biplanebluey

Just as a quickie I forgot--------- Your last bit about that dog afraid of thunder and climbing into bed------ That really got to me as I know I have done the same  thing for an injured dog/friend,and that brought on the tears and the memories---------- Dougal

Man I am sitting here with tears in my eyes just reading this.I love dogs passionately and one of my bad memories in in my life was having to have my pet/farm work dog put down because of cancer.When I retired and then lost my wife I wanted to some sort of job in NZ even unpaid just to keep me occupied but could find nothing.I wish I had seen this those many yrs ago, I would have been over the moon.What fantastic creatures. I am now 81 yrs old,amd although still with little health problems I am now totally committed to a whole new life in Thailand.I wish you all the best of luck with this new venture.This is a wonderful thing to do for these beautiful creatures. Sorry I have little money to live on myself but I ask for little.Good luck to you my friend .I will be thinking of you. Dougal

2 hours ago, Old Croc said:

Again selective enforcement of fishing laws. Protected species are often pictured on these pages displayed in fish markets and at restaurants yet police rarely race to make arrests at these locations.

And who can forget the Russian woman a few years back who was locked up at the Chalong police station for feeding breadcrumbs to reef fish, The corrupt denizens of that station thought it reasonable to seek bail money at the maximum fine rate!

While a bit careless for bagging a protected species, kudos to these miscreants who are still able to dive/snorkel at an age when most of us can only reminisce. 

I thought they were Birds HaHa" Parrotfish?"------- Oh yea !!!!!!!!!

Just as a matter of interest whats the difference between hand ball and volleyball---- and according to the post at the beginning there's more than one type of Handball ---Yes????

1 hour ago, rkidlad said:

I read elsewhere that he said all the watches belong to only 'one' friend. Which is definitely believable. If it were many friends, he'd have to be constantly getting pins added or removed to make sure they fit his fat wrists, and then changing the pins again for when he returns the watches. And that would be ridiculous 

 

One friend it is, then. 

 

 

One friend ????? The only one that comes to mind is Prayut--------- wouldn't that be a scream 

4 minutes ago, miamiman123 said:

Thinning hair my ass....he’s bald! 

And those eyes don't look blue to me !!!!!!!!

I don't blame him from running no matter what the circumstances.He may have nothing whatsoever to do with her death but if he was there and he is a farang thats enough to be charged guilty .No need to spend a long time with all sorts of lengthy investigation,just get the money from farang---- case closed

8 hours ago, hyku1147 said:

Could have been  a lot  worse.

My thoughts exactly !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2 minutes ago, F4UCorsair said:

Thou shalt not be caught.

Perhaps he should have made that his first one HaHa-------- I think I would have retired a couple of yrs ago, Disappeared to a nice quiet retirement on a few million,and just laid low !!!!!

58 minutes ago, car720 said:

He broke the 11th commandment.

I'll have to look that one up ???????????

On 12/29/2017 at 3:36 PM, observer90210 said:

What to say on such tragic news ? Perhaps some may claim it is a progress as it was "only" 41 dead, thanks to the campaign and not 60 or 70 victims ?

 

RIP to the victims and their families.

Wonder who paid what to get that total ???????? Just asking

1 hour ago, krobert6 said:

But those inside MUST wear seatbelts ... RIGHT ?

 

And that guy in the yellow top is falling asleep ----- give him a bottle of chicken shit 

21 hours ago, laislica said:

But takes too long don'tcha think?

Short, sharp and lingering might be better.

Lingering, feeling the pain and after effect for years (a lifetime to come?)

 

NO---- I dont think it is too long.If you say the Thais love the gore then for petes sake give it to them.You cannot cover the whole problem in a few seconds.This video just about covers the lot---cars rolling off road and downhill upside down,Suddenly seeing a car or big commercial vehicle coming at you when you are overtaking,wandering half pissed all over the road and skidding inte another vehicle broadside,flying through a windscreen,running into a few pedestrians ,sending a motorcyclist flying,throwing a cyclist over your bonnet,Smashing into something and bursting into flames-------------- Man I don't mind admitting it,I was fighting the tears back.Then the video showed not just the accidents,but the poor people,family friends and other loved ones sobbing their hearts out at the loss of someone special.This was a video with a message and even the song 'Everybody hurts sometime"was in my opinion perfect too,and it certainly got the message over to me,even though I,ve seen it before it was just as forceful.Not that rubbishy Jingle bells going on and on with virtually nothing going on in the one scene.I found it distracting and sorry but totally boring.It was probably a very horrible scene but I just felt that the singing was trying to make light of the gruesome scene.Just my opinion but please let me see more effort next year.Not just the accidents but the aftermath leaving so many people with just loving memories.Thank you for reading this. 

