-
Posts
542 -
Joined
-
Last visited
Content Type
Profiles
Forums
Downloads
Everything posted by koolkarl
-
Excessive PM2.5 pollution in most of northern Thailand on Wednesday
koolkarl replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
It is incredible that the Thai people do not seriously complain about this deadly problem that occurs year after year. The politicians do nothing and maybe they will if a few get lung cancer soon. If it was a covid outbreak, they would lock the country down yet this air pollution is far more serious. There must be an incredible amount of burning to create such smog for ages already. Then throw in the southerly winds from China. -
During covid, Thailand imposed harsh restrictions left, right and center. Yet with this annual problem of burning and car (diesel) pollution, these politicians do absolutely nothing. The horrific air quality everywhere is a far worse problem than covid.
-
Thailand Forecasts 30 Million Foreign Tourists in 2023
koolkarl replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
If these naive tourists bothered to check the toxic, cancer causing air quality everywhere, they certainly wouldn't go to Thailand. -
‘What if the worst had happened?’ Trudeau defends convoy response
koolkarl replied to Scott's topic in World News
What do you expect from a high school drama teacher? He freaked out over a few truckers peacefully demonstrating. Rioting is the only thing politicians are afraid of except in this case the truckers were not rioting. Another paranoid dictator like his father who started Canada on the road to perdition.- 47 replies
-
- 11
-
Thailand’s dual pricing still gets everyone posting
koolkarl replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
Dual pricing also exists in hospitals, big time. Now companies like Shopee and Paypal (Thailand), make it extremely difficult to get a refund into a foreigners bank account without a Thai ID number, even for 100 baht !! The last time I looked at my trees in the backyard, money wasn't growing on them. -
Stay single.
-
I know of 3 other foreigners ( I detest the word farang), who have been in a similar situation, 2 of whom are dead and the other survived but financially broke and he is now back in England at 76, pumping gas for a living. Stick with your own kind and age bracket otherwise sleep with your eyes open.
-
Why are westerners so offended over the word farang? Get over it.
koolkarl replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
I find it extremely offensive. Would all the Thais like it if we called them farang in our home countries? We have names and mine isn't Farang Corleone !! -
Notice the government doesn't list all the taxes added onto a liter of gas and if they did, most of the price is composed of taxes. If the government truly cared, they would temporarily drop some of these gas taxes. You pay a big premium to buy an electric motor or partly electric and the only mechanics that can work on electric are dealers.