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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.

3 hours ago, Humpy said:

Fake plates, fake driving licences, no number plates fitted,sprayed over plates, no helmets , blacked out windows so the driver can't be seen on the phone, school kids five on a motorbike , no licence, no helmets...... the police don't give a s... ?

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.

20 hours ago, DezLez said:

I was referring to the special "Entertainment Zones" set up in certain Provinces/cities/precincts which allowed alcohol sales out with the normal fixed hours.

 

Bars staying open to 7 AM are using the "brown envelope" method and out with the laws.

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. 

22 hours ago, DezLez said:

I think it removes the "special entertainment zones"  which in some cities gave certain areas the  ability to open till 1 or 2 AM in those areas.

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. 

On 6/18/2025 at 5:49 AM, watchcat said:

 

Until you've had a few yourself, then you can do it. There's a limit to how much one can tolerate.

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

On 6/15/2025 at 2:21 PM, watchcat said:

 

 I wouldn't be to sure about this, with unlimited speed, ce could've blown a couple of front tires.

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.

1 hour ago, Guderian said:

 

So the base plan is to legalise a bunch of illegal businesses and allow more noisy bars and clubs to open in areas which used to be zoned as residential.  

The Thais living here may as well save themselves some money and replace the City Council by a collection of rubber plants, they'd be much cheaper and wouldn't be any worse at the job, lol. 

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).

4 hours ago, ChrisY1 said:

That's a serious "illegal" disco!

Of course, it was never noticed before and it's not an over night set up....!

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"

On 5/29/2025 at 10:20 AM, alw22 said:

 

Why not allow it?  No one absolutely "needs" a bank account, but it makes a lot of things a whole lot easier.  Why ban something without a good reason?

 

If you're concerned about crime, then increase actual targeted investigations.  Don't make the lives of regular people more difficult because you're too lazy to do proper police work.  Actual criminals will always find ways to use local bank accounts, so these bans just affect regular people.

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.

I am a British citizen but haven't lived in England for 40 years, but go there at least once a year and recently I received a check for 90,000 GBP, but could I open a bank account in England? No.

I lived in Denmark for 20 years and have children there  and go there 1 or 2 times a year, but when I came to Thailand I was forced to close my "convenience" bank account in Denmark and transfer all the money to Thailand. I then opened a sterling account with a Thai bank where I could deposit my check.

Why should tourists and short term stayers in Thailand need a bank account? 

47 minutes ago, terryq said:

Believe children up to the age of 15 cannot be fined by immigration for failure of 90 day reporting.

 

 

Wrong!  My Chinese student age 8 was fined for not doing 90 day report and also fined 20,000 baht for visa overstay.

Edit: After reading one other comment here, it seems that he was tricked into paying. His sister age 15 was also fine 2000 for not doing a 90 report. She didn't do a TM30 either, but I can't remember if she was fined for that.

He loves public attention and to be this quiet for so long is unusual. 

On 5/22/2025 at 10:10 AM, StayinThailand2much said:

 

Why didn't you complain to Grab? (And if you did, did you get a refund?)

To be honest, it was the first time that I ever used Grab and he told me that the rules were as such. It was only later that I found out it wasn't true.

Lesson learnt!

2 hours ago, JoePai said:

There seems 4 or 5 'iffy' suspects ?

They don't exactly look like billionaires. haha

37 minutes ago, StayinThailand2much said:

 

I recently booked a Grab ride, and was very surprised when, instead of the usual unmarked car, a Taxi Meter arrived.

I did that recently and to my surprise he turned the meter on. When I asked why he just laughed. 

When we arrived at the destination the meter showed considerably more than the arranged fare, and he charged me the meter price plus 50 baht "Grab fee". I protested for a few minutes but he gradually became more and more aggressive, so I ended up paying the amount he asked for.

I haven't used Grab cars since, but I use Grab motorcycles often.

The pink card was quite problematic for me.  

I first applied to the district office when we had the floods in 2010 and was told to apply after the flood problem had eased up. I tried again a year later and was told to wait as there were some local elections coming up in about 10 or 12 months.

Third attempt was around 2015 and was told to wait until; the coup government had settle down.

Fourth attempt was late 2016 and was told to wait until after the funeral of the late king.

Finally, I absolutely needed the pink card and yellow house book when I retired in order to receive my social security payout and continue my SS healthcare, so I approached the district office again. It was made quite clear to me that they were expecting a little tip of about 10K. Anyway I went ahead and the process took about 3 months of meetings (always with the same documents.)  On the day, it took all day from 10 am to about 16.30 and I had to wait outside afterwards with the "brown envelope". While waiting during the day, we talked to another couple who were being processed for pink cards by a different officer. They started the process one week before and were in and out that particular day in about 3 hours, so I opened the envelope and removed 5K.

Oh, we had also been trying to get married at this district office for approximately the same number of years. Eventually we got married at a different district office and that process took about 3 weeks.

On 5/17/2025 at 3:17 PM, Ralf001 said:

 

had to show passsport... not pink card ?

I didn't have a pink card at that time. I received (paid 5K) for my pink card 4 years ago