louse1953

I don't understand how so many people are so Lazy, that they would rather complan than bring there own bags. I brought a bunch of bags from California, and I use them when ever I go shopping, I have many that are cooler bags perfert for that cold milk or butter, to carry home without it melting all over the place. also great for carrying your own wine or beer out to a restaurant.

I have one cooler bag on wheels for chicken,fish,etc and another open basket on wheels for the vegy's.The missus thought we would be laughed at but better than plastic bags cutting into your fingers.The old girls down the market were impressed and rekon i was a smart farang as if i had invented the wheel.

They're so thin and cheap, it would take me around a year of stops in a 7-11 to collect a kg of plastic bags. Hardly an environmental tragedy considering I use the same amount of petroleum driving a few miles.

The plastic bags aren't the issue. It's the fact that I can walk 500 meters on a crowded street and not see a single waste bin to toss them. I deplore the local habit of just tossing them anywhere, but I can certainly understand why they'd be reluctant to carry a sugar/ketchup coated plastic bag all the way to the next bin.

No bins means a job for someone to sweep the trash up.

55,if only that was true.

They're so thin and cheap, it would take me around a year of stops in a 7-11 to collect a kg of plastic bags. Hardly an environmental tragedy considering I use the same amount of petroleum driving a few miles.

The plastic bags aren't the issue. It's the fact that I can walk 500 meters on a crowded street and not see a single waste bin to toss them. I deplore the local habit of just tossing them anywhere, but I can certainly understand why they'd be reluctant to carry a sugar/ketchup coated plastic bag all the way to the next bin.

It is part of an environmental tragedy. Everything in Thailand is put into these bags amounting to a huge amount. southeast Asia, India, and China are the largest per capita plastic abusers.

The plastic is an environmental issue!

The tragedy isn't the plastic used. That's just petroleum, and you used 1000x as much to fly to Thailand as you'd use in a year of eating at 7-11 for every meal (if you could survive that long on 7-11 food).

Not to mention, that plastic bottle from your drinking water probably weighs as much as 10 of the bags they put the bottle in.

The tragedy is in the poor disposal practices, which are not unique to those countries. Just more in your face because it costs money to actually bury or burn something to give the appearance that it's handled. SEA, India and China just have a whole different set of economic drivers. You get all the "environmental responsibility" your people are willing to pay for... In developing countries, they've got less $$$ to pay.

Well just chekout Beijing the last few days and the ability to get clean water in Indian cities.As usual people wake up when it's too late and the damage is done.Most of it is laziness by us but mother nature is not so forgiving.

All the OP has to do is take his own plastic bags, hemp sacks, or whatever he'd prefer, and tell the 7-11 staff to put his items in it.

In places like Australia, when you go to the bottle shop, they don't give out any plastic bags at all. If they have any spare, you might get a dirty old cardboard box, or you might have to carry the goods around with nothing to put them in. Add to that the sky rocketing cost of electricity, so as to subsidise all those unproductive wind farms, showers that emit tiny jets of water, half-flushing toilets, horrid fluorescent light bulbs, etc, etc.

I'm glad that the tree-hugging eco-nazis that rule over us in the west haven't got their way here, yet.

Careless people like you are the reason "Eco Nazis" are required in today's world.

Did you know that the largest percentage of plastic garbage floating in the Pacific Ocean comes from SE Asia?...and there is a huge island of it out there.

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That's actually a photo of the debris caused by the 2011 Japanese tsunami.

True.

The island of plastic bags in the pacific is actually the size of Texas, or so the eco-zealots tell us. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pacific_garbage_patch.

Anyway, who cares, the Pacific is a big place, and the North Pacific Gyre, a rotating current of water, keeps all trash in a place where nobody ever goes.

Eco-obsessives get on my nerves - while they bang on to all of us about how frugal we should be, most of them fly around in planes, wilfully polluting the atmosphere with all those greenhouse gases. They should walk or cycle everywhere - bunch of hypocrites.

So you don't care about the children's future.Once upon a time there was no plastic in the ocean but now it just gets bigger and bigger and then breaks down and enters the food chain.You are an orstrich if you think you can avoid pollution just because it is not in your backyard.

All the OP has to do is take his own plastic bags, hemp sacks, or whatever he'd prefer, and tell the 7-11 staff to put his items in it.

