Beautifool

1 hour ago, Moti24 said:

I feel like a prisoner in my village: I daren't walk outside the village for fear of being surrounded by snarling, barking dogs.  In fact, it's got to the stage now, that I'm thinking about leaving Thailand;  I've had enough!

Welcome to the club ^^

Oh great idea - THANK YOU !!!

Since people's and especially children's wellbeing seems to be of not much interest here....

Maybe the suffering of dogs will bring the big change???

How do they come up with this values. All apps and websites I check have a MUCH worse level....??? ????

Yes it is the very same nonsense in my son's school. Carrying the bag is a real workout. Why they can't have lockers or any place to keep at least the heavy books overnight? Just today I saw another boy from a higher grade, who besides carrying the standard school bag (that was obviously stuffed with books) was also carrying an additional cotton bag that was also filled with books. Luckily we living right next to the school, otherwise I would complain daily about it (not expecting that they would actually change anything in this lifetime though.....)

Thank God for there is a woman.

2 hours ago, Emster23 said:

Are the mosquitoes gone?

Even BBQed ^^

1 hour ago, marcusarelus said:

1.  Rain water levels of pollution, pollen, mold, and other contaminants are low -- possibly lower than your public drinking water supply.Aug 4, 2017

 

2.  All modern hospitals are air conditioned.

 

3.  Bacteria grow best in warm temperatures, approximately 25°C – 40°C. In general, fridges set at 3°C or 4°C will ensure that the food is between 0°C and 5°C.

 

If cooked food is not stored above 63°C, it should be used up within two hours of cooking or should be cooled as quickly as possible and put in the fridge within 2 hours.

 

I broke 4 teeth in Thailand because the cook did not tell me there were bones and shells in my food. 

 

Last month, six persons were reported to have food poisoning following consumption of marinated raw crabs. The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) reminds the public that consuming raw or undercooked crabs increases the risk of developing foodborne illnesses

When a person consumes raw or undercooked crabs infected with lung fluke, the parasite may migrate from the intestines to the lung causing paragonimiasis. The initial signs and symptoms may be diarrhoea and abdominal pain. This may be followed several days later by fever, chest pain, fatigue, and sometimes coughing up blood. Sometimes the fluke can travel to the brain where it can cause symptoms of meningitis. Onset of symptoms of lung fluke infection usually occurs many weeks after exposure and the disease may last for many years.

 

I am truly sorry for your loss of 4 teeth. (Seriously)

But I can't help to wonder.... by the way you seem to eat,  how many fingers did you loose? 

6 hours ago, ezzra said:

Right, and what about all the other times where he's not there? to be fair, BKK traffic is so bad that even if people want to make way for the ambulance to pass, there nowhere to move the car to ...

Well that is obviously not fully true. Look what happens if some Super VIP is coming - the police is able to clear the whole street within a few moments (which is a real miracle in my eyes, but it proves it IS possible).

Anywhere in the world where people show respect to the vehicles with emergency signals there is a way to make sure they can pass, but if people are too selfish and think only about their own schedule, then you see those unfortunate pictures that are much too common.

2 hours ago, faraday said:

+ 1

Sound but no vision.

+1 (using Android phone)

On 6/25/2018 at 7:07 PM, Stubby said:

...... Still, they have forced more folks to wear motorcycle helmets from 9am to 3pm, though, so that's a good thing.  

 

Stubby

Why they wear helmets only from 9am to 3 pm????

3 hours ago, jossthaifarang said:

The amount of senseless crap these people share on social media, yet you never see a picture of a reported missing child? Facebook, twitter, Thaivisa etc. Surely they can just make a public group page on Facebook? 

 

It would certainly help, why not use these platforms to do some good instead of always, sharing teenagers kicking each other into a coma!

 

How many of these 420 kids were even on the news last year? I only remember a few stories of missing kids, and they were only published once they found their dead bodies. 

 

Just a thought..

This is soooooo true.

You know what - as soon as I am back home I will try to start one.

Thanks for the inspiration 

2 hours ago, lonewolf99 said:

These people have no shame.

But, the world is a dangerous place. I worked in Brazil for a time and nearly every lamppost had small posters with

photos of missing  kids and people pasted on them with a phone number.

I've seen the same in African countries, but Brazil was the worst. I've maybe seen 2 in Los in 12 years.

The Rescue foundation temple in Naklua in North Pattaya has / had ? a wall with gruesome photos of dead people

that had not been identified in car crashes, murders and suicides. Not for the fainthearted.

 

  

Well I stayed in Brazil in 1993. If you walked at night time the streets around  Copa Cabana  (which was actually a pretty bad idea if you had any plans to stay alive...) the sidewalks were paved with sleeping street-kids. The youngest I saw was a boy probably 3 maybe even younger - I was shocked but kept walking as I didn't know what to do as I didn't speak a single word Portuguese. Then I remembered the reports I read that business men payed the police to kill street kids at night, so the shopping experience wouldn't be negatively influenced. So I went back to sit next to the boy to make sure that at least this night nothing bad happens to him. But the spot was empty. I felt horrible.  No idea how it is nowadays in Brazil but compared with 1993 Thailand is paradise for kids. Besides the main tourist spots or shopping areas I have never really seen any street kids here. In Brazil I often saw a bunch of little kids sitting right next to a street restaurant.... and I never ever saw any person giving them some food or anything. That's why I never returned to Brazil.

4 hours ago, lonewolf99 said:

What is so special about the guy in the boat in the first photo?

 Taken along by 2 women and another guy outside the boat. 

 

It's quite difficult to enter a boat like this if you are standing in deep water.

25 minutes ago, wayned said:

I thought that the Thai government had revoked all of her passports.  How did she get a visa without a valid passport?

Passports can normally be bought behind trainstations and bus terminals all over Europe ^^

That's very easy..... just need to look for a ghost with pants and you got your murderer.