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Yep - that's exactly what it's about. But still, it is what it is. I've rode MC for a whole lot of years. I don't ride without a helmet. Well, I have a few times, but I always feel very uncomfortable when I do. So I wear one. If you don't want to wear one - up to you. Just have the fine handy and don't complain if you're caught.

I don't think there is any confusion. An expat or two are attempting to game the system by playing dumb and insisting that a motorcycle with an attached sidecar isn't a motorcycle so they are there exempt from helmets. Fyi - a dude in our village just had his brains spilled earlier this year after hitting a concrete mile marker with his side cart and getting thrown off his motorcycle. The side cart stops, the motorcycle swings 90 degrees, and dude get thrown down the road where he smashes his head into the pavement killing a dead as a door-nail. That's why you need a helmet. Well, feel free to contest the law - you'll lose and still pay a fine. So just wear a helmet or have 500 to 2000 THB handy.

Not confusing most expats. Just irking a couple of expats who want to game the system. Did you get stopped and have to pay 2000 THB. Good. You're driving a motorcycle and you know the rules. If you get caught, stop whinging. Pay your fine or put on a helmet.

Hey Mister. I'll pay you 1000 quid to carry this fruit to Heathrow Airport!

You have the Thai version it seems: There was an old woman who lived in a shoe, She had so many children, she didn't know what to do; She gave them some broth without any bread; Then whipped them all soundly and put them to bed.

I was on the other side - old school classical-liberal Democrat. Same same - centrist with a left-lean - back in the day. Which makes me a far-Right MAGA fanboy now according to some here. <laughs>

I know - declare a new Covid pandemic and close all small and medium sized non-essential businesses again. Hell, there so many new "variants" now that I think they are running out of numbers and letters to name them all.

Give me some sugar handsum man. Six hours next to me an I'll vacuum you up my butt cheeks skinny-boy!

I tend to agree with you.

Time will tell. Western Europe and commonwealth countries are losing their relevance too. Hey, It wouldn't take too much of a push to turn you into a Republican Neo-con the way you're talking now BLMFem.

More likely that International students, like the Chinese, will be accused of "stealing valuable knowledge from university courses" (gawd no!) and then going back to their own countries where they'll build advanced manufacturing produces which out-compete the United States who will then need to "go to war with those evil countries who now make and sell produces that the US can no loner produce" in order to level the playing field in favor of "the most exceptional country in the world." "Make America Great Again" by bombing the hell out of everyone who are competitors on the global economic stage. This will be called "Democracy" and "Peace Through Strength!"

Those international students wanting quality higher education will gravitate to China and Russia where advanced STEM degrees are valued above Masters and PhDs in business, humanities, and gender studies. It's just another thing that will make the US less relevant on the world stage.

Money can buy "justice." Justice in most countries like Thailand, and for that matter even in the West, is a fungible commodity.

The saga of Yingluck Shinawatra’s rice pledging legal battle has taken a dramatic turn, as her brother and former prime minister, Thaksin Shinawatra, throws his weight personal fortune behind her in front of her smoothing the path with gobs of money in a bid for a retrial. Fixed it.

Thaksin Rallies Behind Yingluck in Rice Case Drama Of course he does. She'll no doubt have a penthouse room in a remand hospital for a few months like big bro and then back into politics and running Thailand. Unless their is a coup. That counter-weight is always there.

KP.3, KP.3.1.1, LB.1, XEC, LP.8.1, and notably, NB.1.8.1 KDNO.3L.349 MKEJ.398.3 UI09U3.3NSS.33.3.3111 P83K.4.RX1 Looks like my cat walking on a keyboard.

We need the old Covid score boards again. Variant on the X-Axis, number of cases on the Y-Axis. Sweet Mother Mary, here we go again. However, with that said, I went shopping at Big C and Makro today and was pleasantly surprised that the majority of other shoppers were maskless. I'd say that maybe only 5% were wearing masks. The employees in one of those two stores must mandate that their laborers wear masks. That must suck. Variants - what a load of malarkey. The media is out to scare the commoners again with Covid fear-porn. Doesn't seem to be working this time around which is good.

I wouldn't want to sit next to Emmanuel Macron for 6 hours. The French can be a little ripe even with the perfume overtones.

Conceited,elitist, condescending, patronizing, snooty, Oxonian nobs on AN have offically come out of the WEF closet. Fly coach and then want to dictate the attire other passengers wear. Up next? I have more money than you, I dress better than you, and my 💩 smells like 🌻. Well in that case, fly First Class with the other posh gits. You might get away with that attitude in first class or even business class and the airline might even agree with you. But I'm assuming your referring to flying in the manky, cattle-class with the plebs in steerage. Really - pay for better seating, otherwise, "suck it up." And as I stated above, and in past posts - I dress business casual when I fly, and generally dress that way whenever I go out of the house, at a minimum, slacks and a polo shirt unless I'm exercising. I find it comfortable. But I'm not a pounce would tries to dictate what other people wear to freaking McDonalds and in coach-class on flights. Gawd.

I dress business casual on flights. That's just me. I'm comfortable in that attire. I have no expectations that anyone else will dress business casual. Dress code? You own the plane? Sorry, you don't get to make up arbitrary dress code rules for the rest of the passengers. Don't like how the other passengers dress. Charter a private jet. You should be happy a fat slob didn't sit next to you and take up half your seat.

You're hallucinating methinks. Cut back on those purple mushrooms before the flight. "Dress code." I've heard it all now. You're obviously a throwback to colonial times. Or you're in the running with bob smith for silly troll posts.

Well that's just it. Individuals like you don't have a clue. Do you drink? Smoke? I've know a number of people who are addicted to alcohol and nicotine who have the same opinion.

I can't even fathom the psychological damage cause by having to have to shoot your own sons in order to save your own life. That's gotta be soul-crushing.

Two clear cases of self-defense. Sad. Methamphetamine are just s**te. Hard-core tweekers eventually become psychotic and dangerous. However, here in Thailand it's equally as dangerous to use deadly force to protect yourself.

Obviously Pops didn't want to kill him. He'll probably still go to prison. Unfortunately. Sounds like clear self-defense.