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I Agree, you have to be kidding..... But TIT

Many will miss the opportunity to celebrate New Year and other festivals.

Welcome to the real world Thailand

National Tsunami Warning System Turns Out To Be One Twitter Account

BANGKOK – Following this week’s massive earthquake and tsunami scare that sparked evacuations in almost 30 countries, it was revealed that Thailand’s entire tsunami warning system was nothing more than a single Twitter account.

The revelation was made by the opposition Democrats at a special news conference this morning, when spokesperson Buranat Samutrak showed what he claimed was incontrovertible evidence that the nation’s Bt6 billion tsunami warning system, installed by the Thaksin Shinawatra administration following the tsunami of December 2004, was just one person tweeting updates from a mobile phone.

“This is a perfect example of how Thaksin and his government exploited the nation’s fears and the tragic events of 2004 to line his own pockets,” Buranat said.

However, the Yingluck government was quick to deny any wrongdoing and instead praised the effectiveness of the warning system. Pheu Thai spokesperson Prompong Nopparit noted that the international media had hailed the event as a “successful test” of the system and that many media outlets had praised Thailand for learning the lessons of 2004.

“We managed to get hundreds of thousands of people away from the coast in less than 15 minutes, well in time to be safe from any tsunami, which we are grateful never materialized,” he said. “The fact that the Democrats would take this great achievement from the Thai people and make it an issue shows that they are bankrupt of ideas.”

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Just letting you know that this is still happening guys as of 8:30am X-mass day Bangkok Time. Not posting the link again. Cheers.

.Hope you all had a great Christmas morning and the kids actually slept in a few mins past dawn at least

Thailand defiantly is the Land of Cute Santa's Helpers in the pics above

Schools around here had a big X-mass party yesterday, the parade though the streets of the whole school, thousands of kids and finished at lunch time. the kids are getting into this X-mass thing.

Kind of fun. Now they are starting the cont down to Easter Bunny to shoot some chocolate eggs.

This is clearly not a Thai Santa, he would be out on "bail" now..... for ever.........

Well he is going to have a long stop at my house, some kids have put out 4 tall bottles of beer on ice for him !

Thanks Crossy, is Zeer Rangsit that big computer center out in the northern suburbs towards DMK ?

If not, where is it please ?

As I write this Santa is en-route in Australia between Sydney and Melbourne, you can see here.

A backup but less user friendly is Googles version here, in the top left toggle between map and Earth to see Santa superimposed over Google earth terrain. He seems to stop at more places on this one in you live in Tin-Buk-Too.

If you think they don't do Santa in Thailand, well you are out of touch, in the last couple of years, Santa is regally finding Thailand. Spurred on my retail stores pushing any reason to convince people why they should spend.

Your little Thai goddess is defiantly expecting a Christmas present, parasitically if you meet her in a popular tourist destination that has been saturated in tinsel.

She may have even sat on Santa's knee......

So come up with something quick, ring her, fix her broken buffalo (sorry if that is you ), send her some flowers or a gift basket, McDonald's Delivers in Thailand, so you can send her a warm cherry Mc pie.

Don't forget her or you may just be forgotten yourself.....

Merry X-Mass

Sir, mine was through www.google.com/ncr FYI not the Thai Google. I can see this is frustrating for all concerned and some prick is prob sitting back laughing.

In Chanthaburi, but I may head up to Bangsan Beach Area or maybe even Bangkok over the New Year.

At this stage I am trying to find out if they are commonly available? If so I will rip the batteries out and bring an example of each case (and bat) I wish to replace. That Link was a great start.

Can you easily get new batteries for 750Va UPS that were made in Thailand.

If so, where? I have 4 to replace, I am hoping I can get them for 500b each somewhere

I see I Am not the only one, I got this link when come in from Google

 http://url4short.info/bc675f2f

In Thailand, gypsum ceilings are hung on light weight fro,es dangling on wires from the trusses. As apposed in the many western countries where the gypsum is attached to solid timber frames. You need to have a steel frame welded up and bolted onto something solid, in a condo, that would be the concrete " floor " above the ceiling. I recommend going the option that "David" suggested above of wall mounted fans, a decent one is about 1300B.

Is there an equilivent freshwater clawfish (yabby) in Thailand.

If it is stitched properly, you will not be able to see the join.

Carfull the monkey does not run off with the wedding ring !!!

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Keep logic out of it, we are talking a Thai Police "investigation " here.

Any Canon gurus here wish to comment? I presume this will kind of replace the 5D MarkII ?

This looks really nice and great value for money.

"that their parents might also be subject to charges of violating the Child Protection Act, which attracts a three-month jail term and/or a Bt30,000 fine."

​Is this enforced like the non existent child support in Thailand? The word "responsible" doesn't exist in Thai.

Hey Naam and the other gurus here, I was in Global, poking my nose around the water pumps recently. I came across a small filter that was in the ag pipe section. A little filter got my attention. The inlet and out let was 1 inch, it has a 120 metal mesh filter.

On the 2 pumps that looked the same to me on the out side had LF-C ticked and the other had LF-D ticked.

I didn't get a pic. Are these used to separate sand pre the pump?

Polling is all about the pollster

With reference to the above post, what would a typical modern irrigated rice farm in Australia or America produce per equivalent of a rai?

Wow, this is half a Billion USD. (500 Million USD) we are talking about here. No chump change.

"You are only good to accept my money, but don't come bother me when you have a problem."

The new slogan for Thailand.

Nothing New about that accurate slogan for Slyland