WinnieTheKhwai

What makes you think they are xenophobic, let's get that part out of the way first.. Most wouldn't agree with you that.

Women like that can turn anyone into a misogynist.

Assuming they weren't a bitter mysogynist bar stool expat before, of course.

Well, no matter what your opinion of the man or his motivations, it sure exposed some serious concerns in the Thai legal system when it comes to this area of the law book. Intentional or not doesn't really matter, it's a clear and present concern to many.

Not to mention that he SHOULD be allowed in politics.

Convicted criminals SHOULDN"T be allowed in politics, much less run a country, which seems to be what you are in favour of.

Only if it was a free and unbiased trial, which quite clearly isn't the case. Please. Do you actually believe those things you write?

LOL..

Chiang Mai gets a lot of those, these days..

But ehm, yeah, everyone should speak English! Especially in that expat ghetto that is the university area!

That's a correct number of digits.. just dial like you wrote, so 053 and then the six digits. If it doesn't work then the number is wrong or no longer in service.

i live in chiang mai thanks where songkran is a few days of childlike fun when everyone laughs and is happy. and the weapons aren't 'lethal' by the way. they're water pistols.

CM is better than Pattaya, doesn't last as long. I did Songkran there once. Ended up bloody from the large blocks of ice thrown at me and got an infection from the dirty water. Thanks but no thanks. BTW, if that powder isn't carcinogenic, I'll eat my hat.

If you're hat isn't carcinogenic I'll eat that chalk powder.

And I think Chiang Mai is blessed with such an abundant and relatively clean water supply all around town.. The municipality treats it with chlorine and stuff, kids swim in it.. how bad can it be?

BTW, in a proper water fight (not when throwing at dry people minding their own business) you absolutely need ice water. Regular water has no effect on wet person. That's why they sell the huge blocks of ice all around the moat; a necessary armament.

Good news. And I honestly hope that we'll see more initiatives like this, including perhaps a true liberal party. This means that everyone currently wearing a red shirt can stop worrying about Thaksin and actually choose a cause to support, rather than a person.

You employed your sister in-law as a maid .... what were you thinking?!

.... Don't tell me... you weren't thinking

Yup.

That's by far the biggest issue here.

If she wasn't family then yes, you would pay her during maternity leave. Not because it's the law because I seriously doubt you're officially employing her and paying tax and giving her social security, but because it's The Right Thing To Do.

Honestly if you live in Bangkok then misplacing your passport is a minor inconvenience at worst. And, why would you even lose it; how often do you lose other stuff that you have with you like your wallet, ATM cards etc. ??

Besides, it's the law, you need ID on you. Applies to you just as much as to Thais.

Are you advocating breaking the law on a public forum?

Give him a FAIR amount of money back and allow him to live in Thailand, but no more politics.

How on earth would you get him to keep his word? History tells us he's happy to go back on it.

Not to mention that he SHOULD be allowed in politics. He's achieved so much for so many people; letting those people down would be undemocratic. Also the current constitution and general structure is so that he couldn't become all dominant again. (And he must realize by now that this won't be allowed to happen).

So I completely agree with Bobbin. Also some posters here are so obsessed with Thaksin I honestly wonder why that is.

I still voted 'no', of course. Just won't happen, you need the military and you-know-which-institution to pull off a coup or forced change in govt.

Is p1p still making Jabberwocky? He has been in hiding recently.

I think he's on anti depressants, sobbing in a corner at the sight of what this forum, too, has become.

I would agree that the Queen Vic has the best bacon and sausages in Chiangmai,far better than Mad Dogs.I will try and find out where they buy them from.

Mad Dog gets their sausages from Makro so that should tell you something.

And... merge topics!? this one obviously is completely different. In fact I think all topics on this forum should be Falong-food related.

Everyone suddenly got real quiet about the weather and visibility..

What an awesome day yesterday, and this morning.. And that for March!!

Who wants to complain about good weather????

How hot is it really? Yesterday, Monday, at Hang Dong, my temperature guage,in the shade, hit 39 degrees and I would imagine the rest of the CM area was similar but Yahoo weather insists the max temperature is around 32 degrees. The 3 day forecast is for scattered thunderstorms max 31/32. Do they record the temperature in a fridge ?

Better stick with weather.com , and then only for the weather REPORTS, not any predictions which are wrong (or misleading at the very least) across the board, no matter what site you check.

This is yesterday, high of 37 : http://www.weather.com/outlook/travel/busi...amp;when=033109

I don't think any one dealer is better per se than others. It all depends on the individual vehicle.

Also, as dealers tend to be small, what if you did get a recommendation for a particular dealer then what are the chances he has the vehicle you're looking for?

I think a better angle of approach would be to find a reasonably experienced mechanic (possibly one working at the dealership of the car you're looking to buy) and pay the guy some money to check out a vehicle for you.

everyone on web thinks thaivisa is over moderated and filled with a bunch of losers complaining about this and that.

Well, you don't get to choose your members so I wouldn't fault TV for that. The other thingy you mention is number #847 on the list of things we shall not discuss, so can't comment on that! !

I definitely support some of the Red's causes, the ones that relate to bringing a feudal political system to an end, and I also think Thaksin was one of the best PM's ever. But at this point in time I think he makes the Red's point weaker.

I honestly can't wait until party time.. 12 more nights... Feels just like that last two weeks before Christmas when I was five..

Bring on the parTEY!!!!

Jesus F. Christ... So many people responding without first having a peek at the Calendar...

Thing is with Thai politics around April, you're never really sure what is a joke, and that's no joke.

the only thing it would ensure is that police and possibly army kick them out.

It's not that those were actually ineffective against PAD, it's that the leadership wanted PAD there.

I think they're both utterly vile in their biased editorials. No wait, I think The Nation is slightly worse because it 'seems' more of an official policy whereas in the Bangkok post at least it's presented as individual opinion, and VERY rarely a counter view at least gets in.

Won't stay that way, it'll get even better real soon.

LOL.. funniest frankly are some of the replies here.. Other than that, I'm a big fan of Clarkson and try to find every last scrap of Top Gear vids on the Internet. In fairness though, the has written funnier columns than this one. And what a huge opportunity missed to make fun of expats in SE Asia..

Showing my age here, but I miss the old Bar Beer Center when it was the best bar place in town..

(Or at least it was in my memories; objectively speaking it probably wasn't any better than the bar center with the boxing ring on Loi Kroh is today)

I have very good experiences with Neramit also. Would use him again. (k. Wirat I believe)