https://aseannow.com/rss/44-thailand-news.xml/National and regional news from all around ThailandenOn Friday morning at 7am I woke up to a power outage. Called PEA, and they said whole area affected, and ETA for the fix was 11am. So around 10am the heat started to become unbearable, and I went outside, only to see that my neighbour restaurants also had no electric. Closer to 11am I noticed they had electric, but not me. I checked my meter and saw it was online, so that is when I noticed that all my main breakers had tripped. So what happened that make my main breakers trip? I'm sure it didn't happen when electric returned, because it would have activated my doorbell for at least 1 sound signal.Fri, 03 Jul 2026 18:00:41 +0000Similar to my experience, also some years ago. Suspected heart attack, kidnapped straight to Cardiac ward, wired up to remote monitor 24/7 so I could walk about the ward and corridor but no further. Even taking a shower, because they had to disconnect me, a nurse stood outside the bathroom listening out. Blue-light ambulance around the M25 to Harefield hospital, so I could have an Angiogram. Sent for MRI and other scans to a very expensive private clinic across the road from the hospital. Once that was all clear, they relaxed a bit and let me out a few days later with a bucket load of pills. Subsequently I had 8 weeks of Cardiac Rehab (2 hours a week) and to this day get annual blood tests (reminders sent to me) I have had other, less serious issues more recently and the only complaint I might have is that for such less serious issues, obviously lower priority, appointments are hard to get. But even though my Trust is good, they're still underfunded and hence under resourced.Fri, 03 Jul 2026 17:59:24 +0000My bladder's full I hear there is a grave that needs visiting and a neck for the follow on ordure. I shall try my best to do both.Fri, 03 Jul 2026 17:51:47 +0000That was not my question, and would also not make sense in my situation. CCTV power supply and alarms system power supply are at different ends of the house, so a 5kWh battery would involve a lot of re-wiring. I have no plans either to spend tens of thousands of baht to install a solar system. A lock is 200 baht and would solve my problemFri, 03 Jul 2026 17:44:44 +0000On to Brazil? I hope not! Norway next if you get throughFri, 03 Jul 2026 17:44:35 +0000Agree, if we get past Mexico, on to Brazil which I believe we could win in Miami, then I expect Argentina to get to the Quarter Finals, that will be a challenge for the semi's, back in Atlanta. The Final match is a shoe-in for France from the top half of the draw, with whoever gets there from the bottom half, perm anyone of the 3 mentioned, England, Mexico or Argentina, now from what I've seen its France's competition to lose as they do look outstanding, but you never know, time will tell. Come on ENGLAND.Fri, 03 Jul 2026 17:42:45 +0000Dear Folks, Sometimes, we need to call call-centers. And then, we need to talk to guys of Bombay. Most guys in Bombay think they speak perfect English. But, do they know what proper English sounds like? The thing about Bombay-English is that, in order to speak it correctly, one must use TEN words, instead of ONE, when one would easily do. Also, they speak in some sort of SING-SONG voice, which just compounds incoherence. Why does it take so long for some Bombay-English speaker to utter a simple utterance? There could be many reasons, of course, and there probably are. But, in my view, the MAIN reason Bombay-English speakers at Call-Centers take so long to cough up a very simple, clear, and concise utterance is just because…. They are Drunk on Bombay Gin. Someday, very soon, AI will replace all these drunken Bombay Call-Center Chaps. And then, the world will be a far better place. We will be able to sit back, enjoy life…maybe with…. A gin and tonic, completely stress-free. What say you? Are you hoping that AI will soon put an end to the…. Bombay Call-Center Chaps? Best regards, And, I hope that Google-One will soon read this message, Gamma Note: In my view, AI will very soon put an end to the NONSENSE of outsourcing Call-Center calls to our favorite SUBCONTINENT, and Bombay, especially. Note2: What is the point of outsourcing to Bombay, in the first place, when nobody can understand a word they say?Fri, 03 Jul 2026 17:39:19 +0000Get a 5 kWh battery backup for your essential needs. Problem solved. Or add a smaller solar setup, so you can stay off-grid when you are away, with alerts if the system switches off-grid or the battery gets low.Fri, 03 Jul 2026 17:38:13 +0000Fri, 03 Jul 2026 17:32:03 +0000Zelensky is a Jew, so do you consider yourself the only one who isn't a scumbag? My thoughts regarding you are completely the opposite.Fri, 03 Jul 2026 17:29:35 +0000Exactly. He ticks all the right boxes for the current system. Some day they'll be writing a book about systemic progressivism and DEI titled ,The Fall of Western Civilization.Fri, 03 Jul 2026 17:28:05 +0000Child grooming, child sexual exploitation and child rape cannot be solely blamed on immigrants. France has 9M immigrants, of 69M population. 