Dexi

I may be thick,but what has his alcohol level have to do with whether or not it was suicide ?

Saw one in CM last year waving and ' blessing ' tourists on Tapare road whilst holding out a bowl for donations.He smiled at me but made a hasty retreat into a shop when I gave him a knowing look.Pretty sure he was a fake as this was 8-9 pm when monks should not be out ?

They look real ,which is good and becoming a rarity.

'' it is his own fault '' added the general '' if he hadn't come to Thailand it would not have happened ''.

make sure you use the correct ' p ',otherwise it means ' ghost ',as in the old Thai joke,' pom bpen norg,kun pben pee ',the latter having a rising tone.

Photo taken in the park in Udon,not sure what a 30 ft plastic duck has to do Xmas,but there you go,TIT.

Watched the muay thai on channel 3 last Sat. - Thai against a farang who was hopeless.He took a few punches then went down in the first.The whole thing only lasted under a minute.He still got 1 mill. Bt. as the loser.Even I could have done that.

Amazing - sounds like something out of '' Kelly's Heros ''.

Take it to the next level ,ie. make it clear to the parents of the bully that that your sisters child has his families support and you can make life difficult for them if the behaviour doesnt stop....it worked the firxt time,whh not again ?

Maybe some geopolitics behind this....Interesting though,that in Rouble terms the Russian stock index hasnt moved a lot.The decline in the Rouble/Dollar matches,almlst exactly the decline in the price of crude.

low oil price should be good for the Thai economy,as a net importer,hence the strong baht,maybe...

Thats what amateur dramatics does to you...

Monks are just people at the end of the day,theres the good,the bad and the ugly.If this was such an important issue why no signs on the train or better still a seating area/carriage just for monks.

lots of new SUV s up here in Udon - like the one the gf has.I reckon 70 percent + of her income goes on the monthly payments.

Saw on the tv an ad for a mobile phone.The main selling point being that it was good when used to take the ' selfie '.Is that really the best they can come up with ?

What about OAP drivers - a guy ran into the side of me afew yrs ago,looked about 98 ,didn't know what day of the week it was.Felt sorry for the old chap,but def. Should not have been behind the wheel.

The Uk police may come under pressure from the FO to tone down any criticism because of tne diplomatic consequences.

Imagine a 12hr flight wedged into a seat like that

Fishnet stockings ?

I`m sure they will get a warm welcome in Thailand

The Russian rouble has depreciated against most of the major currencies recently due to sanstions and the low oil price.So maybe Boris and Natasha are staying at home instead

Best rock band ever until Bon Scott died.Just comparing how Rudd looks today with how he was on the cover of the 1979 " Highway to Hell " album ( still play it from time to time ).Wow how time flies

Good ....more room for quality tourists such as myself

Maybe the world would be a safer place if it was run by women

Seems pointless to spend time researching how the universe began because then the obvious question would be " well,what happened before that ? " and so on Ad Infinitum.Many of these theories such as parallel universes etc. can`t be proved or even tested and so fall into the category of religion rather than science.