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by JWWhite
Wed Mar 06, 2019 4:31 pm
Forum: Legal, Visa, Finances & Employment
Topic: The disgraceful attitude of Airport Immigration
Replies: 57
Views: 3942

Re: The disgraceful attitude of Airport Immigration

Big Boy wrote: Sun Mar 03, 2019 10:50 am Really??? I've never heard that one before.
You won't have heard that one before, because it never happened.
by JWWhite
Fri Jan 18, 2019 1:48 pm
Forum: Legal, Visa, Finances & Employment
Topic: New plans for expats & visas
Replies: 29
Views: 1601

Re: New plans for expats & visas

It will never happen. Thaksin bought in the 90 day reports because it is a cash cow in terms of late fines. Keeping paper pushers in jobs is also a priority, as is keeping tabs on all those pesky farangs that want to live here. Even those wearing the rose tinted glasses must admit the possibility o...
by JWWhite
Fri Dec 21, 2018 12:35 pm
Forum: Life In Thailand, Opinion & Relationships
Topic: Are expats falling out of love with the Land of Smiles?
Replies: 33
Views: 4884

Re: Are expats falling out of love with the Land of Smiles?

I see much has been said regarding some of the reasons why people choose to leave, such as the cost of living, declining exchange rate, health concerns, all of which are very valid reasons. However, let's not forget that a large number will inevitable want to leave after a certain number of years b...
by JWWhite
Mon Dec 10, 2018 5:11 pm
Forum: Motoring
Topic: How can Thailand curb its appalling road fatality rate?
Replies: 499
Views: 41308

Re: How can Thailand curb its appalling road fatality rate?

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Sick Boy Published this on YouTube Jul 15, 2018 and you would have to be pretty sick to find this entertaining
by JWWhite
Mon Dec 10, 2018 6:56 am
Forum: After Dark
Topic: Hua Hin Bintabaht area nightlife map update
Replies: 234
Views: 99280

Re: Hua Hin Bintabaht area nightlife map update

Just an observation from today's survey. I went into the karaoke area alone - in almost 20 years of visiting and living in Hua Hin I've never been there at night. Walking through alone this morning, I really felt ill at ease walking through the dark, dingy walkway. I don't think I'd fancy being the...
by JWWhite
Wed Nov 07, 2018 4:56 pm
Forum: Motoring
Topic: Poor state of the Hua Hin-Black Mountain road
Replies: 12
Views: 1111

Re: Poor state of the Hua Hin-Black Mountain road

In my opinion, the situation was worsened when somebody filled the holes with stone chippings. As well as windscreen hazards, the small stone chips have ground away on small holes, making them into big holes. Earlier in the year, the Tessebahn promised to start work when the new road budget was kno...
by JWWhite
Tue Sep 25, 2018 4:35 pm
Forum: News
Topic: After the cave rescue
Replies: 102
Views: 14367

Re: After the cave rescue

Breaking News: British cave divers also rescued four trapped Thai rescuers in Tham Luang Cave When Rick Stanton and John Volanthen surfaced in Chamber 3 of Tham Luang Cave on day 6 of the rescue to find four people waiting for them they first thought they’d somehow found the boys of the trapped Wil...
by JWWhite
Mon Sep 17, 2018 2:39 pm
Forum: News
Topic: After the cave rescue
Replies: 102
Views: 14367

Re: After the cave rescue

Thai cave rescue stirs memories of America’s largest cave search in Hannibal. The rescue missions — more than 50 years apart — parallel one another, demonstrating the dangers of amateur caving and the painstaking process to rescue those trapped. Much of the world rejoiced Monday with the news that ...
by JWWhite
Fri Aug 31, 2018 6:31 am
Forum: Motoring
Topic: Electric Vehicles (EV) Thread
Replies: 1690
Views: 281655

Re: Electric Cars

AK-47 maker reveals electric car modeled after widely mocked Russian sedans It was the car that gave the Soviet bloc a bad name. At the height of the Cold War, the Soviet Union’s Moskvich sedans were lampooned in the West as some of the worst cars ever made. Which is why it’s so surprising that Rus...
by JWWhite
Thu Aug 30, 2018 1:13 pm
Forum: Science & Nature
Topic: The Dangers of Ignoring Cognitive Inequality
Replies: 0
Views: 646

The Dangers of Ignoring Cognitive Inequality

The Dangers of Ignoring Cognitive Inequality On Sunday 28 April 1996, Martin Bryant was awoken by his alarm at 6am. He said goodbye to his girlfriend as she left the house, ate some breakfast, and set the burglar alarm before leaving his Hobart residence, as usual. He stopped briefly to purchase a ...
by JWWhite
Tue Aug 28, 2018 6:05 pm
Forum: Digital Realm
Topic: The Bitcoin, Blockchain, and Cryptocurrency Thread
Replies: 552
Views: 191720

Re: The Bitcoin and cryptocurrency thread

In a posh Bangkok neighbourhood, residents trade energy with blockchain BANGKOK, Aug 28 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Residents in a Bangkok neighbourhood are trying out a renewable energy trading platform that allows them to buy and sell electricity between themselves, signalling the growing popu...
by JWWhite
Tue Aug 28, 2018 7:55 am
Forum: Foo
Topic: Best of the Rest of the World
Replies: 778
Views: 54578

Re: Best of the Rest of the World

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by JWWhite
Tue Aug 28, 2018 7:22 am
Forum: Foo
Topic: Quote of the Day
Replies: 35
Views: 2024

Re: Quote of the Day

"All men have an emotion to kill; when they strongly dislike some one they involuntarily wish he was dead. I have never killed any one, but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction." -Clarence Seward Darrow was an American lawyer, a leading member of the American Civil Lib...
by JWWhite
Tue Aug 28, 2018 6:41 am
Forum: Science & Nature
Topic: The Number Of Global Earthquakes Over The Last 30 Days Is More Than 50% Above Normal
Replies: 8
Views: 897

The Number Of Global Earthquakes Over The Last 30 Days Is More Than 50% Above Normal

The Number Of Global Earthquakes Over The Last 30 Days Is More Than 50% Above Normal Why is the number of earthquakes happening around the world increasing so dramatically? In recent days, we have seen very large earthquakes in Venezuela, Fiji, Italy and elsewhere. Here in North America, significan...