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Wallich, on 19 Aug 2014 - 11:27, said:

Line does not offer the capability to see if your Contacts are 'on line' or not.

Skype does and therefor far more useful.

Skype is much better, available on PC's and mobiles worldwide, and don't have to put up with all those stupid emoticons. And unlike line, if you change your mobile number, you simply edit your account, with line you need to create a new account and then add all your contacts again.

rethaier, on 18 Aug 2014 - 19:45, said:

antsrule, on 18 Aug 2014 - 18:54, said:

rethaier, on 18 Aug 2014 - 18:10, said:

PaulHamon, on 18 Aug 2014 - 18:06, said:

"As of 2011, approximately 89 million barrels of oil and liquid fuels were consumed per day worldwide."

^^ found this on the web, am i miss reading or is this just 3-4 days worth of oil?

Your math is off it is 10 years supply.

Really? 300mb ÷ 89mb/day = 3.37 days (worldwide)

I'm not saying the numbers are correct, I am just saying the arithmetic is correct.

300,000,000,000 divided by 89,000,000 = 3720 so methinks the arithmetic is wrong.

How does 300 million become 300 billion?

UKCanuk, on 18 Aug 2014 - 17:28, said:

Depending on the router, you can create an invisible SSID. This discourages the opportunistic browsers of your service because you need to key-in the correct name of the service to access it. This setup may also be password protected and you can change the password as often as is necessary.

I'm sure his customers would like that...NOT. Customers generally want easy access, a password at the most.

sfokevin, on 18 Aug 2014 - 10:36, said:

You might find that there is usually just a few regulars next door who are freeloaders who are the problem... Most routers allow you to ban their specific device MAC addresses... so even if they have your password them cannot access your wifi

lol....so funny, now explain how you tell whose mac address belongs to who, do you seriously suggest checking everyones phone.

Bazt, on 18 Aug 2014 - 00:23, said:

If you get your own , why would the customers from the other bar use yours if they are already getting it from the other bar ?

Because it's WiFi and has no boundaries, which means a customer, from a nearby bar, could pickup a stronger signal from the OP's router.

Prbkk, on 18 Aug 2014 - 17:18, said:

2 key issues in this: lack of tax revenue and an existing, very powerful, monopoly. This has a smell of lobbyists about it rather than a real concern about the health of youngsters.

Why is there a "lack of tax revenue," as I see it a shisha uses tobacco, which is taxed.

kriswillems, on 18 Aug 2014 - 14:21, said:

Great, after the imporatant Shisha issue is over I may I want to suggest that the general tries to get Thailand of the second place in the worldwide ranking of the number traffic deaths.

How many Thai people need to see their children die before something will be done?

They are trying very hard to get it to number one... Thailand does not like to be second.

submaniac, on 18 Aug 2014 - 14:13, said:

Shisha is much less harmful way of smoking tobacco. If you've ever tried it before, you would understand what I'm talking about.

I'm not a smoker, so it doesn't concern me, but are the "pipes" sterilised before re-use? Or are you sucking on someone else's saliva.

granuaile, on 18 Aug 2014 - 13:54, said:granuaile, on 18 Aug 2014 - 13:54, said:

I never even realized it was illegal, given how commonly it is available....

I for one would like to see where, in law, it is actually illegal, or whether this is another case of someone making their own laws, one the run. There are procedures, in a democracy, for making laws, yes I know, we are under martial law, but surely smoking shisha is not a national security issue.

Artisi, on 17 Aug 2014 - 15:47, said:

DrLom, on 17 Aug 2014 - 14:09, said:

And here was silly old me thinking in most cases it is amperage and not voltage that caused such injury and death.

No mention of amps at all in this forum, only voltages... surprises me that!

Correct anything over maybe 30 mA at sufficient voltage to induce flow can be considered lethal.

It's not easy to put a figure on it as it depends on how long to flow is sustained.

rametindallas, on 17 Aug 2014 - 10:35, said:

In the US, a 'power overload' automatically trips the circuit breaker and cuts off all power to the 'overloaded' circuit. I don't believe this story for one second. It may be a translation error but I doubt it. Most people would believe whatever they are told when the answer is 'technical'. The bank doesn't dare say the truth or the electrical contractor will sue them for 'defamation'. In Thailand, one can be telling the truth and still be guilty of defaming another. Thainess. 'Farang not understand' (they got that right).

So true... in fact an "overload" should, at worse, blown a power supply circuit, not make live the chassis. Dangerous wiring, with no effective earthing, is what caused this accident. NB, I use the word "accident" lightly, it should be manslaughter.

AnotherOneAmerican, on 16 Aug 2014 - 18:50, said:

It's great if you come from a country that's wet and cold.

It's great if you want a younger woman, or just want to go whoring.

It would be a disaster if you came here with a wife and children.

Your children would get a bad (yet expensive) education, no chance of a decent university, and have zero chance of making money in their future.

You owe it to your son to live in the UK until he has started university.

Then you can do what you like, and he will be free to choose his own future, knowing you gave him the best start in life you could.

So true, so many move here and think of "their" life, but do not take into consideration the life that they expect their wife and/or families will live, especially if they were to meet their maker.... where does that leave their family.

Jessi, on 15 Aug 2014 - 09:03, said:

 

ChrisY1, on 15 Aug 2014 - 08:51, said:

 

thesetat2013, on 15 Aug 2014 - 07:33, said:

I didnt think kidnapping was so rampant to justify a general distribution of warnings with guidelines? However i do think it is a good idea the schools scanning students arriving.

