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It is quite likely that these guys were reported by Thai women who married them then had second thoughts or were not properly financially rewarded. 

Muscling in on local trade also very likely of course.

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1 minute ago, Nyezhov said:

Cool, cant wait to take that train from Anchorage to Tokyo! Its only 400 miles from the Alaska border to Japan.

Anchorage will be under water relatively soon. And air travel will be banned. Yes, not in our lifetimes but soon enough. Trains are the future....and walking.

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Does anyone actually read the news? 

These three projects were always incidental to the main dish.

That is the three airport link that is still going ahead.

The future is in trains, especially high speed ones and investment in this is a good thing for Thailand. 

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I'm glad the fines can be paid online. 

I don't think I'd like to take the one stuffed down that officer's bell end.

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40 minutes ago, RocketDog said:

I've always loved words and pick them up easily, but squelched it early because my friends mocked me. But I'm an avid reader so it comes with the territory I guess.

 

Maybe I should take up scrabble like you. There's probably some group in Cha-am.

 

I wonder what Thai scrabble would like. ????

Thai Scrabble is called Kham Khom (sharp words). It was invented by a close friend of mine. There are nationally rated players and a national championship. It has very different rules to regular Scrabble not least of which there is only one word on the board at any given time, the last word played being taken off. It is a great way to learn Thai spelling and new words though like English Scrabble pros the top players play with some weird vocabulary that would never be used in everyday Thai. 

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2 hours ago, RocketDog said:

Your linguistic brain inflammation is incurable.

You know that, right?

Yeh, it's a form of acquired dyslexia exacerbated by being stuck in permanent childhood.

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7 hours ago, NanLaew said:

The death toll for Thai's riding on 2-wheels far surpasses the minivan deaths, it's just easier to see and report the one-off minivan with 15 burned or crushed inside or thrown into the paths of other vehicles versus the 15 that die each day in motorbike accidents scattered across the country.

 

But I agree that the percentage of foreigners contributing to the 15-a-day would be quite small, maybe 1-a-week?

15 you have gotta be joking. 45-50 more like

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4 hours ago, NanLaew said:

Why wreck a good door with a forced entry and risk this alleged criminal the chance of self-harming or jumping out the window? Just wait until the feckless pretty boy feels the need to go for a drive to see his mummy and pick him up at the gas station.

Exactly....there is sometimes method in met madness.

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2 hours ago, jonclark said:

 

Nice bit of journalistic license there. 

In my translation from the Thai there is some license but I was trying to convey the sense of the story from one language to another. It struck me that 77kaoded were 'avin' a laff with this too. 

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1 hour ago, Sigi said:

“Getting married for sex is like buying a 747 for the free peanuts”
-Jeff Foxworthy

Titter. 

I did like that,

Rooster. 

2 hours ago, GarryP said:

"Meanwhile the Finnish father of the boy and the girl's stepfather has disappeared over the border to a neighboring country."

 

Makes you wonder about the woman involved if the current husband also does a runner.  Finnish and Finnish finish with same woman.  

You are finished as a headline writer. Yes, they certainly sound like an odd triple, two more if you include the kids. I imagine the relos are having a bit of a hard time getting their heads round it all. While plod is more than happy to dismiss charges!

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46 minutes ago, EricTh said:

As far as I know, Thailand usually don't hire foreigners to teach Thai language. How did you manage to get that position?

Because I was the best.

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24 minutes ago, tweedledee2 said:

No, he didn't and how could he, being that he was born over 100 years after England established the first colony in the New World. Here's another overlooked historical fact. Negro slave were brought into the country during the period that England ruled the original 13 colonies, 76 years before the colonists fought for their Independence.

Really?

I think you'll find that England has never done anything wrong. We've just been on the end of dodgy refereeing decisions against the Germans. 

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2 hours ago, friend of siam said:

I am surprised , confused Pattaya this  once sinhole was changed to a family friendly location.. wasn't it ? the thai tourism minister told media...and we trust thai ministers as otherwise it would be a computer crime... thailand and its best place pattaya now a high class location for wealthy familys from all over the world..bring your kids to pattaya enjoy the crystal clear seawater... the long and clean remote beaches the intact wildlife...

maybe a few pubs here and there for an occasional beer...but crime free..wealthy...best place that welcomes the good guys ...all the filthy thrown out ages ago..when it was a third world country...but now an elite destination...

so how such news fits this picture ??? LOS positioned itself on the ranks of Switzerland Dubai Singapore and Japan...? ..The Bhat reflects this economical and lifestyle upgrade ....

Or did I miss ( mistake, missunderstand ) something...???

 

You did miss something. These were the plans of Tourism Minister Kobkarn. Just as she was about to end sex as they know it in Pattaya she got sidetracked by Durian Kit-Kats and the rest is history.

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The word "undertaking" took on a mortifying double entendre too. 

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The police are likely to have plenty of evidence already in this case. Some officers in the RTP are good at withholding information during an inquiry. But the presence of the watch could greatly help in either persuading "Warm Water" to come clean or exonerating him entirely. It is also intriguing from an investigatory blunder perspective. Plod look to have overlooked the value of the watch as it was apparently handed to them by the mother after it was seen on the CCTV on social media. Potentially the best clue was under their very noses and they missed it. 

For those interested in crime it brings to mind the case of the Canadian called Albert Walker who murdered an acquaintance at sea but did not take off the victim's Rolex before dumping him in the water - the discovery of the body and the watch (and when it had stopped) ultimately was pivotal in the resolution of the case. 

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Loved the picture of the orang-utans in the burned forest.

Was that picture taken in the Sumatran province of Fotor Choppe?

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