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- July 3, 2011, 12:06 pm
- Forum: Society and culture
- Topic: The changing face of rural Thais
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3524
The changing face of rural Thais
The pedicab samlors are a sorry mess overall. Not the new, tricked out with flower vases and little lights of over 38 years ago. I figure the only guys that still tiep samlor are those without the money to buy or rent a Tuk-tuk.... Perhaps the continual rise in petrol prices will result in a resurge...
- July 2, 2011, 7:11 pm
- Forum: Society and culture
- Topic: The changing face of rural Thais
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3524
The changing face of rural Thais
Interesting article.. It leans a little too much towards how rural areas have changed drastically. Yes, in many respects they have but Just in the last 3 months I've seen kids riding on water bufflaoes, and have always seen the kin folks heading out to the fields wearing an Issan style straw hat.. W...
- June 28, 2011, 6:21 pm
- Forum: Thailand News
- Topic: Clean up Thailand day .
- Replies: 23
- Views: 2692
Clean up Thailand day .
this is a social responsiblity issue. It appears to me, that overall, most Thais are not socially conscious. As TrueBrit points out, when anti-littering is pushed by the community, most people will participate after a few nudges. When driving around the province, you can see some villages that are s...
- June 28, 2011, 6:10 pm
- Forum: General Udon Thani Forum
- Topic: Nationwide alcohol ban TODAY ???
- Replies: 42
- Views: 3962
Nationwide alcohol ban TODAY ???
do you suppose all the Mom and Pop's stores will also abide by the ban.. They don't seem to care about the old military junta edict about alcohol selling times during the day..
- June 28, 2011, 6:07 pm
- Forum: Thailand News
- Topic: Election prediction
- Replies: 22
- Views: 2475
Election prediction
of course, while the ECC states the early elections went off nicely, they also ruled that people who had registered for the early voting who did not participate would NOT be eligible to vote this Sunday.. One BKK Post article mentioned that up to 500,000 people might be affected.. How many of these ...
- June 28, 2011, 6:02 pm
- Forum: General Udon Thani Forum
- Topic: vote buying
- Replies: 24
- Views: 2665
vote buying
in fact, although one part of PAD is advocating the "NO" vote, another is actively campaigning under the New Politics Party (NPP) name.. PAD due to its strident nationalism over the Cambodian border issue has pretty much pushed itself into irrelevance..
- June 24, 2011, 5:23 am
- Forum: Thailand News
- Topic: Election prediction
- Replies: 22
- Views: 2475
Election prediction
went down near Central world last night.. Didn't see much in the way of congestion or crowds in the square.. Guess the Democrats kept their promise not to block any roads.. Traveled from Onnut BTS to Chidlom by Rajaprasong at 1645. Didn't see any great groupings of folks wearing yellow shirts or pro...
- June 23, 2011, 6:52 pm
- Forum: General Udon Thani Forum
- Topic: LEAVING THAILAND
- Replies: 53
- Views: 6497
LEAVING THAILAND
"news blackouts" indeed!!! Did you note the in-depth news coverage both in the print media and on TV about the big Democrat Party foofraw at Central World for this Thursday.. Extensive in all respects!! Compare that to the absolute minimal or zero news reporting of the numerous UDD/Red Shirt remembe...
- June 23, 2011, 9:59 am
- Forum: General Udon Thani Forum
- Topic: LEAVING THAILAND
- Replies: 53
- Views: 6497
LEAVING THAILAND
although we can make predictions based on past events, the "mai ben rai" way of dealing with political upheaval here has changed dramatically. While earlier coups/uprisings etc. (73/76/92) did not physically affect the general population of Thailand as a whole, the more recent ones starting with the...
- June 23, 2011, 9:43 am
- Forum: General Udon Thani Forum
- Topic: Westerner found dead in Udon Hotel
- Replies: 57
- Views: 9788
Westerner found dead in Udon Hotel
it appears from the thread that the guy was sick for a while based on the hotel maids' statements. It's unfortunate he didn't seek appropriate medical care or that someone (hotel management????) didn't intervene when noting the fellow was obviously ill...
