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Monkeypox was reported this year as an outbreak, in May I believe. How could he be Thailands first monkeypox case if he has been in the country since October last year on overstay? Surely he must therefore have caught the monkeypox from one of his brethren in Thailand because the timeline doesn't fit the narrative.

All I hope is that the murder victims children see some reasonable justice so that they can move on as best as possible.

Where are all the pumps? The pumps that we used to see every year in our area have been absent this year. Maybe someone should do an audit to see how many pumps have "mysteriously disappeared".

I live in Bangkok and own a vehicle. As it turns out I have only done 6000 km's in 1.5 years because I only ever use it when I leave Bangkok and we had lockdowns as well. I found the BTS and MRT just too convenient to bother with too much driving in Bangkok itself. Sometimes the roads are like a parking lot, with cars jammed everywhere. MRT and BTS every 10 minutes is hard to beat a lot of times, especially as our condo is right at a BTS station and directly across the road from a Big C, so no vehicle really is needed. I do like having the vehicle available for journeys but I could have rented whenever I needed it, like I did before, probably cheaper in the long run. With a family you will need to buy something that takes enough luggage for when your family escapes Bangkok. I bought a new CX-3 which is pretty crappy for luggage space but it suited my wife and I for size and price, as a lack of luggage isn't a show stopper for a couple.

I just got mine at Bang Sue today, no appointment required.

Good for her. My ex won a few Fitness model competitions in Australia many moons ago and I was her training partner. It took a lot of hard work and careful eating to win those. Once she had won a few she was offered a sponsorship and the caveat they gave her was " now she had to start taking steroids" in order to look ripped and hard enough for her sponsorship obligations. She didn't take the offer up and quit the competitive side of the business after that.

What a miserable life that poor woman probably had before he killed her. RIP to her and he definitely meets the criteria for a miserable end to his life. Maggot.

I wonder what an autopsy would find. RIP. I wouldn't want to be revived after no oxygen to my brain for an hour.

With all the economic woes associated with inflation, covid costs and rising energy prices Thailand can't afford to slide back into covid induced shutdowns or restrictions. Give everyone a magic mask instead to ward off falang germs.

Yeah, this really is so avoidable if they had trained personnel on the job. Likely there was no electrical isolations in place on the drive module in question because follow up rescuers got electrocuted as well after dumbly pouring water onto a live electrical system, no lock out - tag out protocols used or the system would have been de-energized, no LV or HV PPE or rubber mats and no HV electrical safety fibreglass poles to drag the victims back. I saw some good shots of the bus bars in the module all charcoaled, so assume they were investigating a motor drive panel or something similar and someone has inadvertently had a flash over. No perspex guarding sighted in front of the bus bars either, maybe it was removed to work on the system or it never existed in the first place. Non electrical rescue personnel then pouring water on a "live electrical system" to stop a fire instead of isolating the upstream energy source and then using powder extinguishers. So more needless deaths due to ignorance or panic during the emergency. I've seen trained ERT personnel nearly do the same with water when a transformer and MCC Room were on fire. Luckily the upstream circuits had already been de-energized. What will the investigation find? Electricians used who obviously weren't adequately educated or trained in isolating and working on electrical systems, no isolation procedures used otherwise the system would have been de-energized, no PPE, no risk assessments, no rescue plans, no HV safety gear, so what could go wrong, plenty it seems. There are plenty of Thais who know all of these protocols and requirements because they work in the west or for western companies that have proper lock out tag out and safety sustems in place. But training and PPE costs money, which some of these smaller Thai companies don't want to pay for. RIP to all those involved who needlessly died.

Meanwhile the RTP are trying to find a way of confiscating the boat for personal gain. The skipper has been invited to a plastic bag interrogation. Thailand can't act against any other nation until it cleans up the endemic corruption in its own nation, which will be never.

RIP to the gentleman. It would be very surprising if he has gone walkabout and nobody missed him or reported him missing.

Get into a rip then the best thing to do is relax and go with the flow and slowly work your way out until it spits you out. I can't count the number of times that I ended up in a rip and found myself out the back of the sets and had to swim back in until I could catch a wave. A fact of life growing up on beaches in Australia if you are body surfing or body noarding. A lot of tourists panic because they are afraid of getting dragged out but swimming against a rip is like swimming against the current in a river (pointless). I understand that fear though if you aren't used to it or maybe aren't a stronger swimmer. Fear is hard to overcome sometimes. RIP to those that perished

My wife had her shot 4 months ago and got notified this week that she could get another shot this week at Bangsue

I drove through about 5 manned speed traps and subsequent police checkpoints between Chiang Mai and Bangkok. They were selectively pulling drivers aside but I'm not sure if it was directly related to the speed traps and cameras. Anyway the road toll is a disgrace, so something should be done.

Sounds exactly the same thing that happened just a few years ago when some street vendors were corraled into set foodcart zones and told not to park on the street sidewalks again. The only change is that last time the moved carts were dragged into clusters and they didn't call the new foodcart cluster a "hawker centre". It sounds like someone from the BMA went on a holiday to Singapore recently, ate in a Hawker Centre and had a brain fart on the flight home. So BMA will set up "hawker centres" i.e. another form of foodcourt or "food market" in addition to those in airconditioned shopping complexes and the BMA will then temporarily block street food carts from standing on selective footpaths for a few months. The foodcart owners will fail to pay hawker fees and the enforcers of the new law will fail to enforce the move properly and everything will go back to mormal like last time.

And how did Anutin explain the presence of C19 DRUGS in markets. Anutin tends to disappear into the background when Health Ministry matters look less than "clean".

And what will change in regards to driving protocols and or road design after yet another accident like this? Nothing. Just another news byline.

That should read "stole drug assets worth billions, declared siezed assets worth millions". RTP discaimer - " No drug dealers were suffocated during the theft of their assets".

Anutin's filthy hands are all over the new canabis trade. He will be making bongs next.

I recently recieved an electronic notification from a private hospital advertising a "complete knee replacement" as an all inclusive special price at Baht 180 000. I guess the cost is determined by the quality, material selection and life expectancy of the artificial parts that thr hospital was going to use e.g. titanium versus stainless steel ball joints excetera.

There is a similar pool/gym at Wachirabenchathat Park, opposite Chatuchak Park which has the same scheme if anyone near the Chatuchak precinct is looking. Just need a medical certificate prior to joining. With this gym you pay for your yearly membership and then pay a per usage rate for the gym and pool. Details can easily be found on their website Wachirabenchathat Sports Club

I live near Chatuchak (less than 10 minutes walk) and I regularly see tourists wandering into the weekend market via the flower and plant section during the week. No wonder so many post photos and video of shuttered shops, which hit instagram, ticktock and vlogs if they visit while it is largely "closed". It makes a great story to tell the world that Chatuchak is dead, but in reality its busy again on weekends when it is all open, although not back at the heyday yet. I think its a more pleasant place to visit now that it isn't rammed full of people. A lot of regular tourists and visitors to Chatuchak also don't realise that the weekend market is indeed a weekend market only. There are plenty of furniture and decorative shops open on Kamphaeng Phet 2 Road near JJ M. The total area of the 3 parks around Chatuchak must constitute some of the largest area of green space in Bangkok and yet little has been done to enhance their appeal as a stand alone destination. Definitely beautiful to visit.

RIP Mr Abe, a senseless murder. Let's hope this doesn't spark copycat killings. The world would be a better place without some of the supposed "leaders" but killing them isn't acceptable. Politicians with skill and diplomacy are hard to come by as it is.

Drunk driver killing another person = jail time I hope RIP young fella