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The OP said he fled to Chiang Mai as if Chaing Mai was some foreign country with no extradition treaty. Then they waited for him to return before arresting him. Are the Provincial borders in Thailand like the State borders in the US? Get to the border and the Provincial cops can't follow you. Or was it the case that going to Chiang Mai to arrest him was too much like hard work?

1 hour ago, Black arab said:

Met some thai bloke at KK airport mrs was impressed i didnt have a clue though

Similar thing happened to me at Lampang airport. I got off the flight to be met by dozens of screaming women from teenagers to middle aged including my GF. Apparently some famous bloke was on the plane with me. I had no idea. Still don't know who he was.

If I remember correctly some time over a year ago Chang had a big rebranding drive and that was when the old 6.4% disappeared and was replaced by the 5%. I seem to remember a couple of Thai celebs getting in trouble for "advertising" it on Facebook. Al I know is that most of our village drank Leo until the rebrand and now they all drink Chang . Just shows what a bit of rebranding and a couple of celebrities can do. I still drink Leo or if I feel flush I have a Heineken. Not a fan of Chang now but the old stuff was awful. It got the beer buzz on much quicker but that was followed very quickly by a headache. I don't know what chemicals were in it but I've never has a headache like that from any beer/lager and that wasn't a hangover headache. That was only after a few beers.

1 hour ago, dfdgfdfdgs said:

 

Khao Yai national park is full of wild elephants and there are armed guards patrolling the jungle 24 hours a day.  It's the same for many of the other national parks and wildlife sanctuaries where there are tigers, bears and elephants.

 

Your argument that animals should be locked in captivity in case they get sick is very stupid.  They managed fine for millions of years without vets.

 

And female asian elephants don't have tusks, nor do a lot of the males.  They're not the same as their african cousins.

Totally agree. The sick ones die out and don't reproduce making the gene pool stronger which is better for the survival of the species.

Anyone who cared about their welfare wouldn't want them locked up and beaten into submission then forced to carry strangers on their back every day of their lives. Comparing them to domesticated cats & dogs is ridiculous.

6 days training. What more could you ask for?

I know nothing about the laws concerning property purchase in Thailand but could your wife not purchase the property in her name then sell it to your parents for a token amount of say THB 1,000? Maybe this would raise red flags but worth a thought. I am sure someone on here could point out what's wrong with that suggestion.

The driver is 100% wrong. No construction taking place. How fast do you have to be going to turn up this ramp and not notice the lack of a road and not be able to stop in time. Especially as it is obviously a "road" the driver has never turned into before. Should have used more caution. Just because there is a gap in the kerb does not mean there is a road. Perhaps it is for cyclists, the disabled or even just there for a future road build. Perhaps there is no reason for it to be there but still the drivers fault. 

So last week I took my drone to the local police station to register it. The response...Mai Pein Rai. Don't worry about that!

1 hour ago, scubascuba3 said:

Forget those get the Samsung J7 Pro, very nice phone, will likely do everything you need. Circ 9,000

I got a J7 and have no complaints. It was more than half the price of the S7 at the time and does everything I need. TV Tech recently had an article and one of those mobs that test phones rated the S7 a better phone than the iphone 8.

Looks like he had a good night out. Even has some puke stains on his T shirt. At his age the best nights are the ones you don't remember.

At my age it would take days to recover from a night like that.

You can always tell how insecure the religious are by the way they react to these insignificant occurences.

I wonder if the makers of the game had the balls to have Mohammed or Allah as a carachter. I doubt it very much. Those Muslims are the worst for getting their feelings hurt.

It is safe to open. A lot of stats on deaths. No answers to questions 1 or 2. I have pasted the text below but not the tables with figures for deaths. Open the file to see.

