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53 minutes ago, williamgeorgeallen said:

top call. last i heard an international warrant has yet to be issued as the cops were trying establish where he was hiding. although i dont know what difference that makes.

That was also my understanding from their statements - such a warrant cannot be issued until you know where the fugitive is (according to the RTP).  So Looker must have called the RTP and prompted them to try Spain for himself.

1 hour ago, stander said:

Khan is doing his job, using Islamic requirements of tayquia (deception and lies) to deceive all others (considered kafirs and infidels). 

Ha ha ha!  Deception and lies.  A succinct but comprehensive description of Trump!

1 hour ago, sead said:

42 and already a grandgrand dad....

Err, yes he is.  As his daughter was 15 when she gave birth, he was presumably 27 when she was born.  Not that unusual.  I know a lady at home who was a grandmother at 36.

His father (or father-in-law), who is now a great-grandfather, is presumably around 60+

1 hour ago, Moti24 said:

Why are the handcuffs blurred-out in the picture!  Is it so these murdering scumbags don't lose face!  A bit late for that, I think.

I was wondering the same thing.  Also in the video on Thai TV last night.  In the case of cigarettes, I understand it's because they are considered detrimental to your health, so perhaps the same applies to hand-cuffs?

9 hours ago, anotheruser said:

 

My guess is he is holed up in some third world backwater at this point. 

The country where he spends most of his time is Thailand - does that count?

36 minutes ago, smedly said:

who wrote this

 

made to sound like some Disney fairy tail

 

sorry but this is straight out of the hammer house of horrors 

Agree ... given the generally poor standard of reporting in Thailand, this stands out as being absolutely atrocious!

Standard procedure in such circumstances is crop insurance.

From Wikipedia: "In India a multiperil crop insurance called National Agriculture Insurance Scheme (NAIS) was implemented. This scheme is being implemented by Agriculture Insurance Company of India, an Indian government owned company. The scheme is compulsory for all farmers who take agricultural loans from any financial institution. It is voluntary for all other farmers. The premium is subsidized for farmers who own less than two hectares of land."

I also agree with the poster who suggested that the problem is related to worsening HUMAN behaviour (while not suggesting this individual framer is to blame).

12 hours ago, F4UCorsair said:

 

 

Exactly right canuckamuck.  Go to the top of the class.

 

The poster who said 'both' is partly right in that it starts from the cloud (negatively charged) and heads toward the always positively charged (relatively) ground, but a 'return' leaves the ground before the downward strike reaches the ground, and that's why the brightest flash appears to be from the ground up.   This all happens pretty fast, the speed of light, 186,000 miles a second, from memory.  The reason the clap is heard later is that sound travels at about 700 miles per hour.  If you, or a close by object, were struck by lightning, you'd see the flash and hear the clap simultaneously.

 

I'm sure all that info is on the web somewhere.

However, true pine trees (Genus Pinus) do not have deep tap roots.  There are very few true pines in Thailand - only in the Chiang Mai-Mae Hong Son area.  These "pines" are almost certainly Casuarina equisetifolia, and are not conifers at all.  Don't know about their tap roots.

43 minutes ago, connda said:

Bangkok could be leveled by an earthquake and the various Thai ministries would issue press releases saying that tourism is unaffected.  

 

However, being from a Western nation, I'd have to disagree.  Nowadays, when the average Westerner from North America or the EU hears the words, "bomb blast", they just about soil themselves.  Khun Kobkarn obviously does not 'think' like a farang tourist.  However, will it make a 'significant' impact on tourism as a whole?  Probably not.  

"Nowadays, when the average Westerner from North America or the EU hears the words, "bomb blast", they just about soil themselves."

Why do do they do that?  Obviously not because of the numbers of victims, which is waaay down from the 70's and 80's. Speaking as a farang tourist, as I was then, I certainly didn't soil myself at these words. So why would I now?

Let me get this straight. Spider tickets will come into force next year. They will be issued for the Airport link, Purple, blue and green lines from October (2018? Or 2017 but only coming into force next year?). The next step is to extend Spider tickets to boat and train services that are still under construction. So no indication of when they might be extended to existing BTS, MRT, or boat services?

