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3 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

So now, from UPI, we see mentioned a trace of "WHITE POWDER" residue around the tea/coffee cups....

 

https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2024/07/16/Thailand-Bangkok-poison-six-dead-Grand-Hyatt-Thiti-Saengsawang-Srettha-Thavisin/1341721155627/

 

Also, if a white powder, then this could be consistent with Fentanyl.

If it were a cultist suicide, as has been suggested, why would anyone choose to ingest CN, which is painful.

It would be more logical to take Fentanyl, which is just as lethal, but probably completely painless.

 

How could it be another party that did the poisoning, if there was this white powder visible on/around the cups?

Would you drink tea from a cup with white powder residue easily visible?

 

And, again, why the container of honey?

 

Foaming of the mouth suggests they might have used cyanide. They were probably well organized and knew what they were doing. 2 grams of potassium or sodium cyanide dissolved in half a glass of water on an empty stomach or packed into a gelatin capsule and washed down with a glass of cold water would facilitate a very quick death and not be painful (it's the dose the matters).  

9 hours ago, simon43 said:

Carbon Monoxide poisoning? Cooking BBQ inside the room?

My email alert reads as follows: "Six Vietnamese nationals mysteriously died at a luxury hotel in Bangkok after allegedly drinking tea and coffee mixed with poison".

This article reads: "The police have yet to find any poison containers or additional evidence that could provide immediate answers."

It looks like they are making it up as they go.

They were stupid to post the room number. If I was the manager I would not be happy about that and possibly sue the reporter.

16 hours ago, soalbundy said:

Why should she have to press charges, it was an attempted robbery in a public place.

Unless the police arrest the person and press charges, you're out of luck unless you hire a lawyer and do it yourself. They probably considered it a waste of time for such a trivial crime. It's a lot of work, and if the person is mentally handicapped, it is a waste of time. 

5 hours ago, ShaneOTraveller said:

Im always concerned about this happening but she should have pressed charges as the man might strike again and again with even more violence.

I use these deposit machines often, but I'm never concerned about this happening.

I only use the deposit machines INSIDE the shopping malls or at my local branch where there are security guards. I would never do a big transaction at stand-alone ATMs on the street.

4 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Go back to where?

A hospital back home so that I can live longer - in that hospital or in a cold country with lots of ugly women?

I prefer here, even if I die earlier. At least not in the cold and with an ugly nurse next to me.

 

 

 

 

 

I had to laugh at this. It reminds me of a long stay in hospital in Australia when I was in my 20s after a motorcycle accident. A nurse resembling your photo used to terrorize me over the slightest complaint.

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On 4/12/2024 at 8:22 PM, bubblegum said:

Ashes are not fuel they rather kill the flames.

Zero preparation : Unmarked grave thru hospital/charitable foundation

DIY will is preparation actually

Post mortem: depending on embassy.

You are right, they will not fuel a fire because the remains are not ashes as commonly believed, but pulverised bone. 

8 hours ago, hotchilli said:

So the tourism business is booming.... shame manufacturing is sliding.

Thailand has nothing else to offer except it's daughters.

An absurd, ignorant comment. I suppose what else would you expect from an ape.

Just the climate, beaches and the low cost of everything is more than enough to get tourists here. Thai hospitality is also a big factor, and well ahead of all its SE Asian neighbours. The sex industry is struggling, yet tourists are arriving in record numbers.

6 hours ago, jerrymahoney said:

So now I can join the ranks of cereal topic starters.

And make it obvious retirement has become a bore. I prefer oatmeal to cardboard-like flakes.

In retirement, we should have some spare time to cook real food. I understand people eating cereal such as cornflakes when working hard and not having time to prepare breakfast.

3 hours ago, nofarang said:

That would have been an appropriate face-saving behavior. It is clear that when there is no receipt, the amount is free for negotiation.

It's not clear at all - you're just guessing. It's quite likely they will wait for you to get the shortfall.

1 hour ago, sungod said:

Telling someone you only have 500 in your pocket is not putting them on the spot, you have given them the chance to take it or come back with the rest.

