Sydebolle

Yet another proof of absolute brainlessness of those 1d1ots running this country. Either it is a Buddhist reason - only applicable in Thailand as Buddhists in Burma/Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam have no such booze ban on any Buddhist holiday. Or they pack it up behind "health" issues like the present virus desaster! To prevent more infections, Thailand has banned booze - quite obviously the virus is an alcoholic! Are these people for real?

Shoot those dirty farang - because of them the target was not met - how dare they misbehave like that?

Never mind, it was just an honest mistake - what a stupid 1d1ot!

I just want the money back which I paid to them more than a year ago. I - for one - will never ever set foot on any of their aircraft!

What a relief, not as bad as 2011. Yet, still the same pr1cks and 1d1ots at the controls of the dams, most likely = flood recurring!

Battery finished and out of warranty! Somnana .......

Good luck with that one. So, what happens to those +/- 2 million "entertainment workers" who made a direct/indirect living of working in Turish Baths, Karaokes, Bar Beers and the like? All going into BLUE now? Just asking for a friend!

The vaccinations, initially for Thais first and non-Thais last, saw a complete change overnight. While Thais still wait for whatever they are getting vaccinated, all of a sudden the non-Thai crowd could get vaccinated free of charge in an orderly manner with the vaccination of their choice. But you might possibly have missed that initial complain and overseas pressure put on Thailand. In saying that, I also disagree to the present system of preferential treatment of non-Thais. With much less bureaucracy and open vaccination centres on a walk-in against ID basis (Thais = ID card, non-Thais passport) all this rant would be over long time ago already.

Those where the days, when HM Rama V, as an absolute monarch at that time, wisely created Royal State Railways of Siam which facilitated logistics and control over Siam. This transportation department then changed its name in 1951 to today's SRT. The agency is listed as a state enterprise and hence belongs to the people, if I am not mistaken. Land given by HM in the past to this state agency was a gift and not a purchase and, most likely, to be used specifically to run a railway. SRT dodgy if not shady land deal with Central Department Store in Ladprao springs to mind which got renewed after the first 30-years-lease expired. Up to then, the land was leased to Central at apparently THB 8 million ...... a year that is, while the market relevant rent would closer to a billion. See what King Power has to shell out to the Airport Authority of Thailand for their duty free monopoly. If SRT considers offloading assets given to them - as they have no use of them (i.e. land) .......... then this state agency (belonging to the people of Thailand) should return the asset to either the Crown or to the people of Thailand - me thinks! Wikipedia tells us, that SRT's budget from the central government for their financial year of 2019 was 9,987 million Baht. In 2017, the SRT lost 17 billion Baht and had "suffered" a loss every year since it was turned into a state-owned enterprise under the Transport Ministry in 1951 - to this date approx. 100 billion Baht. Its annual operating losses are estimated at a minimum of 10 billion Baht. In 2017 the military government budgeted more than 76 billion Baht for SRT infrastructure investments. All this for a network of approx. 4'000kms of tracks or - compared to highways - a hefty 1% (one percent) of the 390'000kms of highways ...... the mind boggles and if they now start to dispose of assets they never bought, you might wonder if not closing the whole shop and privatizing it to some real professionals might be the answer. So happened in many other instances on public transportation losing money head over heels yet, once privatized, started minting money.

Just to spell it out in clear ENGLISH: The State Railways of Thailand is sitting on assets given to them by the government. The Government is chosen by the people. So the SRT sits on assets given to them by the people to operate their business. If they now go and sell any assets (which do not belong to them), then it is nothing but stealing from the tax payer for personal enrichment of all those corrupt pigs and clowns running the show there. What a disgrace for a "modern" country in the 21st century! Despicable!

Has anyone told Anutin that he is a part of the problem and not the solution? If he and his cronies, underlings, helpers and assistants would have done his job, then the entire country would have been vaccinated over already.

Well, you cannot make money on donated jabs, can you?

The picture by the OP is more than clear, in what kind of situation the entire healthcare in this country is. The selected few get whatever they need, the dirty farang audience had to bark very loud and finally is at the beginning of the queue. The small fry in the countryside with genuine health issues is killed by bureaucracy; sent from A to B to C to D, back to B and finally ...... they cannot help him. One hospital charges for CD-scan and the patient is sent to the next hospital, which cannot read the CD - back to Square One and redo the job etc. etc. Endless stories on healthcare dramas, better than any soap opera! Above picture clearly communicates, that for a fraction of construction costs of a health temple in Bangkok (i.e. the facade of the Bumrungrad hospital) the entire land plot (where above hospital is built and subsequently drowned) could have been professionally filled up and piled - prior to the deluge!

Third world country listing!

Music is allowed, but not for lunch - yet another pristine example of id1ocy ! Well done, keep the jokes coming

Clean up your country, your politics, your attitude towards anything non-Thai and apply common sense when dealing with "high skilled alien dirty farang" (™30 or 90days spring to mind) before using big words

Who else has such a big database?

Thammanat was possibly the most unpopular politician in a very, very, very long time. Convicted drug dealer who did four years in an Aussie jail and also spent some years in a Thai prison ...... Seriously wondering about the pot and the kettle and something with black ...... Thailand should be able to find more qualified, less childish and bickering kiddies like this prime example of total idiocy!

I thought that Joe Ferrari was locked up for the time being ......... Well, maybe another weirdo; there are millions of them on Thai roads ????

How ignorant of me, mea maxima culpa. The fine for omitting this most important piece is THB 500 or 25 years in jail - or both!

Regretfully we all have been there ......... and then some wonder, why Thailand became a failed state!

Not true, you can sell it with red plates provided: - you paid for the car in full and hold all the necessary original paperwork to register the car (first time owner) - you made a down payment and the balance is financed; then the finance company has to be informed and they will send a representative. They sit on the original paperwork for the first time registry and will release this against payment of whatever is due to them Any ownership change (I registered a brand new car bought in Udon Thani and also registered a second hand car previously registered in Cholburi) took both less than one hour (in Nong Khai that is) - always, provided the paperwork is OK and complete!

TAT, please note ........ linear occupancy of something between 120% - 150% then, simple as that!

If you apply historical figures ............

Let me explain the "delay" which is normal standard procedure here: The US donation requires Thailand to check a "Yes I want the free vaccine with no strings attached" or "No I don't want the free vaccine" box. And then signatures (or thumb prints) need to be affixed by all Deputy Ministers and Minister of Public Health as well as all Deputy Prime Ministers and the Prime Minister himself! This might take a moment as some are on overseas duty trip shopping or on the golf course. Then Thailand will need to appoint a committee of 37 experts to do a 90 day evaluation of the offer. The offer then is, initially, refused as it came all in alien English and the Thai government is still trying to get a certified copy in Thai. Back to Square One, then proceed with the Thai version as follows: The US offer needs to be stamped by the US State Department as genuine, then the Thai Embassy in Washington DC verifies the US State Department's signature with one of their stamps followed by another stamp by the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Bangkok verifying the Thai Embassy Washington's signatory. The US Embassy in Bangkok and the subsequent verification of the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the US Embassy Thailand's signature needs to follow. Then it hits a cabinet meeting and is handed over to the Ministry of Health. There the documents are completed with a hand-drawn map to Bangkok from Pfizer New York via Washington DC - all in Thai. The Ministry of Finance will verify this as a donation and informs customs, that the shipment covered with this pile of stamped paperwork will enter duty free. Ah, and before I forget, all this has to be done in BLUE ink, with the signatures of a majority of the cabinet which must be accompanied with photocopies of ID cards and House registers of all those signatories. Any more questions?