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Kidnapping is very common here...........

Rarely if ever reported in the media, but never stops happening.

Obviously the more wealthy are targetted, but the ordinary folk also......

 

 

It happens a lot more that people realize, Some people just want to put their head in the sand and hope the problem will just go away.

 

If it's "more" common, than we realise, where do you get your info that the rest of us are not privy to.

rhythmworx, on 15 Aug 2014 - 07:54, said:

Isn't this advice what any responsible parent with half a brain cell should teach their children naturally anyway?

 

Or is it just my logic that's not to good?

 

If Thai parents don't know simple basic stuff a 7 year old western child knows then they should not be allowed to have children by law.

Your logic is ok, but I suspect here we talk about Thai logic.

thesetat2013, on 15 Aug 2014 - 07:33, said:

I didnt think kidnapping was so rampant to justify a general distribution of warnings with guidelines? However i do think it is a good idea the schools scanning students arriving.

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No mention as to how this "scanning" is supposed to work (fingerprint or iris or facial recognition then compared to a school student database), compared to a teacher taking a roll call.

Someone needs to educate this guy... he has no right to "apologise" for these scum. These scum need to "apologise" themselves, though one suspects it wouldn't be genuine.

PiPiFFS, on 16 Aug 2014 - 10:46, said:

Maybe if he had simply politely declined the offer, smiled and walked away this wouldn't have happened. It seems he tried to give it the big I am and ended up losing to a ladyboy. Must make him very proud

Are you seriously suggesting the aggressive assault was justified?.... if so then you are a very strange fellow. Besides, you make an assumption, that he was not polite, an assumption because you weren't there seems to make you a fool.

wilcopops, on 15 Aug 2014 - 19:58, said:

most of the drivers posting here got there driving licences when driving tests in US and Europe were a joke.......now they are "experts"????? how did that happen?

But I'd wager they know the difference between "there" and "their," just maybe they know something. I guess you actually know "most of the drivers" which would give some credence to your comment, otherwise it is simply unsubstantiated crap.

Call me suspicious, but this coming on the tail of "concern" over Pol Col Jiraphat Pochanapan "request" to close on HRH the Queens birthday seems more like a tit for tat, schoolboys, dummy spit.

wilcopops, on 15 Aug 2014 - 11:46, said:

Pinot, on 15 Aug 2014 - 10:28, said:

wilcopops, on 15 Aug 2014 - 09:42, said:

There are bound to be a plethora of posts deriding the standard of driving in Thailand and laying the blame solely on Thai drivers for road safety problems.

This is a wholly distorted perspective of the causes of the problem. I also suspect that many of these views have a racist motivation.

Who else is there to blame? Farangs?

Of course it's the Thais that are responsible for the road problems, the poorly trained and unpoliced Thais.

With no police on the roads to even occasionally stop anyone from speeding and driving recklessly, it means everyone can drive like a maniac and get away with it. Why not drive like a maniac? Thais drive like maniacs because they can. That's not racist. That's stating a fact.

If your point is the Thai drivers are not the "cause" of the problem, you're splitting hairs. Thais caused the problem and are unbelievable bad drivers because they can be.

I'd like to know any another perspective.

1 - you have a massively myopic view of road safety in Thailand and

2 - you inference is that Thais are worse drivers than other people - this is overtly a racist conclusion.

Oh yes, here we go, if people do not agree, then throw in the racist word... grow up.

masuk, on 15 Aug 2014 - 10:23, said:

spidermike007, on 14 Aug 2014 - 15:06, said:

What really cracks me up is the use of the turn signal to indicate a lane change. That is a good one.

That's the law in Australia! Changing lanes? - then indicate.

Same as when leaving a roundabout. Indicate when you are leaving (turning left in Thailand) so the guy giving way to you knows that he can enter the roundabout.

lol.. the law in Australia is indicate first... then change lanes.

janpharma, on 15 Aug 2014 - 09:31, said:

They drive just like they did 100 years before with their buffalo's...when there were no llights, no indicators, no difference between left or right side...

A lot of education to do here again too.

The difference was that the buffalo had more road sense.

spidermike007, on 14 Aug 2014 - 20:28, said:spidermike007, on 14 Aug 2014 - 20:28, said:

cooked, on 14 Aug 2014 - 20:02, said:cooked, on 14 Aug 2014 - 20:02, said:

spidermike007, on 14 Aug 2014 - 15:06, said:spidermike007, on 14 Aug 2014 - 15:06, said:

What really cracks me up is the use of the turn signal to indicate a lane change. That is a good one.

In civilised countries that's what you learn to do. Maybe you missed that.Or do you prefer them to just swerve out into your path as one guy did to me today?

It's 'manoeuvre, mirror, signal' here.

Flashing headlights means 'get out of my way or we both die, dog'.

I specifically meant when they are passing you. I find this odd.

Once again, that is the law...indicate to move out, over take, then indicate to move back in... As for being "specific" no you weren't.

johng, on 14 Aug 2014 - 15:35, said:

topt, on 14 Aug 2014 - 14:03, said:

thaipod, on 14 Aug 2014 - 13:54, said:

I'd like to know the indicater signals of trucks when following them on the highways.

I think the outside indicator means it is ok to overtake - except when they are turning right..........

Ant the inside indicator means not safe to overtake - except............

I think its the other way round

Right indicator means not safe to pass. Left indicator means all clear ahead. I wouldn't trust them though.

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You are correct.... for some of us, this is opposite to our home country...beware.