight. Without Covid, he sinks back into the shadows. God help us if this tool ever becomes PM.

Nothing changed since I left in 2008 then. Phuket is the biggest ripoff in Thailand. From the Taxis to TukTuks, from local Mom and Pop shops to the food markets. Always trying to ripoff foreigners even if they know you are a long term stayer. Even a lot of the restaurant menus have a foreign version with higher prices. When I left after 2 years due to a job offer in Bangkok I couldn't believe how honest and friendly the people in BKK were in comparison. I guess it's OK for a short break if you hire a car, but not a great place to live IMO.

Good advice. The Thai company I insured with never sent my documents through and then went bust about 3 months after I took cover out with them. I won't mention the expat forum I found this insurance company on but it used to rhyme with Vie Teaser????.

These motorcycle lanes (if ever created - highly unlikey) will be just be used as a shortcut for the usual idiots in their Benz, BMW, Pickups with silly stickers all over it and black smoke out the back, taxis and all the other groups that think the rules don't apply to them. Why? Because the police are too useless/lazy to stop them.

Not happening. Xi wants all the money spent in China as their economy teeters on the brink with the housing crisis. Sorry Thailand, you backed the wrong horse.

I'm guessing they've been smoking it already.

Your friend sounds like a lightweight making excuses to me. I'm guessing they were drunk after half a shandy as well ????.

Getting old also slows your reaction time. Maybe we should ban old fogies like you from the roads? As for real life, this was just a bunch of teenagers hanging out together and having a good time. Great days.

Tolerance builds over time ????.

Or a stunt double for Kohtee.

Nice 'tash Bro. Not quite Burt Reynolds, but it's the thought that counts. ????

I've driven stoned many times (on private land) as my friend's family owned a huge farm and a few of us would drive out through the fields to the elevated areas with the best views in a Land Rover and smoke copious amounts of weed, watch the sunset and generally talk nonsense. I always drove very carefully when stoned, very cautious and focused, kind of "in the zone". I'd go as far as to say I was safer on the way back to the farmhouse (absolutely caned on weed) than I was on the way out (straight). I also did the same journey drunk (and once on Acid but that's a different story altogether) and drove like a complete lunatic. The two are very different drugs. Disclaimer ; No animals were harmed during these journeys.

Not for me. I've had 2 AZ and 1 Pfizer. That's it, I'm done. Screw this new normal barlucks. It's old normal for me.

"Miss Thailand" always seems to be models that look European, either because they actually are half Causcasian or because they have plastic surgery to give them a more European nose, eyelids etc. It's weird. You think they'd be a bit more secure in the way they look especially as many of the more natural looking Thai women are very beautiful. I guess they consider that natural look to be too plain...

I'll avoid THAI wherever possible. Too many stories of them not refunding cancelled flights from last year. Difficult to trust them after that. I find EVA much better.

Careful now. We all know that it's only racist when Whitey does it.

StickBoy is currently begging on Twitter for donations to make him a millionaire within 7 days. Sad stuff...

The words of a true Democrat. All hail General Prayut.

I think Thailand will be one of the last countries in the world to stop having mandatory masks. A lot of Thais like it as it shows how virtuous/greng jai they are. Police love it as they can make money fining people. The Junta love it as it demonstrates the control they have to force people to put cloth over their face. I don't see it ending any time soon.

That's right. My understanding was that Stickboy was involved in the company that a) purchased the site and b) kept Stickman on as an employee to write the column. Then Stickboy disappears from Bangkok in a puff of smoke and the Stickman column makes a comeback.

I used to enjoy his weekly column. It was generally well written and often interesting. I think he'll find it tough to come up with content seeing as not much is happening here and he's living overseas but I'll probably read it anyway. I assume this is related to StickBoy's hasty exit stage left. Maybe someone else has stepped in to fund Stickman writing the column again?

I wonder if they will sell ATK's at the park's entrance? Could be a good money spinner. 70 Baht for Thai's (or Asian foreigners that look a bit Thai), 700 Baht for white foreigners. If anyone complains, just tell them they aren't overcharging white foreigners. Thai's (or Thai looking Asians) are simply getting a 90% discount ????.

Thailand put too many eggs in the Chinese tourist basket, and now it's been dropped. No sympathy from me. As for the Chinese, they've done enough damage. Let them stay in China.