Tropicalevo

Tik Tok posters are just desperate nobodies trying to make money. Basically, bad news sells, good news doesn't. This has been known since Caxton invented the press. Anyone who believes the posts as gospel is heading for a Darwin award.

When my wife died suddenly, I transferred the money from her account to mine. I mentioned this to a lawyer and asked if it was wrong. He said no problem. Everyone does it. The rental agent is fear mongering.

Well done to the BIBs. mind you, the IQ of the suspect did not make it much of a challenge.

I am not a saint. I failed on #3. What is iplayer? (I do not have a TV.)

So the government wants to stop cheap imports yet he wants business to pay more. That pushes Thai product prices up. They cannot compete with cheap imports. Well done China. Good move.

Sorry if I am in the minority, but if you are mainly living overseas and collecting pension increases then you are breaking the law. Why is this a worry to law abiding people?

I would dispute this 'result'. I suspect that one is a political statement to support the PM. I live on Samui and work in the tourism sector. 95% of our guests this year are NOT Chinese. Samui is predominantly Bangkok Airways (BA). Roughly 40 to 47 flights in per day. Probably BA's best earning airport. Most Guests are European with the French leading the pack. Chinese guests are mostly Hong Kong with a number of them being villa owners. Pre Covid, most Chinese guests (there were LOTS) would come in the low seasons. May/June/October/November. Whilst my small business does not reflect all of Samui, again, I am not seeing many Chinese visitors out and about.

Hmm. Not sure that it is totally accurate. Certainly a minimum number. As far as I know, no one counts the victims that die at the hospitals.

Not in my experience. I book online and show my Thai licence when I arrive. No surcharge. Some rental companies have a book showing DL's from all over the world. They look up Thailand and compare with the real thing.

What about during a power cut when there is no wifi? That happens a lot here on the islands. Mind you, not as frequent these days. It used to be every other day!

Looking at the responses above and in my personal experience, if it is a rental car and in Europe, I suggest that you get an IDP from your local office. Easy and not expensive. The rental company seems to be the issue.

In the UK I have only had to show my Thai DL at the rental desk.

Portugal asked for an IPD when I was there in 2020 - even for Brits. (A Brexit sulk I think.) I have both Thai and UK licence. Edit - that was for a rental car. I did not take my Thai car there.

That is not true for most people that I am stuck behind in the queues at BigC. They play with their phones for ages. Some eventually give up and pull out a credit card (yawn). I have cash ready (and BigC card) and out in seconds.

The other side of the coin though is that if Thailand were to be attacked, none of them would come to help. Not likely to happen, but whilst we are on conspiracy theories......

I would think that two a/c units on all night plus intermittent day use could knock up a 7,000 baht bill. Does that unit rate include VAT and FT charge?

I always pay cash and I always leave a tip. Keeping the art alive.

At least they were not asked for a hand drawn map!

It is not the waterfall that is the problem. It is the people that ignore the signs and they would also ignore the railings. We cannot keep wrapping people in cotton wool. Learning can be a painful experience. I see people risking death - daily. eg Americans, Europeans etc that only look left when crossing the road. Pedestrians walking on the road at night in dark clothes. (No street lights in our neck of the woods. The roads are very dark.) Folk driving scooters and at the same time, looking at Google maps on their phones. The list is endless. They will all learn - eventually. For some, it may be the last thing that they learn. Very sad.

And yet Thailand complains to South Korea when a couple of its citizens are questioned when they arrive there. Unbelievable.

When I was working in the UK, one of my customers was Amstrad. Their head of IT was Richard 'but call me Dick' Head. He was.

Or except the elderly who are polite and follow manners and etiquette. I am elderly - ish (72). I carry two phones and use them all of the time BUT not when I am in company or socialising. If I do happen to receive an urgent business call when in those situations, I excuse myself and answer the phone away from the group. Most of my elderly 'younger' friends do the same. The exception in our group are the couple who are 50 and 55. Always on their phones. Phone zombies when walking their dog with us. Sorry - I should have added - no wifi on the phones. They are communication devices. Not entertainment hot spots.

By young, I mean less than about 50 years old. I was at dinner in the local Italian restaurant the other evening with friends - table of 5. All of us were older than 50. No phones. Just eating, drinking and chatting. 70 - 80% of the other tables - hardly talking. Most on their phones. The previous evening, I was dining with customers, again no phones. 100% of the other tables were on their phones. The most worrying aspect of this scenario was that most tables had young children with them. Children on the phone almost all of the time. One mother was actually feeding the lad of about 10(?) as he was playing with his phone so he could not feed himself. No one was talking to their kids. I live on a tourist island and there were no Thais in either scenario. Just foreigners.

Wednesday.

Wow. That's only three years late.