Everything posted by The Old Bull
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Three big battles for new defense minister: spending, conscription, and peace talks
If conscription is done away with the military will loose a lucrative money source, bribe money paid to avoid conscription, so they will fight tooth and nail to keep it.
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Former Thai deputy speaker implicated in corruption scandal over educational project
I knew before I opened this site that it would go way back instead of going after Prayuth and his gang.
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BMA’s Civil Works Technician Arrested for Alleged Extortion
Low hanging fruit again i suspect. How much gets passed up the chain?
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No more beer in glass bottles on Koh Tao
If you require a big enough deposit on the bottles they will soon be picked up say 20B. I remember in Switzerland a long time ago the deposit on a milk bottle was more than the milk in the bottle.
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Thaksin suffering “fatigue and stress” in hospital : Paetongtarn
The biggest problem Thaksin has is that he awakened the masses showing them that they could have a say in how the country is governed . This will be hard to forgive.
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Factory Accident Claims Life of Skilled Machinery Technician in Udon Thani
Should have locked out machine with his own lock before working on it.
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How To Avoid The 'Wham Bam, Thank You' Scam
If you build a house get your hands on the title deed. Make sure your wife's name is on it and hang on to it. Stash it in a safe place preferable in your own country.
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Do YOU Agree With XI?
Taiwan is part of China. When it becomes better for them to align with China they will. China just has to wait while the yanks have to pick between a geriatric or a lunatic.
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Sixteen College Students Rescued After Being Stuck in Phuket University Elevator
Happened every day many times at Manchester. It would be OK at the upper floors but the cables would stretch at the lower levels so the elevator would not line up with the floor. The works dept guys could manually crank it up a few inches till the door lined up and would open. "Stuck in the elevator" was a common excuse for being late for a lecture.
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Vientiane to Nong Khai border to Udon Thani Airport
It's a gamble ,if a train load of tourists arrive from Bangkok there will be lineups. No use checking train times as they are seldom on time. Worst case about an hour and a half wait.
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Thai wife wants to buy land
IF SHE IS BUYING FROM A FAMILY MEMBER IT WILL MOST PROBABLY BE AT AN INFLATED PRICE.
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Drug raid leads to the arrest of 40 individuals at high-end Bangkok birthday party
They will now, for sure.
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Large Snake Still on the Loose After Biting Pattaya Woman
King cobras can control the amount of venom they inject . This makes the bites difficult to treat because they don't know how much anti venom to give till they see some development. Cobras know that once their venom is gone they are vulnerable so they use it carefully, Maybe she got none maybe she got the lot.
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Special operation nets 1,000 drugs suspects in Phuket, southern provinces
Low hanging fruit I suspect. Somebody buys three pills and sells two to cover the bill so he can get a free one is hardly a drug dealer.
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Russia strikes Ukraine grain after ending sea deal
They blew up his bridge ,no wonder he is pissed. What did they expect?
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Russia strikes Ukraine grain after ending sea deal
The arms dealers are all on the gravy train.
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Police Prepare for Protest as Thai Parliament to Vote on New PM
A general strike would work better than any street protest.
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‘Decency and dignity’: Multiple carefully crafted Biden narratives fall apart as 2024 race heats up
Biden is senile Trump is a crackpot and DeSantis is a nazi, the democratic system the yanks like to chirp about does not serve them well.
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Nato summit: Allies refuse to give Ukraine timeframe on joining
Zelenskey ,a horrible little man trying to get a world war going so he can keep his job.
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Joe Biden says US-UK relationship 'rock solid', despite disagreements over Ukraine
It's time for all the NATO countries that oppose cluster bombs to take a hard line against the US instead of just mumbling a bit.
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Tick-tock shock: Thai Customs admits time’s up for fake luxury watches in auction
Any body that spends B 2,000,000 on a watch has to have more money than sense. Don't feel sorry for them.
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Facial recognition - and other Thai banking fiascos!! - YMMV
I have an old BKB account in Rayong. Never had a problem getting a new ATM card issued by my Udon Thani branch where I have an account also.
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Debt collectors - any recomendations?
Try selling the debt. You will lose a little on it but collecting will no longer be your problem.
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How to deal with a card game addicted wife?
Get hour hands on the title deed to your house and stash it before she hocks it to the chinaman.
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We need a serious conversation about Joe Biden’s brain !
The democratic system the yanks like to beak off about can only serve up a senile guy and a crook. Maybe it's not the best system?