Tropicalevo

And the bar steward got away. Terrible.

Most of the zebra crossings here on Samui are so faded that they are difficult to see in the day time. Not helped by the idiots that park on them (where the paint is a bit more bright) as they have to park as close to the shop as possible.

'Is it possible that China owns the future?' It is highly likely, almost a certainty. They have been planning and executing their expansion for decades whilst the west looks forever inwards.

Just met an honest 3BB techie. He says that many on our development have the same problem. 3BB are checking the cables and systemss at their end. One customer just contacted us and said - 'No more 3BB for me - please change my supplier to Truevision'. Oh the joys of living on a tropical island. Thank you and it's good night from me

That number is greatly understated. Thailand only counts those people who die at the roadside - like this poor lad. When the victims die in the ambulance, at the hospital or elsewhere, it is not counted as a road death. RIP Carlos.

Very well done 'bystanders'. It's a shame that the police did not linger in rescuing this guy.

For goodness sake. A seismograph does not save lives. It is already happening when the thing records it. That is too late. The buildings that he wants to 'protect' are completed already, are they not? What will he do when there is an earthquake - send people to the site to hold it steady?

For hundreds of years, no one has cared. A couple of years from now and no one will care again, unless the press keep pushing things like this. It is the size of the earthquake that matters, not the number of them. 43 earthquakes in the UK in the last 60 days. https://www.earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/earthquakes/recent_uk_events.html This from Wikipedia regarding quakes in the UK.

So you encourage the murder of people's pets. That is sad. Where I live friends have all got dogs and they are walked on leashes. However, two of the dogs have been poisoned by inconsiderate people leaving poison at the side of the road to do exactly what you describe. Nothing to stop a kid from picking up the poisoned food and eating it either. Poison does not discriminate who or what it kills. That is down to people like you.

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Well done Mr Amarit.

I tend to look beyond the 'window dressing'. Very attractive, natural face. No apparent 'enhancements. More importantly, her attitude to life. Working a a road sweeper to bring up two kids.

Sadly, it's the same the world over. Fighting over dead relatives estates. Mind you, the inheritance laws in Thailand are slightly different. It all depends if the husband left a will leaving everything to his wife. I had to go to court here when my wife died without leaving a will. Regardless of this - the lad's treatment of his mum it totally unforgivable.

The guys actually got away with the files and only later, were told to come back and return them. The question is, did they return all of them?

Impressive. Well done whoever you are.

Thanks phetphet. I am convinced that it is a faulty cable/connection. A friend who transferred to 3BB at the same time as me is having the same problem. I suspect that he is on the same cable. I reached out to the community to see if it was a 3BB issue in their network v a one off. The confusing bit is that AIS wifi hotspot also drops out now and that has not happened to me before in 20 years I have about 10 other accounts with 3BB in my name and no problems other than the one that you had with damaged cables. We have a good rapport with the engineers and they fix them quickly. Unfortunately, it seems that this particular engineer is a newbee.

Well done AirBnb and to all other companies and individuals that are helping the victims.

There is the question and the answer. No one in Thailand follows the rules. The easy option is to blame the authorities, but it is the people who break the rules. You, me, AN posters, everyone.

Not really effective disaster response measures by the government, I first heard about the earthquake in an email from a friend in the UK checking that all was good here. Even after the building collapsed, the response was half-hearted. The collapsed site was supposed to be a secure area, yet 4 or 5 Chines guys got back in and took lots of files away. The police only found out later and asked them to bring the files back.

But what about when Bangkok floods because of rising sea levels?

But she was on holiday in Phuket. No earthquake there.

No mention of the four Chinese guys who were seen removing documents from the offices at the site.

Vulnerable does mean that people can do what they like with you. She is the victim. He is the dirt bag.

I think that Khun Thanapant may not be a member of the NBTC for much longer.