grumpyoldman

The Reds had a point: Thailand is a very unequal society, with a handful of key families controlling so much of its commercial life - & pocketing the proceeds.

Of course they were used by the odious Thaksin - who must never be allowed to influence Thai polity again.

And they contained their fair share of violent nutters.

But their key point remains valid: Thailand is precipitously unequal.

Unless that is rectified, the Reds will rise again.

That might be the end of the present elite, even the end of civil peace.

Better to make a deal now, to bring about fairness.

The poor people in the north whatever color might be need better representation and they need regular town meetings where their concerns and problems can be addressed.

Right now the representation has the "what's in it for me" attitude, do their jobs ineffectually as they really don't care. Paid official is a good position.

Give these people effective voice, give them answers to their problems and they stop following the meglomaniacs that promise them the world while robbing them.

^Yes, but only if you like your food very spicy... my 2 baht attempt at humour. (Phet pronounced - pet - means hot, as in very spicy with lots of chili [prik]). If you like it a little bit spicy - phet nidnoi; not spicy at all - mai phet. In most places, you'll be understood if you simply use English.

wow Mr. Ping, pood Thai geng mahk, huh? I guess that bargirl Thai class (for the cost of girl drinks) has paid off...........

OP, across from the C&N hotel on 200 year road is #9 restaurant. Nice chicken noodle soup for cheap and their other Thai dishes are good too.

Sounds like she was given an antihistamine...which suggests the doctor thinks the rash is some type of allergy and not heat rash.

Application of hydrocortisone or other steroid cream at night will probably help just as much without the systemic side effects, but need to try to figure out what she is allergic to.

Past couple years I get the same thing this time of year. Last year the doctor told me it was because the water in my well had reached bottom and I was showering in water with maybe some heavy metals. He said he had many patients with the same and prescribed cortisone cream.

This year I have just been using cooling powder, seems to work o.k. Except missed it this morning on the backside of my arm, has the raised rash type thing and is itchy !

Bring on the rain god**ammit!

Thanks cdmtcdm. What is KPP and where is their office in Rawai? Is that 10 meg for int'l speeds or just domestic?

Rawai Cable where I went in to talk to them about this is near The Islander Restaurant, if on the road from Nai Hairn Beach before the Islander.

They don't have the cables set up everywhere yet, they told me my soi (Nanachat) would have service in the latter part of June.

Quoted 2000thb deposit for the box, 690 a month for cable TV and internet. Sounds like a bargain to me !

I think we are all in agreement that you don't hit your animal friend.

Has to be tough though to be there all the time with your pup, so you can jump up and take him/her outside when they are about to do their business. Maybe you all just have more time than I, who knows.........

Cheers, GOM

I raised a Golden Retriever in my youth.

One thing you cannot start too early is training using hand signals. People thinking their dog or dogs can understand what they are saying are insane.

First hand signal- with index finger pointed out and a little knock on the nose is "no" !

For potty training, show your dog the poop, may have to rub her nose in it, give her the index finger on the nose and a "no", and toss them both outside. Once she smells the poop outside, she'll get it. Also, be sure first thing in the morning and last thing at night you take her out to pee and for sure a "good dog" petting when she pees outside. She'll get it after awhile.

Hand signal-closed fist for sit- give her the closed fist,push her butt down to sit, give her a little snack treat.

Hand signal-open hand toward the dog "stay" (this one will take awhile,have to walk away, give her the "no" signal if she moves).

Never too early to start leash training. Snap your fingers call "heel" and pull the leash so your dog is walking beside you at a heel. This is really great because once she's trained there you can chuck the leash.

Teething-do they have those leather bone chews here in Thailand? I dunno.

Anyway, good luck and start training your dog right away, once they understand the hand signals, Goldens are really smart.

Believe that you are old school with your advise, one should never hit a dog on its nose, this is a dogs main tool of sences, and definately never rub his nose in his business, These sort of tactics went out of the window many years ago.

