bobbin

The negativity here is depressing.

Whatever figure was given out I think TV members would moan saying it was too high or too low.

That's all you lot do is moan. Your sarcasm is almost racist.

A determination to find a long term solution to the flood problems is precisely what is needed and it is going to cost a huge amount of money. The money will create a huge number of jobs for Thais and will benefit the whole of Thailand not just Bangkok. Why does everyone here condemn it before anything has even been started. Just because some of the money will go astray is no reason for that. Money goes astray in all government spending all over the world. Look at your home countries before spouting your puritan bullshit here.

Oh come on now.....

Don't start getting all logical!

These fools seeking any and all opportunities to inject their anti-"red" venom are the same people who polluted the forum for months last year.

Seems they are here by mistake. They were looking for ThaiPolitics.com. Wish they could find it and leave us in peace.

Until then, i have decided to report every over-the-top post for objectionable content. Perhaps if more would join in, TV would become a vitriol-free zone.

My father was on continuous oxygen. At home had the big O2 generator and plastic hose running to his reclining chair. To travel, he had a little portable machine. Not sure how much O2 it actually stored, or how much it would "extract" from the air and enrich his nose tube air supply.

This is the way to go if you will be flying more than infrequently.

My father was recently prescribed oxygen therapy, and finds the cylinders a bit intimidating. Remembering a current television series where a recurring character is using what appears to be a small pump, I did some Google research....

They are called portable oxygen concentrators (poc). Some are continuous flow, some are on-demand. They can work from rechargeable batteries or even from vehicle power outlet.

They are approved for in-flight use by the FAA since 2000.

Seems like the way to go in the future. Best of luck.

Thanks for this post.

Trying to keep up with events, I find myself subjected to the most ridiculous armchair pronouncements. Without bias, most of these opportunists are of the anti-Thaksin persuasion.

If you think I am exaggerating, you have not been reading these threads.

Maybe because you are not reading the label correctly?

Whole milk here is 3-3.25% butterfat. Meiji sells a premium whole milk that is 4.25% BF. Skim is as you read 2% and 0% is....0%.

I don't use uht milk as it tastes awful unless ...well it tastes awful.

I saw one in Pattaya about a month ago. On a`red plate with about 400km on it, so someone found a place to buy one.

Not a bad-looking bike but I know nothing about them so off to check your link.

Black and shiny it was, with good size (Chinese) rubber.

Note I said "Different people" not different cultures.

Those are the only two cultures in my sample group. And (here comes the stereotype..) Mexicans aren't noted for their strong work ethic as a rule.

But I take your point and kudos to the Thai fellow you speak of in your story.

These are the good stories to hear.

To the OP, I'm sure a door will open.

Yours is an interesting story. I would love to know what the future holds for you and your wife.

Here is another, that I have posted about on TV before, usually eliciting surprisingly few comments.

A good friend of mine has a vacation home in Mexico. Many years ago, a family living nearby inquired whether he could help a young woman they knew to obtain nanny, maid etc. work in Canada. He actually was able to help with this request, as he knew a Canadian family who were willing to sponsor her to work as a live-in nanny.

I met her at this time. She was 19 years old, an indigenous Mexican Indian who could barely speak English and had not gone to high school. Over the next two years, while she continued her work, they formed a relationship. The age-gap was about 25 years. They married.

She was keen to become educated and obtained a GED or high-school equivalency certificate. She enrolled in the well-respected local university, graduating several years later with 2 Masters degrees. Archaeology and Spanish. Funny thing about the Archaeology was that the university specialized in Plains Indians. Not the rich, pre-Columbus history of Mexican Indian cultures.

She is now, for several years, a well-respected teacher in the separate Catholic school system. They have a 15 year old son.

I contrast this with the several Thai girls I know, who have married/received sponsorship from farangs. Without exception, they have all "retired" to a life of ease and somtam.

Similar opportunities. Different people.

Hello Bobbin, thanks for quoting prices. Would those prices be for a light-weight wheelchair? (I mean, not the old-fashioned heavy type with two big wheels - those are cheaper.)

Sorry about your mother... I'm also looking to buy for my mother - unfortunately, it looks like she's going to need it permanently...

Yes, those prices are for the "big wheel" style but quite light frame. They do have the 4 small wheel version but can't help with the price.

Is this an example of what becomes of the children of elderly farangs and the young bargirls they have kids with?

BTW, the deceased had 2 kids of his own; 18 and 14 years of age.

Speaking from experience? Or do you have information that wasnt provided to the press?

It was a legit question. What do you think happens to kids in Thailand when the farang father is either dead, uninterested, or otherwise disposed of by the spouse? Let's see if the farang father shows up to stand with the product of his spilled seed.

