Tropicalevo

The Beach for Life group are not going to win any influential friends if they are trying to stop corruption.

So, there can be a useful side to the TM 30 reporting.

Your preference of the gayness thing and apparent lack of of comprehension indicates to me that you are trolling. Goodbye. (Now where is the ignore bit?)

I really feel for you. I too have breathing difficulties and the 'puffers' are no longer effective. I am lucky though. As you say - stairs, hills and slopes are my nemesis and I live on a hill. Luckily, I am still OK on the flat. (I go to Chiang Mai Old Town every year and walk 20 kilometres a day ) I did not find a walking stick to be useful but I do have a younger friend who is asthmatic. She does use one at times when walking her dog. She says that it helps. It is not the traditional type of stick - more a longer pole with straps on the handles. Have you had a pulmonary function test? that may identify some inhalers that could help you. I was advised to have one and I had to go to Bumrungrad in Bangkok as they are very good. They prescribed a different inhaler for me and it worked well for six years but is less effective now as probably my lungs are deteriorating with age. I may go for another one sometime. Good luck.

You seem to know a lot about gays. I'm impressed. However, I kept two wives (and a number of girlfriends and 'encounters') very happy for almost 60 years. I still 'date' ladies, but I have no interest in a more intimate relation ship with them. Sorry, no gay experiences or feelings - latent or otherwise. Having had my prostate removed, intimate encounters of any kind are low on my bucket list.

I think that you should look inwards. That is a weird conclusion to arrive at from my post. So you are suggesting that all of the guys that go to bars and do not talk to the girls are there because they are sexually attracted to other men? Would they not just go to a gay bar? As I wrote

So, the anti Thaksin press have decided that Thaksin is guilty. (With zero evidence.) This will be interesting. Will the police come out with chemically laced water cannon as they did under Uncle Tu? Will students be shot as they were under Uncle Tu? Or will the uber rich (who are probably funding this little riot) just let the students invade the hospital. After all. It is the Police Hospital.

Possibly the guys are locals who drink there regularly and are not interested in taking girls home. When friends and I go to the bars (rarely), the girls all know us. We are in our early 60's to early 80's. All are married except me and we never take girls home BUT we go to the bars for some fun and the girls know that we will buy them drinks so they are happy to 'play' with us. It is a bit of a laugh watching the new girls try to get bar fined by the married guys.

She should ask for help from Thammanat. He is an expert at exporting 'flour' to Australia

Aww thank you

What is the point in that? There is a law about speeding - ignored. There is a law about wearing crash helmets on bikes - ignored There is a law about drink driving - ignored There is a law about buying alcohol only during certain times - ignored There is a law about selling cannabis with greater than .2 THC - ignored There is a law about smoking in buildings - ignored. There is a law about e cigarettes - ignored. There is a law about excessive noise from modified bikes - ignored. The list here is endless.

Erm - it is called confidential. Not secret. There is a big difference. I certainly would not want my medical information given to the hate mongering press.

What Thaksin issue? The poor old chap is not well. He has not said that he wants the top place at the trough. The only people that raise this point are the Thaksin haters. Most of the population actually love the poor unwell guy.

For registered hotels you do not need a tabian baan.

I agree with the comments that you made but but the downside is that food and drink in Fisherman's is probably the most expensive on Samui. The food is good, but expensive. For me, Choengmon is better value for money and a much better beach than Fisherman's.

Why not do a TM 30 for her? Just put yesterday's date as arrival date at your place.

This government loves to spend money to help big businesses. And the poor are left.........more poor? 600 baht a month for old folk. Wow!

Sorry for your loss. If you are not a director, you will have nothing to do with the situation. My understanding is that only directors have the liabilities. The good thing about this forum is that if my understanding is wrong - lots of posters will correct me.

Mitsubishi Mirage. Good little worker. Nippy (1300cc engine) and very easy to park. Bought it for the wife in 2012 and lots of friends etc drove it as well. No problems at all with it and the only time that it saw a garage was for the annual service. Just sold it a month ago (wife has passed on) for 140,000 THB

Nothing personal against you - it is normal practice in China and in Hong Kong when I lived there. They spit everywhere and anywhere. Back in the late 90's walking along the shopping streets was the most likely place to get a gobful.

Normal practice here in Thailand. I certainly believe that a criminal should not have the power to run a country and represent the people. What sort of example does having a criminal in charge give.

He is certainly further up the honesty ladder than the alternative.

When a security guard thumped a Thai visitor (don't you know who I am guy). I paid his fine - 500 baht. For us foreigners, probably more.

I suspect that there was a bigger crowd for the New Year's Eve party on KPN. There were certainly more boats going back and forth 'all night long' than on the FMP date. Bloomin things kept me awake all night with the constant drone of engines. At least the sea conditions were good. No accidents to my knowledge. I was told that prices were significantly higher than usual for transfers to the NYE bash.

And possibly causes forest fires etc.