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sambum
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I see the latest brainwave to boost tourism from TAT has gone awry!
Their announcement that Songkran will last from 1st April to 21st April seems to have upset a few (Chinese) people who were expecting to go around soaking people for 3 weeks, only to find that "nobody is playing" yet! 🤣
And another Government adviser is telling the would be revellers to "be patient"!
Personally, I won't be leaving the house tomorrow (13th) which is the main "Dousing Day" where I live, and I've had too many buckets of iced water thrown in my face by drunken tourists who don't seem to realise that to do it to someone while they are riding a motor bike is DANGEROUS!
Add to that, the washing up liquid, and other irritants to the eyes, and no thanks - been there - done that, so I'm staying on my balcony with the fan on full blast with a couple of cold beers, and let the "revellers" get on with it! 🙂
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49 minutes ago, arick said:
Imagine all the fungal and crouch (joke itch) rot that he has in between his legs
Yuk!
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20 hours ago, rexpotter said:
Agreed, is she seriously injured? Has she lost her ability to walk? Or to function physically any differently than prior to the hit in the back?
My God, drop it. Let the system deal with it how it normally gets dealt with. Whats the point? She will not change this system.
"Let the system deal with it how it normally gets dealt with."
One could argue that "how it normally gets dealt with" is for the case to hang around until an offer of money is accepted.
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Where's the "Pointing Finger" when you need it?
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"Kershaw issued an apology for his inappropriate action in the public place and claimed that he acted under the influence of alcohol."
Good old standard British excuse for misbehaving and getting caught - at least he didn't blame cannabis!
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Makes a change to have 2 "Top Stories" running side by side that are about Thais!
One about a Thai lady behaving badly by "vaping" on a plane in Chiang Mai - naughty lady, but not exactly crime of the century!
The other about the fact that "Thai people ranked #1 in Asia’s list of top shaggers"
Who knows - maybe in the next few days we might see a top story about a Thai behaving REALLY badly - like walking naked on Krabi Beach and getting a 500(0) baht fine for doing so! 🙂
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On 4/8/2024 at 6:29 AM, Jing Joe said:
The behavour of drunks has been historicaly predictable and feel sorry for the guy, but whats with all the foreigners making mostly disruptive news in Thailand lately?
They're not reporting any news about Thais!
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"Phuket hotel evicts foreigner who threatened taxi driver with knives"
I think if I was confronted by a taxi driver with knives I would threaten him as well! 🤣
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1 minute ago, JCauto said:
Seems everyone missed the interesting part - what's all this about plus-sized women sex parties? Quite a throw-in there at the end.
Perhaps like this story, the writer was just chewing the fat.
They've done that once or twice recently "Related news" when it's not related at all - apart from the fact that sex seems to be involved!
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4 hours ago, Ben Zioner said:
Not the same, they let Soi dogs have group sex in the streets, and I thought that we weren't considered as humans, not in the Thai sense at least.
Correct - we are "aliens"! At least that's what it says in the application for extension of stay!
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9 hours ago, SAFETY FIRST said:
Gawd, What sort of sick people go to these plus size, obese, old women parties?
Plus size obese old women? Or plus size obese old men?
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2 hours ago, Cake Monster said:
There is every possibility that some of these " Senior Military " people will be wanted by the ICC for War Crimes.
Does Thailand wish to be seen aiding these monsters ?
It has also been reported that the flights were to also carry out " Important Documentation "
" Important Documentation " or "Incriminating Evidence"?
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1 minute ago, Conno said:
Standing at checkouts while people fiddle with phones will be the least of our problems if people do a Covid and accept everything that is pushed on them. Anyway, thx for the apology, it's a rare thing to read on this forum lol.
No plomplem! I'm also a Quizmaster (QM) and contrary to what other QM's say - the QM is not always right, and if I'm wrong, I'll admit it!
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Just now, Conno said:
Forgiven. Now start using cash
Always have - always will as long as I have a choice! Fed up of standing at checkouts while people are fiddling with phones and taking photos of a machine!
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30 minutes ago, Conno said:
What you waffling on about? I did use the correct acronym, it was BritScot that used the incorrect one. Have you got nothing better to do?
My apologies - mistaken identities!
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21 hours ago, Nickcage49 said:
Thailand going to space. There's so much comedy there. They need a space program like they need subs and warplanes.
Big boys' toys!
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19 minutes ago, sandyf said:
Yes and No, the criminals weren't imported, at that time the UK couldn't see much use for the country other than a place of incarceration, forcing them on the Australian colony.
