Nervous_Dog Posted April 30, 2007 Report Share Posted April 30, 2007 Well done! Almost bought two on the spot! Pointed it out to them, NO - You Farang you dont understand, so speaking Maths only, a language I am pretty fluent in, I just "Showed" them Was fun watching them trying to work out what to do with 5000 flyers! Problem was transposing, it should be 18,299, but some one left off the "1" DOG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Central Scrutinizer Posted April 30, 2007 Report Share Posted April 30, 2007 I guess the kid that made up the sign will be busy for a while placing in that "1" on those 5,000 flyers! Cent p.s. Is there no prize? :smirk: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nervous_Dog Posted May 1, 2007 Report Share Posted May 1, 2007 Well to see a true story about how dumb a farang buying a car is read this one! http://www.thailandstories.com/article/non-fiction/humor/living-with-a-thai-girl-the-idiot-goes-car-shopping-alone.html And the sadpart is it's true and it's me! (I am a idiot) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted May 1, 2007 Report Share Posted May 1, 2007 Nice story, Nervous Dog. I admire people who can admit it when they do something stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WorldFun Posted May 1, 2007 Report Share Posted May 1, 2007 I kind of liked better the freebie BJ story in the same true story section Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thalenoi Posted May 3, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2007 Gulf of Thailand won't rise with global warming, expert claims Apr 23, 2007, 3:03 GMT Bangkok - Global warming is not likely to cause the sea level in the Gulf of Thailand to rise because the body of water is too far from melting glaciers, a leading Thai hydrologist claimed on Monday. Recent forecasts by the United Nations' Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which predict a 40 centimetre rise in sea levels by the end of the century will cause flooding for up to 94 million Asians living in coastal areas, may not apply to the Gulf of Thailand, according to Suphat Vongvisessomjai, a former professor in water resources engineering at Bangkok's Asia Institute of Technology. 'The climate change panel's projection was wrongly accepted to apply to the Gulf of Thailand,' Suphat told The Nation newspaper. 'We are too far from melting glaciers or ice sheets.' Suphat added that, in fact, recent research shows that the average sea levels along some coastal provinces on the gulf have declined 0.3 to 0.6 centrimetres over the past eight years. The hydrologist, now an employee of Team Consulting Engineering, called on the public not to panic over the IPCC findings. 'The climate change panel did not deceive us or exaggerate. Its scientific findings are just based on the environment of their scientists, most of whom live in Europe,' he told the English-language daily. Asia-Pacific news :evil: :evil: :evil: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristianTroy Posted May 3, 2007 Report Share Posted May 3, 2007 Suphat told The Nation newspaper. 'We are too far from melting glaciers or ice sheets.' Face is so important to Thais Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Central Scrutinizer Posted May 3, 2007 Report Share Posted May 3, 2007 ????? Too far away? I wonder where this guy went to school? Wouldn't melting ice in the poles raise all oceans levels, or is there something I am missing here? Cent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunsanuk Posted May 3, 2007 Report Share Posted May 3, 2007 Hi, "Global warming is not likely to cause the sea level in the Gulf of Thailand to rise because the body of water is too far from melting glaciers, a leading Thai hydrologist claimed on Monday." I'm no hydrologist, but I'm fairly certain that water always finds a level. So, how could it be lower in Thailand? Sanuk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.. Posted May 3, 2007 Report Share Posted May 3, 2007 ????? Too far away? I wonder where this guy went to school? Wouldn't melting ice in the poles raise all oceans levels, or is there something I am missing here? Cent My question is: Is not (most of) the ice floating on the ocean in the Arctic & Antarctic? If so, how will it melting raise the sea levels? I'm just a dumb engineer, but my Black-so' glass does not overflow when the ice is gone. Now the drink gets weaker, but that (desalination of the oceans) is another issue. Cheers, SD -- drinkin' fast so the ice doesn't melt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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