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...and they'd be wrong in so far that like any country,sugar consumption has increased but not so dramatically in Thailand as it has traditional,y been there.

The North East is still ovwhelmingly pro Red shirt. They would also win a majority in any straight election. His links with the Northeast are at best tenuous ...he is a son of Bangkok and the mi.itary and a progeny of the Queen's guard This is just a thinly exiled attempt to try and make inroads into that demographic. It could most likely backfire.

This now seems a free for all with every crank/quack dietary nostrum being dypug up and aired. ALl, food is good for you, it stops you dying. Weird one-sided diets are da group especially over a long term.

Its original OK ....They have grown sugar in Thailand for centuries, it is an integral part of Thai food.....someone needed to do their research. Before cane there was palmsugar etc etc.. Thailand does have a diabetes problem as a public health issue which stems from both an I creased middle class and the problems of a society that is industrialising and part of an industrial poverty diet. Thailand is the only sugar self-sufficient country in the region. Now is the busiest time of year and the sugar harvest is in full swing. But firms of sugar get mentions back at least until the Ayuthaya era Thailand problems are no different from any industrialised country and singling out pha thong goh is a joke. Which itself can have no sugar.

Milk and sugar in black tea comes from the Indian tradition of Chai Tea green tea is usually made with sugar and milk too. coffee in Thailand is usually served with Chinese tea chaser as a palette cleanser. Sugar is used a lot in Thai recipes because they grow it. There is very little sugar in pha thong goh....however condensed milk usually contains a mass of it. But all this pales into insignificance compared to a western breakfast of coffee and donuts or a full English! PS what do you mean by "anglophone" in this context?

PS MSG is a myth started by an Asian TV chef in America in the 1960s. There is no scientific evidence to suggest it is particularly "bad" for you....

None of this is "bad for you" they are all essential foodstuffs. To put it in basic terms,you need food to live.It is when populations get wealthier that's one foods are over eaten. This happens particularly in the West. America fir instance has seen a fal, in average life expectancy due ti food related and overeating problems. Thailand too has started to see this, especially amongst children. However to single out pha thong go as a single source of the problem just shows ahow little this health official knows about his own job. Incompetence like this is likely to do more harm than good

Eating anything everyday is not healthy

A they haven't "always" been coming. B how about 7600 visa extensions in Phuket alone?

There's another word he's known by too.

Not really, that is a constant for all electorates around the world.... this image making is done by those in power and shows their limitations ........ i think that it is unlikley that most of the demographic its aimed at will be impŕeessed at all by this. In fact I think they will be deterred.

From a massive conscription program and a dictatorship they are actually in fear of. Putin is ex-KGB and the types of control he uses are truly scary.

What is most disturbing is that his advisors seriously have considered this to be a productive policy.....

"Seen it with my own eyes" unfortunately the owner of those eyes doesn't know what they are looking at.....

So you still don't understand what it is. One thing is basic to the Safe System is it doesnt rely on race to work

Bangkok has just about the lowest death rate in Thailand .... as Thailand has the highest pickup ownerships in the world , I'd hardly say that it includes only one type of driver. What you are describing about yourself is normal human error that encompasses all nationalities....you happen to acknowledge it.

I don't think you know what the "Safe System" is.

And you think you'll get the right answer....ask you wife

I would bet you yourself don't actually know the sizes in Cc of the bikes for rent

People seem great at saying what victims should or shouldn't have done but they don't answer the question...should you let them die. It comes down to ethics. Something sadly lacking in Thai healthcare. The irony is that most expats....especially Brits ate themselves grossly under insured....they don't realise they aren't covered for a lot of recurring illnesses like cancer or chronic conditions. They think they have the same cover as back home. Hospitals iin Thailand are not all the same and treatment is not iñiversal or consistent...so before they suggest patients should be left to die, they should consider what will happen to them when they find out they aren't covered by theiŕ own insurance

So let them die, then?

I'm sure that's fine, but the comment I'm referring to has strong misogynist implications

You (and the woman involved) need an IDP - international Drivers Permit. This is issued in you home country. The permit is ani internationally agreed "translation" of your own driving licence. It has on it the categories of vehicle you are permitted to drive - to ride a M/C in Thailand you need a FULL motorcycle licence - show you must have passed all parts of your motorcycle certification in t UK - I take it you have? car licence is not sufficient THe current IDP lasts for 3 years or as long as your own licence whichever is the sooner. - if your home licence changes or expires then your IDP is no longer valid. If asked, you are required to produce both your home licence and IDP so you should carry both.

so they should leave these people to die?

It's a good idea to read their policies - in fact I'd say that was a given. The problem is identifying the engine size of some of the rentals. Example - the Yamaha Nouvo. in standard form it is 110 cc whereas in liquid cooled form it is 135 cc. 50 to 110 cc is still the biggest category followed by over 110 to 125 the over 125 to 250cc category has increase dramatically in the last 5 years or so. I think the average m/c renter wll not identify the engine size of te vehicle they are renting.