You are putting them on the spot if you demand a receipt, which is what I was referring to.

3 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

Again, the highest court in the land, has proven they prefer to be a kingmaker, over an impartial judiciary. Nobody can doubt where their loyalties lie, nor their allegiance. History may show this court to be one of the least impartial, and one of the most morally bankrupt, in our nation's history. This is a sad moment for America, when the court becomes the hand of the king. The Supreme Court's liberal bloc issued blistering dissents Monday in the Trump immunity ruling, arguing that it "reshapes the institution of the presidency" and "makes a mockery" of the constitutional principle that no man is above the law.

 

Justice Sonia Sotomayor, reading her dissent from the bench, said that "relying on little more than its own misguided wisdom ... the Court gives former President Trump all the immunity he asked for and more."

 

She added that "because our Constitution does not shield a former President from answering for criminal and treasonous acts, I dissent." Sotomayor said that the majority opinion, written by Chief Justice John Roberts, invents "an atextual, ahistorical, and unjustifiable immunity that puts the President above the law."

 

Their ruling, she went on, makes three moves that she said "completely insulate Presidents from criminal liability." Sotomayor said the court creates absolute immunity for the president's exercise of "core constitutional powers," creates "expansive immunity for all 'official acts,'" and "declares that evidence concerning acts for which the President is immune can play no role in any criminal prosecution against him."

 

Sotomayor warned that the ruling "will have disastrous consequences for the Presidency and for our democracy" and that it sends the message: “Let the President violate the law, let him exploit the trappings of his office for personal gain, let him use his official power for evil ends.”

 

She added, “Even if these nightmare scenarios never play out, and I pray they never do, the damage has been done. The relationship between the President and the people he serves has shifted irrevocably. In every use of official power, the President is now a king above the law.”

 

In her own written dissent, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said that the majority's ruling "breaks new and dangerous ground." "Departing from the traditional model of individual accountability, the majority has concocted something entirely different: a Presidential accountability model that creates immunity—an exemption from criminal law — applicable only to the most powerful official in our Government," she wrote.

 

Jackson warned that under the majority's "new Presidential accountability mode," a hypothetical president "who admits to having ordered the assassinations of his political rivals or critics...or one who indisputably instigates an unsuccessful coup...has a fair shot at getting immunity."

 

The chief justice dismissed the dissents, suggesting that his three liberal colleagues had misinterpreted the majority's opinion and were engaging in "fear mongering." Roberts argued that they "strike a tone of chilling doom that is wholly disproportionate to what the Court actually does today." He wrote that "like everyone else, the President is subject to prosecution in his unofficial capacity."

 

He also appeared to scoff at Sotomayor for what she included in her dissent, saying that her "most compelling piece of evidence consists of excerpted statements of Charles Pinckney from an 1800 Senate debate." He continued, "But those statements reflect only the now-discredited argument that any immunity not expressly mentioned in the Constitution must not exist."

 

Justice Amy Coney Barrett wrote in a concurring opinion that she agreed with some of the majority opinion but not all of it. Notably, she said she agreed with Sotomayor that Trump’s immune conduct should still be allowed to be used as evidence in his trial.

 

“The Constitution does not require blinding juries to the circumstances surrounding conduct for which Presidents can be held liable,” she said.

If you insist on copying and pasting editorials, you should do the right thing and include a reference to your source.

4 hours ago, owl sees all said:

Indeed!

 

If the powers that be can't stop the 'inflation', then it is up to us to show them the errors of their ways.

 

I'm saying that we must show the way. If we do that, the more observant Thais will follow suit.

 

 

 

 

Absolutely not! 

9 minutes ago, sungod said:

 800 is the most I have ever heard of, 300-500 is the norm.

 

Maybe apologise, cheeky smile and say you only have a purple persuader on you.

The OP made it very uncomfortable for the IOs. He knew what it was, but they were forced to come up with a reply that seemed genuine. Putting the IOs on the spot is a bad idea when you already know the deal.

