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Unbelievable, the Thai police in BMWs; just wondering who authorized this expense of survival importance. But yeah, those without anything in their undies drive such cars, if paid for by the tax payer it seems ????

"Drinking alcohol at the beach, carrying weapons and prostitution" wraps it up quite nicely; after all Pattaya is being visited for its beauty, butterfly farms and its reputation as a green family resort facility. Keep up the good work - we're all very proud of you!

Good luck to Thailand and its mostly uneducated electorate digging more graves for their future generations ........

The Philippines spring to mine, way better in dancing ...... and easier conversation ????

Correct me if I am wrong but this straight step to Thai nationality was only possible for a non-Thai wife married to a Thai man; to the best of my limited knowledge non-Thai men married to a Thai wife needed to be come a PR first. After five years of PR status an application for Thai nationality then could be filed ????

Close the shop, simple as that. It is commercially not possible to bring back TG where it was, there is no way to recuperate 330+ billion (not million) losses and, with all due respect, no Thai professional with the profile of a real CEO will ever enter that office. You will end up with yet another air-force-com-finance-ministry backside licker, most likely on the take as some of his predecessors who came after Chatichai Bunya-ananta. TG died with the forced departure of the latter, ever since the swan song kept the media busy with all sorts of scandals and irregularities. Nobody ever went after the proven, solid, kickbacks Rolls-Royce paid, nobody explains why half the fleet is parked indefinitely in U-Tapao and Bangkok while nobody explains how a completely bankrupt set-up like TG could take delivery of three brand-new B777; this time with First Class configuration as 30+ years ago. I've written off hard-earn cash I spent on TG air tickets which I never got refunded; I for one will never ever set foot on that airline.

Well, some of those being getting military marching orders might be subscribed into galley rowers then. To keep the rowing synchronized, how about getting Prawatch to hit the drums - between naps that is of course ???? This story will haunt the navy and serve as a humorous, albeit bloody expensive, continuation of the aircraft carrier saga some thirty years ago. An aircraft carrier without aircraft is befitting to a fleet of subs without engines. Well done, men in funny uniforms and colorful hats, keep up the good work and carry on stealing money by the train load; the electorate is fully aware of what is going on yet does quite apparently not mind the least 8-)

My guess is that the fellow will be lent to the Ministry of Inactive Posts. No stranger to the booze, he might even enjoy the break - before being reinstated with full regalia ........

a) an appropriate whack without leaving any traces is sometimes quite educational - at least when I was a kid some 60 years ago b) a teacher has no right to reprimand a child by hitting. If there is a problem, order the parents into school for a meeting to address the issue and inform them, that the student in question might be reported higher up for non-compliance and hence repeats the class c) the teacher in question is going to retire in which jail? I just ask as I'd like to visit the teacher to share my view on the story - verbally only without any physical contact though ????

....... and the winner is?

Another reason to give Phuket also in the future a miss. Vote with your feet and choose alternatives; plenty everywhere ???? Thailand's tourism will never get there where it was once and obvious daylight corruption on all levels are living proof!

So, in other words the Department of Inactive Posts under the Ministry of Inactive Posts has lost a member back to the trough? Asking for a friend ????

As long as I can see high-heeled office girls in neat outfits feeding stray dogs with Moo Ping or Chicken Vichienburi bites on their way to or from work ...... nothing will change. They do it for good luck, for mercy but certainly not in the interest of public health and safety. Rather collect all these dogs and neuter them; the number of stray dogs (and cats are on the increase as well) is unbelievable and must be in the millions ......... Education, education, education ...........

No surprises here; the correct answer would be separation of power ..........

See an immigration expert, KSS springs to mind. Check out www.kss.co.th for details; Khun Anuchai can be your man who touches applications only if he's sure to get the applicant through ???? Good luck

Prawit might need to be woken up properly to understand, what a landslide means. The rest of the cronies; get ready to pack and clear the stage. The winner took 301,000+ votes, second runner-up 126,000+ and third in line came through the finish with 116,000+. I personally do not care as the Thai electorate obviously does not care ever or intervene since 1932 ... Those successive governments got voted into office, irrespective of "legalized" coup, vote buying or other Asian miracles = you can only blame the voters for either getting "blinded" or by just sitting around and complaining but nothing more than that.

From a commercial point of view; I wonder how much cheaper the pork meat must have been in Brazil to send it across the Pacific via Singapore to a "neighbouring" country from where it got "smuggled" into Thailand to be sold at the local price levels. Taking the costs of a cool chain (freezing) of sea freight container transport, little envelopes at the "neighbouring" country, smuggler reefer truck to Thailand ....... the mind boggles. There's more to this story as well but in all fairness, who cares .............

Well, if you are more comfortable with Mawlamyine compared to Moulmein, if you know that Myanmar is pronounced MeeAnMah and not MyAnMar, if you can remember that Kyimyindaing was Kemmendine, the river Ayeyarwady is easier to remember as Irrawaddy - then all is OK. 45 years ago I visited a beautiful place called Maymyo and stayed at the Candacraig, my last visit was to Pyin U Lwin whereas the Thiri Myaing was closed for renovation. It is their language but on a forum like this I try to keep things understandable despite me being fluent in Myanmarese ငါ့အတွေးကို မင်းလိုက်နာနိုင်မယ်လို့ ငါမျှော်လင့်တယ်။ ????

Well, worst case scenario is to send the accredited ambassador to sit in ........

If the junta would have done it with less drumming, it might have worked for the crooks. The lady will live a saver life but it is yet to be seen, if it will be a happy life. She spoke her mind, a tip to the hat for that; there is future in Burma and it just takes continuous rattling of the cage. Rangoon will be breathing down Bangkok's neck but the heck ....... after all, its on the same democratic level between the two ????

Maybe, just maybe: get less toys for the army, air force and the navy allow any Thai citizen to study free, provided the student is finishing the programme within the earmarked framework of subject and duration As things stand now, it seems to be even a profitable business to the tune of 6,000,000,000 Baht. The quoted figures result in approx. 110,000 Baht per student. Well, I call this modern slavery; once the youngsters are out of education, the first thing is to work on repaying an average debt of 110K with a salary of 10K-15K gross a month. It does not require rocket science abilities to see where this is heading. The next generation(s) of this country will be equally shafted if nothing changes. The present beneficiaries of the status-quo though will be seeing rapid changes over time as the whole thing will backfire sooner or later, unless the issue is addressed in such a way, that also Thailand educates its people to their intellectual and not financial abilities; see Scandinavia or German-speaking Europe and then you will no longer wonder, why these countries have successful and profitable industries.

Prayut Verdict Day; the latest addition to public holidays? Just asking .......

See you further first ......... another one of those fantastic rulings and laws .....

Whatever you do, do better not tell Premchai Karnasuta .......

1) do not try your luck, chances that this idea goes South is ............... 2) TM6 (arrival/departure card) is still very much a piece of mandatory paper, UNLESS you enter and leave by air. If a border crossing happens overland (or possibly by ship for argument's sake) then the TM6 form is required. I do frequent crossings in Laos and they insist on TM6; another not quite coordinated handling of a government form ????