In places like Australia, when you go to the bottle shop, they don't give out any plastic bags at all. If they have any spare, you might get a dirty old cardboard box, or you might have to carry the goods around with nothing to put them in. Add to that the sky rocketing cost of electricity, so as to subsidise all those unproductive wind farms, showers that emit tiny jets of water, half-flushing toilets, horrid fluorescent light bulbs, etc, etc.

I'm glad that the tree-hugging eco-nazis that rule over us in the west haven't got their way here, yet.

When plastic bags blow into your house do you just leave it there or pickup somebody elses lazinesss.In Australia we had to be educated the hard way as people will not change their lazy habits unless forced to.I,for one are thankful for this as it makes for a cleaner enviroment.

Moral of the story, clear your overstay now and start anew before it is too late.

No point debating over whether this new regulation will actually actualize because when it does and place into effect, you will be over your heels...and the next question you will ask is should I then surrender, pay the fine and face the ban or hide under the radar hoping not to get caught ?

You wait til late Febuary,the slackers will be on here asking for advice on how to pay their overstay,ect.Some dills just don't get it and never will.

It would appear they have realized the 20k baht max fine is a joke. I am happy they are looking at tightening things up. Baby steps.

It is not always about the farang you know.A Cambodian,Burmese and Laotian would find 20k very expensive.

I would imagine there are many 1,000s of overstayers who pay into the economy which will have an adverse effect on the Thai economy if it is put into force it seems one step forward and ten steps backwards

I can just imagine the headlines'Thailand in Recession' Banned overstayers to blame.You must think the Thai economy very weak,if a couple thousand cheap charlis's are going to bring down the chang economy.

Convicted Australian paedophile arrested in Ubon Ratchathani

The Nation

BANGKOK: -- A convicted Australian paedophile was arrested in Ubon Ratchathani at the request of the Australian Federal Police for deportation back to Australia.

The arrest of Peter Dundas Walbran, 58, was made under a cooperation among the Department of Special Investigation, the Central Forensic Science Office, the Royal Thai Police and the Australian Federal Police.

The DSI was asked by the Australian Federal Police to locate Walbran who refused to return to Australian to be registered as a convicted paedophile after he was convicted and jailed in Indonesia for three years. He instead came to Thailand after his release to work as an English teacher.

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/Convicted-Australian-paedophile-arrested-in-Ubon-R-30274580.html

-- The Nation 2015-12-09

What?They need his permission to register himself.You would think it would be automatic.You are convicted of a sex crime you automatically go on home countries watch list and Interpols list.

He had been on the interpol arrest list but lands a job, presumably with visa, in Thailand? Holy Moly.

http://www.smh.com.au/national/australian-extradited-to-indonesia-on-child-rape-claims-20111025-1mhcc.html

Easy to get a job teaching in small villages.I am asked repeatedly to help.Mai pen rai is the answer when i reply why i can't.

Horrific traffic chaos and pollution. Will only get worse. Zero planning and enforcement. Real third world in second world wrapping. Even countries like Brazil cracked down on polluters already 20 years ago. Shame what is going on here. MS>

China must be bad if they think Pattaya is paradise.

Isn't it possible that after being extradited from Vietnam that he was placed under arrest after arriving in Thailand? I thought to be charged with a crime you needed to be arrested first then formally charged?

I question the reasoning in the police releasing information and the media desiminating it. It seems like mentioning that one suspect ratted out the others and releasing the names of other people they're still looking to capture could end up make their jobs harder.

What's wrong with just announcing that they are looking for certain people for questioning if they want the publics assistance?

Even in cases where a victim provides info used to catch the perpetrator, the police announce it. I don't see the sense in doing that.

If I'm ever a crime victim here I'm not got to say anything until they promise not to release my statements to the media. Last thing I'd want is my name in all the papers praising me for helping lock up a gang of criminals.

5555,your gunna make em promise are you,and then when they release your name for a 100 baht,what are you gunna do big boy.

Ground hog day.

Schneider, a gang leader and former “most wanted” criminal in his native Australia with previous arrests for robbery, drug trafficking and assault, was found dead in a shallow grave in Sattahip district on Wednesday, close to an area commonly known as “Big Buddha HIll”.

... was, by all appearances holidaying in Thailand quite legally. He had paid rent six months in advance so not intent on hiding. His house guests have similar pedigrees - so how many more criminals are walking in and out of Thailand, unhindered?

Thailand - the hub of SE Asian crime: send us your wicked, your murderous, your psychotic - so long as they have money...

The United states would not let peolple with criminal backgrounds into the USA.

