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klauskunkel

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  1. How many fingers were on that trigger? Only tourists were terrified while for the locals it was business as usual. Wow, Guinness Book material
  2. Thai government, how much they gave you? 20%? 30%? Isn't it nice when everyone speaks the same language...
  3. I can't help but applaud the couple's acrobatics, it's a fine balancing act while waiting for a swell.
  4. The same operators in the same location multiple times over several years... yes, I can see how that maybe challenging, even , dare I say it, image tarnishing and not to mention a loss of an imaginary face.
  5. While I agree with all the points made in this opinion piece, I feel there is one more point obviously missing: Lack of decisive government action For over a decade every single government whether elected, appointed, military, civilian has failed to take on the "powerful agricultural businesses" who profit from this situation. Why is that? Cowardice, vested interest, laziness, ineptitude, or a combination thereof? Thailand, Tourism, Peoples' Health would all benefit from an independent, thorough and public investigation.
  6. 15,000 tons of Cadmium in a 1,000 bags inside and let's say (for simplicity's sake) 500 bags outside. 15,000 divided by 1,500 is: 10. One bag holds 10 tons of cadmium. Exactly how stupid does The Thaiger think its readership is? Or considering this snippet from 2022: Most commercial cadmium is obtained as a byproduct of zinc ore refining, though cadmium can also be recovered from recycled materials such as nickel-cadmium batteries and metal scrap. The United States is the world’s primary producer of cadmium, generating an estimated 1,100 tons of the metal per year. It would seem that "a company in Tak" has emerged as the one and only Cadmium Super Hub!
  7. I have some choice adjectives to describe your party more accurately...
  8. Ikea frigate? Where the heck is the bloody thing..., oh there it is! Instructions make no sense!
  9. Actually, as it turned out, she was sitting on public property. The owner of the house had encroached on the beach building the steps there. Those steps were then demolished. So legally, as a Thai citizen, she was sitting on her property and got kicked by the Swiss man...
  10. In my opinion, the biggest threat to democracy are those dynastic political families who divvy up power among themselves, and the name "Kennedy" rings a bell.
  11. British backpacker murderers make fresh appeal against sentence (video) Rate this topic By webfact 19 hours ago in Koh Samui News Source: The Thaiger 2024-04-02 FYI, aseannow re-reports news articles from news sources in Thailand and worldwide, and presents them on a web forum. It does not create the headlines, nor the news. But you would know that if you could understand what you were reading.
  12. Morris and Watson Thailand 46/4 Charoenraj Road Bangklo Bangkorlaem Bangkok 10120 Thailand Tel: +66 2 164 1021-3 They will melt your coins down and pay spot price for the gold content. Contact first to make appointment, describe your coins, attach pictures to email, state your preference: bank transfer, or cash. They will answer with an estimate. There will be a melt charge, in my case about 300 baht.
  13. First it was called a "massacre", now it's called an "incident", in a couple of years it'll be an "event".
  14. When I got a new Passport (US) about 8 years ago, the passport number also changed. Does this still occur? If that's the case, then you will need to update all the places that are linked to the old number (bank accounts, maybe sim cards, etc.)
  15. Ode to the Toilet: ♬"I can't live, if living is without you-hu-hu!"♪
  16. especially when it's the police themselves doing the reform, then it's gonna be real easy On a sidenote, the correct name for the Thai police is "Royal Thai Police". In news articles that name was much more in use in the past, now it seems the "Royal" portion does not show up when describing those scandals. IMO, there is definitely some distancing going on.
  17. Time, as interpreted by humans, is measured at its most accurate by atomic clocks monitoring the resonant frequency of atoms. This is not influenced by Earth's climate. However, my 90 day reporting interval is influenced by Earth's rotation, and therefore could very well be affected...
  18. Gambling to the rescue! Anything to save the economy! Anything, except eradicating systemic corruption in government, industry and society, nepotism and bribery spawning inept decision makers who compound failure... Yes, gambling is much easier to implement than changing ones nature, but... once established and integrated into a corrupt system, gambling won't do much to help the economy, it will help certain individuals who control, legislate and cover up. Then something else will have to save the economy, again, and be corrupted, again. You will run out of things to pin your hope on! And then what? A war? With those Generals?
  19. yes, serve it up on a platter
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