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    1. 36

      60 Minutes blasted after replacing harris word salad…

      Here's another. A young person of color is walking down the street and gets stopped by a pollster who asks who will they vote for. The person takes in the blonde hair, blue eyes and the paper-white complexion of the pollster, then glances around and sees people who resemble those January 6 patriots, and realizes their's is the only dark skin within sight. "I'm going to vote for the racist guy, yessir!" These things are ALWAYS suspect IMO. E.g., they come out with a poll result that 95% of the people believe in God. You will not be told that the poll was taken in front of a Catholic church on a Sunday morning. And then there is the fun stuff. In the primary a few months ago Biden was running unapposed; a third-party candidate's name was on the ballot but she had dropped out. For a laugh I voted for her, a New Age charlatan. The laugh will be when all is said and done and the electorate data has been analyzed someone will claim that there is a growing trend of acceptance for magical-mystical grifter candidates. But if today a pollster would ask the question of me I would say I'd vote for DT because I want the Dems/libs to be so scared that they get off their butts and VOTE.
      bendejo in Political Soapbox
    2. 45

      Reasons of change

      Your logic is a bit odd, bro. What you are talking about is like feeding stray dogs that expect everyone to give them roast beef sandwiches without doing anything. I downloaded Grab one day after my now wife and I asked 10 taxis to take us home (30 minute trip) and use the meter. Now I only use Grab or Bolt. If a taxi stops and asks me where I am going, I ignore them. If they are persistent, I tell them to F off. It's funny because it's true! I totally agree. How does that work?
      keysersoze276 in Pattaya
    3. 45

      Reasons of change

      Admittedly, I took a regular taxi today. Only because I was standing outside a hopsital on crutches with a broken leg. One of the hospital staff members told the driver where I was going and helped me into the car. Foolishly, I assumed it was legit. two blocks down the road I notices he hadn't turned on the meter. He asked for 500 baht. I refused. He begged and also begged to take the tollway which cost 110 baht and took 12 minutes longer than taking the main roads. They are required by law to use the meter. If most of them are breaking the law and overcharging, why use their service. And why in the h@!! would you tip them? I rarely tip because they rarely use the meter with no questions asked. In those rare circumstances, I let them keep the change or give a small tip. With the driver today the total was 322. NOT 500. As I was transferring the money and he demanded and begged for 400, so I tipped him the exact amount. Regular taxis should be grateful to even have a passenger. Not overcharging and refusing to use the meter or denying people rides. Both actions are illegal and the public has been encouraged to report the drivers.
      keysersoze276 in Pattaya
    4. 93

      Why Are You Even Here? The Surprising Attitudes of Some Expats in Thailand

      Erm, no!
      JamesPhuket10 in ASEAN NOW Community Pub
    5. 45

      Reasons of change

      This is exactly why taxis and grab drivers have been in so many very violent brawls. The Grab drivers must do their job according to the price. They get to choose to accept and pick you up or not. You can tip them if you like, but they cant overcharge or demand tips like taxi drivers do almost every time.
      keysersoze276 in Pattaya
    6. 93

      Why Are You Even Here? The Surprising Attitudes of Some Expats in Thailand

      Oh no, not another one please, no it is not standard for Thai women to be the dominant partner, that job is left up to American women as I saw on the two occasions I worked in the USA. My Thai partner cooks both Thai and Farang food at home and she and I decide ourselves what we each want to eat. Have you not noticed a large number of Western restaurants all around Thailand, they are frequented by Thais mostly as they are well outside of the tourist areas.
      JamesPhuket10 in ASEAN NOW Community Pub
    7. 112

      Thai Police Bust Multi-Million Baht Sex Toy Smuggling Ring

      did they smuggle it in the country through varioud bodily orifices?
      digbeth in Thailand News
    8. 45

      Reasons of change

      Your logic is a bit odd, bro. What you are talking about is like feeding stray dogs that expect everyone to give them roast beef sandwiches without doing anything. I downloaded Grab one day after my now wife and I asked 10 taxis to take us home (30 minute trip) and use the meter. Now I only use Grab or Bolt. If a taxi stops and asks me where I am going, I ignore them. If they are persistent, I tell them to F off. It's funny because it's true! I totally agree.
      keysersoze276 in Pattaya
    9. 45

      Reasons of change

      Your logic is a bit odd, bro. What you are talking about is like feeding stray dogs that expect everyone to give them roast beef sandwiches without doing anything. I downloaded Grab one day after my now wife and I asked 10 taxis to take us home (30 minute trip) and use the meter. Now I only use Grab or Bolt. If a taxi stops and asks me where I am going, I ignore them. If they are persistent, I tell them to F off. It's funny because it's true! I totally agree.
      keysersoze276 in Pattaya
    10. 6

      Thai woman sends husband to prison for raping 13 year old niece

      Her actions in reporting the crime will (hopefully) result in him being sent to jail, so not totally inaccurate.
      shy coconut in Isaan News
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      Reasons of change