3 hours ago, Gecko123 said:

I don't know what the deal is, but some Thais seem to go crazy when they drive a car with a red license plate. 

I thought that red plate cars are not allowed on the road after 6PM. Looks dark!

1 hour ago, Fulwell53 said:

So premeditated violence is peculiar to thai males???

Seriously ..you truly believe that men seriously injuring or killing their partners only happens in thailand??

Mighty fine set of blinkers you have mate.

Having explained just yesterday that taxi drivers always turn on their meters for you because you always view everyone in a positive way, it didn't take long for you to contradict yourself. 

4 minutes ago, Fulwell53 said:

Never had a problem getting a driver to put the meter on.

Then again I do my best to treat people as equals, with respect  etc.

 

Interesting. So you do your best to treat people as equals and therefore taxi drivers turn on the meter. All I can say is that you are one unique guy. Clearly every other individual on the face of the earth doesn't do his/her best to treat people as equals and taxi drivers take it out on them. 

Yeah, right!

15 minutes ago, MekkOne said:

So why in Ubon Ratchatani there's no need to deal and the taxi driver just turns on the meter? Same in Udon, Rome, Peris, London, New York, Mexico City, Caracas, Lima, Rio de Janeiro, San Paolo, Lisbona..... I'm just writing some of the town were I did take a taxi without a discussion wit a filthy taxi driver....

You could have added Hanoi, Phnom Penh, and most other cities in SE Asia

To (hopefully) save me some time and money, can anyone advise whether a Thai administrative divorce is recognized by Canada?  My wife and I qualify (uncontested, registered, etc.), but if Canada does not recognize administrative divorce we would need a court divorce anyway.

13 hours ago, uffe123 said:

There were 4 people killed by wild elephant's in my village of clong hin, south of nang rung. But since the elephants are sacred human life doesn't matter. Nothing will be done. TIT

What do you think should be done?

9 minutes ago, Fulwell53 said:

So bribery is peculiar to thailand only?

Interesting

Don't start with this crap!  Where does he suggest that bribery is peculiar to Thailand only?  

As usual, awful reporting.  I would have thought that the key fact here for a reporter was that the man killed his wife.  Apparently not.  It is only in the 5th line of the report that we learn this fact, and then only by reference to a "murder weapon".

I was pleasantly amazed at Decathlon on Rama IV (Bangkok) on the weekend when the check-out girl asked me if I wanted a plastic bag or not.  I was about to tell her not to bother putting my purchases in a plastic bag, but this is the first time I can recall ever being asked in Thailand.  Decathlon deserve kudos for this, if it is a store-wide policy.

8 hours ago, Dipterocarp said:

Could be subsiding soil due to drainage or underground digging then root damage.

 

Now they will go around BKK and remove healthy trees or "pollard" them down to toothpicks.

Exactly. The mindset is utterly ridiculous

6 hours ago, Dobredin Ghusputin said:

 

Golly, these guys are good.

They are working on several theories - suicide, accident or foul play.

... but then ... another possibility came to light - suicide

4 hours ago, johng said:

They have to buy their own gun and ammo !

Why? I thought just recently there had been a massive purchase of guns for cops. So what happened to them?

Just to say ...yesterday I had a perfect taxi ride in BKK!  

The car was spotless.  When I told the driver my destination, he asked if I wanted to go any particular route.  I told him I was in his hands.  He proposed one route, but then went to his Google map, mounted on the dash, and noticed that an alternative route showed light traffic, so that's the way we went.

He used his mirrors frequently and also had add-ons to the mirrors showing wider-angle views.  He turned on some light music at a reasonable volume.  He was calm and polite throughout.  

He earned a 30% tip.

2 hours ago, ThaiCitizen said:

He's usually on his way home from a 12 hour shift and looking for a quick fare. If it's in the opposite direction he doesn't want it. Chris, it ain't rocket science. Quite right PM.

In Singapore drivers on the way home at the end of a shift have a sign saying where they are heading so a potential passenger knows whether it is worth flagging him down. It ain't rocket science

29 minutes ago, elgordo38 said:

 On a brighter note I read that these creatures had been sighted. 

MAY have been sighted.  "Ambiguous" sightings of canids that do not appear to be dingoes or foxes