[Abandoning a condo what is the penalty?]

I would agree with the other suggestion to put it up for sale for the value of the fees and remove your ties to the property. 
 

You may find someone quite easily who would take it on. Depending on where it is, I could be interested so please feel free to let us know the details. Many thanks 

[Emirates to restart A380 Bangkok operations]

On 11/14/2021 at 8:54 AM, HashBrownHarry said:

Find this hard to believe, most of the flights with various airlines over the last two years i've been on are at about 40-50% occupancy.

 

Maybe they're gonna consolidate flights and use a full bigger plane?

We flew into HKT sandbox a month ago on Emirates and the plane was packed - not a single spare seat. 

[Phuket busy with foreign tourists, Thai media reports]

I guess most of the posters on this site just sit at home in isaan and moan on the internet, as clearly none if you have been to phuket or Bangla in the last few days. Bangla is very busy again, as is the surrounding area. No 6 restaurant is full every time I pass it for example.

 

personally I much prefer it quieter but there you go! 

[Expats swindled out of 100 million baht by Pattaya bank staffer meet prosecutor]

As well as the bank replacing lost funds, I hope they tighten up their procedures as this should never have been allowed to happen in the first place - but also must never be allowed to happen again. I wonder if there are any other rogue employees or this or other banks doing the same? I would hope the regulator steps in to investigate. Or am I dreaming? 

[Barking Dogs Incessantly]

I tried one of the electronic dog bark suppressor but it didn’t really work.

 

you could try feeding them and see if that quietens them down - I used to use cheap sausages and found a neighbours dog was just barking because it was hungry 

 

if that fails there is the “special” sausages option but I wouldn’t recommend it as you can get in all sorts of legal trouble. 

[Bangkok metered taxis can now charge special fees for luggage]

Hong Kong charges HK$ per item that needs to go in the boot. Size is likely in inches as that’s how airlines rate suitcases sizes. 

[Video: Trucker caught in blatant lie after early morning smash at red light]

When the culture is to lie to save face, from the government down through teachers and everyone else .... what else would you expect. 

[American expat avoids jail for negative review - reaches settlement with Koh Chang hotel]

Do the Chief of Police and all these other people really have nothing better to do?

[Phuket Postpones Reopening to Foreign Tourists]

If there really are tourists waiting to come from china they will have had to book time off work. It’s unlikely they can just suddenly change their leave plans with 24 hours notice and then suddenly come after oct 25. This all just sounds like nonsense. 

[PM asked to temporarily remove police involved in helping Red Bull heir from active service]

I would imagine that any of them involved have a fabulous retirement “pot” already so won’t need any more wages. 

[Honda City RS vs Nissan Almera VL]

2 hours ago, alien365 said:

He said the HRV which starts at 949,000 but this is still significantly more expensive than the two mentioned. Of the two, I'd personally go for the city. That extra bit of power should make it more comfortable to drive.

Thank you - I did indeed say HRV not CRV. I appreciate it’s a little more expensive but “being in budget” doesn’t mean being the same price, it means “surely you can find a little extra” for a vastly safer and better machine. 

[Honda City RS vs Nissan Almera VL]

With Nissan in a bit of trouble as a brand, and Chevrolet already gone, I would stick with Honda as it’s unlikely they will pull out of thailand any time soon. I would definitely have an HRV over a City though, I am sure one model will be in budget

[Poll: Condo Owners.]

50 baht psqm in Patong, shame I cant get to use it any time soon!

[Phuket hotels fighting for their lives as domestic tourism fails to support the island]

With all the hospitality staff out of work, rather than just giving them cash handouts, I wish the government would give them some other employment instead, in areas that are badly needed. For example, collecting rubbish, repairing / repainting schools and buildings, making the island look much more attractive than it currently does. 
 

the govt should also use this period to be sorting out infrastructure - build some new water collecting dams, expand and fix the sewerage systems, replace all the hanging wires and bury them underground, install a proper public transport system (a proper bus network like we have in Hong Kong for example)

 

personally I think it’s great that construction has stopped on most of the new hotels which are clearly not needed, and never were. So we have armies of construction workers out of work. For goodness sake use them, and fix the infrastructure during this once in a lifetime opportunity !

