Bagwan

I am amused by this passing fad to reshape your bodies so that you look like a freak. When I left the UK the current fad was nearly everybody under the age of 35 walking around carrying a bottle of water. Did they all think that they lived in the middle of the Sahara desert? Then there was the gel kick. Everything between medications to shampoos suddenly had magic qualities if it was in gel form. The hard of thinking rushing around copying each other as if they didn't have minds of their own. All so insecure that they wanted to part of the crowd?

Why spend a fortune only to end up looking like this?

Nothing better than sitting in the sun, reading a good book and sipping at my favourite tipple, totally stress free and occasionally looking up to see everybody running around but achieving nothing, rather like the <deleted> road users who drive at breakneck speed only to sit on their backside when arriving at their destination. I am mindful of the young calf suggesting to his father, the wise old bull. that they gallop down to the other end of the field to attend to the needs of some of the heifers and the sage replying that they should walk down and attend to all of them. Remember the story of the tortoise and the hare?

No matter how hard you try you won't overcome the ravages of time so why bother? When you come face to face with arthritis and possible hip replacement you might wonder where you went wrong. An hours stroll along the beach every day, enjoying the view of the young lovelies in their skimpy beach wear (not you Irma! Or you Svetlana) is enough exercise for me.

That said, do whatever floats your boat. It's your life so live it your way.

What the heck is a "casual gym visit"

going there and watching the women

Nothing casual in that. Should be a full time occupation for some. One of life's great pleasures - and it's free.

Meanwhile, the director of the National Disaster Warning Center (NDWC), Gp.Capt. Somsak Khaosuwan, said a close watch is still paid to Chachoengsao province which, as a downstream area, is absorbing water from Sa Kaeo and Prachinburi provinces. It is expected that the water level in Chachoengsao will remain stable and gradually recede. It may take 1-2 weeks for the situation in Chachoengsao to become normal due to the curvy shape of Bang Pakong River that slows down the flow of water. Additionally, some provinces in the northeastern region i.e. Ubon Ratchathani, Bueng Kan, Sakon Nakhon, Nakhon Phanom, Mukdahan, and Amnat Charoen might be affected by the Nari tropical storm.

The river curves and bends in trying to reach a lower level as it passes through flat land . The prime cause of flood waters not receding quickly is because of the flat terrain that the flood waters pass through. If the flood waters got up any head of stem we would see the formation of oxbow lakes and the river entering the sea via a delta. I suggest the Group Captain goes back to his accident prone Air Force.

Berkshire shame on you for trying to score some kind of lousy point!..... This was your opportunity to exit left gracefully!

Does Berkshire believe that this was an isolated incident?

I am coming to the end of my life. What possible use is learning to read/write/speak Thai to me? If I had a grave and a headstone I'd much rather it told visitors that I taught my family to speak English and being able to do arithmetic than that I was bilingual. My limited vocabulary is all that I need. My lack of a comprehensive means of communication has not prevented me from maintaining good relations with the locals or in dealings with shopkeepers. I see no mileage in trying to be more Thai than the Thais.

I think the word "Engine" should read drive unit of Artics. Why I don't know as UK trucks drive in Europe without any problem.

Just to be pedantic, the N.American usage is rig, big rig,semi trailer or semi (among others).

Artics might make people think of something the Inuit use.

In the UK the bit that houses the cabin, all the controls and the engine is, or was when I lived there, called a tractor. Unhooking and replacing the tractor of articulated vehicles at the border should be no problem. A Chinese or Laotian tractor could deliver the trailer to the border and then a Thai tractor take over. Reverse procedure going the other way of course. All it takes is for transport companies to get into bed with a foreign (alien??) partner.

Mounting a horse is always on the left. This leaves the right arm and hand free to draw a sword, same goes for drawing a six shooter. Keeping to the left on a road or trail means that after mounting one can ride off without having to turn around. That's the historical reason. Experiments and tests have shown that in an 'oh my Christ' situation the majority of drivers veer to the left. Driving on the left makes this a less hazardous practice.

Why do some have to "knock" anything and everything that their choice of government was not able to do.

We're supposed to stand on the sidelines and cheer every foul up this discredited Government makes?

Thailand, home to ghosts - and now ghouls.

Make them sit up for the camera. No point in a photo of the top of there head.

It's not about the crims. The photo is to show everybody how clever and perspicacious BIB are. Instead of acting like film stars/celbrities I'd be happier if the cops were out on the street catching more bad guys.

I'm deeply shocked. A senior officer missing out on a photo opportunity. That won't do his promotion chances any good. I wonder if the other lady is in the back room 'sorting things out'.

Double post. MS software to blame?

How can they withdraw support that few, if any, use? Windows XP has NEVER provided adequate protection against sophisticated cyber attacks. Microsoft, the new IBM. Chancers all of them. Whatever MS trot out now, kids in their bedrooms will find holes in it so say nothing of the organised Russian gangs.

Shouldn't there be some room for an Immigration Officer to assist a person like this that clearly has 150,000 in excess of the minimum requirement.

The rule is to stop people gaming the system. This person clearly is not. She should get the stamp and a friendly reminder to do better next year.

They jerked me around even though I had excess of 800,000bt funds in the bank aged over 90 days.

My bank letter stated 950,000 but my bank book showed 940,000 as I had made a withdrawal.

"No, go back to the bank for a new letter that matches the bankbook."

"But Officer, I have well in excess of the required minimum"...

Dirty look and waved off like an annoying fly..

Maybe the guy was fishing for a backhander?

Same thing happened to me this year at Jomtien. When I rushed around and got hold of another bankletter and had my passport stamped, I told the officer supervising the prissy young miss who I had dealt with that there would be no thank you present this year.

According to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), it is registered and classified as a dangerous medicine. People are allowed to buy the drug without a doctor's prescription, as it is intended for non-human use.

Any comment would be superfluous.

Now do something about the overhead luggage racks.

One small step in the developed World but a great leap forward for Thailand. Well done ladies. Can attention now be forwarded for developing a winning team for hopscotch and nude leapfrog?

Delusions of grandeur, all part of Thainess.

Do the Russian helpers flying in have work permits? During the tsunami many farang were arrested for providing aid to injured. WHAT A COUNTRY! I pray Putin puts a TRAVEL ADVISORY to all his people that Thailand has ZERO concern for anyone but Thais. Safety is not spoken here.

Don't know about work permits - but he's got a frigging big navy, air force and army if anyone wants to play silly buggers with him!

I'm sure KY and her regime would not be that dumb,

One US carrier group has more numbers and punching power than the entire Russian navy according to the book I am currently reading. I remember the Phuket taxi drivers giving the US navy a hard time.

I'd much rather be treated in a Thai hospital than in a Russian one.

You obviously don't live in the sticks.

"If police break the law, then they too will go through the legal process like everyone else,” said Phuket City Police chief Sermphan Sirikong.

Really ?

Like the one who hacked off the arm of a lady who snubbed him?

So this has been going on for years. Why the crackdown now? Why wasn't action taken at an earlier date? We will never know.

Everybody looking north, meanwhile Neptune creeps in from the rear. Lateral vision was never a strong Thai attribute as we see every day on the roads, but lateral thought a very rare commodity.

If they seriously want to make the roads safer for tourists then I suggest that they start on teaching Thais how to be safe users of the road

He's probably just pining for the Bentley.

Unlike those who parrot his utterances (Norwegian Blues?) who will pine for the fjords.