I am terrified. Bail should not have been allowed.

Just imagine - at any moment, she might decide to go on another "fish feeding rampage".

Every time I pass this roadsign I wonder why it's there. It's on the road going from Thalang to Cherngtalay.

What makes this sign silly is that 600m after the roadsign, there is a crossroads complete with traffic lights. If you turn right here, you end up cruising around Laguna Phuket. Good luck getting to Surin or Kamala beaches from here, unless you are travelling by boat! To have any chance of getting to Kamala or Surin, you actually have to turn left here, and keep going until you reach the T-junction, another 500m.

I cannot imagine how the sign-writers thought that this sign would be helpful to tourists or Thais.

No more 10 Baht bottles of Red Bull

The days of running into a shop, grabbing two Red Bulls for the day, and giving the cashier a 20B note are gone.

Phuket has almost zero public transport, and overpriced taxis and tuktuks.

So poorer people are forced to ride motorbikes, and many are terrible drivers. A fleet of buses would be profitable for the owners, and take many of the worst drivers off the road.

23 hours ago, Enoon said:

 

What economic category of Indian citizen do you think can afford to holiday, abroad,  in Thailand?

 

It's all relative.

 

Wake up.

 

 

 

 

I think it's more to do with the fact that India is a hot country, just like Thailand. So the number of winter "sun-seekers" from India is basically nil.

I would be interested to know what percentage of Thai road deaths involve those concrete electricity poles.

Putting the electric cables underground would be very expensive, but it could have the side-effect of saving hundreds or even thousands of road deaths per year.

And the poles are an eyesore.

"No, Mr Policeman, hold it the other way around. By the stick. Oh look what you've done, it's fallen down and ruined your pretty uniform. Come back tomorrow in clean clothes and I'll try to teach you again."

Just now, Bureaucrat said:

You must be another Daily Mail reader there quite a few of them here, who are like most Tories total in denial. Perhaps you should upgrade to reading The Sun it suits your intelligence more. SO SORRY LORD MODAFINIL FOR MAKING A TYPO. That's the brand name of a major anti psychotic is it.?

OK, you win :) I concede defeat, you made some fine points. Have a nice evening.

24 minutes ago, Bureaucrat said:

Sorry to have to break the news to you the referendum leavers lied to the public to get a favorable result. They promised there would be a 350,0000 a week saving for the NHS and  Nigel Farage told us barefaced on camera it was a lie. How can this be treated seriously it's a farce.

Your post has nothing to do with my post. Did you mean to quote me, or somebody else?

The Remain campaign had the overwhelming support of politicians, the media, economists, foreign leaders and more, and it still lost. Leave wasn't supposed to win. Are you suggesting that Farage single-handedly defeated the entire political establishment of the UK?

And what is this talk of £350,000/week saving? That would be £18 Million a year, well yes since the NHS budget is over £100 Billion a year, I think that savings target might be achievable. You do know that £18M is 0.02% of £100 Billion, don't you?

You probably meant to reply to somebody else. Edit: I see you have added an extra zero, but you are still way off. Farage promised an extra £350M a week.

1 minute ago, Grouse said:

It's not arrogance at all. It's how a representative democracy is supposed to work. You elect an MP who will represent the best interests of all the constituents. You want a plebiscite on everything? The masses always know best? Nonsense. We would have hanging and no doubt burning st the stake!!!

Rubbish. Switzerland is widely recognised as one of the most successful countries in the world. Last year they had 16 referendums.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_referendums,_2016

The Swiss don't have a death penalty, unlike the representative democracy of the USA. The Swiss masses seem capable of making excellent decisions for their country. Are you claiming that UK citizens are too stupid to be directly involved with the running of their country?

22 minutes ago, Grouse said:

I have no doubt their MP would act in their best interest even if it was not what they voted for

"We know what's best for you."

The arrogance of many politicians and commenters is mind-boggling.

25 minutes ago, jpinx said:

Check out the referendum results analyised by constituency...

https://medium.com/@chrishanretty/the-eu-referendum-how-did-westminster-constituencies-vote-283c85cd20e1#.7adydjawv

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Results_of_the_United_Kingdom_European_Union_membership_referendum,_2016

 

Interesting links, thanks.

The first two sentences of your first link provides some food for thought -

Quote

 

The EU referendum: how did Westminster constituencies vote?

tl;dr version: 421 out of 574 English and Welsh Westminster
constituencies probably voted to Leave

 

15 minutes ago, melvinmelvin said:

 

with the relatively small majority voting for Brexit I would think that among England's many constituencies there would

be a fair number of NO to leave the EU ones

MPs from those might survive

You make a good point, although even in "NO constituencies", a vote against Brexit could be seen as undemocratic. Only in cases where a large majority voted NO would an MP be relatively safe from retribution.

I expect Labour MPs with working class constituencies to be the most at risk. A vote against Brexit now would be seen as proof that their MP no longer represented their interests, and they would be eviscerated for their choice at the next election.

Oh, I am looking forward to the next General Election!

Almost every MP idiotic enough to vote against Brexit will find themselves out of a job. Good riddance to the fools who refuse to represent the wishes of their constituents.

Thanks Ubonjoe, that's what I was hoping. I'll get my flights booked.

My passport has one Single Entry Tourist Visa from my home country, followed by 2 back-to-back Single Entry Tourist Visas from Vientiane, Laos.

Am I likely to have any problems if I go back there a third time to get another Single Entry Tourist Visa?

The other possibility is going to Penang, but the flights are more expensive and the visa run vans are deadly (3 dead last week on the way to Penang).

. Right go back and look properly at his mugshot.he is well over the 1.7 mtr mark.i know 1.8 mtr is 6ft as I was a brickie for over 35 years.and I said nearly 6ft.aint you lot got nothing better to do than come out with cr?? .....try an apology unless your Thai then just go save face.

Well over 1.7? 1.7 isn't even showing in the photo. Seems you have been short changing people for over 35 years

The Duke of Udon is a professional builder, and deserves a little more respect. A real pro can make accurate visual measurements without resorting to a tape measure.

Look at the quality of the workmanship of this house he built last week:

Did somebody ask for me?

I also couldn't find Modafinil in Thailand, despite my best efforts.

I'll visit them this weekend and get my account sorted out. Thank you for the advice

I'm not sure what kind of account it was, but the balance was probably under 1000 Baht, so that explains why the account was closed.

Thank you for the tip about the normal ATM card for 200B! Is there an annual renewal fee with the 200 Baht card, do you know? I remember paying 500 Baht (I think) for a couple of years to "reactivate" my card - no doubt they tricked me into paying for the overpriced card when I opened the account.

My company are with SCB, but they have told me that I can open an account with any bank.

I am working in Thailand - I have a Non-B visa and a Work Permit. My company has been paying me in cash, but I've decided to open a Thai bank account for my salary.

I used to have an account at Kasikorn, but when I visited today they told me my account was closed due to inactivity. They told me I needed to deposit 10,000 Baht, and pay them 800 baht for an ATM card.

Are there any banks that do not charge for an ATM card?

Not a day that goes by that I don't thank my lucky stars I had the common sense to get out of Thailand - it's so refreshing and all the Thai nationalistic BS is way in the past.

Where do you live now ?

Daily Mail Island

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPlEIryW8zA