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      Why do retirees marry in Thailand ?

      The pic is a perfect justification for EUTHANASIA, in fact. Still, euthanasia is a personal choice...or should be.
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      Donald Trump’s New Tax Promise: Eliminating Income Taxes for Americans Abroad

      Lol, no chance on that.
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      Thailand Live Friday 11 October 2024

      93-Year-Old Woman Crawls into Sakae Krang River & is Missing While Daughter Sleeps A 93-year-old woman with dementia has gone missing after crawling into the Sakae Krang River while her daughter, who had briefly fallen asleep, was unaware. Full story :https://aseannow.com/topic/1340386-93-year-old-woman-crawls-into-sakae-krang-river-is-missing-while-daughter-sleeps/
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      Why do retirees marry in Thailand ?

      The most important question is NOT WHY do they marry....but... WHO do they marry. Who they marry is also the PROBLEM.....and not just the QUESTION.
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      Foreign Tour Operators Flood Phuket, Taking Jobs from Locals

      Every country has laws that people agree or disagree on. I don't think it is an unusual law for students on study visas to be banned from working or opening/operating a business. The reason for their visa is study, not work. There are work visas and business visas for those purposes. Not sure why you may think that is a stupid law. If categories of visas are stupid, then just let everyone in for whatever purpose they desire? You are apparently not well informed on university degrees and their usefulness. The Chinese girl who I mentioned, was in a program for a degree in Thai language. So, you'd esteem a degree in Thai language from any run of the mill European university over a Thai university just because of your perception of Thai education? There are a number of programs in Thailand that are very decent even on an international level. I even know of at least one program at a mid tier Thai university that is completely run by foreigners, from the Dean and Department Head to every professor, most of whom are members of a well respected (throughout the world and top level universities) international organization pertaining to their program. You need to look at specific programs if you care about an education in any specific field, which any meaningful employer would know. But if you only care about a piece of paper that says you finished uni, then I suppose your generalization would hold ok. I wouldn't say excellent programs is the norm for their international programs, but using such a broad brush to dismiss Thai university degrees altogether is about as informed and rational as the rest of your comment.
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      Afghan Man charged with Election day terror plot

      Being the sole replier to one's own topic -- kinda like Norman Bates having a conversation with 'Mother'.
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      Double-Ten Retailer Promotions: 10-10 is a Chinese Holiday. So, why is this big DEAL here?

      I did get a few good deals, yesterday. So happy I went shopping, yesterday, in fact. Did you?
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      Donald Trump’s New Tax Promise: Eliminating Income Taxes for Americans Abroad

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      93-Year-Old Woman Crawls into Sakae Krang River & is Missing While Daughter Sleeps

      A 93-year-old woman with dementia has gone missing after crawling into the Sakae Krang River while her daughter, who had briefly fallen asleep, was unaware. Search efforts are ongoing, but strong currents have hindered recovery attempts. At 16:00 on October 10, Uthai Thani Governor Teerapat Katchamat, along with Provincial Police Chief Pol. Maj. Gen. Narongdej Saksomboon, local authorities, and rescue teams, arrived at a residence in Ban Nam Tok, Sakae Krang subdistrict, Uthai Thani, where the incident occurred. Ms. Pao (surname withheld), 63, the missing woman’s daughter, reported that her mother, Ms. Chanaporn (surname withheld), had gone missing at around 12:30. CCTV footage captured the elderly woman crawling out of the house shortly after Ms. Pao had fallen asleep. Ms. Pao explained that her mother had been suffering from severe memory loss and, in the past, had expressed a desire to die. “She often said she didn’t want to live anymore,” Ms. Pao shared. She added that despite her mother’s inability to walk, she would crawl if she wanted to go somewhere. Ms. Pao admitted that she had fallen asleep for about 10 minutes, and when she woke, she found her mother missing and feared that she had crawled into the river, which is just 10 metres from their home. Rescue divers from the Uthai Thani Provincial Administration Organisation and the Uthai Thani Rescue Foundation have been searching the river but have so far been unable to locate the elderly woman. Authorities have also searched around the home in case Ms. Chanaporn had crawled elsewhere, but CCTV footage showed only her exit from the house. Due to the camera’s limited range, it is unclear if she reached the river, though authorities believe she likely did. Neighbours confirmed that despite her inability to walk, Ms. Chanaporn was able to crawl quickly and likely made her way into the river. The Sakae Krang River is currently experiencing high water levels and strong currents, leading the search teams to believe that her body may wash some way downstream. File picture for reference only. -- 2024-10-11
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      Pattaya Police Raid Poker Gambling Ring, Arrest 9 Foreign Players

