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Khaosod English Heavy rain pounded Phetchaburi province on Saturday evening, October 12. Several major roads were flooded, including Ratchadamnoen Road, Damnoen Kasem Road, and Bandai It Road. Many villages experienced power outages, and trees fell across roads. Additionally, lightning struck the em...

STEVE G wrote: ↑Sat Oct 12, 2024 4:09 pm This might interest some people, Toyota is starting production of the FJ Cruiser 4wd small SUV in Thailand next month.
https://www.carlelo.com/news/toyotas-mi ... next-month

Bad link it appears Steve.

Some of the above makes me chuckle, and shake my head at the same time. This is not the USA where each State has a constitution and it's own local laws. What I see here though seems to be provincial and municipal leaders making up and enforcing their own local laws on a whim or a power trip, probabl...

Mun River overflows, flooding farms, low-lying areas in Phimai https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2882536/mun-river-overflows-flooding-farms-low-lying-areas-in-phimai NAKHON RATCHASIMA: The Mun River burst its banks on Saturday morning, sending a huge volume of water to flood paddy fields...

San Diego is out.

My family tell me the 17th is end of Buddhist Lent. That's not listed on the Thai Holiday schedule at all, and it's not listed on any "no alcohol list" that I can find. It is listed on Google as a festival, https://www.thailandfoundation.or.th/culture_heritage/ok-phansa-the-end-of-buddhis...

The 17th is nothing. Perhaps a typo. If anything it's the 14th, Rama IX passing anniversary. But...according to the below alcohol is allowed on both the 13th and the 14th.

https://thepattayanews.com/2024/01/04/2 ... ohol-days/

The Royals are out.

^ I had no idea. That won't sit well with several categories of people, but as usual they may just accept it for the normal reasons.

Lasers could take broadband where fiber optics can’t https://edition.cnn.com/2024/10/09/tech/lasers-fso-internet-attochron-spc/index.html (Photos) In the internet industry, it’s known as the “last-mile” problem: Millions of people and businesses around the world aren’t able to access broadband beca...

wenshidi wrote: ↑Thu Oct 10, 2024 2:49 pm ......especially now that they are collecting the passports of teachers and civil servants......

What is that all about. Is mainland China restricting travel for teachers and civil servants?

Yeah, I knew that would get your attention! 1 game to go to move to the next level.