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1 hour ago, candide said:

As I expected, it originates from the BildZeitung! 🤣

https://www.bild.de/politik/inland/staatsschuetzer-schlaegt-alarm-deutsche-kinder-konvertieren-aus-angst-zum-islam-66264176841ad84a3ea833d8?ticket=ST-A-34005-aWLqrudJ1ATAG5bZwXue-sso-signin-server

 

The Daily Mail (which is the source of the OP) added an extra level of distortion and confusion, as it tends to presents statements by an anonymous "Staatschutzer" in a way they can be confused with findings of the study. the Daily Mail also doesn't highlights that it was a survey among Muslim students.

Gosh, the Daily Mail has even less professional ethics that the Bildzeitung. 😆

Oh and It's also written in the BZ that the sample is not representative.

Thanks. Very enlightening.

1 minute ago, xylophone said:

I'm not sure if this is exactly the same problem as is being discussed here, but I've noticed over the past few days that even using my Smart DNS Proxy VPN to access BBC iPlayer, I am getting some buffering as well as a poor picture at times?

 

I am with 3BB and have never had a problem in the past and I wondered if the BBC had cottoned on to Smart DNS?? However Smart DNS does have an additional "app" in which you can select the country you wish to connect to, and when I have used this for the BBC iPlayer, lo and behold, I get a perfect picture!

 

Of course it could still be a 3BB problem because I have noticed some line work going on around the place??

There is, or was, a thread commenting on 3bb and unusable bandwidth. They were blaming it on damaged undersea cables, but since then things have improved, at least for me. There still are intermittent problems, often around 10pm and onwards for a few hours. But generally they seem to have found a way (route?) around it. Watching the snooker can entail trying different channels.

3 hours ago, JimTripper said:

See all those businesses that lay a mat over the metal grill on the sidewalk? (especially massage shops). That's open sewer, not rain drains. They are trying to block the smell.

Agreed. There are a few around Pratamnak too. If the stench doesn't drive tourists away maybe it's just worse back home.

14 minutes ago, LALes said:

We who live near Beach Rd. love those speed bumps.  Keeps all the loud racers from disturbing the peace.  Actually, we could use a few more of them.

Sure, those are the regular large ones I suspect. I think the poster was referring to the recently added narrow ones.

13 hours ago, Hakuna Matata said:

This is a politically motivated witch hunt as he is saying.

 

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-campaign-calls-latest-indictment-part-of-a-politically-motivated-witch-hunt

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PBS_NewsHour

 

 

Of course, any prosecution of a politician is described by the defense as a politically motivated witch hunt. I know if the cops come after me, I'll be shouting the same. Pee! Pee! Pee!

7 minutes ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

Recently they've put in annoying little speed bumps, every few hundred metres all along the road. 

 

 

Funny you mention that. I was going to include it, but it seems they've flattened most of them out. I think it was the electric company or maybe city hall running lighting cables across the road and just not finishing the job immediately, maybe letting the tarmac set. They were a nightmare on a bike. Black, invisible and quite a nasty jolt. I quite enjoy my 2am trips down to Pu pen and then left up to Sukhumvit past the nasty biting dogs. I'm always amazed at the condos down there, and on the Na Jomtien end of Second Rd. Look like quality.

I've been pulled twice in the last few weeks. Thank heavens I went dry years ago. They put the straw on me the first time. The second, I was weeded out from a whole queue of bikes and cars. "Dink mai?". "Who me, guv?". "Ok, you go". And go I did. Gotta love the police here!

On a separate note. I was in my lawyer's office today. A conveyancing job. But we got talking. She says every day she has to go to court to defend foreigners, at least 2 or 3 a day. She doesn't do criminal, just civil, usually claims and counter claims after RTAs. D and D. Drink driving. All the stuff you read about here.

Scary thought though. I figured fear is a man's best friend. She agreed. Arrested, held for 21 days, passport withheld, visa expires, and so it goes on. It's all your problem.

18 tonnes of speed! Could be they've avoided 1,000s of brake failures.

Sounds like it might sort out my fungal ear infection

2 hours ago, champers said:

Apart from all that, are you happy to be here?

It's lost most of its appeal to be sure.

3 hours ago, stevenl said:

I have already explained, won't repeat myself.

No. You gave an idiotic interpretation of events. Poland was divided? Explain!

1 hour ago, stevenl said:

Your understanding of history is limited. 

Explain or retract

8 minutes ago, stevenl said:

They were never a German ally. The division of Poland was done to create a buffer and gain time.

They certainly were allies. The Ribbentrop/Molotov pact stated just that. Create a buffer? Against whom? And gain time? Over whom? So dividing up Poland was perfectly acceptable? All that crap from Medvedev and Putin about being the saviours of Europe? Then carving off an enormous chunk of people and territory who in no way wanted anything to do with the hated Soviets. Plus ça change. They're hated everywhere and quite deservedly.

6 hours ago, Roo Island said:

No comparison. Russia had very powerful allies that were in the war. Ukraine is only getting funding. No troops from other countries with boots on the ground.

 

 

What I meant was, the USSR initially, in 1939, was an ally of Germany and invaded Poland alongside Germany. The only reason they switched sides was because Hitler invaded Russia. That's why they say "Can't trust Putin any more than you could trust Hitler".

13 hours ago, Puccini said:

 

Are "the Burmese, Lao and Cambodians" to whom you are referring working illegally in Thailand? 

21 people in 2 small houses. Acute labour shortage in Thailand. They'll be stamped in no doubt about that. But what an incredibly nasty bunch of comments here. Same for the Thai women in Korea. If all you can come out with is chuck 'em out...just fatuous.

Well done girls. The Burmese, Lao and Cambodians should do the same here.

"Ban Khai district chief, Thotsaphon Borwonmote, reported that no one claimed ownership of Win Process post-fire." 

Shouldn't be hard to trace though, surely?

1 hour ago, Dioj said:

Every post in this topic reads like baiting and that it was written by the same person. I wonder who it could possibly be

15 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

Go to a proper clinic, not a dodgy massage place. Dr Apichai, ENT specialist on 3rd road near North Pattaya Road is good, about 600-800, may charge per ear, mine was 600 just had a problem left ear. He vacuums the wax out. Check Googlemaps 

He charged me 900 for vacuuming both ears. I'd say about 10 minutes max. And the problem (itchy ears) remained totally unresolved. It was a fungal infection. At that price might as well go to Bangkok Pattaya hospital. But don't let them use the monster microscope. They charge you an extra 400 THB. And try and see a lady specialist.  They're a lot more pleasant. And buy your meds at Fascino, just 50m away.