Bangkok Barry

AN contributors can, it seems, argue over absolutely nothing at all, for no reason at all. Now THAT is very strange.

It seems so. I applied on the 24th of this month with my current expiry as the 29th, and the 'under consideration to' date I got was 29th May, not the 24th. It doesn't matter anyway, as the new extension might not be approved by then. Sometimes for me it's not been ready until a day or two beyond, and last year it was ready a week early. That is why you need to await a phone call from the IO telling you to return for the stamp.

There were plenty on here arguing that he was ill. 🤷‍♂️ Maybe he was. For a short while. But not enough to justify months in hospital, only for him to walk out smiling smirking just as his 'term' was up. Very convenient for him, that.

In Europe over 70,000 died in a heatwave there in 2022, according to a quick glance of Google.

From another post I made today. Relief is in sight. Maybe.

This borders (no pun intended) on state terrorism, doesn't it? As I've said before, it's not if but when countries are brought to their knees by a terrorist state or organisation cutting essential services. Imagine finding one day that we have no electricity, for example. And it's no good governments saying there are safeguards. We know services can collapse even without the aid of terrorism. 'Your data is safe with us' is the biggest lie of modern times.

Men have been fighting in one way or another since the beginning of time. It's what humans do. There has probably never been a single day of peace on the planet. Google Arthur C Clarke's Childhoods End on the only way to solve it.

Excuse me. but Why ? Why? It delays the matter until it's forgotten. EDIT - sorry, I appear to have somehow quoted two names here. Apologies to mancub.

Shouldn't they have offered this information at the start of the hot season rather than a short time before it ends?

RTP - Thailand's largest criminal organisation with thousands of members on the payroll. And that isn't me talking. That came - not in those exact words - from a UN report some years ago.

Why is this farce still in the news. No-one, no-one at all, believes that Thaksin was so sick that he had to spend months in hospital. And he isn't the first. A politician lower down the ladder than ex-PM had exactly the same treatment several years ago. One day in jail and off to a hospital suite. Perfectly normal in Third World countries.

Same for me, though up country. My fridge/freezer cannot keep up, my bedroom A/C is struggling, don't need electricity for the electric shower, water comes out hot. My 2 cats are near dead, the dog isn't much better, my electric has gone up by about 60%, via the f/f and bedroom A/C and fans, and folk come on here saying it is no different to any other year.....(tools).......🤔 I too am up country (I moved from Bangkok about 10 years ago but my name on here remains). No probs with my fridge/freezers, but the kitchen won't go below 32 with the air set to 22, and the bedroom is the same if I want a siesta. Night is okay, down to 28, which is doable. Both new converter systems. I have six dogs who follow wherever the air is on (we have a large and 15+ years old unit in the largest room of the house (could probably hold 60 people) that just about manages, and four sizeable geckos that live above the ceiling like to come through a gap and enjoy the cooler air in that room too. As for the bill, mine can be as low as 1500 in the winter to around 4000 at this time of year. Despite having the air on more this year, the bill has stayed the same because of the two new units. No electric needed for the shower, of course.

Yea! My 30-day planner shows the temperature plunging to 34 from the end of the first week of May, with rain forecast from then onwards. As it should be, of course, at least in Kalasin Province. I'm sure it's only an estimate rather than an actual forecast and it could change....

I've been here for some27 years and I've never known it to be so hot for such a long period. In my area it's been a month of 38-40, and the forecast I have is at least another 10 days of the same.

Really? As if anyone, anyone at all, was surprised. Such a wonderful culture. I doubt that a single person in the country trusts the police in anything, and that lack of trust undermines the whole of society. Except those who are at the table claiming their share.

You are always at risk whenever you are on the roads in Thailand. Just today, we had to come to a complete halt to avoid a car that was hurtling towards us on our side of the road as he was attempting to overtake about a dozen vehicles in one go. Me First, get out on my way.

I am by no means an expert on this, but if your connection is being re-routed several times to hide your location then I would expect to see a drop in speed when using a VPN. That has always been the case, from what I've read. But this article explains some of the current situation. What caused the damage to SEA-ME-WE 5? | Capacity Media

And Africans in the lower Sukhumvit area of Bangkok. They've been doing it with near impunity for years, or so I've read. Over and over again. That's the men. These days, African women are in business too, but not selling the same product.

So painting the area red around the crossing didn't work, then, in Me First Thailand. What a shame.

Why is this a story? The same thing happens every night in every red-light area or Bangkok and beyond. So I'm told.

Or that he had upset the 'mafia' figures he was cracking down on and they shot at his car as a warning. Standard procedure.

They came up with this idea several years ago, and it died a natural death. Or at least lay dormant until the next fantasist came along.

Close. Thailand has already stated they want to send a rocket to the moon. Probably to store all the immigration forms as they've run out of space (pun) in Thailand.

The key is humidity. 45 degrees in the desert, you don't even sweat. 45 degrees in the tropics and you're dripping. Desert heat is great. I've been out in over 40 degrees in Australia with a jacket on. Would I do that in Thailand? No way.

I took these screenshots for my area yesterday (Monday). Today, a day later, it's telling of 42 degrees on day 10. I've spent time on the Arctic Circle and lived in the UK, and given a choice I'd place Thai heat as the worst to deal with. Easier to warm up than cool down.