      Thailand could be Paradise, if there just would be no gambling 😏
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      Thai Police Bust Multi-Million Baht Sex Toy Smuggling Ring

      Big Dongs don't play.
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      Pattaya Police Raid Poker Gambling Ring, Arrest 9 Foreign Players

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      Got a link for donations, sound like a worthy cause. Good luck mate 🙏
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      Thailand triumphs in UN Human Rights council bid

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      Donald Trump’s New Tax Promise: Eliminating Income Taxes for Americans Abroad

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The Redcoats Give Thapae Gate Back To The People

Ulysses G.

By Ulysses G.
in Chiang Mai

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is that a good thing?

Not really as apparently they have been called to Pattaya where the Asian Summit is now being hosted, as after handing over their Famous/ Infamous letter they have vowed to be back tomorrow in double force of the 3,000 that are already there... :D:D:D:o ..

Will it EVER end ?? And if it does ...HOW????

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redcoats.jpg

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From Bangkok Post

"As far as I know, the red-shirted protesters are flocking to Pattaya to interrupt the Asean+3 summit. But if they move to block the Motorway, that would be trouble for us as it is the national logistics link to Laem Chabang deep-sea port and to Rayong and Chanthaburi provinces," he said.

While the route is not yet interrupted, overseas buyers have started to ask whether the port may be blocked.

"We are worried that if this concern persists or worsens, our consumers will shift their orders to Vietnam or China instead," he said.

So it's not only that it will affect tourism but the whole international business it has which includes esports of textiles and furniture and many other industries and whatever ...... :D ...and then what ....why is every body only seeing the repercussions on tourism ....? It's far bigger than that .....yes tourism is a major ....but here are other majors in the loop ...And worried they will shift teir orders to Vietnam ...? Hello ...it's already happening ...I have a French buyer here in Chiang Mai tomorrow morning who are doing exactly that ...Shifting factory and all to Vietnam cause it's too insecure here ....Ostriches ...wake up

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Apparently someone convinced them not to piss off their friends.

By "friends" you mean yourself i take it?

I mean most of the Northern Thais. Although I do have some sympathy for the reds, I would prefer that the present government be allowed to try to solve some of the countries problems before holding new elections.

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Watching tv reports last night about the protests and watching the red shirts just push past the police and walk past smiling soldiers, won't Thailand learn that it needs a force of some type to deal with civil disorder. The police has plenty of shiny patrol cars with flashing lights and loud sirens but the only time they're used is to escort VIPs. They are just not trained to police at all. The army, by nature, will be either on or off and when they're on, there will be bodies. Constantly rent-a-mob, whether yellow or red, does what it wants.

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The reds took down their baricades a while ago and traffic is back to normal. Apparently someone convinced them not to piss off their friends. :o

And do you really think they took down the baricades for concern of pissing off their "friends", or do you think they saw the poor turnout they had managed to muster and quickly thought better of it?

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I am repeating what Thais told me, but it makes sense. There was a decent number of reds and the crowds seemed to be happy that they were there, but if they had tied up traffic for too long, people might have become resentful. Leaving after they made their point was pretty good PR actually. :o

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Watching tv reports last night about the protests and watching the red shirts just push past the police and walk past smiling soldiers, won't Thailand learn that it needs a force of some type to deal with civil disorder. The police has plenty of shiny patrol cars with flashing lights and loud sirens but the only time they're used is to escort VIPs. They are just not trained to police at all. The army, by nature, will be either on or off and when they're on, there will be bodies. Constantly rent-a-mob, whether yellow or red, does what it wants.