For house training, this takes a lot of patience, keep the door open so that the dog can go out into the garden, watch it and as soon as you see him attempting to squat inside of the house, pick it up and take it outside, when it does its business outside give it a lot of praise.

For chewing remember these are a very inteligent working dog and will become bored very easily. Give him lots of toys to keep himself occupied, try not to leave the dog in the house for long periods my its self.

Brian

I said "little knock' there Brian, I didn't say hit the dog on the nose, your words in my mouth are irritating.

My main point was hand signals and any dog trainer will tell you that's the best way for your animal to understand you.

You want to take forever with the house breaking, up to you, a couple poopy noses and the dog will understand.

Sorry, never joined PETA, just wanted and did have a very happpy and great dog.

How about a list of unfavorite retaurants?

After that I went to the neighboring Wine Connection deli bakery where the usual competent staff looks to have been replaced.

The clerk , who was picking at her nose when I entered used her freshly booger'd up fingers to pick up the bread I chose.

I walked out.

Disgusting.

Saved you money on cheese................

good comments from Amnesty pointing out the illegality of the military shootings, oddly enough I raised this earlier in this thread, unarmed people are being shot that pose no immediate threat, amnesty have no highlighted this also in their report, link in the Tuesday news thread.

And where was your AI during Thaksin's extra judicial drug killings?

How about during the men in black snipers that are now coming to light with SD's assitant being grabbed.

Don't pat yourself on the back so soon Tony, there's more to the story than a bent AI report.

You left out one small detail re: US protestor's rights. They have to protest legally. That means they are restricted where they can protest. They cannot 'set up camp' in any downtown area that would affect businesses without a permit and that would be very limited so as not to disrupt the free flow of commerce. I dare you to name a protest which took place anywhere in the US that was even remotely similar to the one at Ratchaprasong. As long as the BKK protestors stayed at Pan Fa Bridge, the govt. went out of it's way to accomodate them. They could have protested there forever and a day but they wanted trouble and started moving to non permissable areas via Kok Wua and the govt. drew the line. That still wasn't enough reaction for the Reds, who want civil war, and they shut down ome of the best money-making areas in Bangkok. When has anything like that been allowed anywhere in the world? You have painted a totally false picture of the Red's behavior. That makes you a propagandist.

OH, don't resort to name calling...... it makes you look small and uneducated, LOL.

If protesters assembled in Times Square in NYC, they would not be shot and murdered, I assure you.

You are missing the basic fact that in the US, citizens have basic rights. They cannot be tossed in jail for 15 years for "insulting" anyone. Also, they are free to print, publish and broadcast. Their TV stations are not shut down at will.

In Thailand, the government simply declares whatever they don't want "illegal" and imposed some "emergency decree" which basically gives them the authority to murder anyone they wish and violate their rights.

Why was this not issued against the PAD when they occupied the airports?

It is complete foolishness to rail against the UDD for what they did in Rajaprasong and at the same time support the PAD and what they did at the airport.

Propaganda? Don't be silly. I am not the Thai government, or a UDD or PAD supporter, or a rich elite who is worried about my Mercedes Benz getting damaged.

1. I promise you that you will not be allowed a protest in Times Square more than the time it take the police to remove you.

2. I will not address you point as it is a violation of forum rules (a red-shirt thing to do) except I defy you to tell me who spent 15 years in jail.

3. If you don't like the laws of Thailand then don't go to Thailand though you will be hard-pressed to find a civilized country that doesn't have S.O.E. and Marshall laws.

4. What was or was not applied to the PAD was up to the Taksin puppet governments so you'll have to ask them why. Personally, I think Somchai should have fired any officer who refused to remove that yellow hoard.

5. Since you responded directly to my post, it looks like you are putting words in my mouth to talk about "rail against the UDD" as i did no such thing. And you are you are trying to 'frame' me as a yellow supporter or apologist which I most vociferously deny.

