Kabayo66

When my sister and I caught chicken pox as children, we suddenly became the most popular kids in town, for about a week. All the parents sent their kids over to play with us. The symptoms are bad enough when children have it, but far worse for teens and adults. Generally, once you've had chicken pox, you won't get it again. But there may be different strains of the virus here. Just don't scratch or the scars will be permanent. Once they scab over, they're no longer contagious. Go to school.

RIP. Jimi and Stevie Ray needed a bass player. We'll miss you, but you live on i n your music.

Although contracting with China may be cheaper, Japan certainly has plenty of experience in railway construction here in Thailand.

I'd suggest MENSA. They are an international organisation, who have developed their own I. Q. tests, and offer membership to applicants who score in the top two percent. Their website ( www.mensa.org ) refers enquiries from Thailand to: MENSA THAILAND Mr. Peter R. Davis, New World House, 2, Thanon Samsen, Banglam Phy, Ban Pranthom, Pranakhon, Bangkok, Thailand 10200, (66) 2 281 5596-605. I hope this helps.

Although I agree that , in part, it may be a matter of the staff attempting to save face, as they may feel intimidated by their poor command of English, I don't believe it is a racist gesture. In Thailand, most businesses are owned and managed by women. In Thai families, the wife generally manages all financial transactions. It's part of Thai culture. I have noticed however, that they rarely hand anything directly to me (money, documents or most anything), but rather place it on a counter or table in front of me, instead of placing it into my outstretched hand. I assume it's also a cultural difference, as I've seen them do the same with Thai customers, too. Life's too short to be offended by anything. Live with love and compassion. What you sow, you will reap.

The headline seems to imply that the injured workers collapsed inside the building. But newspaper editors aren't hired for their English skills, are they?

I hope the workers recover quickly. This type of disaster occurs too often here. How can anyone trust the integrity of any structure in Thailand?

Has anyone else noticed the recent wallpaper renovations at Thai McDonald's restaurants?

Is printing the phrase, "BITE ME" in capital letters on the restaurant interior walls a new advertising strategy? Don't any decorations, printing, etc. need to be approved by McDonald's Corp. in the USA?

Although I don't condone rape, surely execution cannot be an acceptable punishment in a primarily Buddhist country. Anyone who supports this idea is not thinking clearly, but rather through a mind clouded by anger, hatred and vengeance.

 

Why not instead of taking a life, which would be a grave sin according to Buddhism, offer convicted sex crime offenders an option? They could be allowed to choose either life imprisonment or the complete, but painless, surgical removal of their genitalia plus rehabilitation after serving a lighter prison sentence. 

I spent twelve years in Oklahoma, in the USA, where the brown recluse is common. The markings and symptoms reported in the original article I read were a good description of a brown recluse.

 

Regardless how unlikely it is for a brown recluse to arrive in Thailand,  it is still possible that one could have been hiding in luggage or freight aboard an aircraft or ship and survived after being off-loaded. 

 

The brown recluse bite, if treated promptly, is not deadly. But without immediate medical attention, or if the bite is in a vital area, it can be fatal. 

 

A friend of mine was bitten on his shoulder by one when he lay down in his bed. In the 15 minutes it took for him to get to the hospital, which was fortunately just across the street, his shoulder had swollen to more than double its normal size and a 3cm diameter circle of skin and muscle tissue surrounding the bite had already begun to decompose. If untreated, he would have died from infection, not the bite itself. But he was fortunate to have only suffered extreme pain and very limited use of his right arm for nearly two weeks.

I don't do international money transfers - too many fees. Instead, I ask for a cash advance on my Wells Fargo Bank debit card.The US bank charges about $20 and the Thai bank (the 1st of 3 initials is S) never charges me anything. I receive my money in Thai baht at my US bank's posted exchange rate.

Am I suddenly going colour-blind, or is the 'red' carpet actually blue?

They're billionaires and the poor Thai farmers don't even know how many zeros a billion has.

Considering the differences in British and American English, who does know? It really depends upon who is speaking, doesn't it? Now, would that be nine zeroes, or twelve? Either way, it's more than most of us will ever see in our lifetimes.

I did notice a slight error in the OP "Officials have assured the public that the virus is not likely to spread as it did in 2009 thanks to the Tamiflu antiviral pill which can heal the virus efficiently and is commonly used in army camps."

I think I would rather the virus was not healed.

I noticed that small blunder, too. Cetainly, they wouldn't want to make the virus stronger by healing it. Perhaps it was a misspelling of 'heel', meaning 'to bring under control', as in to heel a dog?

I have read that there is no 'medicinal cure' for a viral infestation. However, with alternative medicine, herbology suggests that ingesting coconut oil may be a safe and healthy method of killing many virus cells by breaking down the cell membrane.

I've got two sons who are going to a Thai school, and as a parent and English teacher, I understand how important it is to supplement our children's education. In most Thai schools, the students are taught very simple lessons, with little or no opportunity for discussion. Because schools have an unwritten policy that says students are never allowed to fail, few of them have any real motive to learn. So each year, they repeat much of the same material they have already studied.

