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OK I got it wrong in assuming that the tunnel had been started. All that was required was the word 'proposed' to have been inserted before 'tunnel construction'. Lousey Thai journalism at it's best.

I don't believe it! China of all places to inspect Thailand's aircraft safety. Take a look at THIS

http://www.snopes.com/photos/airplane/airchina.asp

good to see the police doing something positive, hopefully this is all of what they found and not just the stuff for show

Why do you start positively then the rest of it just sinks to a level that's really is not becoming. Why is it, that no matter what the RTP do, there is always some one who can't help themselves and allow the balance of their post to denigrate the coppers despite them having done and excellent job. Maybe you should follow the old rule, that is if one cannot say something good about someone, then don't say anything at all. Will be interesting to see what the police haters have to add.

Yes on this occasion the BIB are to be congratulated. This is a significant bust. However as to the cynics on here and their posts about the RTP can you really blame them? The police are notoriously corrupt, are said to be the biggest Mafia in the Country, and are generally incompetant at doing their job. The RTP seriously need significant reform, and until that takes place criticism of them will occur and rightly so.

I wish Mr Davies a happy and fruitful posting in the Kingdom. I'm impressed with his qualifications,he is very experienced carrear diplomat. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glyn_T_Davies_%28Senior_U.S._Diplomat%29

Heaven or hell! Heheee what a joke. Since Buddhist do not believe in either one this would be irrelevant to any Thai Buddhists.

Not true. Buddhist do concede there can be a heaven and hell but the concept is different to other religions. My user name is proof of that.

http://www.budsas.org/ebud/whatbudbeliev/303.htm

The Angonoka is a pretty big tortoise but even if it is highly endangered who would pay 180K baht for a tortoise?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angonoka_tortoise

I know there are a lot of teachers on this forum and I would like to ask you a question. How wary are you in your dealings with your charges that you ensure that an allegation of sexual misconduct cannot be levelled against you? I ask this because the Teachers Union in the UK is very concerned about the number of false allegations made against teachers, often called 'revenge allegations'.

Less than 1% of all these allegations end up in UK courts, implying that either the allegation was false or there was insufficient evidence. Read the rather disturbing Telegraph report, especially the comments at the end.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/9194130/Prosecute-children-over-false-allegations

There is already a law prohibiting the sale of cigarettes to persons under 18. That is what should be enforced. Many adult Thais if they cannot afford a whole packet buy singles.

Curious why there's no news stories on TV about the bombing in Samui? It's on all the newscasts from Australia to the U.S. This isn't good for tourism, that's for sure.

It's in the Samui local forum.

Once the word gets out about the car bomb that went off in Koh Samui yesterday and possibly another in in Surat Thani then I think a serious revision of tourist numbers will have to be undertaken. If the Muslim seperatists should start a series of these incidents in tourist spots then I think Thailand will have a serous problem in attracting visitors.

The problems in Bangkok didn't seem to have a big influence on tourism, maybe i'm wrong?

According to the Tourst Authority numbers the Bangkok bombs don't seem to have made any difference to tourist numbers, but can you trust their figures? When the IRA had their bombing spree in London in the early 90's the UK authorities stated that the campain didn't have much effect on tourist numbers. One major difference is that the IRA generally gave a warning about a bomb, these Muslim terrorists don't.

One thing the IRA campain did cause was the astronomical cost incured by the British authorities in increased security. It cost the British taxpayer billions. If the Muslim terrorists should mount a concerted campain against Thai Thai tourist spots I wonder I the Thais could afford the expense of keeping tourists safe, and what's more to the point whether they are capable of doing so.

They are 'Asian Painted Frogs' or as they're known to most Thai's . . . 'ung ang' (can you guess why?) . . . look here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banded_bullfrog

. . . and here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InzvNXcaHK8

Aren't these the frogs that 'walk' rather than hop with their back legs?

Once the word gets out about the car bomb that went off in Koh Samui yesterday and possibly another in in Surat Thani then I think a serious revision of tourist numbers will have to be undertaken. If the Muslim seperatists should start a series of these incidents in tourist spots then I think Thailand will have a serous problem in attracting visitors.

on average over 26,000 people are killed in road accidents in Thailand per year. Divide that by 365 days and that is over 71 people killed per day on average. So either these dangerous days numbers are complete BS or Songkran is the safest time of the year to be on the road. I will go with BS numbers.

The official road toll is taken from the scene of the accident

If you make it to hospital then die You are NOT a road toll statistic

Correct. You can add one death to the stats. Relative of my wife was crushed by a reversing lorry. Rushed to hospital pronounced D.O.A. The corpse was taken home and burial rites commenced. No Police were called or informed. Driver admitted liability 50K baht compensation was paid to the widow. No further action.

As in my prievious post some doctors certainly DO prescribe morphine tablets. The ones given to me are called "Kapanol" and are made in Australia. I still have a sleeve of 10 of them (Google it).

How many Aussies remember the leading Muslim cleric and the fuss he created about 'exposed meat'? Sounds familiar?

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/oct/26/australia.marktran

I occasionaslly suffer from gout - extremely painful, and some years ago a doctor at my local hospital prescribed slow release morphine capsules. I foolishly took too many (I was in real pain) and then went and had a few beers. It didn't take long before I was completely off my head. I thought everyone was out to kill me including my wife and daughter. I was taken to hospital where I don't really remember much, but apparently I had to be held by three hospital porters in order to administer an injection, I ripped out an IV in my arm and tried to attack a nurse.

I was zonked out for two days before the morphine wore off and I was able to go home. Boy was I embarrased when I had to go back to the hospital and apologise. Nobody was upset or angry at me, in fact it was treated as a joke, I suppose they get used to that sort of thing.

It would seem that this poor bloke' s in a similar position to what I was and he needs medical attention. I suppose morphine can affect different people in different ways but I can assure you that it can send you off your trolley.

I bet she didn't predict that one coming!! Charlatans the lot of them!!

Indeed they are. It's somewhat worrying that the man in charge of this Country who has given himself absolute power believes in them.

Then on the other hand the leader of the most powerful country on Earth wouldn't have a snowballs chance of being elected President unless he professed to be a member of an organisation that believes in a non existant being in the sky.

Germany? In view of the fact that the recent tragic plance crash of a German plane in France and the discrepancies regarding safety issues after that event, I'm wondering if that's such a good choice.

First he states that he does in fact consult fortune tellers, and then when one makes a prediction not to his liking he spits the dummy!

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/23/us-thailand-politics-fortunetellers-idUSKCN0HI11120140923