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Haven't we just had this viral marketing a week ago?

Only this time we get the Pattaya One to download directly into Outlook...

Seriously this is getting worse week on week...:jerk:

BTW, since Chiang Mai has some of its own visa issues at the moment, the question above has been posed at the local immigration and was denied on several occasions.

Off to cancel my TV subscription...

i cant find the source. still not in MFA site. i hope this is not true.

This is immigration policy, not MFA.

Immigration only makes some directives public, others are only internal. But we have it from a very good source and it has been confirmed by the top of immigration HQ.

I really don't understand the hype about the subject when this is the "best" and "only" source of information.

If true, it amends to current laws and I see no reason why not to quote the source. Unless of course this is another Thai Visa (and newly combined Pattaya One) marketing run.

Back to enjoying my life... mainly because that is what I am here for

at first the Government didn't do anything .. n let the buildings burn n ppl to gather as mobs .... (which made the ordinary ppl life miserable)

now as an over reaction .. they are putting curfews to enhance the miseries ....

THANK YOU GOVERNMENT >. :S

...and yet another highly educated comment

Thank you, Aasim, for sharing the little you have

I agree with Kun bikerjoy/Peter.

I've been renting from Kun Tan for 3 months now; his service is way out and his cars are in an excellent condition. I have an automotive engineering background, so I guess I know what I am talking about.

After 3 months of research and running around used dealers as well as private sales, I am also buying my new (used) car from him now, substantially below market price.

Cheers, Tom

1 Meter is about 33.3 feet so 60 METERS are about 180 feet !

33.3x60~1800 feet - BTW

So,..... that would mean if I am 1.86 meters tall, I would equal 61.938 feet (1.86x33.3)???

I knew I should have gone for a career in basketball...

1 meter = 3.2808399 (~3.33) feet

There still seems a lot of education to be done in the US, as well as Canada... no offense intended

ten fingers or not

on the beach

over the beach (hammock)

next to the beach (car)

and to be honest I never gave it much of a thought, certainly not as many do in an 8 page thread here on TV

This just came in:

<h1></h1>"Man acquitted of killing Australian auditor

The Court of Appeals Wednesday upheld the lower court's decision to acquit a man suspected of shooting dead an Australian auditor.

Michael Wansley, 58, was killed in Nakhon Sawan in 1999 for detecting corrupt practice at Namtan Kaset Thai Co Ltd, which was then undergoing a debt-restructuring process.

The Court of Appeals yesterday said Pichet or Thaksin Kaewsamduang should receive the benefit of doubt.

The lower court also has the same opinion.

The Nation"

Reference

No further comment necessary, say I

Clonetom, as you say "some can't pronounce it" that obviously includes you!

doggie88888 is right - 4 syllables-

Su-wan-na-poom

with that transliteration, nobody's gonna get it straight...

not now, not in 10 yrs

cheers

Double sigh...English speaking people can't understand that more than half the world can't speak English. So what if it is called Suvarnabhumi or Tullamarine or Kingsford Smith or John F Kennedy or La Guardia (which sounds like a parasite that gives you food poisoning). If you can't manage a 4 syllable word or name like Suvarnabhumi, then by all means use the name of the capital city as you suggest. It certainly is not a reflection that "Thai people don't understand the airport should be name so that it is easy to read" but more a reflection of your inability to pronounce 4 syllable words.

some can't pronounce it...

and others can't count Su-var-na-bhu-mi

cheers mate, no offense intended

@ LaoPo

"Being a German citizen, it it rips my gut to have seen the yout*** video of the "volunteers" in black. Not only the uniforms, but moreover the manner in which they presented themselves (body language, expression on face) would constitute for a flashback into the NS era."

Once again you have not read all the post in regard to uniform.The uniform changes,depending on what province you live in.

Volunteers have no say in the uniform........we just pay for them.

I have no problem functioning on a day to day basis.......!!!.......good meds!!!!!!

For one: I read the the previous posts and that is exactly the reason I referred to the video posted, not to the actual situation in different provinces.

Second: This post was not even intended for you, hence @LaoPo, but moreover a sign of appreciation for his feelings about presenting oneself in a uniform of that manner (no difference where in the world this may happen). So, please step down and take a deep breath; not every post is waiting for your comment, nor is intended to discriminate you.

@ Udonfarang52

It is not about being personally offensive, but it also gives me an uncomfortable feeling if a diagnosed PSTD walks around in in an uniform.

Once again a comment made that i am still in uniform......If, i repeat if,you had read earlier posts you would have noticed i am know longer a volunteer.repeat, no longer a volunteer........yet i still support the establishment of Of the T.P volunteers.And positive input to improve public relations.

Nowhere do I say you are still in uniform, but you were and that is disturbing for me! (please note the past tense)

nuff said

@ Udonfarang52

It is not about being personally offensive, but it also gives me an uncomfortable feeling if a diagnosed PSTD walks around in in an uniform.

@ LaoPo

Being a German citizen, it it rips my gut to have seen the yout*** video of the "volunteers" in black. Not only the uniforms, but moreover the manner in which they presented themselves (body language, expression on face) would constitute for a flashback into the NS era.

I think the reactions on the faces of the tourists say it all!

All in all, to satisfy ones humanitarian efforts, there are many other options out there...

By the way, for those who are looking for a diversion to the anti-British stuff, the Canadians had a bad year last year. Quite a few of them got knocked off, as I recall.

The least thing I'd expect from a MOD is to reference a statement like that...

