GroveHillWanderer

8 minutes ago, sambum said:

 

Be honest - If you were reading this and looking at the video for the first time, how would you interpret it?:- 

"the two foreigners were infuriated and allegedly attacked the police while having the incident recorded by the police."

Difficult to say, given that before I saw that quote, I'd already read several articles that shed more light on how things had unfolded.

11 minutes ago, sambum said:

 

"I think you're misinterpreting the phrase, "while having the incident recorded by police" to mean that the video we have seen, is what was being recorded by police."

 

Well, one would - wouldn't one? 🙂  

One might, although as I say, based on multiple other reports, it would appear that two different videos were recorded. One apparently by the policeman who was assaulted, which we have not seen, and one by a bystander which we have.

38 minutes ago, sambum said:

 

"But talking about who was taking the video and trying to guess their state of mind is conjecture" - WRONG!:- 

 

 "the two foreigners were infuriated and allegedly attacked the police while having the incident recorded by the police."

 

To repeat myself, if the person taking the video was another cop (See above!) why didn't he/she jump in and help? I guess it was to make sure that they had enough incriminating evidence on the pair of Kiwis.

But I also would like to see any video evidence of the original roadstop.

I think you're misinterpreting the phrase, "while having the incident recorded by police" to mean that the video we have seen, is what was being recorded by police. 

Other reports, including the one above from The Thaiger (which includes the video in question) state that the assault started while the pair were being filmed by the policeman that was attacked but that the video doing the rounds was not the video taken by the policeman, but was shot by a witness to the incident.

37 minutes ago, sambum said:

 

I was replying to your comment because it does seem odd that someone (Not CCTV) was taking a video of the situation, and from what has been said already, it would "appear that" that person is another cop, and I was implying that if it was,why didn't he jump in to help? 

It is reported in various articles from multiple different sources about this incident, that it was a bystander who took the video, not a policeman. 

Here's why negotiating with the Russians seems like a non-starter at the moment. This is the Russian peace plan, according to both Russia's security council deputy chairman, and Putin's party chairman, Dmitriy Medvedev.

https://x.com/IAPonomarenko/status/1768323542750199843?s=20

"1. Recognition by the former 'Ukraine' of its defeat in the military component of the conflict. Full and unconditional surrender of former 'Ukraine' in the person of the neo-Nazi clique in Kyiv. Demilitarization of former 'Ukraine' and prohibition on the creation of militarized formations on its territories in the future.

2. Recognition by the international community of the Nazi nature of the former Kyiv political regime and conducting UN-controlled compulsory denazification of all former 'Ukraine's' government bodies.

3. UN acknowledgment of former 'Ukraine's' loss of international legal capacity and the impossibility of its successors joining military alliances without Russia's consent.

4. Resignation of all constitutional bodies of former 'Ukraine' and immediate elections for a temporary parliament of the self-governing territory under the UN's aegis of former ‘Ukraine.'

5. The temporary parliament's enactment of laws regarding the payment of all due compensations to Russia, including payments to the relatives of deceased citizens of our country and payments for injuries to wounded individuals. Establishment of the procedure for compensating property damage inflicted on entities of the Russian Federation.

6. The temporary parliament of former Ukraine's' official recognition that its entire territory is the territory of the Russian Federation. Adoption of the act of reunification of the territories of former 'Ukraine' with Russia.

7. Dissolution of the temporary parliament. UN recognition of the act of reunification."

4 hours ago, Andrew Dwyer said:

Xpeng G6 SUV Coupe coming to the Motor Show this month.

 

 

 

 

1 x RWD Long Range LFP battery 580km CLTC

1 x RWD Super Long Range NMC battery 755km CLTC

1 x AWD  Performance NMC battery 700km range

Great luggage storage 571 litres, a good choice of colours both external and internal, panoramic glass roof and…..

 

“ XPeng G6 is 100% electric train. Developed on the SEPA 2.0 platform and powered by 800V technology, the SUV Coupe's body is equipped with Xpeng Navigation Guided Pilot (XNGP) or ADAS (Advanced Driver Assistance Systems) consisting of 31 sensors and 2 LiDARs, as well as computing power up to 508 TOPS (Trillion Operations Per S econd) from the high-speed processor of Dual NVIDIA DRIVE Orin-X. “ …….. well I’m impressed  !

 

https://autolifethailand.tv/xpeng-g6-ev-bev-suv-thailand-mar-2024-motor-show/

 

 

 

Those are some impressive figures. I wonder what it'll cost here. Online sources say it goes for between US$28,900 to $38,000 in China. So starting price there equivalent to around 1 million baht.

On 3/9/2024 at 8:15 AM, Mr Meeseeks said:

Do you really think this guy poses a threat to society? 

I would say so. He's someone who (according to what he's been charged with) carries firearms in public and quite clearly has a problem keeping his anger under control. As far as I'm concerned, that's a potentially lethal combination.

On 3/6/2024 at 4:36 PM, Andrew Dwyer said:

Here is an independent report on the statement that ev’s pollute more via their brake and tyre wear.

 

https://www.rac.co.uk/drive/electric-cars/running/do-electric-vehicles-produce-more-tyre-and-brake-pollution-than-petrol-and/

Here's another analysis of the issue.

Do electric cars have an air pollution problem?

Its overall findings:

"The study found heavier electric cars cause marginally more road and tyre wear for the larger PM 10 particles and the smaller PM 2.5. Yet once engine pollution is added in, petrol and diesel cars were marginally worse."

On 3/2/2024 at 3:56 PM, Andrew Dwyer said:

100k off the GWM Tank HEV 

 

 

https://autolifethailand.tv/discount-official-price-gwm-tank300-hev-thailand/

 

Haven’t seen any of these in the flesh, anyone ??

