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I thought they were all busy running call centres

Ah yes, the luck of the Irish

Beaches are extremely boring after the first hour or two.

The local exchange that I use because of their excellent rates has never asked me for my passport even when I exchanged 65,000 baht last week. They just ask for a local phone number which I wrote on a piece of paper for them. It could be any number because they never check. SuperRich on the other hand always took a photocopy of my passport before the transaction. My local exchange has slightly better rates than SuperRich and being local I walk there and don't have to catch the MRT to make a transaction.

I hope he does not kick someone

I just skipped to the last paragraph to look for the anticipated GoFundMe request. No need to read the rest of the story.

How much was the beach rocked as measured on the Richter Scale?

When I see an article about someone having a tragic accident, I immediately check near the end of the article to see if there is gofundme begging or scam. If there is no gofundme then I send my "Thoughts and Prayers" but if I see gofundme I go to the next article and don't bother reading about the tragedy. I should try to add the gofundme website to my AdBlocker filter.

This sounds exactly like our local pedestrian crossing in Melbourne when it is time to "Walk".

The phrases "leading children under the elephant's belly" and "bring luck and safety" do not seem to belong together. I suppose they were "lucky" to have survived the ritual.

I love the look on her face.

She could have decided to drive in the car the following day and be involved in a fatal crash. So it's very lucky for her the car was destroyed and saved her life.

Yes. I stayed back in Australia for the Christmas and New Year holidays, on my own. Wonderfully peaceful, but I do miss my darling wife. Will be back in Bangkok with her again next week.

If this many people died on the road in two days in Australia, the speed limit on major highways would be reduced o 30kph to "keep people safe".

The Bangkok Post article has the uncensored photo. I would not call them stunning. 😄

That is to be expected when you are overweight.

Not funny! My birthday is on the 18th December and my birthday and Christmas presents were always "combined".

Do you always blame the victim?

I suspect all incoming luggage is X-Ray scanned before reaching the carousel. When you exit the secure part of the airport you have the choice of passing through the "Nothing to Declare" exit. If you are observant you will see RFID type detectors (same as you see that prevents shoplifting in stores) that you have to walk past before leaving the secure area. Most people pass these without any issues, however, I suspect if the previous X-Ray showed something suspicious the security person monitoring the X-Ray would place an RFID tag onto/into the luggage which sets off the alarm at exit. This would be preferable to the X-Ray person examining the luggage which would hold things up and also because there is no physical connection with an actual passenger and the luggage. This is just my personal theory and I have no proof. I might be testing my theory in January when I return to Bangkok with a collection of shoes and bags that my Thai wife left behind in Australia last time she was there. I hope I won't be slugged some form of tax or tariff on her shoes and designer bags. 😟

Green could mean you are a Martian.

I just set the DNS on my modem to the free AdGuard DNS server and set all my Wi-Fi and wire-connected devices to DHCP so they all get their DNS through the modem, probably already did anyway. AdGuard blocks all DNS requests to advertiser IP addresses so no more ads on the TV, phone, PC, or laptop. Your phone will still get ads if you are using 4G/5G for your internet connection.

Quick someone.... pay his YT subscription.

Now I know what my Thai wife means when she tells me to cover up my elephant.

A very obviously troll thread.

Whatever you do, DO NOT search Google for "tuk tuk patrol".