"they would Look after the bikes while they went to get a helmet"HaHaHa

3 hours ago, arithai12 said:

I understand titles must be concise, but they should not be misleading. I had the impression that the guy died in the crash caused by him falling unconscious while driving. Not so.

The original title by Phuket News was more accurate.

 

RIP. And terrible experience for the gf too.

WHat on earth are you talking about----- he died after rear ending another car----so he must have been driving 

46 minutes ago, wirat69 said:

Lucky that it was not one of those wooden frame and plywood buses that ply Thai highways!!!

HaHa Why lucky----------- did you not see the state of the bus after the fire------- don't think there was much luck in it  !!!!!!!!!!

OK I dont mind paying say 2 bt for every bag as long as they give me 2 bt for every bag when I take them to the re-cycler.After all,I have just bought that bag so it is now "mine"to do with what I like,but if I take it to the re-cycler,I am selling it now,not giving it away !!!!!!!

What about plastic bottles-------- Would BigC or say Makro mind do you think,If i took a container to pour my bottles of Coke into and left the coke ones behind? After all,surely there's a lot more plastic in a bottle than a plastic bag ????

11 hours ago, smedly said:

and they are blaming tourists/foreigners for this, as has already been stated - the first photo looks very typical of Thai waste, who would ever have thought of Thais littering..................outrageous 

I just thought how nicely set up that first pic was.Can anyone here verify the beach was as pictured ?

9 hours ago, Kwasaki said:

There 1.5 engines and don't hang about, our Yaris 1.5 was trick up a bit and went round corners like on rails, front wheel drive cars or 4WD is very much better road holding than rear drive IMO.

F1 engines are only 1.6 so don't see what your point is. 

 

Exactly---- I think our friend Dagnabbit really is a bit of a dag.If you hav'nt been through that teenage time when all your mates (and you) thought of nothing else but cars and girls,all I can say is you missed out on a part of life that even now at 81 yrs I still remember stupid things we did like that and have a smile to myself.Thats a smile of affection from happy memories not a laugh at doing something silly.Even my old Dad used to say ----- do it now Son cos when youre married and have a family you wont be able to able to do all that-------- Yes mate great times !!!!!!

On 12/1/2017 at 8:12 AM, Bluespunk said:

Most of us go with 21, in similar situations. 

are we allowed to know what this so called "new measure" is ??????????????????

Just now, biplanebluey said:

The 72 yr old security guard was the one under the van being dragged----- not the driver !!!

Sorry Canuck for the repeats----got a bit carried away there !!!!!!!

5 hours ago, canuckamuck said:

I can imagine that if the body got jammed up close to the chassis, clothing tangled in the frame or something. That the limbs dangling down would create very little sound and there would be no effect on the drivability of the van. Maybe a younger and more switched on driver might have noticed, but a 72 year old security guard would have plausible deniability. I mean if the guy didn't notice a human on the road in front of him, there is likely a lot of things he wouldn't notice.

The 72 yr old security guard was the one under the van being dragged----- not the driver !!!

2 minutes ago, Crossy said:

The guys who did our gates used red-live, black-neutral and white-ground, which I learned when I got a "nip" off the "ground".

 

OK I give in---but thanks for your info

10 minutes ago, Crossy said:

The new(ish) "harmonised" colours over most of the world are Brown-live, Blue-neutral, Green/Yellow stripe-earth.

 

Thailand uses the US NEC code, Black-live, White-neutral, Green-earth although they are (at least theoretically) changing to the harmonised colours.

 

A lot of the 3-core I've bought has black, white and red, and yes, I've used red for ground.

Wouldn't it be nice if the whole world could get agreed on a same colour scheme.OK i have used the "Harmonised" colours and they were not too difficult to remember.The thai colours seem somewhat similar especially the Green earth.but man when you throw in a completely different one with Black,White and Red this sounds like a deliberate attempt to confuse.After all surely it does not cost the manufacturer more expense for any particular colour so for the simple soul like me what's the point of continual changing.Sorry but I am getting away from the OP but I feel that something as serious as this should not be learned by someone else killing themselves over such a simply done mistake