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The story as told is not quite believable. He moved to Thailand for his crypto business, which is normally not anchored to a specific country. Maybe to pay less tax? But he left partner and children in NZ? Then he became rich, but when business slowed down because of Covid (?) he could not afford flying back to NZ? And he was in possession of ecstasy tablets that were not his. If he wants sympathy for his experience, which surely must have been terrible, he should at least tell a modicum of truth.
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Three trail runners die, 16 injured in bus accident in Si Sa Ket province
arithai12 replied to webfact's topic in Isaan News
In this case there was no collision. The fault was with whoever was responsible for the road worthiness of the bus. -
Three trail runners die, 16 injured in bus accident in Si Sa Ket province
arithai12 replied to webfact's topic in Isaan News
There are surviving witnesses with their statements. We can't say from the picture if that section is on a flat road, or where the brakes failed which is not necessarily where the bus veered off the road. -
What China is doing in Cuba is a big threat to all of us
arithai12 replied to Social Media's topic in World News
Do you really have so much time on your hands? I envy you. That China does despicable things is true, and I would have added the plight of the Uighurs to your list, but if one were to list the despicable things done by USA (as well as by other governments around the world) I doubt the list would be much shorter. But your post is completely out of context. The OP argues that China is a threat to us all by installing a spy station in Cuba. Ever heard of Guantanamo? -
Starbucks Thailand Reveals Plan to Open 335 New Outlets by 2030
arithai12 replied to snoop1130's topic in Thailand News
Red white and blue... mmm, Luxembourg? Netherlands? Russia? France? come on, be more specific. btw, Euros are a currency I don't believe they think much. -
The focus here seems to be on the age only, and people overlook the fact that a much younger girlfriend is often a lower education / no conversation girl who sees the old farang boyfriend as a means to secure life for herself and her family back in the village. I know I should not generalize, but this is often the case. A farang daughter would see the reality in the blink of an eye.
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Pita To Be Given Second Chance For PM: Wan Noor
arithai12 replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
Actually, his party won the most seats by a rather small margin, not he, and there was no implication in the ballot that he MUST be the PM as a result. -
Looks quite serious, I hope he pulls through, best wishes. As for the insurance refusal to pay, difficult to express an opinion without knowing the circumstances of his fall and the details of what was supposedly covered and what not.
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Body of Australian Man Found Floating in the Krabi Sea
arithai12 replied to snoop1130's topic in Krabi News
Strange but it happens. I knew a guy who did exactly that at every swim. -
Broken suitcase wheel may have caused Don Mueang moving walkway incident
arithai12 replied to webfact's topic in Bangkok News
I remember that in Schiphol airport (AMS) there were constant announcements before the end of each travelator section. I usually hated them, now I understand. -
Thai Mobile Banking Apps Crash On Payday, Transfers Put Off
arithai12 replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
Do you mean you arrive at the cashier knowing that your shopping will be exactly 1234.45 Baht including discounts and promotions and have all the notes and coins ready? Or that you have 2 notes of 1,000 Baht in your wallet, and wait for the cashier to give you change and of course he cannot break 1,000 so he goes to the colleague at the next lane who holds up another customer to provide the change. And then you happily walk out with 765.55 Baht in your pockets, to add to the other pile of coins you carry around? The first case is impossible, and the second one is definitely slower than me paying by credit card or prompt pay if the app is ready with the code keyed in as I always do. Yes it can happen than an online payment is disrupted, maybe once a year, then I produce the cash. It can also happen that you pay in cash only to find out that one of your notes is fake and you don't have any others. Be happy with your cash, let others be happy with their online payments, there's always a slow person in both scenarios. -
I remember Mr Clinton explaining on a map the location of Kosovo to his fellow countrymen, while the bombing of Belgrade was in progress. And a Professor in a prestigious US university telling me that his country was now invading Cuba. Under shock I ran to the news to find out it was Grenada. Geography has never been a strong point in the US.
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Chinese tour group apologised after causing harm to Thai marine life
arithai12 replied to webfact's topic in Phuket News
The question was whether you have dived at that specific site and witnessed boats dropping anchors on corals again at that specific site. My experiences at Racha Yai were fabulous until about 2015 or so, when the place became overrun with Chinese and it was simply impossible to find a boat to the island, forget accomodation. We never used anchors nor mooring lines... freedivers, too deep for that. The boat would simply hang around until we were finished. Also no touching starfish ???? But I do remember a lot of mooring points in shallower waters. I also remember a lot of chinese tourists (not divers) happily walking on the reefs with rubbers shoes. I think the responsibility should be with their tour guides, the tourists probably doen't know the harm they are doing. -
Senator suggests Pita doesn’t have to be the only PM candidate
arithai12 replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
No they didn't. The ballot didn't say "who do you want as PM", and even if it did Move Forward didn't win an absolute majority. Anyway, it's just common sense that there should be more than one option on the table for PM. -
Tourist filmed carving his girlfriend’s name into Rome’s Colosseum
arithai12 replied to webfact's topic in World News
I don't think there were ancient Romans around in the year 1023, not in Italy let alone in other countries. Or do you mean people born In Rome in general? -
US Ambassador celebrates first shipment of Thai pomelos to America
arithai12 replied to snoop1130's topic in Thailand News
So the Ambassador loves pomelo, like (almost) everybody else. The difference is that he won't mind at all if the price of local fruits will increase, we will. -
Move Forward party advised to stay away from changing Thai national day
arithai12 replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
If you want to bash the caretaker PM go ahead, but please try better. As you (should) know, he (actually his government, I doubt he was choosing dates personally) didn't modify national holidays or introduce new ones permanently, it was done in an effort to revive some domestic travel during Covid times. Like the programs to subsidize hotel costs and such. -
We live on the last floor of a condo in a relatively green area of the city, with a long balcony with many plants. We don't "keep" birds, but we have perhaps 20 nests or so, babies, large social groups. They are lovely to watch and listen to. We don't feed them.
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Lots of improvements with the current governor. Tidying up the hanging cables, the immense work going on along canal road north of Phu Come, sidewalks, the gates around the moat, road repairs. Some people are always fast to judge using western standards, but they forget that in this country budgets are small and governors are short-lived, they have to try the best they can even if it means a disruption on both sides of the road. And yes, you will hardly ever see a Thai walk along Huay Kaew, it is done for the foreigners, let's be thankful.
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Five men aboard missing Titan sub dead after 'catastrophic implosion'
arithai12 replied to Social Media's topic in World News
If it's the families who are paying millions and millions, then ok. Otherwise, it's public money (at least in the case of the Navy) spent for nothing because they will not find any retrievable body or parts of. -
Actually, it isn't always on 21 June. It can vary a little, some years is June 20, that's because of the details of the Sun's orbit. About the article, I don't know if it's just the translation or the original text, but the Sun doesn't "stop" or "pause" in its path across the sky. Very poor choice of language.