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Gandtee

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  1. Is this broadcast on major TV stations? The problem is that Thais believe in fate, and that if its going to happen it's going to happen. They are not in control of their destiny, so they don't bother with safety measures. The exceptions are the more educated and worldly among the populace. Let's hope it has some impact.

    The exceptions are........ Do you really believe that? Obviously you do not follow the news.coffee1.gif

  2. 'They found a coach directly in front of them'? This is a very dangerous road with coach drivers often the offenders, pulling into the opposing traffic lane to bully their way through. Not in this case maybe. For a long time the yellow broken and unbroken lines had been applied in reverse. Indicating that it was OK to overtake on a left hand bend and on the approach to a brow of a hill?? Not as though drivers obey the road markings, or traffic laws come to that.coffee1.gif

  3. Police found nine women and 17 men - all undocumented - crammed into the vehicle designed to carry up to 10 passengers.

    The number of passengers is nothing compared to the local vans that transport students back and forth to schools daily. I don't even want to get started ranting about the song taews that are so loaded that school kids are literally hanging off the back of the vehicle. Of course they are ignored by the police.

    So over loaded that the front wheels are barely in touch with the ground. How many kids have fallen off the back of these I wonder.

  4. There will be some individual examples in Ukraine or Sweden etc who fit the accepted spec for beautiful - but they will be exceptions. I think Thailand is tough to beat for a generally high standard of good looking girls.

    If you sat in a mall or street-side coffee shop in Thailand I bet you'd not need to wait for more than 5 minutes before seeing a really pretty girl walk by.

    Do the same in most other countries and you'd need to get few cups of coffee and a cream bun before you saw a really nice girl walk by.

    Exhibit A Amarin Mall, Bangkok .....

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    Or a few pints of beercoffee1.gif

  5. Slightly changing the topic which I believe has been on another forum,but anyway.

    Small flying insects like mini bees, which like to make gooey nests in small holes, and if disturbed swarm and give minor bites more than stings. I have had these nesting in the ends of the revolving poles of my retractable blinds. Have sprayed the with many insecticides to no avail. This week I unrolled the blind and observed repeating holes as I unrolled it. Something had eaten into the blind right through to the roller. So making a repeating pattern which when unrolled looks like lace curtains. My first thought was it must be a rat, or squirrels which abound in my garden. But when I unrolled the blind completely, the bees/flies whatever had produced their sticky goo along the length of the rollers recess, the same length as the eaten pattern in the blind. Question. Could it be the bees/flies eating their way out, or rats/squirrels eating their way in? Do these ants eat blind material? Any one with experience and advice on this. Sorry it has been so long winded.sad.png

  6. I suppose the black humour reply to 'what would I get etc' would be a cuddly bear for an injury and anything off the top shelf and a cuddly bear, for a death. The obvious serious answer is, a big problem. First, were you driving too fast, knowing that so called revelers are abroad. Second, letting your daughter out on a motorbike, knowing as before. Last, you are a farang, and unless your wife is someone like mine who enjoys berating policemen to defend you, you will be in deep brown stuff!coffee1.gif

  7. Are they playing God? It's a kind of Frankenstein story...ethical incorrect...should be banned

    God gave humans the intelligence to allow development of this technology. Would it be unethical not to use the intelligence bestowed upon us?

    By that argument. 'God gave us the intelligence to kill our fellow man. Would it be unethical not to use the intelligence bestowed upon us'?

  8. Yes, teach those quality Tourists basic manners from leaflets. Headline: Common sense evades quality Tourists but are saved by leaflets.

    Yes. I hear what you are saying but when you first came here did you realise that it was taboo to touch a persons head, even in jest? To nudge something on the floor, or ground with your foot to select it? To sit with your feet pointing at someone? To accidentally tap someones foot while passing them can lead to big problems. How many times have we read of people being shot for doing just that? And shot by so called influential people who should know better. But of course don't. I read pamphlets on how to conduct myself when I first came here and even as naive as it appears, the leaflets handed out now maybe enlightening to the tourism bolstering Chinese. There! I've said it, and I'm gladcoffee1.gif

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