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Q: Do you accept that some people in the protest group were illegally carrying weapons, and that these were used to kill and injure security personnel?

A: we dun nuffink rong.

I can't recall you ever condemining the military / security forces for killing unarmed people. You must be aware it happened. Your riposte, the pathetic "we dun nuffink rong" or variations on that theme

Yet here you are , once again, on your high horse of "truth and the democratic way" and accusing others of something you are just as guilty of.

The usual suspects - the usual mantra. Have you ever considered an alternative viewpoint to the one that you hold might have some merit?

Do you have any sensible comment at all on the observation from yet another group of people that maintain that people were shot who were unarmed and were not posing a threat to the armed forces or that the government/military combined tactics used against those people protesting was way and beyond an "proportional response" as opined by the HRW in one of its less partisan moments.?

Please enlighten me as to what democratic country in the world would allow and armed insurgency to take over the central business district, allow confiscation of military weapons, tanks, allow a non-state militia to conduct road stops/searches, allow armed insurgents to take over a government hospital, allow the tossing of grenades at innocent civilians, allow the leading army officer to be assassinated with a bullet to the head, and on and on and on WITHOUT an armed intervention. Do you think the US government would allow such a thing? Do you think UK would allow? Do you think Norway would allow?

Jeez guys. Whatever use of live bullets was undertaken by the government, don't you think that maybe, just maybe it might have been justified no matter how unpalatable that may be to you, this group was clearly across the line and again if these actions took place in a "democratic" country such as the US, I am absolutely sure the crackdown would have been even more prompt and powerful.

Just putting things in perspective for those with short and/or selective memories.

No! can't think of any country that would let that happen, could you please inform us of where it did happen, because it certainly didn't happen in Bangkok.

You haven't got a selective memory, just a wild imagination!

If you haven't arranged accommodation yet try pine bungalows near khlong muang, they can arrange a local fisherman to take you out for a lot cheaper than 5,500baht a trip.

I just ate my best and biggest burger in Thailand ever - luckily here in Ao Nang!

2 x 150 gr. ground beef inside, it made my day! :-)

Oh, the place is a new red building at the junction to Ao Namao, the name is Reddevils or something like this.

Yes, if I am not mistaken, I believe this is Chef Umberto from Sala Bua/Lo Spuntino's outfit.

Bound to have good food, for sure, looks like an epic burger. That sounds like a good name for an over the top burger "The Epic Burger".

Sounds good. What sort of price out of interest? How about quality and value of the rest of the menu?

As I remember, the spicy burger (1 beef, bacon, cheese inside) was 220 and the double was bit more than 300. All came with french fries and was more than enough. You can not compare these burgers with Burger king's cheap plastic burger. :-)

I saw on the menu different steaks (T-bone, striploin, sirloin, pork chop, chicken and sausages), I will give a try for a steak on this weekend. They have pastas, pizzas and some appetizers as well.

Oi! leave off burger king, nice burgers, lots better than the wet sloppy crap at mcdonalds.

i read somewhere it is on Truevision HD2 , not sure if that is correct as they are using that channel for the Olympics, i checked Truevision programming today and cant see it scheduled , just have to surf Truevision at 730pm

i read somewhere it is on Truevision HD2 , not sure if that is correct as they are using that channel for the Olympics, i checked Truevision programming today and cant see it scheduled , just have to surf Truevision at 730pm

I think temp and sell by date are the least of your worries, counterfeit drugs are rife in Asia thanks to the Chinese.

Thats excellent - and even if one had to pay a bill of 32,000 baht for 7 days in hospital, thats peanuts in comparison to what you would pay even for basic medical care overseas.

Yes, but "basic medical care" is all you're gonna get, and I do mean basic.

Not so! in the good old UK you get the best care for free.

Not so straight forward as that. A law was enacted in the mid 50's that entitled NHS hospitals to charge for treatment of injuries caused from traffic accidents. I came off my motorbike and suffered slight injuries to a wrist and elbow 1957. Since nobody else was involved and I had said I had been riding a motorbike, the hospital gave me a bill. I didn't pay the bill and the hospital didn't chase me for it. In the UK there is no way that you can collect from an unsecured debtor except possibly applying for their bankruptcy in which case it costs more to collect the debt than the payout. Some hospitals may have a policy of asking for payment just in case somebody plays the 'white man', and given today's morality, others may not recognising it as a useless exercise.

I expect the law is still on the books as MP's are too busy fiddling with their expense claims to strike it out. Another law still on the books AFAIK provides that all London cabs carry a bucket of water and some hay to feed and refresh the horse.

absolutely as straight forward as that, all treatment is free! end of!

Are they 2 stroke engines???

yeah the old ones, later ones 200cc 4 stroke.

