BKKBrit

These scanners are in all the Fast Track Immigration & Security Check areas at Suvarnabhumi. Not sure about economy

15 minutes ago, toofarnorth said:

I too would say a Golden Tree snake or possibly a Wall's Bronzeback , its habitat  ranges form sea level to 3000 m.  How high do you live ?

when you get " Must be a King Cobra ' ignore please.

14th Story in downtown Sukhumvit. Plenty of trees around but they reach to maybe the 2nd or 3rd story.  It's been positively identified as a Golden Tree Snake and judging by the activity of my two cats this evening in the garden area under the stairwell....he wasn't the only one.

Hmm..now's there a good theory. 

But....I am at a loss as to how to explain how he got up here. I'm in lower Sukhumvit...top floor of a condo..no trees higher than my unit and yes, I have an outdoor garden with a huge array of plants and trees but - nothing new has been introduced for months now. And this chap was no more than 22cm long......really much like a long earth worm. So I am guessing he'd be only a couple of weeks old.

I say 'was' because he's been dispatched already by the building engineer that came up, looked at it and said 'aoh hor...ander-rai!' and with a donk of this stick killed it. 

So where did come from? Could it be his mum and dad are here somewhere and they have produced a litter of these things? Or someone in the condo building is breeding them and this guy escaped? 

Any advice on who to call to check if there's a brooding family of these things in my condo? I'm concerned about the two cats that are soi rescues but since a few weeks old lived in a comfortable apartment with no clue about the real world. 

11 minutes ago, Crossy said:

If you get them young they apparently make good pets, maybe let him stay :)

I'm not sure the two cats would appreciate that - they found it, too. Both sitting quietly watching a large bottle of Vim. When I moved he shot out like a bat out of hell - and the cats moved faster than light in the opposite direction haha

Spot on Crossy. That's him. He's tiny...must be a juvenile but he moves so fast! Dang! I'll take him down the soi when I catch him. 

Hi guys

Anyone know what kind of snake this is? It's tiny (a pencil is bigger) but long...I am guessing a baby...around 22cm long. Funkiest thing? It's in my laundry room on the top floor of a condo - 14 stories up in downtown BKK. The colour is a vibrant green and not black - not sure why the camera didn't pick it up. 

The cats found it. 

Thanks! 

Regain it's lead? That would mean at some stage Thailand was indeed the region's economic leader. When?

Yes indeed between year 2001-2006. Our reserve double, stock exchange outperformed regional, budget balance and fiscal surplus achieved, income inequality was the narrowest and debt to GDP declined from 51% to 40%. Thaksin was the PM then.

"Thaksin was the PM then."

Lol. I just KNEW there had to be a punch line.

Don't let facts get in the way of your laughter.

I trust China will not be issuing him with a visa given his convictions...but I guess his black magic skills don't see that coming.

She isn't there. In all these months not one shred of evidence - no plastic, no nothing has washed up on Sumatra or Java and nothing in WA. I am still surprised that - from my knowledge - no one has officially investigated claims by Maldivian islanders to have seen it flying very low over their island before it disappeared over the horizon.

Adios!!

Best thing to ID a plane is to use this website. It's live. Zoom into the CNX area when you hear it and you'll be able to identify the aircraft type by clicking on the plane icon. http://www.flightradar24.com/

Why not NOW? They already know they're the most distrusted public officials in Thailand - and they know why, also.

First - start paying officers a decent wage so bribery and corruption is not tolerated and enforce the rule - both ways.

BKKBrit post # 126.

Abhisit should take the high-road, and win major points amongst former PT supporters if he was to withdraw the charges. This would show that he puts unity above self and would soften hearts with his detractors.

Like the example as set by Thaksin and the P.T.P. in general?

And what don't you understand when I said that Abhisit should take 'the high road'? What has a personal defamation case got to do with Thaksin? Jeesh..get over him already.

Abhisit should take the high-road, and win major points amongst former PT supporters if he was to withdraw the charges. This would show that he puts unity above self and would soften hearts with his detractors.

So, since the ousting of the Yingluck inept, incompetent, corrupt, crony government (and I use that term very loosely indeed), corruption has plummetted?

Now THERE'S a surprise.

Ah yes...the bogey man is always PT without consideration given to the smaller parties that have been part of almost every government since records began. Open your eyes a little more and you just might see the light. How do you think these smaller parties manage to arm-bend their way into almost every government of the day? Because they're nice people? Look at the ministries those horse traders ended up with and you'll get a clearer picture.

Private operators had to reward politicians or civil servants with a commission of 25-35 percent to secure a business deal.

Wrong. The Politicians and Civil Servants DEMAND it. And in many cases, it's paid upfront with no guarantee of success.

The amount of commission has continued to drop since June last year during which period businessmen were found to have paid a commission of 15-25 percent on average. In December, the amount of gift money dropped by five to 15 percent.

So it continues, unabated. It's just back to Democrat and post-Thaksin levels.

it will rise again unless offenders are caught and jailed. Both the givers and takers - and whistleblowers rewarded with a % of the transaction.