TallGuyJohninBKK

I think a lot of the pollution back in the pre-Skytrain days in Bangkok had to do with diesel vehicle pollution, whereas these days it's more of a seasonal thing related to agricultural burning. I well remember lots of originally white exterior buildings around BKK having their surfaces turned black by the pollution at the time.

1. Lately has been the off/rainy season for smog in Thailand, so levels have been comparatively low... Wait till Dec., Jan. and onward arrive. It also depends on whether the up to 50 value you're mentioning is actually an AQI reading that you call it, or is instead a 50 reading of micrograms per cubic meter of PM2.5 pollution, which is probably a more common reading used by more air purifiers, since AQI standards can and do vary some by country. But either way, your lungs will be begging for your air purifier by the end of the year and into next year if you're still in central Bangkok then. Here's the various AQI readings for Bangkok as of Sunday night -- almost all of them well above the 50 AQI level: http://aqicn.org/station/bangkok And, here's what Bangkok's pollution levels by AQI have looked like over the past several years by month, with the red levels being unhealthy, the orange levels being unhealthy for sensitive groups, the yellow moderate, and the green good.

The latter are exempt!

1. Hope the accuser has already decamped to outside of Thailand, for his own safety and well-being. And I see that he has.... 2. This episode is yet another reminder that Thailand doesn't have a functional, widely used escrow system for would-be buyer's funds, to ensure that the funds only go to the developer when project milestones have actually been completed. With all the years of countless property scamming under the bridge here, I can only come to one conclusion as to why the circumstances remain as they are... and that's that the authorities in power want it that way.

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I don't think the lady who lost part of her leg in the escalator mishap at Don Mueang Airport lately had any issue with dangling shoelaces....

yep, just your ordinary, peace-loving, amiable farang expat "businessman" in Thailand! Now, "fitness businesses" aside, I wonder what his REAL business is here in LOS?

And apparently, all the other monks at this particular place condoned the guy's activities... since there doesn't seem to have been much of a secret about it.

And you think Thailand would suddenly become un-neutral then???

Thailand, aspiring to be the new Switzerland of Southeast Asia!!! ????

As the old song title used to go... "One is the Loneliest Number..." ????

I was going to ask... what the heck has become of that icon of Thai policing? Thanks for the update! I feel less "secure" already! ????

I believe BJ got yanked from that particular case at one point in the follow-up... though the reasons for that remain characteristically unclear.

They're all the SAME force..... But I believe Thong Lor was the station most specializing in that particular activity.

"Your hair's looking a bit long there, Mister... Tighten that up or else!!!" ???? "By the way, are you looking for a good deal on a rental house in Bangkok?"

And one would have to wonder, as some kind of police officer, just who would this guy's likely circle of acquaintances be??? I wonder if the wife is in any position to pick out faces or perhaps even name names.

Wow.... yet another sign the police establishment here is living in some kind of past century alternate reality to today's world: "The authorities firmly denied allegations of police negligence. According to their statement, the woman initially filed a complaint detailing the physical abuse she had endured from her husband. Law enforcement officials, upon review, classified this as a “normal domestic conflict” and chose not to pursue further investigation into her complaints."

Regarding the allegations in this case -- just when you think they've hit the bottom, they surprise you by showing that there's far farther for them yet to fall... and they're working their hardest to do so.

When I first moved to Thailand years ago, P&G was selling their standard Downy fabric softener packages in 700 or 800 ml volumes for a certain price. Today, many years later, the individual package price is pretty much the same.... but the quantity per package has decreased to 600, then 580, then 550 and I think lately down to 500 ml standard packages. Just one example among many.

They're starting with the BIG stuff, and then working their way down the list of priorities... Next up... what color paper towels to use in station bathrooms -- regular white or neutral beige...

Thailand's legal system on full display in all its glory.... One of a couple things likely to happen: --the guy will be out on bail and abscond to a neighboring country before ever serving a day of his sentence, or --perhaps he'll actually start serving his sentence, and will end up being released or pardoned or commuted before you can blink an eyelash. Thaksin and his hospital scam should be considered the new role model for all these guys.

And you might have wondered what happens to all the drugs when the RTP periodically announces they've seized X million pills of this or that....

In my various dealings with them in recent years, they've been pretty miserable in numerous respects... I would try to avoid them as much as possible.

In my experience at BKK CW doing the 800K annual retirement extension with a single normal bank savings account, they do NOT normally ask for formal bank-issued statements UNLESS for some reason they're not satisfied with receiving the other normal things, which include: --the bank letter confirming the balance in your account --examining your bank passbook and finding a transaction recorded earlier that same day. --receiving normal signed photocopies of your bankbook pages covering the past 12 month period. But sometimes there might be a gap in transactions as printed in your bankbook or maybe you got a new bankbook during the year and depending on how the banks handle that, it may lead to Immigration asking for a formal printed 12-month statement from your bank. But that's not been the norm there.

And in recent years now has a Central Mall there that provides additional shopping and eating options.