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18 minutes ago, laislica said:Very often it's the accumulation of many factors that cause disease plus the one that breaks the camel's back.
Then that one gets the whole blame for the problem.
I hope that these researchers will do an in depth study into all the environmental pollutants in that area and not just focus on paraquat
Additionally the local diet may have an effect.
As much as what they eat as to what nutrients they are not getting.
What are the obesity/ diabetes/ dementure/ heart conditions rates etc?
Really? You think diet and diabetes and the other things you mention may somehow contribute to people being attacked by a flesh eating bacteria?
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21 hours ago, nev said:
Great idea, And don't stop their ban selling fake clothes and other goods in the bars I go in for a quiet drink not to be tapped on the shoulder every 5 mins by someone trying to force their fake stuff on me.
The wife and I go to the restaurants for a bite up here in NongKhai, and it's the lottery ticket sellers that bother us. We just want to relax, visit and eat, and instead we end up fending off the lotto ticket sellers the entire time. I am surprised the owners allow it, but maybe the people here like it? (but at least they are polite!)
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2 hours ago, KhunBENQ said:So true.
I am always shocked when such a dark rider suddenly appears in the beam.
Insane.
No lights, no reflectors/cat's-eye/vest, nothing.
The same could be said for many motorbikes and riders also, so many with no taillights and some with no headlamps either. I really dislike driving at night for fear I will hit one of them. My condolences to the deceased and family.
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3 hours ago, hgma said:
It is time for a nation wide crack down on illegal gun possession!
RIP
I won't argue your point, but as far as it relating to this article I didn't read in the initial listing that the guns were illegal. Maybe they are and if so that will come out later. Thai citizens can apply for permits and own guns.
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1 minute ago, harrycallahan said:
Could be viewed as an admittance of fault, and then... Tread carefully.
correct, just depends on what kind of a heart they really have.
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10 hours ago, Fat Prophet said:It depends on (1) if the accident was his fault and (2) how much the insurance will pay to the families of the victims. I assume that, if his insurance will pay them, fault for the accident must have been assigned to him. If it was his fault and his insurance will pay them a substantial amount (in the range of B200,000 each), he should offer an equal amount. Ultimately, it will be a negotiation with the parents/family and the police will be involved. But, perhaps not surprisingly, the compensation from insurance (and from the person that caused the accident) in the case of death is typically less (much less) than if there is significant injury/permanent disability.
He should discuss this with his insurance company before making an offer to the parents/families. If he was not at fault or fault is not clearly his, he should be careful to avoid any statement/action that would suggest/imply that the fault for the accident is his or that he believes that the accident was his fault.
A friend of mine said that a Thai acquaintance of his was involved in an accident in which his pickup truck struck and killed a young man on a motorbike, even though the truck driver was found not at fault, he paid the family of the young man 150,000b. When asked why he paid the money out to the family when the accident was not his fault, he looked amazed and said "it doesn't matter that it wasn't my fault...somebody lost their life!"
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question: "why is there so much garbage everywhere?" answer: "what garbage?"
If you have never been educated about it and have lived with it all of your life you become blind to it. I believe the average person thinks that it's the same in every country on earth. How do change a person's worldview?
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9 hours ago, StayinThailand2much said:
Evil foreign trafficker: "So, I have to tell you that, instead of working at the restaurant, you will have to provide sex for horny Americans..." - Innocent Thai lass: "Oh, no. I am so innocent. Please don't do that to me!" - Evil foreigner: "I'm afraid, that I won't pay your return ticket to Thailand if you don't agree to drop your knickers. And the next Thai consulate is 50 miles away; you'd have to travel there on your own, on the Greyhound bus, spending all your last cash..." - Innocent Thai lass: "All right, then..." (The innocent Thai maiden was later rescued from the evil falang man.)
Your view point is biased because of who and what you expose yourself to, my experience with the people here has been good, largely because of who and what I chose to expose myself to. If you think there are no women here of good character then maybe it's because you only frequent places where there are none, or you listen to those who do such. The other problem is that many of the women who have made poor lifestyle choices have been helped along by men who themselves make poor lifestyle choices. Thanks for providing the excellent example above, except it is biased...you should have really left the "farang" out.
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10 hours ago, lamecn said:
I know of more cases where Thai women have managed to snare naive Westerners to pay for their tickets and visas to Farang Land, and once with their feet on the ground in the West, they drop the "boy friend" and start working in massage parlors; sending home enough money to buy land and build a big house back home in the village.
I've heard about Thai women asking their mother what they can do to support the family, and the answers have been: "Go and sell yourself".
I'm afraid the type of Human Trafficking in this article has nothing to do with the type of scenario you are talking about, they aren't talking about women who use their boyfriends or husbands as a way to get to western countries. They are talking about women who have been tricked into going there on the pretense that they will have lucrative jobs and then end up working in the sex industry.
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3 hours ago, Raymonddiaz said:most of Thais women working overseas knew in advance they are going to be sex workers. The only excuse they found acceptable is they are feeding their families back home .
