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petermik, on 2012-05-27 13:56:51, said:

Yep.  The idea is to make sure nothing extra gets put in your luggage that YOU didn't put in there.  Don't want to be somebody's mule and be transporting something.  Also it can help any claim you have if something is found missing upon arrival at your destination and if the wrap is missing.  Take a photo at the check in desk and at the luggage on arrivals.  

After watching a few episodes of "Locked up Abroad" recently on TV, I envision taking as many precautions as possible.  Usually I just travel with a carry on.  I keep an old large hard American Tourister suitcase around.  The one that used to be in the old TV commercial where the "Gorilla" would be cut in and shown tossing the luggage around as a bell hop or cabbie.  I still laugh at that.  Nothng against soft luggage, but when I bring my suitcase it is the rock.  Amazingly on one trip it somehow still got massively dented along the hinge line.  Takes quite a whack for that to happen.

rubberduck, on 2012-05-28 04:15:19, said:

Your fault for picking a jealous gf.

londoedan, on 2012-05-28 12:35:25, said:

They don't shrink if you know what you are doing. There is so much misinformation there that I don't know where to start.

It's a newspaper it needs to be sensational. Never mind about the truth it's better to scare people then to give out real information.

If you use it all the time it's harmful but there are so many users who use it in moderation with set protocols who never have problems. But you need to read and study a lot before you can even talk about this.

Governments love to scare people about how bad something is citing the worst possible outcome in unrealistic scenarios for many of the users.

I don't expect many people to understand because it's easier to condem.

I have used it as I stated for 8 weeks a couple of years back. I also did extensive research. But please don't let the truth stand in the way of a good story.

h90, on 2012-05-28 12:44:23, said:

Drat.

Ask yourself the following question:

How many times have i seen drunk attacking someone versus how many times have i seen people on steroids attacking someone.

Also i haven't seen many bodybuilders robbing people to pay for their habit.

As for the damage to the body that is their own risk. If someone eat burgers and fat all the time and ends up with a stroke nobody complains. But the big bad steroids.

I feel anyone should be able to use them if they want to. I have used them for 8 weeks a couple of years back. After weighing the pro's and the cons and studying the risks. Now i don't feel that i need them but if someone wants it up to them.

This is an other point the finger at something that is not really a problem. Abuse will happen with any substance and only with a relative small amount of users. Roid rage as far as it is real is far less a problem then drunks attacking people.

The health risks of alcohol abuse are much higher so are those of smoking.

went out 5mins in phuket town

How do you keep a ups working? My second one stopped working after a few days, now im done buying them at 2.5k baht a pop.

The machine works but it never uses the battery when the power goes out.

Only one?

It is also possible that Mr Hoy was a victim of cultural differences, if you know what I mean. Being introduced to the judge as Mr (Insert your own term for female sexual organs) is not a great start to your defence.

sparebox9, on 2012-05-22 06:28:09, said:

No they say most (not all Thai students) are stupid.... as a result of the crappy education system they are put through which sucks the curiosity, inventiveness and thirst for knowledge out of them. And replaces it with sociopolitical gibberish and nonsense.

Glad to see you back sparebox2

darkar, on 2012-05-17 16:40:34, said:

Correct, any college / university system that allows degrees to simply be bought should rant much further down the list.

It doesn't take a survey to come to the conclusion that most Thai universities are a joke. Any Thai who can afford it is educated abroad; simple fact.

400,000 tablets in 60 days.
If they work 24 hours a day that is close to 300 per hour.
Hats off if they can make that target.

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They say that they surveyed 15 million families. My a--. That is a preposterous claim and the newspaper should take responsibility for not smoking out this ridiculous claim. Secondly, it's a shame that the content is allowed to be cited unchallenged. For example, "parents are so busy working to pay off the debts that they did not have time to "take proper care of their children."

Well, which came first , taking proper care and providing parenting, values, and skills to understand responsibility, accountability, fairness, achievement, knowledge, value of money, and hard work or frivolous and irresponsible spending to impress and cater to material self centered pompous attitudes? Which came first , the chicken or the egg? Putting the children off to grandma with no teeth so that a good time could be had and debts and obligations run up?

Or was it frivolous, unplanned, and ridiculous business schemes at the root of loan shark borrowing? It was this behavior that set the example for generations to follow. It was irresponsible parenting that came first. The sooner that Thais learn to take responsibility for their own behavior and actions the faster they will step toward change. Once they are able to stop making others responsible for their happiness, then we will see if they have time to develop themselves as well as their children.

Keep your school fees and tea money in your pocket,doesn"t matter what school you send you kids too they"ll still come out as thick as mince.

GentlemanJim, on 2012-05-08 07:34:14, said:

Of course it's used to pay teacher's salaries! The bulk of the money goes to the director's and head of EP's pockets - duh!



In any case, nothing will happen. The lowly Phrai can't change a thing. The only thing they will do is protest -- oh wait no -- they have to be PAID to protest! Thailand is the perfect model for modern day slavery. People just do as they're told by those with more money than them.