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These speedboats have very poor construction and are often overpowered and overloaded. Boat captains need to slow down when there are heavy seas.

Sounds similar to what they have done for farmers and usually involves adding more debt. I think banks in Thailand are 50% responsible for extending too much credit. They have a credit bureau so why are banks extending more credit to people when there is a high probability the loans or credit card debt cannot be repaid ?

Happened twice to me at Bangkok Bank but it's more likely I forgot to take the card. The first time I went to their headquarters (I live near there) with passport and bank book , told them where I lost card and 10 minutes later they came out with my old card. This happened again last year but lady in charge spoke little English and didn't want to be bothered so she sent me to get new card (no charge).

I still like having FX dollar account at Bangkok Bank....then I can convert to baht when I want online.

I have seen quite a few farang begging in Silom over the years...sometimes they play musical instruments like a guitar.  I have seen a significant reduction in the number of Cambodian women with babies who were begging.

He was one of the very first people to be sent to an inactive post after the coup almost three years ago. The area must have become too crowded lol. Why are all these people in inactive posts still receiving salaries ? 

In Thailand I have bad sinusitis because of the air pollution in Bangkok. My solution was to start using a Netipot where you rinse water with special salt added through your nostrils twice a day. Also I wear a carbon mask on the street.

Speed limiters (we call them governors) would probably be more useful than GPS. Wonder who is actually monitoring GPS anyway.

1 hour ago, simoh1490 said:

As of about two months ago there was an Immigration office at Swampy and it was accessible after check-in but before Immigration/Departures, located next to the heavy bag drop area, you will need a boarding card before getting a departure card.

When I left on March 16 that office (which I had used before) was closed so I am assuming they relocated this back to to corner of Immigration Area where it was before.  Those entitled to use the quick lines for Immigration will have a problem because this desk is far from there.....

It's the overnight buses that seem to have 90% of the accidents....those are the ones which should absolutely be avoided. 

Arrest everyone charged with drunk driving during Songkran and throw them in jail for a year automatically. The following year people would think twice .

1 hour ago, gosamgo said:

I had a situation not too many years ago! Unknown to me,  my wife went guarantor for her nieces car and after some years things went wrong and the repayments were stopped?

The finance company went looking for her niece who could'ent be found. They then looked for the car which also could'ent be found. My wife the guarantor was found, but they realized she had no assets or income. It was then they had an 'eureka moment' when it was discovered she was married to a Farang who owned his own Condo!  They then applied to the courts for possession against the outstanding amount and one day I was called back from my breakfast and confronted by a very nice man who officially served me papers to the effect that I should pay this amount without delay or lose my Condo!  Lucky I knew where the car was, took possession, sold it for the exact amount owed and considered myself blessed that I had learned such a valuable lesson!

My brother in law once defined a guarantor as an A hole with a pen

A study lasting a year is ridiculous.....Uber is well known and established. If they need licenses to operate then license them. How about Grab taxi....operating in Thailand even longer. They are no different than Uber.

It's time for this service to be operated by BTS

Where will all the ladyboys who specialize in stealing gold necklaces be relocated ?

It's disgraceful that only two Thaksin era targets have been named. I'll bet that no action is taken against the later recipients some of who might still hold important positions. Mr. Prayut- the world is watching !

I spend $10 at USA bank to send up to $10,000 by ACH and the receipt fees at BB for this maximum amount are only $16.33. I use a FX dollar account to receive funds at BB. I stopped using BB- New York years ago. This transfer is done online.

They keep catching people transporting drugs but you never read about shutting down the problem  at the manufacturing level or stopping them from coming over the border (especially from Myanmar). Tackling the problem at its source will be far more productive.

Bangkok Bank did not want to give me internet access either even though I had account for years there but they did let me submit an application. At the bottom of the application I wrote that if this request was not approved I will change banks. 5 days later I received e-mail with internet screen name and password.

I know it is common practice for hotels to hold ID cards for room visitors but I live in a condo (renting directly from owner) and the building management says that this law applies to condos and apartments as well.

Does anyone know if this is true ?

They gave me one of those cards to replace one lost in their ATM and I went back 2 days later and demanded a card with the VISA imprint. The other card was pretty useless

And the motorcycle taxi driver just drove around them....he could have at least stopped to lift the motorcycle off the driver and then called for ambulance.

I think the "Underemployment rate"  here would be of interest too. So many people supposedly working but doing practically nothing.

It amazes me how quickly the RTP can elicit confessions (with so many details)from the people committing crimes. Sometimes they even get the suspects to confess to previous crimes.

I had MRI's for two areas (neck and back) done at a private hospital in Bangkok last month and the cost was only 17,000b.  (8500b each)