Trentham

You are to sensitive, grow some backbone or a smoother back.

This just reminds me of all the nonsense the Muslims pull, getting upset over every little fart.

...."all the nonsense the Muslims pull, getting over every little fart"

Yes BrainLife, you need to get some.

You should of just chided in something like...

"The Farang, by the way, is paid higher wages...for a reason".

Wouldn't it be great if Thai Teachers could earn the same?

If the poster chipped in with a retort like you suggest he would be making a serious and dangerous enemy. Not good advice.

Have you considered that you may suffer from Restless Leg Syndrome? It is quite a common problem and a very nasty one at that. I have suffered from it for many years and it worsens as you get older. Google it. Good luck and I hope it is not what is bothering you.

This planet has already suffered thru five or six mass extinction events, and nothing we humans do will prevent another such event.

With an estimated 99.9% of all species lost during the time span of the planet, what is demonstrated is that life will return... Maybe not in the way we see it, and maybe not including humans anyway

So don't worry, the sky isn't falling on your head, (not yet anyway.)

Possible cause of another extinction event do indeed include human activity..... But... It has also been put forward that aliens will be responsible for the next such event. (The leader of Scientology l. Ron Hubbard, even put this thought forward in one of his books, which was made into a movie starring John travolta )

It's a quandary.... To stop aliens, we need to advance significantly with our technology, which undoubtedly will result in the loss of more species

Don't get me wrong.... I do not support the killing of endangered species... I actually believe , in the main, that humans should consume items that they have grown or bred for consumption

Seeing large amounts of elephant tusks, makes us imagine large amounts of dead elephants, killed for those tusk, which is tragic... And poachers should be hunted down and exterminated.... And this indeed can be done thru DNA testing... That it might take a month, or a year, doesn't really matter in the bigger, hundreds of millions of years picture, wherein the planet has died and been reborn

Realistically, the loss of elephants wifi mean that there are less large pathways for other animals to use... Yep... That's about it... Luckily, knowing this, humans can take over that role with machinery

Loss of whales might increase the amount of fish in the ocean, which means more fish for humans

Apparently the loss of bees, is the most significant extinction that can happen, in a man made extinction event, as pollination will be reduced, and foods become less... But.... Humans, through technological advances can do a bees job, and already are, through GM foods and higher yields

So loosing a few species here and there, won't hurt to much, as we have seen this over the last few thousand years, where extinction levels have increase at a far far higher rate than is normal... Yep... Normal... And we are still here and thriving

So, I would suggest that extinction of certain species has a more emotional significance, than a practical one.

I believe that it is undeniable that humans need to continue to advance technologically, ( after all, we have aliens to fight) and this will continue to cause the loss ( extinction) of more species, but as long as research can tell us the impact of that event, humans will continue to survive.... And for humans, life is all about survival.

That said..., we do need to be proactive in reducing the rate of extinction events, hence my comment about killing the poachers, just like they did a few hundred years ago, if a commoner was caught fishing in a noblemans stream, or hunting in a noblemans forest, he would be executed or maimed ( eyes gouged out was a favorite)

Anyway... It would seem that as humans, we should support scientists with financial donations, and kick green peace to the. Kerb.

Moderators will you please move this post to the "looney" forum.

I despair for the future of our planet. Mankind has caused and is causing the extinction of countless species. The damage we do is evil and is permanent. It is humans who should be exterminated if our world is to continue as the beautiful place it once was. Elephants, tigers, turtles, rhinos....the list is endless that humanity is quickly destroying. We pollute our seas, our land, our air. Australia is destroying its Great Barrier Reef, China is poisoning itself, Indonesia is smoking out the world every year. Climate change is really occurring and all we do is fart around [no pun intended] and continue to poison and pollute and exterminate the only world we will ever have. The sooner we get another ebola/sars/AIDS/ malaria that wipes us out - the better.

Mankind is the ONLY species on Earth that can be described as EVIL.

Perhaps then, in the first step of getting rid of evil you should check out!

