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Critical thinking is discouraged here, only deference to authority. The Thai language bubble also limits the information available to normal Thai peeps.

"True grit" in this case is obviously rhyming slang.

Wresting the "economy" away from a bunch of venal thugs and their enablers might have a (very temporary) effect on it's performance. Small price to pay, imo.

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However, the lack of safety measures around the school has been a longstanding concern. There have been several calls for the construction of overhead bridges, significant traffic lights, speed bumps, and road surface warnings to reduce vehicle speed when passing schools.

 

Unfortunately, these calls have not yet been heeded by the relevant authorities. The straight path of route 317 encourages high speeds, resulting in frequent accidents.

This.

The social-conditioning to wear one is still strong here. Having spent the earlier part of this year in the UK and US with no one wearing masks, coming back here to see the majority of Thais wearing them seems more than a bit ludicrous, but it's just another addition to the mumbo-jumbo grab bag of local traits adopted here. (With mask manufacturers like CP still reeling them in).

One thing that does tee me off is the volume of discarded masks by the roadside, or biffed into the nearest waterway.. Sometimes even full carrier bags of the used filthy things. ????

Never used one, so far. The Holy Trinity of wallet - phone - car keys is usually all I carry around in pockets or to hand.

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After the mysterious death of a former DJ, whose body was found at a rental residence in Rayong province, a ghost hunter is investigating

Who you gonna call.?

Wish he'd leave the circus at home for a while and actually get down to making the top level fights (Usyk, Joshua, etc) that he's negotiated himself out of recently.

A lot of Rayong beaches have strong rips, all the way along to Ko Chang. Last year we were on this same beach when a young man was drowned. It happens a lot, and unless the area has a lot of foreign tourists the beaches are not patrolled, or have warning signs against swimming. Go figure.

16 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

Well not sure about that, I believe such reptile bites can be highly risky of infections. It seemed very strong and fast moving.... two guys catching it had quite a struggle. 

Yep, monitor lizard bites carry a high degree of risk due because they are actually venomous. Their 'big brother" the Komodo Dragon is the world's largest venomous animal.

I know a couple of people here whose dogs have died a couple of days after altercations with monitors. The local strays leave them alone for a reason.

https://pestpolicy.com/are-monitor-lizards-poisonous/

Doesn't say if the deceased was the previous owner of the building, or was just occupying it due to unemployment or being homeless.. Poor fellah.

3 hours ago, Tom H said:

Everybody knows the rules. 

Why has he shares and takes such a risk?

 

 

He has shares in a defunct media company ITV, that hasn't made a broadcast in over 8 years.

He'd obviously forgot about them, but the weasels will use anything they can get to prevent him obtaining power.

"Donut" did it for sure..

On 3/9/2023 at 8:12 PM, Yellowtail said:

People love ribeye, I've never been a fan. I like a good strip...

Me too. Rump steak is also generally overlooked, but very tasty and decently priced usually.

As long as you don't mind the hole in the middle.. ????

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The challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic have had a severe impact on the food and beverage industry, and at the THAIFEX-Anuga Asia 2023, it was obvious that particular food products that have a direct link to sustainability and health are showing increasing potential.

Translated: Food "products" (bugs, synthetic meats, etc) linked to the big globalist players that actually don't give a toss about our health or sustainability, just want to wipe out diversity and the small players in the market.

2 hours ago, ikke1959 said:

I hope the MFP will ban these alcohol free day bans.... Too stupid nowadays. Give the people some responsibility, and besides that what is a party without alcohol?/ Vesaka is in Christianity Christmas, Easter and  Pentecost.... 

Just stick to local Mom & Pop shops. They'll happily sell whatever you want.

9 minutes ago, DPKANKAN said:

The TV was on. It was probably jealousy as he had not been invited to have a drink as he had caused problems!!

Thanks for a bit of insider knowledge on this story. ????

1 hour ago, Ralf001 said:

You are still doing mandatory ATK testing ?

Who has instructed your company to resume that and when ?  

Virtually all customers in the oil, gas, chemical and power industries here.

It's not being 'resumed', it's still ongoing.

Stray (feral) cats might be the culprit.. Some ditzy neighbour of ours decided to start feeding a few strays, and in a few months the geckos, birds and squirrels etc had disappeared. (She didn't bother getting them spayed / vaccinated, etc, obviously).

Anyway, she moved on and the cats disappeared thankfully.

Due to the ongoing and ridiculous mandatory ATK-testing for Thai workers, there are a lot of (non-sick) staff sat twiddling their thumbs at home.. I currently have 5 guys down with + results, and customers queued up waiting for services. Utterly deranged.

2 hours ago, wazzupnow said:

must have been all very little dogs you ever tried do strangle a bully? goodluck with that 

Probably all had bigger balls than him. Envy issues..

And probably thicker whiskers.