Bday Prang

will they taste better now? The headline should have read "Scientists have eventually invented a new name for a commonly eaten mushroom," followed by " previously known as "het *****? by those who have picked and eaten them for probably hundreds if not thousands of years" just finding the common name seemed to be beyond the scientists and" journalist" alike i

Unless administered forcibly by a third party, I don't think intoxication should ever be considered as valid mitigation. It should , if anything, render one liable to more severe punishment. The perp is obviously a wrong'un, easily identified by the trade mark "bum fluff" moustache

happy hour must have started early today, or are you still out from last night?

None of the victims of these attacks by Thai mummy's boys ever are capable of defending themselves, drug induced or not the attacks are almost always, as you say, targeted towards children or the elderly. On the relatively rare occasions that they have to fight somebody equal to themselves they invariably lower the odds by bringing a gang with them. There is no shame attached to fighting 5 or more onto one. It is seen as a mark of intelligence

What was the name of the cough syrup? (asking for a friend)

is there really a clause in their teachings about avoiding snow ? I very much doubt it

Where, coincidentally, the dregs of Thai society are also prone to gravitate to. leading to incidents like this, Can't say I'm bothered or surprised

Better still they should go home

Forget the cops, concentrate on all the others, other than that I totally agree

Is anybody here wondering why they always state the reg number ? I'll put you out of your misery, its a tip for the lottery, I can guarantee anybody connected with this case including (especially) the bereaved will be working out the permutations of any two from those four numbers as we speak! Sad but true

Indeed , I have never had a problem there, but I only deal with Kap Choeng, not visited the other one yet

Indeed a boat of that type would have little chance in waves of over 3m in height, Stopping the boat , if that is what they actually did, would be the height of insanity, as it would mimic the the effects of engine failure which is the worst thing that could happen in rough seas. Its a pity the engines didn't fail before they set off. Water ingress would of course be a problem, most of these boats rely on a tiny bilge pump, which are only designed to remove miniscule amounts of daily expected water ingress, very few have a pump capable of dealing with the amounts of water that would be generated from the conditions described I have some experience in these matters , around 15 years ago , I and a (now ex) friend had a tour boat business operating out of huahin, didn't actually make any money probably due to trying to do things "right" but it was a great experience, however eventually nerves got the better of me and after about 5 years I sold out , Knowing what I know as a result of my experiences, I would never set foot on any tour boat in Thailand under any circumstances.

I don't waste my time thinking about it, it is what it is, I accept it and drive accordingly , or refrain from driving, as I see fit, a tactic that has served me well !

All that paper must end up in the same place as dead rats and dead pigeons, it is indeed one of life's great mysteries, Although it might explain why my local immigration have moved to a much larger brand new office two stories high with no obvious increase in staffing They have also taken up residence in a recently constructed huge multi discipline administration center not 50 km away from the original site! God only knows

And that is their only concern, lack of work permits

which is not the case with all the wooden boats working in the tourist hotspots

They are nearly all built like that, there are few if any regulations

You forgot to mention roundabouts, Its hilarious watching them negotiate those. A few on here are very concerned about those who drive without licences, in view of the nature of driving test that you have highlighted above, the lack of a licence is of absolutely no consequence whatsoever.

These are "Thai experts " an oxymoron if ever there was one, this time the "genius" claiming "expertise" is....."Dr Wittaya Chartbanchachai, a specialist on a World Health Organization panel on injury prevention" although he lost any credibility the moment he opened his mouth The fact of the matter is that nobody cares, except for a few concerned expats on here ! I can't ever remember any Thai I have spoken to ever mentioning this subject or show any wish to discuss it that includes quite a few police and people who have lost friends and family to traffic related deaths. It is just something they appear to accept, maybe something to do with Buddhism Twice a year, they have this virtue signalling festival, and nothing changes, in truth during the two annual periods of seven deadly days there is no significant increase in the death rate, some might say that in view of the increased traffic that this is evidence that these warnings are at least having some sort of positive effect. Personally I think its more to do with the fact that due to the volume of traffic on the roads a lot of this traffic is reduced to a snail's pace well that and the fact that some of them are just too drunk to to even attempt to drive

You haven't really thought that through have you?

but then an "expert" says...... “An estimated 17,000 people will die in road accidents over the coming ‘seven dangerous days’, a toll that matches the previous year. expert in what exactly?

You are new here aren't you. ?

the length of the waiting list would render the NHS useless for many on here. Aren't they on strike at the moment anyway?

might not be possible depending on the settings option.

The fact that some of these ships remain upright is astonishing but presumably they've all been properly computer designed and scale models have been tested in wave tanks, and certain operating limits established etc etc. That is not the case with these Thai tourboats