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3 hours ago, Artisi said:

Could be interesting times coming for some, not so pleasant for others. 

sufficiently cryptic...

4 hours ago, Beggar said:

No. We don't want to wait so long. As usual we make our own story. 

yes...and parallel we wait for the next "escapade" of someone with bad luck

6 hours ago, Pilotman said:

went down to the beaches just west of Chantaburi last weekend, the surf was high and the red flags almost invisible. they were there, but hidden behind trees, and buildings.  Not a lot of use in those locations.  No lifeguards to be seen at their stations.  Some people paddling but nobody in the sea swimming.  Lots of signs warning of strong rip tides, but the signs all in Thai. So not much use to tourists. Mind you, the water there is a lovely light green and clear as a bell, very inviting. 

with all these people either coming from Nanny States (W-Europe, AU, NZ etc.) or having an extremely tiny brain: I don't need flags, people who chase me away from the beach, no loud speakers, no barriers ... I just look at the surf and tell myself "blimey"

21 hours ago, mtls2005 said:

Yeah, can't see the "Curtain Hotels" filing a TM30. 

 

 

 

 

friend says "for the first time they did last week", now he is not going to present his documents anymore -- let the "fiancee" do this

13 hours ago, UKresonant said:

I think Krungsi are ahead of the pack with the FCD, electronic plastic card for in branch, ATM card for their machines, and nice paper statements through the post every so often. More likely the other banks will reduce the use of passbooks eventually. Also they could print the last 12 months of transactions for me, in a few minutes, when I asked them (in branch last month) ???? All inbound SWIFT transfers coded SWF...

one of the advantages with KrungSri having Japanese roots...

3 hours ago, Peterbkk99 said:

A reflection of the values of Thai society. Sad.

for me it is o.k. coz it predominantly reflects all the hot air around in this country in all walks of society

14 hours ago, OneEyedPie said:

The pink ID card also appears to be the Thai way of embarrassing male expats.  Quite effeminate if you ask me.  

only for certain western countries, pink appears to be quite queer for guys.

In Thailand, PINK is the colour of Tuesday and many males do  walk around in pinkish outfit (shirt, cap, tie, shawl/bandana sometimes)

8 hours ago, RobMuir said:

Thaivisa notes that Thai women frequently encounter problems abroad due to the large number of their compatriots who work in the sex industry and travel to countries like Taiwan to work. 

 

The Thai women are world famous for the sexual services they provide across the globe. 

 

If you tell people you have a thai girlfriend or wife most will assume she is a prostitute. They might not say it, but they think it.

 

I am guilty of that as well. Probably because most of the farang thai couples that I have met the woman was a sex worker.

Just the way it is.

what's wrong with a woman who was a sex worker before? Now she is a highly skilled, specialized wife with lots of valuable contacts!

3 hours ago, Vacuum said:

How could the container truck fall over, looks like a straight road?

wind, gusts

sofar, used the Pinky on many occasions, mostly hotels, SIM card purchase, post office (!) when sending small parcels to overseas etc.

question: a Pinky with an integrated, readable chip would be state-of-the-art: any news on that?

here's today's news for all of those glorifying these trash people...

14 hours ago, Wilsonandson said:

So helping dogs is more important than helping people. Is this what the new law means?

why do you want to distort reality? in most cases it is not "people" it is gang / mafia rackets behind each and every beggar: THEY get the biggest piece of the cake not their "employee" (= the beggar whom the mafia owns)

and as for the farang beggars who are free-lance con artists without mafia ties (but maybe have relatives who at the same time go for crowd funding as easy means of living in TH):

Kick them out of Thailand right away

4 hours ago, KittenKong said:

800,000 Baht plus 850 Baht. What was the 850 Baht for? Service charge?

 

Even when you are paying a massive bribe they find a way to nickel and dime it upwards.

 850 thb = entertainment tax

2 hours ago, observer90210 said:

Why does Thailand attract such idiots ?

maybe they blend easily here?

6 hours ago, ChipButty said:

What are you supposed to do? leave it there and dont touch it?

leave it there, dont touch it - might contain a bomb!

6 hours ago, brewsterbudgen said:

The photos on the Daily Mirror page are very different to the one the GoFundMe page.

might be "3 different little girls" looking for a cure...

20 hours ago, Jingthing said:

Hi there. If you were ordered you must go back to show your bank book in 90 days. I do not think you need a bank letter for that. If so yours would be the first report like that. It's not determined yet if any offices will be ordering later reports for the 400k.

I totally agree they're jerking us around.

I'm learning Spanish.

Sent from my Lenovo A7020a48 using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile app
 

"I'm learning Spanish" -- oooh, I thought there's only very, very few Thai speaking Spanish...

23 hours ago, aspenbkk said:

i was down beach road this morning from soi 7 to walking street and it was deserted very little chinese and thais sitting looking totally fed up so it is having a big effect for sure with the condition of the beach craters everywhere maybe they need advice from people who know about this issue.

all they need ist surely not more sand (to be washed away again) but a busload full of good head shrinkers to take care of the tourists professionally - they shouldn't be too sad about a lost holiday and a non-existing nice beach...

6 hours ago, darksidedog said:

Says absolutely nothing other than a load of waffle about doing "something" while reinforcing the blatant racism Thailand has towards black people.

no one cares about the ever-diminishing white minority in TH anymore, the final blow to all "whitish" will be the Indians (I saw them last night again on BR in droves, a fairly unpleasant, ever- increasing bunch...to say the least)

4 hours ago, bkkcanuck8 said:

or can't plan ahead if you cannot manage 24 hours without alcohol...

yes, why don't you learn from and copy the drug addicts, they always have some stuff hidden somewhere - just in case....

52 minutes ago, Ochomo said:

I must tell you that this is a very racist place. Funny thing is the most racist posters always claim to not be racist which basically means, "do not point out that am being racist!". In their thinking, how dare Thailand receive tourists from anywhere apart from Europe and how dare these tourists behave differently? 

most Westerners in TH simply adopt to their extremely racist TH environment so that the two will get along happily

1 hour ago, soistalker said:

I think Thailand is desperate to shed its image as a prostitution-riddled country. The Russians and Chinese are not into the whores. There may be a decrease in spending on prostitutes, but there will never be a reduction in the number of prostitutes. Thailand is full of them. 

how can any governmental body "reduce prostitution"? they are absolutely not interested in harsh measures, which would reduce their "cut". By the way: the country is not riddled with prostitutes, the lasses are beneficial to the economy and national health (without them, 90% of all Thai males would permanently blow their fuses...)