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On 12/25/2016 at 1:02 PM, BangkokTony said:

Maybe I worry too much.  One account has a PIN number known only to me.  The other is a fixed deposit with no card.

Both of which can be accessed with your signature which he now has in your passport copies.

Stop the accounts quickly.

2 hours ago, stevenl said:

If the aim of the warning is to reach the people on the island, it might be a good idea then to rethink their communication strategy.

 

It is not working at the moment with the warnings reaching the people after the event.

It was widely disseminated through the local media from the 29th.

What would you like? A telegram...?

8 hours ago, Briggsy said:

The trouble with these threads is that the topic quickly gets shifted to the legalisation particularly by the pro-cannabis side.

 

My point is the thread is discussed as if Thailand were a developed Western nation with a firm rule of law, without endemic corruption and the ability to make mature decisions in the national interest and not in the interest of powerful lobby groups.

 

I would like to see more posters focusing on the legalisation of drugs in a Thai context and not in an American or European context which is largely irrelevant here.

Deluded response.

1 minute ago, silent said:

Those were examples and the question was more about logic wasn't it?

The logic is sound.

You just can't see it.

45 minutes ago, craigt3365 said:

Road rage violence, murders, etc, are not victim-less crimes.  Smoking pot is.  At the least, it should be decriminalized.  Nobody should go to jail for 10 years for possessing some pot.  A fine, perhaps, jail, no way.

Yep. (Except for the fine bit...)

1 hour ago, jaltsc said:

“He believes the move is necessary because the government has failed to curb them. “

 

I agree with this move, but the logic baffles me.

 

Is he going to remove road rage violence, murders, etc. from the crime list because the government has failed to curb them?

The logic is sound.

Prohibiting road rage, etc helps alleviate these problems and has no side effects.

Prohibiting drugs, while it may deter some from partaking, causes massive collateral damage to people's health and to society in general.

Prohibition is a brain dead policy.

I thought up until quite recently MBP's had user replaceable batteries and RAM.

No...?

4 hours ago, timewilltell said:

The biggest loan sharks are those buying property under sale with right of redemption, many using banks to launder money and all supported by the justice system which sees buying stolen property as a house at 40% of value, with interest charged upfront and ongoing at 36 - 48% as all OK because otherwise the loan sharks would not be encouraged to buy.  This reasoning explained by a judge to me as victim and shown by several judgements.  Loan sharking will not be outlawed until the mindset changes.  Of course buying a stolen car at 50% of value outright and with no interest menas you are guilty of buying stolen goods.  Explain that to me in logic!

I'd like to give it a go, but you will have to explain your post to me in English first...

What's a BM?

13 hours ago, Pacificperson said:

I use an 18 volt, battery operated angle grinder most of the time. Its a whole lot less hassle than dealing with extension cords most of the time.

14.4v is fine. An amazing tool...

7 hours ago, teacherpaul said:

It really beggars belief that a race so far down the food chain could ever call themselves the master race.

I sincerely hope that you're not actually a teacher, Paul.

^^^

Sounds like double Dutch to me but thanks for the reply. I'll check out the book.

I don't pay any tax, do I have to claim?

Yes, you would have to file a tax return to get the benefit.

Two things to add to the reference to Schwab,. Excellent trades when it's a Thai stock, all handled by Phatra. But the shares, as always with non Thai brokers are held in nominee name, without even for the asking and even if you ask otherwise..... because the first thing to know about the Thai stock market is that the dividends give an extra kick of the corporate tax paid ahead of the dividend, if you are in Thailand for 180 days in any tax year. The kick is usually worth 3/7 of the dividend paid so a 7% yielding Thai stock actually has a cash payout of 10%. Very nice. I've been filing for these more than 10 years in a row. You keep the orange mailer from the TSD. As for the general gist, the Thai stock market is great because it is one market run by a single computer system, except for a few big lot outside trades. Everyone has a fair shot, and you can act as a market maker yourself. That's one way to work it. Books! Al Brooks trilogy. Very difficult to read, because he was a real trader. But if you can pick up the gist of it... it works in heady markets, which we are headed for now I think. Especially with DW warrants, whereas you can instantly go short as well as long on most Thai bigcaps. Enjoy! And profit! Brooks books are titled about "Price Action". You have to have nerves of steel, though, because the market almost always moves against you for a short time. Always. And number 1, if you ain't at least a little bit scared... you are making a mistake. A good trade is always hard to do. That's not Brook's, but you know it applies everywhere but especially here I think. The action is short timed, as the undervalued long term picks either are very rare (were bought in on as we went from 300 to 1,400 on the general SET index) or already in play.. but there are still a few!

This will vary, depending on the company's tax status. There may even be no franking at all.

the younger generation is totally useless and brain dead for the most part, faces glued to mobiles, reading shallow worthless garbage.

