trainman34014

All lip service. What's really happening is that the Police and Customs have found a way to get enough tea money to last for the next decade. Does anyone on here really believe that one single court case will come out of this? Even if any court case arises it will be for some minnow who worked on the gate at the docks or similar.

Most Thai men like Football and Beer so they are good subjects. My Brother-in- Law likes talking about Chickens and his Yellow Bus and my Neighbour likes talking about when he worked in the Middle East. Never really had a problem in this way.

150 Baht ! Yes; things have gone up a lot these days; just four years ago we used to go to a really good one at 99 Baht per head in CM, always plenty of choice too.

Never had a problem since politely refusing an early request for a loan. We all get on pretty well but I know how difficult it can be for 'Mia Farang', as they take a lot more flak and barracking from friends and family then most Farang Husbands ever realise. Can lead to marriage breakdown if they are unwilling to share this stress with you and get it out of their system.

In my experience Wive's friends and colleague's can be far worse than her family. It's 'Why don't you buy this or that?' and 'Why don't you travel now you have rich Farang?'. I have a friends wife who runs a business and since she married my pal all her friends keep asking her 'Why are you working when you marry rich Farang?'. She gets sick of it and replies 'Do I need to become disabled because I marry Farang?'.

To hgma, Lancelot, DocN

I agree 100% - nay, nay 200% - with your comments.

Why can farang not stop make imflammatory political comments every time they post?

We farang can't vote or play politics so let us not imagine that we can influence Khon Thai's views with our whinges.

Let us enjoy the country we chose to live in not try to make it another farang clone country..

You forgot to add the bit that says....' If you don't like it you should all go home'....LOL.

The usual cover up for the rich. Instead of issuing lists they should be just going and arresting the 'suspects' and charging them with whatever offences have been committed. Can't have that though; too many 'connected' people involved.

You're asking us to explain something? Doh; don't you know we're not good at that, we just make up another load of bullshit to cover the next question. If you want a real, honest, proper answer we need more time...like about 100 years, so all of you that are asking will be dead !

I wonder if the most wanted is top of the list......Initials TS spring to mind.

If you go onto the BBC Cricket website you can listen to live ball by ball commentary on every test.

Most probably this is common practice for many Thai business enterprises. Get your money out of the country boys and build up a nice retirement fund or 'something for a rainy day' just in case it all goes arse upwards.

IMO they are wearing masks to protect their own lives. The way things are anyone who is 'seen' opposing the Poison Dwarf and his band of merry thieves is likely to find themselves staring down the barrel of a gun. Got to say that i hope they build up enough pressure to cause serious damage to said band. Could well all be helpful as they move on their way to self destruction.

Very predictable they are, soon she will come out and watch a Thai drama or Ghost story, Mirror and tweezers in hand to pic at her face, covered in powder.

Then cook something as They need to eat on an hourly basis.

Stop talking about my wife !!

OK - have to answer my own question, using the article thoughtfully provided by scotinsiam: the mercury comes primarily from coal burning power plants. Coal apparently contains mercury, which goes up in smoke, and comes down in rain.

What I really want to know - will beer act as a solvent for mercury, and wash it out?

Wouldn't think Tuna drink beer ! LOL.

So; i'll answer the mans question. 1 tin of tuna in Tesco/Big C is 35 Baht at the moment and seems to be rising every couple of weeks. In Makro on 108 yesterday tuna was in 4 tin packs for 120 Baht so 30 Baht per tin. They don't sell single tins.

To all those who knock the eating of tinned tuna; i wonder how many of you drink xxxx like Coke or Pepsi..aka Drain Cleaner ? That stuff will kill you a lot faster than a few tins of tuna !.

ah ok, so it is cheaper....better stop going to Tops and Rimping then.

30-35 baht vs 42-44 baht sounds a lot better !

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No that is not correct. He is saying 30 vs. 35 Baht per can. But 35 Baht tuna is awful. The better brands are like 40-41 Baht a can vs. 42-44 at Big C, Tesco, etc. Some brands are the same or maybe one Baht cheaper if you buy a 4 or 5 pack at Makro.

Each to his own i guess; the cheap kit works fine for me especially in home made tuna melts with Mainland strong cheddar. Who said something about diets?

Buy a safe upstairs in Makro and hide it well....and i mean well.....like dig a hole in your garden and make sure you are the ONLY one who knows where it is.

So; i'll answer the mans question. 1 tin of tuna in Tesco/Big C is 35 Baht at the moment and seems to be rising every couple of weeks. In Makro on 108 yesterday tuna was in 4 tin packs for 120 Baht so 30 Baht per tin. They don't sell single tins.

To all those who knock the eating of tinned tuna; i wonder how many of you drink xxxx like Coke or Pepsi..aka Drain Cleaner ? That stuff will kill you a lot faster than a few tins of tuna !.

ah ok, so it is cheaper....better stop going to Tops and Rimping then.

30-35 baht vs 42-44 baht sounds a lot better !

Thanks

Reason prices on canned tuna are rising is the main exporter of tuna (Vietnam) are overwhelmed with orders from Northern Europe where tuna has become one of the 'in things' lately. Thanks to them and their fads we are now having to pay more....and of course you will always pay more for just about everything in Rimping or Tops.

Apart from themselves, who else gives a shit what he thinks or says? They are all a bunch of useless tosspots only interested in personal gain so why pick on him?

If you want to go to a decent, well run, honest Karaoke Bar, go to China. I've spent many happy hours having a lot of fun in several Chinese City's Karaoke Bar's and never been ripped off for a single Yuan.

They should all be closed down in Thailand but it will never happen as the Police are involved with them as partners in crime. I'm surprised the bloke complained at all and it's probably taken threats on his life for him to realise that you just don't complain about being ripped off here....even by your own kind.

Well; the breakfast went down well, mainly thanks to the Ayam beans. The back bacon is not too bad and beats the American style crap we get here for flavour etc but naturally it don't taste like home.

Ug; you've probably never tasted bacon from free-range Pigs reared in England. Most likely you were fed Dutch or Danish back bacon which is what is served up on most tables and tastes like...well, water really. Sounds like you had the real thing at the Olde Bell though , most probably 'smoked' which tastes a lot better. I've eaten a lot of 'Canadian Bacon' in the US, maybe a good few hundred kilo's over 25 years of work visits but never did find really tasty results.

All you Brit's out there who miss 'proper' bacon can now get stuck into as many bacon sandwiches as you can eat. Just left Makro on 108 and they are stocking three types of frozen Wiltshire back bacon that i've never seen there before. Could be my age but sure it wasn't there last month. Comes in 1 kilo' bags at 260-275 a kilo', which is comparable to the price in Britain now.

Defrosting right now ready for sausage egg and bacon and baked beans for breakfast....can hardly wait !

You can book at any travel agent, but they normally charge an extra 25 Baht per ticket.