 

 

[Expats sought to help Thailand’s tourism industry in its hour of need, end to dual pricing mooted]

So after years of abuse (TM30s, dual pricing, more and more hoops to jump through, can’t buy land, can’t do this, can’t do that).... NOW they want our money? 
 

hmmmm

 

good luck with that!

 

how about this:

 

Abolish dual pricing, abolish 90 day reporting, introduce a program a little like Malaysia my Second Home and make life easier for us....

 

THEN we will bail you out.

 

deal ?

[Panel grills ‘Boss’ case investigators, ex-senator asks Parliament to probe NLA]

The video of the accident certainly looks as if he was shot by a motorcyclist heading in the opposite direction .... I wonder how his death can be ruled an accident quite so quickly?

[Key witness in fatal hit and run by Red Bull ‘Boss’ killed in motorbike accident]

You couldn’t make this stuff up. Will make a great movie. 

[Thai PM vows justice over dropping of Red Bull heir hit-and-run case]

8 years in - let’s have another committee - brilliantly hilarious !

[New witnesses key to charges being dropped against Red Bull ‘Boss’: Thai media]

Unless that particular Ferrari had a paper front bumper there is no way that much damage was caused at 60kmh.

 

hopeless 

[Video shows how coronavirus has left parts of Koh Samui deserted]

They can thank their Chinese friends for this gift to the world. I doubt there is much sympathy for most of the tourist businesses in Thailand from foreign tourists - far too many rip offs you can’t feel sorry for them. Huge sympathy of course for all the honest ones.

[Thailand drops charges against Red Bull heir in deadly hit-and-run]

This was indeed the only logical outcome, however abhorrent it seems to us. “Justice” for the family I assume will have come from a substantial payout which is terms of them will be more important than having the scumbag put away in jail. Although nailing him may have made them feel better, the cash will help them for the rest of their lives (assuming they don’t just blow it all) - so in reality is a better option for them.

 

this does show Thailand in a terrible light for the rest of the world - the only option we have is to stop buying the sugary products that his family produces, sadly I don’t do that anyway. 

[Four types of foreigners to be allowed to enter Thailand: CCSA]

14 hours ago, darksidedog said:

So they will let in migrant workers even though unemployment in the country is through the roof, and pretty much deny anyone who is going to come in and spend money? I wonder what school of economics they attended? Obviously must have been local as they would have failed miserably anywhere else.

I guess they bring in migrant workers as Thai people (even desperate and unemployed ones) don’t want to do the work.

[COVID lockdown fails to curtail Phuket road deaths]

These are not cameras, just a display which shows your speed as you approach it - although as others have said the number shown is nonsense. I have driven through them many times with GPS speed showing on my phone and it’s not even close, usually 20kph different. I imagine most people like a challenge to see how high a speed they can get to show off to their mates !

[Hoteliers push back at Thailand’s shift to target high-end tourists]

26 minutes ago, BestB said:

Coming out on top with the whole covid thing has gotten into generals head that Thailand is superior in all aspects and he already said so.

 

just look at their plan of recovery , it’s to move away from being tourism dependant , export dependant but be leaders in development, banking , medical etc .

 

clearly delusional, total and utter lack of understanding about Thailand , it’s position in the world and it’s capabilities 

That’s a very interesting point - Thail people genuinely believe that Thailand is the best place in the world and they are the best people: all ideas are created there, all the best inventions, they were never colonized because of their power (not because of their geographical location or the fact the then rulers just allowed the British and French in to take what they wanted)

 

very proud nation, but very misguided. 

[Sweden - is the rest of the world dumb, blind or worse ?]

On 5/16/2020 at 3:28 PM, CanadaSam said:

Has anybody realized, that we are treating this covid thing as worse than the walking dead, but, I know nobody who got the virus, nor do I know anybody who got very sick and/or died from it, and I know a lot of people!

 

I believe the transmission rate of the virus is off the charts, basically unstoppable.

 

I know that most or all countries can not test everybody, and certainly not the ones who are not showing any symptoms.

 

Therefore, now, after a few long months, I have come to the conclusion that a LOT of people have been exposed to it, have not fell ill seriously, and certainly have not died.

 

But countries have.  Died.  Financially, and in many other ways, from these extremely drastic measures.

 

Personally I know over 20 people who have had it, in UK, USA and France. 2 of those have died. Have other friends of mine had it and not broadcast it around? Absolutely. Either your friends are not telling you - or you don’t know many people.