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Health Ministry campaigns to encourage Thai couples to have children
nausea replied to snoop1130's topic in Thailand News
Strange how birth rates are usually high where's there's squalid poverty, if it's an economic thing. -
Somebody's read The Beach.
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Unless it's ridiculously low or ridiculously high, I don't think IQ has much relevance, given its problematic nature as a test of intelligence. In any case, even if it is a valid benchmark, myth has it that 83 was the floor for the US army, so 89 wouldn't be that bad, I suppose. Anyway, I knew a Mensa guy and he seemed pretty average to me, I always beat him at chess (he got quite upset about it), and I'm an average Joe, well, maybe a little above average, certainly not top 2% level.
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Thailand’s household debt for Q2 spikes at 16.07 trillion baht
nausea replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
It's high, relatively speaking, but I wonder how much of that has to do with property mortgages; the UK has a similarly high level, but we're mortgage obsessed. -
Pattaya police explain alleged bribery in child prostitution case
nausea replied to webfact's topic in Pattaya News
A million baht sounds about right. -
Are bread krathongs harming Bangkok’s public park ponds?
nausea replied to webfact's topic in Bangkok News
So bread and Styrofoam are both bad, oh well, back to the drawing board; I guess we could try doing something with slices of a banana tree trunk, and banana leaves. -
Elderly Woman Endures 2-Hour Wait in Hot Car Due to Electric Lock Malfunction
nausea replied to webfact's topic in Isaan News
The more complex things become, the more there is to go wrong, and the harder it is to fix. I pretty much understood the basics (of cars) in my youth, nowadays ... . -
Violent Altercation Erupts at Nightclub, Leaving Several Injured
nausea replied to webfact's topic in Bangkok News
Boys will be boys, especially where drink is concerned, and bruises and broken noses are to be expected; but add knives to that mix, or, God forbid, guns; yeah, it's not good. -
Thailand’s looming gun crisis: RTP crackdown nabs nearly 15,000 suspects
nausea replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
True enough, but I I am a lot more worried about knives than guns, to be honest. Knives are ubiquitous here, every second person seems to carry a knife, women included, and more often than not you won't see it coming. "Jai Yen" is the best defence, in my opinion, it's also a useful phrase for de-escalation. -
Tourists injured in ride malfunction at International Silk Festival
nausea replied to webfact's topic in Isaan News
I stay away from attractions of this sort, health and safety isn't Thailand's strong point, and at 68 I'm risk averse. -
Victim Warns Public To Beware Of Fake Lottery Tickets
nausea replied to webfact's topic in Bangkok News
Says it all, really, if you buy from a random stranger then you take your chances. Incidentally, there are many informal lotteries, but these are guys with established customer bases, you are unlikely to get scammed cos they depend on their reputation to operate. -
Parnpree to bring Thailand back on radar screen amid superpower rivalry
nausea replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
This non-alignment policy always worked for Thailand in the past and, as they say - "if it ain't broke, don't fix it". -
Electricity and fuel prices are expected to increase next year
nausea replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
Thailand has nothing on the UK, energy and food there are through the roof; I'm not really into this doom monger YouTuber Joe Blogs, but he did do a video recently which pretty much nails it. -
Concert in Kelantan with sexy Thai dancers stirs controversy
nausea replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
Kept expecting the guys in the audience to storm the stage, and the girls to be whisked off in a helicopter. -
Use a local pharmacist myself, no payment, but then they're an acquaintance/friend I've known for some years.
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The juicy melons thing has just got to be a set up.
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Thanks for all the comments; unfortunately, it seems there's no rhyme or reason to it. My other pension provider does all this by e-mail, time for the State Pension guys to enter the 21st century, methinks.
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Got caught on the hop earlier this year, with the UK State Pension Life Certificate saga, so just to confirm, these are sent every two years c. January time, right?
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Agree with other posters, if your gonna carry large amounts of cash, it needs to be secured on your body somewhere, ideally monebelt or the like; at the least, a wallet in a front pocket or a bag slung across your front. Personally, the most I've carried is 20,000bt, more usually 10,000bt for a wild weekend, when cards stay at home, with a 1000bt note in my shoe.
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Pubs and bars in parts of Thailand a step closer to 4am closing
nausea replied to snoop1130's topic in Thailand News
Pattaya's image - ROFL.