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Should be a gun that copper's pointing at the festering thing. No excuses, a dog that bites needs euthanising.

Wrong. Lots of dogs bite without any provocation at all. Unlike present day humans who they invent a syndrome for, some are just bad.

That's what I keep asking myself. He and his party should've known that the EC would lock on to this, especially after the cookery programme PM guy and Thanathorn both got done on a similar thing. Why oh why did he not get shut? He would've been bombproof. I'd love to see him in power just to have a democratically elected civilian in charge again, but I can't see it happening.

You return to stardust physically and that's a fact. What happens to the unimaginably powerful consciousness (spirit) I can't imagine ????

I loathe military rule in any country, but I can't help wondering why Pita didn't bin these shares before the election. Surely he knew that the pro-Prayuth EC and Senate would use this to keep him out of power. The mob must've been rubbing their hands in glee when they discovered this little nugget. Reckon they thought they'd have to be much more devious.

Anyone still think Khun Pita's going to be PM?

So you're saying that all law breakers should be given an amnesty?

I'm 79 and the missus is 52. I'm not wealthy, but I managed to put a roof over her head and have fed us both for the past 16 years that we've been together. I'm no spring chicken, but I must be doing something right.

"I baulk at this term for Thailand (because it ain’t)" Oh I don't know. Military coups, rigged elections, chaotic roads, corruption, lack of common sense, stray dogs, inept police, noise pollution from bass-heavy speakers. I could go on. Saying that, I love it here. Never a dull moment and certainly never bored. Have to get that in before some no-all tells me to go back to my own country.

Anyone who's been here several years and didn't see this coming, has been walking around blinkered since their arrival. Since Gen Prayut re-wrote the constitution and loaded the Senate and EC with his cronies, there's never been the possibility of anyone other than the military holding the reins of power. Calling it a civilian govt is just like applying lipstick to a pig.

Never has in the past, so don't get your hopes up.

Have to give you a downvote on this one spider, you talk sense normally. I agree that the Norwegian police are bound to be more competent than the Thais, but it's thousands of miles away from the scene of the crime and any possible witnesses. He also fled the country, which I should imagine is a crime in itself. There's also the fact that the courts could be subconsciously sympathetic to a fellow countryman, which I suspect is why the guy legged it back there. I hope they take into account that the guy is a martial arts expert, therefore his body is a weapon (supposedly), not to mention breaking into the other guy's room which also contained the other guy's wife and young child. I'm slightly biased on this I admit because I too suffered from noise in the early hours during my condo-staying days and had a couple of brushes with those responsible. The Norwegian ought to be jailed for life just for being inconsiderate in my opinion, along with all those like him. They drive people demented.

If I had my time here over again I'd do exactly that.

You can understand Ivan with the long face not wanting to return to the motherland, where a tin hat and a rifle awaits him. Overstay or canon-fodder, I know which I'd choose.

There's always a member of the farang self-loathing group pops up on here.

When I lived in Tokyo many years ago, you could buy individually wrapped potatoes.

I agree. When you say Pattaya, people think you must live halfway along Walking Street. I live a 20 minute drive towards Sattahip and it's stunning. Lovely countryside with golf courses, the beach is a five minute drive and not a girly bar in sight. The beauty of it is if you do fancy a bit of excitement, the city is just down the road.

Never surprises me, they're incredibly predictable.

Be advised, "A friend of mine", "Someone I know", "A neighbour", "The guy next door" all mean "Me" on TVF.

I thought foreigners weren't allowed to own land? Shouldn't the bi-line therefore read "...........200% surge in luxury condo sales"? Or maybe "Thai wives of foreign buyers etc....."

In the words of Basil Fawlty "Should've had them stuffed!"

Wonderful!

Never forget that Thaksin was elected, even though it was under the local form of democracy.

Hmmmm. I did consider giving it a like.

Went there twice at the insistence of the missus sixteen years back, since then have resisted all attempts by her to drag me back there. How farang manage to live there in their little jungle clearing surrounded by noisy nosy neighbours is beyond me. Ok for back to nature types I suppose.