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Buchholz (spelling?), where are you?

...spelling...no worries, just use his English a.k.a. "Bookwood"!

So what I am reading here is that this program will not work because the teachers are out of date

this is for one; then, they have the "no electricity, no internet" issues for many schools. Most gravely, however, is the fact the MOE chummed up with an obscure Chinese producer who in the beginning stated a capacity of 20.000 tablets per day - a figure which they later (without shame) had to reduce to 2000/day. From the beginning, this company also felt insecure about the battery life of their produce and rather did not want to guarantee anything on that item.

How do you keep an eye on a geological fault ?

what they mean is "love it or hate it" or another one (which is also extremely out of context, the way the Thai like it):

"the fault is a major part of our culture, difficult to understand for farang"

The dolphins better not damage the jetski's. They might get beat up by the owners

no worries, the owners meanwhile have comprehensive insurances which also cover

dolphin attacks

Worst of all, they never learn from their "better" neighbours!

right, same with mobile internet which has been an absolutely dumb story over the years (!) already - still the Thai say "in Laos, Cambo, VN they only have 3G - we shall skip 4G and directly go into 5G..." their talent for totally ignoring facts, overrating their non-existent expertise coupled with an acid nationalism is frightening

Does Chonburi have there own number plates or do they use Bangkok ones as it's right next door. ?

Chol(n)buri is an independent province with her own plates

during all of our trips to PP I continue being amazed by the huge number of super pick-ups/SUVs 6cyl. up (Toyota, LandRover, Hummer, Chevy, Lexus and the like) inadvertently driven by young Eurepeans / Australians / US boys and girls ... and parked by the lot in front of the restaurants on Sisowath Quay starting lunch time until very late at night. This successful young breed mostly consists of hard-working international NGOs who obviously qualify for assisted imports of these carriages as well as very lenient working times coupled with attractive "salaries..."

All I can say about that is if I needed surgery I would NOT go to a government hospital in Thailand. All of the decent surgens work for private hospitals, clinics which leaves the less experienced one working in Government hospitals

easy, mate ... There's a big g'ment hospital in Khorat with obviously very skilled surgeons - some of these gentlemen are said and seen to also operate in St Mary's (private hospital Khorat) and Bangkok hospital (private hospital Khorat)

Krabi is a few hours' drive from Phuket.

They have that wrong, for sure.

Bad rap for Phuket.

it is never a mistake to name PHUKET once it comes to thugs, gangsters - no matter where today's particular case really took place

"As a long-term solution, he urged the Anti-Money Laundering Office (AMLO) and Department of Special Investigation to look into foreign land ownership and give rewards to people who help police arrest those who break the law."

now, these carpet-buggers will find out amazing things worth-while to be reported to police: The vast majority of investors are Chinese, Singaporean, Japanese, Malay, Russian, Indian, Arab etc. multi-nationals and they put their eggs into hotels, tourism, transport, food, chemicals, cars, electric appliances, electronics. These high-stakers will not be found between Khon Kaen and RoiEt but in the Eastern Seaboard Industrial Parks, in Ayuthaya, Bangkok, Hua Hin, Phuket and, of course, in Pity-Ya (centre of lowly fun)

Why on earth did he keep the remains in his house? I perhaps don't have a criminal mindset, but I would attempt to dispose of any such "evidence." He certainly had the time to do it.

typical Norwegian customs in a land with diaspora population?

Now HSBC Pattaya Branch sounds Good

Naye - Pattaya is to abound with Russian bank branches for the posh & wealthy vodka guzzlers ... not for British

low-pension schemers!

Would this include Ratchada? I need to know please thanks.

still no list of the 27 communities in THE NATION; stranger, still: BKK POST does not print a single word of what the governor obviously uttered - a case of "info. for a limited circle only"? and not valid for those who only read BKK POST?

Note to ThaiAseanNewsNetwork / ThaiVisa:

will you try and find out about the mastermind (would it be a shady character "above the law") or are your hands bound somehow?

Today I saw Krombacher at Villa Market, Hua Hin. It is sold in cans costing 81 baht a piece.

last week, paid thb 100/can in OK Supermarket ChaAm

@everybody: Thanks for thoughtful replies - now, OKsupermarket ChaAm would be the most convenient place coz right now we stay in ChaAm for a few days

Anybody some idea where to get Krombacher Beer (famous German brew) in the Hua Hin / Cha Am area? Either restaurant or sales outlet...

If he bribes the right people in Thailand he might avoid extradition by dying again,

incase the next bribe is found to be insufficient he might just as well be extinguished for real this time by "the right people"

@pianoman: "Very few Traditional Isaan households have or use much furniture even now, and far fewer many years ago..."

yes, it starts with the no-chair no-sofa living room plus attractive aluminum cupboard via 5 wooden boards and 4 pillars (the bed) and ends with THE glass (just ONE for a party of 8 people)

everyone in the village (Korat) received 300thb each. It is a bloody disgrace.

you want to tell us "it should have been more"?

Discounts of up to 80% begs the question " are NORMAL prices too high then, "

no, that's o.k. because this is no normal merchandise, either! Most of this rubbish is being produced for those super-duper ding dong 110% bargain sales only (btw: not different from Europe, for that...Continental Xmas sales show the lowest-quality garbage from ? China! on parade)

What I can tell from reading this article it is mainly the non-thai's that are causing all the trouble in Phuket. Or maybe they still can't admit it is the Thai's that are causing most of the problems down there.

no - the culprits are non- Thai only; the armada of tuk tuk drivers all hail from Isaan which still is being viewed as Laos

Is Their no safety in this county

yes- their is...on any outbound flight leaving this country

french they must from one of the north african parts of the old colonial then , both look distinctly arabian to me not european???????

don't forget: there is plenty of ethnics carrying a French passport: Original Lao, Vietnam, Cambodian, North & Central African, Guyana, Polynesians, repatriated Canadians, formerly migrated Eastern Bloc from Russia/Poland etc.

just contact the front desk of one of the bigger hotels in Khorat, they help you with direct offers or redirect you to a taxi co.