Tropicalevo

A lot of folk slag off Thaksin. The reasons are many. People say that he is corrupt. Every government is corrupt here in Thailand. There have been no exceptions. The major difference is that Thaksin has a proven track record for helping the poor. Buying their votes with free houses, buffaloes, new roads, improved/free medical care and so on. When he was in power, I asked Thais why they supported him. The answer was always the same. He is the first PM to do something for us. Individuals who suffered the most under his regime - the rich and the military. Now let's look at the alternative. The military have a proven track record for helping the rich and running Thailand into the ground. I cannot think of anything that they have done to help the majority of the Thai population. (The poor.) Corruption just became worse under military rule.

If Mr Fixit (Anutin) is involved, then there is a dodgy deal being done somewhere.

And you think that things progressed in the 14 years under the military??? (They had removed Thaksin - remember) Thaksin is known to improve things for the poor. It is where his vote came from. The people that suffered under him - mostly rich. (Including drug dealers.)

I always have ice in cold drinks and often drink water from unknown sources. I do this everywhere that I have travelled. The only country where it gave me a 24 hour problem - Cambodia - out in the provinces. (That is not including dodgy curries at 1 am in the morning.) Yes, if I drop food, I pick it up, wipe it down and eat it. I am convinced that many woke, ultra clean folk do not have enough good gut bacteria to handle minor issues. Anti septic wipes, washing your hands 16 times a day etc etc. Not necessarily good for everyone.

Too little, too late. Most Asian countries have little care for their native animals.

Just hyped up by the press with very very facts quoted.

It seems that whilst they are old cases, he was only sentenced in October this year He has not needed a passport for the last 14 months. (from the Scottish Sun)

I know that many folk do it, but I think that it is very dangerous to leave phones charging overnight. I put it in a par with smoking in bed. The main reason for the continual charging it is all of the 'social media' apps running in the background and draining the battery whilst they 'steal' your data.

The 35 year old was the Thai driver.

Sadly for his family, we will probably never know.

The count appears to be random. Before I went away for a few days, the count was above 2,000. (I rarely look at them.) When I returned, the count was 36. Next day it was 47. Now it is 23 Is there any logic in the count? Or maybe it is for generating lottery numbers? (My recollection of the count may not be 100% accurate, but I think that you should get the gist.)

ie over-syphoning of budgets. So innocent people die thanks to greed.

More folk other than BJ's wife have accused her of fraud.

Cannabis was not legalised in Thailand. It was decriminalised - for medicinal purposes only!

Sounds like a neat idea. Unfortunately, I do not have a car.

The Thai workers WANT to go to Israel. No one is forcing them.

Thanks for the info. When I checked the flights prior to booking, all of the Scoot flights to Singapore involved an overnight stop before flying on to Langkawi, which is why I dismissed them. Batik changed my flight times to Langkkawi and I only just made the connection in KL. They have now advised me that there are new flight times KL back to Phuket. I arrive in KL from Langkawi at 16:25 and my revised flight to Phuket leaves at 17:00. (A real 'cluster<deleted>k) It is impossible to make that flight and I have to go through immigration in KL first. I am waiting to hear back from Batik Airlines. Batik Airlines flights here were very good service but a warning to anyone thinking of using them. They change flight times - often.

I am thinking of ditching April as their service is not as good as it was. I will self insure. I am 74 next year and my premium will be 18,000 USD - inpatient only. I have only made two claims in14 years with them. Prostrate biopsy (nothing found) and a lung infection.

It happens the world over and yes, they are passing on the charges. They want the selling price in the till.

Jews have been killed, raped and whatever long before then. Your knowledge of history is very anti Jewish convenient. Israel took in 100,000's of Arabs when they are being persecuted in their own country. They were given land and allowed to work and live in Israel. How many Jews live in Arab lands? Oh yes, they have all been kicked out, bombed, raped, murdered whatever.

Sadly, this happens when the dinosaurs in charge refuse to leave the trough. More mega projects awarded to the politician's sponsors. No money in the tin so they take the money from the projects that invest in the people. Then borrow more. Many, many businesses are struggling because ordinary folk have no spare cash to spend. As for the 10k for the favoured few - peanuts at an all you can eat buffet.

I usually ignore posts from people who have joined in the last 6 - 8 months. I failed to check this one. My bad.

A lucky escape for the young lady from a possible dangerous situation.

They would usually take the accused's passport in order to stop them from leaving the country. But...