18 hours ago, Gottfrid said:

My immigration office takes 500 baht for the paper, but why have a problem. Yeah, it´s supposed to be free. However, we chose to live in Thailand, we are aware of the special rules made up and corruption. We stay here because of many reason, where one is that it´s much cheaper than home. Then it´s not such a big deal to pay a little extra sometimes. It´s like taking the good with the bad, where the good is holding the power. Otherwise we would have left.

Also, the payments make their processing a lot faster.

27 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

A matter of opinion like most things, it's saturated fat, i avoid it

Your choice is based on uneducated opinions. Mine is based on facts.

There is only one fact to consider here. The more saturated a fat is, the more stable it is when heated. 

Unsaturated fats should be consumed cold. They should not be used for frying. Have you ever heard of cold processing of highly unsaturated oils? There's a good reason not to apply heat - they are easily oxidized, which is not a good thing as it produces toxic byproducts.

7 hours ago, VBF said:

Rapeseed oil, widely available and cheaper than olive oil in UK, but I don't know about Thailand.

I've now got to where I prefer it for cooking. It's also much easier to clean from utensils which, to me, shows that it's lighter.

The best cooking oils are ones that are stable at heat so it doesn't break down into toxic chemicals.

Overheating certain oils can create byproducts such as acrylamides, toxic aldehydes, hydroxy linoleate, free radicals, and trans fats. The more saturated the oil the better. Coconut oil is one of the best and we are lucky to have such an abundant supply of it at a cheap price.

I never have problems cleaning pans after using coconut oil.

7 hours ago, Lacessit said:

Oils are liquid at room temperature, fats are solid.

 

Fats are usually higher in the glyceryl esters of saturated fatty acids such as palmitic and stearic acid. Oils contain more unsaturated fatty acids, variations of oleic, linoleic, and linolenic acid.

 

Liquidity also depends on whether the fat/oil has differing proportions of  monoglycerides, diglycerides, or triglycerides.

 

I have found a low fat option in cooking is an air fryer. I line the cooking basket with aluminium foil, and spray with a little olive oil to prevent sticking. No mess, no fuss.

Going into the properties of different oils and which is healthier was not necessary and I said as much. I was replying to the comment "a lower fat oil".

However, you are wrong about oils not being fats. Oils ARE fats. It's the state of the fat that had you confused.

Oils are liquid fats. When they are solid, they are solid fats, but they are always fats.

Of course, coconut oil is confusing, as it is solid below 24C and liquid above 24C. Should we call it coconut fat at lower temperatures due to it being solid? I don't think so - even when solid it's still called coconut oil.

When we put solid fats such as butter or lard in a frying pan and it melts and it becomes a liquid, we don't call it oil.

Fat is a macronutrient which provides 9 kcal per gram of energy. The state of it is irrelevant, whether it is solid or liquid.

22 hours ago, Callmeishmael said:

A lot of Thai dishes are cooked with palm oil, which is high in the wrong kind of fats.  If the cook uses a lower fat oil, like coconut oil or light olive oil, many of the standard stir-fried dishes would qualify as low fat.

That was quite funny: "a lower fat oil".

All oil is 100% fat which produces 9 kcal per gram.

What oils are healthier is a different topic, but the OP is looking for low-fat meals to reduce calories.

On 6/25/2024 at 7:43 PM, BangkokReady said:

 

But you probably know better than to publicly call them out on something.

This is beside the point. Expats know, but tourists don't, and they outnumber expats by a large degree.

You can't have mafia gangs running rife on the streets here. That being said, the bad motorcycle taxi riders are a small percentage, and you can't paint them all with the same brush. There are plenty of hard-working, polite riders out there.

Some people here suggest that Grab, Bolt and Baht Buses are adequate and motorcycle taxis are redundant, but this is not the case. If you want to get somewhere fast from any street, they are the best form of transport. Car/van transports will spend most of their time sitting still in traffic in Pattaya Central. A 5-minute trip on a motorcycle could take an hour in a car. Also, consider that Thai people constitute most of their business.