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I can't see what the problem is. Isn't the kid wearing a mask? Joke aside. It obviously isn't the first time they have done this. The parents should be fined heavily and maybe banned from driving for a few months.

It seems the whole traffic scene is declining into anarchy. All the things you mentioned plus many many more: buses driving against the traffic, jumping red lights, motorcycles on footpaths, more and more motorcycles with modified exhausts making sleeping at night difficult. illegal parking (obstructing traffic), and the list goes on.

Yes, I realise that and in this case they must be big fat envelopes to the different authorities. This in the middle of a residential area and slowly the houses are being bought up, refurbished and licensed as pubs/restaurants, others are pulled down to make parking areas making this become an "Entertainment zone." Is that a way of staying open until 2 am? If that's the future then anyone buying a house should be aware of this.

That would be nice, but I don't think you are right. The pub/restaurant near us (in Bangkok) basically closes when it wants to and that is often 7 am.

I don't drink much, so that won't be the reason, but, yes , there is only so much one can tolerate.

Haha I agree. I was being sarcastic because they said "Authorities suspect that the combination of wet conditions and excessive speed caused the driver to lose control, leading to the vehicle skidding off the road." They don't seem to take consideration of weather conditions here and drive at the same speed whether it is raining or not.

Believe me, it is a not a silly thing when you can't sleep until 4 or 5 am and have to wake up at 6am to go to work. There are times when I feel like doing exactly the same to the illegal drinking places next to us. (Of course I won't do it, but the thoughts are there)

Well said! We live in the middle of a residential zone, but 3 neighbouring houses have been turned into nightclubs open until 5 or 6 am. A couple of others are also being converted and I believe that in a couple of years we will be living in the middle of an entertainment zone.

I have something similar on my ankle and have been to several doctors and skin specialists. Nearly all the medications I have received seemed to clear it up, but when I stopped using them it came back again. I have learnt to live with it and as soon as I feel the skin drying out I apply some cream.

I was told 25 years ago, by a Thai man, when I first came here and went to play golf that the caddies get very little money, are surrounded by rich men and so most of them work "extra-time at nights for a good tip."

Reading the headline, I thought it was the police who had a hand grenade. 😁

There is a Thai guy in our soi who does exactly the same and has been doing so for the past 15 years. He doesn't care who sees him and no one (except me maybe) seems to care about him. At least he wipes his hands afterwards (in his hair haha).

What amazes me is that no one ever notices that these places don't have licenses until they are raided. I read somewhere once that maybe as many as 60% of pubs and nightclubs don't have licenses to operate.

This story reminds me of 2 Chinese guys who stayed in luxury houses near us. The houses cost 200,000 + baht a month to rent and there was 1 Chinese man in each house. They stayed there 3 months and NEVER came out. They ordered food via Grab and also ordered prostitutes quite regularly. They would be practicing martial arts and weightlifting nearly all day and looked very much like military or police officers, so we all thought they maybe the houses were "safe houses"

I agree with you entirely. I travel to both UK and Denmark and it is annoying that I can't have a bank account there. All countries should allow people to open bank accounts if they need them. With all the other measure in place it should be reasonably easy to stop criminals.