Digging yourself in deeper, my dear GK...

When you post as often as you do, some are bound to be clunkers.

The comment was unwarranted and betrays a judgmental mindset.

Purchased one last year for my Mom, who slipped on wet tile floor on her balcony.

8,000-12,000 Baht at Fascino.

My money is on the processor fan..

All this blue screen and safe mode stuff may just be a result of the computer not getting an opportunity to start up properly and getting a little corrupted, if you can keep it on long enough it may just fix itself.

I have had an Acer that was giving me similar problems, the machine itself (not the windows) was detecting a rapid rise in temperature and shutting off to prevent damage.

I thought of the worst.. motherboard etc.. but was very surprised and also very sceptical when the repairman quoted 200 Baht to change the fan. That was 3 months ago and no problems since.

There is an exhaust on the laptop, can you feel rush of air, can you hear the fan?

I'm having similar problems with one of my laptops, an Acer. Without taking it in for diagnosis yet, I'm pretty sure the problem is happening because the fan does not seem to be working. No rush of air and cannot hear it working. I had the fan cleaned up about six months ago when it was making grinding noises. I wanted to replace but the shop said they could not find one for 4 year old Acer.

So failure to start or restart when hot but no problem when cold. The strange thing is that when it starts cold it stays on, does not shut itself off and works fine. But the palm rest is really hot. Not using it because of this , but I would like to just replace the fan if possible to find.

Well, first thing Happysiam should do is change his forum name.....

My God!

This guy is a salesman on steroids...

Or a first-time mom, "My little darling is so perfect. Yesterday he...."

I know he'll get defensive, but enough already. We know you like it and it's so much better than everything else..

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Or try Angket or Spanish Place or Nirun. I wouldnt live in any of them.

Of course you are entitled to your opinion and long-term posters are aware of your interest in real estate and your compassion for your fellow man. But.....

Spanish Place and Nirun are multi-building complexes. Definitely at the lower end of the market but horses for courses.

Angket is a single building and was completely refurbished last year.

Time to update the data base.

Thank God!

Now I can use the practically brand-new air-con unit in my living room........

when Thaksin said he would bring back the war on drugs I think that was a threat, I can't imagine any other reason to say that being that it failed miserably and can only continue to do so based on the results of other countries that have tried it or are still "doing" it.

it did not fail miserably. At the time, organized crime syndicates had effectively established a defacto state in several of the provinces. The military, the police, the judiciary and the civil servants were in league with the drug cartels. The war on drugs was not so much against the drugs, but was an action to prevent Thailand beoming a Panama or Peru or Columbia. In that regard, the war on drugs was a success.Many of the people that died were casualties of the drug cartel feuds, either silencing people that would talk or settling scores. Others were indeeed hardened criminals. Some of the dead were innocent non implicated civilians that were either killed in error by the police and military or were intentionally murdered by the drug cartels to discredit the government's fight to keep the nation free of the drug cartels.

A new low for the "kid".

Seriously, what are you smoking?

You are out of step with the emerging consensus on the utter failure of the "Drug War", which actually translates into a War by the State on it's own citizens. A one-sided war for the most part, as there are few retaliatory killings of State officials by the "enemy". Exception being Mexico, which scares the Hell out of USA

She looks like a ladyboy.

Na... Ladyboys generally look nicer without that baby pouch bulge above the pu-----y

Picky picky.

Here in Pattaya...

I have a Sony ICF SW7600 I would sell.

Make me an offer...

I see the delicious "Carrefour" branded butter has been removed

Lord B.....

So the similarly delicious Casino butter ( same weight, same price) was out of stock?

Both are/were good cultured butter. You did know they both are cultured ( same pro-biotics as yoghurt) didn't you?

Same has happened here in Patong - in some way for the worse. The ground floor has been stuffed with packets of crisps, biscuits and all those fattening snackie things and the more important stuff like cleaning materials and household goods relegated to the first floor. Maybe this is what being Thai-centric in supermarket wisdom is?

Let us hope the full range of Carrefour products will be with us for a long time yet

The Carrefour products will dissapear completely.In Pattaya they are all removed already.

Yes, that is true, but most of the Carrefour products have been replaced by Casino-branded products, i.e. same-same.

There are many sad stories in this world, to be sure. To make the leap in logic you have made, JurgenG, is a leap too far.

Would the extra-judicial deaths of 10,000 mom-and-pop sellers of alcohol/tobacco save the lives of 100,000 consumers of those products? Is that what you are saying?

Why stop there? Perhaps a series of assassinations of CEOs and major shareholders of the companies that produce the alcohol and cigarettes?

This is the logic you are proposing...

