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I have just been talking to a student and she swore she would never buy one.

"Great", I thought. At least she is normal.

Then she gave me the reason.

What would she do when she was tired of taking care of it? She couldn't just throw it away and leave the angel or soul to take care of itself!!!

From the article:

LTE Advanced allows for network speeds of up to 300Mbps, which is ten times faster than 3G and three times faster than LTE.

True, but their internet gateway is usually so miserably slow, the 300Mbps doesn't make much difference.

I use their Super Wifi and get speeds of 180 Mbps.

I also used their free 4G in January and got speeds of around 40 - 45 Mbs.

Actually that is fast enough for what I use it for.

Also I can imagine 99% of Thai people only use 3G for Line and Facebook and some will use YouTube. They have no need for 4G.

How long before they commit suicide?

Maybe these dolls are demi gods or angels anyway.

I can't see any mention of the police arresting people or looking for people who may have carried the doll.

Maybe they believe the doll was acting alone.

If done it will most likely be added to the price of the air ticket. No one will notice.

But then ALL travellers will have pay including Thais. Not just tourists.

This should be known as the "Shinawatra Syndrome".

Runs in the family ... putting things off.

After it happened they all walk back like there's nobody laying on the road.....

It amazes me that not a single person is interested in helping the motorcycle drivers.

I live on Ekamai/Thong Lor and use True Cable High Speed.

When it works, it works well, but sometimes I have to call them. They "change to a new channel " and everything seems to be fine.

Apart from that, as many posters say the Internet is very much up and down. It seems a few weeks ago that everyone I know had problems, regardless of whether they used True, 3BB or whatever.

Yes, I have a lot of technical issues with Thai Visa nowadays.

Some links don't work.

Sometimes the "back button" doesn't work.

Incredibly slow to load pages.

Scrips stop working

Don't blame it on the router. Most other sites open without problems.

I presume we are talking about Petrol ? Gas is something that is invisible and runs through pipes, or in Thailand's case is stored in metal tanks under the cooker.

Great. I thought he was talking about cooking gas. I was going to say I haven't seen any price drop.

He said it was his first time !!bas..d wants castrating.

There should never be a first time.

Have a look in the Bangkok Post (at least paper edition) . There is a photo of him "waiing" and asking for foregiveness. All is OK.

TIT

He called on the debt-ridden teachers to initially help themselves by making a household spending statement and cut unnecessary expenditure while the government will look to assist in other areas.

Does this mean Thais or a farangs included?

I know a couple of farang teachers on the basic salary that have debt.

Don't worry! I know the answer.

Lucky the vice governer has some citizens willing to report what is going on under his nose, saving him the effort to get off his backside!

Oh come on. Give the guy a chance. He said he'll be taking action next week.

They need to be sued for defamation.

"Let's wait for the translation and see if there are grounds for a case"

Seriously, how can they survive in 3.5 baht per person?

Incidentally, the motorcycle taxis at the top of my soi have just increased fares by 50%.

I used to pay 10 baht, now 15. I don't know if this is "farang price" or not, but they have known me for years.

Regarding the alleged comments made to her by Thai officials, I don't find them credible. Why did she not report them while she was in Thailand?

I can imagine they were told by the defense lawyers not to make any statements to the press while the trial was in process.

My friend renewed his 5 year license yesterday. Did the colour and reaction tests. In and out within an hour.

I am doing the same today. Now have to watch the film. Don't know if I have to do another test or not.

Been here 2 hours already.

I wonder why the difference.

I was in Pattaya the other day and noticed that someone had written on the dusty window of a car: "ISIL rocks." and "ISIL is great"

Maybe just a stupid kid, but the idea is there.

Sadly, I don't think Thailand will be spared. It is just a matter of time.

Why don't we have IDL which is valid for longer then a year? I get tired of renewing it all the time.

I would get me a thai DL is they could speak english and don't let me wait many hours for nothing.

Many hours?

Mine took 1 hour.

I speak Thai, but there were some foreigners who couldn't. They got licenses.

