10 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

Color test you can't beat.

One time I was at the  transport office  doing the colour test and a guy in front of me was obviously colour blind as he kept saying the wrong colours,  after 3 wrong attempts the examiner said  

"if you say green again  you go home"   she then pointed to a new colour  on the board and the guy  shouted out "green"  everyone in the queue laughed  the examiner laughed  and she let him continue onto the next test !

The traffic light braking reaction test was at times pretty disturbing to witness,  the depth perception test was a bit more difficult to see who had bad problems  but there where many "do overs" on all these tests.

10 minutes ago, webfact said:

sidecar driver identified as Mong,

That's a rather politicly incorrect term   but made me laugh.

link to the original article

https://siamrath.co.th/n/533994

looks like the 19 year old foreigner was driving a big bike at speed wearing a pair of shorts and trainers. 

They should have taken him to Wat Yarn hospital which is much closer than Bangkok Pattaya.

This stretch of road is now a very dangerous 5 lane in both directions race track  be careful out there.

4 hours ago, Bkk Brian said:

Hamas refused.

https://news.sky.com/story/israel-rejects-ceasefire-proposal-and-presses-ahead-with-targeted-strikes-on-rafah-13130835

Israel rejects ceasefire proposal and presses ahead with 'targeted strikes' on Rafah

16 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

What illegal sanctions? IIRC it was Russia who illegally annexed Crimea in 2014, then repeated the dose in the Donbas in 2022.

The illegal sanctions imposed on Russian  industries and finance.

Gazprom was apparently denied essential equipment that would have allowed the pipeline to re-open...and then it was blown up to make sure it never did.

23 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

the political ramifications of the USA blowing up Russian infrastructure supplying German industry don't even bear thinking about.

And so blame it on Putin conveniently he's a mad man right  only a mad man would do such a thing ?

@Lacessit

You did not hear the news that Germany smarting from the gas restrictions where in talks with Russia to re establish gas flow...then miraculously the pipeline was blown up  making sure 100%  that they had to rely on much more expensive imports of gas...from whom ?

Who would be imposing the massive penalties for breach of contract

if the contract could not be honoured due to illegal sanctions on equipment being supplied to one party.

Not to mention Biden himself saying on video that the pipeline one way or another would be stopped.

Glad to have made you laugh...because it is laughable to suggest that children can or even should be shielded for nature.

46 minutes ago, RobU said:

It doesn't matter if no one saw it being filmed the point is anyone could have including children. Making a big example of this might make others think twice before filming sexually explicit videos in public places

No one saw it but it doesn't matter because someone might have

and those someone might have been children  who of course should never witness anything explicit let alone sexually until the age of ???  16 ? 18 ? 21 ?   what should adults tell the "little angels" when they witness stray dogs fornicating openly on the street in broad daylight.

What if they ask about "the birds and the bees"

(totally natural procreation)

should they be scolded and sent to stand in the corner for such insolence ?

2 minutes ago, Surasak said:

That was about the time Gazprom collapsed I believe?

Gazprom didn't collapse   there where concerted and deliberate efforts to deny Europe  Germany in particular of cheap Russian gas

Remember the Nord stream pipeline

( Putin did not blow up his own pipeline)

just part of the idiotic push to end fossil fuels  when we are no where near having viable alternatives  and sustain our current standards of living.

Just now, sangtip2 said:

I returned an item which I had paid for COD  to _________.   It was refunded into my "Wallet"   only problem is I never had a wallet with them    they  created the wallet for me .   So I try to "Activate" the wallet and I am told that a Falong can not have a wallet.     

I had a similar issue  eventually the trader  working with Lazada refunded money directly to my wife's bank account  perhaps you have a trusted friend or relative that could act as a proxy for you ?

17 minutes ago, Seppius said:

$60 billion has changed the picture, plus other countries stepping up more UK and France for example

Yes the picture is looking more and more like all out NATO involvement and therefore WWIII.

44 minutes ago, tgw said:

 

this will be a pretty thick book.

The Ukrainian book of remembrance ??

7 minutes ago, kwilco said:

Assuming the bike was a 400 cc top of the range - it would be hard pushed to get up to 160kph.

If I had bought a 400cc bike and it couldn't do 160Kph  

A.K.A 100 miles per hour  I'd be very disappointed...considering that a more than 20 year old  150 cc machine can reach 160kph quite easily.

Looking at the damage to the Fortuner  the bike was going "quite fast".

25 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

These workers are involved in various professions such as farming, vending, transportation and food services.

How about those engaged in the "oldest profession"  they are often referred to as "freelancers" 😋

17 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

asking them to adjust or remove mobile signal directions to ensure coverage is strictly limited to Thailand.

Almost completely impossible  to limit electromagnetic signals to a countries border.

Enclosing the whole of Thailand in a faraday cage would work  but not so good for the tourism industry.

Of course they know its impossible  but will use this excuse along with any other to impose more stringent controls on phone users internet users and the service providers.

Apparently 24,000 voted for Count Binface in his second London mayoral election run.

https://www.bigissue.com/news/politics/count-binface-london-mayor-election-manifesto-democracy/

15 minutes ago, placeholder said:

How exactly is the USA falling apart?

The southern border...the high crime rates, the inflation

the culture wars,the proxy wars,the censorship regime and attacks on the "constitution"  The seemingly unbreakable Uni-party deep state alliance.

1 hour ago, ibjoe said:

Ask yourself what kind of denier you are.

 well according to your list I'm  a number 2 and 3 denier 😋

2) There is climate change,

but it's not influenced by human activity.(much)
3) There is climate change, but the effects are good for the environment (e.g. plants utilize CO2).

non paywall  archived page from the New York Times

https://archive.ph/UvGWx

Thousands Believe Covid Vaccines Harmed Them. Is Anyone Listening?

All vaccines have at least occasional side effects. But people who say they were injured by Covid vaccines believe their cases have been ignored.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/frontline-ukrainians-fear-new-aid-from-us-will-be-a-disaster

Oleg sighed when The Daily Beast told him about the events 5,000 miles away in Washington, D.C. “Are you serious?” he said. “Now this war will just continue.”

and

“In my mind, and all of my friends, this money doesn’t help Ukraine,” he said. “Our country has too much corruption.”

“The new money will just prolong the war, and civilians and the military are tired. People want peace and negotiations. Not the continuation of the conflict,” he added.

14 minutes ago, RobU said:

It was lockdown that caused the problems with society not vaccines.

So we are in agreement...  great. 👍