- June 23, 2011, 9:20 am
- Forum: Thailand News
- Topic: Election prediction
- Replies: 22
- Views: 2475
Election prediction
pay no attention to the man behind the curtain...... http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/politics/243522/army-on-alert-for-poll-unrest Lessons learned??: "The session was joined by more than 100 commanding officers of military companies and battalions that took part in the crackdowns on red shirt protes...
- June 19, 2011, 7:14 am
- Forum: Thailand News
- Topic: Spiegal Interview with Thaksin
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2226
Spiegal Interview with Thaksin
or perhaps avoid 3G altogether and go 4G!!
- June 18, 2011, 8:52 am
- Forum: Thailand News
- Topic: Spiegal Interview with Thaksin
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2226
Spiegal Interview with Thaksin
the often unspoken irony to the whole Taksin "conviction" for "corruption" was that similar charges were laid against his wife Potjaman for the land purchase.. If you Wikipedia Taksin and then his wife Potjaman you'll find that she essentially beat those charges yet her husband was convicted because...
- June 17, 2011, 7:48 pm
- Forum: General Udon Thani Forum
- Topic: Expat Dress Code in Public Places
- Replies: 82
- Views: 9215
Expat Dress Code in Public Places
agree with the two previous posters.. I rarely wear shorts downtown.. Generally, I'll wear nicer jeans and a button down short sleeve shirt when shopping.. Around the house, I'll wear shorts, t-shirts or sometimes follow my 49 year old nephews lead in not wearing a shirt when perform yard/garden wor...
- June 17, 2011, 7:42 pm
- Forum: Computers, IT & Electronics
- Topic: Setting up an Internet Connection
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2374
Setting up an Internet Connection
recently installed 3BB DSL. I would recommend stopping by the 3BB shop (there are a number of them in the various malls; I used the one at Big C). The sales rep quickly pulled up Google Earth, pinpointed my house location and was able to show me the nearest installed DSL junction box (about 300+ met...
- June 15, 2011, 5:48 pm
- Forum: Travel & Transport
- Topic: Best/Worst International route to BKK
- Replies: 31
- Views: 3721
Best/Worst International route to BKK
I reckon I've got about 26 flights back and forth from the east coast of the U.S. Coming from there is a hemmorhoid buster running 23-30+ hours including layovers. So, even if you can bump up to Business off miles, it still seems like an endless flight.. Almost all of my transits have been via Narit...
- June 14, 2011, 7:48 pm
- Forum: Relationships
- Topic: Finding a lost love
- Replies: 26
- Views: 6472
Finding a lost love
actually the U.S. Government ran an Asian-american repatriation program in Vietnam through at least 2001.. Individuals who could show evidence of a U.S. father got an interview and if the preponderance of evidence showed a U.S. father they could get an Immigrant visa to the States. In Thailand, noth...
- June 12, 2011, 6:46 pm
- Forum: Relationships
- Topic: Finding a lost love
- Replies: 26
- Views: 6472
Finding a lost love
that's Ban Non Soong, about 15km south of Udon on RTE 2. The U.S. Army had a base there from mid 1966 until June 1976. It's been a Thai military camp for a good many years.. Note the poster does not have the full Thai name of his former girl friend, only "Pen". I figure it would be pretty tough to f...
- June 12, 2011, 8:35 am
- Forum: Relationships
- Topic: Finding a lost love
- Replies: 26
- Views: 6472
Finding a lost love
Hah, never mind the numbers of GI's that got legally married to a Thai at the Amphoe yet abandoned the TW when their tourin Thailand was finished.. Can you imagine some Thai lady in her late 50's tracking down her "legally" married ex-GI husband and claiming 30+ years of aliminony, child support, an...
- June 12, 2011, 8:20 am
- Forum: General Udon Thani Forum
- Topic: Udon Potash mining status
- Replies: 72
- Views: 21363
Udon Potash mining status
Yes, the Chinese are on the verge of finising their resurrection of the old Russian carrier.. Of course, having a carrier does not a sea-power make.. a la' the Thai's mini-carrier that has no operational attack aircraft (the Harriers are all broken). As for 4 more carriers, the Chinese have been reh...