NeoDinosaw

On 5/28/2022 at 9:16 AM, micmichd said:

Last time I was there was 1970, and even then the canals were filthy like hell. 

Is it possible to have canals in hell ?  surely all the water would immediately evpourate from the heat

4 hours ago, mikeymike100 said:

Love the sarcasm, sadly some folks, really believe what you posted!

are you suggesting that it wasn't true ?

13 hours ago, flyingtlger said:

I have a PHD and I'm still having problems navigating Thai immigration rules....

 

 

I have a PhD [sic]  and have never had a problem navigating  Thai Immigration rules.  The secret is to stay calm, go though them VERY slowly making sure that you miss nothing.  Going through them several times helps !

The article was an advertisement for agents. These are useful if you are in a desperate hurry, or if you have trouble with  bureaucratic English

18 minutes ago, ukrules said:

So what? Dig deep enough and you're going to find this kind of <deleted> everywhere.

What a <deleted> untrue comment from an ignorant <deleted>

3 hours ago, JonnyF said:

Just another method of creating a conformist, subservient, acquiescant population that never questions authority and 'knows their place' in society. 

That is why farang men love Thai ladies so much !!!

5 hours ago, kokesaat said:

I was stationed in Nakon Phanom in 1973 when this happened.  As I recall the story,  the missionaries took photos then dropped the film off for processing (remember those days??!).  Someone at the shop spotted the photo and reported it to authorities.  

https://www.nytimes.com/1973/01/10/archives/thais-expel-2-americans-or-desecrating-a-buddha.html#:~:text=The two men%2C Joseph K,a Buddha statue while Mr.

For years, when I would tell the story, I'd try to  imagine some NY tourists going into St Patrick's Cathedral and sitting on the altar for photos.  That'd only be half as bad.

I remember that incident. I was at a party at the US consulate when there was an urgent call for the Consul to get those clowns out of jail. He decided that there was no rush .........

8 hours ago, Troy Tempest said:

Deal Breaker!.....For that job you need to be fluent in French, German and Italian as well!

why.  The best way to teach a language is to do it ALL n the language being taught (not the Thai way ?)

4 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

I'm at that wonderful time in life where after two bottles of beer, I just want a quickie with the wife and a sleep 

who's wife ?

9 hours ago, Orinoco said:

Mortgage , whats that 

only down side was the new electrical inspection cert needed for landlords of residential property lets. cost a 3 grand to fix.

but hey. that's ok. income still comes.

someone is ripping you off on the electrical inspection.  Or you have many many properties !!!

On 4/30/2022 at 3:54 PM, ukrules said:

They don't define exactly what 'fully vaccinated' is.

 

If it involves receiving the latest shot within a certain number of days then all but the very elderly will not meet this criteria, but again - we have no idea what the criteria is.

 

It's missing the most important point.

 

For example if you're from the UK then you may have had a 'booster' dose as recently as last October to December depending on your age.

 

They're now offering additional boosters to the over 75s, by winter it may be the case that people have gone a year without any shots at all and these people are all 'fully vaccinated'.

 

I guess things will become clearer once the empty planes start arriving.

 

It seems clear to me -

"Everyone 18 years of age and older must be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 with an approved vaccine at least 14 days before travelling to Thailand."

19 hours ago, StayinThailand2much said:

Never had a problem with this, even with no transactions for years. Did you leave the minimum balance in the account?

I had a problem with SCB savings account.  I left 100 Baht in it when I left Thailand in 1976.  When I found the bank book and presented it the withdraw the money (which should have gained  a lot of interest), the teller smiled nicely and told me it had been closed. I considered taking the matter to court bt decided not to because it would cost too much in legal fees without any guarantee of winning.   Lucky I did not have 800,000 Baht sitting there ..............

5 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

Only surprising thing for me about this story is that nobody dug them out and flogged them !

They have already been dug-out and flogged !   The question I ask is 'where did they originate ?'   I do not know any locality in Thailand where ammonites like this can be collected in abundance

Does this apply to farangs also ?

6 hours ago, Tarteso said:

What happens to the Indians? ????

Cowboys shot them all in the well-known soi !

4 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

 Let the nation move forward from the Jurassic era. 

The Jurassic Period (part of the Mesozoic Era)   was very pleasant.  Nice warm seas with some coral reefs in Changwat Tak.  No politicians, no army. Everything must have been blissful - and no tourists around either !

The idea of unloading at  Ranog and then reloading to other ships at Chumphon  verges on madness.   The obvious solution is to dig a canal !

A 2,101 % increase in arrivals.

Gives  a 1,424 % increase in revenue

Really ?

2 hours ago, sawadee1947 said:

Why can’t the Thai Govt........

and why can't a cow fly?

Same same. ????

 

 

Cows can fly. Problem is that none of them are prepared to pay for the ticket.

1 hour ago, mogandave said:

It is amusing that the bone-heads talking smack about Mahidol are not even able to read and comprehend the article. 

 

Probably all teachers…

Yes, I was a teacher at universities in UK and Thailand

9 hours ago, RafPinto said:

 

Calling men close to 70 and up: "handsome".

 

I am over 70  and clever beautiful ladies still call me handsome !!

5 hours ago, John Drake said:

It's not that none went to the UK, it's simply that I don't remember anyone. BTW, I've held faculty positions in one German university, two American ones, and at Mahidol. This over a period stretching from 1984 to 2016. To be honest, they have all degenerated into something considerably less than what they were. The rankings are largely mush. One of the most important factors is publication. And not just publications but publications in top tier journals. And not just publications in top tier journals but publications with high impact scores--meaning many citations. Want to know why Thai universities lag in the rankings? That is the reason. Few people, here, publish. Thais opt for their own national journals, because of the English requirements for top journals. And the foreigners hired for many jobs in Thai universities simply can't publish. I know of some hard working, productive scholars who do publish. But one or two of them in a faculty will turn out more articles in a couple of years than the rest of the lecturers put together. People without regular publications in quality journals could not get/keep jobs in the US/UK/Australia. They can do so, here. 

You are spot-on about the need to publish in international journals with high impact factors. Most Thai staff publish in Thai publications; they do hold papers in (Thai) International Conference proceeding higher than others, but they  hesitate to publish in journal which are rigorously reviewed because that can be a very painful experience - I know this because I have just published a paper which was bounced back and forth several times as the referees keep finding more things to quibble about..

9 hours ago, BritManToo said:

If there had been 1,000 universities on the list, Thailand would have ranked as 997th out of 1,000.

47th place out of 50 isn't really that big a boast!

there were more than 1,000 universities on the list, but only 50 wanted to be ranked for that subject.  So Mahidol would be 47th out of 1,000 is all had been ranked for performing arts

19 hours ago, TropicalGuy said:

Never heard of this body.

Only “The Times” Uni Rankings recognized as world class. 

“ Performing Arts” is NOT a university discipline.

“ Development Studies” ? Here? A Joke……Outside Medicine, Export, Flight, I see no international standards anywhere. No proper training or workmanship, no Quality or Safety culture, no personal responsibility, no change is possible here from within, it all comes only from outside. 

Your  view appears to be very restricted. You do not see what you do not want to see.  You recognise 'The Times' and the worlds best - it that because  Oxford and Cambridge come out top with them ?