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"Thai PM accused of being biggest borrower and spender, but with few achievements"

The Journalist obviously hasn't met my ex-wife.

I agree - but you have to admit that as most Thais have inherited the ability to get their finger a fair distance up their nose anyway, surely shoving a cotton bud up their hooter should present very few additional difficulties.

My wife tells me that domestic violence has increased dramatically but is rarely officially reported. She also says that female on male violence is much more prevalent.

4 minutes ago, Boomer6969 said:

A friend told me there is a lot of masturbation going on among the Farang community. We could call this Farang-on-Farang petty crime, couldn't we?

It depends - as long as the left hand knows what the right hand is doing, is it really a crime?

What happened to the Greek alphabet designations?  I thought Delta was the boogeyman, and have been awaiting Epsilon and Zeta with bated breath.  I don't comprehend this non compliant C.1.2 classification.

I suppose they'll go the intersectional pathway of definition to confuse and divide us in much the way as the gender intersectionalists are.  First it was Gay and Lesbian, then it was LGB, then LGBT, then LGBT+, then LGBTQ+, and then I lost track but there are many more alphabet soup variations - and now the LGBTQ+ are excluding the LGB's claiming they are transphobic, which is not very inclusive of them.

So back to my point - expect that by 2023 we will have an alleged variant of Cars-cov-2 that looks something like CoV³I₄D/₂Ψ-^9Foxtrot Ω and will be pronounced "Idiocracy".

Does TAT realize they just made Thailand R18 ?

My original post stating official UK government data showing average age of covid deaths in the UK was removed for lacking a link.  For those interested I attach a screenshot of the first page of the spreadsheet. For the moderators here is the link to the full spreadsheet data provided by UK Office of National Statistics. I defy anybody to refute the validity of the data source as not being an official UK government department. 

For clarity - the black scribble on the header bar of the image is me removing my name from  the ecxel file.

https://www.ons.gov.uk/file?uri=/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/adhocs/12773averageageofdeathmedianandmeanofpersonswhosedeathwasduetocovid19orinvolvedcovid19bysexdeathsregisteredinweekending9october2020toweekending1january2021englandandwales/finaltable.xlsx

I pity the poor sod who is the first to be arrested for being flagrantly in possession of illegal sunscreen.

14 hours ago, TerraplaneGuy said:

So what I have after arriving in Phuket is the Departure Card portion of the TM6, blank, with the reverse side ("For Official Use") unstamped.  In short, a completely blank half of the form.  I can now fill in the front (name, date of birth, etc.) although not the "Flight no./Vehicle no." since of course I don't know what that will be until I depart.  Is that all I have to do and then provide a copy of that to Immigration when I go for my extension?  If so it's easy but I must say it seems quite pointless since all the information is already in my passport. 

That is correct. And yes it is pointless, but get used to it. If you question every pointless bureaucratic requirement in LOS you will go nuts - there is plenty of observable evidence of this in many TV posts.

Funniest thing I saw was a bunch of security guards refusing an Indian entry to a drinking and dancing establishment in Walking Street - someone told me they were called gogo bars, but I wouldn't know  When the guy finally convinced them he was actually Canadian, the guards fell over themselves with apologies and took him inside for a drink on the house.

5 hours ago, smedly said:

so the most people can expect from a trip to Koh Larn is a ride on a ferry tightly packed with a crowd of unvaccinated people - yippie

The boat trips to Koh Larn occasionally don't make it all the way there (or back).  The unclean unvaccinated might be the least of the worries of any one-way daytripper.

7 hours ago, TerraplaneGuy said:

What kind of visa or extension are you on?  It may be that for some kinds they want to see this.  I know it's on the list I have for a retirement extension done at the Samui immigration office.

On a retirement O/A. Extensions done at Chonburi.

For clarity, I am talking about the reverse side of the TM6, not the front. It's necessary to provide a copy of the front of the TM6 but never been asked for a copy of the reverse which bares the date stamp from the airport immigration officer upon your arrival. In fact my TM6 is now not even in my passport when I go for extensions because the two times I lost them was while my passport was in the hands of the IO overnight.  Probably a Chinese staple or more likely a dog-eared passport page from a thousand stapled documents being removed over the years.

Muppets.

"The details on yesterday’s 14 new deaths were not given, which is standard for the health department."

The ages of all Thailand's alleged Sars-cov-2 deaths would make interesting reading.  I'd suggest they are probably similar to the UK, where the median age of covid related deaths  is 82 years and the mean age is 79.9 years.   For comparison, the official life expectancy in the UK is  81 years.

Data from March 2020 to June 2021.

My source is ons.gov.uk if anybody doubts the official government data.  You have to download the somewhat difficult to find spreadsheet released under a freedom of information request - I don't know why they would try to hide this info .

Assuming there are no cracks in the fittings, forget the white tape (the Thai version is very inferior), and forget any chemical sealers or glues.  Go full-metal-jacket Old Skool - find an old hemp rope, peel of sufficient fibers to wrap the thread, apply some heavy grease and screw it in.

I've seen pipe joints that have lasted over a century using hemp - when you put a wrench to them the fitting will demolish itself (rusted) before the thread joint gives up the ghost.

In 12 years I have never been asked for a copy of the reverse side of the departure card (bearing  a date-stamp), nor have I seen any officer of any immigration office or airport staff even look at the back of the card.  Twice I have lost my card and when departing BKK, simply grabbed a blank arrivals/departures card and completed the necessary section.  Never had a problem.

I think the "relaxed" body muscles from being three sheets to the wind offer some advantage and protection from injury when tipping yourself off your scooter.

Not that I'm speaking from experience, of course.  

6 minutes ago, jimrod said:

The 'foot' massage is a bit confusing. Does that mean up to a foot or only a foot? ????

I think they'll apply the same logic as the pound of flesh theory.

17 hours ago, Jingthing said:

What is

 

DMHTTA?

That's Thai for <deleted>.

12 hours ago, kimamey said:

The trouble is they use metric measurements here not imperial. Mind you that does mean another expensive contract to put it right afterwards.  ????????????????

Tell me about it, but somehow describing a 15cm ruler just doesn't carry the same weight as the proverbial 6 inches.