      Your logic is a bit odd, bro. What you are talking about is like feeding stray dogs that expect everyone to give them roast beef sandwiches without doing anything. I downloaded Grab one day after my now wife and I asked 10 taxis to take us home (30 minute trip) and use the meter. Now I only use Grab or Bolt. If a taxi stops and asks me where I am going, I ignore them. If they are persistent, I tell them to F off.
      keysersoze276 in Pattaya
    12. 112

      Thai Police Bust Multi-Million Baht Sex Toy Smuggling Ring

      hmmm
      fondue zoo in Thailand News
    13. 10

      Why Doesnt "Me Too" Apply to Democrats?

      He doesn't deny it happened https://nypost.com/2024/10/11/us-news/doug-emhoff-brushes-off-reports-he-forcefully-struck-ex-girlfriend-as-a-distraction-in-first-public-response-to-allegations/
      Yagoda in Political Soapbox
    14. 123

      Why Do You Even Drink?

      I'm pretty much done with alcohol and coffee now. Neither of them do much for me anymore.
      shdmn in ASEAN NOW Community Pub
    15. 93

      Why Are You Even Here? The Surprising Attitudes of Some Expats in Thailand

      You are right to a certain extent, the funny thing is according to the majority of Thais we all come from the same country, which is "farangLand", it does not matter if we are Russian, English, American, etc we are all farangs, we all have the same culture, I find it funny so don't take it as I am complaining. Also, the article is a little bit simplistic, there are lots of overlapping cultures in Thailand, the Thais in the south see themselves as completely different culturally to say the people from Isaan and vice versa, they even have completely different dialects and languages and would not understand each other if they were speaking in their local dialects to each other. I laughed once as I knew an Australian in Phuket for a few years and he went to Thai language school a few times a week, after a year he said he had learned a lot of standard Thai but it was not much use with his wife and her friends as they all spoke Laos (Isaan) to each other. Well-off Educated Thais do not mix with the less educated ones unless they are "conchies" (spelling?) working for them, even then, they eat at different tables as is the case when they are on a car trip with a Thai full time driver and they stop to eat. I have seen that firsthand on many occasions. In the late 1980's I was sitting in a very large house in Bangkok, it was owned by the ex-vice-president of Thailand, we were there to invite him to our upcoming marriage ceremony in Bangkok, a "conchie", came into the room with a tray of refreshments for us but saw we were sitting down so she got on her knees, walked on her knees across the large room and presented us with the drinks, I was shocked but the ex-president took it as being normal. Do Thais become very British for example when they live in the UK for decades, do they fit in and learn how to talk straight, become orderly and logical, do they heck like, they take what suits them just as the rest of us do, I have also seen this first-hand many times. So as long as we accept we will never be seen as or be accepted as a Thai, have to continue to get annual visa extensions, and 90-day reporting then all is fine but I do not intend to sit and look through rose-tinted glasses thinking I have been accepted as a local, that will never happen. But as I said I have accepted this as a fact, nowhere in the world is perfect, 99% of life here is great. Leave your wealth, and money in your home country as it is almost guaranteed we will have to go back there when very old, don't do as many do and burn the bridges to the only country which will look after them to some level when that old age point arrives.
      JamesPhuket10 in ASEAN NOW Community Pub

Phuket police propose quick solutions to traffic congestion

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Phuket police propose quick solutions to traffic congestion
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PHUKET: -- Police have banned parking during rush hour in a number of locations on the island in order to decrease traffic congestion.

“Vehicles won’t be allowed to park along Thepkrasattri Road near the Heroines’ Monument or the Koh Kaew Intersection, as well as along the bypass road, Chao Fa East Road and Chao Fa West Road from 7am-9am and 4pm-7pm,” explained Phuket Provincial Police Deputy Commander Werawat Chantarawijit on Wednesday.

“Thepkrasattri Road is the main road connecting the airport with other major destinations in Phuket, such as the beaches and Phuket Town.”

Full Story: http://www.phuketgazette.net/phuket-news/Phuket-police-propose-quick-solutions-traffic-congestion/62834?desktopversion#ad-image-0

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-- Phuket Gazette 2016-01-08

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Jimi007 Platinum Member

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I wait to see if this is even enforced - unlikely ..

It could be a good money maker! Especially if they tow and impound the cars!

Local Thai hisos would revolt if car towed and big fine to recover. Never happen ...

Then why do they even bother to talk to the press about it, if they don't have any teeth behind their "enforcement?" Never mind, I've been here too long and already know the answer... TIT... Actually TIP, this is Phuket.

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bearpolar Advanced Member

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I say it again, other than having the police stay home, the only other way to fix traffic is to install concrete separator for every single lane. Thus every person on the 3rd lane on the left on Thep road will have to turn left at the intersection and not block the traffic by merging into the middle lanes after having cut people off.

