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Pokemon Hunters!
And so a new euphanism is born!
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Ask him, like you said, life is too short, friends are too valuable.
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There is one of those organic produce dealers out our way - "Bio Asia"?
I don't know about organic, but some of the decrepit trucks which bring in a lot of the produce are pretty polluting!
We ( well my wife actually) grow quite a lot of our own fruit and veg, as well as supplying the "tribes of Issan". The only fertiliser used is buffalo pooh, which "best beloved" spreads around enthusiastically. A regular task for yours truly is collecting and transporting sacks of the stuff.
I wondered what they were building opposite "Global House".
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My cheap and cheerfull Big C bike is, after 4 years, starting to need some TLC.
Some fore and aft play in the handlebars/steering column, the pedal crank clicks away and has some side to side movement, the brake handles are broke and bent (they appear to have been made out of cheese!) and there is a puncture in the back wheel. I know that I should be able to mend it myself, but I really am so spectacularly mechanically incompetent that I just know that the gears will never work again if I take the back wheel off!
I've noticed some lean and wiry steely eyed farang cyclists hurtling around this part of the world, and whilst not of the lycra clad persuasion myself (much to the relief of those who know me) I wonder if anyone can suggest a good repair shop, so the machine can be restored and I can resume my gentle two wheeled bimbles around the countryside.
Thank you...
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I am told that the branch line from Den Chai has been under discussion since the 1930s. I don't think they have got round to deciding where to put the station yet!
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Chap on the right of the front rank appears to be rifling through his notebook in the hope of finding an instruction on how to stand properly at ease!
I can honestly say that I have never been to "Walking Street", but I doubt if many tourists go their to watch what looks like a particularly scrappy first rehearsal for the Queens Birthday Parade.
Incidentally, what is with the desert combats? Has the rainy season ended already in Pattaya? Are they expecting some action on the sand later?
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21 minutes ago, duanebigsby said:
I felt the desire to consult it as I didn't know whether or not Kuwait did what you said as matter of policy. Perhaps they're like Thai IO, different every port.
p.s. wasn't questioning your story.
Sure, no problem - quite possibly it was a security official who got a bit overenthusiastic?
I have to say that Kuwait struck me as being a distinctly joyless place! The plainclothes fellow who returned it to me was straight out of "central casting"!
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44 minutes ago, duanebigsby said:
Strange that the Catholic Travel Guide webpage lists both Bible and rosary beads as part of what to pack.
They may well do - I don't know, I have never felt the need to consult it. But then I don't suppose that the uniformed officials who confiscated my Rosary, (which was in a pouch remember, not being openly displayed) had either. As for the plain clothes official who so grudgingly returned it, maybe he had a clearer understanding of the rules, whatever they are.
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33 minutes ago, klauskunkel said:
Shouldn't the Navy Chief make this kind of comment?
Too busy with the detailed work on financial aspects of the current procurement process...
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16 hours ago, snoop1130 said:
No election delay expected: Wissanu
What a difference a comma would make!
So much neater, not an "off the cuff remark", a misunderstanding or a misquote - just a minor punctuation error...
No flies on this chap!
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If there are 486,000 odd people registered as stateless, and living permanently in Thailand, why not put in a big order for blank cards and some laminating machines and get stuck in.
Think of the money you will save on not needing police checkpoints to give them grief every time they go on a bus journey, officialdom to tell them that they can't go to this hospital or go to that school and son.
It would pay for itself in months. If they have the "gumption" to make a longterm life for themselves here despite the disadvantage of being stateless, they would be an asset to Thailand
Seriously though, the process and cost of granting them nationality would be less than the ongoing costs of registering and administering them in this "nationality limbo".
Unless you are running a business which uses cheap labour...
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If they have the resources, time and money to collect statistic accurate to two decimal places on children who cannot afford breakfast, then in heavens name why can't they devote some of those resources to ensuring that the children have breakfast, school uniforms and so on?
Those photographs are an absolute disgrace to this country. Doesn't that count as "loss of face"?
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I wouldn't bother, next time you pop in the bank to borrow a biro to scribble down something you don't want to forget, they will photocopy the photo page and visa pages.
When the copies reach the main processing centre, one of the ever vigilant operatives will notice the discrepancy, call their supervisor, who will, after consultation with senior management, authorise a waiting rapid response team to initiate an ammendment.
Then the paperwork will be trucked to the vast warehouse in Nakhon Nowhere, where they will be carefully filed with the other 4, 789 photocopies of your passport...
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1 hour ago, Cadbury said:No matter how well-meaning this is it just appears to be another bucket of funds ready for the milking. Just like those funds for the elderly, destitute and poor that was siphoned off by civil servants. Or the funds allocated for school lunches which were pocketed by crooked school directors.
It would be easy to believe that those at the top of the ladder are already making plans and scheming ways to get their grubby hands on it. Naturally there will be no audit process just to make sure no one gets caught with their hands in the till.
I am hoping for the best for the children but wont be surprised if there is some press announcement later that certain individuals have been caught redirecting the money into their own pockets.
