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Strict enforcement of traffic laws, and licensing requirements with no special considerations would help.

The inability of many in Thailand to own their mistakes is a contributing factor to traffic fatalities, with a mindset that whatever happens is not my fault, just Karma, promotes repeated occurrences of (w)reckless behavior. That person narrowly escaping a traffic accident is likely to say " it was my lucky day",rather than admit their actions were in any way at fault.

Actually driving safely contributes to reducing accidents much more effectively than amulets and blessings on a vehicle.

Often when you pay with cash you become irrelevant the moment the cash leaves your hand, pay with a credit card and you can usually dispute 30-45 days later...it helps when the store will not refund or replace defective items....I always use a card for expensive items...peace of mind and reward miles.

most all of us make assumptions here ( me included), as most news articles do not show the full story. We fill in the gaps with what we assume should be there and respond accordingly.

We know nothing about the character of the man or the woman involved...money alone won't necessarily destroy a solid relationship, but it will likely break an unstable one.

According to the article the man expressed interest in having custody of the child is that because he cares about the kid or would like to take away some of the woman's power in this dispute is unknown.

What I do believe is the child, being 8 months old is the only person in this relationship that I am sure is innocent of wrong doing....let's hope the child comes out of this ok.

Sadly I do not anticipate the woman receiving anything in this case, for herself or the child. If there is any money left by the time the case gets to court I could foresee the presiding judge getting his share.

What an idiot!!! "Violent drinkers", should not drink...I have known a few people like that...get a few drinks in them and they are just looking for battles, just looking for somebody to F up....Soi 6 is better for horny drinkers,get a few drinks in them.........and they are looking for somebody to F up,down sideways,backwards,forwards.......

This film was not even on my radar, now I am inclined to see it just to see what all the fuss is about.....a ban is good publicity.

Yes this topic has been done over and over....but it will never go away unless the blatant discrimination goes away.

While the degree to which dual pricing bothers those being discriminated against varies from mild to extreme, I am sure the people that enjoy being unfairly treated are a rare breed indeed.

Multi, tiered pricing for children or seniors is not the same because we all either were or will be entitled to the age related discount or it applies to friends or family.

Discounts for military or police is also ok, as those that serve honorably provide an often underappreciated public service.

But when you are charged 10x the admission merely because of your nationality that is unacceptable. Some might say, The fact that the Government encourages it, makes it all the more deplorable... and it's this Government approval of discrimination that encourages some local businesses and services to rip off the farang at every opportunity.

The fact that a vail attempt to hide the dual pricing at national parks with signage that is unclear to the casual foreign observer seems deceptive at best.

I would propose that the TAT implement on a trial basis a fair pricing plan at select National parks for a time, and evaluate the the impact on net proceeds....at least then they can put a baht value on their discriminatory practices and determine if the money made is worth the negative image reflected upon them.

While I expected a drop in usd this week, this has slightly exceeded my expectations For this week, and of course the week is not over yet. Oil sure got a nice bump up in price lately Hmmm.....

What's a troll? I am not familiar with the term.

At least they did not say terrible, frightful or grim.....because that would have been awful.

There was a thread on here a while back with the title will it hit 35? Well now the question is when will it hit 37? Read experts say should get to 36.75 by year end but we seem to be progressing rather more quickly towards that. xe.com. now 36.62 with high of 36.64

36.41 in Thailand, if you want to actually buy it rather than read about it. And the jobless figures that just came in were poor, pundits expect no rate rise this year and for USD to weaken accordingly.

http://bankexchangerates.daytodaydata.net/default.aspx

142k jobs created in September is not really poor, just lower than expectations.....I still anticipate more usd dollar strength vs baht this year, although next week may well drop a few satang per usd. Then start moving up slowly until the fed raises rates possibly in Dec( most likely early 2016) then dollar gains should move a bit faster.

Maybe some of those pundits can show me some pretty charts or polls, but I am long usd vs emerging market both currency and stocks for now....putting my money where my mouth is, so to speak.

It can certainly be done,I have lived on less and loved it. I was younger, had no health issues, just excited to explore South East Asia.... and the comforts that a bigger budget allowed was not very important to me. I did not have adequate funds for contingencies and did not really think about it much.

However, I would not do it now. I am over 50 now, and consider the 800k baht per year that immigration requires for a retirement visa to be a minimum I would recommend for someone over 50. My minimum comfort level has increased for accommodation, travel and food etc. And I would no longer feel relaxed if I did not have adequate contingency funds for emergency travel, medical etc available to me at all times.

Will he receive a cash reward for turning himself in?

If possible I would highly recommend a family visit to Thailand first, perhaps over the school holidays, the longer the visit the better. Not just a trip to the tourist sights,but where you think you might live.