I saw on the news last night that the red-shirt mob even took control of a water cannon from the soldiers and then proceed to fire the water cannon at the soldiers! Now that is embarrassing!

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The reds took down their baricades a while ago and traffic is back to normal. Apparently someone convinced them not to piss off their friends. :D

(The other red thread is broken).

Perhaps someone told them, there might be an Aids-Awareness Parade somewhere else, so they went to support it ? :o

The timing of their action, just before the biggest tourist-fest of the C.M. year, is surely unhelpful to anyone whose job depends on tourism ? :D But at least they backed-off. So that's all right then. :D

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I completely agree. I'm of the same opinion as Ulysses, sympathetic to the Reds, but not opposed to giving Abbysit a chance.

Precisely what not is happening.

But, what if giving Abhiset a chance means that not too far down the road, 70% of govt. ministers are appointed and only 30% are elected by the general population? This is most definately the PAD's proposal to guarentee that the more populous regions of the country no longer get to decide who leads the govt. I know I would be nervous about giving him a chance if that were at stake. Can you imagine this in our own home countries. There would be more than just red shirts in the streets. I think, in all they have composed themselves, pretty well. :o

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I passed (going into town) a parade of Red-Shirts (coming out of town) near the City Hall at about 2.30 this afternoon. Some 300 people with motorbikes & pickups, displaying pictures of Thaksin, were occupying both lanes north-bound, with a long tail-back of normal traffic behind them, as they moved towards City Hall.

Several of them were directing traffic at the intersection with the 2nd ring-road, since there didn't seem to be any BiBs in the area, must have been time for PC Plod's tea-break ! :o

The mood seemed fairly good-natured.

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I think these red coats are making a much better name for themselves than the yellow bellies. It is so odd to me that everyone seems to say that they talk to their Thai friends and they say give "Mark" a shot or they don't like the reds, who are you talking to? I have yet to speak to a Thai in Chiang Mai that isn't pro red. Although I am talking to locals in their language, and not to any that have money or businesses, hel_l, most of them can't speak English for that matter.

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I have yet to speak to a Thai in Chiang Mai that isn't pro red.

really? most of the thais i have talked to think they (red shirts) are wanke_rs and should learn to think for themselves.

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Most Thais that I have talked to in Chiang Mai - poor and wealthy - were sympathetic towards Thaksin and the reds, but don't like the way things are going. I think that they will lose their support if they keep this up.

I agree. From what I read, and what I understand about politicians, Thaksin was smart and just did his bribing where it counted. He's no better or worse than any other political leader in Thailand. They ALL have their hand in the cookie jar. It is the same the whole world over. As I stated previously on another thread, the yellows could have done the same thing and stayed in power prior to Thaksin taking over. But, they had things all their own way for several years and didn't want to share. Eventually, that comes home to bite you. Because Thaksin was personally rich prior to being elected he was able to bribe the reds and get into power. He eventually got that back by bribing the reds with their own money. His biggest problem was he believed he was beyond reproach and that bit HIM in the azz.

It is one thing to have peaceful protests in front of government house and it is something entirely different blocking public airports and public transportation routes. The yellows started it at the Bangkok airport and were successful. Their actions were basically condoned by you know who. It only stands to reason that the reds would try similar tactics.

I just hope it all gets settled soon. And, for personal interests, before I would like to return. Good luck to all that have businesses to take care of. This is certainly going to affect tourism for a long time. I've already been advised by my government not to go back to Thailand before it is settled.

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Most Thais that I have talked to in Chiang Mai - poor and wealthy - were sympathetic towards Thaksin and the reds, but don't like the way things are going. I think that they will lose their support if they keep this up.

UG, I agree.

I detect some weariness, maybe even embarrassment, at the continual disruption and protest, pictures of which are beamed around the world.

Common sense might suggest that the new PM is given a chance, but I am not holding my breath on this.

Mark

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