kwilco

It's pretty clear on this and other threads that many of the expats in Thailand have no idea what a democracy is or how it functions. Basically they resort to cliche and cynicism to hide their own ignorance.

Ignorant comments like that cloud the argumenty in hand - it shows that people really don't understand politics, let alone the politics of Thailand.

It is sad that people don't understand the word "communism" - and like woke, PC and other words it is used in a perverted form as a blanket "bete noire" by the uninformed.

"The tyranny of a prince in an oligarchy is not so dangerous to the public welfare as the apathy of a citizen in a democracy." Montesquieu. It seems the military have round down the general Thai populace into a state of apathy - they have a chance to change things but they are letting the military-backed bureaucracy grind them down. there seems to be no "will of the people"

QED - you just don't get the big picture. You are just fixating on one aspect and for some unknown reason you think you are the only one who knows about hydrogen - we ALL know about it and how it can be fitted into the scheme of things and how it is already being used and the future possibilities - you however seem incapable of seeing the whole picture.

Apprarently not, it refers to a type of small Farang the fruit. Something to do with the tone.

Haven't been there for a while - it was my favourite "Pattaya" beach. I don't remember paying, though.

In that their CoG cold be higher from the floor

If you think it's down to what private vehicle we drive then you have a totally blinkered view of the situation.

In the UK my apartment has a balcony rail that is 115 cm. On my house in Chonburi there is a roof patio - the balustrade there is about 60 cm - it's convenient to sit on!!! My rental on SAmui had one small balcony/shelf - that was about 90cm. But the problem with balconies is the human centre of gravity - this varies very little - it is about one inch below the navel - regardless of the person's total height. THis is usually under halfway up the body which means once tilted over the balcony rail the prime force is to topple over the top. THe floor of the balcony is also important so that people don't slip. Either their feet from under them when leaning back or if they slide forward onto the rail. Whatever - the THai specifications are definitely too low even for relatively short people

So still galloping ahead then...

never let anyone near your spine without first taking X-rays!

No we need to know how much is being stored and much much is needed to be distributed and in the case of Samui relate that to the numbers of tourists. The original water allowance did not allow for the visitors as government funding was allocated according to permanent population not visiting.

Kathun and Khlong Din Daeng? I think not - the official start of the pipeline is Phunphin District, 0 I seriously can't find ANY conclusive evidence to say where the water is coming from. THe Ratchaprapha reservoir is highly controversial and already supplies several areas, I wonder if it would be acceptable for it to start feeding elsewhere? To me it looks like robbing Peter to pay Paul.

yes -we all know that already. - what we don't know is how those figures will pan out this year especially for increased consumption.

I've heard to the contrary - that it was coming from 2 reservoirs on the Surat/Thammarat border. Katun and Khlong Din Daeng?

Which Mainland reservoir do you believe the water is coming from?

In March I ended up with a serious chest infection after travelling up North - thanks PM!!!

But when the reservoirs are low on Samui the water is low on the mainland? So it is possible they may be able to fill up but as the water is also supplying three or 4 main ars on the mainland it would seem when there is space in the reservoir there will be no water to spare on the mainland. And if they DID replenish the reservoir and it rains over Samui, there would be less capacity to store the water from that. Has they can control the flow, why don't they pump the water directly into the new pipe system they have laid down all over the island?

you don't know how to make a reasoned argument, do you?

It's down to the ratio between storage and consumption. If consumption is too high - a little rain won't make any difference.

THe reservoirs are filled with rain water THey have over the last few years laid down a load of pipes to connect to the undersea pipeline. which is part of the isands supply - so if the rain wter fills up th reserb=voir, where will the water from the pipeline go? - I guess it will just run off.

Apparently Working in Thailand without a work permit is considered a more serious offense than overstaying your visa. The penalties for working without a work permit are much harsher, including imprisonment of up to 5 years and/or a fine of up to 100,000 baht. Overstaying your visa can result in a fine of up to 20,000 baht and deportation, but you are not likely to be imprisoned. Overstaying your visa - Fine of up to 20,000 baht and deportation Working without a work permitIm - prisonment of up to 5 years and/or a fine of up to 100,000 baht

sadly that says more about you than Thailand

All over the world, it is the poor who fare worst when it comes to road safety. corruption is a major factor with any institution - it means for a start that people don't get their job on merit, this means that they are often not fully trained or incompetent. The entire police force needs a reform from the bottom to the top and this includes a fully trained traffic police and crash assessment department - when was the last time you saw a crash report?? The truth is after an accident there is no real study or calibration of what actually happened, just the dreamed up opinion of one or two coppers who weren't even there. Without this information we can't learn from crashes and put in place measures to prevent them happening again. E.G. -an accident hotspot isn't somewhere where people suddenly become stupid, there is something wrong with the road design. In fact there is an Australian organisation looking at this at present, I believe...as are a Swedish government agency.