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Swiss Tourist Attacked by Buffalo Bear While Feeding in Chiang Dao
Spock replied to webfact's topic in Chiang Mai News
I am not so sure that travel insurance would cover something like this as he is working as a volunteer, and surely you'd need special cover for bear feeding activities and injuries? -
Lone Kuwaiti Tourist Fights Off Five Young Teen Robbers in Pattaya
Spock replied to webfact's topic in Pattaya News
You ever stopped to think it was nothing personal and motivated solely by greed? That if the teenagers all had knives they came prepared? Why is your immediate thought that the Kuwait guy must have done something to provoke it? -
Fat 'L's or 'Als' or 'Ells'? You sound like someone who has only ever hung around heavy Cheech and Chong type users as an abstainer. You also come across as the sort of straight guy I would avoid like the plague, a lecturing gym freak who knows little about the benefits and enjoyment of vaping, smoking or eating weed, someone from outside looking in and pretending to know more about the effects than they actually do. I would agree that teenagers should avoid use of marijuana AND alcohol because it adversely affects their study habits. However you exaggerate beyond reality the after effects of weed, particularly the morning hangovers, which are a bit of a nonsense, particularly compared to alcohol. Legalisation of recreational marijuana is common in a number of countries now. The kind of problems you attribute to alcohol could more easily be attributed to alcohol use.
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Prison officials say Thaksin eligible for parole
Spock replied to snoop1130's topic in Thailand News
I imagine the Thais will just as readily accept any decision in the next few weeks by the Constitutional court to dissolve the Move Forward Party for proposing reform to the lese majeste law. If so, it would seem kind of strange that the banning of the party that won the popular vote in the last election did not create a backlash of protest from the public. I wonder if the average Thai really cares much anymore about politics, or perhaps they have just had all enthusiasm for it sucked from them by the various machinations employed to maintain the same parties and individuals in power no matter who is deemed to have won an election. -
Prison officials say Thaksin eligible for parole
Spock replied to snoop1130's topic in Thailand News
You don't stop discussing politics or politicians simply because the conversation would not 'make an iota of difference' unless you are living in an authoritarian dictatorship. I suspect many Thais are guilty of avoiding the 'conversation, hence the country's often weird governments made up of coalitions that seem unrepresentative of the preferences expressed in the election results. You see the same attitude expressed in the apparent acceptance of injustice and corruption in the Red Bull affair too. In many respects I think Thai people get the politicians and governments they deserve. I think pardons and acquittals say more about the power of political opportunism and questionable alliances and practices than the worth of the individuals on whom they are bestowed. -
Prison officials say Thaksin eligible for parole
Spock replied to snoop1130's topic in Thailand News
I imagine Thaksin could play a role in implementing the dismantling of the recreational marijuana business. He has proved adept in the past at assembling squads of police to put drug dealers and users to the sword by their thousands. Where many think the legalisation horse has already bolted, Thaksin through injecting a substantial amount of fear into the situation will find a way to bypass the concerns of growers, sellers and users and halt the runaway beast in its tracks. -
Are you saying that periodontists in Hua Hin or Bangkok or both are all booked out months ahead?
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Mysterious mass death at Chiang Mai Night Safari shocks Thailand
Spock replied to webfact's topic in Chiang Mai News
Might be more accurate to say that zoos in certain countries, like China, are horrid places because the visitors don't genuinely respect the animals or the zoo authorities underfeed the animals and keep them in inappropriate enclosures. -
Thai student suffers brutal punishment for playing game in computer lab
Spock replied to webfact's topic in Isaan News
No wonder the rich continually get away with murder or something approximating it when Thais continually accept an apology for outrageous behaviour, particularly from a teacher, and do not insist on following through with a complaint until authorities take action. Weak effort from the grandfather. -
Irishman’s life hangs by a thread after mosquito bite in Thailand
Spock replied to snoop1130's topic in Bangkok News
That's what I am - 70. I am aware of one relatively cheap insurance in Thailand that requires a 100000 baht excess for over 70's. Doesn't seem that others exist for 70 year olds taking out an in country insurance for the first time to live in Thailand. -
Phuket taxi driver drives away foreign woman over air conditioning dispute
Spock replied to webfact's topic in Phuket News
On minimum wage of 353 baht a day, at the bottom of the barrel of occupations, and in a job where he would be dealing with taxi drivers all day, I cannot see why an uneducated kid in a menial job would be remotely interested in interfering in a dispute of this nature. -
Phuket taxi driver drives away foreign woman over air conditioning dispute
Spock replied to webfact's topic in Phuket News
Don't think I have ever felt colder than in the morning on the Chiang Mai train, and was glad to discover that the dining car was not air-conditioned and the windows could be opened to survey the view. -
Pita most preferred politician to become Thai PM in NIDA poll
Spock replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
Thai people should. -
Irishman’s life hangs by a thread after mosquito bite in Thailand
Spock replied to snoop1130's topic in Bangkok News
It was on the news in Australia last night that over 40% of travellers are now forgoing travel insurance due to the cost. I was amazed at how much more expensive it is now when I went to Thailand in June, where the minimum comprehensive policy for a month was about $A350 while I paid $450 for one which covered me for motorbike riding and covid, both ill ness and out of pocket costs. That's a lot of money on top of airfares. It's understandable why people task the risk. It's also understandable why they shouldn't.