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mikebell

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  1. Thais are born optimists and can only see through rose-coloured glasses; look at TAT's figures. It also helps if you are useless at sums.
  2. Another success for RTP as they stumble on in their bumbling way to mediocracy.
  3. Of course it went smoothly. None of the privileged few are going to vote against a place at the division of the spoils.
  4. I can't find a new series with Michelle Yeoh set in Taipei called The Brothers Sun. I've only looked on TPB. Trailer looks good - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt17632862/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_2_tt_7_nm_1_q_The%20Broth
  5. Just finished it. Decks cleared for S3 - in Amsterdam next.
  6. UK went thro this during the 70s. I taught in a Sec Mod which was forced to amalgamate with the local Grammar School. Exam results declined and NEVER reached the separate totals of the two individual schools before the Comprehensivisation process. Big is NOT beautiful.
  7. 'The items or services excluded from the tax rebates are alcoholic beverages, beer, and wine, tobacco, cars, motorcycles, boats, vehicle fuel, public utilities, tap water, electricity, phone, and internet service fees, long-term service fee and non-life insurance.' How many Weetabix must I buy to qualify?
  8. Rose-coloured glasses. Wait till the double taxation sets in.
  9. And spent here in Thailand by those involved in this fiasco.
  10. No it's not wrong. I hate these noisy look-at-me bikes. Many (Thai) owners deliberately hole their exhaust to draw attention to their wankerdom.
  11. They will be on the job as soon as they've finished drawing their overtime pay for reducing the daily road deaths to zero.
  12. STATS from WHO in BP yesterday! 'Each day from road crashes in THAILAND 60 (13 young) people die 2,500 (800 youth) are injured 500 are seriously injured (150 are young) 20 become disabled (7 youth)' Speeding/Drunk Driving/No police force; are the main causes.
  13. It doesn't matter what age they marry, Thai men desert their wives in droves at the onset of Morning Sickness; then pay nothing in maintenance leaving the new mothers to seek whatever work is available! AND I mean 'WHATEVER'.
  14. Yesterday WHO STATS: Each day from road crashes in THAILAND 60 (13 young) people die 2,500 (800 youth) are injured 500 are seriously injured (150 are young) 20 become disabled (7 youth)
  15. The farang was lucky it wasn't the usual 7-1 odds; are Thais getting braver? He's lucky his vehicle wasn't damaged - I had a piece of wood with a nail through it resulting in a new tire after I parked in a 'forbidden' place.
  16. Echo the above; it has provided endless hours of viewing. Here's 2 to look out for: Fool Me Once - from the Harlan Coben company; Series 2 of The Tourist - removed to Ireland from the land of Oz. Not seen either yet.
  17. 'Each day from road crashes in THAILAND 60 (13 young) people die 2,500 (800 youth) are injured 500 are seriously injured (150 are young) 20 become disabled (7 youth)' Figures from WHO. Imagine if RTP worked EVERY day not just the supposed 14 'DANGEROUS ones a year. Speed Kills; yet this offence is the one most easily eradicated with CCTV cameras everywhere IF the police had the will.
  18. According to a letter in BP today, deaths are running at 40 a day. A tribute to the dedication disinterest shown by police all year round.
  19. The 20% discount is to compensate customers for the extra six hours added to return journeys.
  20. 'Offers Free Parking for Travelers' meanwhile every other day it is almost impossible to get in to park - a queue forms & of course the VIPs go to the front & it becomes a free-for-all.
  21. The place has even fewer police than Pattaya's hapless half-dozen!
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