realfunster

Not that I disagree with your comment but this is something that all of Thai society needs to tackle. I remain astonished, especially given the amount of 'propaganda' peddled via various media channels, that the government/ministries find it difficult to develop national educational campaigns on several key national public behaviour issues, drink driving being one of these. If you can start to challenge and change the mindset and start making it a socially unacceptable behaviour, then you might see some improvements. Of course, as we see in wider day-to-day society and the generally lax law enforcement, telling someone what to do or receiving such guidance rarely goes down well in Thailand. Until this aspect of the Thai collective psyche develops, I think it will continue to be difficult...

They didn't. Not for me to speak for the original poster but perhaps they are alluding the the end of the 'zero covid' policy hitherto adopted by China. Once covid is widely out in the community we have a fairly good idea (after 3 years now) which groups are more likely to be seriously infected, or worse...especially with a somewhat limited vaccine roll-out in China. I suppose the positive for China is that the current dominant covid strains appear generally less dangerous than earlier strains.

In my experience most Thai washing up liquid requires a veritable niagara falls of water action to get some decent bubbles going, certainly a lot more than a gentle stir with a teaspoon. I feel it is fairly unlikely that she is partaking in any kind of scam.

With respect to Col.Udom, he might be better served keeping quiet at the moment rather than sharing anecdotal evidence. As he himself mentions, as a 'closed' ship, if protocols are properly followed then it should be extremely difficult to sink, even with a cracked hull at the "front ,left side". Of course, it is quite possible any hull crack developed after the power and control of the vessel was lost. Blaming an inanimate object for the incident is the most inoffensive and face saving approach and does not risk upsetting anyone. I do hope this is not the start of a PR cover-up campaign to deflect from a thorough investigation into the causes for the sinking.

If it is a fungal infection (suggest seeing a doctor) then they can be difficult to clear. Amongst various treatments I tried creams, varnishes, lotions and iodine foot baths. In the end, I tried what seemed to me a logical solution mentioned on the web. Fungus generally likes dark and moist environments, so I try to keep my feet aired as much as possible (I would suggest switching to open toed shoes as much as practical, this was not easy for me as a Brit with our general dislike for sandals ????) and perhaps more importantly, whenever possible I take "feet sun baths" for 10-15 minutes whilst day-dreaming about the UV zapping the fungus. Obviously you need to be a bit careful not too overdo this and risk sun burning your feet but in my experience it is amazing how often a seat/table just has a little area of direct sunlight nearby and then you can just stretch out your feet for a few minutes to get the benefits of the UV.

Allow me to give you another 3 words instead... "clickbait drives views".

Perhaps you have become institutionalised by the world of work ! I would be looking at this next phase with great excitement. I am sure you will have no problems to find many fulfilling and interesting ways to spend your time, with (finally) the freedom to do exactly what you want with your own time !

Oh dear, that’s terrible news. Thought the report said all were evacuated. I wonder if they can attempt an undersea rescue to check for those that might be trapped inside.

The sea didn’t look particularly rough in the video, I wonder if someone forgot to batten down the hatches ? Glad everyone got off the ship safely.

I've seen it around advertised in some clinics here in Bangkok. Not a recommendation but if you are in Bangkok I got a flyer handed to me recently by Medconsult who are now offering this service. Have you thought about a wider wellness check-up ? Apart from general aging (sorry to say!), it could be a range of underlying issues.

Get a grip man, life is full of risk. Thai culture places more value on this kind of team-building, training or whatever it is. Sure some of it could be in town but the reason to have it somewhere a bit more remote is so people spend time together rather than buggering off in all directions to the nearest mall/bar or whatever. Oh, I get it now - you are surely trolling.

RIP to the man, sounds like a horrible way to go. After the "heated" debate in another thread after other pit bull attacks last week....I look forward to round 2.

Exactly, let’s wait and see. The reporters sometimes even forget to mention ‘minor’ details like custodial sentences being suspended… A staggering and horrific case, I wish K.Jirawat a much happier future and I do hope he gets the support he needs to work through his issues after such a traumatic experience.

