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I also downoaded a very official looking Adobe update. Then read an article that stated very cleaerl Adobe will never promote an update through a pop up window. You have to go to the official Adobe site.

I ran disinfectant and all is well.

In this case I think the "Good General" is spot on. He's not saying just forget the past. He's making the point that if you spend all your time arguing about the past you can't move ahead into a different future.

Whatever Patpong was 20 years ago, since the Market it's become more and more geared towards ripping off the stupid tourist.

I went there a lot up to ten years ago simply because my work means I stay in Silom. At that time Safari was the only bar that got my custom, it still retaind the friendly "Family" feeling whilst the rest were and remain a pool of piranhas and one visit to an upstairs bar enough for a lifetime.

My biggest gripe with Patpong is the Spruikers who are so fired up they wave sexy pics under your nose and shout "U want boom boom see <deleted> show"

EVEN WHEN YOU'RE WALKING ALONG WITH WIFE AND KIDS ! ( not my own in this case, but I've seen it happen way too often )

There's not the faintest chance you'll be interested, this is a naked insult from guys that hate you.

All the problems in Patpong lie in the fact that they get so many new tourist who don't know the ropes so they have no respect.

If you speak a bit if Thai though, make them aware you're no greenhorn, it's OK.

Same with the markets. i want to buy some jeans. They ask 2000. I say they they cheaper in Pratunam and hey presto get them for 700.

So I followed the advice of Stickman and went to cowboy. Wow, the difference was amazing. Though now i think the pendulum has swung back to Nana.

Especially the shows at Angelwitch. The new owner is excelling himself there.

Uh Oh - Drank a lot of iced lemon tea that time - Cheers, Amigo - I really should have known better !

Condolences to the family, a sad shock it must have been.

I've been spending 3-4 months a year in Thailand since 2000. Eat on the roadside every day. Had one bout of gastro years ago, but early this year had two bouts in the same month.

that really surprised me, so then I got to thinking of the flooding last year and am wondering whether the water supply has been degraded. Not that I drink tap water of course, but that's what the food is washed and cooked in.

YES! Great article. the Neville Chamberlain solution to all Thailand's problems. Worked with the Japs, didn't it - drop your tweeds, bend over, it won't hurt much.

<br>But where do we stop? There are substantial Muslim populations in all the southern provinces at least as far north as Ranong and Chumpon, quite a few mosques in BKK. When muslims in those areas demand madrassas instead of public schools, give it to them, let them turn out unemployable brain-washed idiots who feel discriminated against because they can't get a decent job. A generation or 2 later, whoops, there goes another 3 or 4 provinces to the Greater Islamic Nation. You might also ask who is funding these modern day Robin Hoods?<br><br

>It is the stated aim of Muslim expansionists that Thailand, PI and AUSTRALIA will become muslim countries - not just Pattani, or Mindanoa, or Bankstown. It may take centuries, but persistence wins unless it is stopped by their arch enemy EDUCATION. Why do you think so many teachers have been targeted in the south? The harsh light of informed critical thought kills blind faith stony dead. <b

r>Any 6 year-old not fed on religious crap will look at the myth of Adam and Eve and ask who did their sons marry. Any 7 year-old who grasps that matter is neither created or destroyed will ask Noah where did all that water come from and go to. And when just one story in the infallible word of god is exposed as a lie, the whole stinking turd gets flushed away.<br

><br>So you want a solution, Close all private schools, or at least impose a strictly supervised curriculum with a minimum of religious education, and an emphasis on Maths, Reading & Writing, , and transportable job skills. You could even try a little Sex Education and Critical Thinking 101, but teaching those would be a high-risk occupation. the Jesuits say "Give us the boy and we will give you the man," keep them away from malleable young minds and the youth will tell them to stick their stupid ideas.<br>

<br>Do you know what one of the loudest complaints by the locals against the RTA? Too many muslim girls are attracted to the smooth-talking big-city slick-Harry soldiers, having relationships with them (punishment ranges from whipping to stoning to death if they got past hand-holding), and worst of all, even marrying a heathen and moving to the god-forsaken north. That is theft of a valuable chattel!  <br>

Nice one Mick.

I read where OZ unions were protesting about QANTAS farming out maintenance to Indonesia.

Anybody know if that is still the case?

Funny, I avoid Qantas, but still use Jetstar.

Yes, Pete, the Worlds Safest Airline is now just one of the rest.

Last tine I flew Quaintarse my seatmate was a total drunk and all the stewards did was give him more liquor BEFORE HE ASKED !

Then they lost my luggage in Shangahai.

iId rather fly Thai !

I'm only going to say one thing..

this is Asia do as the Asians do !

All my years travelling I've learned one thing.

You can trust EVERYBODY . . . . to be themselves !!!!

So when someone tries to scam me,

with a smile, I let them know that I know but that's OK,

I don't judge, get angry,

compain that it's not like that back home.

if we can't make a reasonable compromise I move on.

Never had a problem.

Without overlooking the problems that do exist in the LOS,

I have to say,

look to your own house before you criticise others !

It's good to see the government making an example of poor people who steal. It won't be tolerated.

The sooner people realise that only politicians and police are allowed to steal the better.

RKIDLAD That is an utter gem.

However it's not only Thailand. I remember being shocked that the great train robbers in UK ( ok I'm OLD)

got longer sentences than murderers.

Hi Guys my first post here. I seem to remember that Thaksin made 65 billion baht out of the sale of Shin Corp. Tax free of course, after misusing his position to change the law to enable the sale. Oh, sorry, he didn't own Shincorp . . . . . his Family did !

So I would say to Mr T, if you knock off the 25 bill. tax and the cost of the demonstrations, why don't you just call it quits and ask instead what is best for Thailand ?

Oh well I always was a dreamer . . . . . . .

A truly wonderful piece of writing, but more of a prayer. Won't make any impact on the terrorist mindset, nor on those on either side who are soncerned solely with personal power whatever the cost.

I do believe though that it expresses the heart of the majority of decent Thai people and maybe it can serve to give them a voice.

As a Farang, the only thing I've learned about Thai politics recently is how little I know ! But I do know a bit about N.Ireland back in the early 60s you had a catholic majority denied power by a rigged electoral system. They demonstrated, they got shot by the British Army, this spawned decades of IRA terrorism (apologies for simplistic analysis)

Terrorism is an animal that feeds itself. It only delays the achievement of the goals it purportedly fights for.

Whatever Abhisit does to address the grievances, it must be done quickly lest the cycle starts again.

If he can achieve that miracle he'll be a hero.

Articles like these deserve maximum exposure in the media.