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3 hours ago, flyingtlger said:

Something doesn't add up here.

There is usually a reaction to an action.

The rusky must have pissed someone off....

 

 

Russian resturant for sale.Owner wants to spend more time with his family...(elsewhere)

14 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

What do you put inside such bag? Hair spray and lip gloss?

Hot rod gaskets

2 hours ago, PingRoundTheWorld said:

He talks too much for his own good. Surely acquired new enemies since the election. The more he talks, the less chance he'll make it to PM. I like MFP but stop talking before you've even formed an actual government. Time will judge what you do - not what you say - assuming they even make it to government.

He is not doing himself any favors.He should use a lot more discretion at this point.I actually don't think he's going succeed going by all the potential enemies he's making.

Great news...but where are we going to store all this power when the sun goes down?

Is the technology there?

21 hours ago, Sigma6 said:

It should also be noted that each year 1000s of thai girls seek to get a massage job in the middle east, knowing full well what is expected of them.

 

The prospect of free room and board, with a relatively high salary (and the potential 'tips') is tempting to the girls, and also to their families....

 

These entrapment stories with dodgy pimps adding debts, and taking their passports are pretty rare.
 

Before I retired from the O&G Industry I spent a fair amount of time in Dubai between assignments.The expat pubs were crawling with China and African ladies.Being a Muslim country I was a little surprised it was overlooked.There was no shortage of p4p venues thats for sure. I'm not convinced these Thai girls go there not knowing whats really going on.They only hope it works out for them.  

31 minutes ago, ChrisY1 said:

Apart from the usual RTP corruption that seems never ending here in Thailand, the ridiculous situation whereby the cops investigate themselves….bearing in mind that those at the top are the primary beneficiaries to their own corruption schemes, is simply a huge cover up scheme to get media to forget this news. Forgetting news here, happens all the time…no-one ever gets to hear the outcomes of so called “investigations”, as the media, with their incredibly short memories, just wash these types of stories away.

Exactly true.This will fade away in days , never to be heard of again.The internal investigation is a joke and everyone knows it.

1 hour ago, hotchilli said:

Exactly, 3 million Chinese here on long stay hoping to make a new life... 

we know how they like to live [as in above post]

I also read that they have problems with the yellow cousins invading parts of Manila/Philippines.They marry locals to get long term visa and set up shops and cause all sorts of problems.

They enter at young ages and claim retirement visas.

1 hour ago, sirineou said:

I hear your frustration, we have some rice fields we  inherited from my wife's father, and we lease then to her uncles because it is not worth  the effort. They give us a little money to cover expenses and some rice .

 If you don't want to do that,I have been told that if you don't want to pay higher taxes in your land because it is uncultivated, to plant Bananas. 

Not sure how true it is because I have not tried it myself, but don't you wonder why all these empty lots around town have banana trees in them? 

As a matter of fact not far from my house was a large empty field.Last year they planted dozens of banana trees.It was because its taxed at a lower rate.Its true. It makes sense because once in the ground they don't need tending.

49 minutes ago, JimTripper said:

Why don’t Foreigner-Thai couples ever build modest homes to fit into the rest of the community?

 

Maybe they want to stand out as special in some way, or better then others???

 

Or pride, trying to buy respect??

From what I see it's usually older well off farang who has the cash and he's in love with a much younger woman.It usually doesn't click in until its too late.

Ask me how I know...

On 9/13/2022 at 9:25 AM, Gottfrid said:

Why? In reality he is breaking the Thai labour law.

Asking people to fund his pleasure of travelling around the world, when there are people not having food for the day. That´s just plain egoistic and lazy. Better for him to get deported, and go home make enough money to travel.

The last time I was at the Canadian Embassy in BKK using the lift to leave a 30 ish looking guy got in at the same time. After a brief "hi there" he proceeded to ask me if I could spare and money to give him.It was a long few minutes for both of us on the ride down. I was taken aback as I'd never had this happen to me before inside an Embassy. I felt really bad for not donating to his cause (for about 5 seconds)

Funny that..I have some also that I bought over 30 years ago at an outdoor market in Chonburi.

Some 1,5,10 and 20 baht notes.Rama 9 looks very young in these.

I've given them to my wife because if I took them to a dealer I can only assume that I would get the short end of any deal.

2 hours ago, SiSePuede419 said:

B15M for a....condo?!?!?

 

Further proof, you don't have to be "smart" in order to be "rich" and "successful". ????

 

 

Yes I just realized that fact also(15 mil) .It must be a whopper of a condo.This chap I assume is quite well off to pay that much for a place he only visits occasionally. One born every minute as they say.

2 hours ago, HappyExpat57 said:

Yes, the best kept secret is the rampant corruption built into virtually every aspect of Thailand. The people accept it as a part of life.

 

I knew a police captain in Pattaya, a Thaksin supporter. He had several nice cars, several condos and a beautiful wife. When Thaksin was ousted, this captain lost everything because he was reassigned to a post where the brown envelopes disappeared.

 

Fine, you want to remove it the corruption? Pay honest wages, make honest, profitable deals. And we all know - T.I.T.S.

I compare being a BIB here to being in the Hells Angels. One HA 81 told me it was like winning the lottery. Only issue was that sometimes you had to do things you didn't like.

9 minutes ago, Kwaibill said:

One issue for sure Is diet. Polished rice (white rice) has a relatively high glycemic index. Guess what the predominant stable diet largely consists of? Sticky rice is even worse.

The transition to more sedentary life styles aggravates this. When more people were working at agricultural employment it was much less of a problem.

Personally down to 90 kilos from 120. Tremendous change in my glucose numbers. Down to one insulin shot per day from as many as five over thirty years experience as a diabetic.

Yes bill...please comment on my observations below..

Part of the Thais diet includes sticky rice. That is very high on the glycemic index if you can even find it there.

A lot of people fall asleep or get drowsy after consuming this. (sugar spike) A senior lady next door to us in our Issarn neighborhood has to get dialysis treatment 3 times a week.Her family hasn't connected the dots as she eats this stuff several times a day.Why don't the Drs give advice about this?  

Please correct me if I'm mistaken. 

13 hours ago, ukrules said:

Thailand is on a list maintained by the Chinese government - it's not a good list.

 

There's some very weird stuff happening over the last few months :
 

It's not clear if this is nationwide or just in a handful of places......

 

"Local police stations are carrying out strict review processes for people leaving China, particularly if they're going to Thailand, Cambodia or other Southeast Asian countries,"

Read this : https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/travel-restrictions-02202023160935.html

My step daughter works at King Power.She says that their Chinese business is down a ton. Your article makes sense now. tnx