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You could I'm sure make a case saying the Court's decision paved the way for the coup, but Lou is correct in his statements about Nong Poo's removal from office. O'chacha was obviously keen to frame the coup as a legitimate assumption of power in a chaotic situation. Nobody was fooled. Not then, not now, never!

Hi. I have afib (irregular heartbeat) and my neurologist has suggested wearing a decent FDA aporoved smart watch with ECG capabilities, to monitor my heart. I experience an anomaly occasionally which he said would need to be recorded for him to be able to look at the output. I had an EEG recently and no problems were detected. I'm not in training. I'm not really interested in all the bells and whistles. I don't do Apple. I don't have a Samsung phone. So it narrows the field down quite considerably. Any advice/experience out there? Google? Garmin? Or...?

Here's a link to the whole story of the 2014 coup. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Thai_coup_d'état

On 7th May 2014 she and 9 others were removed from office for the "crime" that has now been nullified. 2 weeks after the Constitutional Court's verdict, on 22nd May, the military took over. I was in Bangkok that night with my daughter, who was due to fly back to the UK that evening. It was like somehing out of "The Year of Living Dangerously". Soldiers everywhere. There was a rumour that taxis weren't being allowed back into Bangkok from the airport. But I got her into one, and she made it to the airport. Martial law had already been declared. This is the country we are all living in.

Dying for a cause, lost or otherwise. Would you have stood your ground and waited for the knock on the door?

And why should they care? Overall, would you say the Shinawat clan did more harm than good for the country? If you think they did more harm, then a coup was the next best thing I guess.

This is obviously badly written copy. It should read "Supreme Court dismisses Yingluck's abuse of power case".

Yes, obviously. Are you a would be martyr?

Applies to us all I guess!

Huh? What's insane about it? What's not stupid about pointing and laughing?

Hyperbole surrounding Thai tourism recovery reaches all time high. Drowning, not waving.

Broken neck bone and brain hemorrhage. Suggests the favourite fighting technique here amongst Thai men. Stomp on the victims head while he's lying unconscious. Makes my blood boil.

Yes, it was annexed in a special tourist operation. Pattaya Park is almost entirely Russian. Pratamnak next to go.

"Perishable inventory consists of products that expire or lose value over time, eventually becoming worthless."

Maybe not much help now, but I too ordered and received a computer chair from Lazada. Ridiculously cheap and I was unable to assemble it. I got on the chat line the vendor had and he was a great help. Seems there was a definite order in which to assemble the components. If the vendor has a chat line, maybe try it?

Exactly. This guy is trolling. He's used the ill advised publication of the man's religion as an excuse to pour out his own agenda of invective and vitriol about Islam, for days now. It's really completely off topic. Just his agenda. Tedious and amateurish.

Well, what's he got to lose. Even if you don't think Thailand is capable of researching, planning, designing and implementing a system to the specification, whatever it is, there might be players who are. That's business. Get nowhere by continually throwing it in the bin.

Well, fair enough, I did, but it still looks like mostly rumour and smear. Nigeria is famous for it's massively corrupt political and financial systems. This is just fodder for infighting. See below: http://www.chinaafricarealstory.com/2010/08/chinese-prisoners-rumor-redux-south.html?m=1

I would just add, that mentioning the religion of the man allegedly at the centre of all this is a new low. When do you read "A Buddhist man murdered his girlfriend in a fit of rage", or "A Catholic strangled a baby" or "A Hindu raped a woman"? Answer, never. But this misleading headline is followed here by page after page of uncalled for, hateful and unnecessary anti Islam vitriol. It's bait for the baiters. Irresponsible, sloppy and unprofessional journalism. The trolls had a field day.

Thailand can't undertake this alone. It doesn't have the expertise or resources. A feasibility study from independent consultants would be a start.

I did find this though https://www.dw.com/en/how-chinese-workers-in-nigeria-cause-controversy/a-67802241 But it seems to be a persistent rumour put out for political reasons with no actual proof.

Any sources for this latter statement? I couldn't find any.

I'm with you on this. Generally I don't tip every time I go to the same place, but maybe once a week. I always think, ok it's not much, but if everybody puts in, it means something. Mr Pink in Reservoir Dogs has a point, but in the end, he pays.

I see this proclaimed on every topic on this forum. What do people expect? They're trying to earn a living. You aren't. All about money? What else is there? Charity? Everything free today? Anywhere you go, it's all about money. Timbuctoo, Fulham Broadway, it doesn't matter. Money does.

Same here, and that's only when the jet's in for an MOT