kimamey

I've looked for a sympathetic post, but in vain. He doesn't seem very popular. He would have been better holding a handrail on one side with someone on the other. Those steps look OK but Thais seem to be not that good at steps. That's sometimes because they lean towards lucky numbers of steps rather than practicality.

He could have been out by now if it had been quicker

I'd get something in writing in answer to the question of legality from the lawyer if I were him.

I'm very confused about all this. When this first came up, either last year, or maybe the year before, it was claimed it wasn't anything new just existing regulations being applied where they weren't before. I think they were rules from the 1970s, although I may well be wrong. How is it that they still haven't sorted them out yet? Also if you send money over, how do they know which year you earned it?

I bet they can make something up though.

It's down to what's newsworthy. If someone well known died of Covid it would be in the news, if it was me, then probably not. Covid has attention but flu doesn't, unless the numbers are really high. This is borne out by the fact that all the posts I've read so far mention the number of deaths but ignore the part of the headline that says cases are surging. The number of cases or deaths is less important than the change in numbers. If cases are increasing substantially, then the reasons need to be determined. It could be that Covid isn't seen as important now and vaccination rates have fallen. I've not heard of any large increase in the UK.

Or water.

If she's done this, and it looks pretty likely, then she's only got herself to blame. I feel sorry for her parents and her baby.

That doesn't mean it's not harmful as well.

Are they going to increase the size and change the colour of the Safety First signs they put outside dangerous factories?

Didn't Thaksin pay his own hospital expenses? Probably to avoid problems around misuse of public funds. That doesn't alter the fact that his hospital stay w very suspicious.

I'd forgotten that. Does she now have dual citizenship?

They are both Thai citizens so there isn't, and never had been, anything stopping then from coming back.

If you're talking about Thaksin I would think that was entirely appropriate.

Come Christmas I wonder how much respect for the religious aspect of the celebration of the birth of Christ there will be in all the shops and supermarkets in Thailand that cash in at that time of year. Before anyone mentions it, I know that's also often the case in the west and other supposedly Christian countries. The point is these are complaints from people who for the most part are only interested in their religion and couldn't care less about anyone else's. It's the same with the expected respect for the Thai national flag but not any other flag. For the record, I'm not religious so it doesn't worry me too much, although I would never show such disrespect. I'm also British and if you want to have my flag printed on you shorts, underwear, bra or doormat, go ahead. I'm fine with that, just don't be hypocritical.