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On 9/28/2016 at 9:53 AM, ezflip said:

They could start by eliminating dual prices everywhere...example; Koh Samet - Thai citizen 40฿ / Foreigner 200฿

 

Just a suggestion...but everybody (including myself) knows that it will not change any time soon.

That's rubbish that you write here.

I have just been to several places where "foreigners", as you say, pay more than Thais. All of the "foreigners" (about 6 people) I was with got in for free or at Thai price. I had to pay "foreign" price most places despite speaking Thai, showing my driving license and a government employment card.

These foreigners were the grown up children of Thais who emigrated several years ago. They can't speak Thai, don't have Thai ID or Thai passport but because of their skin colour were never asked for ID.

They should change the word "foreigner" to "white skins".

2 hours ago, Father Fintan Stack said:

 

Other nations believe the charges to be politically motivated, including the one he lives in at the moment, and that's what is important here.

 

You seem to "forget" not a single country will extradite him back to Thailand to face justice because he was removed in a military coup, and other countries regard the junta as illegitimate. 

 

Your obsessive opinions on the man don't matter.

Yes he was removed from office by the junta, but then he fled the country as a criminal fugitive. Since then there has been two legitimate governments , but he still refused to come back and face the criminal charges against him.

The other nations either "forget" this or don't want to know about it. Thaksin had a brilliant PR campaign to convince the world he was a political victim.

...... and now the customers will be sued for defamation.

37 minutes ago, TPI said:

No, sorry, if you are away from your residence for longer than 24 hours the house owner is required to notify the police and you are required to notify immigration. It doesn't matter if you are having a trip around Thailand and are stopping every night in a different place = 31 notifications x 2 =bloody nonsense. Oz is not the most perfect place but you only have to name where you are staying when you enter the country after that it's "off you go".

I have heard about this rule before;

Is it enough that the hotel reports our presence or do we also have to go to immigration?

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Double posting.

TV sucks at the moment. Get all sorts of weird error messages

It happened to me a couple of times. I realised I was using a VPN or logging in from another location.

My account was blocked. I was asked to recognise some photos of my friends. I couldn't name them all. Then I was asked for more ID. I scanned my passport but covered a few of the digits in the number. My account was reopened.

Shortly after Brexit, I remember the government saying that it wouldn't have any impact on the Thai economy.

my interpretation or understanding or lack thereof   of this is that China tourists are coming here on China owned Airlines - travelling in China owned buses or (crossing the borders using camper vans which is now banned) - staying in China owned hotels - eating in China owned restaurants - travelling on China owned and built trains (lol) and all the money they spend is going back to China 

7 minutes ago, Mook23 said:

Thais dont know about hitler. Most have never heard of pol pot who lived in their backyard. Imagine... 

Maybe one day a disgusted jew "student" will take the pizz with that thai insitute that cannot be xxx with...

Maybe you are right, but a few days ago I was talking to some Thai students (from different schools) about Hitler. Several of them said something like this:"I read about Hitler in school. He was a great leader in Europe, but I can't remember which country."

Who on earth told them that he was a great leader?

After Brexit, probably 0 pounds. 

Having spent my entire working life in another EU country I get nothing from UK. Will be regarded as a foreigner in the other country. Spent the last 5 years in Thailand so lose everything.

I know the Line app is very popular and users can send pictures, voice messages and so on, but now users can distribute solid objects through the app.

Amazing!

At least the driver waited for the police and didn't flee the scene of the accident.

This has nearly happened to me a few times but not late at night. Motorcyclists driving towards me on the wrong side of the road and without lights.

Not long ago, one motorcyclist was driving on the wrong side of the road but had his lights on. The only trouble was that the idiot had coloured his headlight red. I was confused as to why I was catching him up so fast and suddenly he was in front of me.

They are trying to make a big story out of this. It is only a few hundred baht he is talking about.

On the other hand it is quite true that Thai hospitals do charge foreigners much more than Thais. I have posted earlier about a quote of 300,000 Thai baht from a Bangkok Hospital being reduced to 150,000 Baht after they found out that I live here. I was eventually charged 100,000 by another hospital.

