Haven't paid much attention to this story, just another example of 'bent coppers' over here. Something however made me have a quick look and what surprised me that the officer in question is a Police Lt. Colonel at 24 years of age. To me this seems a bit young, could this be considered 'not unusual'?

I wonder how many of these cars will burn their clutches out following the bl**dy tour buses trying to traverse the Patong hill (or will the BIB close the road to let these cars go over the hill unhindered?)

Nice cars though.

quote: 'including a full body scanner'

How many passengers a year are using this modern airport? I suppose having a single full body scanner will remove the immigration desks from being the source of the biggest bottleneck at the airport.

3 hours ago, Kiwiken said:

Perhaps if the right won in Germany they would repatriate the 3 million plus Turks living in Germany. How would Erdogan cope then?

Also, how would Mercedes factories cope if all those Turks were sent back? 

18 hours ago, Khon Kaen Dave said:

It is my opinion that many people are terrified of ISIS.Even some of those on 'Thai Visa'

And there's a possibility that some ISIS members are terrified of some of the TV brigade.

14 hours ago, notmyself said:

Year. It's like a protein shake where you put a couple of scoops into a glass and add water.

 

 

Lazada may have something like this but if not you could make it yourself in large batches. Roast a full beef joint, 3kg of spuds, 5kg of various vegetables. 1 huge Yorkshire pudding and maybe half a jar of horseradish sauce. Then all you need to do is put it in a dehydration unit and smash to dust in a blender. You may as well also dehydrate a huge apple pie and throw that in too.

 

 

I think you forgot to add some soup.

On 11/17/2016 at 7:54 PM, GinBoy2 said:

I swore to myself i wasn't going to participate in this thread, but what the Hell.

 

My Steak au Poivre from  tonight...Steak, Fries, Peas and Mushroom pepper sauce for you philistines

Looks good. Are those home made fries?

From the photograph it would appear that this checkpoint is assessing vehicles after they've gone over the hill.

I wish you the very best of luck.

Down here in sunny Phuket you'd be lucky do get a 40sqmt studio for that figure.

23 hours ago, geriatrickid said:

 

Nope. Not at all. There are two very different legal issues  involved;

1. Claims against an auto manufacturer  relate to a product defect and the  alleged failure  to remedy the defect. The defect is a small part of the overall  product sold. In your example of GM, the  company does not set out to intentionally physically harm anyone.

2. The Trump case relates to an intentional fraud, an act of deceit.

2. The Trump case relates to an intentional fraud, an act of deceit.

'An act of deceit" something akin to electioneering rhetoric. 

On 11/18/2016 at 11:38 AM, Retiredandhappyhere said:

The Government regularly accuses others of creating confusion and misunderstandings, and threaten to punish them with legal action, but they themselves are the biggest offenders by far, as illustrated by this article.

"Do as I say not as I do" comes to mind

28 minutes ago, Oldgumshoe said:

I got stuck in a lift one time and thought of writing a song, but the Animals beat me to it.

 

Great song. I don't mean to be pedantic but despite the terrific talents of Mr Burdon and co, the song in question was penned by Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil

3 hours ago, mercman24 said:

so what can Turkey bring to the EU table, oh yes counterfeit goods and tourism, well you can strike off the tourism off the menu,  yep another lame duck.

Raki?

19 hours ago, GinBoy2 said:

I really not interesting in the awfulness of Haggis

 

However, I am interested in Swede, which if I'm not mistaken in my UK/US translation is Rutabaga.

 

Is this commonly available in Makro?

 

I love Rutabaga, not a favored vegetable back home, kinda regarded as a depression era food, but I love it, especially around the holidays

Makro have it only occasionally.

Try Big C. I seem to recall 'Bonne Mamman' brand being shredless. 

38 minutes ago, worgeordie said:

Well it wont be about how to manage your finances,thats for sure.

regards worgeordie

surely you've heard of "do as I say not as I do" (or sumfink like that) 

Could we get Mr. Takashima, the mayor of Fukuoka, to pay a visit to the governor of Phuket and the mayor of Patong (plus the highways dept) and explain how to get work done. 

    (article courtesy of The Guardian)

 

 This combination of two photos show a sinkhole on a road in Fukuoka on 8 November and the repaired same road on 15 November. Photograph: AP

Justin McCurry in Tokyo

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A section of road in the centre of the Japanese city of Fukuoka has reopened just days after a sinkhole opened up outside a busy railway station and threatened to topple nearby buildings.

Huge sinkhole opens up in Japanese city: 'I heard a loud boom'

 

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In a typical demonstration of Japanese workmanship and efficiency, workers toiled around the clocks and had practically filled in the section of road in just two days, according to local media.

The road reopened to traffic and pedestrians early on Tuesday after local officials declared the repaired stretch safe.

The weeklong rush to reopen the busy stretch of road included repairs to a sewage pipe and replacing traffic lights and utility poles that were swallowed when the sinkhole opened up shortly after 5am local time on 8 November.

The incident caused power cuts and disrupted phone signals, and gas and water supplies, but there were no reports of injuries.

 

 

 

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The mayor of Fukuoka, Soichiro Takashima, said the affected ground was now 30 times stronger than before, adding that a panel of experts would be set up to establish the cause of the cave-in.

Local media reports said the 30m by 27m sinkhole, which was 15 metres deep, was caused by construction work on an extension to an underground line.

The Fukuoka workers, who filled the hole with 6,200 cubic metres of sand and cement, drew praise on social media. One person tweeted: “I’m surprised the road reopened in a week!” Another said: “Impressive. That was fast.”

The astonishing speed of the repair work brought back memories of the efforts to reopen roads that were badly damaged by the March 2011 triple disaster.

 

 Work went on through the night to repair the huge sinkhole that formed in front of JR Hakata Station. Photograph: The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images

Before-and-after-photos showed how a team of workers took just six days to repair gaping cracks up to 150 metres along a stretch of road north of Tokyo, boosting attempts by emergency and aid workers trying to reach hundreds of thousands of survivors.

 

I got my haggis (haggis's) brought from the uk. I've seen swede's (the vegetable type) in Makro but expensive - I'm saving up to buy one.

Lost my license a couple of years ago. Simple process...report the loss to the police and get a 'police report'. Head down to your local driving license office, show them the police report and follow their instructions. I found it relatively painless. Maybe take a bottle of water and something to read just in case there's any delays.

37 million (cars & motorbikes), and thats just the registered ones.

Can they fly at night?

Take a moment to listen to the words

https://youtu.be/RfNyfMd4JKc

16 hours ago, U235 said:

 

it's under 'contact us':  72/1 Sukhumvit 63 Ekkamai between Soi 4 & 6, Bangkok, Thailand

 

They even have a map 
 

 

Sneaky devils 

following the arrival of 83 additional tourists to the island Phuket authorities announce the official beginning of the 'high season'. A spokesperson wishes to thank the tourists for choosing Phuket and hopes they enjoy their 4 day stay.

Used to know a guy who, many years ago, made the journey from Chiang Mai to Singapore and back on his old Honda Dream. He said he simply took his time but thoroughly enjoyed it.