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Thailand Takes Action Against Fraudulent Finland Job Offers
Dcheech replied to snoop1130's topic in Thailand News
They are sold in thailand, by thai people, to thai people. You almost do not get that fact in the news article above. The Thai people who do these scams seem to have protection. I wonder why that is?! -
Persistent Chiang Mai gang arrested for bird food scam on tourists
Dcheech replied to webfact's topic in Chiang Mai News
That is because it is a Thai Buddhist tradition (ปล่อยนก) to release them and make merit. Same with fish & whatnot. See it all over Thailand. ---------------------------------------- The bird junk at Thaipai gate has nothing to do with making merit. Chinese tourists want pictures of pigeons swirling around, flying, with them in it, at Thapae square. There was a scene in that movie (L. in CM) like this. Now it is a bleeding tourist activity - feed the birds and get pictures of them with you in it. It is also why they have gotten away with it for so long, 'Chinese tourists think it a part of their CM tourist trip'. So the plod let them. Finally it is getting to be such a pain in the hind in, they are actually, reluctantly, doing something about it. BTW, no mention is made of the specific tourist group funding & fueling this activity, because, well, they are SPECIAL. -
Thai PM Launches Project to Transform Thailand into Financial Hub
Dcheech replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
Why not a Bagel hub? -
Thai Athletes' Paris Olympic Uniforms Draw Criticism
Dcheech replied to snoop1130's topic in Thailand News
On my new feed this morming: Thailand changes Olympic uniform. After a couple days defending it, they caved fast. -
Is Donald Trying to Tank Joe's Stock Market?
Dcheech replied to John Drake's topic in Political Soapbox
🥱 No such thing. A MAGA invention, and by extension a Russ/china fantasy spiel. Neocons were big with Bush & WMD fiasco. Now just another discredited right wing republican fringe group, no one wants to admit being part of after their remaking the Middle East by taking out Saddam went mammaries up. -
Unidentified respiratory illness in Bangkok, what is it?
Dcheech replied to rabas's topic in Health and Medicine
Sounds like what I have right now. Not Wuhan, tested. A number of people have it in my condo. -
Thai mail has NOT been good for some time, and can be a real problem. BTW I blamed this on my own home country (US) mail service until people from other countries, complained of the same problem. A bummer as the Thai post used to be really good.
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Mae Hong Son cracks down on inappropriate tourist behaviour
Dcheech replied to snoop1130's topic in Isaan News
I doubt that, doubt that there has been any deaths. No one in CM has heard of any 'rumours' of this. Vang Vieng was doing tubing for years, no, a decade plus, with no controls whatsoever. This is both recent & infrequent stuff for Pai. Of course organized by Thai companies and locals to make money. Booze them up, drug them up & toss em in a river. Frankly it seems pretty orderly compared to the old VV tube experience. However now it is also a chance to be outraged. Righteous outrage and Thailand. Who knew righteous outrage was such a critical feature of Thai Culture?! -
Thailand’s industrial sentiment hits two-year low amid political strife
Dcheech replied to snoop1130's topic in Thailand News
When you can't even make cheap elephant pants to sell inside of Thailand. You got problems. -
Yep, they did. The Downtown Inn was owned by a former CM mayor. As usual per Thailand, they spend far more time confusing the issue, obscuring the facts, than reveal any thing of substance. It has been said, the real cause was the same as the Phi Phi islands deaths of the American and Norwegian women, followed by the deaths of the Quebec sisters. These two incidents, happend at roughly the same time period as the CM hotel incidents. As for many things in Thailand, no real answers, It's just another of life's little mysteries.
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Irish terrorist engaged to Thai bride 50 years his junior
Dcheech replied to snoop1130's topic in Thailand News
Gormy McMullan was/is a loyalist Protestant, a member of the loyalist terror group; The Ulster Volunteer Force . One of the groups the British Army and Northern Ireland PLOD treated with kid gloves, if not actually using as thier defacto allies during The Troubles. As he was killing Catholics at Loughinisland, he was never charged. Surprise Surprise Surprise Do the tabloids you read, not mention these facts? -
Trump Rally Shooting Alarms Ex-PM Thaksin Shinawatra
Dcheech replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
Boeing plane bombing, March 3, 2001, real or just a warning to the T Man, one person died because of it. -
John Wilkes Booth was a leftist?? 😐
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You got that info already? Wow .... any links on that? Or just BSing and what fun.
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That rice was sold in the US, in the 1990's. First at Asian marts like Viet Wah or Uwajimaya. By mid to late 90's the suburban yuppie marts had it. Perhaps repeated 'misunderstandings' with high grade Thai rice bags (Thai Hom Mali Rice) filled with a lower grade of rice, reported a couple times on old Thaivisa, has taken a toll. Otherwise no need to introduce, just make sure the buyers get the product they paid for.
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Police arrest Russian gang leader for sale of counterfeit passports
Dcheech replied to snoop1130's topic in Bangkok News
I wonder how many came through Thai Immigrations on the passports of the 14 other countries sold to crims by the Russian mob. -
Coffee: A "Miracle" Drink with Numerous Health Benefits, Experts Say
Dcheech replied to Social Media's topic in World News
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Did you hear that on FOX "News" or was it a Tabloid? As reliable accounts do not mention that at all. Still if you want to spout BS, this is the time to have at it. Right wing ratchet heads are obsessed by Baldwin. Guy's best movie was twenty five years ago - woops - thirty five years ago; Miami Blues, but I have heard, the skits he did on SNL caused outrage & gnashing of teeth on the right. Crazy? Yeah. However it does give right wingers something to scream about as pedophile pizza parlors fade into the right wing group howl sunset.
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I haven't. It reminds me of Manila, forty years ago; pure 3rd world. Knocked a chain off my old bike 6 months back because of a hole & metal plate. Locked up the back tire and skidded to a stop. All in all, lucky I wasn't run over by the car behind me.
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Thailand used to let you buy at the duty free on arrival. My booze was over 40 % cheaper at King Power. Even better, you could then show a domestic ticket & have it wrapped, tagged and carry it on your next flight, to your final Thai destination. Even if you were heading over to Don Muang for a flight. They cut the wrapping & tagging for your next flight last year They want you to buy booze in Thailand at Thai shops, not at the arrival duty free. Always the money. Always.