josephbloggs

This thread is nonsense. I have been to several stores over the last few days and got receipts in each of them. Has any one else apart from the OP been refused a receipt? It just makes Steven100's conspiracy even more ridiculous.

What utter tripe. Have you seen the tiny little square of paper the receipts get printed on? What a ridiculous assertion. Dhanin Chearavanont is saving 20-30 baht per day per store (1,000 baht???? Get real) on paper, even though they haven't stopped giving receipts. Been to two 7-Elevens today and I got receipts in both. And Dhanin Chearavanont is to blame for the price of your coffee?? So tell me, if they are stopping tiny squares of paper to get richer why did they invest in manufacturing of recycled plastic bags only to give them away for free? No one would complain if they didn't give bags as everyone else stopped (and so did they until they could set up manufacturing). Any idea Mr Business Genius?

So if it was in 1998 it would have been based on the claims of Andrew Wakefield, right? He claimed a link between the MMR jab and austism. He said parents should not give their children the MMR jab because of this risk but instead give separate vaccines (that he could recommend). Problem 1: he had a study group of 12 children. Too tiny to be meaningful in any way shape or form. Problem 2: it was mostly anecdotal evidence. Problem 3: It turned out he was being paid by lawyers who were preparing a lawsuit against the MMR vaccine manufactures. Problem 4: He had personally filed a patent for a rival vaccine. Problem 5: No other scientist could replicate his findings. At all. It was a monumental fraud. Maybe when this came to light it was when your documentary was pulled as it was full of lies, holes, and conflict of interest and could therefore not go out to the public. I am sure the documentary makers had good intentions, just as Private Eye magazine did as they picked it up and I have the utmost respect for that publication. It eventually turned on Wakefield as did the medical establishment once his fraud came to light. It should also be noted that when his claims came to light people were genuinely concerned - who wouldn't be? As a result public confidence in the MMR vaccine plummeted as did usage, far below the 95% mark generally needed for herd immunity (some reports say as low as 80%). Weirdly enough this led to outbreaks of measles, hospitalisations and deaths from what was previously a very well controlled disease. Finally, The Lancet fully retracted his paper. The General Medical Council found him guilty of serious professional misconduct and struck him off the medical register. He can no longer practice medicine in the UK. Yes, I followed this case closely firstly in Private Eye, but it was all a fraud. Your documentary was pulled because it was false and the production company (and broadcaster) would have been sued to oblivion. Good intentions in the investigation, but no way could it be broadcast once the fraud came to light. I hope that helps explain it for you.

Because they started from nothing and have grown in to a huge conglomerate with operations in 20 countries across many different industries. Or is it because they are cutting back on tiny paper receipts? Can you explain?

Wow, they ask you if you want a receipt and if you say yes you get one? What happens if you say no - you don't get one? That sounds like some kind of witchcraft.

Ok, fair enough. Just so often people here make judgements based on a headline and without reading the article...

Did you not even bother looking at the post? The are images and a video of it crashing nose first at 90 degrees. How the hell would they have landed it on a beach when it was clearly completely out of control?

Ha ha ha, good one! You can come out now and admit you are just a parody account as surely no one can be so arrogant, gullible and deluded. Do you go to bed at night chanting "USA! USA!"?

And no unvaccinated people have ever died - amazing!

Winning!

Well done, investor of the year!! British Airways? British Aerospace? Probably both decent calls, I'm glad you didn't stick your money in Boeing, phew! But as investor of the year you would know better - you are so clever and wise. I only wish I had your investor knowledge and skill and could boast about it on an anonymous forum.

Well this thread degenerated in to off-topic pathetic childish bickering quite quickly. Grow up.

Oh dear oh dear, poor Cameroni has really been shown up in the replies. Imagine posting a link to an article that actually says the opposite of what you claim because you haven't bothered to read it. What an own goal, but don't worry, you are not the first MAGA to link to something you haven't read and I doubt you'll be the last. Headlines are all we need, right?

So do you sleep with all of your hard earned cash in a bag under your bed? Or do you keep it in a bank? If it is kept in a bank then you can be "turned off" just as easily so that argument is nonsense. (And often I wish someone would turn you off, but that's another story).

Funnily enough I just popped into Bartels for a sandwich and my Bangkok Bank app wouldn't work - first time ever - and I only carry small motorbike taxi cash. But my Bangkok Bank debit card worked, no drama. And if it didn't one of my credit cards would have worked.

I was using hyperbole. Of course it takes nothing like 15 minutes, just as it doesn't take someone five minutes to pay for a bar of chocolate electronically, just as people don't have to tell their phone number three times etc. There's very little difference in time between cash and no cash, just the "cash is king" brigade always use these ridiculous exaggerations to justify their position.

Always the same tired argument. It's always the "cash is king" paranoid / old fashioned brigade who are so unlucky at check out counters! You never ever, of course, get stuck behind people fumbling in their wallets for their money, then waiting while the cashier counts it a couple of times, then watching and waiting as they ring it up and then count the change three times before handing it back to the customer to then put back in their wallet before finally moving on. That happens to me literally every single time I go shopping anywhere and it takes a minimum of 15 minutes per person, just like your made up person has to tell their phone number three times and take five extraordinary minutes to pay for a bar of chocolate. And then I have to put that filthy sweaty grubby money away with my nice clean hands. Personally I much prefer cashless but I do think shops should keep both options. I just wish we had Apple pay and the like here as it is even quicker.

What a ridiculous comment. Nothing at all to do with laziness. It's rush hour and I don't want to drive one hour each way to a restaurant, nor do I have time. I'm at work and want to order some lunch as I don't have time to go out. I'm at home with a baby and can't go out. I just fancy something different so I can browse by cuisine and pick something. I'm watching football and fancy a pizza, should I miss the game and drive out to a pizza restaurant? Or just order one. I've gone out and left the kids at home, can I not order them some food? Tons of valid reasons for using food delivery apps. Laziness rarely comes in to it. Anyway, well done for being a proud luddite, keep flying the flag and depriving yourself of convenience and choice.

It was actually Food by Phone which was bought by Food Panda when they entered the market. The lost millions each year, with a total loss in Thailand of over $360 US. That's huge! Food Panda was hit and miss - their website and app are much nicer to use than Grab etc, but often restaurants would show as "temporarily unavailable" or the drivers would take ages to show up. I can't get my home address to register in Grab either and I have to use a house a few doors down from me which is annoying. Shame FP couldn't make money.

We really need that confused emoji back...

Yes Mr Trump. Boeing is doing great Mr Trump. No quality control issues here Mr Trump. We’re the best plane manufacturer in the world Mr Trump. USA! USA! Anything else you’d like me to cover Mr Trump?

How much corruption have you seen in the drivers license application process? You must have been extorted a lot to have your negative view, tell us about it.

Okey dokey.

The confused one was perfect for stupid posts, I miss that guy.

This is a thread about driving license renewal, can you take your self pity elsewhere please - there are plenty of threads for that.