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"Sunday was also the first Thakoon runway show to feature handbags, which the brand launched quietly last season"

a handbag!

Couldn't happen to a nicer person. Expect we'll have another Falklands row manufactured soon, that's the usual argie political response to discontent at home.

Good News! I mean Thais start to understand the difference between Russians and Ukranians!

His name doesn't sound like Russian nor Ukrainian, and his face too.

He may be a Ukrainian passport holder but actually Tatar or Bashkir by his ethnic nationality?

What a desperate look in his eyes! I wish he was proven innocent...

He has a Tatar name, but so what?

He can say tatar to his freedom then!

Before the bigots chime in, French citizen / Lebanese or Algerian surname : there's a shared history between these countries, so let's not go there this time pls.

http://www.namespedia.com/details/Ksouri

I hope the old bloke recovers and they catch the pair responsible.

So not a real Frenchie then, thanks for clearing that up.

Didn't Denise Van Outen go out with him years back, still not as embarrassing as her having that weasle jay kay as an ex though.

I never heard of the guy until the allegations surfaced. He wasn't exactly The Beatles or Olivia Newton John, now was he.

What a loser.

Bet you've heard his music though, unless you never used to watch NFL games or even the Super Bowl. Played at ice hockey games too I believe.

The guy doesn't look Arab to me. He could be an Aussie who converted to Islam. Who knows?

Whatever he is he doesn't deserve another breath.

Agree. Definitely a white Aussie dude. Amazing how some people are trying to imply that he's not, as if it will change anything. The bastard is just evil, nothing to do with his skin color. Feel real bad for the girl and her family. What a horrific way to go.

Should of gone to Specsavers, definitely middle eastern and most likely a Leb.

thai men have to problems beating up a girl/girlfriend/wife ....

United States have the highest rate of domestic violence. Fyi

Highest reported rate possibly, not too many women willing to report such things in Pakistan, India or pretty much all the middle eastern countries. Certainly not the same willingness to report in Thailand either.

Australia is now a multi-cultural nation

Yep, even got the terrorism to prove it!

Where was the factory foreman while all this was going on

Pouring the drinks ?

Same sort of thing happens all the time on a quiet tuesday afternoon in UK, US, Aus etc, couple in a relationship spend the day getting progressively drunker and more argumentive in the work place, then eventually choose their weapons and try to kill each other.

thai men have to problems beating up a girl/girlfriend/wife ....

Not just the men, my brother in law's been beaten up by his wife in the past, knocked his teeth out.

She looks feisty this one, quite appealing actually.

I do wonder whether the writer intended the double-entendre - they are going to give Prince Philip a Knighthood "for his long history of service down under!"

But seriously folks, can we list the services rendered to Australia by the prince? Oh, sorry, that was the second joke! How stupid of me!

Risked life and limb serving as a Midshipman on a battleship protecting the Australian Expeditionary Forces in WWII.

Why is he pointing at her? He didn't actually witness her committing the offence.

I'm going out on a limb here and guessing maybe it's because she confessed to nicking his phone and it was found in her locker.

tgeezer, on 24 Jan 2015 - 11:20, said:

When Tiger Woods came to Thailand friends were excited and proud that he was half Thai, they changed their opinion of him very quickly when he equivocated in an interview.

I don't see how he could equivocate, the facts are undeniable. He has also spoken out with conviction that he is half Thai and half Black not 100% Black as many people tended to think.

No, he's 1/4 Thai, 1/4 Chinese, 1/4 Black, 1/8 Native American and 1/4 White or "Cablinasian" as he calls himself.

That makes him a 1 and 1/8 person. That's pretty unique!

My bad,

1/4 Thai, 1/4 Chinese, 1/4 Black, 1/8 Native American, 1/8 White.

tgeezer, on 24 Jan 2015 - 11:20, said:

When Tiger Woods came to Thailand friends were excited and proud that he was half Thai, they changed their opinion of him very quickly when he equivocated in an interview.