Following WW2 an independent Australian government looked to increase the population through an assisted passage arrangement.
"Imported" "forcing them on the Australian colony"
Same, same but different!
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16 minutes ago, sandyf said:
Foreigners in Thailand want as much as they can get for as little as possible, they have no say and the government has no interest.
The Thai space program started in 1971, remind us what was your "giant" focused on at that time, certainly not the well being of its own population, or any other.
People ought to remember the old adage on "sin" and "stones".
"Foreigners in Thailand want as much as they can get for as little as possible,..."
Total bullpoo - Foreigners,especially tourists, want to pay a fair price for any services or amenities, but they don't expect to be charged 4 or 5 times the amount that Thais pay - especially for "Tourist Attractions"!
"They have no say..." Correct, but they can have an opinion!
"...and the Government has no interest". So why the constant emphasis on Tourism by the Government if they have "no interest"? Visa free entries which appears to be letting anybody and his dog into the country including Chinese Mafia types, and Russian draft dodgers, all in the interests of making BAHT for the country/Government.
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4 hours ago, IslandLover said:
Yes 😁
Thought so!
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12 hours ago, Conno said:
Maybe you should have used a different search term. Behavioral Science. PSYOP in every sense of the term. The push for a cashelss society may involve a different subject matter but the techniques used will be very similar.
https://theconversation.com/coronavirus-how-the-uk-government-is-using-behavioural-science-134097
Maybe you should have used the correct acronym ("PSYOP") in the first place , and explained what it stood for!
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15 hours ago, Danderman123 said:
and if the leaders of Europe in 1500 had decided that traveling to the New World (and later Australia) was a bad idea?
Then America would belong to the North American Indians, instead of immigrants who almost destroyed their way of life along with almost making one of their main food sources extinct. And a similar scenario in Australia, except they imported boat loads of criminals to colonise the place.
P.S. Sorry, SIRINEOU, I posted this before I saw yours! But nice to know that somebody agrees with me!
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3 hours ago, WDSmart said:All space exploration projects by all countries should stop. We have done nothing so far but pollute our planet, litter our outer atmosphere with debris, and scatter abandoned equipment on other worlds. Just as we are destroying the biosphere of our own planet, we seem to want to go to other worlds to do the same. We are like a cancer on the Earth. Establishing colonies of humans in other worlds shouldn't be called "colonizing" but "metastasizing." 🥺
Sir David Attenborough made a very telling comment right at the end of his "Life on Earth" programme. Filmed at Cape Canaveral/Kennedy Space Center beside a huge NASA rocket, he said, "America has proposed to spend billions of dollars on investigating the possibility of establishing a colony on another planet. Would that money not be better spent on looking after (improving?) the one that we've got?"
A wonderfully incisive statement from a great man!
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8 hours ago, BritScot said:
One thing I have realised over the past few years is how stupid people are. Accepting lockdowns and in the uk publicly telling people they were using Phyops against their own people a fact that still disgusts me (being ex army). Then watch people sleep walking into digital currency with the power banks and governments already welding. I tokenly carry an oz silver coin in my pocket to remind myself its real value and not made up. Everyone should read about the Bradbury pound (it scared the hell out of the Bank of England because it had real value).
"Phyops"? I'm from the UK and never heard of it - mind there are more acronyms flying around these days than 737's!
Googled it and it came up with nothing for "Phyops" - but it had this:-
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1 minute ago, Mike Lister said:
My contract at BOT wont allow it, conflict of interest.
My understanding/definition of "BOT" is obviously different to yours!
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Songkran
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Posted · Edited by sambum
No, it's not the same brainwave - according to the publication that can not be name on here, the Min of Tourism & Sports and TAT announced on Mar 12 that the 3 WEEK MAHA SONGKRAN WATER FESTIVAL would begin on April 1st in Chiang Mai and wrap up on Apr 21 in Chon Buri and Samut Prakan (which is open to being misconstrued/misunderstood due to the poor wording)
The Chinese guy was upset, poor thing because he had nobody to play with! (Not just my imagination!)
And I used to like Songkran about 15 years ago, but I admit, I don't like what Songkran has become due to irresponsible behaviour from a few ill informed "farangs" who continue to "fight" long after sundown!
However, I'm pleased that things have improved for you in Pattaya, but I do think that 9 days is far too long - IMHO 2 to 3 is enough!
Next! 🙂