NeoDinosaw

10 hours ago, AGareth2 said:

what is bent about a 5 baht note

I can remember 1 baht notes

5 baht was green

My memory is that a 5 Baht note was a purple colour. I am not old enough to have handle 1 Baht notes !  10 Baht notes were a shade of brown, 20 Baht Notes were green and had the same value as 1 dollar which was also greenish (I think).

12 hours ago, webfact said:

Bent as a five baht note - Phetchaburi schools fiddle the books and it leads right to the top

 

Five Baht notes are not bent, they are honest, but no longer legal currency.  I used to have lots of them back in the early 70s. You could almost get 20 cigarettes with one (actually 6 Baht).

36 minutes ago, seancbk said:

 

So how exactly do you move all your furniture, clothes, computers etc without her noticing?   
 

Easy. You put the computer, clothes and valuables in the car and drive off.  Don't bother with the furniture or curtains 'cos you will rent a furnished apartment in future.

Best to do this while she is out shopping.

19 hours ago, Stargrazer9889 said:

One good landslide through the area of the houses may help, at least show

Bad Karma of the people involved building like they have done.

Geezer

Although steep slopes are usually stable when they are covered in trees and other vegetation, once the trees and vegetation are removed, the slopes will possibly be unstable. It all depends on the  soils and geology underneath.  Was there a detailed ground assessment made all over the site ?

10 hours ago, colinneil said:

Respect for human rights !!!

Your having a laugh mate, human rights in Myanma? Just a joke.

What about the Rohingyas?

He means democracy and human rights for the ethnic Burmese people. The ethnic minorities (Katchin, Shan, Rohingyas etc) are not regarded as the same species, except when the army goes out to rape their women.

12 hours ago, Lungstib said:

I feel the NACC should be announced moribund and lifeless beyond all resuscitation. Dead. 

Reminds me of the Monty Python parrot sketch :)    But the lack of action by the NACC is no laughing matter.

3 hours ago, Happy enough said:

you could partially blame the Brits for their actions when they left in 1948. at one point they even promised them independence and then screwed them over i believe.Not suggested the UK gets involved at all, they have enough on their plate but they didn't manage it well at all when they left

Too true ! The granting of independence to Burma  was a betrayal of most of the ethnic minorities. During WW2 the ethnic minorities helped the Brits against the Japs and suffered many atrocities for this. The Burmese, by contrast helped the Japs. It was widely accepted (and some say promised) that when independence came, the ethnic states would re-gain their sovereignty.  But Mountbatten was in a hurry and didn't want to have to organise the independence of 8 or 9 separate countries out of British Burma, and pushed for British Burma to be handed over to the Aung San despite his history of leading his army in war crimes against the Allies, and personally  murdering an un-armed Muslim village leader  by bayonet.  Since Independence the ethnic minorities and their lands have been constantly raped by the Burmese who deny them their rights. The larger states (eg Shan and Katchin) continue the struggle for justice but the world looks on with indifference and supports the Burmese government with massive investments (eg oil industry).  One is ashamed to be British.

"As Thailand undertakes reform, it would be timely for the world’s largest think-tank to put its resources to work to advance its reform agenda internationally, said Sihasak.

“Of course, democracy and human rights matter for them, but we make clear that we prioritise stability and our reform agenda indeed leads to democracy,” he said. “Democracy is the way to go but we need time and space for evolving to reach the goal.”

What he seems to be saying is that there will be no reform ! No surprise there.

13 hours ago, MaxYakov said:

At 14,000 road kills per year it's not a wildlife sanctuary. It's a wildlife kill zone.

In an earlier post  "The pickup driver said he could not apply his brakes in time after the elephant suddenly popped out of the forest"

Several lines of thought suggest that this is nonsense.

What velocity (speed x mass)  is required for a pickup to break BOTH back legs of an elephant.  I suggest that this is extremely high.

Elephants do not "pop out of the forest" . They lumber out slowly.  They also walk forwards (rather than sideways or backwards).  For its hind legs to be on the road it must have been visible for a relatively long period of time on this straight raod.

I would conclude that the pick-up driver was driving as fast as he could  (totally ignoring any speed limit), and did not slow down when he saw the elephant, but continued in the hope that the elephant would jump out of his way !

