Surasak

Wonder who tipped her off to fly the nest?

I think the £ is at an all time low against the Baht. The lowest I can ever ever remember, it was 44 to the £ in the very early 90s. Much as I appreciate the £ has dropped for many reasons, the Baht has strengthened against many currencies over the past year.

I'm still waiting for the right thing to spend it all on to arrive

One word, which starts, M

3 hours ago, yellowboat said:

Thai rat Thai.  Suppose policing should come from somewhere, but paying people to rat on one another is a bit sick.  

Not when the results can be a safer place for pedestrians.

Someone make a mistake with the Mexican fire dance?

Sounds like something messy hit more than the fan.

A first class response from the media. Puts some suit firmly in their place.

13 hours ago, OJAS said:

Ample evidence on this thread, I think, that TIT is not an exclusively Thai preserve - with TIUK and TIG being mentioned as offshoots so far!

Add to that, the French. Many of my dealings with them have been mind boggling. So, TIF can be added.

Does the tag HYPOCRITE sit well on Thai shoulders?

24 minutes ago, MW72 said:

A friend of the GF was killed driving her pick up home drunk one night. Went to the wake at the house and loads of visitors arrived in their cars or on bikes, proceeded to get drunk and drove home . Until the police start enforcing laws the culture will not change.

When does he'll freeze over?

1 hour ago, idman said:

Good luck to anyone stupid enough to try and stop me from giving my opinion about what goes on in Thailand that just defies all common sense. Be they Thai or a Farang you will quickly be put in your place. Do I worry about expressing my views, not in the least.

I believe we are all entitled to air our views. But a lot depends on how the view is expressed.

17 hours ago, Thaiwrath said:

I'm sure Interpol will request he calls in for a meeting with them, whenever he has time to spare ! (Thai style).

Quite possible, but it would not be for attitude adjustment.

4 hours ago, robblok said:

A problem here in Thailand is that local organisation often only spring into action after they are forced too by people higher up. It is as if they are afraid to work and make some changes. So many incompetent people on posts that just want to collect salary and skim of budgets.. it would be too much to ask to do their job. 

 

Look at the guy of the disaster prevention with warehouse full of boats.. not used... saying that they are already allocated and some are not working (then fix them.. its your job). It really looks like people don't want to do their job or are not good at it.

A bigger problem IMHO, is that they are so sealed inside their own little boxes, they have no idea how to think outside it.

If the powers that be were not so big headed, they would ask for assitance from out side the country. But I suppose as they know it all, floods and other cockups will continue.

Air quality is the main problem. Fix the immissions of fossil fuels and plant more trees, problem solved?

Stand a small bowl of water in the room at night when A/C is running. No more dry mouth or throat. Temp set to 25c should be quite comfortable.

To go back to my 20's? As has been said, only if I could take the aquired knowledge I have now. I did some daft things in my early years, I wouldn't want to repeat them.

I stopped driving 2 years ago. At 74 I felt I had to, as my blood pressure used to go sky high on even the shortest journey. Best to give up before it gave me up. Thankfully there are two other drivers in the family so no problem getting about.

3 hours ago, jobwolf said:

This form is as useless as a rotten tooth. Everything the ministry needs is on the first page of every Passport.

The rest will be on the immigration stamps with duration of stay. officers are waisting lots of time comparing what is written on the form to passports and what for?

 

Quite true, but immigration work on the premise of, Why be difficult, when with a little more effort you can be bloody impossible. Same in many of the local offices.

6 hours ago, Dave67 said:

How about we take out the cost of liberating your country from the Nazis

It was TWICE!! So our share would be about €150Billion with interest of course.

5 hours ago, Bill Miller said:

The point is that having to have it in cash is a bit much.
If one can show the funds in a bank book, ATM statement, etc., it should be good enough for any thinking person.

 

Tgere lies tge crux of the matter, 'any thinking person'.

We have a business in the wifes name of course. Applied for a loan of 1.5million from ktb. 3 days after making application, 2 people came to inspect property. 1 week later we were invited to the bank to sign the agreement. Wife had to take out a 10 year life insurance for a 5 year loan. No problems at all

18 hours ago, Jingthing said:

Another likely factor in their attitudes is RACIAL.

trump gets his "mail order brides" from countries of WHITE people.
You're going to the "fleshpots" of Asia.

Such attitudes die hard, even if they're not at the surface. 

If they are dead I wouldn't want them at the surface!

3 hours ago, Zack61 said:

Will be all fixed after the police review committee puts forward changes. 

Do you mean shuffle the deckchairs?