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5 hours ago, nahkit said:

So according to the linked story, he lost 10,000 baht and then spent another 350,000 baht trying to get it back. Was he studying economics?

Maybe the fake cops needed access to his bank account, in order to get his lost money back to.

I guess the chinese invasion will be absent this low season, since the real estate market back home, where most have their savings placed, is in the middle of a collapse.

The chinese tourist should have been arrested and banned from entering Thailand ever again.

Many of those motorcyclists in Bangkok, especially the delivery guys, drive like crazy overtaking left and right in full speed, even with oncoming traffic.

That's a heavy cost. The waterways exists already and just need to be cleaned up.

As long as MFP not give up to scrap the lese majeste law, they will have to stay in opposition.

10 hours ago, SoilSpoil said:

Debt problems are comparable to substance abuse. Increasing the price of tabacco, alcohol or drugs has no effect on drug addicts. It only creates more problems, and make preditory lenders very happy. The keys are education and regulation, both for banks as households.

Increasing prices may not have an effect on drug addicts, but will certainly prevent many people from becoming drug addicts.

21 hours ago, SoilSpoil said:

Higher wages mrans less profit for big companies. Thailand thrives on exploitation, low wages and debt. Keep them in debt, keep them enslaved.

Higher wages means higher production costs and inflation, which will quickly eat the wage increase and more for workers with the lowest income. 

2 hours ago, Liverpool Lou said:

He wasn't doing it in Asia!  He was stupid enough to overstay in Thailand, which was his downfall.

I guess that Interpol had sent an arrest warrent to Thailand and that he was well aware, that he would have been arrested, if he went to Immigration to extend his stay or tried to exit Thailand.

Sadly we expats have no legal way to watch tv from our home country and have to choose between being a pirate or watch Thai-tv.

Increase the fee for visiting a government hospital from 50 Baht to 200 Baht and immediately the congestion will disappear!

2 hours ago, farang9392 said:

Anyone know if it's intended to get faster? Quicker stops or just speeding up? Seems to be slow in comparison to MRT or BTS from the other day

The speed has gone up a little since the first day of trial. But it is still a very bumpy ride and definitely not safe for elderly people to be standing, when the younger population have occupied all seats.

The worst scam in Thailand is the dual pricing in national parks and other places.

5 hours ago, Sigma6 said:

How do dim people have millions of baht availble to splurge on pornsites? ????‍♂️

Easy come, easy gone. He may have gained the money from corruption.

How long has it been since he has cleaned the water tank and washing machine? Maintainance is often not prioritized in Thailand.

From the original article:

"Astonishingly, the Chinese employer even provided them with 900,000 baht to cover their transportation expenses"

"If they wished to return home, they would be required to pay a repatriation fee of 190,000 baht to the employer"

So still a good profit then, unless they flew in a private jet!

 

Flash floods in Bangkok. Has that ever happened before? Would it be in the canals or in the river? What time should we evacuate??

A few weeks ago, when I took a taxi home from Suvarnabhumi airport, the taxi driver was on 2 phones at the same time. He used some kind of app to record and send voice messages and had to press the screen when he was speaking. Then the persons in the other ends would reply and the conversations would go on and on.

In my thousands of taxi rides in Thailand, not a single driver has met my expectations, that the driver should be polite, not be on the mobile phone, not listen to the radio or watch a movie and keep both hands at the steering wheel when driving with passengers.

On 6/2/2023 at 11:09 AM, AndyFoxy said:

Who the hell calls themself Piccolo?

Piccolo means small size in italian language!

On 6/2/2023 at 3:51 AM, webfact said:

Pheu Thai Party officials scrapped its controversial ฿10,000 digital wallets programme

Vote buying without honoring the payment. Time to give the votes back to the people by dissolving Pheu Thai Party!

The Yellow Line system has postponed announced opening dates so many times, so that when they do actually open, nobody will believe it.

For years motorists have been held hostage in severe traffic jams, while most of the time few or no workers have been seen around the cordoned off parts of the road.