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1 hour ago, rooster59 said:

Thaivisa notes that the procurement of several expensive devices for security personnel have created problems in recent years. 

 

A bomb detection device that cost a huge amount of money was shown to be a fake.

What! I think not, such an error would never be made.

Looks like boom time for unofficial money lenders

2 hours ago, thirdleg said:

There's a reason why nearly every country in the world is not run by the military....... because they are crap at it.

 

Hate to think what Thailand's real financial position is if you add back all the 'off book' stuff

One measure of the health of the economy and confidence in the economy is confidence in the currency. If you are right, why is the baht so high?

On 7/27/2019 at 9:42 AM, AhFarangJa said:

Incorrect Sir.

Info appreciated, where did you get it?

1 hour ago, AhFarangJa said:

The Late Kings birthday, December 5th. was always a no alcohol day. However, they do not seem to be applying that rule with the new King. I know in Hua Hin things can change by the hour, so Wife and I are waiting for a message from our local plod !!!

I do not agree, some places did not serve alcohol but officially I don not think it ever was.

14 hours ago, PatOngo said:

Again, pathetic! You can fool some of the people some of the time but you can't fool all the people all the time!

Or then again...

5 hours ago, glegolo said:

PS UOB Bank, a bank that do not have any officies outside Bangkok

Yes they do

2 hours ago, webfact said:

"We would like to ask farmers not to grow new crops of rice because there may not be enough water,"

Bet the farmers say "no!"

they will print them out and store them for a few months they reuse the paper for TM47 forms

9 minutes ago, soalbundy said:

They aren't allowed to rip off tourists now so they are ripping off their own

15 hours ago, Mavideol said:

brexit reality starts to hit the fan.... pound downhill, business downhill, consumer confidence downhill oh but Boris is uphill... old saying "anything goes up will have (sooner or later) to come down "

the £ is down yes, but we are still in the EU, it has been declining for years

5 minutes ago, wgdanson said:

That's the reason I put Commandments in apostrophies (Can't remember the correct word for  '.......'....oh yes, quotes) And I too wonder where all these silly rules came from. Could Buddah write? And Moses' Ten C's were sent down by God.

I have read Buddha did not write any of the teachings and it was hundreds of years before they were written down. 

After such a long time what was being written?

6 minutes ago, wgdanson said:

Is it not in their 'Ten Commandments' that they should not consume intoxicationg liquer?

I read in the 5 precepts that devotees one is to abstain from intoxicants but these are not commandments so I am not sure how this holds up. Especially if you look at them in the context of the other precepts.

For me personally I wonder where these came from as they were not written by Buddha. I am not saying he didn't preach them I just wonder.

15 hours ago, wgdanson said:

Which part do you not understand please?

If they are such devout Buddhists, they should not be drinking in the first place

7 hours ago, wgdanson said:

If they are such devout Buddhists, they should not be drinking in the first place, so nothing to give up

not sure I understand

17 hours ago, geoffbezoz said:

I would suggest more of an effort to stop it bombing rapidly now that the chickens have come home to roost. 40 THB and 50 THB to the US $ and GBP respectively would put it back to more realistic levels given the poor economic performance of the criminals in the last 5 years.

 

Then once Trump is booted out next year and Brexit is cancelled 45 and 65 should be realistic again.

15 hours ago, SidJames said:

Qatar but you have to stop-off on the way

So non?

I seem to recall Thomas cook once did, am I right?

16 hours ago, expatfromwyoming said:

I qualified amongst other conditions( having been married for 20 yrs) under the 3 – 10 Mil. Baht investment in Thailand.

so you didn't have to work? can you tell me where to find info on your way to qualify, thanks

17 hours ago, rooster59 said:

Besides I'd never heard of Vin Diesel. I thought it must be an innovative French biofuel used to power the racing cars.

 

Great 

Find it does not have the options of control and demonstrating that ASEAN does not work for the collective good.

20 hours ago, stephenterry said:

We don't have a negotiating position as the EU has made it clear they are not going to reopen the WAG

Rather demonstrates that entering the negotiations without a no Deal made our position weaker...

15 hours ago, stephenterry said:

If the hard-line Brexiteers of the ERG had voted with Johnson and Hunt to pass the WAG, the UK would have left in March. This deal, although far from perfect, according to some, is far better than a no-deal scenario -and quite rightly parliament would aim to prevent a no-deal, as it woud ruin the UK economy, devalue sterling, etc etc.

Many have opinions about the effects and validity of a no deal but to rule it out seriously weakens the negotiating position. As for devaluing sterling, as members, which we are, sterling has lost rather a lot.

I am at a loss to understand some of these arguments.

Just what is the Parliament trying to achieve?

Let us take it that as stated, the UK will not allow leaving without a deal.

Let us also believe the EU stick to its statement that it will not budge from the deal agreed with Mrs May.

Is the only option to accept the May answer and if so why on earth did we not leave at the end of March and why are we looking for a new PM?

Note, both candidates say leave we must.