You are a total pessimist, not facing reality and not likely to help change anything for the better. Fortunately not everyone is like you - many people are trying to make change for the better and succeeding. You have no sense of history or understanding how "nature" works. Do you really believe that at the end of the last Ice Age, humanity was responsible for the warming of the planet? And how many elephants, tigers, turtles, rhino etc were around then? Many species were wiped out as a result of the Ice Age and many did not survive the end of the Ice Age either. Evolution, my dumb pessimist, is at work. Nature gave us the Great Barrier Reef and nature will take it away. China is now starting to take steps to stop poisoning itself and the list goes on. Our Earth continually evolves with or without the help of humans. So, stop being a pathetic part of the problem and become a part of the solution!

WOW! ..........Touch a guilty nerve did I????

I despair for the future of our planet. Mankind has caused and is causing the extinction of countless species. The damage we do is evil and is permanent. It is humans who should be exterminated if our world is to continue as the beautiful place it once was. Elephants, tigers, turtles, rhinos....the list is endless that humanity is quickly destroying. We pollute our seas, our land, our air. Australia is destroying its Great Barrier Reef, China is poisoning itself, Indonesia is smoking out the world every year. Climate change is really occurring and all we do is fart around [no pun intended] and continue to poison and pollute and exterminate the only world we will ever have. The sooner we get another ebola/sars/AIDS/ malaria that wipes us out - the better.

Mankind is the ONLY species on Earth that can be described as EVIL.

The planet has survived for billions of years and will continue to do so. Various species die at the rate of 200 to 2000 per year (various theories). Don't despair for the planet. It will be fine when the humans are gone.

You are correct however I am a sentimental old bugger and would like to see some of these magnificent species and habitats hang around a bit longer and not have man hasten their demise due to his greed. It is possible that if man continues on his merry global warming, polluting, fouling and nuclear spree we may render our planet uninhabitable for anything at all.

Discounting collisions with asteroids etc. natural extinctions take millennia to occur. Man causes them to happen in less than a century if not quicker.

However thank you for your attempt to cheer me up.

281 tusks means about 140 elephants were killed for no reason except for greed.

Those that buy ivory carvings and such are just as guilty as those who do the killing.

Does not 100% mean they killed the elephants.

If you wish to be so pedantic you could claim that 281 tusks means 140 and a 1/2 elephants. You know that near enough to all of them were killed. We have all seen the documentaries.

I despair for the future of our planet. Mankind has caused and is causing the extinction of countless species. The damage we do is evil and is permanent. It is humans who should be exterminated if our world is to continue as the beautiful place it once was. Elephants, tigers, turtles, rhinos....the list is endless that humanity is quickly destroying. We pollute our seas, our land, our air. Australia is destroying its Great Barrier Reef, China is poisoning itself, Indonesia is smoking out the world every year. Climate change is really occurring and all we do is fart around [no pun intended] and continue to poison and pollute and exterminate the only world we will ever have. The sooner we get another ebola/sars/AIDS/ malaria that wipes us out - the better.

Mankind is the ONLY species on Earth that can be described as EVIL.

Think the person in the black car was quite polite to crash the car over the railing instead of crashing into the white SUV cowardly 'running off'.

But it was a flash...darn; maybe the white car driver didn't even realize what happened.

Edit: At least the dash cam driver stopped and might have a helping hand???

Why are you 3 posters so far so quick to criticise? The white car was on a sharp bend and on double lines and unable to get off the road because of the cement barrier. He/she was possibly moving around the bend to a safe place to park. Give them the benefit of the doubt.

Really, and there are even others here than like that comment??

<deleted> unbelievable.

Where I come from people would stop right there and then. You're talking about human life, It's instinct to just stop and help.

The person in the white car could have and should have stopped if they had an ounce of compassion and care! but I suddenly remember a report here on TV where I bus driver flattened a motorcycle rider around Silom, had a peek over his side window and drove off.. the victim apparently died... then again TIT!!!

There is not much point to parking stupidly and causing another accident is there? Grow up and use your head instead of reacting with your bigotry in control.

Think the person in the black car was quite polite to crash the car over the railing instead of crashing into the white SUV cowardly 'running off'.

But it was a flash...darn; maybe the white car driver didn't even realize what happened.

Edit: At least the dash cam driver stopped and might have a helping hand???

Why are you 3 posters so far so quick to criticise? The white car was on a sharp bend and on double lines and unable to get off the road because of the cement barrier. He/she was possibly moving around the bend to a safe place to park. Give them the benefit of the doubt.

