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7 hours ago, ozimoron said:

Possibly because one is dead and other seriously injured?

 

At 1 AM, they were on a main road away from the main population centres and carrying alcohol. What were the chances that they were drunk and speeding?

The chances of that possibly rate on a par with the chances they had been smoking cannabis or a combination of all 3 of those factors

11 hours ago, MrMuddle said:

The fall is not in a single day, as your headlines suggests, but over the month of August. Don't panic, Captain Mainwaring!

Pound in biggest monthly fall against the dollar since 2016 - BBC News

Today the pound fell significantly adding further pressure to energy prices and of course those with a GBP income but living outside the UK will not be too happy either.

2 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Odd the Racist Powell never predicted better food, better music, better athletes and better everything really.

 

Going back to live in early 60s UK would be a nightmare.

 

All those women in head scarves and men smelling of Woodbines.

 

Nah, leave the Racist Powell where he belongs, in a long dead history.

 

Better everything ? my my you forget that England won the world cup in 1966, something no other English  team has done since even considering that they now have mixed race players in the team, so they can't be any better, frankly must only be worse never to have won it since,

1 hour ago, ourmanflint said:

So they have been warned it could be worse than 2011, let's see what they do between now and the first storm to arrive?

They will possibly be spending more time in the VVIP sections of the Krystal Club from now until then just in case Thong Lor does get flooded ????

2 minutes ago, kingstonkid said:

around nokon nayok they completed the walls.

 

Well based on the original report and the subsequent one regarding the 2011 floods that the suggestion is that if the weather pattern does occur as predicted then it will indeed be nothing like the 20111 floods which were caused by Northern Run-off and the opening of sluice gates to protect BKKs CBD.    This time it is being suggested it will be solely due to immense and heavy rainfall through out Bangkok which the current infrastructure will be unable to cope with and hence flooding, even in the CBD, is a strong likelihood.  But of course whoever trusts a weather man ?

1 minute ago, Bruno123 said:

I'm a speed reader. Just one excerpt:

 

 

Well you seemed to have overlooked the question of academic achievements and your suggestion that racist are ignorant in your haste so for you here it is again;

"Now let's see, how do yours stack up against his so that we may have a fair comparison of the veracity of your comment ?"

3 minutes ago, ozimoron said:

His words were certainly unmistakable. He is widely vilified for them.

Yes that is true and is the case in all walks of life , especially in politics and many people don't like nor are willing to accept the truth when told to them.

1 minute ago, ozimoron said:

No, the subject turned to second generation immigrants. Enoch Powell railed against their parents.

 

You just don't like the inclusive message.

Perhaps you could just listen again to what Enoch was saying and keep to the EXACT subject matter, not what others like you have attempted to deflect it to.  

1 minute ago, ozimoron said:

No reason at all to be racist. Blind Freddy could see those people were going to raise British born kids. Just like where I come from, the largest population of the town (state capital) was Chinese until WW2. Forty years ago the town mayor was one of those Chinese. The Chinese were the richest demographic in town. After the war the town as flooded by Greek and Italian migrants. The locals disdained them and called them w*gs. Now the town mayor is one of those Greeks as is the state administrator (governor). The Greeks are the richest demographic in town. The town's largest social even of the year is the Glenti festival. The second richest is still the Chinese.

So we are now deflecting into other countries now are we !!!   What next linking Enoch Powells comments to the entire world ? Please stay with the threads specific subject matter. As a side note, as those immigrants were allowed into the UK then during the 1950's and 60's saw some of the highest levels of emigration from the UK, actually exceeding immigration levels at times. Guess they too saw what was going to happen and got out asap. 

1 minute ago, peterfranks said:

Another thing I don't understand, is how it will lower greenhouse gases, as they will still burn as much jet fuel as ever before

The EU has similar incentives to produce alternative sources of jet fuels. Anything to do with claims that it will lower greenhouse gases , IMHO is just PR BS for the masses. Look at the logic here in Thailand. Currently 77 million litres are collected monthly. Until now that has not been a high profit business stream so it is unlikely that the method of collection would involve high efficiency modern road tankers perhaps. Of course I could be wrong but I suspect that in order to get the cheapest price they would be using companies that are operating old diesel belching trucks. That put's paid to the greenhouse gas emissions argument straight away.

2 minutes ago, webfact said:

Flooding in Thailand was three times worse in 2011 compared to this year, space agency data

 

Daily News Thai Caption:Three times the difference

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1270610-flooding-in-thailand-was-three-times-worse-in-2011-compared-to-this-year-space-agency-data/

That may be so but the so called "doom and gloom" report earlier was not stating that the flooding is worse now than 2011, it was predicating it could become worse within the next few months as this is what they stated. 

"Expected rain over the next three months will be heavier and longer lasting than normal, likely heralding the worst deluges in 100 years."

5 minutes ago, fdsa said:

no, I mean register in Wise as a legal entity (my Thai company) to receive payments from customers in Europe and America, then transfer the money from Wise to local bank account belonging to my Thai company.

 

WISE are not registered as a banking or financial institution in Thailand so I doubt that would be possible. However no one on this thread I suspect can answer your question with any level of factual knowledge so perhaps the best way forward for you would either send them an email or else ring their  Singapore office and ask the question

By using "WISE for a Thai company", are you enquiring as to whether or not you can pay a Thai company using WISE ?   If that is what you are asking then yes you can using the WISE debit card.. 

1 minute ago, herfiehandbag said:

 

You are both right.

 

Personally, if it came to a fight, I don't think the greater part of the army would be up for it. Most are barely trained, their kit is at best obsolete, and much is unserviceable, and they have insufficient transport to really deploy.

 

The "praetorian guard units", who have the newer kit and are in and around Bangkok maybe could make a mess, maybe the government could control central Bangkok, but elsewhere no.

 

But there would be a big death toll.

And least not forget many of the army conscripts are from poor families so I would anticipate that their loyalties would mean their support of the masses.

3 minutes ago, peterfranks said:

Why does the article title single out Chinese, when in fact every other nationality has the same rights to invest?

Perhaps because the article is written by PREM SINGH GILL, a third generation Indian here and we all know of the general Indian prejudice against the Chinese, almost as bad as some of the posters on here.