maechanman

CRABS

worn outside jeans

bit the dust

Under My Wheels----------Alice Cooper

Slate

My First My Last My Everything--------------Barry White

Ok lets ease into this one with........................Eased

Cold Sweat----------Thin Lizzy

Teats

to enhance the

with an extra

Reeds

Roads

Prowl

i wouldn't believe any stats that the nation has compiled from sources that wouldn't have a clue.

I agree with the above.

I lived in Chiang Rai Province during the 90's for more than 5 years,during that time I witnessed many road accidents and most were never reported.I lived in a small village some 45 kms from the main city and almost never saw any police.

Six Wives of Henry VIII------------Rick Wakeman

Toads

I don't know what all the fuss is about here,Simple answer is don't pay it if you don't agree with it.

from a chalice of pure

Roast

It may turn out yet that not all banks will charge this fee or not at the obscene 150 baht, if so i think it would be a good idea to pin a topic & list all the banks charges as i have a feeling some will use this as a sales pitch to gain more farang accounts namely Kasikorn who have always been farang friendly lets wait a week or so & see, SCB would be typed in bold/red please.

Excellent idea,I second this.

I can only guess, the Song Kran holiday/demonstrations and then the two additional, unexpected government-declared holiday days Thurs and Fri may have put them off their implementation schedule....

It's not very often that Thai's defer money making schemes.

Tramp

Well here we are on the 17th,anybody out there used their ATM card yet and experienced these charges?

It seems to me that a lot of people have a view, be it positive or negative on the value of these volunteers. The main crux of all the threads that I have read appears to be that they would be welcomed if they did provide a useful service to the tourists and expats. However the main bone of contention here is that they appear unapproachable due to their demeanor and their particular choice of uniform. These 2 main bug bears voiced by the majority should be easy to resolve. However it would appear that the powers that be dont want to address these negative issues and would seem to be on some sort of power trip. I am sure that the majority would agree that a strictly controlled, well trained (by that I mean people skills and language skills) and obviously easily approachable local volunteer group would be a useful contribution to the local community.

They would be a lot more approachable if they were made to wear plain white shirts and shorts with perhaps a white baseball cap with a volunteer badge clearly marked on the front and carry nothing more than a whistle.