RIP to the gentlemen involved. There is CCTV out there somewhere, I will reserve judgment until then. However, based on the single photo provided from the CCTV, I do believe your preliminary assessment of this being a possibly illegal right turn from the fast lane of a dual carriageway is not unreasonable. Even if that is so, there remains the question of why the CRV didn't take evasive action.

1) The videos from Cleo Patra are still available on Twitter. 2) The Cleo Patra account was deleted. 3) Other accounts, including Steve Goffman (from the linked article that you yourself shared), still have the videos up on Twitter. 4) Do you really think that Evil Elon has a cunning master plan to censor all copies of this video on Twitter from the 18,000 or so people with cameras that were at the Arena or are you simply suffering from confirmation bias against someone with a different political outlook to you and you are all too happy to jump on a spurious reason to attack him/Twitter ? I have no horse in this race but I really can't stand one-eyed and unreasonable argumentation, which unfortunately appears to to be the standard approach these days.

I knew about the 365 days, I wasn't aware about a specific requirement to be named as the sole beneficiary. Sounds like I need to have a chat with the wife about this.

Imagine trying to launder USD 1.5m through a government agency... It seems even the criminals here are promoted based on nepotism and connections, rather than brains.

Since forever ? If you want a formal definition, a brief Google suggests that >65 is a typical benchmark.

Roll ? I suppose a thank you from Biden would be the yeast he could do, I agree Thailand deserves butter although they are coming across as a bit kneady.

Why's that then ? In the linked article it says they had already run out of/away from the shop and were attempting to start their motorbikes to leave the scene when the shots were fired causing the injuries. Therefore, it would seem the imminent and realistic threat of personal injury to the shop-owner had receded. His final actions of "following up" with his shotgun attack would likely not meet the benchmark for reasonable self-defence of either person or property in most legal jurisdictions.

Not sure what industry you are in but my Thai company typically gives 4-6% annual salary increases since time immemorial. Even more this year. This is consistent with what I read in the press when they launch their annual salary increase survey results for Thailand/ASEAN. Thailand has bad and worsening demographics in terms of age and educational opportunities, meaning distinctly average workers (from manufacturing to professional) can get fairly well paid and regularly switch jobs/companies with little problem here due to manpower and skills demand/supply mismatches. It’s a system which conflates market demand, due to a lack of resources, with employee quality, and many are deluded enough in the Thai bubble to believe their own hype. In theory, all good for the average employee but unfortunately many parts of the Thai economy operate beyond domestic borders, where they are being and will continue to get battered by more balanced economies, and I don’t just mean cheaper ones but also those that can provide value added knowledge-based services. Having had a relative growth spurt since the 80s on being a low cost manufacturing base, that window has closed and the economy needs to sharpen up. Ultimately, like the prevailing culture, it’s quite a sabai-sabai economy, which seems to have some robustness and steadily plows forwards but I think it could do so much better.

Zzzzz - can’t we get some serious politicians in this country ? Let’s make it 1,000 a day…whilst comparable competitor countries do it a lot cheaper and Thailand doesn’t have much to offer in terms of “added value”. Without a holistic national strategy, it’s going to be a hard journey for Thailand to break the middle-income trap.

Well done to the ever insightful Anutin for stigmatizing mental heath issues with connections to drug use. Way to go in not acknowledging and managing a problem that impacts a significant amount of non-drug users. I think their first priority should be to build up capabilities to take severe sufferers into care. There are a lot of roaming folks with severe mental health issues who are currently “managed”within communities with mixed and sometimes very negative outcomes. That, and getting the mental health issue discussed in a sensible way…

My good friend in the UK is an oncology consultant with 25 years practice. Apart from a backlog of procedures/care and delayed diagnoses due to hospital services disruption with COVID, he tells me all is standard at the moment, apart from the fact he is working his <deleted> off. So, what to do ? We have 2 ordinary people involved in primary health care giving different opinions ? I personally wouldn’t feel comfortable to build a position based on the anecdotal evidence of 1 or 2 people, as that seems statistically unreasonable. I wonder how we can get to the bottom of it and establish the facts on cancer cases? Or should we just follow your “anti mainstream narrative”, which ironically, by definition, is just a “narrative” in itself…