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A step in the right direction; use gasoline and petrol tax income to run the public transport system. Maybe a little longer than a week, say like as of today onwards forever. Yet it is only a very small drop of water on a very hot stone; try to stop the burning of rice and sugar cane fields. This has to be taken to millions of underpaid, indebted and uneducated farmers which usually form the majority of the voter base, is controllable with the little envelopes on the campaign trail though. The problem now is, that the very same corrupt electorate, which has been voting nicely for the dinosaurs at the top, are the very same majority voter base for those governments. The goons in the government (literally all of them for all I know) now cannot breathe down the neck of the same farmers as they would for sure lose millions of votes in the next election. And, as long as education is a negligible nuisance on the budget, as long as teachers are semi-divine and the teaching material hardly worth the paper is is printed on - you get a perfect cocktail of "you cannot have your cake and eat it". Just wondering when the leadership comes up with rain-making flights again or will set up misters all over Bangkok (at exorbitant pricing procured of course) to ineffectively try, what nature has been doing since its existence!

Stopping the burning of rice and sugar cane fields with fines will not happen. The governments in succession canvassed very professional, with the help of a little "token of appreciation", the votes for as long as I can think back. The problem now is, that the very same corrupt electorate, which has been voting nicely for the dinosaurs at the top, are the very same majority voter base for those governments. So, apart from little envelopes, the goons in the government now cannot breathe down the neck of the same farmers as they would for sure lose millions of votes in the next election. And, as long as education is a negligible nuisance on the budget, as long as teachers are semi-divine and the teaching material hardly worth the paper is is printed on - you get a perfect cocktail of "you cannot have your cake and eat it". Just wondering when the leadership comes up with rain-making flights again or will set up misters all over Bangkok (at exorbitant pricing procured of course) to ineffectively try, what nature has been doing since its existence!

Define offenders: a) the farmers slash-and-burning the land they are working on b) the loan sharks breathing down the farmers necks on overdue payment of interest and principal repayment of loans for seeds, fertilizers etc c) the buyers of rice and sugar cane, squeezing the prices to rock-bottom levels allowing literally almost no earning for the farmer d) the education system of Thailand keeping those farmers ignorant as their fathers and forefathers e) those benefitting of the products like feed mills and the few selected rice traders creaming off real top cream Yet Anutin, like all his cronies, are on very thin ice. The very same farmers they want to hunt in droves and threatened with legal consequences (whatever those are) are the very same people being those political parties backbone as electoral voter base. So giving those farmers a tough time instead of going after the real culprit might backfire and the dinosaurs got some taste of that in 2019, and much more already in 2023. You may now kiss the ring 😉

Given the fact, that Thailand today declares 2568 on their calendar it is fair to attest, that they've arrived at the 21st century. The 400+ years in between will be yet another uphill battle and the winning of the latter I will not be blessed to witness. As long as retiree visa extensions require new photos of the house number (which has not changed in the last 20 years) as well as photos from the complete house front including the complete roof (the top 10 centimeters of roof were not on the photo anymore), as long as all the photocopies have to be signed, and not only that but non-conditionally only with blue ink ........ You may now kiss the ring!

That's the actual clip of the incident; the elephant must have been terrified Nong Bua Lamphu Elephant Firework.mp4

....... enjoying the atmosphere on Pattaya Beach ....... Shortly, after midnight, on beach road of the planet's biggest place of ill repute? Really?

I am aware of your point; my statement said clearly "Elephants, like literally all other animals, be it cattle, domestic animals like dogs or cats"; I do not consider elephants or cattle "domesticated". Apart from that, the fear of fireworks (unknown why actually) is well documented and should be avoided as it is - in all fairness - nothing but blowing money into the sky of the night 😞

I did not dare to quote what he said but yes, racism is alive and kicking well among some selected few 😉

Albert Einstein © “Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe." Elephants, like literally all other animals, be it cattle, domestic animals like dogs or cat, panic completely around fireworks. Is it the hissing sound or the colourful kaleidoscopic palette of light - I do not know. But, as said, everybody knows, that animals are scared sh*t whenever fireworks are lit for the pleasure of humans ....... I am not a do-gooder or a tree-hugger but quite obviously we all could do without fireworks which scare almost animals to death - just saying!

Did I not read recently that he was commenting on the imperfection of African females and that Thai ladies would be sooooo much more beautiful and attractive. Well, I don't know, but does Naomi Campbell have, apart from her British citizenship, also a passport of the Land of the Semi-Divine called Thailand? Just asking for clarification of facts 😉

The men of the cloth ....... again, irrespective of being Buddhist, Catholic or our bearded fidel friends from the dunes of the sand .......... They need to face the music through a normal court in the country of where it happens; being a cleric means being a cleric and nothing else. Defrocking is not an issue for a horn*y woman chaser - trust me!

