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10 hours ago, webfact said:

Last April marked a pivotal moment as a freight train laden with durians embarked on a historic journey, traversing Thailand, Laos, and China, culminating in Guangdong province. Clocking a mere five days, this odyssey highlighted the railway’s efficiency, outstripping traditional maritime routes by at least a week.

Load the durian into containers. Metre gauge train to Nong Khai, transfer containers to standard gauge wagons ( quick and easy) send standard gauge train on to China.

Job done, no need to build an expensive new railway, no need to owe China for generations.

Take a (new - you don't want your wine to taste of Kiwi!) shoe laces, tie a big knot in one end.

With a skewer or screwdriver gently push the cork down past the neck of the bottle until it is floating in the wine.

Ease the knotted end of the shoelace down past the cork.

Firmly but gently withdraw the shoelace, it will bring the broken cork up through the neck of the bottle.

3 hours ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Nonsense.  Yingluck was not removed by a military coup, she was removed by the Constitutional Court before the coup took place.

3 hours ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Two coups and one popularly-elected PM had to self-exile, the other one, his sister, had to go on the run to escape a five-year prison sentence, not a coup.

To suggest that the removal of Yingluck from the electoral process, and the formation of a government by the military was not a coup, but was a properly constituted move by an independent judicial system, and that her subsequent "disappearance" , held "under wraps" by the Junta before being "helped" to clandestinely cross the border was "going on the run" shows a remarkable degree of naivety, and perhaps an elastic interpretation of events to justify your personal political satisfaction with the whole process of defeating and removing democracy, and the establishment of Junta government; either way, it is "nonsense".

The very simple truth is that both of them were standing as the leader of a party which the establishment perceived as a threat to their hegemony. They had won before and were very likely to win again. Both elections were destroyed by the establishment's guardians, the military and a manipulated judicial system. Both individuals, Thaksin and Yingluck were very popular, to jail them would have led to significant unrest and international opprobrium. So they were driven into exile.

Same day or into the freezer.

Even the dogs chicken carcasses only get two days in the fridge (mind you that guarantees 4 dogs in a pile in front of the fridge door!)

20 hours ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Needs saving so soon.

 

 

Who would have guessed.

Floated on Monday wasn't it?

Plan to save it on Friday!

15 hours ago, ikke1959 said:

1 million people a day in these oldfashioned trains?? where did they kept them??

The traditional (old fashioned) metre gauge railway system in Thailand, may not be very fast, or "swish" but it is effective at moving large numbers of people cheaply and safely over long distances at times like this.

In my opinion a fraction of the money planned to be spent on "high speed rail" from China would result in a much improved conventional rail system. Containers have largely simplified the transhipment of goods at "break of gauge".

3 hours ago, Bobthegimp said:

What a crock of sh it. They did what they're paid to do - for a change.  Just like the Aussie broad that shot the guy who brought a knife to a gunfight.  These days women are "heros(not heroines?) for performing the most mundane tasks. 

If confronting and shooting shooting a bloke who was engaged in a stabbing spree with a large knife is mundane I would hate to be in your neck of the woods when something "exciting" was happening.

I do agree with you on their talent for de-escalating things, which is exactly what these police women did.

Of course one might take this matter at it's face value, (albeit after stripping away the "Thaiger" loquacious hype) : a slightly built rather soggy female police officer, unarmed except for a small pink water pistol, stepped up rapidly to help a Thai woman who had a distressing encounter with a persistent drunken foreigner during  Khao San Road Songkran party. She defused the situation, rescued the women and the party continued without drama. Persistent drunken foreigner probably woke up next morning and spent the morning looking for the badger which had emptied his wallet, trashed his room and slept with his back legs in his mouth!

Well done to the policewoman, whilst not perhaps medal winning courage she appears to have done her job well, and shown some bottle in stepping up to confront the drunk.

Or of course, we can develop any number of alternative imaginary scenarios, in all of which the aforementioned badger features in the following morning...

7 hours ago, Nick Carter icp said:

 

   Y*nn arrived, won POTY and then left .

