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Japanese ambassador Shiro Sadoshima said that the Japanese have worldwide renown in train technology and reliability and would train the Thai staff to a high standard. 

I wish you the very best of luck with that, Mr Shiro Sadoshima!

All pigs fed and ready to fly.

Reminds me of the Goon show from the 50s. That was seriously funny. This is serious and not in the least bit funny. 

I tried to open a bank A/C last week at Kasikorn KK. Told I had to have a work permit. Tried Bkk bank, told the same thing. I now have a new A/C at KTB bank and only needed my passport and yellow book. 

5 hours ago, toybits said:

I wonder why take such drastic action. Has the national treasury been exhausted already? Last time I heard, there was an 85% drop in the Thai Treasury Reserve from 420 Billion Bt to around 75 billion Baht in February 2017 (From a Source that cannot be named).

 

With trains and boats and possibly planes to pay for,  we shouldnt be surprised.

3 hours ago, Airbagwill said:

For most Thaivisa members this is an opportunity to vent their erroneous beliefs that Thai people are inherently stupid.

Just because a TV member drives.. or drove.....everyone is suddenly an expert on road safety..... or what they erroneously consider to be “road safety”

The drink drive lobby puts it all down to alcohol the speeding lobby claims speed, yet they all overlook the elephant in the room which is the entire driving environment.

 

If this was introduced into the UK the death rates and figures would immediately rise to be the same........

 

 Passing a test does not make you a great driver, driving for 20 years without an accident doesn’t either. Driving a truck doesn’t either - it is studying road safety that makes the difference and as most people don’t even recognize it as a “thing” how can they be expected to comment.

Just look a the comments on this this they are almost all about a driving, mostly cars or motorbikes with no reference whatsoever to the road environment or other road users or government policies - just glib sound-bites about drivers who are drunk...... it doesn’t even approach the problem.

 

What makes roads safe is government regulation.

Build safe roads design them in a way that prevents idiot driving.

Build and use safer vehicles (805 in Thailand are vulnerable road users)

Enforce laws - to do this you need to train the police and BUILD PROPER ROADS

Train drivers and OTHER ROAD USERS - not just for a test - learning road safety is a life long process - learning how to drive is not learning road safety.

Provide a proper emergency service - lord knows how many people die from insufficient medical attention in Thailand.

...and finally set up and train a body to examine measure categorize and analyze every single accident fatal or otherwise so that we can learn how these things really happen.

 

If the Thai authorities embrace ALL those points then they will make progress - otherwise they are just rearranging the deckchairs on the titanic

 

 

All valid points, but, as I remember, the Titanic sank on its maiden voyage

3 hours ago, fullcave said:

They are busy controlling traffic manually from inside a box at the side of the road in between playing on smart phone. It's the latest technology. It's called "monkey in a box" traffic management system. Soon to be exported to the rest of the civilized world. 

The traffic management by the monkey in the box causes more of a problem than they solve. Always have done and ways will.

20 minutes ago, Kieran00001 said:

 

We share politics, culture, and history with Europe.  Our democracy was inspired by Greece, our culture is a mix of Scandinavian, Germanic and French, and our history involves being conquered and colonised by mainland Europeans, obviously we are as European as they come.

Maybe so,but 21 miles of sea separates us from the mainland of europe.

24 minutes ago, abrahamzvi said:

It seems to me you don't even know recent history. Mr. Junker was voted in. He won an election with a majority over Martin Schulz, the SPD German candidate.

Voted in by the eu parliament, NOT by the general public!

24 minutes ago, whatsupdoc said:

I stand corrected about the interest of foreign buyers in UK property. Thank you for the information. My point was that all people that I know that voted for Brexit did so because of immigration issues. And reports in the Guardian indicated to me that quite some EU citizens do not feel welcome in the UK anymore since the vote.

I think it is not wise for UK citizens to let the immigration concerns overshadow the economic consequences of Brexit.

I feel very sorry for you if you do read the Guardian. How misinformed can you be?

40 minutes ago, whatsupdoc said:

Apart from Yingluck maybe, which foreigner would want to buy a house in xenophobic Little England?

You'd be surprised.

49 minutes ago, whatsupdoc said:

Still waiting for a good reason why Brexit is such a fantastic idea... I mean one that compensates for the fall in the value of the pound, the expected job losses, rising prices, educated EU workers leaving the NHS, etcetera.

 

Personally, I see only one advantage; that it will be cheaper for Europeans from the continent to have a holiday in the UK 

Do you regularly correspond with George Osborne?

1 hour ago, Kieran00001 said:

 

Not true, it has been made clear that we could change our mind at any time.

God forbid our government would contemplate such a move. 

1 hour ago, Surasak said:

Almost impossible. No coupon try on its own could do that

A bit of a mess!! Should read, no country on its own could do that.

26 minutes ago, Grouse said:

Who are the losers pray?

 

Have you travelled much around the UK and mainland Europe in recent years? You should! You would then have a better idea who is losing ?

Look at the unemployment figures of Europe and those of the UK just as an example.

54 minutes ago, stephenterry said:

These are the rounded figures, some in % terms. The total electoral role: 46,500,000. 

Total turnout 33,500,000 (72%)

 

Leavers          17,400,000 (37%)

Remainers     16,100,000 (35%)

Non-voters     13,000,000 (28%)

 

Total                46,500,000 (100%)

 

IMO, 37% of the total electoral role is not a majority or a blueprint for the Government to announce it is the 'will of the people' that we must enforce Brexit, because that is statistically incorrect. It is the will of those that voted to leave, but not the majority of the electorate. 

Sorry to say, but that is the British electoral system. Rightly or wrongly the result stands.

1 hour ago, Mandox said:

dito

I think with them the needed reforms for the European Union would not be possible.

I wish them the best to reanimate old times. 

 

 

It's no a case of reanimating old times. More a case of not wishing to be dictated too by a bunch of losers.

4 hours ago, Grouse said:

Always been madness. Better to stay and force change from within.

Almost impossible. No coupon try on its own could do that

From observation, I always thought the idea was to either throw you trash over the wall, or dump it on the nearest empty piece of land. Strange that this guy should be vilified for doing what everyone else seems to do

Every time it rains there is at least eighteen inches of water flowing down the road within minutes. It then takes hours to drain away. Some clown decided to resurface the road in our soi staring from the main road to about 30 metres in length. It was bad before, no its damned impossible. Water management? Don't make me laugh.

Success, A friend just came to visit, he has transferred ฿500 for me. I do hope this young lady can make the most of the generosity shown by those who have donated. 

Can't get out myself, but will get some funds sent tomorrow. 

All down to planned water storage. A reservoir of a couple of square miles but only six feet deep is about as much good as a chocolate teapot. Water management is almost non-existent, as is proved year after year by the floods in Bangkok and other known vulnerable places. Could they ever organise a visit to the toilet for a person with diarrhea? Very doubtful.

20 hours ago, gk10002000 said:

Are there any other Football clubs for sale or on the market?

As a convicted felon, she would not be allowed to own a Football Club.

Have you ever tried nailing jelly to a tree?