100k+ are Pakistani. 5-6M Muslims live in France. However, it is not the immigrants who are the predators in France. The 2023 report of The Independent Commission on Incest and Sexual Violence Against Children (CIIVISE) in France provides great detail. According to Civiise, a child is sexually abused every three minutes in France. The scale of the crisis is staggering, yet it has never been treated as the national emergency that it is. Police, judges and even physicians are afraid to speak out. Precisely as in the UK. The commission's findings showed that 160,000 children are victims of sexual violence every year in France, and 5,400,000 adults have suffered such abuse in childhood ▪ 10% of the French population has been a victim of incest. ▪ 160,000 children are victims of sexual violence annually, equivalent to 3 per school class. ▪ 75% confide in their mother, 19% in siblings, and 15% in their father. ▪ In only 1% of cases is there evidence or a witness; in the remaining 99%, it is the child’s word against the adult’s. ▪ 79% of healthcare professionals fail to link psychological trauma with sexual violence. ▪ Only 5% of reports are made by physicians, largely due to fear of disciplinary sanctions from the Medical Council. ▪ 83% of raped children are girls. In 67% of cases, incest results in pregnancy, with two-thirds ending in abortion. ▪ Children with disabilities are significantly more vulnerable, given regular physical handling for care routines, making it harder to distinguish abusive contact. Last year, France witnessed the trial in one of the largest child sexual abuse cases in its modern history. Joël Le Scouarnec, a former surgeon, admitted to sexually abusing children for decades, with about 300 victims. In French, the very etymology of the word for child is revealing: the term enfant derives from the Latin infans, literally meaning “one who does not speak”. Yet children have always spoken about the violence inflicted upon them. What has too often been lacking is not their voice, but society’s willingness to listen. Childhood remains socially defined by a lack of power and agency, and it is time for that to change.Fri, 03 Jul 2026 17:26:23 +0000I have the digital meter from PEA, which is installed in one of their aluminium cabinets, with a window so the meter always can be seen. My property is secured with CCTV and an alarm system, but a smart thief will just open the cabinet and disconnect the wires from the meter. That mean CCTV is out right away, and it's just waiting for the backup battery of the alarm system to run out. Any way, the high decibel external siren and flood lights attached to the alarm will stop working right away. So am I allowed to put a lock on the PEA cabinet?Fri, 03 Jul 2026 17:21:57 +0000i hope both of them destroy each other. i think zelensky is a scumbag, i think jew haters are scumbags tooFri, 03 Jul 2026 17:18:39 +0000Bog standard non imm b work visa https://terms.law/Thai/cannabis/cannabis-business-licensing.html? Not seen the same of a company yet so perhaps he was non legit.Fri, 03 Jul 2026 17:18:09 +0000lol....ha ha ha....you're so triggered, as expected. Too easy. Such a sad pathetic hate filled existence you haters have. I hear that the CAD gov't offers free suicide "treatments" for nut-bag losers ....give it a go. LOL.Fri, 03 Jul 2026 17:08:48 +0000You can find it here: https://www.thaievisa.go.th/Fri, 03 Jul 2026 17:08:46 +0000Napalm doesn't fall out of the clear blue sky. Something set this poor Cambodian fellow off. Perhaps they were snoring or caused him to lose face in an earlier confrontation.Fri, 03 Jul 2026 17:06:00 +0000Fri, 03 Jul 2026 17:01:10 +0000The people in power benefit from an uneducated rural populace. This just dispells any illusions to the contrary. And why would English be a priority in a rural area? I'd put my limited resources into STEM or some other subject that was useful outside of the tourist areas.Fri, 03 Jul 2026 17:01:10 +0000the scary part is that means all of us.Fri, 03 Jul 2026 16:55:22 +0000It's pattern recognition. Tattoos and drugs go hand in hand. As an astute poster pointed out there was also the ginger factor on top of the British nationality. A quadfecta of trouble for any country who permits her to cross their border. I'd seriously scrutinise any ginger Brit with tattoos. It's a bipedal red flag.Fri, 03 Jul 2026 16:53:35 +0000Fri, 03 Jul 2026 16:51:35 +0000Agreed. I am curious, is managing or owning a cannabis farm a protected profession? I wonder what kind of visa one applies for at 33 for this kind of profession?Fri, 03 Jul 2026 16:51:16 +0000You are WRONG, once again, Sir.... Gemini's analysis was BOTH accurate and full of flattery. I stand by Gemini's unbiased complementary review/analysis...because...it is.... SPOT-ON...... By the way: You have yet to say what you might have thought of this great film.....but.....perhaps you haven't the time of day..... =============== And, here is a TIDBIT just for you..... Enjoy......Fri, 03 Jul 2026 16:49:16 +0000