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Awesome! You go girl!

Let the zero dollar tours begin.............again! Funny how things change the more they stay the same. No proof of this happening but c' mon, once the brown envelopes start getting passed around, you can bet on it.

Does anyone know of any good electric string trimmers? I've tried about 4 different brands and none of them have lasted very long. I've also tried moving up a string size (dia), and also moving down a size. I'm only trimming the edge of the lawn a small residential property that has grass, not tough weeds or strong stemmed plants. The electric trimmers I've tried work great for around six months to a year then the string starts breaking at the hole where it comes of of the bobbin. I've checked the hole and there are no sharp edges or burrs on it that would break the string. It goes about a meter then breaks; then it's, take off the bobbin, find the end of the string, wind it back on, put it all back together and start again in order to get another meter trimmed. The only thing that made me feel better was when I threw one of them across the street about 15 meters into a vacant piece of land, I was on top of the world that day! I was laughing my head off as I watched it tumble in the air and then hit the ground with a thud, awesome! After I came back from buying a new one I noticed the one I had thrown away was gone. I thought to myself, "You screwed up taking that, you'll have hours and hours of fun with it like I did." Anyway, any sane suggestions are greatly appreciated, thanks in advance.

Uh oh, brown envelopes will be flying everywhere. The more things change the more they remain the same.....TIT

This is the key phrase in the article. Maybe they need to add on the end of that; "and will continue forever'.

Agree totally, and drive defensively.

More sucking up to the Chinese, when will it end?!

Sad to say but based on history and other cases, that's what will happen.

A whole lot of sucking up going on everywhere!

Every time one of these officials-- and I use that term loosely, comes out with a statement I think it's the most absurd thing I've heard.......then the next one comes out........TIT

This is a great idea as long as the money goes towards the cause and doesn't get siphoned off thru corruption. Over the years I don't know how many times I've read about Thai children drowning. Plus parents need to keep an eye on their children more, especially in the villages around klongs or those pits they dig out. I've seen numerous pits dug where the walls of the pit were so steep not even an adult would be able to get out of it.

Just incredible the s**t the RTP puts out, amazing what brown envelopes will do. And do they think the Thai people believe this <deleted>?! Kind of like watchman saying all those half million dollar watches belonged to his friend, then when questioned about his friend.........he had died. Can't they think up more plausible excuses than these(?), a 10 year old can see thru their BS.

IMO, most of the Chinese they are expecting must not have been vaccinated hence the reversal. More bowing to the Chinese and not giving a s**t about the Thai general population.

A little "jai yen yen" from both parties might have prevented this outcome. I learned many years ago in Asia--and particularly Thailand, about keeping calm and not letting anger into situations, plus there's the loss of face issue over here, which is very prevalent. I realize everyone's different and handle situations differently, but beware of angry Thai males, most have short fuses, and they don't forget either I learned.

This Thai govt is pretty sickening how they bow to the Chinese. I guess the yuan is more important than Thai people's lives. And of course when the deaths start climbing it will be excuses like, "You didn't get your proper amount of vaccinations", or "You didn't wear your masks enough or wash your hands enough, what can we do if you don't protect yourself?"

Thailand needs to study what happened to Tibet and to some degree Sihanoukville, Cambodia, but I know, "That won't happen to us, we're special and can keep control of the Chinese." Yeah right, you keep thinking that.

I wonder how much the Thai-chinese businessmen paid him to come up with that.

Bad for the general public, great for the Thai-chinese businesses here.

Yes, I've noticed that also, seems like people just give an article seconds then move on to the next.

90 day in country/financial report are going to fall on a weekend. Should I go the Friday before or the Monday following? I only ask because it seems whatever I do with immigration it's opposite what I think--mainly because of dealings with the lady in room 7 at Jomtien. Any people have experience with this? Thanks in advance.

Agree totally. Watertight hatches are one of those things that sailors get complacent about if they're not in rough sea conditions very often. I've been on ships in the tropics for months then transit to the north sea, you soon find out what hasn't been lashed down properly, or hatches that haven't been closed. A good captain/master will keep his crew on top of these things. Good drills are also very important, keeps the crew ready for most situations they'll encounter.

I just read that one of the sailors said the seas were 3 meters at the time; a ship of that size should handle 3 meters easily. As one poster mentioned, possibly watertight doors not closed, I tend to think this also. As with most accidents probably multiple issues led to this not just one thing.

I worked on the sea for 37 years so feel for these sailors. I just pray they are all found safe. In the end the captain bears all responsibility so should be held accountable for what happened.

Has anyone painted their concrete roof tiles and if so, what paint did you use and how long has it lasted? I'm planning this project but am worried the paint won't last. I've see some that have gone for years and others that faded and flaked within a year or so. I realize preparation is the most important thing. I plan on pressure washing the tiles, then using a primer, then finally two coats of good quality paint. Some manufacturers state their product is good for ten years so I'm counting on at least five. The most important result for me would be for it to not flake off; I don't want to have to scrape loose paint off later. For a test I pressure washed a few of the tiles, let them dry and then wiped my hand across them and there was no chalking left at all so I feel pretty confident this will be a good start. I'm sure there's some info on here about this but the AseanNow search engine didn't bring up any good results. Any ideas, suggestions or sound advice will be appreciated, thanks in advance.

Not only were they armed, they shot twice, once to shatter the glass door and enter his shop; and after fleeing one of them shot back at the owner. IMO the owner was within his rights to shoot back, too bad the one that shot at him wasn't the one that died.