-
Posts
5,121 -
Joined
-
Last visited
Content Type
Profiles
Forums
Downloads
Everything posted by John Drake
-
Thailand Customs to Apply VAT on All Postal Imports
John Drake replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
Everything was better: immigration, no taxes on foreign income, no open door for Russians and Chinese, and now this new parcel tax. Hell, even Thai foreign policy was better balanced between China and the West. -
This heat is brutal and my Electricity bill is also brutal.....
John Drake replied to redwood1's topic in Pattaya
Some even come with a punkha wallah. -
Illegal Bitcoin Mining Operations Busted in Thailand
John Drake replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
What's a vegetarian shelter? Is this some sort of place for broken down Hare Krishnas? -
6,000 American Sailors Depart Pattaya After Brief Visit
John Drake replied to webfact's topic in Pattaya News
Much fewer it seems than UK/European/Russian tourists. -
Thailand Customs to Apply VAT on All Postal Imports
John Drake replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
Prayuth was better.- 180 replies
-
- 26
-
This heat is brutal and my Electricity bill is also brutal.....
John Drake replied to redwood1's topic in Pattaya
Or just buy a punkha and tie the cord around your big toe to operate it. Think of the savings! -
Ex-Deputy PM's Wealth Revealed, Including Cars Worth 87M Baht
John Drake replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
Compared to the rest of the people running the government, he's a piker. -
Bangkok sizzles at 40°C, heatwave scorches Thailand at 43°C
John Drake replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
-
British Tourist Duped by Nonexistent Hotel on Thai Island
John Drake replied to webfact's topic in Koh Samui News
Don't know how old the British scammer is, but if I was a young guy, this looks just fine to me, with the benefit of the pharmacy and access to imodium on the ground floor. -
British Tourist Duped by Nonexistent Hotel on Thai Island
John Drake replied to webfact's topic in Koh Samui News
Or he just wanted to scam booking.com out of 7000 pounds. -
Foreigner Breaks Police Lock on Illegally Parked Bike in Phuket
John Drake replied to webfact's topic in Phuket News
Ah, but the cutter is reusable. -
What Movies or TV shows are you watching (2024)
John Drake replied to Rimmer's topic in Entertainment
It did get better as it went on. The 1980 original, however, is better. First, in the role of Mariko, the stunningly beautiful Yoko Shimada with the anime eyes is so much better than squint-eyed robo-cheeks Anna Sawai. And it's so much more enjoyable to watch Richard Chamberlain, a real actor, master his role, instead of the grunts coming out of Cosmo Jarvis. The original Shogun, too, was shot in Japan. The photography makes use of high contrast color, instead of the low contrast grayscaling in the new Shogun, where every day in Japan is made to look cloudy or rainy just like Canada where it was shot. I'll not go into storytelling other than to note that the TV and filmmakers of 40-50 years ago realized that every scene, shot, and line had one purpose--advance the plot--instead of quizzically drawn out shots that wallow around for no purpose. -
Heatwave Alert: Thailand Expects 43C Weather and Severe Summer Storms
John Drake replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
We going to get this or not??? -
Mass arrests made as US campus protests over Gaza spread
John Drake replied to Social Media's topic in World News
From Iran: Meanwhile, at the same time: -
Foreign women assaults security guard. Guard fights back.
John Drake replied to roo860's topic in Bangkok
She went down like a sack of potatoes. -
Heatwave Alert: Thailand Expects 43C Weather and Severe Summer Storms
John Drake replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
What I find silly is the overnight low I see in western Bangkok every night is 28. But you better enjoy it fast. Because as near as I can tell, it's only 28 for about five minutes or so before it climbs higher. Anyway, I suppose it's psychologically effective to think you're getting 28, even if it's gone in a flash. -
Heatwave Alert: Thailand Expects 43C Weather and Severe Summer Storms
John Drake replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
I do wonder if it is Willis Carrier who has had the greatest impact on the world. Maybe more than the Wright Brothers, Philo T. Farnsworth, or Robert Goddard??? -
Bangkok sizzles at 40°C, heatwave scorches Thailand at 43°C
John Drake replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
At the beginning of the heat wave, I saw some days with the humidity in the 30s. That can make even a 40 degree day bearable. But it's shifting into the 50s now, and that is dangerous. And when I wake up to run the stairs in the morning, it's always 80 or 90ish. I'd rather run in the heat of the day at 39 than 34 and 80 percent humidity. The good thing is that this year seems to have at least gone back on schedule. Last year was uncommonly cool for my area into the first week of April. And then the heat blower came on and lasted throughout June. I'm hoping for a cool down this June. -
Thailand offers visa-free travel to Russian visitors for 3 months
John Drake replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
It's undeniable. And it's the trend wherever they go in sufficient numbers. How I miss the Cold War when they were locked up behind their Iron Curtain. -
Bangkok sizzles at 40°C, heatwave scorches Thailand at 43°C
John Drake replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
Started here in Bangkok during the last week of March, and my ten day extended forecast is actually showing an increase in the daily high to 41 going on into May. -
Bangkok sizzles at 40°C, heatwave scorches Thailand at 43°C
John Drake replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
Humidity can be okay. If you get cloud cover and some rain. Especially in the afternoon, when even a brief rain shower will cool off the roof of the house and thus make it less like an oven going into the night. -
What Movies or TV shows are you watching (2024)
John Drake replied to Rimmer's topic in Entertainment
Fallout. Medium to slightly interesting, only because Goggins is so good. -
I've decided. There is a particularly dangerous pedestrian x-ing at the top of Phutthamonthon Sai 3 and Borom. Almost impossible to get across during the day going south. There's also a police station there. I'm going to start going into the police station and asking for an escort to get me across the road. Otherwise, impassable.