Would you have the names of the respective Apps for iPhone by chance?

You must be kidding. Working from home in a complicated country like Thailand? Anywhere else you can call a supplier, supermarket or department store to find out, if/what they have on stock/sale/available. Try this very simple business transaction in Thailand? What a joke - seriously. Maybe the government tries to do something they've been instructed and paid to do; do not treat the symptoms but solve the problem. Drastic financial fines, jail sentences are the answer. The problem in Lalala-Land is always the same - enforce existing rules, regulations and laws. Alternatively forget about the entire government mammoth, stop publishing the royal gazette with new/amended laws, close the courts and just let anarchy overrun whatever is still left to be overrun. Pathetic nonsense; maybe someone kicks a couple of ar*ses connected to government brains ..........

a) where are public toilets; a claim unanswered for decades b) Somchai the cabbie drivers have been seen peeing and crap*ing anywhere along the highway in the Land of the semi-divine c) considering the untreated waste water pumped into the Gulf of Thailand I would consider Indian urine the least of the problems. The waste water treatment plant in Pattaya, on enquiry, confirmed back in the day, that they would run it only if "high person come make visit" Resting my case 😉

I just got the following reply concerning motorbikes heading to/from Cambodia (Osmach as given as example) Quote Cambodia maybe one of the easiest to cross, can enter and exit at any point, but you must tell them first. Passport picture and picture passport page and owners page from green book and you're good to go unquote Reliable source who did it less than a month ago - just in case 😉

Shoot those dirty alien farangs on site. Once everyone is gone, bring in the body snatchers for watches, gold chains, cash and credit cards. Once the looting is over, then concentrate on the remaining 99.5% of Thais who are either absolutely brain dead, blessed with semi-divine arrogance or absolute ignorance. These is hardly any of those tens of thousands of 7/11 - just to mention one example - where Thais "park" their vehicles. It rather looks like Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport of Saigon/Ho Chi Minh City on 30 April 1975, when the last flights left. The lawlessness of those non-Thai bikers is not acceptable, no doubt, by why not starting with your own people. Once that is sorted, the non-Thai bikers will automatically understand, that this is a civilized country with regulations, rules and laws. The present situation rather reflects absolute anarchy, chaos and it makes you wonder, what all those geeks in brown uniforms do all over the country apart from acting as highway robbery squadrons to squeeze cash out of drivers rather than ........ do the job they are actually hired and paid for! You now my kiss the ring!

Reverting on this; shall check - maybe some other readers can feed in their knowledge/experience meanwhile 😉

There I cannot help you but I know of people who did it with whom I can recheck. - the green registration book is in your name Yes/No? - yellow house book; take it along yet I never ever had to prove any residence issues. The Cambodians do not care and have no clue what a yellow house book is all about. Let me know and I can recheck with some who just did it last month

Now this becomes interesting. How do you leave Thailand into Cambodia at border post A and leave Cambodia through border post B? I was told that you have to: - deposit your blue car registration book with authorities; the poster could not say if Thai or Cambodia - insurance would not be possible (I found a way, complicated, through a insurance company in Phnom Penh For how long do they let you into Cambodia and can you enter Cambodia from Thailand and leave Cambodia for Laos? Laos is a walk in the park; there I know exactly how that works. Thanks for eventual input on the catalogue of questions 😉

What a joke by the semi-divine racists. All the while they blocked all non-Thai accounts with PayPal - wondering seriously, who would launder substantial money amounts through PayPal in the first place. Do they sell condos in Thailand now through PayPal and credit cards too?

Book him and let the court find out, if it was attempted manslaughter or attempted murder - should state an example for the rest of the taxi mafia. But, like everything else in this country - no/very poor law enforcement for the (usual) beneficial financial success in the law-and-order league!

Democracy Thai style - explained 😉

Bla Bla Bla ......... again a verbal fart by a semi-divine excellency on a subject he has no clue about it. ENFORCE the go*dam* law for once, there is no way around it. And, contrary to popular belief, nature does not obey any human made laws - not even if Thai law tries to be applied! You may now kiss the ring ..........

While the tourism promotion board keep blowing their own trumpets of what kind of super destination all those rip-off places in Thailand are. The authorities sit around idle, some of them of course on the take as well. This country is doomed and needs a proper, cold reset rather sooner than later.

Go back to the classroom and teach kids basics, common sense, querying and dialogue - not only monologue by sometimes unqualified teachers which are still considered semi-divine. A friend's wife, arguably not the brightest candle on the cake, does not answer phone calls from unknown numbers like delivery boys etc. He listed some articles for sale - a genuine undertaking - customers called his (Thai speaking) wife's number which he listed to facilitate discussion and was utterly surprised, that nothing happened. When checking with his wife she had 57 different numbers of potential buyers; not answered as she was afraid of scammers. You may now kiss the ring!