capdagde

Well, what else would it have done?

Journalists in Devon need to get out more.  The story is in the "European Union" section.  Brexit-effect? ("somewhere foreign"...)

Not the "piece of mind" they needed, methinks.

Almost as bad as The Sun: "Boris testes positive for Coronavirus".  I wondered if it had spread to his Johnson...

Saw this in DEVON ONLINE too: (Maybe the frontline staff would prefer the gin - Mrs. Cap is one and would...)

7 hours ago, zhounan said:

I would dwell on Sudanese????

Let's ask ourselves why Western countries give passports, while almost all Asian countries do not allow double citizenship. 
Our countries are extremely stupid and mentally deficient for pure fear of being accused of racism from this point of view.

 

However, every time I read NANA, I dream of a nice redevelopment of the area, a China style forced demolition and the construction of a beautiful public park where children can play happily. 

Depending where you're looking from, Australia is west of everywhere.... I think I've got it!

9 hours ago, giddyup said:

 

He's Sudanese, he may have an Aussie passport.

If he has an Aussie passport he's Australian, otherwise everyone would have one.....  My question is why he would keep his Sudanese one?  And if he didn't keep his Sudanese one why is he being called a Sudanese-Australian?

Maybe because he's white?

8 hours ago, Sticky Wicket said:

First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—

     Because I was not a socialist.

Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—
     Because I was not a trade unionist.

Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—
     Because I was not a Jew.

Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.

Martin Niemöller - good use of a quote. Bravo.

8 hours ago, FritsSikkink said:

You break the law of you go, goodbye.

Whooshhhhhhhhhhh!

Having had the shock of the same treatment in my new country - France - twice in 30 years, I can confirm that THIS IS NOT RACISM.

It is, rather, XENOPHOBIA - fear of the foreign, usually born out of simple but deep-rooted insecurity in the person who makes the comment. 

The person has the mistaken idea that they are being talked about in the foreign language or excluded from the conversation in general, when the subject matter has eff all to do with them and the "foreign" language is being used for EASE. e.g. "Could you empty the dishwasher when you've finished serving, teelack?" - in this case, Thai.

Sad mofos the world over..... learn languages and set yourself free!

4 hours ago, Reigntax said:

Deja vu ?

Again?

Sofitel is a 4-star hotel brand belonging to Accor Hotels, the 6th largest hotel chain in the world - "the Sofitel group" is a misnomer.... https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/the-largest-hotel-chains-in-the-world.html

2 hours ago, thaiguzzi said:

Disagree. Totally.

You have it 100% <deleted> about tit.

Bad beer obviously has no alcohol in it.

Good beer has alcohol in it.

Call me old fashioned, but i have never understood this low/no alcohol beer stuff.

You wanna drink a beer, drink a beer.

You wanna not get drunk, or drink something non alcoholic - drink water, o juice or a coke.

Not rocket science.

Re the OP - excellent idea.

Tax the hell out of it i say.

Strangely, I see it the other way round.  Non-alcoholic beer, especially the good-tasting stuff available now (not the dishwater of yesteryear) is beer with the negative ingredient taken out.  That'll be my liver talking.... (no "talking 'gonads'", no erectile dysfunction, no premature death......).

Live long and prosper (and perhaps have a blood test every now and then)!

(Sorry I know all the above should be in one post, but......hohum)

2 hours ago, a3tsw said:

Time to switch to water with cologne then , can either drink it or splash it on all over! ????????????

In another life I worked for the Saudi importer of Fa Cologne.... containers and containers of the stuff for (then) North Yemen border zone - same-same but different!

2 hours ago, ZeVonderBearz said:

They're pushing up tax on safer alternatives as the couple familes who own the Thai alcohol and all the other beverage markets don't want to lose money. 

Not sure your logic is working.  Doesn't the family that owns Heineken alcoholic beer distribution also own Heineken 00 non-alcoholic beer distribution?

Great ad for non-alcoholic beer? 

3 hours ago, Bassosa said:

Figure this, my local 7-11 won't sell non-alcoholic beer between 2PM and 5PM.

TRUE.  Big C Pattaya Klang wouldn't let me into the section a few weeks ago.... well it does have "less than 0.03% alcohol"...

5 hours ago, tifino said:

same as taxing soft drinks... the sugar

WRONG! 

Heineken 00 has 1.3% sugar (I'm looking at a bottle), one of the best/lowest rates.  Jever Fun (Ost-Friesland, Germany) has 0% sugar and even Lidl's new Perlembourg 0.0%, which I'm drinking right now, super-cheap and a great-tasting option, has 1.4% sugar.

