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On 5/28/2018 at 8:04 PM, DavisH said:

Watch the episode where she has to pronounce the word "quay".....she balks at that one:)

On 5/29/2018 at 10:31 AM, elwood said:

Thanks for the tip; I found it and yes, it is hilarious.

A very funny lady.

Thanks for sharing the link  hinting that there is at least one more English lesson episode with Sudarat Phonamkham (stage name: Tukky Ching Roi Ching Lan). I guess I'm deficient in my Thai comedy knowledge - anyhoo, here it is:

If you haven't seen enough by now of Tukky and her befuddled class murdering English by now, HERE is another and this one got me laughing out loud - a rare event these days. Is it slapstick or slaplang?

18 minutes ago, JAG said:

Oh but they do, Transam, they do....

 

Somchai Bond sighed, and straightened his Gucci ¾ length cargo pants, slipping out of his John Lobb flip flops. This mission to London was going to be tough, but “P” had said it was vital for the happiness of the nation. He had even intimated that, if successful, there might be a new hi-so watch in it for him; after all, hadn't his sidekick, also (confusingly) known as “P” got a few that he might need to get rid off?. He motioned to the waitress, and ordered another Mekong Soda to go with his somtam – shaken not stirred. The waitress was new, and hadn't understood his first order – shaking the somtam had caused some problems in the kitchen!

 

Outside his vintage supercharged “Thailand Tuk Tuk” glinted in the evening sun. The extra chrome lighting bars, with the random flashing green blue and violet lights (designed to confuse pursuing agents of evil), caught the last rays. True it had lost some of its lustre, (and quite a lot of its power) since he had tried to emulate James Bond's Lotus by driving it underwater in the khlong. The top had come off the 2T oil tank, and it had emulsified leading to significant performance problems. Never mind, if he managed to track down “Y”, and find out just what she had been shopping for, maybe “P” would authorise “Q” to issue him that special Isuzu pick up he had been working on!

 

It was a good thing, he mused as the girl returned with his freshly shaken Mekong Soda, froth all over her face and hair, that he had paid attention to that old Farang teacher back when he was in P5, otherwise he wouldn't have known what all those initials meant...

If this fails, I suppose there's always the Mossad. I was a little distracted, though, by the waitress in your Novella. Yes, that one - the one with the "froth all over her face and hair". ?

4 minutes ago, dunroaming said:

Utter rubbish as usual.  You more hot air for the masses.  They really must think the people are stupid beyond belief!

Naaaah. How could they possibly think that?

Remember the good old days when they were such great friends? Here they are on their first date when she was much more "available":

Ah, yes. The good old days:

I'm not a plastic cup fan either. Besides it's much classier to have people walking/riding around Bangkok with open beer cans and bottles, isn't it? /sarc

Give us good images of the colorful emblems. I'm an archaeology buff - maybe there's a clue in them. I assume you were referring to the 20^th century with your date estimate.?

I guess they'd been in teak if 19th century, huh? (Of course they didn't exactly have buses then as we know them now, huh?).

PS: News HERE has it that 30 new shelters are to be built. Hopefully, they won't use these "retro" ones as templates (or will).

17 minutes ago, KhunBENQ said:

Horrific/breathtaking but so plausible that one can believe it.

Drivers of reputable bus companies wear proper shoes but more of an exception than a rule.

Looking at images of the scene I suspect the driver of the rear-ending semi was among the deceased so the "loose sandal" excuse, as plausible as it may sound, is probably a bogus report.

Scrutinize  the third image in this Chiang Rai Times Article re the Accident

On 5/31/2018 at 4:37 PM, Basil B said:

If Thais were meant to drink milk Thai women would have bigger breasts... ?

Tell them that drinking lots of white milk will turn their skin white. Milk consumption problem (if it is a problem) will be solved!  Hat Tip: The Marching Morons - C.M. Kornbluth

1 hour ago, kwilco said:

The fact is that these sort of collisions happen with the same frequency in Countries like the USA and UK, but the death toll is much lower.......so what's the explanation?

Apparently, there were a lot of individuals on the shoulder assisting with the broken-down lorry got rear-ended as well as another vehicle that was disabled.

It is well-known in my country to stay well away from any vehicle disabled on the shoulder, especially a bridge (unless involved in actually changing a tire or other repair) because it is assumed that eventually the vehicle will probably be rear-ended. One time I had a flat on a busy freeway and I pulled the vehicle far away from the shoulder under a tree to change the tire.

Also, in the FWIW category, a commenter on this accident said the the driver of the rear-ending lorry had stated that his sandal come off under the brake pedal and while he was dealing with that, he inadvertently changed lanes (to the shoulder) and then was unable to brake because of the sandal. Let's call this a "brake system failure", shall we?

Another commenter stated that parking on the shoulder is illegal in Thailand (even for unavoidable repairs?). Actually, parking unnecessarily on the shoulder to, for example, sleep probably is illegal in Thailand and in most countries. I know that as a motorist in my country, I avoided if I possibly could and would have stood well-away from the vehicle unless actually working on it.

I also carried flares or (more commonly) a reflective diversion sign kit that are placed behind the vehicle to warn vehicles of a disabled vehicle in a driving lane or on the shoulder. Thankfully, I never had to deploy them I wonder how common these reflective sign kits are in Thailand as standard equipment in vehicles.

14 hours ago, ratcatcher said:

I am sorry for the  dead peoples' families, but am curious as to why the scene is in  broad daylight at 7pm on Friday June 1st.  Isn't it nearly dark at that time down in Chonburi area?