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 REQUEST REF: 0588-17
Thank you for your email of 24 June asking for information under the Freedom of Information
Act (FOIA) 2000. You asked:
1). How many UK citizens are resident in A) Thailand, Indonesia and C) Vietnam.
2). how many in each country are UK State Pensioners.
3). Are there any figures available on known deaths in those countries.
4). Can cause of deaths be given.”
Outcome of Search
I am writing to confirm that we have now completed our search and that the Foreign and
Commonwealth Office (FCO) does hold information relevant to your request.
Disclosure
We do not collect the statistics in your questions 1 and 2. However, I can provide the
following figures for deaths as requested in questions 3 and 4:

It should be noted that it is not mandatory for British nationals to report incidents to the FCO
(or one of its diplomatic missions) so consequently the figures provided cover incidents only
where we have offered Consular assistance. We also offer Consular assistance to
Commonwealth nationals in non-Commonwealth countries where they do not have any
diplomatic or consular representation, and to EU nationals who are otherwise
unrepresented. Some of this assistance may be included in the data that we make
available.
You may wish to contact the Department for Work and Pensions or the Office of National
Statistics for information on your questions 1 and 2.
FOI / DPA Team
Consular Directorate
 

I don't see Religion as a choice. Currently the biggest contributor to terrorism which leads to increases in migration & nationalism. It's bad enough having Kim and Trump with their fingers on the button. Can you imagine some death cult fanatic, desperate to bring on the end of the world, getting his hands on nukes? That applies to nut jobs in all 3 Abrahamic religions. The youngest one is in the spotlight now but there are people from all 3 who want nothing more than to bring on the apocalypse. They can't wait for it. So sure are they that their place in heaven is already reserved.

4 minutes ago, davethailand said:

In a puddle?

 

Seems like it. I should have read the full article at the link.

I doubt this will be investigated and if it is we probably won't hear the outcome but it would be interesting to find out. The son was apparently found still gripping the iron gate which would lead you to suspect that it was the gate that passed the current to the son. How the gate became charged I would like to know.

A little update to my dogs' situation. I left Thailand (back to work) in mid June. We were pulling dozens of ticks out of our 3 dogs daily. Within a week or 2 of me leaving the ticks seem to have vanished. The oldest dog Lucky, who will be 2 next month had a little nose bleed whilst I was there but thought it nothing to worry about. Last week whilst Line video calling the GF, she was feeding the dogs and she noticed that Lucky's nose was bleeding again. I don't trust the local vets so I got her to take him to a new place in Lampang today and she asked the vet to write down in English what the issue was. Below are the notes from the vet and the prescription.

It would seem that he has a blood parasite from a tick and has anaemia. It is not too clear as the vet's Thinglish is a bit confusing. The last line states "not tick not blood parasite" which contradicts the previous lines.

From the prescription he has some antibiotics for the parasite along with vitamin K and anti bleeding injection. The second line seems to be a strong pain killer which is used for arthritis. Lucky hasn't seemed to be in any pain but I doubt it would harm him to have the pain killers. I've no idea what the first line is so if anyone can enlighten me it would be appreciated.

On a positive note Lucky is now allowed into the house as the vet recommended he keep cool as he is a long haired dog and the anaemia makes him lethargic. We used to allow him in the house when he was the only dog but when the other 2 arrived and the ticks started appearing I insisted he go outside with the others. Now he is a very happy dog with his own fan and air con.

5 hours ago, SABloke said:

Statistics don't mean much to people. When they her 27 000 deaths per year it seems low. When I point out to my family that means basically 1/2000 chance of being killed i.e. 1 kid at the local school will die every year  - their ears perk a little.

 

With babies it's even worse: Studies show that even at a mere 30kp/h babies cannot be held and they fly out of the person's lap they're sitting on. They are very prone to injuring/breaking their necks. This means that even a "slow" inner city fender bender can be very dangerous. I've been trying to track down actual accident statistics, but even if we're generous and we say that there are only 3 non-fatal accidents for every death on Thai roads, that's still a 1/500 in being in a potentially life threatening accident for your baby (and those stats are enough to keep my daughter out of cars that don't have a car seat for even a short journey.

 

On an aside, I was surprised (but not shocked) when my wife's friend (Thai living in the UK) came to visit her family for Songkran. Hubby didn't come with and so she just zipped around town with her children held in the back - in the UK she doesn't do this, because it's against the law, but I figure that she feels embarrassed in front of her family (stupid). On the flip side I have never used a car seat because it was the law - I use it because science proves that it improves my daughter's chances in the unlikely but possible event that we are in a crash. 

A friend of the GF was killed driving her pick up home drunk one night. Went to the wake at the house and loads of visitors arrived in their cars or on bikes, proceeded to get drunk and drove home . Until the police start enforcing laws the culture will not change.

