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Too many of them taking huge amounts of credit to buy 4x4's every 2 years so that they can show 'big face' to the neighbours etc. They love showing off to all and sundry...especially Mia Noi !

I think you are talking about people making quite a bit more money than minimum wage.

Not really; I have a neighbour who is a labourer on building sites and his wife sells vegetables at the front gate. They live in a half rotted away old wooden building surrounded by piles of crap, but they have a shiny new 4x4 (silver of course) and a hefty bank loan. Not satisfied with that they now want another loan to build a new house. They just put up the value of their land against the loans.

As a PS; Wifey is a retired Midwife (anyone who works for the State likes to call themselves 'Government Officials' because it sounds very important), and as such she receives constant letters from her two Banks and another institution offering loans of up to 2 million baht with a decision today based on her past job and current Pension. The value of our home is not even taken into account as the fact that she was a long serving 'Government Official' is good enough for them. We don't want or need the money but she has old pals who were Nurses that have taken huge loans in retirement and cannot afford to pay them, resulting in luxury items being removed from homes and extended loan arrangements that will not be paid off until they are 80 !

It's going to take Britain 7 years to build High Speed 2 and that is only 120 miles long. How long will it take Thailand to build a railway anything between four and seven times as long and what will the final cost be?

In a country where they can't even get the ordering right for a few School Tablets for kids how are we supposed to believe that the Thai's could manage such a huge undertaking considering the high tech required. We all know that the Chinese and the Jap's are clever but will they be able to convince Thai 'Engineers' that they know best?

I've said it before and I'll say it again....this won't happen in my lifetime.

but... but... last year they promised it (and several other transportation pipe dreams)

The sign reads:

Developing the new system of transportation – 10 Skytrain lines – 20 baht ticket for round trip

Double track rails to connect all directions in the system

The high speed rail project from Bangkok to Chiangmai-Korat-Huahin

the Airport Link to Chacherngsao-Chonburi-Pattaya

– Puea Thai Party

http://2bangkok.com/...nsit-lines.html

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Miracle Thailand....Hub of broken dreams.

Too many of them taking huge amounts of credit to buy 4x4's every 2 years so that they can show 'big face' to the neighbours etc. They love showing off to all and sundry...especially Mia Noi !

But Thailand does seem to be the 'hub' of hot women who hold senior positions. What with Yingluck and now Ms Kobsuk Iamsuri, wheeew! At least the latter is also displaying some kind of intelligence by highlighting the forthcoming financial hurricane about to engulf the farmers.

Looks like we are in danger of finding a female politician with at least half a brain. There again, I would have expected a junior High School kid of about 12 to have noticed something is this drastically wrong with Thailand's Rice 'Scheme'. Will be interesting to see how she performs once she gets moved for being too smart !

Some rain in Hang Dong and looks like more coming. Looks pretty black over the City.

'Hit by several factors that resulted in its huge losses' Smokescreen meaning Management either got their heads in their bankbooks or stuck up their own very important arse's. They are falling so far behind they will soon be Tail End Charlie.

Quick phone call to Dubai needed. ' Errrr; what do we do now boss? '

To call this Government a Dogs Dinner would be insulting to a Dogs Dinner. Far too busy worrying about Wonder Womans next photo'-call in some distant land rather than sorting out local policy that may help the odd Thai Farmer or two.

Personally I don't think there will be bad floods this year because we just haven't had anything like the rain in the North that we had already had by this time last year. Last year it started raining on March 1st and rained almost every other day in large volumes until October. All that water ran South and became the top up for what had already accumulated there. This year it has barely rained at all yet.

In the final analysis nature will decide the issue and if there are no floods it will certainly not be due to the efforts of the current Government. Of course if there are no floods we all know that they will be congratulating themselves for a magnificent job done !

It's going to take Britain 7 years to build High Speed 2 and that is only 120 miles long. How long will it take Thailand to build a railway anything between four and seven times as long and what will the final cost be?

In a country where they can't even get the ordering right for a few School Tablets for kids how are we supposed to believe that the Thai's could manage such a huge undertaking considering the high tech required. We all know that the Chinese and the Jap's are clever but will they be able to convince Thai 'Engineers' that they know best?

I've said it before and I'll say it again....this won't happen in my lifetime.

That explains everything...

Better an empty purse than an empty head (German proverb).

