[NATO should recruit Thailand, Singapore, Philippines, Japan, and more, ex-commander says]

Thai military in NATO 🤣🤣

[Foreign woman criticised for urinating on Bangla Road, Phuket]

Every time i drive i see Thai men pissing on the side of the road so what's the problem, oh, it's a foreigner

[Songkran Celebration: Health Ministry Sets Alcohol Sales Guidelines]

Thank god for my patio beer fridge 🍺🍺 cheers

[Thai government seeks to mandate graphic warnings on alcohol products]

I'll drink to that, cheers 🍺

[New Govt Tourist Insurance to Cover Deaths and Accidents]

I have been retired in Thailand for 8 years and just returned from holiday in Laos today  i leave Thailand 3 - 4 times per year on short holidays, would they expect me to pay "tourist" medical insurance every time i come back?

[Thai food vendor sparks debate after giving free food to foreign backpacker]

I don't think it's got anything to do with backpackers. It's about being a decent human being.  Have the Thais forgotten about Farang businesses in Thailand donating free meals to hungry Thais during covid and the many millions of baht which were raised by farangs in Thailand to help the needy?

[Thai teachers pierce lips of 36 kids over gum mischief]

If they did that to my child i would give them something a bit more serious than a pierced lip.

Imbeciles

[Spread the word! More Brits in Thailand can now vote in the UK]

I have been in Thailand for 8 years and am registered to vote. In the 2019 election i received my ballot paper on the day of the election, too late to send back. When i contacted them to complain they said they are only allowed to send out the ballot papers 10 days before the election. Unless they change this rule you still can't vote.

[Thai Tiktokers slam Indian artists’ song as racist, sexist, insulting toward Thailand (video)]

Racist Thais complaining about racism, now that's funny

[TM47 form 90 day report.....Whats the scoop on this nonsense?]

Could someone please post the link to 90 day online report.

Never done it online before but i'd like to try it, thanks

[More details on Thai taxation of overseas income]

Well that's as clear as mud, otherwise there wouldn't be anything to discuss

[Barclays Bank to close UK accounts for British expats]

It's already happened, in April Barclays informed me i had till August 30th to take my balances to zero and close my accounts which i obviously did. A nice thank you from Barclays after 35 years of banking with them

[After retirement, what? - for a Thai national]

My wife worked from age 20 till she was made redundant in 2021 aged 51 due to covid.  She was on a decent salary for 20 years and then an excellent salary for the next 11 years as branch manager for a Japanese company at Laem Chabang.  She will receive her Thai state pension in 2 years time, a total of 4,000 baht per month for 31 years continuous work, pathetic

[South African Taken to Hospital After Disturbing Public in Patong]

1 hour ago, klauskunkel said:

… and you meant "meant"

You beat me to it????

[Pattaya Teenagers Vandalize Chak Nok Public Park]

I live on route 36 just outside Pattaya, 7 nights a week the motorbike racing starts at around 8pm and continues into the early hours. Route 36 is a major road, but the cops don't know it's happening????

[Federal Reserve hikes key interest rate to highest level in 22 years]

10 hours ago, JonnyF said:

More economic pain for normal, hard working American people.

 

Hopefully they will think very carefully before re-electing Biden.  

you can't vote for someone who's in jail

[PRESS RELEASE: End Frozen Pensions For British Ex-Pats In Thailand]

forget about voting in a UK election if you live in Thailand. I registered for a postal vote in the last election, my ballot paper arrived at my Thai address on the actual day of the election. I phoned the relevant number in the UK to complain and they told me they can't send out ballot papers to overseas addresses till 10 days before the election. So unless an envelope can get from UK - Thailand - UK in 10 days you've got no chance

[Aussies retain The Ashes]

On 7/24/2023 at 9:31 AM, seajae said:

and the poms are whinging about it as per usual, it great when things go their way but not anyone elses. They have become the complete whingers, they grass a catch and call it a fair catch, the wicket keeper  tries to run out a batsman when he is out of his crease then whinge when the aussies do it, they snick a ball on the way through but pretend they didnt  and refuse to walk then whinge when the aussies do it. Really shows how pathetic the poms have become, they even had the wickets made to their demands as well as the shortening of boundaries to suit their BS new play but still lost, shows how incompetent they really are, the children need to grow up and realize that they need to play cricket and not bazzball, also have to realizee it is their garbage weather that is also the problem, all in all it couldnt have happened to bigger idiots, Australia won the first 2 tests with their doctored grounds, hahahahaha, only ones responsible are the poms

Never been found guilty of ball tampering though, pretty bad when Australian cricket kit includes a strip of sandpaper

[New set of car tires]

17 minutes ago, 3STTW said:

Cockpit, southbound on Sukhumvit between Pattaya Central and Pattaya Tai junctions ( 12°55'27.82"N 100°53'55.48"E).

 

Excellent service, I went in for two fronts and they checked all five, the spare was flat so they reseated it, all at no extra charge.

 

My go-to tire spot.

I always use Cockpit, never been anywhere else because great service. I used for new tyres, alignment, puncture, battery, wiper blades you name it, branches all over the place

[5 things you hate most about Thailand]

21 hours ago, bignok said:

What language do you speak?

Why don't you know?

[5 things you hate most about Thailand]

23 hours ago, 1FinickyOne said:

I was answering a question that was asking for things I don't like - which will surely read as a list of complaints.. - I thought Geordies were supposed to be a bit nicer and more clever than that? Next time I should just complain that the ice cream is great? 

you were right about Geordies, we also have a sense of humour

[5 things you hate most about Thailand]

23 hours ago, 1FinickyOne said:

1. not enough easy parking in CM

2. When business owners claim the parking spaces in front of their businesses...

3. complaining farang [who don't seem to understand that this is a different culture and what that actually means] 

4. dirty farang

5. unconscious drivers [though this can be anywhere and there are also unconscious walkers who just seem to drift away - I often wonder where they are and what it is like there... 

Your #3 is complaining farang, you actually said that while complaining, that's funny

[Why you should never leave a negative hotel review in Thailand]

At least Thailand is catching up to the west in one respect where free speech is banned

[Prawit Tipped As Pita’s Rival For PM]

Get ready for the baht to take a dive when the riots start ????

[Drunken British man flings bicycle through glass door after mobile phone meltdown in Krabi]

Regardless of anything said here, jail the idiot for 90 days, deport and ban. Don't need these people