Tropicalevo

Only one country is escalating things. The others are responding. The west has not threatened Putin with nuclear weapons. Putin has been threatening to use them for a while. (I have forgotten how many times, it seems like every other day.)

Apparently, this all kicked off around November 10th. The first victims fell ill shortly after that with the Aussie girls being hospitalised on the 13th. Not sure when the Danes passed away (they were the first), but is seems that the Laos police did nothing to investigate this until it was raised at government level earlier this week. Makes the Thai police almost look proactive. RIP youngsters. So sad.

People are NOT poking the bear. They are trying to kick it's buttt out of an innocent country that it has invaded and where it is killing innocent people. Please rethink your your (mis)understanding. It is the 'bear' that is escalating things. Go nuclear? Bring it on. The bear will do it regardless, but please stop all of this 'if you repel me, I will nuke you' rubbish. 'The bear' started this. why are you supporting it?

I feel a tad sorry for delivery drivers and taxis etc trying to follow Google maps or whatever. Here on Samui - the maps are inaccurate with some sois not being on the map and some in the wrong place. I live on an unnamed sub soi. It is in fact two roads from the main soi, which heads in three different direction with the ends of those roads being 1.5 kilometers apart. Then we have the house numbering system. I built three houses. Numbered 8/23, 8/52 and 8/11. They are in a row on the same plot of land. The house number tells you when it was built - not where it is. 23rd house built, 52nd house built, 11th house built. My next door neighbour is 8/159! Then we have 'sponsored' street names. Named after the hotel that sponsors the sign. Just because it is there on the internet, does not mean that it is accurate or true.

Who would have guessed.

Or stoned.

Anyone in Thailand is above the law if they have enough money/power. We have all seen too many examples Red Bull, Prawit, Charoen Pokphand and so on. The dinosaurs are only after Thaksin because he has the poor behind him - doesn't support the military/uber-rich. Three of the Thaksin Clan kicked out by the military so far, and one more in the pipeline. The military will fabricate any evidence and create any sub committee in order to remove the Thaksin dynasty.

Well done those folk. At last, no one standing by just taking videos for TikTok or whatever.

Thai political speak for 'we are going to need a huge budget'.

Oh dear, the age old problem of 'we want foreigner's money, but without the foreigners'. As the old song goes - you can't have one without the other.

I think that this aspect should have stayed private. No need to tell the world.

That would be quite a lot of money for most parents in the UK these days. As I read things, this is a 'quick help - need it now' to get him stable enough so that he can sort out the insurance. Who knows what happens after that.

I remember at least one. There was no alcohol involved and I won. (Construction workers, working late and making a lot of noise 'after hours'. They eventually went home.)

In a previous report in AN, the guy said that the car was not his. He had borrowed it. A bit more realistic than when I was fined back in 2000. It was 50 baht then. (They would not accept my paper UK licence.)

Not that choice of clothes is relevant, but she is still ahead of Boris in the fashion stakes. (Bring back Chamberlain style)

And so they should be distressed. Where were the security guards when this happened?

Nice touch.

Or to shine a different light on the matter, how about - - they saw a guy, drunk as a skunk, and thought that he would be an easy mark. Offered to give him a lift, and when he was in the van, they tried to rob him. He fought back and they gave up and kicked him out. I am not saying that is what happened, but it's another way of looking at it.

Not spoiling at all - same for Thais.

Good of him to 'man up' on this one.

pointless exercise really. Vaping is illegal - it's everywhere and vapes are openly sold. Smoking weed is illegal - it's everywhere and weed is openly sold. Yabba, cocaine and all of the more serious drugs are illegal - but folk can get them if needed.

I am surprised. After all, drugs are cheaper and easier to obtain. But hey - let's hit the legal stuff again.

What business is this that the Election Commission has to make a ruling on? The dinosaur's must be very frightened and desperate in their continued attempts to remove the Thaksins from any form of power.

Ah yes, the infamous Constitutional Court. Hand picked by Prayut. What could possibly go wrong.