What I suggest is that you instill a love for learning in your child by reading with her on a daily basis. Read books she can relate to, and which are at her reading level. Don't do too much teaching - just read, then discuss the pasage/chapter/story with her afterwards. Also, a good children's encyclopedia (I learned with Golden Book Encyclopedia) can be useful for teaching, as it contains interesting pictures and interesting short "stories" about historical events, places and people.

Aside from reading, go to museums, zoos and other places and do loads of things together, then be sure to discuss how things work, why things happen, etc. Everything is a learning opportunity, as long as it's fun or puzzling.

In fact, easy crossword puzzles, anagrams, cryptograms and other word puzzles, even maths tricks/shortcuts can make outstanding educational tools. Logic puzzles can be a fun way to increase I.Q. and silly jokes and riddles use lots of puns, which expand vocabulary and reading comprehension.

To improve pronunciation, search the internet for tongue twisters in each language you want your daughter to speak well. My sons have learnt three languages since birth and are at the top of their classes in each one, so it's not too difficult. Practice a different tongue twister together each day. The secret to good pronunciation (and speed) is in saying them slowly. Then offer a special reward for whoever can say it faster (without mistakes) after dinner.

Speed bumps are an effective method of reducing traffic speeds, but they should be clearly marked. Perhaps they should paint them black, then hire a talented artist to paint them so that approaching vehicle operators clearly see what appears to be hundreds of 10-15cm long stainless steel spikes mounted vertically in the road, forming the Thai and English words, "SLOW DOWN."

Blowing a whistle at government figures is one of four ways for people to show civil disobedience, as urged by former Democrat MP Suthep Thaugsuban.

The other two are withholding corporate tax and flying a Thai flag outside the home.

I see why the Journo went into writing instead of a job involving maths.

Why should flying a Thai flag outside your home be considered public disobedience?

Most countries that I've been to consider flying the national flag a sincere display of patriotism or nationalism, unless they are burning it or flying it upside-down.

Perhaps citizens have been encouraged to fly the Thai flag upside-down?

How does one use the Bum Spray while using the tablet/mobile?

Carefully......very carefully.

I think there is probably an App for that...

WashApp

Now there's an idea! Access the the tablet's mic; distinguish the various sounds and it gives an analysis or your 'movement'. May be on to a winner here!

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And don't forget to post photos on Arsebook.

Don't you mean "faecesbook"?

BANGKOK, 8 November 2013 (NNT) The Phuea Thai Party on Thursday reiterated the government will not re-submit laws that were similar to the amnesty bill to the House of Representatives, and that the party is preparing to pair up with the United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD) to visit people around the country and clarify the government's various agendas.

Phuea Thai Party spokesperson Phromphong Noppharit announced the result of the party's special meeting session on Thursday, which was attended by Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. Mr. Phromphong said the party members at the meeting thanked the party's representatives in the Lower House for their efforts to seek an exit strategy for the country, via the removal of the amnesty bill and the conciliation bills that were under House agenda.

Mr. Phromphong asserted there would not be submission of similar laws into the House of Representatives, in order to avoid causing conflicts within society.

Of course they won't submit similar "laws," since if there were any similar "laws" there would have been no reason to submit an amnesty "bill" in the first place.

What should be a matter of concern is whether they will instead submit similar "bills" and push them through legislature to make a "law."

Thugs: (in unison) All bubble-blowing babies will be beaten senseless by every able-bodied patron in the bar.

Victor: That's right! So, who blew it?!

I've been using Seagate HDDs since my C64 days, and have never encountered any problems. Since coming to Thailand, several of my notebooks have had WD HDDs and I've only had one (500GB) crash after 4 years. Perhaps I've been lucky. I replaced it with a Samsung 640GB HDD which crashed after 2 years. Back to Seagate for me. You get what you pay for.

I remember seeing a bag snatch from a young lady at an ATM outside a 7-11 on the other side of a 5-6 lane road (Ratchaprarop in BKK). It took three big yanks, each one accomapanied by a ear piercing scream from the victim, the bag snatcher was just in a scruffy shorts and t-shirt. After getting it he just walked off. Right next to where it happened (and where the guy walked through) was a bus stop with about 10-15 Thais waiting for a bus.

No one did anything to help in anyway.

They let the guy just walk off past them when it would have been very easy to suddenly king-hit him by surprise.

Not one of them went to help the victim in anyway and she was left sobbing on her knees on the steps by herself.

Beautiful, caring, loving, Buddhist Thais. A superiorly decent and moral people.

And all you did was watch along with them? How do you know they were all Buddhists? Furthermore, how can you criticize all Thai Buddhists for the way only a few Thai people (Buddhist or not) reacted to that crime?

On the topic of the original post, I believe it is wise and perhaps even necessary to have a dash-cam or two installed if you drive in Thailand, for your own protection. If you are a witness to an accident, but not otherwise involved, and/or the first on the scene, you should stop and provide assistance. However, if you are an uninjured passenger (not the driver) in a vehicle involved in an accident, you should sneak away unseen, to protect the driver and yourself from possibly being blamed just because you aren't Thai.

Of course, I use toilet paper. The same way the Thais use it. It's nice and soft on the face and nose, and it's much cheaper than facial tissues for blowing my nose.