6 hours ago, smedly said:

 forcefully put by President Emmanuel Macron ..... in his book Révolution 

I thought Russell Brand wrote that book .........

5 hours ago, Samui Bodoh said:

 

"I want to ensure that UK companies have the maximum freedom to trade and operate within German markets, and for German businesses to do the same in the UK," 

She has repeated this sound bite so many times now. Perhaps it is time to tell the British people HOW she plans to achieve this !

36 minutes ago, webfact said:

The Andaman Marine and Coastal Resources research and development center says latest survey of dugong population in the sea off Trang coastlines showed there are over 210 dugongs.

enough to start hunting and killing them ?

37 minutes ago, darksidedog said:

Taking a leaf out of the Ex Police Chiefs book, treating their main job as a sideline, while they get up all sorts of nefarious activity on the side making illicit gains.

Sounds more like they are taking a lead from elected Members of Parliament in England.  At least we can be sure that British MPs would never get up to any nefarious activity on the side making illicit gains. right ?

1 hour ago, Baerboxer said:

 

Old Etonian, Oxbridge, from a very wealthy family. He can do as he pleases!

Did it please him to visit Pattaya for a short eye-popping experience or a bit of child molesting - or did he not have time ?

2 hours ago, Baerboxer said:

 

A EU Silicon Valley - dream on! 

 

Macron shows again his agenda of trying to drive forward a federal EU. And despite what he says the French bureaucratic juggernaut will try and push French candidates into as many jobs as possible. With the UK likely out and estranged; Germany in a weak position, government wise, there's no better time for France to stake its claim and try to organize the EU how it sees things, with French leadership and control of course!

 

Hope you can speak French!

Moi ?  Oui  :)

2 hours ago, Stargrazer9889 said:

 

I think Mr Jareonsettasin  will be Jettisonned soon

4 minutes ago, KKr said:

right, if a certain tiger or elephant part transfers its miraculous strength to a consumer,
why not try to obtain some business acumen by brain transplant ... haha 

Maybe the Chinese would like to eat brains of rich business men !   Thai people could hunt these while the authorities look the other way :)

7 hours ago, webfact said:

National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department spokesperson Sompoj Maneerat said because of this case the department had tightened granting permission to visit the wildlife sanctuary and has set up a working group to prevent a similar incident in the future.

No need for a working group to waste time and resources. Just enforce the current rules without special treatment for the rich and powerful !!

6 hours ago, webfact said:

Trial over lottery dispute between former cop, teacher to begin on May 1

 

Why don't they just agree to spit the winnings 50-50  ?  

That would be a win-win situation with neither side loosing face !

4 hours ago, yellowboat said:

POLICE WILL extend the investigation into a report that a construction tycoon accused of poaching has a resort-style house in Loei’s Phu Rua district to see whether it is situated in a national park or protected zone.

It always amazes me (maybe because we are in Amazing Thailand) that no Thai official appears able to read a map, and that no local authority makes an on-site inspection of the location of houses being built.

2 hours ago, hansnl said:

That fishing was certainly done by foreigners.

You meant "certainly done mainly by Thai fishermen"  - right ?

4 hours ago, ksamuiguy said:

A dedicated pipeline was built across Burma to Thailand to deliver Natural Gas, the plants were never built but Thailand still pays for the gas it does not use under the contract with BP.

 

I thought that there is a fully functioning plant converting Burmese gas into electricity in Ratchaburi Province. And, as far as I know, BP has NO interest in the gas fields of Burma.

On 2/6/2018 at 1:55 AM, Damrongsak said:

1935 law:  http://www.krisdika.go.th/wps/wcm/connect/20f4f0804e2b8820999ffb798fdc4669/Gambling+Act,+B.E.2478+(1935).pdf?MOD=AJPERES&CACHEID=20f4f0804e2b8820999ffb798fdc4669

 

It reads as though the games are prohibited, not just gambling on them.

Yes - you cannot participate in any way.

The good news is that Bridge is not listed !!!!

my wife's son learned that China has landed on Mars and that Einstein was the first man to set foot on the moon.

Does he attend a US university ?