Tropicalevo

Well done to the lad. Total commitment to his family. It is a shame that there were no other options for him in spite of all of the blah blah press releases and fake promises from this and other governments.

Same same. I complain when overcharged and tell them when undercharged. Seems fair to me.

All part of this government's policy to move everyone onto using phone apps where it is easier to harvest information, track people and their transactions. Many banks have moved to apps only.

Supot Electric on the ring road?

It seems that a lot of young people do not know how to look after babies and young children. Resulting in the abuse and sad events like this. And the PM wants citizens to have more children. Frightening.

The fraudster was obviously not the sharpest knife in the drawer. In gaol, he can get lessons on how to do it properly.

Obviously not from the UK. He is not wearing socks. UK tourists wear socks and sandals and have a knotted handkerchief on their heads.

Probably funds it. Here we have a street full of bars and the police own most of them. Oh. There happens to be the main police station at the far end of the street!

And the blame game starts. There was another case yesterday of a 16 year old Thai girl passed out drunk, in the morning, on the pavement at Khao San Road. She had to be carried to the police car. Some people were blaming 4 am closing. KSR is not in the zone for 4 am closing. Bars close when they want to.

It is a bad crop this year. Drought. (A friend has a durian farm.) There is a fresh market at Bangrak - opposite the road to the airport. Foreigners always pay more there. That is why I never go. When the crops are ready, there will be pop up stalls all over the island. Again, foreigners pay more.

They need language skills. Higher salaries.

Silly boy. Tourists will buy their duty free at departures where they start their journey. I never buy at arrivals.

I would suggest staying with a certified service centre. I used a 'local' guy to fix my 30 year old De Ville. He did a great service and had it working again, but he could not do the pressure test for making it waterproof. As I do not wear it often, that is not a problem for me but a Seamaster.........

She was not given a choice. She was attacked from behind before any attempt was made to take her bag.

I suspect that that is a naive comment. Do not look just at the price. Look at what you get. Guided tour of 2-4 hours (the people are experienced), safety features in chambers 2 and 3 and improved facilities at the cave. Someone has to pay for all of that. Extras are the clothing and insurance. The main entrance chamber is still free.

Your first sentence is correct - in theory. I sprayed the land before we started construction - in the dry season. We still soon had termites in the houses. The land where I live is riddled with the little devils. Every villa has termite damage somewhere. Continual spraying everywhere is the only solution. We do it every month for termites, mosquitoes and other insects. Snakes and rats are on a call out basis. I remove the monitor lizards myself. Spraying does not have to be toxic. It is a matter of costs. We use a local company that is eco-friendly. They just cost a bit more but safe for pets and humans (young and old). The only smell is from the fogging outside. www.facebook.com/Ecopest

All of those schemes are 'part time' schemes. No permanent help for the people that voted the opposition in.

There have been military coups in Thailand well before Thaksin was born. (Started in 1933?) It is part if the uberrich's plan to keep the masses poor and uneducated whilst leaving the rich to enjoy their spoils.

The 'masses' actually like the guy and prefer him to the alternatives. He won elections and did follow up on his election promises. The others didn't.

I have answered some of the steps to go through in your other thread. If your wife does get a visa and go to the USA, tell the airline the reason why. The airlines are usually very sympathetic in these case. (My F-I-L passed away whilst visiting us. His widow et al were very well looked after by the airline.)

My F-I-L passed away in Australia when we were living there. He was cremated there and his ashes were posted back to the UK. A little bit 'cold' but much less then 450,000 THB. Cremation in Thailand is straight forward. You will need to contact the embassy as the hospital will not release the body otherwise. When my wife passed away at home, the police came to check that there was no 'foul play' and the hospital also needed a police report in order to release the body. My wife was cremated here and as I live here, her ashes are at the local temple. The really sad bit is that both the hospital and the morgue both wanted a 'payment' before releasing the body. (I refused and threatened to call the police. Body was released.)

I do not disagree with your synopsis. I just think that 'better off' depends on current circumstances and where 'back home' is. I have nothing back home and I would not want to live in the UK now anyway. I would be arrested for my views before I had found somewhere to live. Thailand is stuck with me. Sorry.

And it does not mean that it is all true either. Who can tell. AI is ruining factual reporting.

What an exciting way to end ones days! And no doctors, computers or TV.

I struggle to understand these people that spend so much time, money and energy on 'preparing for the worst'. I things are so bad after a nuclear war or natural disaster, why bother? OK. So I am in my 70's and I have had a great life but would I really want to end my days drinking contaminated water, eating 'nuclear' fruit and berries off the trees and fighting zombies? Bring it on I say.