Yes, one of my Thai nieces has one (the other one has a BYD Seal).

3 hours ago, transam said:

All foreign plates in one street, come....on...........................😂

At the risk of repeating myself:

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Anyway, if you don't like those photos, just do a Google search for, "kerbside charging UK" and click on Images - you'll see any number of additional photos of cars parked on UK streets with charging cables trailing on the floor.

Did you bother doing that? If you did, you'll have seen the multiple other images of similar occurrences in the UK and if you didn't, then it seems you're just trying to bury your head in the sand and pretend that if you can't see it, it didn't happen.

Which is weird, because you've already seen and commented on the images posted by @Fruit Traderthat provide further evidence that you were wrong and the UK does indeed allow EV charging cables to be lying on the ground.

20 hours ago, transam said:

Strange the photos in the post I replied to that I can see, have foreign number plates, even one of yours...........🤭

Last time I checked, foreign vehicles are allowed into the UK, so the provenance of a number plate is not definitive. In any event, the vehicle with what looks like an EU number plate is parked on a road that has UK style houses, bollards, road surface etc. 

Anyway, if you don't like those photos, just do a Google search for, "kerbside charging UK" and click on Images - you'll see any number of additional photos of cars parked on UK streets with charging cables trailing on the floor.

4 hours ago, transam said:

I posted my thoughts when I saw electric cables laying on the street charging a car, but I also noticed they are not in the UK........

I cannot imagine electric charging cables laying on the street being allowed in the UK, but if it is, feel free to post me photos..........😉

You might want to look again. At least two of those pictures (the last two) are almost certainly from the UK. The last one because it's from a UK article, quoting UK sources:

Kerbside charging biggest barrier to EV adoption, says AFP

And the third one because of the characteristic lamp posts, houses and hedgerows (nowhere else that I've ever been, or seen pictures of, in the world has that combination of features).

The middle one could very possibly be from the UK, given that the article quoted above mentions that some councils are trialling cable gullies.

Only the first photo is overwhelmingly likely to be from a non-UK location, based on the car number plate.

Here's a couple more from UK sources showing EV cables lying on the street.

On 2/26/2024 at 7:18 PM, transam said:

Most of that looks dangerous to me, plus the yobs will have field day with it.......🤔

Kerbside charging has been available in the UK for over 5 years. I've searched and can't find any evidence of such issues occurring. 

Although, if you have any links or sources, please provide them.

56 minutes ago, beautifulthailand99 said:

Border Force passport control, of course they know that you have left the UK and for how long.

DWP know your pension payments history it is very easy to tie that to a Border Force file and identify suspicious payments and do a run to produce a file of potential suspects. You then get a letter to your UK address saying you have been potentially identified as receiving overpayments. You have 28 days to explain your situation and sign a statement under threat of prosecution. If they don't accept your reasons, or you don't reply, then they automatically stop the uplift as a minimum. If they are feeling vindictive they can do historical analysis and demand overpayment back possibly by withholding future payments.

 

I used to do batch processing data runs on big computer systems  - this is a relatively easy small project to execute with a very high return on investment. To poo poo this is either naivety or wishful thinking.

Unless it's changed recently, my understanding was that the Border Force did not routinely check passports for people leaving the country, but did random checks only (usually for "high risk" destinations).

Whenever we go to the UK, my wife gets an entry stamp, but there's no exit stamp.

I seem to recall them saying something last year about starting to collect data from airlines but I don't know if that was implemented yet.

1 hour ago, LittleBear57 said:

For legal reasons I need to prove where I am currently living in Thailand it also has to be in English. I don't think my bank will put my name and address on a statement or letter. Is the immigration proof of address in English I can't honestly remember? They have actually asked for either a utility bill, which are all in Thai and in my wife's name or a bank statement, I tried to get one for my daughters passport application and her bank wouldn't do it. I think they will accept any formal letter dated within the last 3 months. Any helpful advice appreciated.

Where is your account?

I have accounts at both TTB and Kasikorn banks and they will issue bank statements with those details in English if I ask them to. They'll even do it for a Thai person, on request (my wife gets statements in English when she is applying for a UK visa, for instance).

On 2/22/2024 at 8:20 PM, nauseus said:

 

If you can link enough convincing information to prove all that then I'd be pleased to look.

The convincing information that he was meeting with Russian intelligence services is in the indictment, which has already been linked to.

The proof that the Republicans knew the information was suspect comes from Republican lawmaker Ken Buck, who stated this live on air in an interview.

Republican: Colleagues were warned informant’s Biden claims were not verified

On 2/22/2024 at 1:45 AM, radiochaser said:

This is the first that I have read, that the steele dossier was funded by republicans.
Perhaps you should inform AP.   But then, perhaps some of those RINO's (who I belive are moderate democrats) were involved too.!

Then perhaps you need to do a little more reading. This was actually one of the stranger aspects of the whole Steele dossier affair, that the funding that led to it came initially from Republicans, then later from Democrats.

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The Washington Free Beacon, a conservative website funded by a major Republican donor, first hired the research firm that months later produced for Democrats the salacious dossier describing ties between Donald J. Trump and the Russian government.

Conservative Website First Funded Anti-Trump Research by Firm That Later Produced Dossier

Just a heads-up, in case anyone's interested.

According to the article below:

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[Kratom] was listed as contributing to or causing at least 4,100 deaths in 44 states and D.C. between 2020 and 2022.

They take kratom to ease pain or anxiety. Sometimes, death follows

However, the piece does go on to say that:

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The vast majority of those cases involved other drugs in addition to kratom

To provide a counterpoint, it also has the following:

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The American Kratom Association [...] insists the herb is safe and that if there are dangerous products, they’re coming from unscrupulous companies.