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Is it just me, or does there always seem to be someone grinning or sharing a joke when we are presented with these dreadfully tragic images?

That picture is horrible. The hospital staff clearly seems to be posing for the photo and finding it somehow amusing while the family grieves.

Nowhere does it say that the poor little girl was dead when the photo was taken. Dont talk rubbish if you dont know all the facts.

So The police are the spokesman for the country ! Tell us what we can and cant do. Eventually it will be a police state run by the military. Cant wait !!

obviously the first 80 metres is easy going, its nearly all in daylight with plenty of fresh air. Wait till they get in the middle where it will be rather uncomfortable to work in. Work rate will slow right down. Wont need their hats and wellies and Somtam will be harder to get. The photo clearly shows the pathetically under manned (more correctly, womanned) labour force. Hope they dig it deep enough !!

Last year I saw a documentary about the new 787 factory in USA. It was filmed with a hidden camera, obviously, and the interviews with the workers, who were all unskilled, never worked on planes before, was scary. They said things like rivets are hammered in if the holes dont line up properly. finished items are not checked properly if at all. They all said they would never fly on a 787 and reckoned it would have major problems within 2 years. Try to find it and watch it if you can. However, I always fly on a 787 from Perth to Bangkok and I think it is a lovely plane.

There's a high possibility that he might be the bomber ! What a positive statement from the clueless RTP. Better if they just shut up and go back to nicking poor people on bikes.

Why cant all these countries address the root cause of the problem and go and fight and try to wipe out ISIS ? Cos they are too scared !

At the terminal speed of a meteorite most of it will be far underground and impossible to find.

" Explosive powder with a huge number of ball bearings was stuffed into a metal pipe " Oh ! A new invention. Werent they doing this with cannons and muzzle loaders hundreds of years ago ??

Once again a top cop comes out and says "I believe that ........ " This must be the most common phrase

ever used by Thai authorities and politicians. They only believe but dont know sweet FA. Find out some

facts before spouting rubbish theories,

I dont understand why authorities increase security and have lots of checkpoints AFTER the event. Nobody is going to do a repeat

in the following few days. This would be the safest period. I remember years ago that I was flying to Phuket 2 days after the plane crash and friends said "Arent you going to cancel your flight ?" Why? There has never been 2 crashes in 3 days. Surely this must be the safest time to fly. The logic of numbers and chance.

Why are they so sure it was a foreigner that did it ? There is no proof whatsoever. Or maybe he is so sure that no Thai would do such a thing. Just like Koh Samui murders.

I cant see any reference from any knowledgeable person that the bus was overloaded, just a dumb comment from a cop. It shows a photo of a skinny bloke who was one of the tourists. Were the rest all

fatties ? I doubt it. Another example of poor driving skills.

They estimate to use 40 tons of rubber for the bike lane surface. Thats 1 ton to do 4.5 klms. No where

near enough for a good surface using the benefits of rubber. It wont bind with the cheap tarmac they

will use and will delaminate within a year. A total waste of time and money, unless there are white

envelopes involved ! A better idea is to make 40 tons of condoms, then everybody will be happy !!

So the police started their raid at 10pm ! Wonder how many schoolkids were around at that time ? What a

stupid rule thought up by stupid people and impossible to enforce cos they keep changing the rules.

LOS = Land Of Stupidity

Have to admit my first reaction to the picture was, where's the cutting gear.

Hope you dont mean oxy acetylene gear !! Even large grinders would be dangerous. You cant cut aluminium wood and plastic. Also the resulting fire from igniting the seats made from toxic foam would surely kill everybody. They need hydraulic equipment to tear open the roof first.

Nothing about any donation from the Government or rich MPs. A good time for a photoshoot. No, let the poor look after each other. Luckily there are some good charities to help in times of need.

Dont forget that 36 million is only the buying price. What about the extravagant maintenance costs and spare parts and training ? Nobody in the navy has even been in a submarine !!! As Thailand has never had subs before where will they get the essential skilled technicians to do the maintenance ? Oops, sorry, they dont do maintenance ! So what about the storage costs when they break down ? If they are lucky enough not to break down in the depths of the Gulf. Another folly like the Blimp, nuclear power and democracy.

And so ends the era of the pretty slim Burmese girls. In 5 years they will be fat like a lot of the young Thai girls.

I NEVER use my card in a foreign ATM. Firstly the exchange rate is crap, there is a large fee to use it with a foreign card and an ATM is a prime site for skimming. If I need money I will go inside the bank to make a withdrawal. That way the bank is responsible for any faults in the transaction. I have never had a problem. I still take cash when going abroad. I hate the plastic money.

Surely there must be a limit as too how much is in a bag. When I was young I worked for Securicor for a while and the limit was 10,000 Pounds per bag. You could only carry 1 bag at a time. I got caught by an inspector carrying 10 bags at a place where we had to deliver over 30 bags and had a 5 minute walk. We both got dismissed !! Didnt care. Went on to much better things.

Security for money transport has been and always will be a problem unless you have 10 armed guards. Not a legal or feasible idea.

He should be sent to Thailand and live in the rural areas up north . Plenty of old women who would love to have their rotten teeth pulled out for free and get a root into the bargain !!

"Construction costs will be kept at 12 billion Baht" So it will never be more than a half built folly or they will put the roof on at half the original height

All they care about is the tourism figures. Bring in lots of Chinese who live in a dangerous country

and know less about safety than Thailand. It is so inconvenient that most of the world has Standards

that must be adhered to. Not only can it be unsafe in Thailand, it may be unsafe getting there !

No matter how big they build the retaining wall it will not stop a landslide. They just dont have any engineering skills or common sense to realize that when thousands of tons of rock and dirt starts to move nothing will stop it. These sites should not have any houses built on them. One day they apartments opposite Surin beach will come to grief and they are built on rock.

Dogs have alway been a nuisance. When i was in my teens,i had a job delivering groceries.

.One day I delivered to a large house, I had both arms full of boxes,I rang the bell with my elbow, The door opened and a large black Labrador mounted my leg,and started to

try and screw it ( make love to it ) The Lady of the house yelled to me KICK HIS BALLS, so there I am loaded with boxes trying to kick the dogs privat parts.

She the yelled at me NO NO NOT THOSE !! THE ONES ON THE LAWN!!

Aaha ! A closet Jasper Carrott fan from the distant past !! That was a great sketch this story came from. See if you can find it.