Oh, some of you ask why he didn't go back to his home country for treatment. He is complaining about 300 Baht doctor fee for foreigners. I guess that is cheaper than paying 50K for a flight home.  Anyway I have noticed that the doctor's fee is about 1000 Baht in Bangkok.

Why didn't I fly home? I have been away for so long that I am not entitled to free treatment.

I thought that the good general had issued an order to stop these finger pointing charades.

Didn't last long did it?

I haven't read through all the posts yet, but what amazes me is that a project like this takes years to complete.

If the architect was working illegally, why on earth wasn't the project stopped earlier?

Oh, let's see. Let's wait until the project is finished then we can declare his work as illegal.  We don't have a Thai who can do a job like this.

40 minutes ago, Hawk said:

Thai students are not willing to learn so this will go nowhere as usual.

You have hit the nail on the head.

You can give them 10 hours a week, but it won't help if they are not interested.

Thai students have every opportunity to learn English if they want. The internet is full of videos and webpages where they can learn English. It is true however that TV and radio lack English content. I am sure when I came here 20 years ago I heard much more English on the radio and I remember watching some films on TV in original soundtrack and with Thai subtitles. Most of that has disappeared now.

I met a taxi driver on Sunday and I was really surprised as to how much English he could speak and with a very good accent. He showed me a little notebook he had where he had written down all the words he needed to know. He knew many the American version of many British words. His sentences were long and (mostly) grammatically correct. I believe he spoke better English than a few English teachers at our university, but obviously he doesn't have a master's degree or PhD in English so he can't choose that profession.

It just goes to show that if the student wants to learn English they can if they make an effort.

Thailand has been part of ASEAN since 1967.

1 hour ago, Clamhua said:

I thought some time ago people were being arrested or extorted for doing the same thing in 7-11 in Thailand

Yes, I remember a farang being arrested a few years ago for eating (or drinking) something in 7/11 before paying.

I see this every week in Big C. Customers eating or drinking products before paying. I notice, however, that they do keep the empty packaging and hand it to the lady at the cash desk.

All this fuss about Pokeman. Thais (and people all over the globe) have been wondering around the streets with heads bowed, eyes fixed on their mobiles and not looking where are they going for years.

Strange it takes a game like this to wake people up to that fact.

3 hours ago, little mary sunshine said:

it's a footpath.  Get the license

plate number, have to police 

track this guy down and fine 

him B5000 !!  Bet will be nicer

next time.

Read the article again.

He didn't have a license plate

On 8/10/2016 at 4:27 PM, ubonjoe said:

Been discussed many times for over a year. Just ignore it and go on the site. The problem is with immigration's self certificate of their site.

I haven't tried with Firefox as I use Internet Explorer in Windows 10. (Yes, it is still there if you search for it.)

I had many problems until I went into "Settings" and reduced the security level to the lowest possible.

After that everything went fine. Just remember to readjust the security settings.

What about the one gateway plan? 

If it goes ahead the Internet will become so slow and the fact that it will be controlled by one governing body will prevent a lot of foreigners investing in Thailand.

1 hour ago, jcsmith said:

If they implement this I'm going home. From this, to single gateway internet, to the bs draft charter, this country seems to be heading full steam in the wrong direction.

Go home to what? CCTV cameras following you everywhere you go?

I disagree with this tracking but it will never be implemented. It is far too difficult to administer. Imagine the queues at immigration as sims are handed out to tourists and then registered.

In Thailand over half of the CCTV cameras here don't work.

You are better off here as long as you don't do anything wrong.

Seriously?????

I do corporate teaching, teach at universities and other places and whenever I ask a Thai about their hobbies, all I get is "sleeping".

"So, what did you do at the weekend?"

"Sleep"

"All weekend?"

"Yes"

I know! Sometimes they say this because it is easy, but many admit that they do sleep most of the day.

Go to a shopping mall and see how many of the staff in small stalls and in the food courts (outside rush hours) sleep. I have often walked away because they were fast asleep.

Why all this kicking in the head of someone already down?

Try watching western documentaries of security guards pacifying drunk party goers. Most of the action is verbal or in extreme cases a quick restraint.

These guys should be charged with attempted murder.  One well placed kick and the victim is dead.

Like one poster here said. "Thais fight to destroy"