She was the last POTY and thus still holds the title 

POTY was a somewhat dubious distinction. "Yinn" is widely rumoured to have been the result of a group (Australians maybe) staging an elaborate and long running practical joke.

That may have had something to do with why the moderators cancelled the competition!

1 hour ago, Upnotover said:

Well the birth rate is about 675,000/year.  Assuming that the average number of staff in the shops is 10 and they stay on average 3 years then that could be 145,000 staff churning at 48,000/year, that would be 7%. 

I would imagine that the average number of staff per shop, allowing for variations in size, 3 shifts, days off etc is probably nearer 20 to 25. That probably ups your number to 15% -maybe higher in urban areas?

I wonder what proportion of youngsters ( predominantly girls) start their working careers in 7/11?

1 hour ago, JonnyF said:

Not surprised. This legal warfare is beyond boring. Roll on November so the American people can decide, not politically biased judges. 

Unfortunately, if Trump loses, then he will move to put judges all over it like a rash!

35 minutes ago, Ralf001 said:

I have a think... and I reckon it was mid 2022 the last time the power went out where I live.

For water... I have a 10,000lt under ground tank... what water supply issues ?

Bit over the top that (if something underground can be over the top!) I manage quite well with a couple of big dustbins in the bathroom!😃

We've had thunderstorms for the last few nights, the electricity supply out here in rural Chiang Rai does seem a bit fragile!

3 hours ago, The Fugitive said:

Interesting. I don't know if you're into genealogy but I've found that cemetery records of family burials (known as grave re-openers in U.K.) helpful in my research. Unfortunately, the modern trend of cremation and scattering ashes results in less information to work with. My Thai Mrs informs me that I'm going into the family column at our nearby temple. I'm curious if that produces some searchable public record? I've tried asking Thai family but they don't seem to understand what I'm asking and why I would want to know!       

I'm not into genealogy. I know the family history back to the 1900s. My parents both came from Oldham in Lancashire, so my paternal grandparents and most other relatives are buried in the Mostyn RC cemetery in Manchester. Notable amongst those is my mother's uncle, who had the rare distinction of being denounced from the pulpit during Mass! He used to play the piano in the picture houses to accompany the silent films, a practice which was apparently regarded as sinful. I am extremely proud of him!

My mother's family moved down to Dagenham to find work at Fords during the depression. Accordingly they are buried in the RC Cemetery near South Ockenden. My parents are buried in Bath where they settled when they married.

I really don't go any further back than that - My paternal Grandmother came from Cork in Ireland at the turn of the last century as a child. In theory that should enable me to claim an Irish passport, although searching birth records in County Cork for a Francess Murphy may be a long-winded process!

My father was a "historian" ( he had a degree in it and taught it to A level). His main speciality was American history from the Revolution up to the Civil War, but he also was a member of the "Recusant Society" (Recusants were those who refused to follow the formation of the Church of England during the times of Henry VIII, Edward and Elizabeth I.) His branch of the family had been fined off their lands in Herefordshire and Shropshire for Recusancy (only the real upper classes were imprisoned or executed) and reduced to landless labourers. Dad spent a lot of time researching it, and produced a paper for the Recusant Society in the early 1970s. Apparently the family were reasonably prosperous yeoman farmers. They lost the lot. I keep meaning to have words with the Archbishop of Canterbury about it!

I should imagine genealogy could be a fascinating hobby!

Parvo virus?

Heart worm?

If there is a lot of it about it will thin out the doggie population quite quickly.

4 hours ago, klauskunkel said:

in related news:

A new human subspecies has been discovered in Thailand: Homo Idioticus Songkranensis

Been around a long time!

Still, an interesting species. As it ages, and it's physical condition umh deteriorates, it migrates to South East Asia from predominantly Northern European colder climes. Sheds it's plumage to the bare minimum, consumes industrial quantities of alcohol and ventures forth, into a second childhood, convinced that it's semi clad distressed body playing in water makes it absolutely irresistible to the local women! This often leads to aggression, frustration and fights, often ending in tears. Most return to their home environments after a couple of weeks, to brag (somewhat unbelievably) about their amorous conquests and physical superiority. 

The bare bones of a dissertation?