An other way to help traffic would be to ban vios/almera's from traffic, just look at the intersection going north on the chaofa west @ the weekend market. If you wait on the left lane for the straight green light you wait 3 to 6 lights(so up to 20mins) but if you cut by the right theres ALWAYS 4-5 people in almera's or vios with 15-25m free in front of them because they are taking too long to move at a decent speed. Cutting in front of them by the turning lane saves you 5 to 20mins depending on traffic. Same goes on most roads. I save 15-35m time on my gf's times on 15-20km distance just by constantly cutting illegally in front of slow vios/almera's at every intersection.

But that one is just a dream, its insane how slow people are. Just try it. Go on chaofa west and in front of the villa zolitude/right after the tiger muy thai street going south, go by the right and cut everyone at the light if its red. I swear that if you accelerate to 50kph in 7-8secs(which isnt fast) you won't have a single car in your rear view mirror as soon as the bend is over. Most of the traffic is from slow cars/drivers.

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zaZa9 Silver Member

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^ You drive a Fortuner obviously ...

Stop any parking on the north side of Phrabaramee rd Patong , between the beach side dolphin roundabout , and the start of Rat-U-Thit rd , and watch the tailbacks that at this time of year , go back through Kalim , diminsh significantly!

Traffic heading inland from the Dolphin Monument have to merge for all of 300 metres , then seperate again - all because the shoulder lane is used by taxi and tuk tuk men to park on.

Enforce it as a clearway.

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schlog Silver Member

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We need a Phuket Traffic Tax. Only this way we will solve this issue:

Normal private limousine car/Pick Up 100.000 Baht Phuket Traffic Tax per year.

Taxi/Minibus 300.000 Baht Phuket Traffic Tax per year.

Big Tourist Buses/ big trucks 1.000.000 Phuket Traffic Tax per year.

Day Passes for 500-5000 Baht per vehicle.

This way we will get from one day to the next minimum 50% of all vehicles of the road.

This Phuket Traffic Tax money will be spend for FREE pulic transport with building of a MRT and modern bus lines around the island.

Till the MRT and bus lines around the island are full functional every Thai who is registered here gets free a new Honda Wave or similar.

Within 2-4 years we will have the best roads in SEA if this Tax money is only spend here and only for improvement of Traffic/Public Transport.

A solution is so easy but it's only a day dream..............

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I say it again, other than having the police stay home, the only other way to fix traffic is to install concrete separator for every single lane. Thus every person on the 3rd lane on the left on Thep road will have to turn left at the intersection and not block the traffic by merging into the middle lanes after having cut people off.

An other way to help traffic would be to ban vios/almera's from traffic, just look at the intersection going north on the chaofa west @ the weekend market. If you wait on the left lane for the straight green light you wait 3 to 6 lights(so up to 20mins) but if you cut by the right theres ALWAYS 4-5 people in almera's or vios with 15-25m free in front of them because they are taking too long to move at a decent speed. Cutting in front of them by the turning lane saves you 5 to 20mins depending on traffic. Same goes on most roads. I save 15-35m time on my gf's times on 15-20km distance just by constantly cutting illegally in front of slow vios/almera's at every intersection.

But that one is just a dream, its insane how slow people are. Just try it. Go on chaofa west and in front of the villa zolitude/right after the tiger muy thai street going south, go by the right and cut everyone at the light if its red. I swear that if you accelerate to 50kph in 7-8secs(which isnt fast) you won't have a single car in your rear view mirror as soon as the bend is over. Most of the traffic is from slow cars/drivers.

I agree but allows me to add a third option.

The government should begin to educate their voters that a car is intended as transport and not a motorhome and that it will help both them and the country by less use of vehicles and more use of alternative transport as bicycle or walk when destination is nearby. In a climate that rarely need protection from the weather its a shame that the Government have ruined most of Thailand with all the intensives given to buy a car. In not so far future they will regret and hefty taxes will follow both on buying a vehicle, road tax and ownership of a car / motorcycle.

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I am surprised. A very practical solution that totally makes sense for once. Now they just need to enforce it... sure... haha.

Also what about 9am - 4pm. It's crowded even around that time near the monument circle because of asshats parking on the road.

Too lazy to walk a few meters and too ignorant to care about others. Now even more and more businesses on the side of the road put cones on the left lane to clame the road for themselves. Unbelievable.

Fine these antisocial people to the ground. 1k THB fine and give the officer 50% of that to motivate him. And fire the officer if he neglects his duty.

You'll see how quickly the problem solves itself.

But we all know what's gonna happen. Same like when the army cleared the road going east from the monument circle. All occupiers are back in even bigger numbers.

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If you park on a red line in London, your car is picked up onto a low loader in about 20 minutes and gone. You then have to pay God knows how much to get it back. No one parks on them, not even with disabled permits. It works!

SIMPLE!

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