6. You don't have to work for any govt. to be a propagandist nor do you have to be a rich elite who drives a Mercedes Benz but you might work for a Mercedes Benz driving. elitist, citizen of Montenegro as a professional propagandist. I hope you got your pay 'up front'.

Propagandist

1. a person involved in producing or spreading propaganda. 2. a member or agent of a propaganda.

Alright! Here, here!

Right Vindie... Try pulling any of the crap these zombies have in any other major city in the world and see how quickly the respective governments would break out the big guns. The problem with Thailand is they waited too long. This shi*t would have been mopped up in 72 hours in the USA, and the death toll would have been directly related to how many idiots chose to stick around after the authorities had given the order to disburse or face the consequences.

I challenge you to name one lawful event in US history where protesters were murdered in the streets. There are none.

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if the person lobbing the grenade was shot then I agree, if the person doing the shooting was shot then I agree, however shooting an unarmed man for setting up a barricade is too far. I watched the army this morning on TV showing footage they had, only 3 protesters on this footage had firearms (I know there are probably more), however I want them to show me footage showing the dead with firearms, or grenades, or petrol bombs so I can be sure these people were an immediate threat.

you got it, Seh Daeng.

How about the guy who puts the baby on the barricade, he's unarmed right?

Using his baby as a shield, disgusting behavior although you probably don't agree.......

Do people still actually believe that this is only about Thaksin?

I will be amazed if people still do not see the bigger picture here.

Would you please spell it out for us Tony?

It's amazing how so many 'educated' farangs are bent on blaming all that ails Thailand on an exiled ex-prime minister. Nobody is responsible for the army shooting civilians in Bangkok except the government. Illegal occupation of private and/or public property is not a good reason to shoot people. Neither is looting. The red shirt leaders may be selfish jerks dancing to Thaksin's tune, but it's NOT AN EXCUSE for the government to SHOOT PEOPLE. The government lies on the news everyday. So do the red shirts, but who should be the higher moral authority here? Most of you farangs come from western democracies... and most of you would support one political party over another. If you think the best solution to political impasse and or civil disobedience is to shoot those who disagree with you, then you should move to a place that supports that kind of thing (domestically) like Burma. The violence started when the army showed up... PERIOD. The rest of these arguments are pure political rhetoric, hearsay, and paranoia. Of course, if this continues, maybe you folks ARE in the right place.

The red shirts lobbing grenades, not a reason to shoot people? Pulling army out of a truck and mob beating them, not a reason to shoot?

If this were "peaceful disobedience" I'd agree with you, but this has been far from that.

The government tried and tried, set a reconciliatory path with no commitment from the reds. Of course it's time to roll. Wake up! Enough is enough and I think you will find most Thais agree (not just "moral farangs).

Blaming Thaksin for what has been brewing for many years is very shortsighted.

Much of what is happening today is the result of decades of meddling,corruption and mismanagement in Thailand.

Sure Thaksin has played his part of the villian with much aplomb and indeed he has plenty of dirt on his hands.

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However it doesn't take much digging to figure things out.

Wake up Thaksin bashers there is more going on behind the scenes if you care to look a little closer.

O.K. lets look closer, as a rural poor Thai you get 100-300-1000thb a day to risk your life as a red shirt protester while your fearless leader shops for expensive handbags in Paris. The same leader that gave you 500thb to vote for him.

You guys that want to look at "the bigger picture", get a load of that picture. These people are being duped by a meglomaniac.

As they say follow the Money. Take the money away the problem will be solved. I am surprised it took them so long to stop the transfer of money. Also I think the Government should allow everyone who has suffered financial losses because of these people who fund these terrorist and their disruptions to sue for all the damages. It will take care of the money these people have so they are not able to destroy this country ever again

In speaking with someone who was in Bangkok seeing a friend, another friend a red shirt rode up with his motorbike all decorated in red colors. This guy, unemployed, said he was getting 300thb cash everyday for just showing up at the rally, 1000thb if he decorated his bike and rode around with the others.

1000thb a day, that's a better salary than most Thais make. Is it a wonder they continue?