1 hour ago, Dizer said:

 

 

Definitely Indians...haha ..filthy, disgusting and smelly and stingy.. I know How? In india men hold hands together while eve teasing women..weird country and weird people.

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You will find men in many countries walk arm in arm or holding hands. Seen it in eastern Europe, middle east, central asia. The first time I saw it was in the Balkans and I was taken aback as you don't see that much in UK. The surprising thing is that most of the countries I see it in are more homophobic and of a certain religion that would be happy to stone gay men to death. Crazy world.

I see it all the time but not in Thailand. I see it on military bases where soldiers will walk 5 or 6 abreast down a road and won't even bother moving when they realise there is a vehicle up their ass. Usually it is Brits and Yanks but others do it also. Guess they think they are invincible. I don't honk as they have guns and I don't

2 hours ago, Moonlover said:

Yes. I can read Wikipedia as well!

 

But like I said, the symbol is not being used mathematically. This no 'Greater or lesser'  in the presentation.

 

Besides, just what is the difference between X>Y and Y<X?

This is my last on this as the OP is about flooding and the presentation is neither here nor there but....

In your first post you state: Read in full, the first entry would read:

''The amount of water in the reservoirs represented by the red dots is greater than 80% of their capacity''.

Then in your second post you state: "This no 'Greater or lesser'  in the presentation."

Which is it?

My first response to your post was not so much directed at your claim that the < symbol was not being used in a mathematical sense in the OP, but rather the fact you seem to associate its use as a mathematical symbol since the advent of computers. Quite clearly it has been in use in a mathematical sense for the best part of 500 years. 

To answer your question there is no difference between X>Y and Y<X. It is a logical statement.

Anyway, here's hoping the weather is not too unkind to the poor folks in the flood zones.

2 hours ago, Moonlover said:

If this was purely a mathematical use, you would be right. But it is not, in this context it is being used symbolically, not mathematically.

 

This is, in effect, a form of shorthand. Read in full, the first entry would read:

 

''The amount of water in the reservoirs represented by the red dots is greater than 80% of their capacity''.

 

To me, it makes perfect sense.

 

It's just one of the many examples of 'repurposing of symbols' that has come into vogue since the advent of computers.

Really?

From Wikipedia: The less-than sign is a mathematical symbol that denotes an inequality between two values. The widely adopted form of two equal-length strokes connecting in an acute angle at the left, <, has been found in documents dated as far back as the 1560s. In typical mathematical usage, the less-than sign is typically placed between the two values being compared and signals that the first number is less than the second number. Examples of typical usage include ½ < 1 and −2 < 1. Since the development of computer programming languages, the less-than sign and the greater-than sign have been repurposed for a range of uses and operations.

As Juehoe says, the land office will do it. GFs old man had a chanote for one piece of land that over the years has split into two. One half had his house and the other was given to the oldest sister to build her house. When her old man gave GF the chanote she got the land office out who drew up 2 separate chanotes (one in her name one in sister's) and it took a couple of weeks. I think it was only a couple of thousand Baht but can't be sure.

As lucjoker says, it is all about location.

43 minutes ago, shady86 said:

 

 

Nope. He was convicted for murder previously, released after 1 year in jail. Capital punishment is the only way to stop murder.

 

So every country with capital punishment have zero murder rates?

1 hour ago, gandalf12 said:

I have the Samsung S7 Edge and it is the exact opposite to what the OP OP thinks. I did however buy it from Samsung and paid the full price. I would suggest the OP considers the fact you pay less you get less.

Nothing wrong with Samsung only for those who think they can buy cheap and get the real product

Therein lies the crux of the matter. The OP bought a second hand phone. Instead of realising his mistake and taking it on the chin he blames the manufacturer of the old phone he willingly bought from a third party.

8 hours ago, thequietman said:

Travelled this road many times. Even in the pickup truck you can get caught out. The way he was driving, it was bound to happen.

 

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I travel this road going to Lampang airport and I hate that mountain section. The trucks have to drive so slowly on the downhill that loads of Thais take chances overtaking on bends or in the climbing lane for the uphill traffic. Last time I took this road and got to the bottom of the hill on the Phrae side there was a Fortuner at the side of the road that was almost unrecognisable it had been mangled so badly and there was a truck with the front end all smashed in. I doubt anyone would have survived in the Fortuner.