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The media get all their information from the authorities. It's easy to be a journalist in Thailand.

This is crazy. Why always go after the foreigners? There are often groups of Thai people smoking marijuane while sitting utside a restaurant very close to our house causiing either to get a free smoke or closing the windows to keep the smell out. The local win motorcycle guys sat openly smoking it on the street the other day. I guess foreigners have money. 😁

I have just deposited cash into my account as I do a couple of times each month. I presented bank book and pay in slip They didn't ask for passport or ID.

No card withdrawal is great. It means you can use your mobile banking app to withdraw cash at an ATM. I have used it many times.

I am surprised the police even bothered to go to the mall.

I have no idea, but surely a few thousand baht on top of the air fare and hotel expenses isn't much at all.

Why blame the free visa? They would probably do the same even if they paid for a visa. Some people are simply like that. Wht not blame the expensive taxis? Maybe they suddenly realised they didn't have enough money for the 1 km, 1000 Baht taxi ride to the hotel. 😁

It's true. It is just a nice t-shirt that she likes wearing. It doesn't offend me if she wears it in innocence. I saw a young girl (aged about 8 years) obviously from a wealthy family wearing a t-shirt with "Fuxx me, you cunx, " written on it. Did she know what it meant? Obviously not. I understand her and many Thais do the same, but and there is a "but".... there are certain designs that could be printed on a t-shirt, that if worn by a foreigner would cause a lot of commotion.

Yes, I realise the 10GB is for 1 mobile. I can't use it anyway as I am on AIS Mobile. That's a good idea with the SIM router, but how long are the packages valid? I have previously used DTAC and True on prepaid SIMS, but I have lost money every time as I hardly used them. In fact the numbers were closed down after a few months.

They can make and pass all the laws they like as none are strictly enforced.

I have just received a message that True internet broadband (and therefore TV as well) is down and won't be up until 3 am tomorrow. This is the fourth time in as many weeks that True have been down for most of the day, but strangely enough I haven't seen any comments on here or social media about this. They offer 10 GB free 5G, but I am using AIS on my mobile, so that doesn't help me much. I have tried calling their customer service, but the recording jumps straight into mobile banking and I can't do anything.

Haven't I seen this headline a few times before?

They forgot to write "by foreigners." Only foreigners? There are a couple of shops near me openly selling "electronic cigarettes, baraku (hookah) devices, and related substances.", maybe they have plenty of brown envelopes.

There have been quite a few boat accidents involving Chinese, so I assume they post these incidents on Chinese social media. I remember a reading a month or so ago a wealthy Chinese man threatened to sue a boat company for "endangering his family's lives" by taking them out on a boat in bad weather and having to be rescued. I have searched for a follow up to this , but can't find anything.

" I am his friend and visiting for a few days," There is a luxury condo here on Thong Lor and foreigners (mainly Chinese, but also a few westerners) are constantly coming and going with their suitcases. I asked reception if there were AirBnB gusets and she said "No, they are friends visiting." later I talked to a westerner and he admitted he was on holiday and was using AirBnB.

You hit the nail on the head.

Surely most of the parents must have known about the illegal wooden benches, yet once again "no one cares."

Sometimes you choose to live in a very quiet area, but then some wealthy tycoon buys 9 or 10 of the houses and turns that block into a night entertainment area open to 4 or 5 am every day. I know from experience.

We must live in entirely different areas. I rarely see foreigners smoking cannabis in my area, but almost daily I see groups of Thai openly smoking cannabis.

Come here then. There are often several Thais sitting outside a restaurant near here openly smoking cannabis. Sometimes the smell is so strong we have to close the windows.

They always talk about condos, but what about houses? Chinese rent luxury houses at ridicously high prices and then rent out the rooms to Chinese tourists at even higher prices. The mess they leave on the road outside the house is absolutely disgusting.

Imported directly from China. There are some very dubious Chinese near us and when they first moved in the were huge boxes with all Chinese writing on them delivered almost every day. I saw big tables being loaded off trucks several times, even though these luxury houses are fully furnished.

It's the slippery roads fault! If it hadn't been raining then the driver could have speeded as much as he liked without losing control. 😁

Many trucks have no rear lights. I am not saying that is the cause though.

This is the problem. It's not a case of not seeing or knowing the crossing is there. I am sure 99% of drivers who drive over red lights, or pedestrian crossing know full well that they are there as they drive in that area daily. They simply have no intention of stopping.