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I wonder what he'd be thinking if someone did that to him? The shoe/boot would truly be on the other foot in that case!

I preferred the Phantom Raspberry Blower of Old London Town... Especially the name of the "girl" in the opening credits...

Whilst I understand your reply, I suspect many on the other side of the fence might say that Oct 7th is because of the many wrongs that Israel has visited on the Palestinian people. We all know 2 wrongs don’t make a right. In the case of this conflict that has gone on since at least the middle of the last century, there have been thousands of wrongs and few rights. I take no sides in this conflict. They are all in the wrong. In the case of the incident in question, this is a crime in my eyes. Likely manslaughter through gross negligence. That poor soul should never have been there, the person accountable for that ammunition and its placement is a criminal in my eyes.

Anyone surprised?

Or is iCon short for I Convict?

As someone who enjoys a beer or six, of course I get what you say. But TIT and I think I'd want to respect the local culture wherever I am, whether I like it or not. At least users of this Forum know about the 17th and can "prepare"; either filling an empty fridge or flying somewhere without such restriction. Tourists going to Thailand may not know about this though, and I feel worse for them. Of course they should have known, but we all know that reality.

A variety of reasons. As I know a bit about Hong Kong I did a few comparisons. All but one HK Uni is in the top 100 in the world. Research scores are all deep into the 90's (out of 100), Thai scores are between 17 (!!!!) and 50ish. But is it isn't just this that is the difference. The web site site is quite easy to navigate so you can maybe compare Thailand with wherever you are from. Better comparison (for probably only me I hasten to add) was between HK & Singapore. Both SG unis rank ahead of all HK unis, but not by much, mainly due to teaching quality and their research environments. Time HK unis got some better teachers, or at least find out why the current ones scored so badly!!

I've and re-watched this video a dozen times now. Each time trying to put my brain into a different place to where I was the first time, a different way to look at it and consider it. My first look felt it was deliberate. Still probably wouldn't be attempted murder of course, unless there was evidence of a motive. Please note that almost exactly the same thing happened to me on the M25 round London about 30 years ago. I wasn't filtering, I was simply in the middle lane overtaking the slower traffic. Some geezer in the inside turned his head, looked at me (eye to eye contact made), and he turned sharply into the side of me. I landed in the outside lane at about 70mph. How nobody hit me I still don't know. I had top-quality leathers on and a good helmet. I came out of that with mild concussion, a friction burn on the elbow (inside of leathers) and a few bruises. I told the copper what happened, including that the eye contact had been made, but we both agreed that unless driver confessed then no chance to prove. We also both agreed that even though he looked at me he may not have seen me due to poor concentration, and that his mind may not have reacted to what he saw before he had committed to make the turn. But the guy got convicted of dangerous driving, rather than careless, got 5 penalty points and £500 fine. So, I'm a bit sensitive when I see this type of thing. Going back to the video, on balance, the chances are the driver saw a gap and went for it without any care for anyone else. Happens a lot without consequence, sometimes there's a prang. It happens all over the world. I won't single out Thailand on this. I've driven in worse places than Thailand for this type of thing (Italy).

Replace "Boris" with "Donald"? Probably plenty of others too.

Just read this. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cevypzd9gklo There's nothing better to engender confidence in the flying public, aircraft purchasers and investors than culling 10% of your workforce amid "quality concerns". An ex-employer of mine's Finance team culled a shed load of engineers to 'save money', leaving few to do the contracted work. And the CEO vetoed the legitimate concerns of the Engineering Director. Guess what? The company lost most of its overseas business as a result and is trying/failing to start again. Idiots. Yup, there's a strike, but why kill your company by failing to meaningfully negotiate (but not cave)? Seems the crazy macho management of before has passed on their craziness to the new bunch. I'm sure the union are all angels of course. All this, just as the Chinese have launched a new aircraft (Comac C919), with orders starting to roll in. The Chinese will be laughing their narrow bodies in the aisles, and in a few years the wide bodies might be laughing too. C'mon Boeing! Don't remove yourself from the marketplace through ignorance, stupid arrogant male behaviours, ignoring your senior engineers and their years of safety experience and ignoring the competition!

I wonder if he got shoved in the police cells until a court appearance (or for his own safety) rather than let out on bail? Story text doesn't mention, but maybe eludes as to why the headline says what it says. I'm obviously guessing.

I know there are far too many people work here without a permit, taking Thai jobs (perhaps debateable), but WTF is someone this qualified, and supposedly intelligent, think they are doing? Am assuming he is properly trained and registered in Korea of course. Guess the Thai Medical Council needs to be contacting the Korean equivalent too.

Amazing. Underlines the importance of basic first aid training for as many as possible, with defribs dotted around if possible. That'll be a very big wai from the tourist I hope.

If only he had the basic skillset and real-life experience to get a proper job. Oh wait, virtually none of the UK Members of Parliament fit that job description, or if they ever did they forgot as soon as they hit the "winter fuel allowance" gravy train.

Calm down...

Yeah, depends on the exclusion zone and how proactive the police are at reacting to either the proximity alarm or that the bracelet has been tampered with (chopped off). 300km exclusion zone should be far enough. Maybe. Hopefully. Perhaps. Maybe not.

And for any OCD prisoners, how about mis-matching shoes AND laces?

Yeah. I wonder if these people believed they had a choice. Look after their families. Or not. I guess they definitely are not now. Maybe also the karma thing took charge. Still sad for their families and friends. And it's all so avoidable too.

Reminds of an Ear, Nose & Throat specialist I once had to see... 😇👩‍⚕️🙈

Not going to disagree, but he's paying for what he prefers. Same as everyone.

Reminds me of a TV show in the UK a few years ago. Watch the first sketch of this... 🤪

#MeToo should apply to everyone. Same as #FederalLaw and respect for all of the judicial system that countless presidents have allowed to rumble on. And most ex-Presidents.

OMG!! 🤡 Another law breaker wanting to be back in public life.

Yeah, I was right. A Big Joke.

Sad.