Riding on the fear among the voters, party after party is declaring war on drugs and other evils in society, while one in particular has vowed to declare victory on its "war on drugs" within 12 months.

If you ever needed proof that politicians are liars who will say anything to get what they want, here you are.

"Drugs, like many other ills, are a social problem, not a criminal problem. Drug dealing and abuse stem from many factors. From peer pressure to lack of opportunities and unemployment, the very fact that people turn to illicit drugs is a testimony to the fact that they feel they have nothing to lose or that they don't have much to live for."

If drugs are a social problem, why then does drug trafficking attract the death penalty?

While I do not want to see a repeat of the alleged extra judicial killings, this article misses the point that drugs ARE a serious problem in this country and that people want something done about it quickly. The perception of many Thais I have spoken to is that the the problem has been getting worse since the coup.

The author also ignores the fact that people sell drugs to make money - to profit from the misery and death of others. It is said by the locals in my village that it is now easier to buy drugs than to buy paracetamol. The villagers know who the local sellers are, but feel powerless to do anything about it because the local sellers are believed to be supplied by and receive protection from certain members of Thailand's Finest. Cold comfort for the family of the 16 year old local boy who died from drugs just weeks after finishing school last term. The drug dealers gave him nothing to live for.

Sorry, but it's simplistic thinking like yours that perpetuates the failed "War" and causes politicians to play to your fears.

The death penalty for drug trafficking is an abomination and shows how far some will go to appear to be holier than thou. Whiskey is as available as paracetamol in my village. What does that prove? People sell drugs to make money. Quelle surprise! People sell all sorts of products to make money. That's because the people want those products. The marketplace is not immoral, it is amoral.

The perception that current policies are not/ will never work, is growing worldwide, as the article states.

As one poster above states correctly, the "War on Drugs" is actually a Civil War between members of the same society.

What is your solution to the problem?

Legalize. Prohibition is a failed policy.

Regulate. Ensure consumer safety as to purity/content.

Educate. The People are not idiots but evermore educated.

Tax. Turn the budget drain into a positive revenue.

Research. More funds available for addiction research. Applicable to drugs, alcohol, overeating etc.

Stop. Demonizing a large percentage of your fellow citizens. ( friends,neighbors,relatives..)

Basically all that was said by high-level Commission on Drugs supported by among others former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, Sir Richard Branson, former US Secretary of State George Schulz, former President of Mexico and Brazil etc. Political figures no longer constrained from stating their personal conclusions.

Riding on the fear among the voters, party after party is declaring war on drugs and other evils in society, while one in particular has vowed to declare victory on its "war on drugs" within 12 months.

If you ever needed proof that politicians are liars who will say anything to get what they want, here you are.

"Drugs, like many other ills, are a social problem, not a criminal problem. Drug dealing and abuse stem from many factors. From peer pressure to lack of opportunities and unemployment, the very fact that people turn to illicit drugs is a testimony to the fact that they feel they have nothing to lose or that they don't have much to live for."

If drugs are a social problem, why then does drug trafficking attract the death penalty?

While I do not want to see a repeat of the alleged extra judicial killings, this article misses the point that drugs ARE a serious problem in this country and that people want something done about it quickly. The perception of many Thais I have spoken to is that the the problem has been getting worse since the coup.

The author also ignores the fact that people sell drugs to make money - to profit from the misery and death of others. It is said by the locals in my village that it is now easier to buy drugs than to buy paracetamol. The villagers know who the local sellers are, but feel powerless to do anything about it because the local sellers are believed to be supplied by and receive protection from certain members of Thailand's Finest. Cold comfort for the family of the 16 year old local boy who died from drugs just weeks after finishing school last term. The drug dealers gave him nothing to live for.

Sorry, but it's simplistic thinking like yours that perpetuates the failed "War" and causes politicians to play to your fears.

The death penalty for drug trafficking is an abomination and shows how far some will go to appear to be holier than thou. Whiskey is as available as paracetamol in my village. What does that prove? People sell drugs to make money. Quelle surprise! People sell all sorts of products to make money. That's because the people want those products. The marketplace is not immoral, it is amoral.

The perception that current policies are not/ will never work, is growing worldwide, as the article states.

As one poster above states correctly, the "War on Drugs" is actually a Civil War between members of the same society.

For those that don't have the CBR250R owner's manual/handbook in english

http://www.hondampe....2032KYJE000.pdf

Just a note on looking at the first few pages...

Load capacity including rider, passenger, cargo and all accessories is 140kg (309 lbs) !

No fat riders or you better have a real skinny girlfriend/wife....

If there was ever a reason to run, you're looking at it.

There is no way I'd be surrendering with Ms. Dominique waiting in the bungalow....

Come and get me, coppers!