Tropicalevo

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.

And this will be enforced just like the other rules/laws? Helmets on scooters, seat belts in cars, bars cloisng at midnight? Thailand, you are a joke.

Not a problem surely. Just put him on the Interpol 'red' list like 'Boss'. Oh, wait a minute though.......

Poor python. I hope that it recovers OK.

In Thailand, that is more commonly known as threats and bullying.

These days, Thai Airways were lucky to have a spare plane sitting around doing nowt.

So, these folk have no proper jobs to apply for.

The smog is finally clearing up here on Samui. One of the reasons that I moved here many years ago. 20 AQI at the moment rising to about 50 AQI by midnight.

Someone tried this scam on me. Said that they were from the PEA and were going to change the meter to a digital one. It did not get very far - I am not a PEA customer. The meter is owned by the developer that distributes the electricity around the estate.

Lovely story thank you.

There is another issue. The government and 'concerned citizen groups' always focus on Bangkok. Here on Samui, it is the wild west on crossings. Most are so badly faded, that with the poor or non existent street lights, one cannot see them. In the busy areas eg markets, the traders and customers park their trucks on them so that you cannot see the non-faded sections. Pedestrians can't walk through the trucks anyway. At one market there are two 'faded' crossing less than 10 metres apart. Then we have 'rogue' crossings. This is where hotels paint a crossing for their guests to cross from the hotel to the beach access. They then put an aggressive flag-waver in a uniform by them - to stop the traffic when the VIP guests want to cross the road. I am tempted at times to take said flag-waver out. I check my mirrors and see an empty road behind me but this dumb cluck is trying to stop me with his 'power' flag. I do not stop.

It is the innocent victims that I always feel sorry for. Phichat's worries are all over and he is at peace. The kids problems have just started.