trainman34014

New and Used Cars in Thailand are way overpriced and always have been.  This article seems to point to Rich people who can afford a Mercedes needing credit to buy one; doesn't make too much sense to me.

And how many Thai Companies are going to pay Western pay rates for these 'Skills' ?

And of course the Rich will continue to get away with everything as they always do.   They just need one sentence...''Do you know who i am ? ''   !

This years refunds were defo slower than usual; Mrs usually gets hers in one week and mine in one month.  This year Mrs got hers in two weeks and i got mine in two months !

I was recently talking to a Lady Thai Maths Teacher who will retire later this year.   When she told me she was a Maths Teacher i said 'Well; i don't mean to insult you perrsonally but after living here for almost 20 years i have yet to meet a Young person who can count lore than the fingers on both hands without the use of a Calculator or Electronic Device ! '     She replied';  ' Well, Thai Kids are generally very lazy and it is not easy to teach them anything that they are not interested in , so we leave it to the Parents to organise additional private lessons if they are worried their Children are not learning enough at School '.

Not much hope for the future then !

Only 16; falls well behind Trump then but probably not sent any Hush Money, so the numbers keep stacking up !

Perhaps in Court he will convince everyone it.... 'Was just an Illusion' .

14 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

 

Yup... I watched the video again and just saw that... clipped the wall then panicked...  

 

Terrible driving...  she clearly has no idea at all how to drive, which is quite frightening for anyone else on the road, particularly when imaging that there may be plenty of others like her - I wonder how she got her license (even though its incredibly simple to take the test).

 

 

Its extremely fortunate that she (i.e. the pickup) didn't kill a couple of motorcyclists passing below.... 

 

 

 

 

Sadl i know several Thai's that have failed the Test; so they just don't bother taking it again !

3 hours ago, stoner said:

 

30 years plus driving and i have never once mixed the gas and brake. 

Same here with 60 years of driving all around The World !

10 minutes ago, soalbundy said:

perhaps when sober, regret will sink in, "Oh what a rogue and peasant slave am I...."

My deceased Father-in-Law killed a Man by stabbing him in the same circumstances 40 odd years ago.  He did 5 years of a 10 year Jail sentence and always said he couldn't remember doing it and therefore wasn' sorry about it at all, even though the Victim had a Wife and young Kids !

And he will travel with a Plane loaded with a massive Entourage; all on board for a free holiday.  Same thing happens with every Goverment Thailand has !

3 hours ago, brianthainess said:

She must have paid a lot of Tax in life    shame she couldn't afford a safe

Probably doessn't have a Fire Extinguisher in the house either or wear Seat Belts in her Benz; all normal behaviour for Rich Thai's !

3 hours ago, simon43 said:

My maths is pretty basic, but receiving a total of 200 million baht from monthly payments of 159,000 baht maximum would take more than 104 years....

Thai's can't count more than the fingers they have but they know how to steal money faster than they need to count it !

9 minutes ago, Chelseafan said:

 

It was never a great airline but marginally better than BA.

 

Back when Thai were good, 25 years ago and more, they were very good.  Britsh Airways haven't been any good since the days of a Fleet of Brtannia's !

6 hours ago, ezzra said:

Thai have grown so big now, too big to remember how to provide the basics services, while every few days you read

how Thai are selling and buying new fleets of  planes in the billions...

 

Just recently had to jump through many hoops trying to re book my business class return from Melbourne to Bkk

endlessly waiting on the phone to speak to customer's service, unfortunately Thai is the only regular direct flight

from Melbourne to Bkk, (other than Jetstar) and not a fan of a stop-overs...

 

 

 

They lost the plot when they seperated with Scandinavian Airways; been very mediocre since then at best, mainly owing to very poor Thai Management.   Gave up flying with them many years ago and would never go back !

Those Polled were most likely Family and Friends of Thai Politicians !

3 minutes ago, bkk_mike said:

Admittedly, as I know the pension would be frozen if we lived in Thailand full-time, our plan is to winter in Thailand, and stay in the UK in the summers,,,

Means we can fly in October/March when flights are cheap, and has the added side-benefit of keeping us from having to deal with Thai tax returns.

 

But I'm not dependent on the UK state pension. It's just icing on the cake.

Good plan if that's what you wanted because as long as you spend 6 months of the year in Blighty you are entitled to a full Pension.

2 minutes ago, Hugh Jarse said:

Why poor planning? Brit’s were not told about this when the moved abroad and believed they would be entitled to a pension based on their contributions not their residency!

Didn't read the small print then did they or do enough homework !

I paid in huge amounts of NI for the full 50 years of my working life but will never get a rise in Pension living here !   However; i knew that before coming here and prepared myself financially.     Those that don't do so are just poor Managers of money and should live where they can get the increases, simple is it not  ?

Normally the only thing that 'Spurs Action' here is Wads of Money !

Yawn; after being here 20 years and seeing this so many times i know this will end up either swept under the carpet entirely or at worst for the offender having to apologise and give numerous wai's to the offended.

Thailand never learns; still stuck in a Cultural Black Hole created 500 years ago !

1 hour ago, ChaiyaTH said:

Let me guess, they timed the news with a little bit rain coming, if the air then clears up exactly around the real songkran days, they will claim success from their own actions.

Would you expect anything else from a Nation of Chestbeaters and Flag Wavers !

He needed aTug to help berth a Corvette; i wouldn't let him sail a Duck on my Bath Water !

It's the Manufacturers of Food and Drink that need hammering into line as 'The Public' here are too lazy to deal with waste properly except for the ones that collect and recycle for cash.   They go on about getting the Cafe's to do away with Plastic Straws and Markets not using Plastic Bags etc but the easiest answer to this is simply BAN the manufacture of these items.   Oh dear; can't do that for upsetting too many Rich Business Men who don't care two hoots for the People or the Environment !

Put all Drinks back in returnable Glass Bottles like we had as Kids and do away with all the Double Packaging on things like Biscuits, Cakes etc.    We take Cloth Shopping Bags with us to Market and invite Traders to put the Veggies straight in but they want to put them in Plastic Bags first because nobody from any 'Ministry'  ever teaches them how do do anything properly to protect the Environment.  Of course; it will never happen because Public Officials here only want to do things that earn them Backhanders !