Hanuman2547

2 hours ago, fredwiggy said:

Most police forces use AR-15 style weapons, and fully automatic, along with shotguns and handguns.

Most, if not all law enforcement agencies i.e. City police, County Sheriff, and State police, do NOT use fully automatic weapons.  They use semi-automatic firearms.  There is a very huge difference between the two.  

Kind of a misleading article in regards to Thailand.  They mention a number of countries but barely mention Thailand other than taking extended stays in Phuket and Koh Samui.  

This is a group that meets monthly and has been riding around the outskirts of Bangkok and other places in Thailand since 1992.  

BHHB - Bangkok Bike Hash

11 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

If you need more than 1 round for deer, you probably shouldn't be hunting.

True.  If one round doesn't bring the deer down you probably won't get a second shot anyway.   I still would never hunt deer with a .223/5.56 as it is just too small for deer found in the western US.  Out in the south and midwest where they hunt smaller deer from tree stands that particular round might work.  You'd get laughed at in the west for anything that small.

On 5/26/2022 at 12:25 PM, JCauto said:

https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2022-05-25/texas-school-shooting-gunman-barricaded-classroom

 

Okay, so he shot his grandmother in the face, with the guns he bought on his 18th birthday, got in the car, crashed it in a ditch, ran towards the school with his rifle, was engaged at the back door of the school by the armed school resource officer and got past him and into the building (wonder how?). The shooter was also NOT wearing armor or other protection.

But according to Ted Cruz, they needed a better safety plan. Oh, they already had one! Didn't help.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/uvalde-texas-school-shooting-security-plan-rcna30568

This is in contrast to what was reported later, but at the time this might have been the info that was released.

"On Wednesday, state officials initially said a school district resource officer approached the gunman and “engaged him,” but no gunfire was exchanged before the shooter entered two connected classrooms. Law enforcement officials abruptly reversed that account Thursday, saying no school police officer ever confronted the attacker when he jumped a fence surrounding the school, fired at the building, and entered the campus through what they said appeared to be an unlocked door."

“He walked in undisrupted initially,” Victor Escalon of the Texas Department of Public Safety said to reporters, adding that the gunman then fired at responding officers as they called for help.

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/05/26/robb-elementary-security-didnt-stop-massacre-00035332  

44 minutes ago, heybruce said:

Do you think a high capacity magazine is necessary for deer hunting?

I for one do not.  Also the round that is used (.223/5.56) is not that good of a round for deer hunting.  

5 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

 

 

I have never heard of one single valid or intelligent excuse to justify the legalisation of automatic weapons among the civilian population. 

Just for clarification, automatic weapons are still prohibited in he USA.  The deceased suspect in the Texas school shooting was using a legally purchased semi-automatic weapon with a high capacity magazine.  

3 hours ago, Excel said:

Guess they are looking for a foreigner to blame it on

Any Burmese on board??

Pilot:  Oops!  My bad.

2 hours ago, PoodThaiMaiDai said:

Sadly, a lot of schools got rid or police officers on campus as part of the "Defund the Police" movement.

True, but very few elementary schools in the USA had an armed school resource officer, which is a fully trained and commissioned law enforcement officer.  Most of the schools that do have an SRO are middle and high schools.  

Another dog and pony show.  Maybe Admiral Phaisan Meesri can get a MOU with the US Navy to fix his broken aircraft carrier and a few other items.

It's about time to do away with this requirement.  If people still want to wear masks on the BTS or MRT that's fine.  Let them do so but make it voluntary.  

They need to stop this archaic practice.  Leave the kids hair alone.  Pay more attention to improving the school curriculum would be a much better use of their time.

Somehow I see this as being someone's latest "toy".  Better not crash it!!

I was wondering why Kieran Tuntivate didn't compete for Thailand in the 1500, 5000, or 10000 metre events?  He certainly would have won each of his events that he entered.  Don't know if he is sick, injured, or had other commitments.  He trains in Portland, OR USA with his professional team.   

14 hours ago, BonMot said:

Bangkok is in very, very serious need of green spaces. Quality parks and recreation. It's a very ugly city.

I agree about the green spaces, but in their defense they just finished completing a huge park on the old Tobacco Monopoly grounds.  

Pollution, especially air pollution, and contaminated food due to the pollution that is in just about everything.  

I hope she has a speedy recovery.  No one deserves to be attacked like this.  I hope that the police can find the person who attacked her.

Somehow I don't think "Full Moon Party" and "High Quality Tourists" really fit in the same sentence.  Most Foreign tourists to the FMP are just low to medium spenders.  Hardly the type that the Government has been tooting their horn about attracting. 

Maybe he will try selling a slightly used former Air Force One plane to Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha so he will have something to jet around in.

Been coming to Thailand for 39 years including a 12 year stint working as an expat in Bangkok.  Have flown in and out of the country on numerous airlines from various countries.  Have also entered a number of times from all the neigbouring border countries via bus/train, etc.  I have never been asked to present 20,000 baht or the equivalent in foreign funds.  I've only done a "border run" once in all that time and had no issues whatsoever.  

8 hours ago, kingstonkid said:

Rangsit you can rent a garden home for 6-7k a month.  The lower prices are avail but jus t like any big city  you need to move away from the city center.

 

Who the hell can afford a 40,000 baht apartment?

A lot of expats in Bangkok can.  Lots of Thais can as well.  

"At the end of April, tour operators from China, Japan, Korea and Taiwan visited Hua Hin on fact finding missions which sought to promote Hua Hin to tourists in the aforementioned countries.

In the same week, ten agents from Europe and a group made up of tour agents and media from Russia visited Hua Hin for similar visits."

For some reason I don't think the Russian tourist market will be coming to Thailand too much this year.

You don't need an e-bike.  You can do this on a regular road bike or gravel bike if you like.  Running 10 miles is much harder than cycling.  You just need some time in the saddle to get your legs and butt used to the cycling.