Thailand has to follow suite, maybe take a lesson from Singapores book, I heard that some time ago the military rounded up all the bikers and arrested them and chopped up their bikes and dumped them onto a military truck.

Gangs are outlawed in singapore, however it seems the the good old LOS will let festering scum into LOS at will.

Thailand is overdue for a clean up tighten up the visa process by demanding a criminal record reports and banning these criminals from entry.

And ban bike gangs as Singapore has of any denomination Immediately.

That would make the PM a rock star overnight.

So lets say 30 million tourists come to Thailand,you want them all to get a criminal record check.I rekon you just killed the tourist industry in one mad idea.

One less criminal in on the street , I hope he likes rotten rice and fish heads .

Hope he also likes being the bitch in jail, biker tough, dont work in a Thai jail.. Im thinking he will be kept busy on his knees.. Sick of the Aholes, he get what he deserves

You been watching too many movies on the porn channel.

Why do we get these scumbags here?

These bikie types are a problem in AUS & should be denied passports to stop them from spreading their bad actions & habits in other countries.

I'm a proud Aussie & don't like to see Australia's reputation tarnished by these useless types, usually, on AUS social welfare payments as can't hold down a job (unemployable).

Hope Thai court finds him guilty & locks him up for life, useless piece of s**t !!!

Australia was a prison island. Means all Australian got a criminal predecessors. Crime is in the genetics.

This is true,but most of us are too smart to be caught.

Why do we get these scumbags here?

These bikie types are a problem in AUS & should be denied passports to stop them from spreading their bad actions & habits in other countries.

I'm a proud Aussie & don't like to see Australia's reputation tarnished by these useless types, usually, on AUS social welfare payments as can't hold down a job (unemployable).

Hope Thai court finds him guilty & locks him up for life, useless piece of s**t !!!

Well he can't be on the dole and live in Thailand,can he.

Everyone should carry there passports on them at all times.

its the law in Thailand.

Have a nice day

Rubbish.

The ultimate comedown,reduced to 3 up on a scooter,how embarressing.

Its hard for me to understand just how these criminals are able to enter Thailand. Recently after having lived here for 9 years , applying for my visa in Australia i had to get a Federal Police Clearance first

What is hard to understand oldsailor....?

As you just mentioned---Australia doesn't have "Visa on arrival" You had to get a clearance first--& a visa.

Thailand has visa on arrival for certain countries .

So imagined 3-4 planes arriving at the same time (as they often do) 1,000----1,200 people standing in immigration waiting for them to do a police check on each person (quite how you would do that without Thailand being connected to all the police forces computers in the world + the FBI) I don't know .

If you have free travel this is what you will get----as someone pointed out, the people who done the Paris attacks had free travel from another EU country.

All the British crims used to travel to Spain before...................

After having to provide an Aust Fed Police clearance to get my O-A visa. I find it hard to understand just how criminals get in without this clearance ........Understand ?? Bye the way ! "people who did the Paris attacks" not 'done'

I fail to understand how you don't understand that the 21year old is not applying for an OA retirement visa and may not be a criminal when he arrived,and even now it is only"alleged".

Its hard for me to understand just how these criminals are able to enter Thailand. Recently after having lived here for 9 years , applying for my visa in Australia i had to get a Federal Police Clearance first

Who said they were criminals,he's only 21.The Aust police hardly ever catch outlaw bikers,to busy harrassing normal bikers for no reason.I looked after a mates Harley for a year,pulled over at least once a week for no reason.Back on the Honda Blade and not even looked at,same gear,same helmet.If this is the extent of their profiling,they are too dumb to outwit smart crims.As you should know tourists do not need any clearance at all.

its still happening we are still getting all the scum of the earth coming in to the country and nobody seems to care its the old story as long as the money is coming in who gives a damn .

Maybe he was a cleanskin and not scum until after he arrived.They are not mindreaders at Immi,you know.

Wow Mrs Bagnato grassed Mr Bagnato without much prodding..

Shows who has the real power in Thailand.All these mafia/gang wanabees all subby to the one true mafia,or they wouldn't operate at all.

No real surprise here. Was fully expecting this.

But not so smart to use a rented car/truck with GPS tracking.

If they were smart they wouldnt be Hell's Angels

Plenty of brains in all outlaw gangs,too smart for the police most of the time.They never seem to bust the major players.

How did they stumble on the bodies?,you very rarely get anywhere

near the full stories,on news reports here.

regards worgeordie

If you actually read the full story you would know what your talking about.