Tropicalevo

Assuming that folk are serious about doing something, this is where Bangkok fails. There is no strict enforcement of anything here.

They were in office for 14 years but things do move slowly here in Thailand.

If used correctly, I understand that we do not have to put up with it. AI does what you ask it to (in theory). if you want flowery rubbish padding out basic statements, that is what you get. GIGO

If it has been happening for some time, then they were not that vigilant.

Codswallop! It is aimed at lining Thai pockets that are already full.

Someone needs to do something about these things. The governments are just pussy footing around and doing nothing. If it is to be the Three Stooges - so be it.

Scam capital is right next to the Thai border at Mae Sot. To get to the Chinese border, the military would have to escort them through territory held by the freedom fighters. These are the folk that the military are fighting.

Damn - I have forgotten where the 'ignore' button is.

I thought that the facial recognition thing came out a while back. It was supposed to be for old and new accounts but the banks struggled to sort their side of it out.

Nothing. I built a house here 25 years ago. No rent. No mortgage. That's pretty cheap. It cost me a LOT more than that to live in Oz, Singapore, Hong Kong and the UK.

More misbehaving tourists coming into Thailand visa free. Or are they spies? According to reports in other papers, the Cambodian military officer (he was a general) was wearing a long sleeved, plain white shirt. Not in uniform.

Sorry, you are not going anywhere. You will be reincarnated as a very powerful person - an AN mod perhaps?

This was true back in the early 2000's when I started building. The guy who built my second house was an established builder from Phuket. He could not believe how cheap the land here was compared to Phuket so he moved here full time. He finished my second house OK, but did a runner on the third (and last) one. Wife #3 found out about wife #2 and they were both taking him to the cleaners.

They should try this one on the other holiday islands here. Tao, Phangan and Samui. Koh Phangan last week was a free for all with foreigners driving badly.

This has been happening in elections here since Noah was a lad. I wonder why they worry about now. Maybe too many plebs 'out-bid' the hi-sos?

At least they were trying.....

And the usual comment from the deniers. It's never the cannabis, it is always something else. Lots of article stating otherwise. https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/03/19/704948217/daily-marijuana-use-and-highly-potent-weed-linked-to-psychosis

Here on Samui it is not PR, it is revenue generating. They are not hitting the villages/towns where locals block parking spaces, but they are hitting parking near tourist areas and attractions. The local clinic has had to rent space for their patients and the patients have to pay to park there. Still 100 baht parking is cheaper than the 1,000 baht 'fine'.

Come back Enoch. You were grievously misunderstood.

Go for it BJ. They tried to take you out before - and failed. Keep up the good work and if they sacrifice you, tell all. Shame that Kh Chuwit is having palliative care - he could really spill the beans. (Has anyone heard how he is lately?)

As ye sow, so shall ye reap. Decriminalising weed and then pretending that recreational weed is legal was a huge mistake Thailand. Just enforce the laws. Dope-head Anutin strikes again.

It is nothing to do with being tourist unfriendly. Tourists do not need work permits. The WP process is a form of protectionism though. They do not want foreigners taking 'Thai' jobs. Thailand never wants to be seen as needing outside help in any way, kind or form. I ran a charity some years ago, we were helping to educate Khmer kids in the poorer provinces of Cambodia, but as I am based in Thailand, I wanted to set up the charity here. Forget it said the lawyer. Thailand does not need help from outside charities and you will not be able to register it here. But we are working in Cambodia was my response. Not in Thailand. That is not how the Thais will see it said the lawyer.

Hmm. Slightly different accounts of events there. I wonder which one is correct?

I think that this is the second or third person who has died like this recently. Will people never learn. Fire is dangerous.

I just do not see how allowing alcohol will boost tourism. People do not sit at home and think 'Oh I can drink on trains, I think that we should go to Thailand'. Tourists who catch trains are usually already here.