Crash999

3 hours ago, humbug said:

Are you kidding me? You dont remember this. It was all over the Thai press. They nicknamed then the dinosaur generals. Parading and speaking at their protest at the stadium next to MBK. People laughed at them, then they morphed into the street protest show ponied by suthep, still the dinosaur generals pulling the strings.

 

the reason why they were laughed at, was saying such things as,

"closing down Thailand for 5 years," 

"rid Thailand of foreigners"

 

They had thousands of protesters cheering them. 

 

You can see from their rhetoric what they meant, control thailand for 5 years and put in place mechanisms to stay in power longer, and make life a whole lot more uncomfortable for foreigners.....

 

 

Got a link? Searching for dinosaur generals only leads back to your old Thaivisa posts. And searching in Thai it links to websites about dinosaurs. 

Anyhow it never seemed to be a central theme in the yellow shirt demands. Or a red shirt policy as the guy above you suggested. 

A crackdown on nominees has been talked about every 5 years or so since I’ve lived here. Through civilian and military governments. And after a backlash from real estate developers, chambers of commerce, etc they backed down each time. It’s nothing new. 

10 hours ago, humbug said:

show pony for the gang of thieves, clearly going to enjoy his new greater wealth, but always cast your minds back 6 years to the protest at the stadium next to MBK; when the show ponies puppet masters were saying such delights as,

 

"shutting down Thailand for 5 years and rid Thailand of foreigners,"

 

or in other words make it a lot more uncomfortable for foreigners; and the crazed protesters cheered with joy

Wait, they actually said that? I was in Thailand during that time and don’t remember the reds or yellows suggesting that foreigners should be kicked out. And none of their disagreements were around foreigners. 

A Google search for this only shows your post. 

I've got it on my car but don't pay too much attention to it. It has a mini navigation function but I end up looking at the big display anyway.

The only hope would be to find Prayuth one day at a restaurant and ply him with expensive alcohol and ask him to Article 44 your idea.

Otherwise, impossible.

I paid off my last auto loan with K-Bank in cash. On the card they give you to remind you about the monthly payment and details there's a phone number. Give it a call and depending on the company it'll be an automated system that can tell you how many payments you have left outstanding and the total amount due for paying in full. In the case of K-Bank it was a discount off the balance interest rate.

I paid for my car's downpayment via a credit card. If you're getting 2% cash back it could be worthwhile but you should check first on the exchange rate as that could eat up the 2% and far more.

On 9/29/2018 at 12:48 PM, jesimps said:

Open and shut I'd say if it turns out to be true that they worked together in Malaysia.

That, and he dismissed the taxi that was waiting for her. Can't think of a legitimate reason why he'd do that.

On 9/28/2018 at 2:41 PM, lazeeboy said:

Bend over backwards for the Chinese .the English girl got 5 minutes before no rape was called.be careful European's we are worthless to them ..

Bit of a difference with the Koh Tao case.

There the woman only said she was raped but doesn't have any evidence.

Here the woman can't say anything because she's dead. And the body was floating in a waterfall. Doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that something might have happened.

34 minutes ago, crazyk said:

Is this just another pu blicity stunt like the honest taxi drivers,wouldn't surprise me if the woman's father was a grover ling tourist police

A British tourist police living in the UK? 

1 hour ago, Galactus said:

why doing a drug test for a might be rape victim???

just to say like, 'hey, this girl was doing drugs etc etc'

what a nonsense! 

It’s testing for drugs like Rohypnol in case someone had slipped something into her drink. 

If there wasn’t clear footage showing she was alone in the room our TV sleuths would be having a field day with this one. 

They might want to wear gloves when picking up that pipe. Don’t know where it has been. Actually, yes we do....

19 hours ago, anfh said:

 

 

Someone said you get a Yellow Book “if registered “ I have no idea what this actually means, since it is highly unlikely  ( extremely difficult ) to be registered as a Thai resident .

 

 

I was replying to the OP who said he met some foreigners who own a condo but only have a blue book. That means they’re not registered as it’s impossible for a foreigner to be registered in a blue book. If they are registered it would need to be in a yellow book. 

If the foreigner is registered then they will have a yellow book and a blue book, their name being in the yellow book. 

If they only only have a blue book it means they’re not registered as residing there. 

For stuff like getting a driver’s license or getting a loan it’s very useful to be able to show one’s name in a yellow book. 

19 hours ago, Just Weird said:

You're personal experience rings a bell.   I'm sure it is just coincidence but your girlfriend's story could be this girls story, almost exactly, bar the location differences.   Maybe that's what you meant?

I’m not the boyfriend of the Koh Tao girl if that’s what you’re asking! 

This happened almost 10 years ago. It was a lesson to me how one can trust what people say but verifying it is equally or more important. 

On 9/14/2018 at 2:18 PM, car720 said:

This was of course my first reaction but then I realized that nothing is gained.  Even if he believes her story, if true, then what is he going to do?  This case is colder than Jack the Ripper by now.

This is Thailand. How many times have you heard of a new policy or something else declared with fanfare only to be completely walked back later. If Big Joke finds what he calls new evidence then he most certainly will do what he wants with it, and no one will dare question the reversal. 

Wonder which of the dynamic duo came up with that brilliant plan?