Everything posted by mikebell
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Thailand's Tourism Booms with 22M Visitors in 2025
The population of Hat Yai doubles every weekend as Malay males cross into Thailand shopping for oats.
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Thai PM Anutin Reveals 3.9 Billion Baht in Assets
Thanks for this. Here's the record for the big two in profits: Net profit (THB billion) — 2020 → 2024 Rank (2024)Bank (ticker)20202021202220232024Source 1Kasikornbank — KBank29.4935.7742.4149.6048.60KBank annual / financial summary. ธนาคารกสิกรไทย+1 2Bangkok Bank — BBL24.4630.5639.4341.6445.21Bangkok Bank investor presentation / financial info.
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Thai PM Anutin Reveals 3.9 Billion Baht in Assets
The quote was of Anutin's words. Despite your Bangkok eulogy, you will find many farangs squealing about its treatment of their accounts recently. I recently waited one hour for service whilst FOUR assistants managed to whittle the queue down by one!
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Viral Dance Clips Spark Legal Warnings from Thai Police
Facebook Thailand censors nudity in any form. My GF posts videos/photos of me in the kitchen with my chest covered by a towel. On holiday in Spain this Summer, she avoided taking photos of people in swimming costumes.
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Thaksin's Calm First Night in Klong Prem Prison
'the Corrections Department is evaluating a programme under the 2023 Corrections Act for out-of-prison detention using electronic monitoring (EM) devices. Despite Thaksin's eligibility, limited EM resources pose challenges, with the department expecting new budget allocations by 2025.' I fully expect him to make a substantial contribution to the department's budget; he will be home before the month is out.
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Thai PM Anutin Reveals 3.9 Billion Baht in Assets
Anutin declared 1.09 billion baht in cash and deposits spread across more than two dozen bank accounts. Why does anyone need over 20 bank accounts? Meanwhile Bangkok Bank continues its war on 'dirty farangs'.
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Crocodile Spotted in Rayong Amid Flood Crisis
Can one buy croc eggs to release into the wild?
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Can AI Really Write Good Stuff For You? Understanding the Hype.
I get ChatGPT to translate my writing into Thai.
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Lewie vs. Ratatouille: Bangers Street Footy, Score One Nil!
So how can you tell? I am a professional author (not very successful in Thailand); should I use AI to re-write my books? I use ChatGPT to translate submissions into Thai (tho' I am still ignored.)
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Lewie vs. Ratatouille: Bangers Street Footy, Score One Nil!
Well I didn't and have always commented positively about Lewie's unique style. Maybe I should hand my opus over to ChatGPT?
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Yahoo has ceased search operations in Thailand. Yahoo
Done. Thank you.
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Yahoo has ceased search operations in Thailand. Yahoo
Thank you. I did try but the drop-down menu didn't work for IT.
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Yahoo has ceased search operations in Thailand. Yahoo
I tried to put it on Computers but the drop-down menu doesn't work. I don't know if this is old news or I'm doing something wrong. I have a free VPN (Browsec) & ordinarily have it set to Singapore. If I switch it off, I get the above announcement. Is it everybody or just me?
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The Cheeky Lump Downstairs: Lewie’s Crown Jewel Crisis
Here, here. What next, a description of your latest turd?
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National Team in Shock After Body Found in Suitcase in Chonburi
18 kgs of weights + 40 kgs minimum body weight - the killer must have waded out dragging the suitcase behind him (her?). No wonder (s)he didn't get to deeper water.
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Cement Mixer Collides with Parked Truck, Driver Killed
If only Pattaya's police left their offices!
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Brit mum jailed for overstay returns to UK without son
How does she qualify for this? I get £93 a week after 44 years service on a frozen state pension.
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Cement Mixer Collides with Parked Truck, Driver Killed
I watched a cement mixer driver turning off Suk into Tai yesterday; he had his window down, leaning nonchalantly out of his cab, steering with only his left hand. Lower down Tai, a couple of police were gleefully confiscating an illegally parked car.
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French Tourist Flees After Violent Hotel Fight with Australian
Kuwaitis?
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Truck Crashes Into Motorway Toll Booth, Killing One
There has to be a reason the brakes fail; poor/no servicing. There has to be a reason why the driver was speeding in sight of the toll booth on a September afternoon. A competent police force would discover which. Alas we may never know.
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Gunfire Erupts at Funeral After Drunken Brawl
Why would you take a gun to a funeral?
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Pattaya Party Chaos: Indian Tourists Dance on Moving Songthaew
Promises, promises.
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Middle Eastern Tourists Hurt in Pattaya Highway Bike Crash
That stretch of road has been used as a racetrack for 15 years to my knowledge. You'd think a local cop would have picked up on this.
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Pattaya Bar Brawl Leaves Couple Demanding Justice
' the bar owner dared her to involve the police, boasting connections with a high-ranking officer,' Hmn, I wonder.
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Expats Flee Pattaya Bars Amid Intensive Police Raids
I question the word 'surprise' as a culprit is rarely found despite the battery of tests above.