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4 hours ago, greatwhitenorth said:

I can t believe how cynical the posters on this thread are. The young man is only 20 years old and who amongst us  wasn t a litle lost at 20.  He has graaped his mother publicly and promised to change his way.  He is entering university and training as a boxer at the same time as well as learning to express himself through photography.  I think the young man deserves our endorsement and best wishes.

 

I guess haters gonna hate

Agreed absolutely with all you say sir. There are so many really nasty pieces of work posting on here. Living the life of Riley in their ivory towers and nil empathy for anybody other than their own very limited circle of friends  - if they have any that is! The hatred they express is borderline psychotic.

Usual negative comments from the same same contributors. 

Is nothing ever praiseworthy in your adopted country?

Please go get some attitude adjustments. Badly needed by many on here. 

Good to see there is some pension recipricosity within ASEAN nations, at least.

Not sure that even the EU has such arrangements with regards to pension recipricosity. But I'm sure someone will correct me on this! 

10 hours ago, Kieran00001 said:

 

The UK has not been around in any form for over 2000 years, that is just nuts, 2000 years ago there were four warring tribes, the first time in history that there was unity on the island was in 1653, if you really support our country 100% then you should at least learn the basics of our history.

 

As for not backing the EU, I think it important to go back to the reason we started it, when Churchill envisioned a United States of Europe it was following a war that killed 65 million people, Churchill's idea was to get Europe into a situation of mutual dependency so that war could never happen again.  We are now experiencing the longest period in recorded history without a major war in Europe.

Brilliant and accurate response. Like most brexiteers they are not only ignorant of their country's history and development but also why the EU existed in the 1st place.

1 hour ago, hathairat2711 said:

Another useless piece of news from the ThaiVisaTeam.

Exactly. This site gets more like a cheap low-life tabloid newspaper every day. Why I still subscribe makes me wonder at my sanity!

21 hours ago, FreddieRoyle said:

She never married, her common law husband is Thai, she did a funny degree at Kentucky State Uni over in the USA. I say funny as she did a degree but can't speak Engrish properree. No reason why she would have English citizenship.

Humble apologies!  I got my wires completely twisted! I was confusing get with Aung San Suu Kyi . Lord knows why! I must be more senile than I ever imagined!

16 hours ago, champers said:

The truth is out. A KitKat puts lead in your pencil. A tasty alternative to those blue tablets.

Love it!

2 hours ago, Ricardo said:

 

Perhaps travelling on another passport, which doesn't require a visa, or perhaps she applied for & got one while in the UAE ?

She may have dual British/ Thai nationality. She married an Oxford Don and her son's are British. She was educated at Oxford. 

Try Ram Bar for super cabaret show. Originally a gay bar but now attracts most everyone. It's not far from Iron Bridge where you can watch all the fireworks going off on either side of the river and the sky lanterns being launched.

10 minutes ago, robblok said:

Again someone who did not read the verdict.

 

She was convicted because Boonsong did fake G2G trades (costing the country 30 billion). People made remarks about the fake trades and as a result YL removed Boonsong in 2013 (thereby acknowledging the fake trades). She however did NOT cancel the trades (probably because some that were profiting from them were linked to her brother). She is charged for not preventing corruption while she had clear knowledge of it. Negligence. 

 

I wonder why so many people post who actually don't even know why she was sentenced. I guess its easier to call it a witch hunt then to accept the charges were real. The judges did not make any judgement about the rice scheme itself. They only commented on the corruption and her knowledge of it and neglect to stop it. That is a crime anywhere. Just imagine if a minister knows about corruption in the UK but does not stop it because parties linked with his family are benefiting from it. 

 

This was not about the policy it self but the fake G2G trades.. trades with China that were never exported to China and that were denied by the Chinese government. This rice was sold at a low price to fake representatives of China, did and resold for the high rice program price in Thailand costing the state 30 billion. The traders who benefited were linked to YL her brother. 

 

This was all known back in the 2013 but hard to prove as YL and her government did her best to stop any investigations and claimed no corruption. When she lost her power finally a good investigation exposed it and proved it without a shadow of a doubt. 

So you have actually seen the so-called evidence yourself have you and you have absolute faith in the Thai judiciary system being completely independent from the executive or the legislegislative branches of government? 

7 minutes ago, tigermoth said:

If Thailand had a democraticly elected government she would be extradited but the country doesn't, it has a military regime created by an illegal coup so any agreements or aid to the country is automatically null and void.

100% correct 

12 hours ago, Media1 said:

You are delusional and do not know the first thing about right and wrong. Firstly it is a criminal.offence in country to stage a coup and possibly instigate one. 