Never heard that....How is it in German language?

No idea; but in Thai it reads.......Better an empty head than an empty purse !

Another expensive junket for all the entourage and another photo' call for 'Miracle Thailand's' finest political 'Wonder Woman'.

Not far from Dubai either, so I'm sure there will be a meeting of huge importance in the family clan.

thai airways still the best service from LHR.

in economy the leg room is excellent,service second to none(meals and drinks are served very quickly compared to every other airline i've flown with).

the fact that you don't have to go through the 2/3 hour's of hell waiting in the arab airports is also a plus factor.

yes,the prices can be slightly higher but you can find some good deals if you're prepared to look.

Thai's prices from LHR are fine,and I used to use them a lot, but if you're booking FROM Thailand forget them because there are many cheaper deals. It always amazes me that they are so un-competitive flying out of their own hub.

Wifey has a cousin that is mortgaged up to the eyeballs with the Bank, Husband works all the overtime available and still skint the day after being paid because the Mrs spends every satang on 'keeping up with the Jones's', going to Temple and bunging dosh there to receive 'good luck' and various other types of gambling. She's tried to borrow half a million Baht from me on several occasions but I won't have anything to do with it so she tells Wifey she married the wrong Farang !

Anyway; every month she borrows 5,000 Baht from a woman in the market and has to pay back 6,000 every time. Two months ago she couldn't pay so the woman sent three heavies to ask for the keys to Hubbys BMW, otherwise every window in the house gets smashed along with anyone who gets in the way. With this she fell at the feet of her neighbour, a Spicy Meat Seller and he paid them off plus another 500 Baht. Wifey tells me she is not sure how Cousin is paying back the meat seller, but thinks he is probably getting a different kind of meat in return !

And what do they intend to do with these 880 Dogs? Chances are corrupt officials will end up selling a lot of them to where they were intended to go in the first place !

Majority of those 'death free' provinces are predominately Muslim. Probably the lowest accident Songkran count in them every year. Less drunk motorists

Too busy making Bombs !

OP: I was walking out of California Wow at the Airport Plaza @ 10:30am and the sound was the first thing to alert me?... "man that sounds like an American Fighter" ok my years (1st Gulf War Vet) on a USAFBase in late 80s helped where we had F-16's but when I saw the jet I was pretty sure it was a Falcon/F-16. The F-15 is a Navy jet and larger....think movie "Top Gun"....pretty sure it was an USAF made fighter and I doubted it was F-18...think Blue Angels in USA in the past...

Likely F-16...less expensive, less advanced, air to air fighter and can assist ground troops or close air support...F-16 is a hell of a jet but its as old as the Space Shuttle Program or near

just my 2 cents...

The F16 is still a front line fighter in many Air Forces even though it is old tech'. The Dutch do fab' routines with them at European Airshows every year. BTW the Aircraft used in 'Top Gun' were F14 Tomcats. The F15 is an Airforce jet and the F18 is a Navy jet.

Nirut reportedly confessed to causing the deaths. "But I didn't intend to kill them. Only those who drank all the coffee in their cups died," he said.

WELL after one died shouldn't he have worked out the best option would have been to lower the dosage as most people drink a full cup? These robbers really need to go to school before they start their criminal career! I am quite happy to drink six cups. And I like my coffee very bitter so I would not have thought poison.

You would have saved him from buying you another five cups then !

My wife says its Thai name is as best as I can put the Thai in English, Tarng lagum, she says it is harmless, gets its name due to its markings looking like a new shoot on the lagum plant.

Unusual; Thai wive's normally just want to flatten all Snakes on sight !

If he is so astute at using chemicals, then maybe they can strap him down in the execution chamber and let him administer the lethal injections himself.

Bit late for that....he's dead already !

I see Reliant 3 wheeler's and Bubble Cars are not on the list. Time to start an import business that would <snip> up a few Thai brain's !

Seriously though; what I wonder is how the Asean agreement affects all this protectionism in Thailand. I probably need to read more but if it's going to be an open borders EU style arrangement will it not be easier for people like Proton to flood cars into the Kingdom from just over the border without incurring huge import levi's?

If anyone knows the Poison Dwarfs address I bet he gets a lot of very interesting mail !

No thanks mate; I bake my own. I don't put free ad's on TV to try and sell them either !