Tropicalevo

There is no BTS on Koh Phangan. Nor is there a city and that is where the French guy was. He wasn't in Bangkok. Relevance is important in this article.

Who the heck employed this terrorist? They should be sacked as well.

Russia is stealing it?

Russia had nukes when it started the war. Are you suggesting that Ukraine should just roll over because 'Russia has nukes'? That implies that you prefer that Ukrainians should be prisoners for the rest of their lives rather than fighting for their freedom. And then when Russia invades another country, and another ....... Sorry TBL but that is a sad, frightened response.

This is Thai speak for cheating.

That's easy - the monkeys are moving.

Well done the police.

So not really a close friend then.

Back in the '90 I worked for an IBM agent installing software projects. When PC's first hit the public, both Apple and IBM were pushing them to the customers. Apple's selling spiel back then was 'do not buy IBM PC's, they are propriety. You will be stuck with IBM for life'. They were sell Apple PC's as 'open systems'. They lied back then and they lie now.

So no attempt to help the injured truck driver then.

We are talking Thai politics here. Changes are only ever temporary. eg between 12 and 16 military coups (depending on if you include the 'silent ones') since the Siamese Revolution in 1932 when they changed the Absolute Monarchy. The military are always in charge.

Thou jests surely. If he was untouchable, why was he kicked out of power, victimised by a political criminal charge and had to flee the country for 20 years? The military will kick him out again when they are ready.

No. In Gaza, Israel is carrying out hostage rescue deployment. They are searching for the hostages. The cowardly Hamas, who have been bombing Israel for years and invaded on Oct 7th, hide behind, under and in the hospitals of the Palestinians that voted them into power. Hamas are pleased that their voters are dying, it makes for good press.

Well done on recovering most of the stolen items so quickly.

Suvarnabhumi v Singapore Airport. Hmm - that may take a while to become No 1.

Wow. A singer, property investor, selling fake goods and running a spiritual centre - busy person. Hopefully, about to 'retire'.

If you do the crime, do the time. My pension has been frozen for almost nine years. That is one reason why I still work. Yes, life is a bitch and then we die. It is how we die that is important.

No oversight by the sound of it. Just too much money syphoned off the project. Those wind turbines look very under spec'd for commercial ones.

Brilliant Kh Chow. Go for them sir.

I see no joke in my statement - just concern for a magnificent beast that was being badly treated. So what's your problem?

I am a tad confused by some of the comments about Israelis. Israelis are not the problem. It is the antisemitic Muslims and their idiotic supporters that are the problem. All people, regardless of religion, race or colour, should be allowed to go about living their lives peacefully. Sadly, there are groups of haters who disagree with that concept.

Well spotted. I noticed that as well. Elephants are wild animals and should be left that way. Any human interaction has a risk. Most people these days recognise that. This elephant was being teased - possibly abused. The mahout was unable to control it. Sad for the woman but as I said earlier - I hope that the elephant is OK. It is not the elephant's fault.

Sorry. I am still not tempted.

I hope that the elephant is ok.

The government is on a different planet. Rural (poor) farmers cannot take extra holidays. Businesses are struggling and now people are going to work less or incur extra costs. Even if folk are having the extra days off, the only people that can afford to go on holidays are the upper middle class.