What about foreigners holding Thai driving licenses? It reads ALL Foreign Drivers...

Exactly - needs some clarification about foreigners holding Thai DLs. I can only assume that a Thai DL is acceptable ... ??

Don't be so sure.

Many Thais cannot think outside the box. (I don't mean to be a Thai basher)

They receive orders and follow them to the letter.

You mention your age and good looks but omit your wealth factor. Finances are the single most important element of any happy stable relationship here. I'm afraid that your age and looks play a very small part in the proceedings. Being well groomed, smelling pleasant and wearing appropriate clean clothes is a definite plus but any failing in that department can be overcome by the aforementioned wealth factor being increased appropriately.

To start out ... Find an ugly one but don't shag it. Enter into her circle of friends only. Establish yourself as a clean, well spoken and upstanding young man. Display all of the discreet expensive adornments such as a Rolex watch and a car. Look for the thickest, most stupid and manipulable cow in the group of friends, then make your move! Good luck, happy hunting.

Meh

Money and flash/show only matters to the wannabe hi-sos.

The types who do FHM covers and the like - they're perennial social climbers and pretend to be hi-so but they're trash.

Listen to them cuss a lackey at the hairdressers or nail salon and you'll quickly realise just how second-rate they really are

If the OP's looking for casual sex with relatively genuine hi-sos - he needs to head to Thonglor, Ekkamai etc - they won't talk to him easily especially if their mates are watching and if their English is lacking.

If they do shag him, it'll come at heavy financial cost

Cost how?

Endless shopping trips down at Paragon or Emporium (or similar).

I love it when I see some deluded fool thinking he's got a hottie 'for free' getting dragged around Bangkok's pricier shopping areas blowing his holiday budget/TEFL salary inside a day.

Best to stick to the less ambitious local crumpet, most of whom seem happy with a few Spys and a bit of grub in the evening and most of who are equally as hot as their more ambitious gold digging Thong Lor counterparts.

Well my fair skinned Thong Lor girl is certainly not a gold digger. We have been together for nearly 20 years.

Her family have far more money than I'll ever earn and they accept me as part of the family. I couldn't be happier.

We have worked out our economy. She has her own money to buy any luxury she wants and I pay running costs on the house.

So yes it can be done. Farang with white skinned rich Thai girl. I wouldn't class them as hi-so, but many of our good friends are. Most of them are very down to earth when you know them.

My mind is boggling! 250 million could be better spent I think.....between boggles!

According to the other newspaper the figure was much higher.

There have been alot of nails in this coffin recently and here's another fine example of "Thainess" in Lieland the land of denials.

I don't know about nails in the coffin, but there have certainly been a lot of negative incidents involving British people.

If these incidents all appear in the British newspapers, then surely they will be creating a very negative image of Thailand.

instead of trawling through facebook and pursuing people who click 'like' the police should be concentrating their IT resources fighting crimes such as the one highlighted here, and not relying on foreigners to do the work for them.

I agree with you entirely, but I don't think the police here are so interested in this type of crime.

Take a walk along Sukhumvit and there is still child porn readily available.

Not along ago I was at the Marriot Hotel. When I came out some guy approached me and asked if I wanted a lady. After a polite no, he asked if I wanted a man. Again I said "No thanks" to which he replied "A young boy or young girl?"

The police could easily get these guys, but they are not interested.

They should remove "Khun" Charee as well and he should be sued for negligence along with the beach management. The Phuket authorities should prohibit all monkeys from roaming free in tourist areas without suitable security and protections for tourists.

Monkeys are wild animals and can attack at any time.

I was at a temple near Hua Hin a couple of years back and there was a large group of monkeys there. I don't really know what happened but two monkeys started fighting and suddenly nearly all the monkeys went crazy and started getting violent. Of course we left quickly and so did the stray dogs!

Let's hope Thailand never experiences anything like this:

http://abc13.com/health/african-boy-mauled-by-chimps-to-undergo-facial-surgery-in-ny/1146803/