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edwinchester

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  1. If only his grandmother was Chinese, there wouldn't be any so called controversy then.
  2. Or this one. https://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/dramatic-ge-engine-explosion-on-boeing-767-poses-puzzle-for-investigators/
  3. And how long ago was that incident and how many since?
  4. Years ago, before I met my Thai wife, I had a Chinese girlfriend who was taking a Business course at University in the UK. Her dad was a board member of a large construction company and every so often sent his daughter a very substantial amount of money to her in the UK for her studies. This arrived by way of a courier, a stewardess, with a major airline. My girlfriend would arrange to meet her at her stopover hotel in Heathrow Airport and collect her money. I'd imagine connected individuals are still using methods like this.
  5. "....projections suggesting that the year-end figures will likely mirror those of the previous year..." Hardly a surge then if figures are similar to the previous year when visa free travel for Chinese wasn't available.
  6. So the revising of the recent revision of the previous revision of the old revision of revamped bus numbers has yet to implemented and the date may be subject to revision.
  7. No surprise as he was doing the army's dirty work. Took a change of Govt to expose him.
  8. Alleged? Most superfluous word in the whole article. One of our friends got conscripted a while ago against his wishes. He was allowed to avoid service as long as he didn't take any pay, that was to remain with those higher up the chain. Rotten to the core.
  9. Last year's drought hit production hard. All our neighbours have had a reduced crop, some by as much as 30%. Now they've been told the canals won't be opened for the foreseeable future as there's not enough water in the reservoirs. Looks like some rice farmer's will be lucky to get half of their usual money.
  10. Looks like the cow-pat in our rice field I nearly stepped in this morning.
  11. At least Pita didn't end up in the Mekong with a concrete overcoat so hope he carries on the good fight.
  12. Hopefully you're not a real teacher because your moral compass is <deleted>.
  13. The tax payable on 400k bht per year for an expat is hardly massive, about 1700 bht per month. Even less if they are officially retired, over 65 I believe, when the allowance before being taxed goes up substantially.
  14. I read recently, sorry can't find the link, that Thai Revenue have briefed several big law firms and accountants as well as representatives of big business. Rest assured the little guy will be last to find out the details of implementation.
  15. There were friends of this woman who must of suspected, but weren't quite sure, that she was a <deleted> moron. She's just gone and removed any lingering doubt they may have had.
  16. EVs are alot less likely to catch fire than an ICE. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/nov/20/do-electric-cars-pose-a-greater-fire-risk-than-petrol-or-diesel-vehicles
  17. This is what happens when a UK Govt refuses to properly fund it's mental health services and it's Police Force.
  18. Holding about one tenth of one percent of the shares in a media company that ceased operation nearly 17 years ago is not control or influence of the electorate at all. This whole affair was the last ditch attempt by the military and it's supporters to deprive the winner of most public support in the last election their rightful chance to firm a Government.
  19. I counted forty, honestly!, in a pickup once. Eight in the cabin and 32 in the bed. They were sat four abreast on four planks double-decker style so two layers of 16 labourers.
  20. Yeah won't be long before you need to show an id card to buy a chest freezer.
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