Yes, cutoff the money and I'm sure many will go home.

I raised a Golden Retriever in my youth.

One thing you cannot start too early is training using hand signals. People thinking their dog or dogs can understand what they are saying are insane.

First hand signal- with index finger pointed out and a little knock on the nose is "no" !

For potty training, show your dog the poop, may have to rub her nose in it, give her the index finger on the nose and a "no", and toss them both outside. Once she smells the poop outside, she'll get it. Also, be sure first thing in the morning and last thing at night you take her out to pee and for sure a "good dog" petting when she pees outside. She'll get it after awhile.

Hand signal-closed fist for sit- give her the closed fist,push her butt down to sit, give her a little snack treat.

Hand signal-open hand toward the dog "stay" (this one will take awhile,have to walk away, give her the "no" signal if she moves).

Never too early to start leash training. Snap your fingers call "heel" and pull the leash so your dog is walking beside you at a heel. This is really great because once she's trained there you can chuck the leash.

Teething-do they have those leather bone chews here in Thailand? I dunno.

Anyway, good luck and start training your dog right away, once they understand the hand signals, Goldens are really smart.

. Pizza company is typical American crap !

Another biased criticism. I happen to like the Pizza Company and their thin crispy pizza. It is a little overpriced, but then what isn't in Ao Nang.

Yeah, I'd like to know if klongmuang is a pommie, such quality cuisine in the U.K............what's the national cuisine there, Indian right?

Hi April,

this is such a quiet forum, I don't know you will get an answer here. I apologize, I do not have an answer for you.

Advice though, maybe go to the teaching in Thailand subforum or education subforum, use the search or repost there, I'll bet you have better luck.

Cheers, GOM

It's 6.20pm and so far there are no reports of cannibalism at Rajasaprong.

Yet to hear from the Donner Kebab Party so far.

But McDonalds is closed and Rambo Esaan is already getting hungry

McDonald's delivers, unlike the red leaders, the PM, insert ineffective organization here.....

Lazarus, the avatar is hilarious but a little brown spraypaint in PS could've smoothed out the corners on the right........

I've met and spoke to him couple of weeks ago at an opening party, it was a nice bloke.

"it" ? Wow that's quite the putdown TG, referring to him as though he were a cockroach.

From where I come from it's innocent until proven guilty, I don't think he's been tried yet (except here amongst some posters). Frankly, it's "buyer beware" out there. You buy some solar panels, probably want to be sure they work before you pay.

and did you ever notice when viewed from behind, two baldheads make an ass of themselves

Frank was flat out one of the nicest guys you'd ever want to meet.

I was lucky enough to share a few breakfasts with him at Don's old place, plus a few cocktails at the Asia bar.

Frank knew he did not have much longer as he had mentioned that to me.

RIP Frank

Seems very popular with the Europeans.

I see a group of them bald Euros, and it reminds me I haven't played pool in awhile...........

There is a beautiful little island called Camiguin, off Mindinao but in July, the whole of the Phil is prone to Typhoons.....yearly average is 26. The whole country is prone, but you may be lucky.

Thanks but I have read that some islands like Saman are outside the Typhoons' belt

The only thing is: is it worth a visit for snorkelling?

Sorry, I have never been in July.

Maybe check Lonely Planet's website? Or there for sure has to be a diving the Philippines LP book.

Pizza Company is not good, but unfortunately it's the best in Krabi Town.

At least that was true a few years ago when I used to live there. Hopefully that has changed.

Pizza Company, over-priced and poor quality ingredients.

Sorry, I do not eat pizza very often, makes me FAT (or fatter than I already am anyway....), but try La Luna, I know the other dishes there are good.

Ban jetskis? Yeah ok right.

However these tourists should each be writing strong letters to their tour operator letting them know and demanding action. At least then might see some warnings given to tourists. The whole business is a disgrace.

Same thing happened in Phuket to people I know about a year ago.

36,000thb and they surrounded and held one guy hostage while the ladies had to go to the bank.