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On 2/13/2019 at 9:48 AM, scorecard said:

I guess your meaning, and you can see, that it's full of solids, rather than the liquid is at the top of the 'container'.

 

Why, ours got full and I was keen to get it pumped out until a relative explained (Thai engineer, good English), no need to pump out at all, The system will naturally continuously reduce the liquid level.

 

But he did say if it's definitely totally full of solids that's different and needs removal.

It's full.

28 minutes ago, Johnnyngai said:

During Chairman Mao's time, some of the area was used for atomic bomb testing.  

That may go some way towards explaining a degree of antipathy towards the Chinese central government!

11 hours ago, webfact said:

He also said Russia had made some proposals to Venezuela on settling its crisis but gave no details.

I wonder if that included hints on the use of artillery and multi barrelled rocket launchers in the urban internal security role - a bit like they did in Grozny.

2 hours ago, Basil B said:

A true gentleman and sportsman.

 

Came from an era when most footballers were gentlemen.

 

R.I.P.

About as good an epitaph as they come...

1 hour ago, sammieuk1 said:

I'm no expert on all things north other than flat caps and whippets but Sunderland contains Mackem's not Geordies ???? 

Thank you.

Mind you, I'm from Somerset, so 'tis all up near Scotland somewhere...

2 hours ago, helloagain said:

He needs some jail time before black listed

Why?

Will jail time produce a "reformed character"? I doubt it very much.

Will it stop him re-offending? No, expulsion and blacklisting will do that.

Will it stop others from either overstaying, or running illegal tour businesses? I somehow doubt it.

Ah, I know, it will give you a nice warm feeling in the trouser area, knowing that some unfortunate, that you have never met, is in trouble.

51 minutes ago, Father Fintan Stack said:

How many expat property moguls posting on this thread are actually retired binmen from Sunderland that are dossing in their 4,000thb per month rented rooms?

 

????

The beauty of the internet of course is that you can be what you want to be (virtually anyway).

Mind you, for a retired binman , a B4000 rented room and everything that goes with it is probably preferable to a bedsit in Sunderland, and a twice weekly feast of fish and chips and a pint of Newcastle Brown Ale.

I have no wish, as a mere Southern softie to upset the "Geordies" on here, but Sunderland, in the persistent miserable rain, is the most depressing place imaginable. An even more depressing prospect than that facing the property mogul, as he observes the post closure detritus of Nana, human and otherwise, from his condo window, as the last SkyTrain of the night squeals past a couple of metres away...

13 hours ago, Cadbury said:

His advisers are not stupid. They know when it is smart for him not to engage in a debate. He would surely make a complete and utter fool of himself and probably end up having a tantrum and threaten to punch someone in the mouth.

Well, he does that in his normal everyday interaction with the media - heaven knows what would happen if anyone debated with him !

15 hours ago, madmen said:

I'm guessing you are in a village or Chang Mai. That's your problem because it's all about location location location!!!

Well personally I am in a village in the North of Thailand, and regardless of "location, location, location", it is absolutely not a problem! Why?  I do not have a million dollars (or Baht for that matter) to spend on speculative property purchases, and if I did I wouldn't use it to buy a flat next to the SkyTrain, whose biggest selling point is that it is adjacent to the biggest open air  knocking shop in Asia; and that is before you consider some of the gruesome creatures that hang out in n the area...

37 minutes ago, stud858 said:

If you can organise home stay with a family, Australia would be cheaper than Thailand. Cheaper pies, cheese, milk, coca cola, burger king and pizza and the women are.... come see for yourself.

Well, I don't eat pies, like cheese. do drink a glass of milk every evening. avoid Coca Cola, can't stand Burger King, make my own Pizza and the only Australian woman I have ever known dumped me after 6 months.

I think I'll stay here if it's all the same...

1 hour ago, steven100 said:

Fake or not ....  as Khun Prayuth reiterated ...  there is no issue with the military and the Junta is united.

I see where your coming from and right,  but I believe this is just another speed bump on the political highway... nothing to threatening.

Ah, but are these "speed bumps on the political highway" marked on the "roadmap"?

^^^

According to an American officer I spoke to, (quite a few years ago mind you) one of the main points of "Ex Cobra Gold" is for the US Army technicians to service and attempt to repair much of the US supplied kit held by the Thai military...

16 hours ago, boonrawdcnx said:

While apparently the entire military leadership has been summoned to Germany.

I can't but help wondering at the views of the German authorities when the entire military leadership of Thailand arrived at Munich Airport!

Do they all have visas to enter Germany, sort of issued with the job?

3 hours ago, GarryP said:

 

Prayuth's clique (Eastern Tigers) no longer has the power. The power now rests with the Wong Thewan clique headed by Apirat Koongsompong.  Prayuth could still stay on as PM if it serves their needs, but as a puppet. Diddums Prayuth. 

Be interesting to know what faction those armoured vehicles which were seen moving belonged to. They were the new kit, so probably "the Wong Thewan" camp.

Marvelous nicknames these chaps have: Divine Bloodline, Eastern Tigers! It's obvious why Britain has never had a coup - well with nicknames like "The 'arfurs" (only had half a capbadge it was claimed), "Queens Last Resort" (Queens Lancashire Regiment), The Viet Taff" (Royal Regiment of Wales) and " The Vulgar Fractions" (17/21st Lancers) it would have been a bit embarrassing wouldn't it - not much street cred!

3 hours ago, RotBenz8888 said:

What a lovely saga! Can't wait for the follow up on this one.

They will give him a taxi driver's license?

13 hours ago, Sticky Wicket said:

Or maybe he wanted to make somebody show their hand and reveal how they are being manipulated. Seems even the upper echelons have puppet masters

Certainly a gap has been opened up in the smokescreen carefully laid to conceal how he election was to be "managed". 

Maybe that was the whole point, and if Thai Raksa Chart goes down, we'll it will have done the job it was created for...