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Orion76

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In Topic: Thai Policeman Kills Six Fellow Officers After Drinking Session

2011-12-27 15:26:34

chooka, on 2011-12-27 15:07:18, said:

What on earth are they doing drinking alcohol on Police premises even if they were off duty? We are subject to drug and alcohol testing, randomly and we definately cannot have any alcohol on the premises, even unopened.

It's almost rude not to bring a bottle of whiskey as a gift, if you have to meet a high ranking police official.

In Topic: Dutch Diplomat Warns Of Phuket Tourism 'Landslide'

2011-08-23 15:56:38

BangTaoBoy, on 2011-08-23 15:28:12, said:

I've never really understood or liked the role Ambassadors play. I believe they should be there to protect their citizens when something out of the ordinary happens, but having a say in how a place is or should change to be, is something I believe they should have no right to meddle in.

I think it is a courtesy of the Ambassador to inform Phuket officials that if they don't clean up their act they will lose tourists.

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I can't see logically why it should be any bodies business but that of the Thai people. It is our choice if we want to travel to Phuket the way it is, and it should be the choice of Thai people if they want it changed.

If Dutch tourists are getting ripped off by Thais it is the Dutch Ambassadors business. It would only be the Thais business if the Thais only ripped-off other Thais.

In Topic: Sundry Problems With New Macbook

2011-08-22 01:09:39

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5. The machine runs much slower than my old one. It can take 30 seconds to open a Pages doc; or a webpage. Any way I can speed it up?

Replacing your HDD with a SSD and upping the RAM to 4GB are both likely to speed things up significantly.

If an SSD is too expensive, but currently have 5400rpm HDD then consider upgrading to a 7200rpm HDD + upgrade the RAM.

A combination insufficient memory and a slow HDD will result in a slow system, no matter how fast the CPU.

In Topic: Getting A Degree In Thailand

2011-07-31 18:12:36

You may want to consider distance education, I had similar concerns and got an Australian uni degree while living in Thailand:

http://www.open.edu.au

Exams can be done at IDP on Silom road and the rest is done from home. Degrees are identical to on-campus degrees, without ever having to set foot in Australia.

In Topic: Australia's Jetstar Denies Exploiting Thai Staff

2011-07-28 15:19:07

TomnearCentral, on 2011-07-28 14:08:24, said:

jomtienbob, on 2011-07-28 13:57:50, said:

Thai Airways are about 60-75% of that and people will do absolutely ANYTHING to get those jobs. I know a mid size public company in BKK that pays their COO about the same as that.

Let me get this straight:
Are you saying Thai Airways Cabin crew makes 60-75% of 14,000 Baht a month on basic salary? I highly doubt that...

In addition to the base salary they get paid per hour + per diem for layover days.

To get only the base salary they'd have to get zero flights the whole month.