I'm in liver-recovery and also diabetic and NA beer has dietary labelling here in Europe.

(Oh yeh.... and I'm "no longer a man" because I don't drink...)

1 hour ago, tifino said:

 

12 months ago we were standing in the shadows of the Tower of Pisa

- now that could have been scary!!

Ah, indeed, because Pisa is in Italy and has a tower that leans.... yeh, I get it.

NZ media confusing Pattani and Pattaya?

(A terrible event all the same)

On 12/08/2016 at 6:04 PM, sandyf said:

Not quite, they have cancelled the huge market that normally takes place in Lille next month.

I would agree with what you say, ISIS attacks are generally against those involved in the ME conflict, China has a lot more to fear than Thailand.

 

The number of incidents relative to the number of casualties here does not indicate a serious attempt at sensationalism, more like a warning to the government with collateral damage. The perpetrators have received international media coverage with relatively low loss of life.

Thailand has many soft targets , Pattaya being one of them, and they could very easily have gained the same coverage with a single incident.

Anything else on your list other than Lille? 

I live in France and have done for 27 years in a place which is recognised as a target (and has been threatened by name) and NOTHING has been cancelled around here..... f*** the bombers and their cowardly brethren.  We have CRS on guard every day and evening with much better equipment... which is very reassuring.

If they come, they come.....

Doesn't matter who "they" are....

7 hours ago, brewsterbudgen said:

There's a worldwide threat of terrorism.  Thailand and Pattaya are no different.

Two choices:

Stay at home quaking in your boots and let "them" win

OR

Keep calm and carry on..... Wrong place at the wrong time?  Tough luck.

I know what my family are doing......

1 hour ago, ianf said:

Perhaps the King of Dubai and his accolytes.

No King of Dubai..... doh!

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Ref: Headline

"under siege" (siege?) and "all over" - bound to get a lot of views/clicks with a misleading headline like that.

Often the media are responsible for the unnecessary panic and psychosis.

Keep calm and carry on....a big of "grown-up" journalism wouldn't go amiss.....

"under siege" (siege?) and "all over" - bound to get a lot of views/clicks with a misleading headline like that.

Often the media are responsible for the unnecessary panic and psychosis.

Keep calm and carry on....a bit of "grown-up" journalism wouldn't go amiss.....

1048 users reading this topic.......

Makes you wonder how many have a personal interest?

No, we got it as headline in an e-mail from Thai Visa and we're all so damned bored that we thought we'd have a look (perhaps?).

Andy Cap

you obviously didnt go down soi 6 in the afternoon its always entertaining

Only if you're a "sexy man" who enjoys gutter whores.

Have we met before?

To answer the OP go to www.pattayatalk.com/forums and read the newbie info.... you should always research any trip especially if your "fun" is important to you and rare....

When speaking to the child or at home use your native tongue. When in public you can use Thai.

Why not my tenpenneth as well....

I tend to agree with the above in principle. My wife and I (both English) moved to France 19 years ago and our children (19 and 17) have never lived in England. Their bilingualism is "geographical" - English at home except when there are non-English speaking guests. We sometimes speak French together outside home but it is quite rare. In the company of non-English speaking people we tend to speak French. Otherwise it's French all the time - the kids have started correcting us which is a good sign....

Interestingly - when our kids went to state school here, the teachers wanted us parents to speak French at home - we refused.

Children from a mixed-mother-tongue marriage have different "rules" to the game but "daddy English - mummy Thai" at home is recognised as a good rule of thumb. Social pressures outside should leave room for individual judgement on which language to use at any given time.

A warning!

I had a Saudi work buddy in Saudi Arabia in the 80's whose Dad was a diplomat in the USA for 20 years. My buddy's mistake was that he wasn't born there - so when dad was recalled with him aged 25 he had to come back to Saudi Arabia, a country where he didn't speak the language as his parents hadn't bothered to speak Arabic at home. He was in a real mess......

Andy Cap

No visa allows you to work - only a work permit allows work. You don't need any visa to study Thai.

Yep, point taken.

Me and the Mrs are looking at a sabbatical year with intensive Thai training on an ED visa (as advertised on this site). Just wondering how an ED visa can be for a teacher...... As I am a teacher thought that might kill two birds with one stone. Let me rephrase - if I am already in Thailand on an ED visa can I obtain a work permit to teach without leaving the country and getting some other kind of visa?

Thanks again for your thoughts..

Andy Cap