I've read that twilight is the worst for road accidents because of the poor visibility. Why so many deaths and injuries. Was the pickup, which appeared to have a shell over the bed, carrying several people I wonder. It appears the answer to my wonder is HERE. Very sad. RIP to the victims and quick recovery for the injured.

6 minutes ago, Sydebolle said:

Dont get me wrong but believe it is cultural. Good luck the Esarn-sausage vendor did not pee on the floor but at least into a bottle. 

I can attest, that in shopping malls with food sale chains you can witness staff from MK, Fuji, SantaFe etc. using the (gents) restrooms urinals and, with very few exceptions, are leaving the toilets without washing hands. 
If it happens I make it a point to follow the staff, ask for the floor manager in the restaurant and point out the hygienic understanding, usually close to the entrance so others can hear.

All in the education, I would assume .................... I wonder how these people live, honestly! 

New to Thailand are you or simply a slow learner, like me?

17 hours ago, rickudon said:

Nice idea from the OP, but no practical suggestions as too how it will be achieved. One, electric cars are still horrendously expensive - i was looking at the UK market and still cost 50% more even with government subsidies. Two - no-one will buy one unless they can access infrastructure to recharge it - that requires masses of recharging points in cities (because few residents have the option to do it at home), infrastructure needs to come first.

 

Go for the low hanging fruit - e-bikes and trikes, e-scooters. Because they rarely travel long distances, do not need air conditioning and batteries are not so expensive. As said by one poster, they are cheap and batteries are portable so can take indoors to charge (and do not require special power supplies to do so). One option to push is to provide 2 battery packs so one could be charged during the day by solar power or at convenient off-peak times, and swapped when required. This could be adopted in Thailand without dramatic subsidies/infrastructure changes very quickly. 

 

Then there is time to deal with the bigger vehicles.

What's the point of an e-bike/scooter for short distances (unless the rider has a physical problem)? An ordinary bicycle works just fine for short distances and uses far fewer resources to produce and operate. Even without a cyclist-protective infrastructure, bicycles can be used relatively safely in, at least, cities.

Would you agree with having these e-bikes on the road competing with motorbikes/cycles?

Because I can predict that if a resident of Thailand, particularly Thai ethnic culture with wherewithal, had to choose between an e-bike and a gas-powered motorbike/cycle, most of them would choose the latter and for obvious practical reasons, not to mention not wanting to be seen on anything with pedals or on anything where they could potentially have to pedal. And it's not only an issue of physical exercise it's a "status/face" thing as well, IMHO (of 10 years of cycling and observing and discussing in urban Bangkok).

Electric motorbikes are "a bike too far" in terms of expense and quiet operation (many motorbike operators seem to lavish in the ear-splitting noise of an unmuffled, high-rev gas engine) and it will be beyond our lifetimes before they take hold - if ever.

5 hours ago, George FmplesdaCosteedback said:

Great idea, and build some coal powered generating plants to supply the electricity.

1 hour ago, ramrod711 said:

Some countries have hydro electric power, perhaps you've heard of it?

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Electricity Generation USA 2014 - 38% Coal, < 13% Hydro - Wiki

Electricity Generation China 2016 - 56% Coal, < 20% Hydro - Wiki

57 minutes ago, ramrod711 said:

http://www.scandinavianhydrogen.org/nhc/

 

Hydrogen is the future, nothing but H2O out the tailpipe.

Extremely expensive technology (but so are lithium batteries) and the EU is pushing this (apparently):

26 Significant Pros and Cons of Hydrogen Fuel Cells - The Green Garage

You think hydrogen fuel has a chance, eh? Industry doesn't seem to be betting on it at the moment.

Great idea! Let's drive electricity prices even higher and build more power plants. /sarc

Instead, how about we get more people on non-electric bicycles instead? Yeah, I know - not big money for the car, motorbike and power generation industries, not to mention the loss of status (face?) by not having the first electric car on one's block.

Sh should have her wheel alignment checked since the left side smacked the curb. They do wheel alignments in Thailand, right?

I have never seen a chase of a vehicle by a Thai law enforcement officer in central and other parts of Bangkok. The closest I've seen was a pillion-seated officer jumped off and gave a foot chase. Usually half a dozen or fewer set up a checkpoint and flag cooperative vehicles over. RIP Pol Senior Sgt-Major Suchat Chewpreecha.

They gave some nice "nose art" to the aircraft pictured. It's probably not permanent though. Shouldn't there be a monk in attendance?

Only two fatal accidents at that T-junction in less than six months?! Amazing!

Thammasat University Tha Prachan campus - Google Maps

"HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuban authorities said the fiery crash of a an ageing Boeing passenger jet on Friday shortly after takeoff from Havana had killed 110 people, 99 of whom were Cuban, making it the Caribbean island's deadliest air disaster in nearly 30 years."  
(correction and emphasis mine)

Can anyone think of a passenger jet or any aircraft or anything that is not "ageing"?

Is this the Cuban style of producing an early crash report or was it someone at Reuters? Anyway, RIP helpless victims of this crash. I'm sure Cuba will produce a completely unbiased accident report. Eventually.

14 minutes ago, car720 said:

May I ask, how many sisters you have or how many ex wives?

But you are totally right about the sub-humans.  I just wish there were a way to easily distinguish them.   My life would be much better.

Maybe you missed it but Jeremy50 had some distinguishing traits listed HERE.

1 hour ago, Neeranam said:

Just a thought. Why don't they been guns?

 

 

You mean make them suddenly and magically in the distant past? Put them all into a time machine and send them back? Even if we had the technology we probably would not want to do that.