Tropicalevo

That is one very determined young lady (8 years old). Bless her.

Let's look at the REAL problem here. Why do people open restaurants - because they can cook and earn money. Why do people open massage parlours - because it is easy to learn massage and many learn at home. Why do people open beauty parlours and hairdressers - because it is easy to learn after they have left school. The problem is that most Thais have a poor education with little or no qualifications. Where can they get jobs outside of the major cities? Factories want cheap labour (immigrants - no minimum wage). The above SME's are an alternative to starving. The government does not give a hoot about these small business. They do not put the ministers in power. Rich businesses do. Yes, there are too many. What alternative do they have?

Yet another government that does nothing for the annual flooding that hits the poorer folk in Thailand EVERY year. As long as the mega projects (with mega budgets) keep on coming, and the uber-rich in Bangkok do not get their flashy cars caught in floods - everything will be OK.

A 740 million baht budget (that will over-run) to save tourists 90 minutes for a once in a lifetime trip. From what I have seen with tourists heading to Krabi, cost is more important than time. 2 hours v 3.5 hours - they will not care. Will the boat trip (in dodgy seas at times?) be cheaper than the bus ride? Example - Tourists can fly to Samui in less than an hour from Bangkok (BKK). To save money, they will fly from DMK to URT in Suratthani - flight time is the same, then take a bus, ferry, bus (3 extra hours) to save money. Oh, and if they are on an International flight to Bangkok, the transfer from BKK to DMK can take 1 - 3 hours depending on traffic. Another white elephant project in the offing.

Hope that they find the folk well OK and well.

Thai ministers and spokesmen are NEVER working together. It is always me, me, me. Internal bickering and power plays are just one of the things that are stopping Thailand from moving forward.

I must confess that I think that Thai birds are very tasty and disease free.

Totally agree. Top man.

That is a good point. What to do? I have stopped to help at the scene of a number of accidents and 'the foreigner is always blamed'. I was even arrested once - all easily sorted. I cannot help it, if I see someone in trouble, I will try to help. It is just who I am. Stupid? Possibly.

Be careful what you wish for. These folk are probably the only ones that can de-fang the military wannabees. That is why there were two coups and all of this effort on removing them. It is not being done for the benefit the Thai people.

So much for the concept of 'to protect and serve'. I know that he has not been found guilty - yet.

What the heck? Maybe they should replace the dog with one of the villagers?

It is sad when the best that the government's PR people can come up with is - Whoopity woo.

Fixed it for you.

Find the culprit and tape their mouth over. See how they feel not being able to have a drink of water all day - outside in the heat.

And desperate dinosaurs do desperate things. The Thais are screwed.

Originally I had a Phillips one similar to the one above. When that one died , none were available on the island and I ended up with a Smarthome one. Again, similar to the one in the photo. It is as good as the Phillips one was but cheaper. Still happy with it.

It higher than other SE Asia countries. Vietnam especially. Vietnam's workforce is also much better educated. Guess where some International manufacturing companies will think about moving to?

All cats should be put down. They are natural predators and kill all sorts of wildlife - not only for food. In some countries, free roaming cats are causing some native animals and birds to disappear, almost to extinction. The UK is considering laws that cats must be on leads if outside. By law - they must be microchipped. https://www.catster.com/statistics/how-many-birds-do-cats-kill-statistics/

And he can pee in the empty bottle when he has finished all of the water.

Please make that all smokers. Tobacco, e-cigarettes and weed.

AI put words in place that are not correct. It was not submerged. The water was not that high. According to the article, he had just turned right onto the road (without looking first?) The motor bike was coming towards him and bibbed his horn to warn him. (I do it all the time when dingbats just pull out.) I would think that he accelerated to go round the bike as it sped towards him.

So, AN no longer shows us latest news. We have to scroll through articles that are ages old? Thanks - not. Cannot be bothered. Typical 'change for changes sake'? Why break something that was not broken?

Yet when Prayut made the same gesture, no one said a word. Strange eh?