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3 hours ago, stupidfarang said:

Did you see the rangers asking for money? The problem is caused by tourists who do not follow the rules or not listen to officials when it explained it is a closed area to protect the coral. Going by the video it is a self entitled tourist who thinks he can do what he wants because he has money.

And if these were Chinese tourists, none of this would happen. The Park Ranger knows he can get a reaction with complaining about farang tourists. More, it is something  PooYai higher ups approve of.

Perhaps media reports like this are helpful to keep Thai national attention from thinking about why Chinese tourists, those saviors of Thai tourism,  are no longer coming in big numbers. In fact they have not been coming in big numbers since Jan 20, 2020. Yep, you can date it.   

 

1 hour ago, Chongalulu said:

so he’s come out on top whichever way you look at it.

Not after seeing his apartment. The poor old geezer was living in a dump. Probably living on Cowmangai and noodles. Buying from the places across Chang Klan RD, a sixty meter walk, everyday. That's not living, it hardly qualifies as existing. Yuck. 

Reckoned it would be hard to find, maybe even back in the warrens, (Suriyawong alleys). Or at least up past the Russian Orthodox church, the appropriately named St Vladimir’s. Nope. First left after CK-Buriwong 4 way, and there was his burrow, in your face. 

No matter if he was getting money from blighty, he had money problems and/or physical age-related issues. Front by road, still dirty from the floods. Two marks on the wall where AC units had been, both long gone. One window on an upper floor completely gone. All other windows, opaque from grime. If he had a wife, she cleared out long ago. Thai news claimed this was part of ongoing sweeps of suspect areas, uh uh, nah,  Likely a neighbor had enough and reported him. At 25 years, impressive but living like that at least for the last couple, or five, ten years ... sad.

45 minutes ago, SunnyinBangrak said:

Kindly remember relations and dealings with Russia broke down when the left blamed Putin for Hillary's electoral thumping without any evidence.

People blamed Julian Assange for accepting hacked info & email of the DNC & Hilary, from Russian sources. What can be said is no collusion was found between Donald Trump & the Russian hackers who supplied WikiLeaks. 

The Soviets, Russians need to keep the reins pretty tight on Trump because he could go any direction at any time.  Good work by Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on reminding Donald just what is expected.

11 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

he's destroying the woke culture- excellent news. Keep it up Mr Trump.

BP had an fantastic track record of being non WOKE. Then woke happened. Good to see them getting rid of the WOKE ideology and get back to what made them great. 
 

Hi So for the hot season. GG is out styling & not pounding the keyboard at 4 AM, in a box?! 

Not Hi So, but ...

I had a skin cancer thingy removed.. The doctor said, be more proactive, as light skinned & living in Thailand. I knew I wouldn’t wear a hat, unless I liked it. Stroke of luck, a Panama Hat store on amazon, with an actual brick & mortar location in my old (old) town. Went there, got it sized, then bought two. Pricey but really like both. One is your basic Panama white & the other

MALTA SIENNA, 
 

I really would like to get a picture, a face shot, of the old geezer. They arrested him on Ragang RD. One article states, living nearby. Wonder if he was in the warrens between that Ragang & Kad Kom market?! Always assumed it was mainly Russkies back there, but a scofflaw Brit. Yeah it fits. Back route from my old condo to the moat & CM gate market, if he didn't hunker inside, good chance I saw him.

BTW There was a Korean who clocked in with a 26 (?) year overstay out of Lom Sak, Petchaboon. He still holds the record AFAIK, but being Korean, not given star treatment by the Thai media.  

47 minutes ago, save the frogs said:

As I mentioned, I believe these people are 15 steps ahead of us, so it's hard to see where things are leading exactly. 

This is guy who can't read more than a page in a book. Who has the functional education level of a 7th grader and my favorite, had to briefed about Pearl Harbor and the USS Arizona, by staff when flying out there (1st term). That at the height of his powers. More like 15 steps into senility now. 

The US has been lucky for a long time. I wonder, is this where luck runs out?

More deaths than Wuhan Flu vaccine - or deaths attributed to the vaccine, in the UK, but listed as questionable. I would expected antivaxxers to be apoplectic about the slaughter, yet almost nothing. 

As they say
All vaccines are equal, but some vaccines are more equal than others. 

1 hour ago, Emdog said:

What about the part where Macron stops Trump when Don was lying about European aid (said EU money was loans and US was big donor). Put hand on Trumps arm and said money was grants, not loans; and 60% of the aid to Ukraine comes from Europe

Hardly a brown noser. Have to look to Republican party for herds of those

Watch this: doubt it will be Fox 

It won't be in FOX .. or other places   

Macron also allowed the seating of the AP correspondents at  the conference. Trump has banned them from DC press conference for still using ‘Gulf of Mexico’ instead of his newly designated; Gulf of America. A truly heinous crime. 
 

Meanwhile the USA voted with Russia, Iran, and North Korea against a UN resolution supporting the Ukraine. Voting with enemies, former enemies, Islamic & totalitarian states. Obviously, something Donald Trump has no problem with. Trumps America is just getting going, who knows where it will roll. 
 

Probably of far less significance to the Donald, than the Philadelphia Eagles, winners of Super Bowl 59, refusing to visit the White House. Word is coming out this morning, the team voted that down. Ownership is likely peeing their pants. Hah! 

Ireland?! Does Donald Trump even know where it is or if it is a country? 

  

Rain came in at 420 in bo sang. We put in awnings, front and back when we got this place. First time a rain has sounded on them. Woke us up, but ok, not that tin roof roar. So nice  having coffee in bed, cool wind sweeping through the room. Sundays should always be this way.

un size Route 66 pic. 

 

13 hours ago, Yellowtail said:

Used to see these in shops pretty often, have not seen one in a shop for years.

I love the syphons, and yes I remember when they brought it to your table. A whole production. This up in Ban Nok Thailand long time gone. Today they want to move customers in & out. Get those sales. Likely too much training for staff to operate & costs, imagine they do break after awhile. Hillkoff up here sells them. I could see buying one, as it brings back positive memories, I want to reenforce.  

17 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

The arabica can really vary, I buy dark French roast  from 3 different sellers, all slightly different. In Pattaya the Haven used to do good filter drip coffee, most other coffees available were average

First I admit, always stock up on trips out of Thailand; Indonesian or Guatemalan, are favorites. 

Problems I do have with Thai coffee. Thais favor light, medium, or very dark roasts. I like dark roast but not an espresso roast. Secondly with all the different brands, different coffee farms packaging their own, It is tough wading through chaff to find something you like. As you said it can vary widely. believe I will start more online ordering, even though I would rather buy from shops, or ask Flo about a couple they sell. All that said, they're getting better

Hot season escape, just stop in a supermarket before you fly back.