The trucks on the "fast lane" (is there such a thing in Thailand?) drive there because the other lane is broken. But I never bother about them, just drive around them. It is really easy most of the time.

On the other hand, sometimes there are 3-4 buses in row which are driving around 110km/h and it is really hard to overtake them because they think they own the road.

Flashing lights to press the other driver out of the way is bad behavior and most drivers who do this also tailgaiting. I only do this at night to show to the left lane drivers that I am coming .

Overall, I think it is really nice and easy to drive in Thailand.

If the buses are doing 110kph then you should not be trying to overtake them. You are already at or over the speed limit. Seems to me you are as bad as those this poster is complaining about.

I suggest you do not miss Boklua in the North of Nan province. It is another Pai before it was discovered. Scenery unbelievable, hill tribes, nature. There is a nice little place to stay called Boklua View Resort. and if you go order the ckicken makwan in their restaurant. From Nan city there are 2 ways to get there Nan - Santisuk - Boklua or Nan - Pua - Boklua. The Santisuk road is not so mountainous and an easier drive but the Pua road is the way to go for the most spectacular scenery in Thailand. I cannot wait to go again.

I guess history and archaeology stretch the mental capacity of most expats in Thailand. If they could have squeezed into this story some bits about 300 year old beer on board or perhaps evidence of gorgeous girls entertaining ancient mariners then we could have more than just this post in reply. ha ha.

I wouldn't get into any vehicle that didn't have a licence plate....you may be sure there's a lot of other stuff he doesn't have either.

.........and maybe something nasty that he does have.

Nestle aims to get even richer exploiting parents and children like they have in other parts of the world.

I know 2 families that originated from China but have been in Australia since 1860 when the gold rushes occurred. I also know some Irish and British people who only arrived in Australia 25 years ago. So "Whats in a name - Struth I dunno" to quote a famous old Aussie, C.J.Dennis.

Just watched today a English teaching channel on DLTV, you'd expect everything to be correct, but NO, they even got a noun down as an adjective. Either they have a really serious problem or the farang proof reader needs to be sacked.

[smirk] I think you mean "an" English teaching channel...........

I hope the "abstinence from sex" will also apply to heterosexual donors. They carry just as many blood borne diseases.

No they don't. There is a much higher risk for homo men. If it is political correct or not, it is a fact.

Can you fully comprehend the English language???

The word "diseases" is in the plural. It has an "s" on the end. What I wrote still stands.

If you wish to be specific about HIV then take a look at that in straight people in Africa. There are stupendous numbers of heterosexuals who are HIV positive on that continent.

I hope the "abstinence from sex" will also apply to heterosexual donors. They carry just as many blood borne diseases.

The "no use phone" lane will probably be empty.

More quality tourism. What more can one expect from a country built off the back of convict labor?

Yeah - convicts all from Great Britain where you obviously come from. Mr. indeed.

I refuse to buy any Apple product. They are a company without morals.

Oh I'm not so sure about that... One of the Morals appears to be... supply the consumer with the highest quality product...

Of course, many will disagree... however, I use both a Windows PC (for work) 2, of them actually, and a MacBook for personal use... I have many more issues with the Windows OS crashing, hanging, requiring updates etc... its just a pain in the neck.

Your understanding of the meaning of "moral" is questionable as is Apple's corporate behaviour.

And Microsoft is a saint??

Bill Gates gives away billions to charity and medical science.

Not a saint but pretty good.

I refuse to buy any Apple product. They are a company without morals.

I have posted this before. It is part of an email from one of my partners in a business in Nan...............

Well, we did get the car. Last Wednesday. We had to go through all sorts of rigmarole of course – drive it out of the showroom at noon precisely (for good luck); visit the grandaughter of the last king of Nan for good luck; arriving at 12.09 for good luck; parking the car in her garden with all the doors open (to let the good luck in, along with the red ants and mozzies); then to the temple to have it and us splashed with water for good luck; then driving out of town to the first temple in Nan and circling it (tooting, first of course) for good luck; and then driving back with good luck temple threads hanging from the steering wheel and the rear vision mirror. So much good luck. Then that first night T... drives it up the bungalows driveway and demolishes the brick pillars and salt pan at the top. So, the next day (which is when I found out about it) his mother kills a chicken and we go to a jungle temple and the good luck process starts all over again. I asked him if I could get my 500bt back from the monk in Nan.