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Indian tourists urgently need an Indian-language version of AN (although it'd be tricky as they have so many languages) - so that emerging stories like this can be quickly disseminated.

I hope the prince enjoys his trip ... and hope he's not going to be too offended by the "immodestly dressed" female players - they do tend to show a lot of leg.

Just from today: motorcycle fuel subsidues, carbon-relevant rice-farming subsidies, proposed extension of local tourism subsidies ... there seems to be a lot of money around ... a lot of approved (and maybe not very well audited) budgets? ... I hope it's not for a final money-grab before the election?

It makes sense (a new PM now):

1. an election is looming, and

2. polling may show that Prayut is now too much on the nose,

... so maybe it is time to put a new wolf in the sheep's clothes, and hope they can pull off a hat-trick:

1. Coup,

2. Election win (with senate on-side),

3. Rinse and repeat No. 2

What exactly is strict surveillance

- quaratine for anyone who has recently been in China?

- closure of all parks where migrating birds are known to flock?

... it seems as if nothing has been learned. It looks like everything here is just "wait and see" (nothing pro-active) ... and if it's a disaster, then, oh well, "here we go again."

Come on Thailand! Put your thinking hats on! Remember, the last disaster started like this:

18 hours ago, hotchilli said:

A mixture of tourists, returning Thais, families living here and business people.

... they might also be counting transit passengers and over-nighting flight crew ... but, anyway, good luck to them.

Troubling to read of the crowding and lack of social distancing ... it's as if nothing has been learned.

8 hours ago, webfact said:

It appeared that some authorities were creaming money off the top.

... and it also seems that the right proportion of the cream had not been sent upstairs.

3 hours ago, webfact said:

they expect to win up to 150 seats in the House of Representatives.

... which, together with the 250 votes in the senate, and maybe enlisting some minor parties, will put them back in power ... same as before, is that right?

That's a lot of fruit - over 2.5 million kilos (?) - no doubt too much for the train via Laos to handle.

At least if you're at the restaurant you can send under-cooked meat back to the kitchen (which I've had to do all too often here) - not so with home delivery, as per the OP. But I never give the restaurant a second chance after that.

Same happens here with pre-cooked foods like lasagne: all to often - burnt on the cornors, stone cold on the inside.

But for the defamation laws, I could give a list of all the sins committed by all my nearby restaurants.

In short, I mostly cook at home now.

Good luck to them.

Even if:

- the election is fee and fair, and

- the people do want change,

it's still a big task, with the junta having a 250-vote head-start.

An acquired taste for sure - I never go near it.

With it's raw vegetables, baby crab shells, etc, I'd just privately assumed that it must used as a purgative ... to ensure a firm stool the following day.

... you see, Thais are people too, and have the same concerns we do ... and just do things differently.

"Arrested for trespass" - very vague.

Had yaba pills - who knows ... could have been planted on him, to tidy up the story after his death.

Injured in a fall, prior to suicide ... I agree with the family - it stinks.