Visit the schools and talk to expat families and teachers. Ask whatever concerns you regarding education.

Rent a car and drive around the city and outlying areas of where you are interested in.

Visit hospitals ask about insurance and fees, coverage and treatment. Talk to staff, and expat families in that setting to get their opinion on the healthcare.

Attend an expat club meeting, most any city that has international schools would have a local expat group. Ask the questions you have as well as get their input on additional queries you should make.

Churches, Consulates, Chess clubs or any other affiliations you can think of will likely have informed individuals that can impart their knowledge upon you, to help in your decision.

Bottom line the more informed you are about a decision the more likely you are to be equipped to make the right decision, IMHO a family visit is essential to making a properly informed decision.

I am hoping that at least a segment of the show is comedy, a lot of good material in Thai news.

If poll's are going to be used in an attempt to sway public opinion, they should at least be believable...too often they are so far from reality that they are ALL just seen as a joke. Including poll's that might actually have some basis in truth.

So sad.....my deepest sympathy for friends and family of the children.

After I consume 75% of 1000ml of a 43% alc/vol single malt scotch, 113% of YouGov surveys make 27% sense to 3% of my brain cells 30% of the time.

"Many of them gained around 30 out of 100 points"

The correct word to use is 'scored', and not 'gained'.

In any developed country, 30 out of 100 means 'Failed or F'. Nothing has been gained.

Also keep in mind multiple choice/guess test may have been used for the questions, as they are easy to grade. A score of 30 out of 100 points can basically be obtained by getting your name on a test sheet and selecting any random letter/number on the answer sheet....I never considered multiple choice a proper test.

I'm no expert on maths but surely that would depend on the number of multiple choices you're given. If each question has 2 possible answers to choose from then on average you should get about 50% correct even if you don't know the answers. If there are 5 then you should get 20% (I think that's right).

There's also the question of what the possible answers are since most people wouldn't be attempting them without some knowledge. As an example if you asked for the capital of Australia with the choice being: Canberra, New York or London I think the success rate would be greater than if the choice was between Canberra, Sydney or Melbourne.

You are correct Kimamey, the actual score a student would get from guessing at 100% of the answers on a multiple choice test would average 20% if 5 possible answers, 25% if 4 possible answers, 33.3% if 3 possible answers etc.

From my personal observations of my childrens exams in Thai schools, most test were predominately if not completely multiple choice, typically with 3-5 options for answers with a few true or false thrown in.

Also if the deductive reasoning skills you alluded to in your post were present and used the possible choices would be narrowed, further improving odds of a correct answer and thus improving the total score.

Any student that had even a slight grasp of the subject material and/or decent deductive reasoning skills would IMHO have scored higher than 30 %.

In summary it's pretty easy to just guess and obtain a "Failing" score of 30/100.

"Many of them gained around 30 out of 100 points"

The correct word to use is 'scored', and not 'gained'.

In any developed country, 30 out of 100 means 'Failed or F'. Nothing has been gained.

Also keep in mind multiple choice/guess test may have been used for the questions, as they are easy to grade. A score of 30 out of 100 points can basically be obtained by getting your name on a test sheet and selecting any random letter/number on the answer sheet....I never considered multiple choice a proper test.

If currency trends continue the baht is poised to hit 9 year lows vs usd in the very near future.

Perhaps while being detained at an attitude adjustment center, his uncooperative DNA's attitude can also be adjusted.

I have stayed at a few Centara hotels, including the Blue Marine. Good food and service, but always 4 or 5 stars with prices that reflect that rating. I tended to find better value dining options outside the hotel, as the clearly marked pricing in the hotel restaurants was not a bargain. Personally I would typically only dine in with the included breakfast.......not hard to see a 15k dining bill if drinks are flowing. Caveat Emptor

How does someone earn less than 3000 a month? Surely that is waaayyyyy below then minimum wage?

Any "family" earning less than 3000 baht monthly should probably be considered unemployed, however it is highly unlikely they are counted as unemployed.

In Thailand, its very doubtful the unemployed are counted as unemployed. 100% employment can be easily faked by not having any mechanism to count the people without jobs.

Thailand (supposedly) has the lowest unemployment rate on earth, although it did not appear to be that way based my personal observations over many years, and many different locations within the country. Perhaps I merely stumbled upon several enclaves of unemployment during my travels.....surely unemployment numbers were not inaccurately reported.

How does someone earn less than 3000 a month? Surely that is waaayyyyy below then minimum wage?

Any "family" earning less than 3000 baht monthly should probably be considered unemployed, however it is highly unlikely they are counted as unemployed.