Sydebolle

Trust me, never ever seen having a problem. As long as it is registered on one of the back pages of the car registration book (blue); 2x4, 4x4 on 2-, resp. 4-door vehicles. Without registration the highway robbery team along the highways of the Land cream you for anything between 400 - 1000 Baht.

You're living in a country, where bikes (full cash price THB 47'000) cost THB 1'500/monthly - for the next 72 months; for good measure the finance company is kind enough to throw in a bike to ease the pain 8-). MLR hovered between 6% - 8% on a mortgage of a million while the collateral was worth 150% - now you go and figure!

And if you take the one smelling of Toorian, then you get extra points. What a way of self-ridiculing bureaucracy ????

600 (reduced) generals save THB 1'400'000'000 - quite an interesting amount, considering their actual postings into the Ministry of Inactive Posts. This clocks up to be almost THB 200'000/general/month. Explains possibly the lavish spending of the army on toys like aircraft carriers (parked in bright sunshine in Sattahip for the last 35 years), the three submarines (initially ordered without engines), the aircraft (the Thai air force wants to replace while the very same planes are being delivered to Ukraine by the NATO war chest), helicopters of which countless are not working anymore due to lack of ........ let's not go there. This tax generation, to feed those hungry army boys, might explain partly the doubled booze pricing, the exorbitant prices on pick-ups and vehicles etc. etc. With all that money they could make so much better use of it .............

You're right, there is a difference between a mortgage and a consumer credit. Here in Thailand though you hardly find anyone who knows the difference and a mortgage at close to 10% annually is higher than a consumer credit in most European countries. So, in all fairness, the banks/finance companies borrow you money and throw in, for good measure, a house, bike or a car .......

Yawn again, just publish the weather charts - more interesting than this repetitive nonsense on army, police and corruption in the same sentence/article. Too much of a bad thing is ........ not only bad but boring 8-)

Many more such stories could happen; too many people leave their unpaid houses early morning, drive with their unpaid cars to do a job they do not like and if anything goes wrong ....... like losing the job. Cash is King and never spend money you do not have.

It's throwing siht at random again; the dinosaurs will use every possible, legal or not, common sense or not, to stay in power. If Pitha Limcharoenrat gets disqualified, then there is a fair chance of a civil war. Last time round the boys in uniform just nullified 6+ million votes, this time it is more than double that; Bangkok alone had ONE candidate elected in who was NOT MFP. The army plays with very flammable, explosive issues this time round ...... and all this has absolutely nothing to do with going forward with Thailand, which is in the doldrums of political, touristic, monetary and economic crisis ???? The writing is on the wall in big red capital letters ........

Let's celebrate this possibly last day of no booze on Buddhist holiday. All other Buddhist countries do not have a "no alcohol" law to suppress the underlings for no reason. And, should the 14 million voters get their government, there is light at the end of the tunnel, that also this nonsense comes to a screeching end. Not, that I care but it is overdue to get rid of all those nappy governments to tell you to open your fly prior to go for a leak!

What was Nipit Intarasombut's rank in the military - if at all?

To all the international exhibitors and non-Thai visitors alike - the message is clear. Welcome to Thailand! And, thank you to the Thai authorities to keep this Pandora box - over the last 40 years this subject keeps popping up; unlike other Asian capitals where exhibitors and visitors have the alternative of a public skytrain/subway or most frequent shuttle buses. But, in all fairness, why should Impact be different to the rest of the country?

Well, he must have glued quite some printed paper of the eyes of many on his odysee from Phuket via Hanoi, Paris to Oslo - me thinks! Reminds me of Charles Sobhraj some 40+ years ago in Bangkok ... he just walked out of an interrogation room of Bangkok's finest but ultimately spent more than half his life behind bars.

Beware though, the bootleggers are in full swing at Tachilek again - the price of 400 B is appropriate though ????

How can they "warn individuals idling at the area not to sell sexual services" if there is no prostitution. According to local laws and regulations, prostitution is prohibited and we all know, what that means. Here the semi-divines follow the laws more than the alien and, needless to say, never pass on a few red or a purple piece of paper in the privacy of a shady place ???? Or am I misunderstanding this again?

Well, the US' heydays date back 50 years ago and ever since their influence in this part of the world went downhill - excellent news!

The photos say it all - let's get rid of all those nasty alien and dirty farang. Welcome the Chinese zero-dollar-tourists and the Southasian crowd. I am happy to attest, that quite obviously Phuket's finest have cleaned up their little island of virginity from all those bad Thai elements and now can concentrate on all those feeding fish illegally - I feel very safe in Phuket now!

90% less zero-dollar-tourists shouting and screaming all over the land with their mostly unacceptable behavior of littering the path they leave behind.

Choice between getting expelled next year as dinosaur or betting on some non-democratic interventions by the present placeholders ...... decisions, decisions ........

Ruangkrai Leekitwattana is as colourful as his loud shirt. No party in a coalition is ridding itself of "independence" but well, he might have studied political science in a rice bowl?

Bring 'em in - all those millions of zero-dollar-tourists. Congratulations to TAT, well done ????

And the baby; Khun "Taa" might be delighted to see the next generation in person ????

You can sell those old F16s to NATO, as per G7 there is cash and permits and might be a good deal for all. As they budgeted new equipment, there is ample space for some "expenses" between buyer and seller ????

And me fool always thought that the senate works in the interest of its people ........ wrong again!

I rather read an "endorsement" of the junta brothers who ran Thailand over the last nine years - a certain quality in the Burmese statement .......

Interesting indication - the generals across the border are getting scared too - right so! Maybe the Thai dinosaurs should all congregate in Naypiyadaw, declare the latter a separate country and leave Thailand as well as Myanmar in peace ....... wishful thinking? Well, we shall see ????