BTW: I am not Canadian

Surely it won't have a huge impact, I was actually just questioning if the german media could be able to help in any way. They can report it and surely in some potential tourists mind thailand will be tagged as "insecure", it is a rather spectacular way to kill somebody after all. Actually I just disagree with the idea that media will help or like later said will influence the "law makers" in thailand. You can bet that this news will be all over german media, since it is not something happening on a daily basis to German nationals at all. Sure the more people get the sense of insecurity in thailand they don't want to holiday in a potential dangerous place. This is happening anyway so it is not worth arguing about how to interpret a post. I am shocked myself that they would kill a person in this way. And I think the lawmakers are doing an "ok" job, I'm more concerned with the law-enforcement, that definitely needs a lot of change...(first of all why is it so easy to get weapons, explosives, hitmen,... and everybody in the country knows?)

Dear Noithip,

from your stance and your constant reference to the tourist industry, one cannot but get the impression that you are biased in certain direction.

Faced with this terrible and obscene incident, maybe you can spare these comments for a later point in time. I am sure (at least I hope for the sake of humanity) that not one person gives a sh1t about tourism in the light of this incident.

And if you cannot agree so far, then maybe think about the family and friends who may be reading this forum.

Everybody's right to display their opinion, also yours. But maybe we should save some opinions for the right time and the right place...

peace with you...

not in Germany yet....but I forwarded it to 2 german newspapers. I think the attention of international press would help sometimes. But normally we all know. In a week or two nobody gives a sh1t anymore.

Even if this guy was not a good one, nobody deserves to die like this.

my condolences to his family and friends

How should the attention of german newspapers help else then wreck the tourism even more? And that doesn't really help, does it?

Errrmmm some guy gets blown up into small pieces in the most horrific way and you'd prefer it to be forgotten about for the sake of a few tourists not coming ... you're a genius!

Too many farangs are getting murdered its almost socially acceptable to knock one off, if getting this horrific story in the german press gets the Thai law makers to start even thinking about the safety of its guests, thats has to be a good thing.

UNCONDITIONALLY AGREED UPON!

Why would anyone want to kill an engineer specialising in the strength of concrete structures? I'm baffled.

Weren't there some topics about the airport runway back in 2007?

cracks? low grade concrete?

I've tipped off the German press (dpa, Welt, FAZ)...

Until now there has been no coverage...

Link to crime scene video in Thai with Google map of location.

Warning: graphic content

<<<REMOVED - TOO GRAPHIC>>>

How they allow graphic scenes like this in the Thai media never ceases to amaze me. Very sad indeed for the wife to witness such gore...Rip

Fully agree!

Isn't it already terrible enough for the family? And then having these graphic videos put in public?

Talk about securing a crime scene...

by having reporters jumping around or waht would be worse if it is the official BIB documentation played into the hands of journalists?

Judgement day comes for all of us, sooner or later, no matter what religion...

Mein Herzliches Beileid an die Familie! My condolences to the family!

This is by far the most shocking thing I've read in the course of this forum...

I hope and wish the BIB will do their utmost to find and prosecute those responsible instead of wasting their time with seasonal crackdowns.

IMHO, in the light of recent developments in Thailand, one may have to reconsider many things.

For my part I will make sure this is blogged as far and widespread as possible!

Moege er Frieden finden! May he find peace...

International Terrorist Selvarasa Pathmanathan arrested in Bangkok

By John Le Fevre

One of the few known pictures of Selvarasa Pathmanathan

BANGKOK (thaivisa.com): -- Sri Lankan government and military officials are claiming that Selvarasa Pathmanathan, the newly self-appointed leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), has been arrested in Thailand.

Sri Lankan military spokesman Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara said, 54-year-old Pathmanathan "has been arrested in Bangkok. That is all we know at the moment".

However, Basil Rajapaksa, senior advisor to and brother of President Mahinda Rajapaksa, said Pathmanathan, better known as KP during his decades running the LTTEs arms and smuggling networks, was arrested on Interpol warrants late yesterday and flown immediately to Colombo.

Pathmanathan is wanted in connection with the assassination of former Indian prime minister, Rajiv Gandhi in 1991, and was the LTTE's chief procurer of arms during its 25-year battle for an independent homeland for Sri Lanka's ethnic Tamil minority.

Pathmanathan took over the terrorist group in May this year following a last ditched bloody battle between Sri Lankan government forces and the LTTE which resulted in the groups founding-leader, V Prabhakaran, along with all senior cadre, being killed.

The LTTE was blamed for hundreds of suicide attacks and more than 70,000 people were believed killed in fighting over the years.

In India he is considered a fugitive, with arrest warrants issued for him for the Gandhi assassination, as well as for violation of the Terrorist Act and the Indian Explosive Act.

Security experts had long suspected Pathmanathan was hiding in southeast Asia but despite the high profile nature of Pathmanathan, there was no immediate comment from Thai officials.

-- thaivisa.com 2009-08-07

no wonder they are so confused! they don't even know who they arrested (or didn't)

check out this link, posted 2007

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/index.php?s=...t&p=1529224

same guy, different name

Outside the court Hood told reporters he was disappointed with the life sentence.

I suppose he would have preferred the death sentence.

Can we get a petition going for a death sentence?? We could probably get 50,000,000 signatures easily.

Exactly what I would have expected here...

25 posts later and the OP's question is no where nearly answered...

Apart from the fact that some people are *wildly* guessing...

So maybe one more time: Does anybody know where to get a table or proper calculation method?

Hence, this is a yes/no question... goal leading answers are highly appreciated

Try format factory, its free and converts almost any kind of pictures, video or audio files.

as a newb I'm not allowed to post links, but should be no problem to g**gle

best of all it's FREE

Kids playing "video games" with other people's money

That's exactly what the world needs right now...