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The low in the far west suburbs of Bangkok this morning was 1 degree lower than yesterday. The high so far today is 1 degree lower than yesterday. -
Oh, forgot the submarines/frigates.
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So, digital wallet payouts. Money losing BTS subsidies. Tourist insurance payouts. Now, another 60 billion baht bailout of Covid insurers. How is the baht not collapsing? Who is going to pay for all this? (Maybe see farang tax topic?)
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‘He’s dog-whistling’: Trump denounced over anti-immigrant comment
John Drake replied to CharlieH's topic in World News
So you're saying he's a political version of Claudine Gay? -
More and more of these embarrassing articles with so much puffed up purple prose.
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Enjoy fast. They have a short shelf life.
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Purple prose squared.
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What does Zuckerberg know that we don't?
John Drake replied to CharlieH's topic in ASEAN NOW Community Pub
Who is going to guard Zuckerberg, his family, and all this property after the apocalypse? I know he has security teams. They going to work for him when money no longer matters? Or are they going to turn on him, kick him off his own land (or worse), and take it for themselves? Post apocalypse I don't see Zuckerberg as having much under his control that anybody else needs. -
200km more of expressways to be brought to a screeching halt when the police set up road checks.
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Dangerous blue-ringed octopus found in seafood in Thailand
John Drake replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
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Seems like a lot of work to me. Sometimes I'm happy to be a peon and satisfied with my station in life. Obviously you know how to protect yourself and have given it a lot of thought. Which leads to the question: just exactly who is going to pay? If everybody like you has it protected, what's the purpose of the new tax law? Who are they going after?
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From what I can tell, for peons like me, there isn't going to be much impact, if any. But the guys and gals with income levels that meet, for example, the Long Term Visa or Elite Visa, those people are going to get taken to the cleaners.
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JKN tried to export them. JKN is bankrupt now. Otherwise, I think they intend to keep bringing low cost productions to Thailand, where the producers can avoid the expensive costs in places like Hollywood where you must enforce union guidelines on fire, water, and electricity usage on set. In Thailand you can cut corners and make cheap movies that will generate a profit.
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Thai silk was once world renowned. But it took an American to do it. And he is long, long gone. Sort of like the Thai silk industry.
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Suthin Backs Down On Swapping Submarine For Frigate
John Drake replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
The Thai navy is going to need Chinese "technicians" to be based in Thailand along with the submarine. They wouldn't be needed for a business as usual frigate. That's why the subs stay and the frigate is forgotten. -
Waiting now to see the blue ringed octopus story to make its way to Chinese social media.
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Knew it was the "I swear to God I thought turkeys could fly" episode before I even scrolled down to the youtube link.
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The Avengers was my favorite of the British imports back when it first hit American TV. But looking back, it's my least favorite now, although still okay in small doses. Danger Man and The Saint were/are far better, IMO. Danger Man is simply exceptional TV. Patrick McGoohan was far, far ahead of his time, as an actor and producer/creator.
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Liked 12 O'Clock a lot less when Robert Lansing had to quit and was replaced by Paul Burke.
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Any Monkees still living?
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Didn't any of you English watch Blake's 7?
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In Bangkok it looks like winter consisted of those four or five days in mid November where the night temperature dropped to 22ish or 23ish. That's it.
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BTW, best and most memorable Rod Taylor performance for me is Dark of the Sun. Curry (Taylor) to Henlein: "Put your swastika back on. You've earned it."
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Rod Taylor always had an aura of danger around him. He went from Hong Kong directly to The Time Machine and then a couple of years later, The Birds. BTW, the entire one year series of Hong Kong is available on the Internet Archive.
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Rod Taylor on the cusp of stardom in 1960. Hong Kong. TV series.
