alfalfa19

The drain is irrelevant. Cockroaches come from anywhere, and as somebody else mentioned, they can squeeze through the tiniest of holes. I used to have terrible problems with them, even moved because of them. I had many battles with them using sprays, poisons, and even the fogger bombs, where you must leave your house for the day. The last one is very impressive, killing hundreds of them in one attack. However, these methods are all impotent, because many of them scramble back into the recesses of ceiling, walls, and floors at the first sign of any attack. They come out later when the poison dissipates. However, I have found one method that keeps them at bay for months. After 2 or 3 months, at the first one I see, I just refresh the baits, and they are gone again. Here is my method, it's cheap and simple:

Make a paste of equal parts of these 3 ingredients:

sugar

flour

boric acid

add a bit of water to make a thick paste.

spread a bit of the paste onto many little squares of paper or plastic wrap

put the papers anyplace you have seen cockroaches. good places are under toasters and microwaves, and back in the corner of shelves in the kitchen.

the sugar and flour attract the roaches, they eat bits of the paste, and go back to the roach den. they soon die from the boric acid poison, then they are consumed by their colleagues in the den, and then they too are poisoned. soon, you will not see any roaches.

Methinks his employment opportunities are somewhat limited by that face.

To The Nation: You said "Yingluck will be tried and judged while Thailand is under military rule."

This is just one issue. The international community sees the military rule as not only illegal, but appalling. The international community does not see where the junta has standing to try anyone for anything. It's not about guilt or innocence.

Additionally it could be argued that the junta is attacking a political opponent.

As for a country being concerned about financial consequences, Western countries don't put money before human rights or democracy and any money will be as a pimple on a butt. If anyone got hurt by financial consequences it would be Thailand.

This statement has nothing to do with the guilt or innocence of Yingluck. The junta simply is seen as illegitimate and won't be supported in any way.

"Western countries don't put money before human rights or democracy" Thanks, I needed a good laugh after a rough day at work!!

Good to see the RTP have learned that cctv can be a useful aide in solving murder cases. There was a recent case not a million miles away from Samui, in which the RTP absolutely refused to look at cctv from a notorious beachside bar in close proximity to the murder. Local residents begged them, just get the cctv, you will catch the murderers, it's so easy. Police did the classic doggy refusing to look at his clarts on the kitchen floor - total refusal to review cctv, and fecklessly arrested a couple of innocents.

I wonder, would the RTP have reviewed the cctv in this case had the security guard and bar owner been related to very "influential" families?

Exactly, and well said. When I read this story, I found myself wondering why they have not framed up a couple of foreign laborers. I conclude that the bar owner is not influential enough.

Never liked cats and always considered them destructive vermin who are causing the extinction of native animal species in other countries. They kill for fun and there is no place for them.

"They kill for fun and there is no place for them."

Kind of like Homo Sapiens, in other words.

It would be nice if they would unleash the crowd, and let the little tough guys learn some valuable life lessons, to help them better negotiate their future.