There ain't nothing you can do to make a phantom a mean machine.

Mind you I know a guy in Essex who's tried with a TA200 model, extra zorsts, Harley badges n loads of chrome and even paid good money to import it to England.

Thats excellent - and even if one had to pay a bill of 32,000 baht for 7 days in hospital, thats peanuts in comparison to what you would pay even for basic medical care overseas.

Yes, but "basic medical care" is all you're gonna get, and I do mean basic.

Not so! in the good old UK you get the best care for free.

I love Krabi/Lanta/Ao Nang, not a jet ski in sight!

...yet.

The incident I described happened at a beach in Krabi, albeit a more secluded one. But you're right that those places are generally better.

Not on a beach in Krabi! secluded or not, and with it's own very special atm???

are you so lonely?

I love Krabi/Lanta/Ao Nang, not a jet ski in sight!

Again, LOL!

Don't waste time with windows XP, 7 is the way to go, you won't regret it, all my customers were relucant but once they tried it, they loved it.

I didn't find one thing that Win7 can do that WinXP or even Win2000 could not.

(in an office, so no games....)

couldn't agree more, bought a laptop with 7 on it about 15 months ago and still miss my old xp which did things 7 just doesn't.

A ''medium'' sized grinding machine? Thank god, only smoke large personally, Phew!

Old Holborn's my favourite but these days my old lungs can't take it so I smoke Golden Virginia which aint bad.

I wear red when united plays so what. Sick and tired of having to get up in the morning, look at my calendar and then decide what colour shirt is "ok". Time for us to start a protest demanding the right to wear whatever <deleted> colour shirt we want without it implying that we give a toss about local politics. I am mad as hell and not gonna take it anymore. Who is with me?

On a more serious note, I would be more worried if Mark showed up in Red and White stripes than red alone. (see sunderland for a hint).

''I am mad as hell and not gonna take it anymore. Who is with me?''

not me man, if I wear yellow I upset my little lady, and I ain't doing that, If I wear red I upset my friend of 18yrs who lets me have Chang at supermarket prices in his bar!

''I am mad as hell and not gonna take it anymore. Who is with me?''

not me man, if I wear yellow I upset my little lady, and I ain't doing that, If I wear red I upset my friend of 18yrs who lets me have Chang at supermarket prices in his bar!

I wear red when united plays so what. Sick and tired of having to get up in the morning, look at my calendar and then decide what colour shirt is "ok". Time for us to start a protest demanding the right to wear whatever <deleted> colour shirt we want without it implying that we give a toss about local politics. I am mad as hell and not gonna take it anymore. Who is with me?

On a more serious note, I would be more worried if Mark showed up in Red and White stripes than red alone. (see sunderland for a hint).

''I am mad as hell and not gonna take it anymore. Who is with me?''

not me man, if I wear yellow I upset my little lady, and I ain't doing that, If I wear red I upset my friend of 18yrs who lets me have Chang at supermarket prices in his bar!

Swedish my ar*e!

R.I.P.

Thai crash helmets are worthless!

And the shame is, it would be so easy to fix and it would be very popular. This unpopular government could make a few plus points easily.

''This unpopular government''????

Only with farangs on this site!

Several studies have shown that smokers are directly responsible for Global Warming, retreating glaciers, rising sea levels, acne in teenagers and bad breath in 25% of the population.

and several studies have found, that several studies that claim AGW, are based on false evidence, and in fact glaciers are not retreating in any way they haven't for millions of years, and sea levels are not rising or falling in any unnatural way!

i did, they refuse - also at superrich...

once i managed, with quite some "effort", showing only my bank card - being their customer...

Must be your looks then, sorry, no other explanation.

is there anybody else who has to show passport when changing money at superrich or BKK-banks?

There seem to be two mechanisms here, Changing money at an extrenal booth of a bank, rather than internal, secondly using a standard moneychanger shop instead of an organisation like superrich. I have never been asked for ID at an outside exchange booth, or at a moneychanger, The exception's have been Superrich where they always ask for ID and make a photocopy, and inside the banks where I have been asked for ID. This in 33 years of coming here.

Same same in my 46yrs of coming here.

It's a Ford.

If you want reliability and the thing to keep going then Toyota has it sewn up. Folk complain about old design BUT it's a design that has stood the test of time. Toyota for decades has produced engineering reliability.

Actually it's a ford badged Mazda!

i drive like hell.

maybe so but he's asking what you ride like!

We're going to intimidate you with democracy and beat and bomb you with democracy until the streets run red with democracy. Yeah!

We're going to intimidate you with democracy and beat and bomb you with democracy until the streets run red with democracy. Yeah!

Isn't that the American way?