lujanit

Yesterday I was in a shop and the guy in front of me was trying to pay with his phone. After five minutes I gave up and walked out of the shop. This is not the first time this has been reported. There are obviously still plenty of problems with this method of payment.

The RTP only ever have conducted raids to enrich themselves.

Who really cares?

Every day we have something to thank the Chinese for.

Didn’t the Thais develop a vaccine for Ebola about nine years ago? I’m pretty sure some countries in Africa would welcome it right now.

Walking along Sukhumvit yesterday there are a lot of shops selling weed. There has been some serious money put into setting them up. I just see these rules as another opportunity for the BIB to extort owners. Very little will change.

The decision makers have already been paid off and the decision has already been made so why go through the charade of an investigation?

Prayuth is always going on about bringing happiness to the people. He and his corrupt colleagues should put their ill gotten gains where their mouths are. A billion wouldn’t make a dent in their fortunes.

I have never paid import tax on any pair ordered from Zennioptical.

I have an organ donor card in my wallet. I don’t think it would be of any use in Thailand.

Wasn’t the law changed a while back (maybe a year or so ago) so that hotels and/or resorts were allowed to sell alcohol between 2 and 5 in the afternoon? We have never had a problem getting a beer as various hotels during that time even before the law was changed.

Okay, thanks. I’ll have to look it up. I haven’t traveled on the BTS for some years. The distance between Surasak and Chong Nongsi was quite vast. I just looked it up. Thanks for the heads up. Saint Louis BTS is quite close to Bang Rak Medical Centre. You saved me a walk from Surasak. Thanks again.

Shades of the Ruby Princess just when covid started. The difference between now and then was the NSW health authorities let off all the passengers knowing full well covid was rife amongst passengers and crew.

I came into town last Friday. The taxi driver asked if he could use the expressway, I okay. It was 110 baht for the expressway plus we were waiting for about an hour to get onto Sukhumvit. Then he didn’t know how to get to Soi 18 and just dropped me off on Sukhumvit. So I had to walk to my hotel. Fare was double what I usually pay for the same trip. Never take the expressway coming into town. I have never had a problem before, outside drivers trying to take the long way around. I could have booked Grab which I loathe for probably cheaper. The problem with Grab is there are never any cars available and they are twice the price of a regular taxi. What’s going to happen to Grab fares now?

If you can’t get <deleted> faced and/or rent a bit of <deleted> by midnight you don’t deserve either.

Thanks. Closed now but open 0800 Monday. I know Saint Louis quite well as I use the ophthalmologist there. Splitting hairs maybe but it not BTS Saint Loius but BTS Surasak.

I am eligible for the next booster shot since it’s been over four months since my last shot. Now that Bang Sue has closed there is a place near Victory Monument that apparently does it on a walk in basis. What private hospital did you use and what did it cost? TIA.

I predict that since this POS is a monk of higher standing he will do very little jail time if at all he is sentenced. He will claim mental issues and subsequently be sent for treatment. As to any compensation the public will fund that. How he can claim it is a private issue and not associated with the temple is outrageous since he committed these vile acts on novices no doubt within temple grounds. I really hope he is sent to an open population jail for a long time and there he gets his just deserved comeuppance.

The main Indian call centres are based in Kolkata. They must be paying off the local cops. When the cops are given highly actionable verifiable proof including video and addresses hardly anything ever happens. There are plenty of videos by scam baiters on YT.

I never heard of them until someone mentioned them in a recent thread. I did a comparison between them and Zennioptical. I used my prescription and even with all the discounts (I had to look hard to find all the discount vouchers. The ones on their ordering page were nothing compared to what I ended up finding) eyebuydirect was still USD70 more expensive. The comparison was apples and apples not apples and oranges.

As luck(?) would have it there was this bit of news in Australia the same day as this UK screw up was reported here. The Sri Lankan was denied bail. Obviously it depends on each case. That the UK guy was granted bail I get. Not considering he was a flight risk was a monumental fire truck up. At the very least he should had his Passport removed. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-11-09/danushka-gunathilaka-court-documents-allege-he-choked-woman/101635018

Stopping Thais from gambling is similar to stuffing the ganga genie back in its bottle. Never going to happen.

Salt n Sugar

Stupid waste of money.

I beg to differ. There have always been three sets of rules here. One for the wealthy connected Thai's, one for the ordinary/peasant Thai's and the third one for us foreigners. How many times have us foreigners been specifically been targeted when ordinary Thai's are given a free pass? Helmet and license checks seem high on the list especially in Pattaya.