And you know this how?
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1 hour ago, ezzra said:At the end of the day of the massacre , with the tears still streaming down the nation's cheeks, with the flags at half mast, and child survivors curled up on the lawn with memorial candles, the question remains how a 19-year-old urban environment managed to buy or receive an AR15, semi-automatic weapon used by fighters in Afghanistan for example. The answer is simple: he had such a weapon, because it is not easy in the United States - buying a weapon is like buying a hammer, a nail, or a windshield wiper.
A 19-year-old is not allowed to buy alcohol in the United States, but a weapon? Whatever comes to hand. Almost every shopping center has a weaponry whose owners are ready to sell to anyone who wants the best in the world of killing: guns, pistols, cartridges, ammunition. No inspection, no forms, no permits. And if not in a roadside shop, almost every city has a hidden corner where sophisticated weapons pass from hand to hand for cash,
and as to Is it ever going to stop? not likely....
Why do you spout such lies? Why don't you back up your "facts" as far as every shopping center having weapons to sell to anyone who wants them? As far as every city having a hidden corner where anyone can buy these weapons...you just described every city in the world.
What has the weapon of choice used by terrorists and mass killers been lately? Has it not been vehicles? Why don't you rant and rave about how easy it is to buy or rent them?
What this young man did is terrible beyond comprehension, but put the blame where it belongs...on him.
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16 hours ago, RayHaas said:
Its about time!
While it may seem like a good thing to not have to fill out those pesky arrival/departure cards, be careful about thinking this means that things are "easing up" as far as foreigners are concerned. It appears that this is just one step of many in a new system they are developing to keep tabs on foreigners in the kingdom. You can thank all of the foreigners who come here and commit criminal acts for that!
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No front turn signals that I can see!
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On 2/7/2018 at 10:53 AM, BobbyL said:
I agree, there isn't an abundance of parking spaces in a busy place like Bangkok. It just does annoy me and I am surprised these issues aren't more common.
There may not be enough empty spaces at times, but I have seen that often times there are and the people just don't want to look for them. Last time it happened to me the vehicle blocking me and another vehicle in was a 4 door pickup and had too much resistance for one person to push.
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I have used a Paypal business account linked to my bank in the U.S. for years, but when my wife opened one here in Thailand and we tried to link it to her Thai bank account Paypal froze it. As it didn't have much for funds in it at the time they froze it we just let it go, the steps they gave us to fix it was just not worth the hassle.
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Thai insurance I understand...but "sponsor" I don't. Where is your entry point from Laos into Thailand?
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On 1/29/2018 at 7:35 PM, TunnelRat69 said:
whats the difference, it all comes out of the toilet one way or another, please don't give me the crap "but gray water has been treated" you wouldn;t drink it nor would I.
Where I come from "grey water" means sink or shower water, not toilet water. Why would I tell you it has been treated? There is a world of difference, toilet water contains feces and urine and all kinds of harmful stuff. Shower or sink water is also sewage, but is certainly less disease ridden.
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2 hours ago, ozziedave007 said:
Try finding car ramps, axle stands and floor jacks around here.....poor man.
The sad truth is that old wooden blocks or pieces of lumber would have worked fine to block the vehicle up. The part in the article about the jack not having an adequate support beam on it's top indicates that either an investigator or a reporter doesn't understand that correct safety measures require blocking and/or jack stands to prevent this type of thing.
My wife and I lost a Lao friend back in the states in a similar accident. My heart and prayers go out to the family and friends, that it could have been prevented makes it no less tragic.
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cool and breezy here in NongKhai, soooo nice!
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So...by waste water, do they mean grey water or toilet water? Or both?
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6 hours ago, catman20 said:
if you are talking about the drain type traps in the floor where a small amount of water sits to prevent smells coming back up they only work if you keep topping up the trap with water as the water thats sits in them evaporate very quickly. i took mine out cos it became another job for me to remember to keep topping the traps up with water. why call it a P trap when its shaped like a U could call it a A,H,M trap then
Letter P lying down is close...maybe? I don't know!
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5 hours ago, transam said:
Pressurised air can find it's way through a U-bend if it is the easiest route...
Correctly done septic systems have vents to prevent the tanks from becoming pressurized
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3 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:
U-bend
It's actually called a "P-Trap" (where I am from anyway). But it is shaped like a "U", it traps water in the lower part of the "U", making it impossible for the odors from the sewer or septic to come back up the drain pipe and into the building. Another method is to install a special trap-style drain in the floor. Those odors are potentially dangerous.
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4 hours ago, sirmud63 said:
if your going to carry a baseball bat in your car , make sure you carry a glove and a ball too .
your lawyer will thank you .
I saw baseball bats for sale at the local weekend market, I told the merchant "I didn't think people here played baseball", he replied "they aren't for hitting balls...they are for hitting people". I walked on.
Swedish tourist seeks Pattaya police help over Bt100,000 gone from bank account
in Pattaya News
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The article said he went there and they told him to go to the police