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Politics Constitutional Court May Suspend Thai PM's Duties
amazing Thailand.... the circus keeps running on a daily basis and we can watch for free, will they change the clowns soon ??? -
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7/11 chicks
Using the word 'yummy' dictates that you turn in your Man-Card immediately! -
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United Nations
Just watched last night's meeting. Iran's desk said IRAN (Islamic Republic of). Why did USA's not say AMERICA (United States of) ? -
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Used to be possible to make intl calls from CAT @ Pattaya Tai - still today?
Yes, I did have Skype and the new company is something like Team or similar, and yes, any balance on your account would get transferred over, but one cannot top it up, and I only use it for landlines from my home computer. Surasak and yes, have heard this, and one can make calls on a landline UK from a home computer and think one has to have a mobile just for verification and can top the balance up, and please correct me if wrong. Thanks -
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Iran orders closure of Strait of Hormuz — putting one-fifth of world’s oil supply at risk
WW3 is likely one way or another. Nothing to do with Iran, it is all about the containment of China. -
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Report Thailand Tightens Rules for Foreign Drivers: Tests Now Mandatory
Thats an interesting point - I think I highlighted that the issue is far more multifaceted that simplified by the stats I presented, Thats said: I don't think 41% of accidents involving motorcyclists are caused by 'car drivers'... It's impossible to know for sure of course, but I'd highlight that in many such cases the motorcyclist had no insurance, so it was the insurance of the 'car driver' who's insurance covered the costs, this is then logged at a 'statistic'. I don't actually believe the roads in Thailand are less dangerous for car drivers than in the USA - but what all the stats show us, even yours (using 41% car driver fault rates) shows how close Thailand and USA are on the stats. This highlights significant bias on our part (many of us) when being so derogatory towards Thai driving - US drivers are just as bad, or not far from it comparatively (USA 4.5x more dangerous than the UK / Thailand 6x more dangerous than the UK). Crunching the stats never presents the full accurate story of course - we can get into factors such as highway miles, city mileage etc... And I see so much dumb road use here where self preservation is absent - but I think those events lock in our mind, and we project drawing from bias that the driving in Thailand is terrible, when in reality its not that bad, but though there are a minority of outright fools.
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