I don't see how he could equivocate, the facts are undeniable. He has also spoken out with conviction that he is half Thai and half Black not 100% Black as many people tended to think.

No, he's 1/4 Thai, 1/4 Chinese, 1/4 Black, 1/8 Native American and 1/4 White or "Cablinasian" as he calls himself.

[quote name=tgeezer" CABLINASIAN

ost="8978989" timestamp="1422073211]tgeezer, on 24 Jan 2015 - 11:20, said:

When Tiger Woods came to Thailand friends were excited and proud that he was half Thai, they changed their opinion of him very quickly when he equivocated in an interview.

I don't see how he could equivocate, the facts are undeniable. He has also spoken out with conviction that he is half Thai and half Black not 100% Black as many people tended to think.

No, he's 1/4 Thai, 1/4 Chinese, 1/4 Black, 1/8 Native American and 1/4 White or "Cablinasian" as he calls himself.

ost="8978989" timestamp="1422073211"]tgeezer, on 24 Jan 2015 - 11:20, said:

When Tiger Woods came to Thailand friends were excited and proud that he was half Thai, they changed their opinion of him very quickly when he equivocated in an interview.

I don't see how he could equivocate, the facts are undeniable. He has also spoken out with conviction that he is half Thai and half Black not 100% Black as many people tended to think.

No, he's 1/4 Thai, 1/4 Chinese, 1/4 Black, 1/8 Native American and 1/4 White or

I went to a coffee shop/restaurant on Soi Nernplubwan yesterday that had wild boar on the menu. Nice to know their produce is sourced locally.

Nothing about being a cheapskate, the difference is a couple of beers in some of the bars I go. It's about what's simplest and most convenient.

My 60 day tourist visa will run out 3 days before I leave, would I be better off just paying 1500 baht overstay at swampy or going through all the rigmarole of getting an extension at Jomtien for 1900 baht.

Will having an overstay cause any future problems like in getting a non imm visa ?

If I apply for extension how many days before visa expires can I apply ?

R.I.P.

My thoughts are with Ken.

I'm pretty sure if the King of Thailand convinced his citizens that their country is in danger of being overrun by western powers they would surely get up and get shit done to prevent that. This is what happened in Japan.

Thailand/Siam was in far more danger of being overun by Western powers in the 19th century than Japan with it's natural defence of being islands, in fact parts of it were overun. How comes they didn't "get up and get shit done to prevent that"

Stereotypic nonsense the result of an education found in bars instead of institutions of higher learning. Why not drop the stereotypes and talk about something that you all know for sure. Can you all contrast the education systems of Thailand and Japan and tell us about the differences? Tell us about the number of governmental changes in Japan as opposed to Thailand. Tell us about the institutionalized monopolies of Japan as different or the same as the ones in Thailand. Stop pitching the BS and concentrate on facts.

Then tell us what Thailand designs and builds like Kawasaki Heavy Industries etc!

I don't know how far back you want me to go but I'll start post WWII to explain why Japan out designs Thailand.

1. Legal monopolies to assist efficient production. 2. MacArthur provided constitution eliminating feudalism. 3. Billions of dollars of aid were provided by the United States. 4. The economy was significantly altered. Land reform undermined the power of the large landholders. 5. The vertical integration of the industrial zaibatsu was replaced by the horizontal coordination of the keiretsu, and family control was replaced by bureaucratic control responsible to broad communities of stockholders. 6. Government policies were created to promote scientifically based innovations in industrial technology.

Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II by John W. Dower

It comes down to a few things. Japan lost WWII and MacArthur re wrote society and industry. He changed Japan from a feudal society to an industrialized society. The took the power away from the rich land owners and gave it to the government/people by way of a new constitution.

Thailand could be the same as Japan but similar changes that happened to Japan would have to happen in Thailand for that to occur.

Japan was already way ahead of Thailand industrially pre WWII. Look at the armaments Japan produced, a fleet of state of the art aircraft carriers, the biggest battleships ever built, zero fighter planes. Did Thailand/Siam produce anything modern at all back then ?