Always18

Patronage and payment rules - no danger of appointment upon merit in Thailand..............

Sorry, police and army are dedicated to be at the service of the citizens => it means to obey to an elected gouvernement. The political ideas of the soldiers or policemen cannot interfer with their job. Period.

I dont think it works that way in a monarchy

It works that way in the United Kingdom.................doesn't it?

I believe it also works that way in most of the other European monarchies and certainly Japan's.

I believe the vital word missing from Phycokiller's post was "absolute"......................

For home use ceramic is indeed superior to Teflon...but in a professional kitchen nothing beats the good old cast iron panimage.jpg

After owning a restaurant in the US, you would have to visit a lot of professional kitchens in the states to find a cast iron pan in use. They are antiques. Fun, but not user friendly in a restaurant kitchen. Use in them in the south to show that you like to make biscuits when guests are over. Put away when it is just you cooking for you.

I can imagine. In a restaurant kitchen an old fashioned heavy/thick cast iron pan may be too heavy for those using it.

One thing is making a meal a day for yourself, another thing is making a lot of meals every evening.

Btw, today you also have lightweight cast iron pans.

Much prefer the old thick heavy ones, the heat distribution is very very good, extremely easy to clean, they last 40-50-60 years no sweat.

Sure for the new generation of pussy chefs those pans are too heavy but for us old school kitchen warriors nothing beats them...

Spot on for commercial use - but my own personal domestic favourites were always the properly tinned French copper pans.

Thick walled (>4mm), and a bugger to maintain, but incomparable heat distribution............and they look so sexy hanging on the kitchen walls when you ain't using them!

Sounds really great - I thoroughly trust the current regime with anything they say or do, especially if it's the offer of a free app for your mobile device....................

I have to ask why do the Police need article 44, they already have laws to deal with these outlaws. Good fresh unused laws.

Absolutely agree - the answer, I believe, lies in the inherent addiction by these idiots of the need to be seen to be wielding more power.

Why not use Art.44 for all matters deemed "anti-Thai" or whatever the phrase is? - after all, checks and balances, judicial oversight, separation of powers and all that other useless democratic nonsense are such a hindrance to a well-meaning and benevolent group of armed criminals.......................

All complete tosh, of course, and, with Thailand's track record of "safety" (not to mention the security aspect as well), no-one in their right minds would ever countenance such a potential disaster waiting to happen.

This regularly recurring theme is solely about Thailand wanting to "play with the big boys"..............

Just read the report, General.............

"....most of these (Thai) women do not possess the appearance which is valued by Thai men..........."

errm........no, most of these (Thai) women are sophisticated and discerning enough to see a Thai man as second best!

I didn't realise that these T.I.P. reports contain a section allowing the named nation to either "respect" or "disrespect" the contents.....................

Silom/Patpong/Surawong.........smelly, grubby but oh, so irresistible.

Full of very happy memories and we regularly re-visit our old haunts and what remain of all our old pals in that area.....................

Yes, that's the Thai answer - "lash out" at those whose requirements you have to comply with.

Children masquerading as adults.........................

More knee-jerk "controls" from Thailand's unelected, authoritarian nannies...........

"The Letter" - great lyrics from Wayne Carson but the best interpretation for me will always be the Joe Cocker version (Mad dogs and Englishmen tour).

His words is almost an insult to the ordinary people that keep this country from sinking ...

sadly, not "almost" my friend................

The earth has always been about 70% water,it has no where to go,only moves about a bit.I guarantee there will be enough water to sustain Thailand.If in doubt why were ther floods in the UK this week.

I think the answer, unfortunately for Thailand, involves the concept of "management"..............

"We cannot be selfish for our own comfort" - the insincerity just oozes from his privileged pores..............

"Please stop spreading false lies about the services we offer"..............so, only truths are being spread it seems!

Great photo

The missing caption reads "What, me worry?"

Thai solution - shoot the messenger................

More foreign influence, I'll be bound!

Yes, Thais living abroad must explain the coup, as foreigners seem persistently immune to the B.S. we spread for domestic consumption..............

Foreign influence - the bane of the perfect Thai society....................

One can endlessly debate the best "way forward" for Thailand and I, for one, do not pretend to have an answer but I am absolutely certain that a great deal of Thailand's modern day woes stem from the fact that they do not have, and have never had, a Western-style moral framework.

The culture of Sakdina is as ingrained in Thai society now as it was 100 years ago - it is just camouflaged a bit better - and that will always trump any Western - style notion of morality or social justice........

I'm afraid this self-appointed "Protector" of Thailand will never realise that he is part of the problem, not part of the solution..............