Brilliant irony! I've never read better.

You, sir, are a master satirist.

Thank you for your post.

Muslims on every street corner, run most shops, run Krabi airport security and many on the airplane to and

from Bangkok-Krabi.

OK... So...?

You may save a tiny bit of time at the airport. There is often a separate queue for "bag drop" as opposed to "check-in". You can also pick your seat before everybody else.

However, I take your point, it makes little difference.

are you saying that if we have already picked our seat then we can proceed direct to the bag drop line instead of the checkin line- if we do prior online checkin?

Gee, you're getting really good at this now.

Go to the top of the class!

If they don't have a passport or ID card I think you need a birth certificate for a minor.

Ok, I'll bite 'cause I've had some beers...

No, I don't regret it.

Because she's great and is a great mother to our kids.

8 years.

I just hope nobody calls him a genius, he was certainly a good boxer in his day but not a patriotic American, and hardly a modest man, nor a good husband or father. He was a serial adulterer and misogynist. Many of his early views were very racist. Certainly an icon of the 60's who had some good qualities despite his faults.

He was a genius...

How many lives did her yaba sales ruin ? How many teenagers did she sell to who then stole from their parents, gave up educational opportunities and made other's live's miserable hells. ?

Yes...it is quite fair for drug sellers. For Users maybe harsh...but for dealers...throw the book at them.

She hasn't ruined any lives except her own. Every single user is solely responsible for their own life choices, unless they're human slaves being forced to use the product, in which case the slave masters are the criminals, not the sales people.

How do you know that someone has had there lives ruined because the woman SOLD drugs to a young person who then committed a crime under the influence of the drug . Don't you think that that has ruined the person and his/her mum and dad lives as well

By this logic, when someone hits a pedestrian while driving drunk we should lock up the bar owner.

Is that a good idea?

Not sure any of these replies get it right.

You should explain in the minutest detail every morsel you've eaten in the last 48 hours.

To do otherwise is quite impolite.

Planes land on the path that puts them landing into the wind as far as is possible.

A tail wind can turn a plane over.

I'm a retired US native English (well, American English) speaker with 105 graduate hours beyond my masters in education, taught high school students as a career, so I have "creds". Teaching is something of a "performing art" so those who see it as similar to being doctor or dentist are just off, imo. You will compete for their attention just like having a TV talk show. You seem to want to do well, and that is half the battle. Pay attention to what works and what doesn't and adapt. Results may vary. There are teachers with Phd's that couldn't teach a kid how to tie shoes, and there are teachers with no paperwork who are fantastic.

Wondering if doing well enough and having doubt can be a good thing. That discomfort could spur you on to do better. Don't expect lots of external rewards, praise, etc. Doesn't seem to go with the territory in my experience. I might consider it a plus that you are non-native speaker: you no doubt have bumped up against the rather chaotic areas of English so can empathize with the students in ways native speakers couldn't.

Good luck, hope you do it, and maybe report back to us in a few months.

As an educated "educator" would you willingly allow your children to be "taught" by an unqualified "teacher" who was recruited in Super market ?

Probably, depending on their role in the process.

If Christiano Ronaldo offered to come and help your kids with ball skills, would you say, "No way, you're not a qualified teacher..."?

Since when are hooligans aehh football players teachers? Please wake me up when you grew up. Thanks for your kindness.

You clearly enjoyed a few cold ones after school on Thursday.

I hope the head didn't hurt too much on Friday morning.

I have encountered Americans that still use the term oriental.

You've just used it again!

Stop it...!

I'm a retired US native English (well, American English) speaker with 105 graduate hours beyond my masters in education, taught high school students as a career, so I have "creds". Teaching is something of a "performing art" so those who see it as similar to being doctor or dentist are just off, imo. You will compete for their attention just like having a TV talk show. You seem to want to do well, and that is half the battle. Pay attention to what works and what doesn't and adapt. Results may vary. There are teachers with Phd's that couldn't teach a kid how to tie shoes, and there are teachers with no paperwork who are fantastic.

Wondering if doing well enough and having doubt can be a good thing. That discomfort could spur you on to do better. Don't expect lots of external rewards, praise, etc. Doesn't seem to go with the territory in my experience. I might consider it a plus that you are non-native speaker: you no doubt have bumped up against the rather chaotic areas of English so can empathize with the students in ways native speakers couldn't.

Good luck, hope you do it, and maybe report back to us in a few months.

As an educated "educator" would you willingly allow your children to be "taught" by an unqualified "teacher" who was recruited in Super market ?

Probably, depending on their role in the process.

If Christiano Ronaldo offered to come and help your kids with ball skills, would you say, "No way, you're not a qualified teacher..."?