And have been savagely, brutally punished by being transferred to another job...
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1 hour ago, Lungstib said:
Sounds to me as if we need a shift of personnel from the military to the irrigation departments. Surely the govt needs professionals in all departments. If trained men are needed for the activity of organizing water storage (or its opposite) then put them in the right place and remove them from the overbloated military and hire them in that new capacity.
No money, status or power in being a senior irrigation official...
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Generally speaking in this country water flows from North to South - yes?
There is an awful lot of water making it's way towards Ayutthaya. The rainy season has another two months to run - yes?
And the sluice gates and flood defences for the industrial area will be repaired in 15 months - yes?
Oh dear...
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Good.
That is four less young men in Northern Thailand who can be exploited as stateless in years to come...
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8 minutes ago, zydeco said:Good for Trump. This is even better than applying tariffs to China. Just embargo trade with them. We'll either fight them economically now or militarily later.
If the orange man carries on like this you will probably end up doing both. But don't count on the assistance of any sort of coalition...
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2 hours ago, Baerboxer said:Having an opinion that differs from yours doesn't make someone racist or bigoted.
If you want an example of bigotry take a look at what a lot of Islamic clerics preach.
Or go to an Islamic country and openly walk around wearing a crucifix and carrying a bible and see how things work out.
I'll second that. Several years ago I secured a cheap flight UK - Kuwait - BKK on Kuwait Airways. I am a Catholic, and always carry a set of Rosary Beads in a small leather pouch in my pocket. Going through security whilst transmitting through Kuwait before boarding the flight to BKK they were confiscated. I was told that they were not allowed in Kuwait. I protested but to no avail.
30 minutes later, at the boarding gate, I was asked to identify myself to the boarding staff. A chap in a suit and headscarf looked long and hard at my passport, gave me a filthy look, hissed something in Arabic (I don't think it was have a good flight) and handed the Rosary back to me.
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Having read the original post twice (Oh goodness me, wasn't it a struggle) I am left with the impression that The United Kingdom has had a narrow escape!
A narrow escape from exactly what is not clear...
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On 8/5/2018 at 1:32 PM, spidermike007 said:
The only thing I have found that not only kills geckos, but really turns them off, and gets them to move on is insect spray. I have had huge geckos in my home before. They are hard to catch. I sprayed them directly on the face with an ample amount of insect spray, and it seemed to really dull them and slow them down. I was then able to clobber them, and exterminate them. It also helps to lead them either out of the house, or in a direction where they can be captured. The spray will kill smaller geckos if you use enough of it. It also seems to be a bit of a deterrent, as they seem to really hate the smell of the stuff.
They will. It is basically a very dilute non persistent nerve agent (chemical weapon). In the army we used it to test detector paper and "sniffer devices" which gave warning of a chemical attack.
As someone else said, they keep the mossies down, so on balance basically a good thing.
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11 minutes ago, Cadbury said:
Yes this is Thailand where anything can be purchased under the counter. Even freedom from the ballot.
I am reliably informed that 35,000 can buy forgetfulness on the part of the local recruiting officer who handles the registrations listings of eligible young men.
The other option is to buy them some tight underwear, well padded bra, stiletto lace up shoes, a mini dress and about half a kilo of make-up.
Multiply that 35k by the number nationally who wish to avoid the draft and can/are prepared to pay and it will be a very large amount of money. No doubt paid out via an "alternative accounting system", in shares proportionate to the ranks of all concerned. Think "prize money" in Nelson's navy...
Trumps any argument of military necessity (not that there are any)!
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2 hours ago, Samui Bodoh said:"...PM insists mandatory conscription is still needed..."
...because, without conscription, who would mow the general's lawns? Cook their meals? Chauffeur their wives?
It would cause the breakdown of society as we know it.
31 minutes ago, Darcula said:If 10,000 parents can afford that every year, luxury car and watch showrooms will easily be able to keep up with their high annual leases.
As so often with a good joke, there is truth behind it. The army (by which I mean the "officer corps") see this as a feudal society, with themselves in the role of the nobility. As feudal lords they are owed a duty of service by their inferiors, and that service can be avoided by a cash payment.
There is another reason for keeping a large number of conscript soldiers. With them comes money. Whilst they are officially paid a wage, their pay and allowances (rations) systems are somewhat opaque. My stepson was never regularly paid during his service, just occasionally given some cash. On one occasion he and his fellow soldiers were sent home for three weeks because his regiment had run out of rations, and had no money to buy any.
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45 minutes ago, jimster said:The draft needs to end. No way my male children (who are Thai citizens) will be soldiers. Speaking of which I heard it's quite easy to avoid the draft. Anyone know what needs to be done? Pay a fine? This is Thailand after all.
If they do cadets at school for two years ( one afternoon a week and a couple of weekend camps of pretty mickey mouse training) then they are exempt the draft.
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Ah ha, It sounds like "the piece of cod which passes all understanding"
I'll get my own coat thank you, is that my taxi outside.....