Secondly no ex PM should be threatened or pursued. She elected by the people for the people. On the other hand your friend forced his way in and gave himself a licence to steal. 

No one is listening to you son. The country has gone in reverse gear.

The great general can't visit my country due to this fact. Good luck

Well said sir

On 9/14/2017 at 8:35 PM, Hardie said:

You seem to have a pretty low opinion of the human race. Anybody can do better than that...

You try it - with no education, no moneyed family, no connections, and coming from a peasant farming family. You did that did you?

1 hour ago, bazza73 said:

It doesn't seem to be a skill they teach in the schools. Possibly that's why when I ask for directions, I usually get three or four different answers.

And most become boy scouts or guides. But obviously,  unlike when I was a boy scout, many eons ago, Thai scouts or guides are not taught how to read a map!

10 hours ago, hawker9000 said:

"Peeping Tom"?   On a public bridge?   Oh wait, OK, once these morons decided they were going to have sex there, it became a "private" bridge, and everyone else had some mystic kharmic requirement to stay away, right?   Yeah, sure.  That just makes a whole lot of sense.

 

Come on now.  These two thought they'd get a thrill out of some sex in a public place, got caught on cam, and now it's a matter of something they were "entitled" to do there?      Puh - leeeeeezzz...  

 

If you think something like that is a sexual thrill, fine.  But roll the dice and take your chances, and don't expect to be able to concoct some case for unfair treatment if you get caught and pilloried on the web.   ESPECIALLY in a foreign country where you're just a guest.   The locals are well within their rights to find that behavior outrageous, and these two dim bulbs were most definitely NOT within any conceivable rights to have done it.  The 3rd party with the cam probably thought the whole thing was just pretty funny:  somebody with time on his hands, yeah, but a sexual deviant peeping tom - get real.   The public sex thrill-seekers, and possibly those most vainly trying to fabricate some case for them, are the more likely candidates in this story for deviant status.

 

 

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Pompous ass!

Bake n Bite do a full Christmas fare buffet style with Turkey, Hams, pork and beef and all the trimmings. Soups and desserts to start and finnish. About 750baht. Drinks extra.

Find on Google but they are off soi 4, Kaew Narawat road.

Book in advance around November as they get fully booked. 

Cheers from me

14 hours ago, sweatalot said:

Nothing to do for police?

no murderers to find? No traffic perpetrators? No red bull criminal?

 

pathetic.

 

those couple did it in a place where they would not expect to be seen. And the guy who filmed them and put it on facebook should be charged for being a peeping Tom. It seems he followed them secretly to peep. Without him no "public outcry" which in this case is pathetic , too.

Totally agree. Well stated sir.

4 hours ago, Somtamnication said:

Don't let the Thais drive those tanks! 

Joke: there were 2 goldfish in a tank and one said to the other: "so how the hell do you drive this thing?"

1 hour ago, narkeddiver said:

Cheers UJ - that makes next week a little easier for me

Me too! Had the date earmarked for completng 3 separate tasks! Extension of stay on retirement, re-entry permit and 90 day reporting! 

Hope I can fit it all in!

Queen Sirikit Botanical Gardens and it's newish canopy walkway, 3.5 kms beyond Mae Sa elephant camp.

And then on to Mon Chem,  which is up in the hills beyond QSBG on the loop road back to CM, via Hang Dong.

Good luck!

2 hours ago, elgenon said:

Nice ideas but decrying the ban on climbing ancient artifacts is a bit bad. This is history that can be easily destroyed.

Quite so. Well said sir.

4 hours ago, DefaultName said:

Why is it always a man. Some cute lady would make a nice change.  

Speak for yourself dear!

Looking forward to the 1st WNBR (World Naked Bike Ride) happening in BKK and CM next year.

Oh! Sorry I have just woken up. I was only dreaming! 

https://m.facebook.com/events/1886008631643819/

Australia catching up with the rest of the Western democracies - at last! 

Thailand next?!

2 hours ago, Ricardo said:

 

I can only speak for myself about Chiang Mai, where our formerly-good limited-hours consular-service has been shut-down over the past few years, it can't have saved the UK-government much but it certainly did previously help us UK-citizens/tax-payers up here.

 

Perhaps a monthly-visit by himself/consular-staff might be offered instead ?

 

And the new arrangements for passport-renewal, well perhaps His Excellency might pass-on our feed-back, it's expensive and cr*p compared to the previous DHL-to-Hong-Kong service IMO !

 

H.E.'s personal situation is of course his own business, and I wish him well during his posting to Thailand, I'm sure he'll do a competent job of representing the UK's interests here, and find it a fascinating country.

 

 

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