nkg

There are approximately 30 times as many teachers as commercial pilots. It's very rare that a pilot deliberately kills all their passengers, but it does happen.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanwings_Flight_9525

5 minutes ago, impulse said:

 

You have, of course, read the stats that say the Chinese spend more on a daily basis than the Westerners?  They just don't stay as long on average, given it's a 2 hour flight to the south of China.

 

 

That's strange, all the local business owners tell me that the Chinese spend almost nothing, unlike the Westerners. I don't know where this torrent of Chinese money is going, but it certainly isn't into the hands of normal Thais.

3 minutes ago, rkidlad said:

You can’t compare 50-70s America with Bangkok 2018 gridlock. If parents want their kids to have room to run around, they have to move out of the city. This is true anywhere in the world. 

 

Anyhoo, I’m talking about people blocking tiny roads (sois) so they can have a party. If you’ve ever driven down the small sois, you’ll know what a pain they are to navigate. What they don’t need is anymore obstacles blocking them. 

Yes, the tiny roads are what we in the West consider a residential area. You can use major roads to get to your destination - car drivers do not have a divine right to use residential areas as short-cuts. I do know what the traffic is like in the small sois. If the road is completely blocked, you can always turn around.

I am biased - I like street parties, and I don't currently own a car in Thailand. I think it is sad that we must instruct our children not to play - the rich kids with big gardens in leafy suburbs win, and the poor kids, as always, lose. Moving out of the city is not always an option.

I do take your point about Thais not caring about what impact their actions will have on other people, but I am broadly in favor of street parties. Thai people's fun-loving attitudes is one of the main reasons why I enjoy living in Thailand, although it can have unintended negative consequences.

It's still relatively expensive for visa runners.

Booking a couple of months in advance:

A return from Phuket to Penang is 5500 Baht (Firefly)

A return from Phuket to Udon Thani is 3000 Baht (AirAsia)

Even though Penang is far closer to Phuket than Udon Thani.

Still, it is an improvement to what we had before, so I'm not complaining.

9 minutes ago, rkidlad said:

Roads are for driving on. Pavements for walking on. It’s that simple really. What if someone else was trying to drive home that day? Someone in a wheelchair or elderly. 

 

Kids aren’t playing on the street in the West anymore? Maybe you could campaign for kids to be allowed to play on roads again. Sounds like a great idea. 

Growing up in the 50s-70s most countries (US excepted) would have children playing football and other games in the open space nearest their house (the road). They got exercise and there weren't so many obese children. The relatively small number of cars in those days drove slowly in those areas.

Now we see modern drivers racing around residential areas, with far more people using cars. Naturally, modern parents forbid their children to "play out", and so kids stay indoors and fiddle with their mobile telephones.

I don't believe that wealthy car owners have the right to speed down residential roads, at the expense of residents and communities. However, I can see that you feel differently.

I throw all my coins in a jar. Twice a year, I take them to the local Big C. The Customer Service desk lady sorts them (very quickly), bags them and counts them, then swaps them for notes.

They always seem very happy to do it, probably because they need change anyway to run their store.

It is worth remembering that Japan's railways remain $350 Billion in debt, despite being generally regarded as very successful. And this in a hugely wealthy country that is perfectly suited to high-speed trains (population distribution, geography).

http://www.ejrcf.or.jp/jrtr/jrtr02/f02_oka.html

Ruff justice ...

Seems like a lot of money ...

Words fail me ...

With my loveable teacher Miss Au? (it's a short video feature from the What's On Thailand Show that's hosted by this website)

We kept getting repeats, then she got hidden near the end of the show, and now she's gone!

Bring back Au!

nm

I bet he doesn't have the words to describe how he's feeling right now.

On 03/11/2017 at 8:14 PM, Just Weird said:

 

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Naew Na reported in their headline that Thais will never dessert Thais in their hour of need.

I think they are pudding too fine a point on it.

Bangkok, home of the world's longest half-marathon.

"Our half-marathon is the best, because it is 17 miles long instead of 13 miles", said an excited marathon official.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/16/bangkok-half-marathon-worlds-longest-u-turn-17-mile-race

7 hours ago, tryasimight said:

I am familiar with concept. All are miniaturised transistorised memory. Call them what you like.....they are ALL affected by electro magnetism.

 

There is NO secure storage

That may have been true in the early 80s (to an extent) but CDs and DVDs are clearly not affected by EM. If you want to go back to the 1950s and 1960s, punched tape would not be affected by EM either.

On 01/09/2017 at 3:57 AM, Briggsy said:

https://www.facebook.com/MGRonlineLive/posts/1642285299136381

 

@nkg

Ask and you shall receive.

Thanks Briggsy, that is much appreciated. I'll send it to her next time we are in touch - I don't like scammers taking advantage of her naive outlook on life.

My Thai friend has somehow gotten involved with a pyramid scheme. She says she has "invested" 38,000 Baht, and she is expecting to get paid more money later.

I went looking on the internet, and sure enough there is news about a scheme that exactly matches the one she has joined:

https://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/bitcoin-pyramid-scam-targets-buddhist-monks-thailands-temples/

Ideally, what I would like is a Thai language version of the above story to use to help persuade her not to waste any more of her cash. Can any Thai Visa sleuths help me find a Thai language news web page to stop my friend from "investing" more money?

 I met her on a Monday and my heart stood still

Duangdararungrueng

Duangdararungrueng

37 minutes ago, Jeremy50 said:

No, I don't get it, can't see how the punch line relates to the rest of the joke. Is it the grey cow, or something about Malacca?

I'm not in the MOOOOOOOd for jokes.

On 18/07/2017 at 11:02 PM, Stardust314 said:

 I didn't know that gazpacho soup was meant to be served cold.

Some people are destined not to know ... until it's too late